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Melancholia before the 20th century: Fear and Sorrow or Partial Insanity?
Throughout the history of Psychopathology, several meanings have been assigned to the term melancholia. The main ones were related to affective (fear and sadness) and thought disorders (a type of mental disorder characterised mainly by the presence of ...
Diogo eTelles-Correia +1 more
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A GIS Approach to Urban History: Rome in the 18th Century
This article explores the integration of GIS technology with urban historical studies, focusing on one case study from the 18th century, the project Historical atlas of the modern Rome.
K. Lelo
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Research on 18th Century Music in Poland. An Introduction
Research on 18th-century music has been one of the key areas of interest for musicologists ever since the beginnings of musicological studies in Poland.
Paczkowski Szymon
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Roads and cities of 18th century France [PDF]
The evolution of infrastructure networks such as roads and streets are of utmost importance to understand the evolution of urban systems. However, datasets describing these spatial objects are rare and sparse.
Julien Perret +2 more
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A short history of innate immunity
Innate immunity refers to the mechanisms responsible for the first line of defense against pathogens, cancer cells and toxins. The innate immune system is also responsible for the initial activation of the body’s specific immune response (adaptive ...
Y. C. Martins +2 more
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Twisted rods, helices and buckling solutions in three dimensions [PDF]
The study of slender elastic structures is an archetypical problem in continuum mechanics, dynamical systems and bifurcation theory, with a rich history dating back to Euler's seminal work in the 18th century.
Majumdar, Apala, Raisch, Alexander
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The History of Infectious Diseases and Medicine
From ancient times to the present, mankind has experienced many infectious diseases, which have mutually affected the development of society and medicine. In this paper, we review various historical and current infectious diseases in a five-period scheme
T. Sakai, Yuh Morimoto
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Natural history from the 18th century - a global tale? by Simone Ochsnerdiscusses the apparent paradox that a series of scientific works from the 18th century, which mainly seem to focus on the local, can be considered global tales.
Simone Ochsner
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Strategie polskich tłumaczy włoskich librett w XVIII wieku
Strategies in Translating Italian Librettos in 18th Century Poland Polish dramatic writers of the 18th century very often referred to the European repertoire. The majority of Polish dramas in fact were translations or adaptations of foreign texts. Among
Jadwiga Miszalska
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Why ABC Matters: Lexicography and Literary History
The purpose of this article is twofold. First, I wish to discuss the origins of The Swedish Academy Dictionary against the backdrop of the social and cultural history of lexicography in 18th and 19th century Europe.
Jon Helgason
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