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The dispute on the language norm in A.P. Sumarokov’s article “To typographers”

Russian Language Studies, 2020
The actuality of the undertaken research is conditioned by the necessity to study the role of Russian literature and journalism, separate linguistic programs of the middle of the 18th century in assertion of the main characteristics of the literary ...
Yulia V. Slozhenikina, Andrey V. Rastyagaev   +1 more
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Phytoplankton Tune Local pH to Actively Modulate Circadian Gravitactic Behavior

Advanced Physics Research, EarlyView.
Diel vertical migration hides an unexpected twist: Phytoplankton quietly engineer their local pH landscape, splitting into behaviorally distinct sub‐groups which stay separated even in identical conditions. Circadian pH changes, occuring over the course of a day, reshape their gravitactic behavior and physiological functions in ways scientists have ...
Arkajyoti Ghoshal, Soumitree Mishra, Jayabrata Dhar, Hans‐Peter Grossart, Anupam Sengupta   +4 more
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Surface Value: Ways of Seeing Decoration in Architecture

Architectural Histories, 2021
The long 18th century was a period of intense investment in elite architecture in Britain which sustained an extensive craft culture in carving, modelling, and joinery. Yet decoration is largely marginalised or ignored by architectural historians.
Christine Casey
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For scientists, for students or for the public? : the shifting roles of natural history museums [PDF]

, 2010
This article aims to discuss the main roles of natural history museums and to show how these purposes have evolved and adapted throughout the museums’ history, as a response to the development of natural sciences and societal change, from their creation ...
Delicado, Ana
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Ontogenetic changes and sexual dimorphism in the cranium and mandible of the Atlantic walrus (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus L.)

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Walruses have been an important subsistence and cultural resource for humans and have been exploited for millennia across their distribution. This exploitation has contributed to severe declines in several populations and local extirpations.
Katrien Dierickx, Oliver Kersten, Youri van den Hurk, Brenna A. Frasier, Richard Sabin, Bastiaan Star, James H. Barrett   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Violência e insubordinação militar na São Paulo do século XVIII:manuscritos como testemunho de uma sociedade

Filologia e Linguística Portuguesa, 2009
The present article gives an overview of the social historical and philologic contexts (from contrast of two certifications of a criminal proceeding) of three documentsof the18th century, pertaining to colonial documents on the captainship of São ...
Renata Ferreira Costa
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The inventory of Michael Meyer’s property (1758) as a reflection of a Tallinn (Reval) merchant’s material world during the Age of the Enlightenment

Kwartalnik Historii Kultury Materialnej, 2021
The inventory of Tallinn merchant Michael Meyer’s (1704–1758) property is one of the largest inventories of an 18th century citizen of Tallinn. Almost the entire world of his possessions is reflected in this unique source.
Raimo Pullat, Tõnis Liibek
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A Multisensor Remote Sensing Approach to Archaeological Prospection: Integrating UAV and Google Earth Data in the Bayan Gol Valley, Mongolia

Archaeological Prospection, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the effectiveness of drone‐based remote sensing and Google Earth satellite imagery for archaeological prospection in the Bayan Gol Valley, Central Mongolia. Utilizing a fixed‐wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) equipped with RGB and multispectral sensors, we surveyed 655 ha to document Mongol‐period settlement structures
Peter Heimermann, Matthias Lang, Susanne Reichert, Lkhagvadorj Munkhbayar, Jan Bemmann   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Disinformation by Proponents of Perkins’ Patent “Metallick Tractors” (1798–1806) to Sway Public Opinion in Britain in Favor of a Fraudulent Therapy

Histories
In 1796, American physician Elisha Perkins patented “metallick Tractors” for the treatment of various ailments, particularly those associated with pain.
Douglas J. Lanska
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« Hommes fainéants et indolents, femmes dissolues… » Paresse et travail à Santa Fe de Bogota (Nouvelle Grenade), XVIIIe siècle

Nuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos, 2007
This research explores different aspects of the historical problematic of labour relationships and of the accusations for laziness against people, during the late eighteenth century in the city of Santa Fe of Bogota (New Grenade).
Pilar Lopez-Bejarano
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