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A History of Visual Culture: Western Civilization from the 18th to the 21st Century [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Book Review of A History of Visual Culture: Western Civilization from the 18th to the 21st Century, ed, by Jane Kromm and Susan Benforado Bakewell. ISBN 9781845204921.
Jeff Guerrier
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Developmental differences in cortical bone structure in chimpanzee and human femora reflect early locomotor independence in humans

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract The cortical bone structure of long bone diaphyses changes throughout growth via skeletal modeling and has important implications for bone strength and structural integrity. Ontogenetic trends in diaphyseal structure have been identified in both chimpanzees and humans but it is not yet clear how these trends compare given notable differences ...
Karen R. Swan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Les "Entrées royales" in Transilvania and the Banat (18th - 19th century). : Discourse and Representation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
Les "Entrées royales" in Transilvania and the Banat (18th - 19th century). : Discourse and Representation. - In: Colloquia : Journal of Central European History, an 2004, vol. 10-11, nr. 1-2, p.
Radosav, Doru
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Why ABC Matters: Lexicography and Literary History

open access: yesCulture Unbound: Journal of Current Cultural Research, 2010
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
doaj   +1 more source

Historical birth records from 1896 to 1944 from the Basel maternity hospital, Switzerland, reveal significant obstetric selection pressures

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality have declined dramatically during the last century. Historical data are therefore important sources to study the evolutionary selection pressures related to childbirth and how they have fluctuated over time.
Mirella Woodert   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

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

open access: yesFilologia 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 dispute on the language norm in A.P. Sumarokov’s article “To typographers”

open access: yesRussian 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   +1 more
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Body mass and sex estimation from lower carnassial tooth morphometry in the endangered Iberian wolf (Canis lupus signatus): An ecomorphological analysis of sexual size dimorphism

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract The Iberian wolf (Canis lupus signatus) is an endangered subspecies characterized by highly fragmented populations and increasing human–carnivore conflict across the Iberian Peninsula. Although body mass strongly influences predator–prey dynamics and ecological performance, quantitative assessments of sexual size dimorphism (SSD) and body mass
Leonardo Cotts   +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

open access: yesHistories
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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Autoridades locales conflictuadas: temores y dificultades de jueces territoriales en Chile colonial (1711-1817)

open access: yesNuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos, 2015
The analysis of reports sent to their superiors and messages sent to other people and written during the judicial proceedings for slanders enables a reflexion upon the obstacles encounterd by men in charge of the functions of urban and rural judges in ...
María Eugenia Albornoz Vásquez
doaj   +1 more source

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