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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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I read, you read, we read: the history of reading in Slovenia

open access: yesKnjižnica, 2011
Purpose: The aim of the article is to research reading habits in Slovenia in the period between 16th and 19th century and to find similarities with Austria and other European countries of that time.
Anja Dular
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Orchard netting impacts on biodiversity leading to cascading effects at the ecosystem level

open access: yesBiological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Agriculture must ensure food production without further compromising the ecosystem functions upon which it depends. Agricultural practices should therefore avoid harming farmland biodiversity, especially of taxa that supply the key ecosystem services (e.g.
Corrado Alessandrini   +13 more
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Do despotismo da gentalha à democracia da gravata lavada: história do conceito de democracia no Brasil (1770-1870)

open access: yesDados: Revista de Ciências Sociais, 2011
The voting rate in Brazil only reached 40% (considered consistent with a modern democracy) in the 1980s. However, the bibliography always refers to the 1986, 1945, and 1933 elections as moments of "re-democratization", when explicitly or implicitly the ...
Christian Edward Cyril Lynch
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19th Century Turning Points in U.S. History: 1846-1860

open access: yes, 2008
1846 ? DR.MORTON DEMONSTRATES PAINLESS SURGERY USING ETHER1848 ? GOLD IS DISCOVERED AT SUTTER?S MILL1849 ? TREATY BETWEEN U.S. AND HAWAIIAN ISLANDS1852 ? HARRIET BEECHER STOWE PUBLISHES ?UNCLE TOM?S CABIN?1854 ?

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Rebound Effects in Circular Manufacturing: Overview of Potential Rebound Mechanisms Activated by Circular Strategies Across Key Business Processes

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Circular economy (CE) is increasingly adopted by the manufacturing industry to decouple economic growth from environmental impacts by optimizing resource use and minimizing waste generation. Nevertheless, circular manufacturing often triggers systemic responses that diminish or offset their potential environmental gains, resulting in the so ...
Mariantonietta Ferrante   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

19th Century Turning Points in U.S. History: 1866-1870

open access: yes, 2008
1867 ? CARPETBAGGERS DESCEND ON THE SOUTH1867 ? U.S. ACQUIRES ALASKA? SEWARD?S FOLLY1868 ? PRESIDENT JOHNSON IS IMPEACHED1869 ? COMPLETION OF THE TRANS CONTINENTAL RAILROAD1870 ? ROCKEFELLER INCORPORATES STANDARD OIL CO.

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The Degradation of Access‐Based Business Models: Customer Misbehavior and Shared Mobility

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Access‐based services are considered one of the strategies to embed sustainability in business models. Yet, because the evolution of these business models has been overlooked, we do not know whether their promise to create triple value is sustained.
Andres Camacho, Carmen Valor
wiley   +1 more source

Natural history in India during the 18th and 19th centuries

open access: yesJournal of Biosciences, 2013
European access to India was multi-dimensional: The merchant-rulers were keen to identify commodities that could be profitably exported to Europe, cultivate commercial plants in India that grew outside their possessions, and find substitutes for drugs and simples that were obtained from the Americas.
openaire   +2 more sources

Green Entrepreneurship Research: A Review of the Domain and Future Research Agenda

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examined the evolving landscape of green entrepreneurship (GE) research through a comprehensive analysis that combined bibliometric and systematic literature reviews. Analysis of 88 articles retrieved from the Web of Science (WoS) mapped the research trajectory, identifying key authors, journals and research themes.
Clavis Nwehfor Fubah   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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