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Cardiovascular disease incidence and cancer risk in two large European prospective cohorts
What's new? Cardiovascular disease (CVD) and cancer share risk factors and biological mechanisms, raising questions about potential associations between the two, particularly regarding CVD duration and cancer onset. Whether CVD influences subsequent cancer risk, however, remains inconclusive.
Emma Fontvieille +25 more
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Golden weapons and golden fetters: From the gold standard to the new geopolitics
Abstract This paper explores the historical relationship between monetary regimes, security concerns, and geopolitical tensions, particularly focusing on the role of gold. Throughout history, monetary systems have been deeply intertwined with international state systems and security provisions.
Harold James
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The Incas appropriated many local metallurgical technologies throughout the Andes, each of which had its unique peculiarities and was based on local ancestral knowledge.
María Teresa Plaza +2 more
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Women, Crime, and Law in Latin America's Nineteenth Century
ABSTRACT This article examines the literature on women as perpetrators of crime in 19th‐century Latin America, a topic largely overlooked in historical scholarship. While most studies focus on women as victims of domestic or sexual violence, this work explores women as perpetrators of crime, specifically reproductive crimes (abortion and infanticide ...
Reuben Zahler
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I'll Be Dammed: Efficiency and Cost‐Analysis of a Rehabilitated Prehispanic Dam in the Andes
ABSTRACT Within archaeology there is a growing shift away from the purely aesthetic towards making the past relevant to present and future needs and demands. The Past Water Futures project charts the impact of ancient dam rehabilitation on climate change‐induced water scarcity in the North Central Andes.
Kevin Lane +5 more
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The article looks closely at the Quechua play "Apu Ollantay" in order to better understand the relationships of power that the Incas established with the Amazonian corner of their empire, known in Inca terms as Antisuyu.
Cristiana Bertazoni
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Se contrastan sobre la base de un análisis estadístico y algunas consideraciones de naturaleza arqueológica, fechas de radioc arbono y de termoluminiscencia atribuidas al Horizonte Tardío o Inca de las áreas Centro Sur y Meridional andinas ...
Virgilio Schiappacasse Ferretti
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La Espiritualidad: Transmitting Peruvian Culturo‐Spiritual Elements into Occidental Systemic Spaces
ABSTRACT This paper is a decolonising, Indigenous qualitative inquiry that integrates elements of critical autoethnography, narrative methods and conceptual analysis to explore how Peruvian Andean cosmology can inform contemporary systems thinking and family therapy practice.
Deisy Amorin‐Woods
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The conquest of the Inca Empire by the Europeans brought several changes to life in America: political, social and economic; forcing the native population to adapt to these changes in order to adjust to this new stage.
Luisa Vetter Parodi
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The Battle of Cajamarca: The civilizational cost of military (mis)education [PDF]
This paper analyses the Battle of Cajamarca as a paradigmatic example of the civilizational cost of military miseducation. Exploring the context, course, and consequences of the battle between the Spanish conquistadors led by Pizarro and the Inca ...
Stanar Dragan
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