"Now he walks and walks, as if he didn't have a home where he could eat": food, healing, and hunger in Quechua narratives of madness [PDF]
In the Quechua-speaking peasant communities of southern Peru, mental disorder is understood less as individualized pathology and more as a disturbance in family and social relationships. For many Andeans, food and feeding are ontologically fundamental to
A Topor +40 more
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Nuevas evidencias incas entre Collahuasi y Río Frío (I y II Regiones del norte de Chile)
El llamado “gran despoblado”, se sitúa en un inmenso desierto de altura, con escasa agua y casi totalmente desocupado, pero rico en vestigios bien conservados tanto de los períodos prehistóricos tempranos como tardíos. Desafortunadamente, la explotación
Thomas Lynch, Lautaro Núñez Atencio
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On the orientation of Roman towns in Italy [PDF]
As is well known, several Roman sources report on the existence of a town foundation ritual, inherited from the Etruscans, which allegedly included astronomical references.
Magli, Giulio
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New knowledge in determining the astronomical orientation of Incas object in Ollantaytambo, Peru [PDF]
This paper deals about astronomical orientation of Incas objects in Ollantaytambo, which is located about 35 km southeast from Machu Picchu, about 40 km northwest from Cusco, and lies in the Urubamba valley. Everybody writing about Ollantaytambo, shoud
K. Hanzalová +2 more
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High resolution elevation data, road network, river network, drainage network, engineering facilities and flood control countermeasures in Hefei city were integrated and divided into 7 287 unstructured irregular grids and corresponding channels. By means
Ying HAO +6 more
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Assessment of emission scenarios for 2030 and impacts of black carbon emission reduction measures on air quality and radiative forcing in Southeast Asia [PDF]
Our previously published paper (Permadi et al. 2018) focused on the preparation of emission input data and evaluation of WRF–CHIMERE performance in 2007.
D. A. Permadi +2 more
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Cassini observations of ion and electron beams at Saturn and their relationship to infrared auroral arcs [PDF]
We present Cassini Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer observations of infrared auroral emissions from the noon sector of Saturn's ionosphere revealing multiple intense auroral arcs separated by dark regions poleward of the main oval.
Badman, S. V. +16 more
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A high-altitude peatland record of environmental changes in the NW Argentine Andes (24 ° S) over the last 2100 years [PDF]
High-altitude cushion peatlands are versatile archives for high-resolution palaeoenvironmental studies, due to their high accumulation rates, range of proxies, and sensitivity to climatic and/or human-induced changes. Especially within the Central Andes,
Hense, Jonathan +7 more
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A pilot investigation into the effect of maca supplementation on physical activity and sexual desire in sportsmen [PDF]
AIMS OF THE STUDY: Maca (Lepidium meyenii Walp) is consumed both as a sports supplement by strength and endurance athletes, and as a natural stimulant to enhance sexual drive.
Alvin Ibarra +18 more
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A combination of visible light and thermal energy accelerates the CO formation rate up to 57 times compared to dark conditions using a 3Cu/CeTiO2−x catalyst. Kinetic analysis, as well as steady state and transient spectroscopy, was applied under photocatalytic conditions to analyze and disentangle the reaction channels under dark and illuminated ...
Miha Okorn +4 more
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