Changes in Atlantic major hurricane frequency since the late-19th century. [PDF]
Nat Commun, 2021 Atlantic hurricanes are a major hazard to life and property, and a topic of intense scientific interest. Historical changes in observing practices limit the utility of century-scale records of Atlantic major hurricane frequency.
Vecchi GA +5 more
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Causes of irregularities in trends of global mean surface temperature since the late 19th century. [PDF]
Sci Adv, 2018 Our analyses provide empirical explanations for slowdowns and irregularities in global surface temperature variation, 1891–2015. The time series of monthly global mean surface temperature (GST) since 1891 is successfully reconstructed from known natural ...
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Paths to and from poverty in late 19th century novels [PDF]
Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 2006 Late 19th century novels provide graphic descriptions of working and living conditions and their impact on population health, in particular the detrimental effects of hunger, poor housing, environmental conditions, hazardous work and poor pay, smoking and alcohol and crime, but also the transformative possibilities of social and political action.
Philippa Howden‐Chapman
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The lost origin of chemical ecology in the late 19th century [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2008 The origin of plant chemical ecology generally dates to the late 1950s, when evolutionary entomologists recognized the essential role of plant secondary metabolites in plant–insect interactions and suggested that plant chemical diversity evolved under the selection pressure of herbivory.
T. Hartmann
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Historical insight on provincial merchants of the late 19th century [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2021 The authors of the article believe that it is important to study the deep essence of the writer’s works in order to understand the period of time that he depicts. D.I. Stakheyev contributed to the development of the genres of sketch and short story as he
Mukhametshin Azat +4 more
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The role of political and welfare state characteristics in infant mortality: a comparative study in wealthy countries since the late 19th century [PDF]
International Journal of Epidemiology, 2011 BACKGROUND A close examination of the literature suggests that the consistent relation between political and welfare state characteristics and infant mortality in the second half of the 20th century in wealthy countries may not be causal.
Enrique Regidor +5 more
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HMS Mars: an industrial school in the late 19th century
Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care, 2021 This short reflection on the history of industrial schooling and residential care in Scotland focuses on the ship HMS Mars. Moored close to the city of Dundee, the ship was 'home' to thousands of poor, destitute and homeless boys in the late nineteenth ...
Christine Whyte
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Rainfall variability over Malawi during the late 19th century [PDF]
International Journal of Climatology, 2018 ABSTRACTEstablishing long‐term records of rainfall variability is essential for understanding changes in the magnitude and frequency of extreme events. The need is particularly pressing for much of Africa, where the instrumental meteorological record rarely stretches back beyond the early 20th century. This study extends the rainfall record for present‐
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A General Purpose Technology at Work: The Corliss Steam Engine in the late 19th Century US
, 2001 The steam engine is widely regarded as the icon of the Industrial Revolution and a prime example of a 'General Purpose Technology,' and yet its contribution to growth is far from transparent.
Nathan Rosenberg, Manuel Trajtenberg
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Large numbers of vertebrates began rapid population decline in the late 19th century. [PDF]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2016 Li H +9 more
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