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Demographic, Residential, and Socioeconomic Effects on the Distribution of 19th Century White Body Mass Index Values [PDF]
Little research exists on the body mass index values of 19th century Americans of European descent. Using a new BMI data set and robust statistics, between 1860 and 1880, BMIs decreased across the distribution; however, after 1880, BMIs in the highest ...
Scott A. Carson
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The Prouhet-Tarry-Escott problem for Gaussian integers [PDF]
arXiv, 2010 Given natural numbers $n$ and $k$, with $n>k$, the Prouhet-Tarry-Escott (PTE) problem asks for distinct subsets of $\Z$, say $X=\{x_1,...,x_n\}$ and $Y=\{y_1,...,y_n\}$, such that \[x_1^i+...+x_n^i=y_1^i+...+y_n^i\] for $i=1,...,k$. Many partial solutions to this problem were found in the late 19th century and early 20th century.
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Luminescence dating of wind-blown sands from the Broo Peninsula, Shetland [PDF]
, 2012 This report provides a temporal framework to support University of Stirling geo-archaeological investigations near Huesbreck, Broo Pennisula (Shetland), examining how the early modern population there, adapted to harsh climate conditions in the 18-19th ...
Kinnaird, T.C. +2 more
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, 2005 Futurist writing about technology emerged in the late 19th century at the same time as new kinds of electrical technology were making utopian futures seem practically attainable.
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German Colonial Expansion into China in the Late 19th Century
Historia provinciae: журнал региональной историиThe article examines the policy pursued by Germany in the East Asian region in the late 19th century aimed at acquiring an ice-free port in China for further economic expansion in the region.
Aleksandr S. Tikhonov
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Globalization, 1870-1914 [PDF]
This paper surveys the causes and consequences of late 19th century globalization, as well as the anti-globalization backlash of that period.
Guilllaume Daudin, Matthias Morys and Kevin H. O'Rourke
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Between Law and History: the Berlin Conference of 1884-85 and the Logic of Free Trade [PDF]
, 2015 The Berlin West Africa Conference of 1884-1885 has assumed a powerful symbolic presence in international legal accounts of the 19th century, but for historians of the era its importance has often been doubted. This article seeks to re-interpret the place
Craven, Matthew
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Disciplinary Cases of Filipino Teachers in the Late 19th Century
Social Science Diliman, 2014 This paper discusses a number of archival records of disciplinary cases involving Filipino teachers in the 19th century. These cases were handled by the Spanish Superior Commission on Primary Education.
Grace Liza Y. Concepcion
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Urban Consumption in Late 19th-Century Dorchester [PDF]
, 2011 This thesis examines the bottles recovered from an 1895 fill deposit at the Blake House site in Dorchester, MA, to determine what inconspicuous consumption reveals about the anonymous consumers of Dorchester in the late 19th century.
Poulsen, Jennifer
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Intertextual Adaptability of the Character of Sherlock Holmes from Literature to Film Production [PDF]
, 2014 This study explores the theme of intertextuality and adaptation between literature and film on the basis of Sherlock Holmes, the 19th/20th-century character conceived by Arthur Conan Doyle. It shows how the character has been adapted from literature into
Paśnik, Martyna
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