Cosmovision as Cognitive Technology: The Case of Mesoamerican Medicinal Knowledge
Abstract We examine the use of cognitive technologies in the acquisition and retention of botanical and medicinal knowledge. We focus on the Cruz‐Badianus codex, a 16th‐century Nahua (Aztec) herbarium which discusses the use of plants for a range of illnesses.
Johan De Smedt, Helen De Cruz
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Characterization of Joints between Carbon Fiber Composite Parts Using a Microstrip Transmission Line Method. [PDF]
Plaza B, López D, Poyatos D.
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Hotels, refuge, and the rise of carceral hospitality
Abstract Geographical work on hotels has foregrounded their role as spaces of commercial hospitality, leisure, and increasingly as sites of emergency accommodation for a range of displaced groups. Developing such work, this paper critically examines the central role of hotels in accommodating and containing asylum seekers and refugees.
Jonathan Darling, Andrew Burridge
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Abstract Objective To describe a CORA‐based cranial closing wedge ostectomy methodology (CCWOCORA) and to determine whether the CCWOCORA achieves a more accurate and precise postoperative tibial plateau angle (TPAPOST) than three previously described methods. Study design In silico study. Sample population Thirteen client‐owned dogs.
William H. R. Petchell+3 more
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Medium-Voltage AC Cable Joints: A Review of Testing Methods, Standards, and Emerging Trends. [PDF]
Mingotti A+3 more
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Revision Extension of Fusion Surgery in Thoracolumbar Spine Using a Newly Designed Revision Rod - Comparative Matched Cohort Study Versus Implant-Replacement Surgery. [PDF]
Youn YH+4 more
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Preliminary design of a 100 kW turbine generator [PDF]
The National Science Foundation and the Lewis Research Center have engaged jointly in a Wind Energy Program which includes the design and erection of a 100 kW wind turbine generator. The machine consists primarily of a rotor turbine, transmission, shaft,
Puthoff, R. L., Sirocky, P. J.
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Abstract The Solar, Anomalous, and Magnetospheric Explorer (SAMPEX) mission launched in July 1992 was the first NASA “Small Explorer” project. It had the goal to show how space missions could be developed much more rapidly than had become the situation in the 1980s and 1990s.
D. N. Baker, G. M. Mason
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Design of Segmented Ultra-Wideband TEM Horn Antenna for Calibration of Wideband Electromagnetic Pulse Sensors. [PDF]
Zhang T+8 more
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System data communication structures for active-control transport aircraft, volume 2 [PDF]
The application of communication structures to advanced transport aircraft are addressed. First, a set of avionic functional requirements is established, and a baseline set of avionics equipment is defined that will meet the requirements.
Brock, L. D.+6 more
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