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Three Arabic Letters from North Sumatra of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
This article examines three Arabic documents, one from the Sultanate of Samudera-Pasai dated 1516, and two from the Sultanate of Aceh, dated 1602 and 1603, written in the name of Sultan Alauddin Riayat Syah (r.1589–1604).
Peacock, Andrew Charles Spencer
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High diversity of Phytophthora species in natural ecosystems and nurseries of Portugal: Detrimental side effect of plant introductions from the age of discovery to modern globalization

open access: yesPlant Pathology, Volume 74, Issue 2, Page 330-362, February 2025.
High diversity of known and new, mostly exotic Phytophthora species in forests, nurseries and streams across Portugal and numerous associated forest tree declines are a consequence of long‐term plant introductions and outplantings. Abstract Between 2010 and 2015, an extensive survey of Phytophthora diversity was performed across Portugal.
Marília Horta Jung   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Show-casing the Past: on agency, space and tourism [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This paper explores linkages between tourism, space and power, in order to explore how these aspects relate to peoples’ spatial practices. Using a diachronic approach to tourism, this paper argues that in order to understand tourism phenomenon we cannot ...
Pires, Ema
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Ship Formation Control Using Nonlinear Model Predictive Control With Safe Speed Constraints and Tidal Elevation Variations

open access: yesIET Intelligent Transport Systems, Volume 19, Issue 1, January/December 2025.
1. An adaptive speed control method is proposed to execute the ship formation trajectory tracking task more efficiently and safely while entering port with tidal elevation variations. 2. A distributed ship formation controller based on the leader‒follower structure is designed to govern the coordinated motion of formation members more flexibly. 3.
Fanglie Wu   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sacred Ambition, Secular Power: Jesuit Missions and the Rebalancing Authority of the Portuguese Empire, 1540–1759

open access: yesReligions
This article treats the familiar triad “Gold, God, and Glory” as a heuristic to track how commercial, missionary, and reputational aims were configured within overlapping jurisdictions of the Portuguese world.
Boyu Fang
doaj   +1 more source

Determination of the plan of the A Famosa Fortress, Malaysia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
The “A Famosa Fortress” is one of the oldest partially extant European buildings in Malaysia. It was built in 1511 by the Portuguese and went through several architectural developments and changes before being largely destroyed during the British ...
Bridges, A., Izani, M., Razak, A.
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Exploring Game‐Based Inquiry Learning Application in a Maritime Science Museum: A Visitors’ Perspective

open access: yesHuman Behavior and Emerging Technologies, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.
This article brings together the concepts of emerging technologies, game‐based learning (GBL), and inquiry learning to conduct a research study undertaken in a maritime science museum. Over the last decade, the potential benefits of emerging technologies have enabled game‐based inquiry activities in formal and informal pedagogical contexts.
Sohaib Ahmed   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Malaysia, Truly Asia? Religious Pluralism in Malaysia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
The spectacular economic growth of Malaysia in recent years has greatly impacted the state of religious pluralism in Malaysia. However, this growth has also created an attitude of indifference, if not silence, when it comes to matters pertaining to ...
Christopher Rodney Yeoh
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