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De Stupro: First Insights on Rape and Its Prosecution in Maltese Courts (1701–10)
Abstract This article constitutes a first in‐depth investigation of rape and the prosecution of this crime in early eighteenth‐century Malta. The research, which is based on sixteen rape accusations claimed at the secular courts in Malta between 1701 and 1710, has analysed cases categorized as ‘simple rape’, ‘violent rape’ and rape committed under the ...
Vanessa Buhagiar
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Martial arts as a mental health intervention for children? Evidence from the ECLS-K
Background Martial arts studios for children market their services as providing mental health outcomes such as self-esteem, self-confidence, concentration, and self-discipline.
Strayhorn Joseph M, Strayhorn Jillian C
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Abstract Introduction Erectile dysfunction (ED) significantly impacts quality of life. For patients unresponsive to conservative treatments, penile prosthesis implantation represents an effective solution with high satisfaction rates. However, the complexity and sensitive nature of the procedure often generate multiple patient concerns.
Gabriele Tulone +7 more
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Fight books can be defined as texts specialising in the theories of martial arts and the instruction of techniques (for future generations) based on actual experience of real fighting and training.
Bok Kyu Choi
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UFC Fighters Are Taking a Beating Because They are Misclassified as Independent Contractors. An Employee Classification Would Change the Fight Game for the UFC, Its Fighters, and MMA [PDF]
The current state of affairs in the sport of mixed martial arts (MMA) is overwhelmingly in favor of the companies promoting the fights and not in favor of the athletes actually putting their health and lives at risk.
Salminen, Vincent
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Breaking Barriers: The History of Women's Education and the Training of Female Surgeons
ABSTRACT Background and Aims Medicine and surgery have been practised by women since the earliest of times, but as these activities became professionalised, they became excluded by various barriers. The aims of this review are to identify these obstacles and how they were overcome.
John P. Collins
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This is the editorial for the ‘Martial Arts Studies’ issue of JOMEC Journal, published in June 2014. It briefly introduces the emergent field of martial arts studies, comments on its current manner of development, and suggests that a useful way to characterize works of martial arts studies (as opposed to ‘studies of martial arts’) relates to their ...
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Bilateral Supracondylar Process in a Subadult in the Late Antique Age: A Case Report
ABSTRACT During the excavation procedures for the railway trait Napoli‐Cancello, in the city of Afragola (Naples), several burials dating back to the Late Antique Age were found. One of them was an amphora burial (enchytrismòs) and contained the skeletal remains of a subadult individual affected by bilateral supracondylar process. Supracondylar process
Barbara Albanese +3 more
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Chinese and North American Culture: a New Perspective in Linguistics Studies [PDF]
We explored the two cultures in the two countries. There has been discussed on Chinese culture and North American culture. Chinese language, ceramics, architecture, music, dance, literature, martial arts, cuisine, visual arts, philosophy, business ...
Huan, C. Y. (Cheng), Li, Z. X. (Ziang)
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Abstract Background Research based on embodied cognition has demonstrated that physical posture, particularly an upright seated posture, can influence emotions and cognition. However, although students spend most of the day sitting in classrooms, intervention research on upright seated postures suitable for learning environments is limited.
Yusuke Murakami +2 more
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