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Research on Olympic medal prediction based on GA-BP and logistic regression model [version 3; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] [PDF]
F1000ResearchBackground Predicting the number and distribution of Olympic medals in the future has become a hot topic, but predicting the number of Olympic medals is not easy and requires comprehensive consideration of multiple factors such as historical data ...
Keyun Lu +3 more
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Pressing Metal, Pressing Politics: Papal Annual Medals, 1605–1700
Religions, 2016 This article surveys images depicted on the reverses of papal annual medals in the seventeenth century, beginning in 1605 under Paul V (r. 1605–21) with the first confirmed annual medal, and ending in 1700 at the conclusion of the papacy of Innocent XII (
Matthew Knox Averett
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eLife, 2015 There can only be one gold medal in each event at the Olympics. In science, on the other hand, as Eve Marder explains, it is more important to recognize excellence in its many different forms than it is to identify a winner.
Eve Marder
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Scientia Militaria, 2012 When the soldiers of Great Britain and the Empire came home after serving in the Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902 some of the places to which they returned, their regiments and other bodies chose to reward them with unofficial medals which were usually ...
W.M. Bisset
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CRIMEAN WAR OTTTOMAN COMMEMORATIVE AND MILITARY MEDALS [PDF]
Zeitschrift für die Welt der Türken, 2014 Medals are symbols to honor people and also to increase their loyalty to the state. States have revealed forces through medals in a symbolic sense. Although the Ottoman Empire met with the tradition of medal in the period of Sultan Mehmed II, medals ...
Kemal Hakan Tekin
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Investigation of the Visual Evolution of Persian Medals of Honor from Qajar Dynasty till Now [PDF]
نگره, 2021 Apart from their historical importance, medals are an important symbol of arts for Iranian over the last few centuries. The first important aspect of the medals is their long durability which enables them to carry arts and cultural traditions from many ...
Nafise Najafi, Hassanali Pourmand
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Fizička Kultura, 2023 From 1912 to 1948, eighteen hundred artists participated in art competitions within the Olympic Games. Art competitions were held at the following Olympic Games during the period from 1912 to 1948: Stockholm (1912), Antwerp (1920), Paris (1924 ...
Matić Milan, Radenović Sandra
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Hans Sedlmayr, ‘Obituary: Julius Ritter von Schlosser 23 IX 1866 – 1 XII 1938’, trans. Karl Johns [PDF]
Journal of Art Historiography, 2022 The greatest respect one could show would certainly be a renewed and serious consideration of Schlosser’s work – and yet we have another duty which strikes me as more important still, and this is to recognize its significance for the history of art ...
Karl Johns
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Factors that contribute to winning medals in international soft tennis events
International Journal of Racket Sports Science, 2023 Soft tennis has four major international events, and to date, 29 official international events have been held. During this period, 576 medals have been awarded.
Seiji Kusubori, Toshimitsu Tanaka
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The Framework for Comprehensive Forensic Study of Phaleristic Items
Теория и практика судебной экспертизы, 2021 The article substantiates the need for a comprehensive forensic examination of phaleristic items – orders, medals, and other badges of distinction involved in the sphere of legal proceedings on criminal, civil, arbitration cases, and cases of ...
G. G. Bocharov
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