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More Science Than Art: The First Botanical Garden in Portugal (c. 1650)

open access: yesRenaissance Studies, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Gabriel Grisley, a German physician, came to Portugal and founded a garden near the Xabregas River in Lisbon, during the 1610s under the Spanish kings' rule. In view of the utility a botanic garden represented for the kingdom, he was able to obtain a royal privilege from King João IV during the Restauration War against the Spanish (1640–1668).
Ana Duarte Rodrigues
wiley   +1 more source

Titian's Falconer: From Zorzone to Girolamo Cornaro

open access: yesRenaissance Studies, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The identity of the sitter in Titian's Falconer and the issue of its dating have been subject to a false, yet very influential assumption: that The Falconer should be dated to a point as late as 1537 in order to connect it to the identity of Zorzone Cornaro (1517–1571), son of Girolamo (1485–1551).
Rachel Healy
wiley   +1 more source

Insider/Outsider/Transsiders of Transnational Migration

open access: yesStudies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Migration is individually and collectively a challenging but also a transformative praxis and process. In my proposal, I present these in the context of transnational migration of two multigenerational families whose pioneers originally migrated from Turkey to Germany.
Halil Can
wiley   +1 more source

Poetic Sociology

open access: yesSociological Forum, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Can sociologists feel? Sociological writing can be beautiful, making us think differently about people, processes, and structures. Yet traditional academic writing that does this is rare. For example, most articles adhere to a jargon‐filled format and structure that mimics a detached and disciplined writer.
Victoria Reyes
wiley   +1 more source

Coerced Volunteering: Provision of Frontline Social Services During Emergencies

open access: yesSocial Policy &Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The study examines social service provision during emergencies, with the October 2023 war in Israel as a case study. Building on literature devoted to coping strategies adopted by frontline social service providers, which primarily addresses routine contexts, our research explores their adaptation during crises.
Ofri Shalev Greenman, Einat Lavee
wiley   +1 more source

The Use and Functions of English in Egyptian Social Media

open access: yesWorld Englishes, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the contemporary functions of English in Egypt through two interrelated lines of inquiry. First, it provides an updated account of the status and roles of English in the country, revisiting and extending Schaub's assessment in light of significant historical, socio‐economic and linguistic developments over the past two ...
Lucia La Causa
wiley   +1 more source

Reactive Cosmopolitanism: Migrants’ Attachment to the European Union as a Response to Social Exclusion

open access: yesGlobal Networks, Volume 26, Issue 4, October 2026.
ABSTRACT In times of globalisation, digitalisation and increasing interconnectedness, cosmopolitan belonging becomes more important. Although cosmopolitan migrants are often considered a privileged group within migrant populations, we argue that their cosmopolitan belonging can also result from being socially excluded—a dynamic we term reactive ...
Andreas Genoni, Nella Geurts
wiley   +1 more source

Florence Nightingale's Contemporary Legacy for Patient Safety: Implications for Nursing and Public Health

open access: yesNursing Inquiry, Volume 33, Issue 4, October 2026.
ABSTRACT This paper critically examines Florence Nightingale's legacy and its ongoing relevance to contemporary patient safety. Drawing on Notes on Nursing, the study highlights Nightingale's emphasis on hygiene, cleanliness, environmental factors, and systematic care as foundational to reducing harm and improving patient outcomes.
Elaine Lazaro Alcantara   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Past, Present and Future: A Historical Analysis and Reflection of 100 Years of Nursing Leadership

open access: yesNursing Inquiry, Volume 33, Issue 4, October 2026.
ABSTRACT This paper critically examines the evolution of nursing leadership over the past century, exploring how changing historical, social and professional contexts have influenced styles and their ongoing relevance to contemporary nursing practice.
Sherrie Bolton   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

“To be or not to be a profession: The military case”

Defence and Security Analysis, 1985
(1985). “To be or not to be a profession: The military case”. Defense Analysis: Vol. 1, No. 3, pp. 147-171.
exaly   +2 more sources

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