Verses of Faith and Devotion. Seeing, Reading, and Touching Monumental Crucifixes with Inscriptions (12th–13th century) [PDF]
The paper discusses a group of monumental crucifixes from the 13th-century East Adriatic and Italy, pained or executed in low relief, that display a verse inscriptions on the transverse limb of the cross.
Marušić, Matko Matija
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Abstract Background Reduced functional status (RFS) has been associated with death and graft loss after kidney transplant; whether the risk of short‐term outcomes, including delayed graft function (DGF) and early graft loss (EGL) is also increased is unknown.
Sage L. Dixon +3 more
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Political connections cause resource misallocation: Evidence from the fall of fascism in Italy
Abstract The fall of fascism in Italy in 1943–1944 was followed by the issuance of laws and decrees that made former fascist politicians ineligible for political office. This setting provides a unique quasi‐natural experiment that exogenously and permanently disrupted then prevalent corporate political connections.
Mara Faccio, John J. McConnell
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Abstract The structural design of prestressed concrete girders in beam bridges is performed by coupling 3D parametric modeling, optimization, and statistical techniques, structural analysis, and design. The objective is to explore the potential and advantages of advanced design methodologies based on intelligent design.
Vinicius Nascimento de Moraes +1 more
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The amazing synchronicity of the Global Development (the 1300s-1450s). An institutional approach to the globalization of the late Middle Ages [PDF]
In a new approach to a long-ranging debate on the causes of the Late Medieval Debasement, we offer an institutional case-study of Russia and the Levant.
Badalian, Lucy, Krivorotov, Victor
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Attitudes to Pregnancy, Childbirth and Postnatal Complications in Medieval English Miracula
Abstract This article re‐examines the evidence about childbirth and related topics in the posthumous miracle collections of English saints. It finds forty‐eight such miracles in collections of thirteen English saints, mostly from the century or so after 1170. The article argues that the context in which the stories were composed is vitally important to
Ben Nilson, Ruth Frost
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The Twelve Years Truce (1609). Peace, Truce, War, and Law in the Low Countries at the Turn of the 17th Century [PDF]
Book review of LESAFFER (Randall), ed., The Twelve Years Truce (1609) : peace, truce, war, and law in the Low Countries at the turn of the 17th century, Leiden/Boston, Martinus Nijhoff/Brill, 2014, IX + 297 p.
Dhondt, Frederik
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Conway-Kochen and the Finite Precision Loophole [PDF]
Recently Cator & Landsman made a comparison between Bell's Theorem and Conway & Kochen's Strong Free Will Theorem. Their overall conclusion was that the latter is stronger in that it uses fewer assumptions, but also that it has two shortcomings. Firstly,
Hermens, Ronnie
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Connectivity and Population Structure in a Marginal Sea—A Review
ABSTRACT Aim The current biodiversity crisis calls for conservation measures that limit or reduce the negative human impact on key habitats and vulnerable wild populations. To effectively protect biodiversity at all levels, including intra‐specific diversity, conservation measures should, ideally, be aligned with the connectivity and genetic structure ...
Simon Henriksson +8 more
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Remaking the United States Supreme Court in the Courts’ of Appeals Image [PDF]
We argue that Congress should remake the United States Supreme Court in the U.S. courts\u27 of appeals image by increasing the size of the Court\u27s membership, authorizing panel decisionmaking, and retaining an en banc procedure for select cases. In so
George, Tracey E., Guthrie, Chris
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