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Obituaries

Archaeology International, 2020
Several distinguished archaeologists who had close links to the Institute have died during the past year. Brief obituaries are given here and reference made to some of the obituaries available elsewhere.
doaj   +5 more sources

An exploration of basic human values in 38 million obituaries over 30 years [PDF]

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Liane Young, Stylianos Syropoulos, Kyle Fiore Law   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

Using newspapers obituaries to nowcast daily mortality: evidence from the Italian COVID-19 hot-spots

medRxiv, 2020
Real-time tracking of infectious disease outbreaks helps policymakers to make timely data-driven decisions. Official mortality data, whenever available, may be incomplete and published with a substantial delay.
P. Buonanno, M. Puca
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Meta‐Virtuality: Strategies of Disembeddedness in Virtual Interiorities

Journal of Interior Design, EarlyView., 2022
ABSTRACT To reclaim their seat in the rapidly growing market of virtual space, designers of the built environment can benefit from reevaluating theories that see the virtual as a mere extension/reflection of the physical. By claiming ontological autonomy from external worlds, the virtual is liberated from the hegemonic control of the physical.
Vahid Vahdat
wiley   +1 more source

After We have Gone

Information for Social Change, 2021
I've always said there are three stages to life - first you read obituaries, then you write obituaries, this is followed on by being featured in an obituary, which others might read. Does this sound simple?
Martyn Lowe
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Online obituaries as a complementary source of data for mortality in Canada [PDF]

Demographic Research
BACKGROUND: Obituaries and death notices have existed for centuries as a form of commemoration, particularly in Western countries. With the rise of the internet, these records have become more accessible, presenting a valuable, largely untapped source ...
Pietro Violo, Nadine Ouellette
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Mapping the ‘invisible college of international lawyers’ through obituaries

Leiden Journal of International Law, 2020
Since Oscar Schachter’s articulation of the concept, scholars have attempted to better understand the ‘invisible college of international lawyers’ making up our profession.
Luiza Leão Soares Pereira, N. Ridi
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A Civil War Heroine Liudmila Mokievskaya-Zubok: Historical Documents and Fictional Character [PDF]

Studia Litterarum, 2021
The article discusses the influence of historical evidence about Liudmila Mokievskaya-Zubok on her fictional character. Mokievskaya-Zubok was a heroine of the Russian Civil War, the only famous female commander of the armored train.
Olga A. Simonova
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Donald A. B. Lindberg, MD, Honorary MLA Member

Journal of the Medical Library Association, 2020
Donald Allan Bror Lindberg, MD, director emeritus of the US National Library of Medicine (NLM) and Honorary MLA Member, died on August 17, 2019, in Bethesda, Maryland.
Betsy L. Humphreys, Megan Rosenbloom
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The astronomer - N. N. Donitch [PDF]

Serbian Astronomical Journal, 2003
This paper describes a history of friendship and collaboration between the astronomers N. Donitch and A.A. Baikov. Information on other astronomers L.V. Okulitch and E.A. Von der Pahlen, and meteorologists V.H. Dubinskii and Nina Gouma, can also be found.
Baikov A.A., Gaina A.
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