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The relationship between the cultural identity & religion of the Mediterranean in the travelogue Reise ins Heilige Land by Anton Prokesch von Osten [PDF]

open access: yesHum, 2019
At the end of the March 1829, Anton Prokesch von Osten went on another journey to the Orient; this time to the Holy Land. This country is not only considered as one of the most popular Christian pilgrimage sites, but also as a meeting point between the ...
Martina Lučić
doaj  

Orientation

open access: yesCurationis, 1985
Oriëntasie van ’n nuwe werknemer is noodsaaklik om angs te verlig en om horn/ haar van die inligting wat nodig is vir bevredigende werksverrigting te voorsien. Orientasieprogramme moet aangepas word by die spesifieke behoeftes van elke nuwe werknemer. Daar kan onderskei word tussen makro- en mikro-oriëntasie.
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Re-orient [PDF]

open access: yesComparative Literature: East & West, 2019
The economic rise, first of Japan and Korea, then, even stronger, China, and in its wake perhaps soon much of South and South-East Asia, has brought about a major geopolitical recalibration from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and from Europe, or what we are used to call the “Western world,” to Asia.
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Orienting Graphs to Optimize Reachability

open access: yes, 1996
The paper focuses on two problems: (i) how to orient the edges of an undirected graph in order to maximize the number of ordered vertex pairs (x,y) such that there is a directed path from x to y, and (ii) how to orient the edges so as to minimize the ...
Communicated V. Ramachandran   +3 more
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Dialogue Between Latin and Portuguese in the 16th Century

open access: yesAbriu: Estudos de Textualidade do Brasil, Galicia e Portugal, 2013
In the 16th century, positions defending the use of the Portuguese language in all areas of writing, not only in literary production, emerged. Latin, as a highly scientific and legal language, proved to be inadequate for some spheres of knowledge and ...
Ignacio Vázquez Diéguez
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Photography and the Imperial Propaganda: Egypt under Gaze [PDF]

open access: yesCultural Intertexts, 2021
The mid-Victorian era and the Edwardian period witnessed important advances in graphic arts leading to the invention of photography. The eastward imperial expansion of Britain during this period resulted in the emergence of different representations of
Fatima Zohra HAMRAT
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Hydrodynamic orienting of asymmetric microobjects under gravity

open access: yes, 2008
It is shown that nonsymmetric microobjects orient while settling under gravity in a viscous fluid. To analyze this process, a simple shape is chosen: a non-deformable `chain'. The chain consists of two straight arms, made of touching solid spheres.
Childress S   +6 more
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High-temperature antioxidant silicate coating of low-density Nb–Ti–Al alloy: A review

open access: yesHigh Temperature Materials and Processes
Nb–Ti–Al base alloy is an important structural material with low density and high temperature. However, as with other niobium alloys, the weak oxidation resistance is the bottleneck of its engineering application. Surface coating technology is considered
Tang Xiaohuan   +5 more
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Stressful Events Reported by Childhood Cancer Survivors and Community Controls From the St. Jude Lifetime (SJLIFE) Cohort: A Mixed Method Study

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Characterizing stressful events reported by childhood cancer survivors experienced throughout the lifespan may help improve trauma‐informed care relevant to the survivor experience. Methods Participants included 2552 survivors (54% female; 34 years of age) and 469 community controls (62% female; 33 years of age) from the St.
Megan E. Ware   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Micro-Bullet Assembly: Interactions of Oriented Dipoles in Confined Nematic Liquid Crystal

open access: yes, 2013
Microbullet particles, cylinders with one blunt and one spherical end, offer a novel platform to study the effects of anisotropy and curvature on colloidal assembly in complex fluids.
Beller, Daniel A.   +6 more
core   +1 more source

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