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Obesity and the Politics of Taddeo di Bartolo's Inferno

open access: yesRenaissance Studies, Volume 40, Issue 5, Page 838-852, November 2026.
ABSTRACT This paper examines Taddeo di Bartolo's depiction of Hell in the Collegiata di Santa Maria Assunta, the mother church of San Gimignano. In a striking departure from similar scenes of the period, the fresco, painted in the early fifteenth century, emphasizes the obesity of the sinners—suggesting a deliberate visual critique.
Stefania Roccas Gandal
wiley   +1 more source

How Long Do Wealth Shocks Persist? Less Than Three Generations in England, 1700–2026

open access: yesReview of Income and Wealth, Volume 72, Issue 4, November 2026.
ABSTRACT What happens across generations to wealth shocks? Do they endure and even magnify, or do they dissipate? By implication, how much modern wealth is attributable to events before 1900? This paper uses random shocks to family size in England before 1880 that created wealth shocks for the children to measure the persistence of wealth shocks ...
Gregory Clark, Neil Cummins
wiley   +1 more source

Histidine Supplementation Stabilizes Hearing and Vision and Improves Growth in HARS1‐Related Autosomal Recessive Disorder Associated With Usher‐Like Symptoms

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, Volume 200, Issue 10, Page 2289-2308, October 2026.
ABSTRACT Autosomal recessive HARS1‐related disorder (originally described as Usher syndrome type 3B) caused by a homozygous Y454S variant in the histidyl‐tRNA synthetase gene (HARS1) is characterized by progressive sensorineural hearing and vision loss and respiratory deterioration with risk for sudden death following febrile illnesses.
Victoria Mok Siu   +23 more
wiley   +1 more source

The correlates of infant and childhood mortality: A theoretical overview and new evidence from the analysis of longitudinal data of the Bejsce (Poland) parish register reconstitution study of the 18th-20th centuries

open access: yesDemographic Research, 2009
This paper has two main goals. The first is to review the context for studying infant mortality, which includes a review of the theoretical framework, the covariates used to examine mortality over the first 60 months of life, and the major findings of ...
Krzysztof Tymicki
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The Residential Mobility of Mid‐Term Temporary Populations: Personal Trajectories and Sociospatial Patterns in Rome

open access: yesPopulation, Space and Place, Volume 32, Issue 7, October 2026.
ABSTRACT This article examines how medium‐term temporary dwellers—who have been living in a city for months or a few years without planning to settle in the long term—impact upon intra‐urban residential mobility and sociospatial inequalities in Southern European contexts.
Barbara Brollo
wiley   +1 more source

The parish registers of Harewood, Co. York.

open access: yes, 1914
Mode of access ...
Harewood, Eng. (Parish)   +1 more
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Toasting With Strangers? Export Spillovers From Chinese Winery Acquisitions in the Bordeaux Vineyards

open access: yesBritish Journal of Management, Volume 37, Issue 4, October 2026.
Abstract Foreign entrants may threaten and, at the same time, present local companies with opportunities for favourable spillovers. Building on the awareness‐motivation‐capability framework, this paper aims to provide empirical evidence for a positive co‐location or spatial proximity effect of foreign presence on local peer companies’ exports.
Pierre‐Xavier Meschi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The registers of the parish church of Lancaster; baptisms, burials, and marriages.

open access: yes, 1908
"The Lancashire Parish Register Society; a retrospect of fifty years [by E. B. Leech]": v. 3, p. v-xii.Vol. 2 printed by J. B. Peace; v. 3 has imprint: Preston, Printed for the Lancashire Parish Register Society by R. Seed.[v.
Flitcroft, J.   +3 more
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Catholic Values and Gender Politics in the Colombian Mass Media: Acción Cultural Popular (ACPO) in the 1970s

open access: yesGender &History, Volume 38, Issue 3, Page 945-957, October 2026.
ABSTRACT The 1970s were a decade of huge change for women in Colombia, from the legalisation of divorce to increased access to education, labour market participation and contraception. This article examines how the Catholic non‐governmental organisation Acción Cultural Popular (Popular Cultural Action, ACPO) responded to women's changing roles and ...
Anna Cant
wiley   +1 more source

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