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Antifungal activity of low molecular weight chitosan produced from non-traditional marine resources
The four plants pathogens, Botrytis cinerea, Phytophthora cinnamomi, Cryphonectria parasitica and Heterobasidion annosum are responsible for several diseases affecting different plant species in Portugal, such as pines (H.
Francisco Pires Avelelas +2 more
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The Concept of Systematic Corruption in American Political and Economic History [PDF]
The critical role of governance in the promotion of economic development has created intense interest in the manner in which the United States eliminated corruption.
John Joseph Wallis
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Civil Society and Social Things: Setting the Boundaries of the Social Sciences [PDF]
This is a preprint (author's original) version of the article published in Social Research 62(4):899-932. The final version of the article can be found at http://search.proquest.com.ezproxy.bu.edu/docview/209664723?accountid=9676 (login required to ...
Schmidt, James
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Scholars have often undervalued the problem of cultural contact in the Histories of Polybius, reducing the scope of this kind of approach only to the description of Barbarian peoples.
Álvaro M. Moreno Leoni
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Megabenthic decapod crustacean assemblages on the Galician continental shelf and upper slope (north-west Spain) [PDF]
The original publication is avaliable at www.springerlink.comThe structure of megabenthic decapod crustacean assemblages on the Galician (north-west Spain) continental shelf (100 to 200 depth) and upper slope (200 to 500 m) was analyzed based on ...
Fariña Pérez, Antonio Celso +2 more
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Conceptual frameworks in historical analysis: using reputation as interpretive prism [PDF]
Purpose This paper aims to advocate a revised perspective in historical analysis. The author calls for historians to apply the concept of reputation as interpretive lens in the analysis of historical processes and outcomes.
Schnee, Christian
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Polybius’ account of Roman success uses an evolutionary theory of constitutions, a cycle which culminated in but was stopped by the ideal mixed constitution, from which decline was possible but not inevitable.
Frank W. Walbank
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New insights into the evolution of portunoid swimming crabs (Portunoidea, Heterotremata, Brachyura) and the brachyuran axial skeleton. [PDF]
Hazerli D, Höpel CG, Richter S.
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Comparing is a base operation in the description of foreigners. Yet, its role in Hellenistic ethnography is still understudied. The paper looks at practices of comparing in the ethnographic texts of Polybius, Posidonius and Strabo in the 2nd and 1st ...
Julian Gieseke
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Polibio, Fabio Píctor y el origen del etnónimo “celtíberos”
A close examination of Polybius’ Histories points to the Greek Annales of Fabius Pictor as the origin of the name “Celtiberians”, a composed word created by the first Roman historian on the base of the similarities between the Celts invading Italy and ...
Julián Pelegrín Campo
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