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Folklore Studies, Fieldwork and the Making of a Domestic Anthropology in Fin‐de‐Siècle Britain

History, EarlyView.
Abstract This article follows the ‘communities of knowledge‐making’ that formed around folklore collection at the end of the nineteenth century. Often regarded as eccentric or marginal figures in the history of human science, these collectors in fact engaged in lively and sophisticated discussions about the methodologies needed to study the mental ...
HARRY PARKER
wiley   +1 more source

Experimental study on mechanical response of soft soil freezing in underground excavation using artificial ground freezing method. [PDF]

PLoS One
Han L, Yi L, Zhang P, Chai L, Cheng Z.
europepmc   +1 more source

THE VIOLENCE OF FULL COST RECOVERY: Financing Water Infrastructure, and the History and Future of Perpetual Crisis in Mombasa

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Foregrounding the role of finance, this article examines the historical production and future trajectory of the urban water crisis in Mombasa. Drawing on archival research and contemporary fieldwork, it traces how principles of full cost recovery—institutionalized during the colonial period and later reworked through postcolonial ...
Joe Williams
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Wind energy-driven rabbit hair TENG for railway detection. [PDF]

iScience
Chen L, Zhang L, Wang S, Wang B, Qi Y, Zhao D.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Unnatural Wills: Inheritance Disputes and Inequality

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Within the conceptual frame of relational economic sociology, inheritance disputes are a canonical form of relational mismatch. But the social patterning of relational mismatches, and their various ties to inequality, remain murky. In this paper, I examine all known inheritance disputes in Dallas from 1895–1945 within their social context to ...
Shay O'Brien
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Simulation of water-mud-inrush in fault fracture zone of deep and long railway tunnel in mountain area. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Yang S, Han H, Chen G, Guo M, Fan C, Zhao B, Yang B.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

300 Years of Degradation in Wales Estuaries and Coasts

Natural Resources Forum, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The world's oceans are in a severe state of degradation, yet our understanding of that degradation is often based on changes observed only in the past 20–50 years. This narrow view leads to marine conservation efforts that aim to preserve already degraded ecosystems, shaped by shifted ecological baselines.
Richard K. F. Unsworth, Blaise Bullimore, Leanne C. Cullen‐Unsworth, Benjamin L. H. Jones   +3 more
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Factors Associated With the Emergence and Spread of Visceral Leishmaniasis in the State of São Paulo, Brazil. [PDF]

Zoonoses Public Health
de Camargo-Neves VLF, Werneck GL.
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Market Integration and Nonlinear Price Transmission in 19th‐Century British Wheat Markets

Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Important developments in infrastructure and institutions characterized 19th‐Century wheat markets in Great Britain. Among these developments was the construction of the national rail system which enabled cheaper and more efficient transport of grain and other bulky cargoes between inland towns and ports.
Barry K. Goodwin, A. Ford Ramsey
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An overdispersed count regression model for analyzing road accident fatalities and injuries in Bangladesh. [PDF]

PLoS One
Newaz MN, Tabassum R, Das T, Huq AS, Haque ME.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source