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Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Native to America, the pineapple—Ananas comosus (L.) Merr.—delighted the Europeans who came across it. The fruit was mentioned by the voyagers and missionaries who observed and tasted it in the Americas and, from the 1500s onwards, infused reports, chronicles and natural history treatises with colour and flavour.
Teresa Nobre de Carvalho
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Roman Law and Local Law in Asia Minor (133 BC - AD 212)
, 2008 This thesis is a contribution towards legal history of Roman Asia Minor from the creation of the province of Asia to the enfranchisement of the free population of the Empire by the emperor Caracalla. Chapter I is concerned with the Hellenistic background
Kantor, Georgy, Bowman, Alan
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Noah's Raven, Noah's Son: The Metamorphoses of Blackness in Early Modern Readings of Genesis 8‐9
Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Over the past half‐century, scholars have offered various theories to explain when and how an aetiology for black skin became part of the reception history of the so‐called Curse of Ham in Genesis 9—a text that does not include any reference to skin colour.
Ashleigh Elser
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The Scholar Imprisoned: Young‐Bok Shin's Decolonial Thought Against (Sub) Imperialisms in East Asia
Sociological Forum, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article reads Young‐Bok Shin (1941–2016) as a decolonial thinker who theorized transformative worldmaking from the standpoint of the oppressed, rooted in the historical experiences of East Asia. Against the (sub)imperial “logic of sameness” that structures colonial modernity in his social world, Shin advances gongbu (studying) as a ...
Veda Hyunjin Kim
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The politics of Munificence in the Roman empire: citizens, elites and benefactors in Asia Minor
, 2009 In the first two centuries AD, the eastern Roman provinces experienced a proliferation of elite public generosity unmatched in their previous or later history.
Zuiderhoek, Andries Johan
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Topics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.Abstract This manuscript documents a systematic ethnomycological analysis of ethnographic archives. Focusing on texts describing human–fungi interactions, I conduct a global, cross‐cultural review of mushroom use, covering 193 societies worldwide. The study reveals diverse mushroom‐related cultural practices, emphasizing the significance of fungi ...
Roope O. Kaaronen
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International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, Volume 175, Issue 2, Page 619-630, November 2026.Abstract Objectives Spontaneous premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) is a condition characterized by the cessation of ovarian function before age 40, unrelated to medical interventions. It affects approximately 3.5% of women worldwide and can result in significant emotional, physical, and social consequences.
Maria Patricia Roman +2 more
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What Will My Gift Buy? How Effectiveness Signals Shape the Perceived Price of Giving and Donations
Journal of Philanthropy, Volume 31, Issue 4, November 2026.ABSTRACT Perceptions of a nonprofit's effectiveness shape charitable giving, but less is understood about the route by which an effectiveness signal becomes a gift. This study asks whether one specific belief, the perceived price of giving, helps account for that relationship.
Minjung Kim
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Network science reveals the structure and lasting impact of the Roman road system. [PDF]
Nat CommunPažout A +9 more
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Pregnancy, Volume 2, Issue 6, November 2026.Abstract Introduction To develop and validate a single‐nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)‐based noninvasive prenatal cell‐free DNA (cfDNA) screening algorithm capable of identifying the cfDNA signal of the living fetus in vanishing twin (VT) pregnancies and assessing that twin's aneuploidy risk. Methods Prospective study enrolling participants ≥18 years old
Lorraine Dugoff +29 more
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