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Declining female participation: Mechanisms at play in the Viennese private annuity market, c. 1360–1450

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract During the high and late Middle Ages, the European economy witnessed the emergence and substantial growth of capital markets, a phenomenon connected to urbanization and pestilence, both of which brought profound changes to the social, legal, and economic positions of women.
Anna Molnár
wiley   +1 more source

The Avesta as a foundation of neurosurgical deontology: From the rules of the Vendidad to contemporary ethical principles. [PDF]

Surg Neurol Int
Mostofi K.
europepmc   +1 more source

The depth and breadth of capitalism at the Cape

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Limited liability company legislation was introduced to the Cape Colony in 1861. An amendment in 1892 led to wider adoption, expanding and diversifying the capital market. Using novel data from the Cape Joint Stock Archive between 1892 and 1902, this paper examines who invested, where capital flowed, and how these patterns shaped firm outcomes
Edward Kerby, Lloyd Melusi Maphosa
wiley   +1 more source

The abundance and radial distribution of faint and ultra-faint dwarfs in galaxy clusters. [PDF]

Mon Not R Astron Soc
Sadhu P, Sales LV, Navarro JF, Errani R, Benavides J, Peng EW.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Hunting for Hollanders: The community responsibility system, trade sanctions, and public debt in the late‐medieval Low Countries

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract To persuade creditors to lend, cities in the Low Countries relied on a community responsibility system that made all citizens personally liable for public debt. This exposed itinerant citizens to significant risks: their merchandise could be confiscated by creditors, and they could even be imprisoned for debt.
Jaco Zuijderduijn
wiley   +1 more source

Demography and life histories across the Roman frontier in Germany 400-700 CE. [PDF]

Nature
Blöcher J, Vallini L, Velte M, Eckel R, Guyon L, Winkelbach L, Thomas MG, Gharehbaghi N, Mitchell CT, Schümann J, Köhler S, Seyr E, Krichel K, Rau S, Hirsch J, Duras J, Cloarec-Pioffet P, Füglistaler A, Klement K, Wilkenhöner M, Vetterdietz L, Gentilin F, Müller M, Mücke AL, Zedda N, Tawfik Y, Saal E, McGlynn G, Bramanti B, Orschiedt J, Molitor R, Fliß B, Spazier I, Shankland D, Vetterling C, Karpf K, Planert V, Hölzl S, Codreanu-Windauer S, Quast D, Mikić I, Fiedler S, Päffgen B, Brami M, Richter T, Chaix R, Brather-Walter S, Steffens P, Marquart M, Becker T, Haberstroh J, Meier M, Schmidt-Hofner S, Brather S, Harbeck M, Patzold S, Wegmann D, Burger J.   +57 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Love and the Basis of Dignity

European Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.
Abstract It is often said that dignity is the ground of human rights. But what grounds dignity? According to proponents of the metaphysical view, dignity is grounded in our rational capacities, our sense of justice, or a disjunctive list of valuable capacities.
Jordan David Thomas Walters
wiley   +1 more source

Metasurface platform for simultaneous and uncorrelated emissivity control over MWIR and LWIR spectral bands. [PDF]

Light Sci Appl
Maman R, Mazurski N, Goykhman I, Levy U.
europepmc   +1 more source

Retrieving Your Concepts: Iris Murdoch on Original Sin

European Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.
Abstract In The Sovereignty of Good, Iris Murdoch argues that our moral thinking will be impoverished until it possesses a secular conception of original sin. Such a notion would need to remove unacceptable Christian baggage while retaining a genuine claim to be a descendant of the original Christian concept.
Samuel Filby
wiley   +1 more source

Interval between diagnosis and treatment of cervical cancer in Brazil: comparative analysis of cases with and without diagnosis prior to arrival at the hospital unit. [PDF]

BMC Womens Health
Silva LGSD, Silva PVS, Chaves MFD, Cruz ACDC, Santos JEMD, Oliveira NPD, de Camargo Cancela M, Torres-Roman JS, Bezerra de Souza DL.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source