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How digitisation of herbaria reveals the botanical legacy of the First World War

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Digitisation of herbarium collections is bringing greater understanding to bear on the complexity of narratives relating to the First World War and its aftermath – scientific and societal. Plant collecting during the First World War was more widespread than previously understood, contributed to the psychological well‐being of those involved and ...
Christopher Kreuzer, James A. Wearn
wiley   +1 more source

Travels of Russians to the Holy Land in the 19th Century

Quest. Issues in Contemporary Jewish History, 2013
This article focuses on three main aspects: the presence of the Holy Land in the Russian literature of pilgrimage, the creation in Palestine of Russian institutions, and the representations of the Holy Land in Russian architecture.
Simona Merlo
doaj  

Plurilingual treaties: aspects of interpretation [PDF]

, 2010
The chapter explores the historical background to plurilingual treaty-making as well as the practice of the PCIJ and ICJ to the interpretation of plurilingual treaties. The chapter includes a detailed examination of Article 33 of the Vienna Convention of
Eden, Paul
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Simulation of Demographic Change in Palestinian Territories [PDF]

, 2007
Mortality, birth rates and retirement play a major role in demographic changes. In most cases, mortality rates decreased in the past century without noticeable decrease in fertility rates, this leads to a significant increase in population growth.
A. H. El-ASTAL, M. A. RADWAN, M. A. SUMOUR, M. M. SHABAT, Sá Martins J. S.   +4 more
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Tracing holotype trajectories: Mapping the movement of the most valuable herbarium specimens

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Global efforts to protect biodiversity depend on fair access to key plant specimens. This study examines the distribution of 119,361 holotypes—unique herbarium specimens used to formally describe new plant species. By linking collection and storage data, we found that holotypes are increasingly held closer to their places of origin, particularly in ...
Dominik Tomaszewski, Łukasz Walas, Marzenna Guzicka   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Organization and activities of the Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society in the context of the church brotherhood movement [PDF]

Вестник Свято-Филаретовского института
The article analyzes the activities of the Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society (IOPS) in the context of the church-social movement of the 1880s — early 1900s. The undertakings of the initiator of the establishment of the Society, V. N.
Polunov A. Yu.
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Menorah Review (No. 62, Winter/Spring, 2005) [PDF]

, 2005
Tales to Engage -- The Study of The Holocaust And Its Discontents -- Jews Courageous -- Thinking Heart of A Concentration Camp: The Spiritual Journey of A Young Woman in Holland Under Nazi Occupation -- Great Russian-Jewish Historians -- Children\u27s ...

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Guanxi and Wasta: 20 Years of Evolution and Future Directions for Informal Network Research

Thunderbird International Business Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article provides an examination of the evolution of networking in China and the Arab world over two decades and provides an update to, and new insights arising from, an article called Guanxi and Wasta; A Comparison, published in Thunderbird International Business Review in 2006.
Kate Hutchings, David Weir, Sa'ad Ali, Sven Horak   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

ARCHIMANDRITE ANTONIN (KAPUSTIN) AS CREATOR RUSSIAN PALESTINE (ACCORDING TO THE MATERIALS OF THE JERUSALEM DIARY)

Vestnik of Kostroma State University, 2023
In an article based on the diaries of arch. Antonin (Kapustin) presents his active work in the creation of Russian Palestine. As the fifth head of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem, arch. Antonin continued the work of the first Russian missionaries, strengthened Russia's presence in the Holy Land and raised its authority.
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Contours of V.N. Khitrovo’s Worldview: on Genesis of Religious-Political Concept

RUDN Journal of Russian History
The article is devoted to Vasily Nikolaevich Khitrovo, the founder of the Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society, a renowned Palestine scholar and statesman of Russia. The author considers the problem of the formation of the foundations of V.N.
Vladimir V. Blokhin
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