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The Place of the Sky in Persian Miniatures from the Beginning until the Tenth (Hijri) Century [PDF]
The sky has always had a special place in Persian religious and mythical be-liefs. It has been interpreted as a representation of holiness and refinement. This study aimed to examine the place as well as the significance of the sky in Persian miniatures.
Adham Zargham, Elham Heidari
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Words Denoting the Sky in Mongolic Languages: Etymology and Semantics
Introduction. The articles examines etymologies and semantics of Mongolic words denoting the sky. The system of astronomical terms in Mongolic languages is structurally complicated due to multiple layers of pre-Buddhist, Buddhist and other beliefs ...
Anna V. Dybo +5 more
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The other blue: Role of sky in the perception of nature
Nature is frequently operationalized as greenery or water to estimate the restorativeness of the environment. Pursuing a deeper understanding of the connection between representation of naturalness and its relationship with restoration, we conducted an ...
Izabela Maria Sztuka +9 more
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The biblical account of the Tower of Babel (Genesis XI, 1-9) said that the summit of this one had to reach the sky. This text inspired many artists, in the first rank of which Pieter Bruegel the Elder.
Xavier de Coster
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The article is devoted to investigation of the role of the semantic opposition “sky - earth” in the novel by B. L. Pasternak “Doctor Zhivago.” The relevance of the topic is justified, firstly, by the need for a more thorough study of the peculiarities of
W. Zou
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Aim. To evaluate the clinical characteristics and frequency of prescribed anticoagulant therapy for patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) and heart failure (HF) in subjects of the Russian Federation based on a retrospective big data analysis using ...
M. A. Druzhilov +4 more
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Sky coverage modeling for the whole sky for laser guide star multiconjugate adaptive optics [PDF]
The scientific productivity of laser guide star adaptive optics systems strongly depends on the sky coverage, which describes the probability of finding natural guide stars for the tip/tilt wavefront sensor(s) to achieve a certain performance.
Andersen, David +2 more
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In the Persian language, "Sar Panah" (in English, shelter) is a common word used for house. The purpose of a shelter is to protect humans. This compound word consists of two words: Sar means authentic and up, and Panah means a protector.
Seyed Amir Mansouri
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The cosmic microwave background Cold Spot anomaly: the impact of sky masking and the expected contribution from the Integrated Sachs-Wolfe effect [PDF]
We re-analyse the cosmic microwave background (CMB) Cold Spot (CS) anomaly with particular focus on understanding the bias a mask (contaminated by Galactic and point sources) may introduce.
Benoit-Lévy, Aurélien +2 more
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Vers « les cieux imbéciles… où jamais il ne pleut »
The fresco of the waiting hall of the railway station « Gare de Lyon » in Paris juxtaposes nineteen landscapes. They celebrate a possible destination of the Compagnie des chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée (PLM) created in 1857.
Martine Tabeaud, Vincent Moriniaux
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