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After Midnight: Naming, West Indians, and British Children's Literature
Names, 2008 As British explorers and colonizers spread out over the world, they used the act of naming as one of many tools to indicate ownership of their new-found empire.
Karen Sands-O'Connor
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Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Introduction The prevalence of bioprosthetic aortic valve failure is increasing due to the broader use of bioprosthetic valves, both surgical and transcatheter, and an ageing population. Registry data indicate a higher risk of coronary obstruction and elevated gradients following valve‐in‐valve transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI ...
Hilal Khan +14 more
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The world showing the British Empire [cartographic material].
, 1925 World map showing the British Empire in red.; Plate 1 from: Atlas of the British Empire : reproduced from the original made for Her Majesty Queen Mary's Doll's House / by Edward Stanford Ltd., cartographers to the King.
Edward Stanford Ltd.
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Thresholds: The metaphorical foundations of powerful knowledge
The Curriculum Journal, EarlyView.Abstract This paper advances a theoretical account of threshold concepts as metaphorical‐relational structures that reorganise meaning across contexts. Building on conceptual metaphor theory, we propose that threshold concepts can be understood as sites of schema‐level reorganisation: deep, embodied patterns of relational logic that scaffold abstract ...
Maria Karrol +1 more
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The Boer War 1899-1902: the Beginning of Decline of the British Empire
RUDN Journal of World History, 2011 The article analyses the Boer War 1899-1902 and its impact on the decline of the British Empire. This War played an important role in the History of the British Empire and mostly determined its final disintegration.
V Mitrofanovich Zabolotny
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The British Isles [cartographic material].
, 1925 Map of the British Isles. It also shows the Royal Standard.; Plate 2 from: Atlas of the British Empire : reproduced from the original made for Her Majesty Queen Mary's Doll's House / by Edward Stanford Ltd., cartographers to the King.
Edward Stanford Ltd.
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Review and prospects of shear test of bolted rock joints
Deep Underground Science and Engineering, EarlyView.The laboratory shear test equipment, test method, and numerical simulation of bolted rock joints were summarized. The shortcomings and limitations of the current research were analyzed, and the research prospects were proposed. Abstract Rock bolting is a critical approach in geotechnical engineering for supporting weak rocks.
Shulin Ren +4 more
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E-REA, 2017 This essay explores memorial and historiographical aspects of British India in World War One. In India today there is little interest in either commemorating or researching the topic.
Thierry DI COSTANZO
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A special relationship : the British Empire in British and American cinema, 1930-1960 [PDF]
This project sets out to scrutinize three decades of feature length fiction films about the British Empire produced by American and British filmmakers beginning in the 1930s through to the end of the 1950s.
Johnstone, Sara R.
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Considerations for drug trials in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
ESC Heart Failure, Volume 12, Issue 2, Page 1095-1112, April 2025.Abstract Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a heterogeneous condition with potentially serious manifestations. Management has traditionally comprised therapies to palliate symptoms and implantable cardioverter‐defibrillators to prevent sudden cardiac death. The need for disease‐modifying therapies has been recognized for decades.
John P. Farrant +17 more
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