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Relationship and Source of Whitings Used as a Painting Ground in Icons From Polish Museum Collections Based on Their Calcareous Nannofossil Content

open access: yesArchaeometry, Volume 68, Issue 1, Page 132-143, February 2026.
ABSTRACT In icon painting, chalk whiting is key to creating a gesso ground, providing a smooth, absorbent surface for paint. Calcareous nannofossils, tiny marine skeletons found in chalk, are an ideal tool for analyzing the origin of an icon's chalk ground, often the only reliable information about where the icon came from.
Mariusz Kędzierski, Mirosław P. Kruk
wiley   +1 more source

Refining Scale Measurement: Reassessing Oral Impacts on Daily Performances Properties With Item Response Theory

open access: yesCommunity Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, Volume 54, Issue 1, Page 126-132, February 2026.
ABSTRACT Objectives Many oral health‐related quality of life instruments have been developed but few have undergone a comprehensive psychometric assessment. One commonly used measure is the Oral Impact on Daily Performance (OIDP). This study revised the configural and metric properties as well as the performance of items based on Item Response Theory ...
Roger Keller Celeste   +3 more
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Reversing the Gaze: An Autoethnographic Critique of Transracial–Transnational Adoption to Australia

open access: yesChild &Family Social Work, Volume 31, Issue 1, Page 511-520, February 2026.
ABSTRACT In this paper, we engage with rescue and saviour narratives surrounding transracial–transnational adoption (also known as intercountry adoption) as a provocation and as manufactured myths. These myths have erased the nuances and complexities of transracial–transnational adoption by commodifying adoptees as pitiful orphans in need of rescue ...
Samara Kim   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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