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Woven Words: Women and Classic Maya Hieroglyphic Writing
Abstract What survives of Classic Maya (250–925 CE) scribal tradition suggests that production and use of hieroglyphs were dominated by elite men. Ancient texts and imagery, as well as ethnohistorical sources, overwhelmingly position males as agents of writing.
Mallory E. Matsumoto, Mary Kate Kelly
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ABSTRACT Despite a consensus that shorter (vs. longer) brand names positively influence consumer mindset metrics, the mechanisms driving this influence remain unclear, as does the effect of brand name length on brands' financial performance. This article helps fill these literature gaps.
Ammara Mahmood, Jonathan Luffarelli
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Old Norse Nicknames: Origins and Terminology
Nicknames, which occur in all cultures and time periods, play a unique role in highlighting identity. The pool of first names has always been relatively limited, thus most people were identified by their nicknames, especially before surnames became ...
Paul R. Peterson
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Nadimke novljanske okolice: Krmpota i krmpotskih sela, Klenovice, Povila, Ledenica i ledeničkih sela, Zagona i zagonjskih sela autor je zabilježio kao dopunu članka ”Novljanski nadimci” Svetozara Zoričića, Novljanski zbornik IV, Novi Vinodolski 2000 ...
Zoričić, Bojan
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Typescript essays about Utah nicknames: one a student paper about nicknames used in Ephraim, Utah (4 pages); the second an essay titled "Nicknames of Summit County," collected by Eugene A.
Jennings, Bruce; Correll, Eugene A.
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ABSTRACT Asthma affects 260–300 million people worldwide. About 20%–35% of patients use medicinal plants with their asthma medication, often without telling their clinicians. Disclosure rates are low; up to 42% of asthma outpatients use herbal products, with no records in their charts.
Emine Kocyigit +5 more
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Ways of valuing in pupils' sociolect (an example of teachers' nicknames)
The paper refers to one of social varieties of contemporary Polish language - pupils' sociolect. The author focuses his research attention to teachers’ nicknames that are inseparable elements of children and youth's language used in informal ...
Olma, Marceli
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Nicknames in groups of children [PDF]
This work deals with nicknames in groups of children at present, mainly in school and scout environments. The author was making this research in various environments for several months and gained quite a huge amount of today's nicknames (about 1 800 ...
Kvíčalová, Marta
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ABSTRACT Which methodological position is best for orientating higher education? This question is crucial for the design of pedagogical programmes. The issue is not always raised; hence, many offers in higher education are unsatisfactory: ill‐defined, concept‐less, inefficient.
Markus Schwaninger
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Abstract The apparently parlous state of public services in advanced liberal democracies has become a hot topic, nowhere more so than in ‘broken Britain’. Indeed, there is much debate in both politics scholarship and political rhetoric about the nature and causes of this decline, and its potential remedies. All perspectives are at pains to characterise
John Boswell
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