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The Big Picture: Religion and Global Comparative History

open access: yesJournal of Religious History, EarlyView.
This article considers what a ‘big picture’ approach to global religious history might look like, and in particular the implications of deploying the comparative method across much larger stretches of time and space than historians normally attend to. It will begin by reflecting on the epistemological moods that have hindered this project to date, the ...
Alan Strathern
wiley   +1 more source

WASTELAND ACTIVISM: Political Weeds and Ecological Imaginaries in Montreal

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork in Montreal, this article examines the ways in which urban dwellers and activists engage with the living materialities of wastelands to illuminate evolving ecological imaginaries and their political potentials.
Daniela Giudici
wiley   +1 more source

Development of a Tree-Ring Network for the Italian Peninsula

open access: yes, 1992
This article describes the analysis of tree-ring collections from standing trees of sixteen species at twenty sites distributed throughout the Italian Peninsula.
Biondi, Franco
core   +5 more sources

Late Antique Allāh: Ancestral Arabian Religion and the Monotheistic Zeitgeist

open access: yesArabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This essay addresses the ongoing scholarly tension between the monotheistic interpretations of late pre‐Islamic Arabian religion, pioneered by G. Hawting and P. Crone, and the traditional accounts of rampant Arabian polytheism found in later Islamic literary sources.
Ahmad Al‐Jallad, Hythem Sidky
wiley   +1 more source

Ailanthus altissima (Mill.) Swingle notably decreases the cholesterol induced hyperlipidemia in albino rats

open access: yesPharmacological Research - Modern Chinese Medicine
Introduction: Ailanthus altissima, also known as Chun Pi, is native to central and northern China, and several other parts of Central Asia. Ailanthus altissima is used traditionally in the treatment of various diseases, such as obesity, dysentery, asthma,
Weekar Younus Raja   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The External Exposome and Food Allergy: How Environmental Exposures Shape Disease Risk

open access: yesAllergy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT IgE‐mediated food allergy is a global health issue with rising prevalence that cannot be explained by genetic change alone, strongly suggesting that environmental exposures are a key driver. The external exposome encompasses several exposures that influence the developing immune system and modify food allergy risk.
Johanna M. Smeekens   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Rowan Tree Church Annual Report for 1993-1994 [PDF]

open access: yes, 1994
This digital asset was created from the original digital scans by Rev. Paul V. Beyerl and provided to the Valdosta State University, Archives & Special Collections to be part of their Rowan Tree Church Periodicals Collection of the New Age Movements ...
Rowan Tree Church
core  

(Un)threading Rhythms: On Affect and Vibe in a Rave

open access: yesAnthropology of Consciousness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In Toronto, raves arise across large nightclubs, DIY venues and outdoors, despite changing regulations that have further arranged and narrowed their possibility in the past 4 years. Following a rave in Toronto, this work explores ways that potentialities and affects emerge in a single night, through my entry of taking part in dancing and ...
Tatiana Yunadi
wiley   +1 more source

Story2Board: A Training‐Free Approach for Expressive Visual Storytelling

open access: yesComputer Graphics Forum, EarlyView.
Abstract We present Story2Board, a training‐free framework for expressive storyboard generation from natural language. Existing methods narrowly focus on subject identity, overlooking key aspects of visual storytelling such as spatial composition, background evolution, and narrative pacing.
D. Dinkevich   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Terrain Synthesis and Authoring based on Iso‐Contours

open access: yesComputer Graphics Forum, EarlyView.
Abstract Digital terrains are central to realistic landscape depiction, yet authoring tools must balance perceptual realism with intuitive artistic control. We propose a compact vector‐based representation that models terrain as nested iso‐contours, inspired by geomorphology and cartography.
B. Huftier   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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