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Wealth portfolio of Hungarian households - Urban legends and facts [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
As significant part of national wealth, households' wealth is the central issue in both policy debate and academic literature. Nevertheless, in Hungary little effort has been made so far to conduct thorough evaluation of households' wealth for the last ...
Vadas, Gábor
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Content Analysis of General Practitioner Requested Lumbar Spine X-ray Reports [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Aims and Background X-rays of patients with low back pain rarely show serious pathology but frequently reveal incidental age-related changes and always expose people to radiation.
Carr, Eloise C.J., Thompson, Paul W.
core   +1 more source

Rapid improvement of renal microcirculatory homeostasis by liraglutide following diabetes induction

open access: yesDiabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, EarlyView.
Abstract Aims Renal microvascular dysfunction is a central driver of diabetic kidney disease, yet the potential for rapid therapeutic reversal remains obscure. We investigated the effect of short‐term liraglutide on early changes in the renal microcirculation post‐induction of diabetes.
Yuan Li   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Мегаполис как источник страхов в перспективе массовой литературы (антология „Мифы мегаполиса”)

open access: yesStudia Rossica Posnaniensia, 2019
The anthology Myths of Megapolis (Mify megapolisa), published in 2007, due to the variety of the presented short stories shows various perspectives of the metropolis’ life and the fears of its citizens.
Joanna Radosz
doaj   +1 more source

Variable species establishment in response to microhabitat indicates different likelihoods of climate‐driven range shifts

open access: yesEcography, EarlyView.
Climate change is causing geographic range shifts globally, and understanding the factors that influence species' range expansions is crucial for predicting future biodiversity changes. A common, yet untested, assumption in forecasting approaches is that species will shift beyond current range edges into new habitats as they become macroclimatically ...
Nathalie Isabelle Chardon   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Third Force in Folklore Studies: Gary Alan Fine's Sociological Approach

open access: yesEtnoantropološki Problemi, 2006
This paper attempts to offer a critical overview of the theoretical and methodological contribution of micro-sociologist and social psychologist Gary Alan Fine to folklore studies. It begins with a discussion of both the major and most questioned points
Dragana Antonijević
doaj   +1 more source

The ecclesiastical fight against storm‐makers in the Latin west

open access: yesEarly Medieval Europe, EarlyView.
This paper studies the strategies used by the Church to fight against the storm‐makers. These figures were said to cause the storms that ruined crops, and during Late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages in the Visigothic and Frankish kingdoms were subject to punishment and constraints.
Juan Antonio Jiménez Sánchez
wiley   +1 more source

Leggende di “sequestro” e di “espianto degli organi”. Uno studio tra Italia e Camerun

open access: yesEtnoAntropologia, 2021
The survey presents ethnographic data on some conspiracy legends regarding COVID19 recorded in two different grounds: Cameroon and Italy. The authors focus on these legends with particular attention on the content and the intertextuality of the narration.
Pierpaolo Di Carlo, Lia Giancristofaro
doaj   +2 more sources

Legends of Students’ "Clever Answers": Criticism or Affirmation of the Educational System?

open access: yesEtnoantropološki Problemi, 2016
This paper represents an analysis of a group of urban legends from US universities, gathered from a number of web sites and in certain cases compared with analogous examples from Serbia.
Jana Baćević
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