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1989 december Revolution. Urban legends [PDF]
Diversitate si Identitate Culturala in Europa, 2018 The urban legends about terrorists that emerged during the revolution of December 1989 represent a special category. They are closely connected to the manipulation and diversion techniques and are typical of the period in which they were launched.
Oana VOICHICI
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Sewer Alligators: Urban Legends as Cognitive Maps
Etnoantropološki Problemi, 2007 Following the reports of sewer alligators in the 1930s, the story has built up over the decades and become a bona fide urban legend. These (reports) are based upon stories of alligator, and other wild animal sightings in rather unorthodox locations ...
Ljubomir Hristić
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On the botanical history and nomenclature of the New World genus Piscidia (Fabaceae)
Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.Piscidia L. (Fabaceae) is a New World genus with nine recognized taxa (seven species and two varieties). The previous nomenclatural revisions, made in 1910 and in 1969, are revisited here. The names Derris grandifolia Heyde & Lux ex Donn.Sm. and P. cubensis Urb. required step II lectotypifications, with an epitype for the latter name.
Camila Sánchez‐ Vega +4 more
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Bottom-up radio: creating a new media format using living lab research [PDF]
, 2013 This study resulted in the creation of a new media format for urban youth, adopting a living lab-approach, as current studies have shown that this group is currently not reached with the contemporary media offer.
All, Anissa +2 more
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Pest Management Science, Volume 81, Issue 4, Page 2237-2247, April 2025.The predatory effect of the honey‐buzzard affects the reproductive performance of Asian‐hornet colonies, decreasing the density of workers over distance and time. The foraging distances of the honey‐buzzard concentrates within the first 2000 m from nest, which supports the results observed.
Jorge Ángel Martín‐Ávila +3 more
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Urban Legends – American and/or Global Folklore
Etnoantropološki Problemi, 2016 Development of modern technology, foremostly that of the Internet, has made feasible and, up to now, unimaginable reciprocity in the field of anthropological research.
Ivan Kovačević
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Fact, Fiction, and Legend: Writing Urban History and Identity in Medieval and Renaissance Siena
ReligionsBeginning in the 13th century, rivalry among Italian city-states intensified, transforming cultural competition into a strategic tool for asserting identity.
Ming Yin
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-A rope breaks. A bell chimes. A man dies.- The kwispel: a neglected international narrative riddle genre. [PDF]
, 2006 Retoric
Burger, P., Meder, T.
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Effect of individual-level and socioeconomic factors on long-term survival after cataract surgery over a 30-year period [PDF]
, 2017 Purpose: To evaluate survival and the risk for mortality after cataract surgery in relation to individual-level and socioeconomic factors in Scotland over 3 decades. Setting: Linked healthcare data, United Kingdom.
Blundell +9 more
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UCanWBGT: urban street canyon heat stress calculation for weather and climate models
Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, EarlyView.This work introduces UCanWBGT, a new model to calculate wet‐bulb globe temperature in an urban environment, suitable for use with weather and climate model data. We present the model, then verify its performance against observations made in the streets of Paris during heatwave conditions.
Jonathan K. P. Shonk +4 more
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