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Sharing, preserving and exploiting digital collections at the Vatican Library

open access: yesConservation Science in Cultural Heritage
This article outlines the two main purposes of the Vatican Library digitization project (long-term digital preservation and dissemination of contents), focusing on the exploitation of digital assets and providing the humanities with a new way to study ...
Paola Manoni, Mauro Mantovani
doaj   +1 more source

Autonomy as a Social Role and the Function of Diversity

open access: yesPhilosophies, 2018
In the ambit of the debate on “personal autonomy”, we propose to intend “personal autonomy” in a social sense. We undertake this move because we think that autonomy is compatible with socialization and we will give reasons for ...
Raffaela Giovagnoli
doaj   +1 more source

The physical maze and the spiritual labyrinth of Gide's Les Caves Du Vatican [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
This article discusses the maze motif in Andre Gide's 1914 novel, Les Caves du Vatican. The author argues that the spiritual labyrinth of French cathedrals, particularly that of Chartres, offers both the key to the novel's composition and a better ...
Jennings, William
core   +2 more sources

Full Dollarisation and Economic Performance Revisited

open access: yesInternational Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the economic performance of fully dollarised economies compared to those with alternative monetary regimes. Using an extensive dataset covering 192 countries from 1980 to 2021, we employ a variety of econometric techniques, including joint maximum likelihood and propensity score matching, to address endogeneity and ...
John Thornton, Chrysovalantis Vasilakis
wiley   +1 more source

“Indirect” Information: The Debate on Testimony in Social Epistemology and Its Role in the Game of “Giving and Asking for Reasons”

open access: yesInformation, 2019
We will sketch the debate on testimony in social epistemology by reference to the contemporary debate on reductionism/anti-reductionism, communitarian epistemology and inferentialism.
Raffaela Giovagnoli
doaj   +1 more source

Do as I say and not as I do: hypocrisy and human rights [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Conor Gearty explores the hypocrisy that often surrounds human rights, with many states displaying inconsistencies between their actions and ...
Gearty, Conor
core  

Civilians in the Line of Fire in the Light of Catholic Social Teaching [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
In our world today, afflicted by wars between States, by conflict between groups within States, and by the scourge of terrorism, civilians constitute the ‘vast majority of casualties in situations of armed conflict’ (UN Security Council, Resolution ...
Michael, Biju
core   +2 more sources

A comprehensive checklist of Mediterranean wild edible plants: Diversity, traditional uses, and knowledge gaps

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
The use of wild edible plants and the traditional knowledge associated with them are rapidly disappearing across the Mediterranean, with serious consequences for biodiversity, cultural heritage, and regional food security. This study compiles and organizes fragmented information to create the first comprehensive catalogue of these plants across the ...
Benedetta Gori   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Catholic responses to evolution, 1859-2009: local factors and mid-scale patterns [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This article discusses Catholic responses to evolution between 1859, the year of publication of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species, and 2009, the year in which the scientific world celebrated its 150th anniversary.
Blancke, Stefaan
core   +2 more sources

Ethnobotanical insights into the medicinal and food uses of Lamiaceae in the Mediterranean region: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
For generations, Mediterranean communities have used Lamiaceae or Labiatae plants like rosemary, thyme or mint to care for their health and to enrich their food. By bringing together dispersed knowledge from across the Mediterranean region, our review revealed the continuing relevance of Lamiaceae while also compiling past uses that may hold future ...
Fuencisla Cáceres   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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