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Consilience in practice: social–ecological dynamics of the Lake Volvi region (Greece) during the last two millennia

open access: yesJournal of Quaternary Science, Volume 40, Issue 3, Page 459-480, April 2025.
ABSTRACT The Lake Volvi area, part of the region of Macedonia (northern Greece), is a biodiversity hotspot, located in the central part of a major communication corridor connecting the western and eastern parts of the Balkans. The sediment succession from Lake Volvi is investigated here to provide a unique high‐resolution pollen and geochemical record ...
Lucrezia Masci   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Revisiting Variable Stars Near Globular Clusters South of −29° Declination

open access: yesAstronomische Nachrichten, Volume 346, Issue 2, February 2025.
ABSTRACT We review an often‐cited but seldom‐accessed catalogue by Fourcade and Laborde (1966) of 785 variable stars near 47 southern Galactic globular clusters, and recover the locations of 85 stars that were not incorporated into subsequent variable star catalogues and hence have become “lost” to the literature.
Andrew C. Layden   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Synchronisation, Optimisation and Adaptation of Machine Learning Techniques for Computer Vision in Cyber‐Physical Systems: A Comprehensive Analysis

open access: yesIET Cyber-Physical Systems: Theory &Applications, Volume 10, Issue 1, January/December 2025.
This systematic analysis aims to offer a unique point to researchers and facilitates this process by allowing researchers to benchmark and compare various techniques, evaluate their effectiveness and establish best practices. It provides evidence‐based insights into optimal strategies for implementation while addressing potential trade‐offs in ...
Kai Hung Tang   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror Museum: The museumization of a cultural asset for an Ottoman conqueror

open access: yesCurator: The Museum Journal, Volume 68, Issue 1, Page 57-82, January 2025.
Abstract Conversion to a museum is a common destiny of many cultural assets that cannot continue to serve their original functions. They are usually re‐functioned to provide public benefits in return for the expenditures made for their preservation. However, their architectural features may not always meet the expected results when functioning as a ...
Hasan Fırat Diker
wiley   +1 more source

A letter of protest from the Old Kingdom [PDF]

open access: yesPražské Egyptologické Studie, 2021
There has been a considerable focus on ancient Egyptian letters due to the recognition of their importance as primary sources of social and historical knowledge.
Susan Thorpe
doaj  

A Translator's Face: Persianate Selfhood and Portraiture, 1760–1800

open access: yesJournal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Volume 47, Issue 4, Page 425-453, December 2024.
Abstract Within the framework of Persianate self‐hood, this article explores the intersection between translation, Indian dress, and portraiture in India and Britain, 1760–1800. It examines the translator's lived experience and cultural output as a published scholar and Persian secretary in the East India Company.
Beth Richards
wiley   +1 more source

L'astragalismo antico e i parallelismi in Grecia moderna: il gioco del Vezyris e altri riti ludici

open access: yesMantichora, 2020
I devote my attention to Greek ancient plays by astragals, the knuckle-bones of animals used for games, and their parallels in Modern Greek folk-lore. These ludic rituals are known since Homeric epics and they were very well spread during Antiquity and ...
Salvatore Costanza
doaj   +1 more source

Decolonizing the Muslim mind: A philosophical critique

open access: yesThe Philosophical Forum, Volume 55, Issue 4, Page 353-375, Winter 2024.
Abstract The crises of the Islamic world revolve around “epistemic colonialism.” So, in order to decolonize the Muslim mind, we must be able to deconstruct the Western episteme, and this involves dissociating ourselves from the Eurocentric knowledge system that gradually became ascendent since the Renaissance through such ideas as progress and ...
Muhammad U. Faruque
wiley   +1 more source

Constructing Imperial Authority: Fazıl Ahmed Pasha’s Governorships in Erzurum and Damascus (1659-1661)

open access: yesİslam Tetkikleri Dergisi
This article examines the early career of Fazıl Ahmed Pasha (c. 1635–1676, grand vizier 1661–1676) within the context of the seventeenth-century Ottoman provincial administration, focusing on his contributions to fiscal discipline, crisis management, and
Muhammed Fatih Çalışır
doaj   +1 more source

Bibliographical references: From publishers to SIMBAD

open access: yesEPJ Web of Conferences, 2018
The SIMBAD astronomical database hosted by the CDS provides basic data, cross-identifications, bibliography and measurements for astronomical objects outside the solar system.
Delacour Thomas   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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