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The Venetian Vernacular Lexicon in Eleventh‐ and Twelfth‐Century Latin Documents: Insights from the Codice Diplomatico Veneziano

Transactions of the Philological Society, EarlyView.
Abstract This study investigates the lexicographical potential of Medieval Latin documentation from the Venetian area of the Italo‐Romance domain, highlighting the need for a systematic approach to bridge Latin and vernacular linguistic developments. The project MEDITA – Medieval Latin Documentation and Digital Italo‐Romance Lexicography.
Jacopo Gesiot
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Pesticides Bioconcentration Potential of Aquatic Plants in the Volta Lake

West African Journal of Applied Ecology, 2019
The Volta Lake is known for the proliferation of numerous aquatic plants in its shallow waters. A major cause for the presence of the luxuriant vegetation is the intensive agricultural activities along the banks. These activities are heavily dependent on agrochemicals including fertilizers, which eventually get into the aquatic ecosystem via water ways.
Koranteng, S. S., Darko, D. A., Nukpezah, D., Ameka, G. K.   +3 more
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Dead or “undead”? The curious and untidy history of Volta’s concept of “contact potential”

Science in Context, 2021
ArgumentMuch of the long controversy concerning the workings of electric batteries revolved around the concept of the contact potential (especially between different types of metals), originated by Alessandro Volta in the late eighteenth century. Although Volta’s original theory of batteries has been thoroughly rejected and most discussions in today’s ...
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Producing tilapia in small cage in West Africa [PDF]

This document is part of a series of 5 technical manuals produced by the Challenge Program Project CP34 ôImproved fisheries productivity and management in tropical reservoirsö.
Abban, E.K., Brummett, R., Dankwa, H.R., Ofori, J.K.   +3 more
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Economic causes and consequences of migrations within the context of under-development in West Africa [PDF]

, 1978
African Studies Center Working Paper No. 6INTRODUCTION: In recent discussions of development and inequality in Africa, at least three positions can be identified concerning relationships between rural-urban migration and inequality.
Harris, John R.
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South Africa: The Ambiguities of a Middle Power

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT South Africa represents an interesting species of a middle power. This derives from its inherited economic muscle as Africa's powerhouse and the liberation struggle against apartheid, both of which have shaped its democratic transition. The traditions of liberation and democracy, in turn, have profoundly influenced how South Africa has ...
Garth L. le Pere
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Sustainability in Healthcare: The Role of Digital Technologies for Improving Patient Engagement

Business Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainability in healthcare is getting considerable research attention as systems worldwide tend to balance environmental, social, and economic factors. In this context, digital technologies have demonstrated significant potential to enhance engagement among different consumer groups across various industries.
Francesco Schiavone, Federica Zeuli, Olga Grieva, Octavio Escobar, Fabian Bernhard   +4 more
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Thermodynamics of Thermoelectric Phenomena and Applications [PDF]

, 2011
Fifty years ago, the optimization of thermoelectric devices was analyzed by considering the relation between optimal performances and local entropy production. Entropy is produced by the irreversible processes in thermoelectric devices.
Goupil, Christophe, Müller, Eckhard, Seifert, Wolfgang, Snyder, G. Jeffrey, Zabrocki, Knud   +4 more
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Late‐Holocene evolution of a small Sub‐Arctic glacier, Gljúfurárjökull (Tröllaskagi, northern Iceland)

Boreas, EarlyView.
Gljúfurárjökull, located on the Tröllaskagi Peninsula in northern Iceland, is a small glacier approximately 3.8 km in length. This study analyses the glacier's evolution through a combination of methods including: (i) geomorphological mapping, (ii) Cosmic‐Ray Exposure (CRE) dating, (iii) lichenometry and (iv) palaeoglacier reconstruction (volume ...
Nuria Andrés, José M. Fernández‐Fernández, David Palacios, Irene Schimmelpfennig, Leopoldo G. Sancho, Skafti Brynjólfsson, Þorsteinn Sæmundsson, Wesley R. Farnsworth, Luis M. Tanarro, Mariano Brito, Javier Santos‐González, Rosa B. González‐Gutiérrez, ASTER Team, Georges Aumaître, Karim Keddadouche   +14 more
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Diagnostic study of the Volta Basin fisheries: Part 1 overview of the fisheries resources [PDF]

The Basin Focal Project for the Volta (BFP-Volta) is a research project funded by the Challenge Programme on Water and Food (CPWF). Its aim is to provide an in-depth analysis of the basin through three main thematic issues: water-poverty, water ...
BΘnΘ, C.
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