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Post-urbanism and cold: geo-cultural images and representations of cultural landscapes of the Northern and Arctic cities [PDF]
The purpose of this article is to show the specifics of the formation of cultural landscapes and geo-cultural images of Northern and Arctic cities within the concept of post-urbanism.
Zamyatin D.N.
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A review of blockchain cross‐chain technology
Abstract Along with the continuous breakthroughs and innovations in blockchain technology, various blockchain application scenarios are emerging, such as healthcare, e‐voting, and Internet of Things. However, in general, these applications need to be supported by blockchain systems with different characteristics.
Li Li, Jiahao Wu, Wei Cui
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The Motif of Nature in Early Russian Soviet Utopian and Dystopian Novels
In this paper the most important works of Russian-Soviet literary utopia and dystopia have been analysed to investigate the role of nature. In literary utopias, people and their needs are the measure of all things, and the image of a utopian future is ...
Rafaela Božić
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Provenance of altered carbon phases and impact history of the Stac Fada Member, NW Scotland
Abstract The Stac Fada Member (Stoer Group) is a ~1.2 Ga melt‐rich impact breccia preserved and intermittently exposed along the NW coast of Scotland. Using a combination of x‐ray diffraction and micro‐Raman spectroscopy, we identify potential coesite that is spatially associated with micron‐sized diamonds, as well as disordered carbon phases ...
Arthur Goodwin +4 more
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E. Zamyatin’s Aesthetic Principles [PDF]
The purpose of the study is to identify distinct nature of E. Zamyatin’s aesthetic principles. The article reflects influence of various artistic trends (romanticism, realism, symbolism) on formation of the writer’s worldview and creative principles. Scientific novelty of the study lies in formulating Zamyatin’s main aesthetic principles, which make it
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Blockchain interoperability: the state of heterogenous blockchain‐to‐blockchain communication
The siloed nature of blockchain development has led to the problem of interoperability, where blockchain‐based solutions running on different blockchain platforms are unable to communicate with each other, limiting the scope of use. With blockchains being increasingly adopted in a variety of fields such as the Internet of Things, it is expected that ...
Seth Djanie Kotey +7 more
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Summary The idea of hash time‐lock contracts (HTLCs) has been around from 2013. Nowadays these contracts power the majority of atomic swaps making decentralized exchange of tokens possible. On the other hand, HTLCs also have some flaws. For example they can only be instantiated between two parties. This is highly inefficient when many participants want
Fadi Barbàra, Claudio Schifanella
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Bulgakov and Laboulaye (To the Issue of Sources of “Heart of a Dog”) [PDF]
The article deals with the European literary tradition presenting the dog as a protagonist. The author claims that the magical story of the French politician and writer Édouard Laboulaye (1811 –1883) “The Poodle-Prince” (1867) is one of the literary ...
Alexandre F. Stroev
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Irbit. A market town on the Nitsa
The article presents the results of the study of the geocultural potential of the Ural town of Irbit. In 2021 the town on the Nitsa is going to celebrate its 390th birthday.
Юлия Дианова +1 more
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The Time of Troubles by Herman Zamyatin: Essays on the history of the Swedish intervention in the early 1600s [PDF]
The review is dedicated to the collection of works by the historian of the Time of Troubles, Herman Andreevich Zamyatin (1882–1953). The published book is the first edition that gathers together essays based on his doctoral dissertation.
Bochkarev, Alexander S.
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