History and archaeology topic list of research papers
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Illicit and pharmaceutical drug consumption estimated via wastewater analysis. Part B: Placing back-calculations in a formal statistical framework
Abstract Concentrations of metabolites of illicit drugs in sewage water can be measured with great accuracy and precision, thanks to the development of sensitive and robust analytical methods. Based on assumptions about factors including the...
2014 / Hayley E. Jones, Matthew Hickman, Barbara Kasprzyk-Hordern, Nicky J. Welton, David R. Baker, et al. -
Forests, Livelihoods, and Conservation: Broadening the Empirical Base
Summary More than 10,000years after the Agricultural Revolution started, millions of rural smallholders across the developing world may still derive as much income from foraging forests and wildlands as from cultivating crops. These steady...
2014 / Sven Wunder, Arild Angelsen, Brian Belcher -
Continued Challenge of Rheumatic Heart Disease2013 / Jonathan R. Carapetis, Liesl Zühlke, Kathryn Taubert, Jagat Narula
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First bioarchaeological evidence of probable scurvy in Southeast Asia: Multifactorial etiologies of vitamin C deficiency in a tropical environment
Abstract This paper presents the first bioarchaeological evidence of probable scurvy in Southeast Asia from a six-year-old child at the historic-era site of Phnom Khnang Peung (15–17th centuries A.D.) in the Cardamom Mountains, Cambodia. Examination ...
2014 / S.E. Halcrow, N.J. Harris, N. Beavan, H.R. Buckley -
Implausible incarceration data need to be addressed2013 / Hans Gutbrod, Aaron Erlich
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How to Submit a CO2 Storage Permit: Identifying Appropriate Geological Site Characterisation to Meet European Regulatory Requirements
Abstract EU Member States are in the process of transposing European regulatory requirements that define the high-level conditions of a storage permit into their national laws. This regulatory framework defines a range of performance standards which ...
2013 / J.M. Pearce, S.J. Hannis, G.A. Kirby, F. Delprat-Jannaud, M.C. Akhurst, et al. -
The Coulter principle: Imaginary origins2013 / Marshall Don. Graham
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Escaping the pushpin paradigm in geographic information science: (re)presenting national crime data2014 / Alex Singleton, Chris Brunsdon
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Tick Tock Goes the Clock: Rethinking Policy and Embryo Storage Limits2014 / Anita Stuhmcke
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Personalized medicine or public health? Bioethics, human rights, and choice
Abstract The major medical/scientific research project of the past two decades is the human genome project and its suggested clinical applications. The project can usefully be framed as a quest to cure disease, especially cancer, and even to defy...
2014 / George J. Annas -
Humphry Davy, nitrous oxide, the Pneumatic Institution, and the Royal Institution2014 / J. B. West
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Spatial Analysis of Global Prevalence of Multiple Sclerosis Suggests Need for an Updated Prevalence Scale2014 / Brett J. Wade
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Epidemic Influenza: a Study in Comparative Statistics2008 /
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Ethical implications of the use of whole genome methods in medical research2009 / Jane Kaye, Paula Boddington, Jantina de Vries, Naomi Hawkins, Karen Melham
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An essay on human and elements, multielement profiles, and depression2010 / Berislav Momčilović, Juraj Prejac, Sanja Brundić, Sandra Morović, Anatoly Skalny, et al.
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Narwhals and seismic exploration: Is seismic noise increasing the risk of ice entrapments?
Abstract There is great interest in exploring and exploiting hydrocarbon resources in the Arctic, and one of the main methods of locating and assessing such resources is seismic survey. Marine seismic surveys involve the use of airguns that...
2012 / Mads Peter Heide-Jørgensen, Rikke Guldborg Hansen, Kristin Westdal, Randall R. Reeves, Anders Mosbech -
Tibetan ‘wind’ and ‘wind’ illnesses: towards a multicultural approach to health and illness
Abstract This article discusses the Tibetan notion of rlung, usually translated as: ‘wind’, but perhaps better understood as a close equivalent of pneuma in the Greek tradition, or qi in the Chinese tradition. The article focuses on the way rlung...
2010 / Ronit Yoeli-Tlalim -
Negative responses of highland pines to anthropogenic activities in inland Spain: a palaeoecological perspective2011 / Juan M. Rubiales, César Morales-Molino, Salvia García Álvarez, Mercedes García-Antón
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Factors Affecting a Recently Purchased Handgun’s Risk for Use in Crime under Circumstances That Suggest Gun Trafficking2010 / Mona A. Wright, Garen J. Wintemute, Daniel W. Webster
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Local Evaluations of Justice through Truth Telling in Sierra Leone: Postwar Needs and Transitional Justice2011 / Gearoid Millar