History and archaeology topic list of research papers
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Extraction of a well fixed but fractured ceramic acetabular liner
Abstract Ceramic fractures have been reported to occur in hip replacements, but the techniques used to extract a well fixed but fractured component are not commonly described. We present a case of ceramic liner fracture and validate a modification...
2015 / David Ferguson, Robert Metcalf -
Growing inter-Asian connections: Links, rivalries, and challenges in South Korean–Central Asian relations
Abstract The geopolitical context, which emerged from the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War, combined with Korea's growing economic prowess, enabled greater dynamism and diversification in Seoul's foreign policy-making....
2015 / Matteo Fumagalli -
New evidence for diverse secondary burial practices in Iron Age Britain: A histological case study
Abstract Iron Age (c. 700 BC–43AD) funerary practice has long been a focus of debate in British archaeology. Formal cemeteries are rare and in central-southern Britain human remains are often unearthed in unusual configurations. They are frequently...
2016 / Thomas J. Booth, Richard Madgwick -
Peripheral HMGB1-induced hyperalgesia in mice: Redox state-dependent distinct roles of RAGE and TLR4
Abstract Nuclear HMGB1 that contains 3 cysteine residues is acetylated and secreted to the extracellular space, promoting inflammation via multiple molecules such as RAGE and TLR4. We thus evaluated and characterized the redox state-dependent...
2016 / Daichi Yamasoba, Maho Tsubota, Risa Domoto, Fumiko Sekiguchi, Hiroyuki Nishikawa, et al. -
The relationship between steeplechase hurdle economy, mechanics, and performance
Abstract Background Research surrounding the steeplechase is scarce, with most research focusing primarily on how biomechanical factors relate to maintaining running speed while crossing barriers. One area that has not been well...
2015 / Sarah Earl, Iain Hunter, Gary W. Mack, Matthew Seeley -
Symbol of Maya Dentistry2015 / Rodrigo Villalobos Jiménez
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Reassessing Tax and Development Research: A New Dataset, New Findings, and Lessons for Research
Summary There is growing concern with the weaknesses of economic statistics relating to developing countries, and the risks that poor data have generated misleading research findings and poor policy advice. Cross-country tax data offer a striking...
2015 / Wilson Prichard -
Institutions put to the test: Community-based water management in Namibia during a drought
Abstract In Namibia, rural water governance has changed profoundly during the last two decades. Today, in many rural communities, user associations administer water and set the rules for management practices. Their rules typically define boundaries...
2015 / Michael Schnegg, Michael Bollig -
Economic incentives for sustainable hilsa fishing in Bangladesh: An analysis of the legal and institutional framework
Abstract Bangladesh's hilsa shad (Tenulosa ilisha) comprises the largest single-species fishery in the country, constituting 11 per cent of the total catch and employing 2.5 million people directly or indirectly. Since 2003, following a sharp...
2016 / Md Monirul Islam, Essam Yassin Mohammed, Liaquat Ali -
Strontium isotope evidence of early Funnel Beaker Culture movement of cattle
Abstract The movement of livestock across and within landscapes is increasingly being recognized as common in northern European prehistoric contexts, and was performed for various purposes. However, almost nothing is known about the movement of...
2016 / Kurt J. Gron, Janet Montgomery, Poul Otto Nielsen, Geoff M. Nowell, Joanne L. Peterkin, et al. -
Landowner perceptions of the value of natural forest and natural grassland in a mosaic ecosystem in southern Brazil2015 / Kirsten A. Henderson, Mateus Reis, Carolina C. Blanco, Valério D. Pillar, Rodrigo C. Printes, et al.
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Entering the digital era of the Open Skies Treaty2015 / Agata Orych
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Friendly fire: Engineering a fort wall in the Iron Age
Abstract There is widespread evidence that the walls of Iron Age forts across Europe were set on fire, causing partial melting of the stonework followed by either recrystallization or glass formation on cooling – a process termed “vitrification”....
2016 / Fabian B. Wadsworth, Michael J. Heap, Donald B. Dingwell -
Do Androids dream of electric steeds?2016 / Steve North
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At the end of Nature: cyborgs, 'humachines', and environments in postmodernity2006 / T W Luke
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Large grazing birds and agriculture—predicting field use of common cranes and implications for crop damage prevention
Abstract Increasing numbers of previously threatened large grazing birds (cranes, geese and swans) are causing crop damage along their flyways worldwide. For example, the number of reported incidents of crop damage caused by common cranes Grus grus, ...
2015 / Lovisa Nilsson, Nils Bunnefeld, Jens Persson, Johan Månsson -
On the Tracks of Literary Structure in Literary Work (a Sumerian Poem)
Abstract Poem is thinking with images; art is the one that cannot become without poem and image. Whether it is written in the eras B.C 4000-2000 in Sumerian language with cuneiform script or in modern-day language, poem takes its source from human...
2014 / Cemile Arzu Aytekin -
Non-Pollen Palynomorphs from Mid-Holocene Peat of the Raised Bog Borsteler Moor (Lower Saxony, Germany)2015 / Lyudmila S. Shumilovskikh, Frank Schlütz, Inke Achterberg, Andreas Bauerochse, Hanns Hubert Leuschner
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Integrating Faith in Second Language Acquisition Curricula: A Case Study
Abstract The benefits of integrating culture into second language acquisition curricula are extensively documented. Less is known about “faith integration,” a term describing modules that some Christian colleges expect every course to implement. I...
2015 / Owen Staley -
Western Europe, State Formation, and Genetic Pacification2015 / P. Frost, H. C. Harpending