History and archaeology topic list of research papers
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Geogenic lead isotope signatures from meat products in Great Britain: Potential for use in food authentication and supply chain traceability
Abstract This paper presents lead (Pb) isotope data from samples of farm livestock raised in three areas of Britain that have elevated natural Pb levels: Central Wales, the Mendips and the Derbyshire Peak District. This study highlights three...
2015 / Jane A. Evans, Vanessa Pashley, Gemma J. Richards, Nicola Brereton, Toby G. Knowles -
The social distribution of provisioning forest ecosystem services: Evidence and insights from Odisha, India
Abstract Ecosystem services research has highlighted the importance of ecosystems for human well-being. Most of the research, however, focuses only on aggregate human well-being and disregards distributional and equity issues associated with...
2015 / Roan P. Lakerveld, S. Lele, T.A. Crane, K.P.J. Fortuin, O. Springate-Baginski -
Zirconium isotope evidence for the heterogeneous distribution of s-process materials in the solar system
Abstract A growing number of elements show well-resolved nucleosynthetic isotope anomalies in bulk-rock samples of solar system materials. In order to establish the occurrence and extent of such isotopic heterogeneities in Zr, and to investigate the ...
2015 / W. Akram, M. Schönbächler, S. Bisterzo, R. Gallino -
Comment on the ‘Uppsala critique’
Abstract This paper discusses the criticisms of the IEA World Energy Outlook raised by Aleklett et al. (2010), often referred to as the ‘Uppsala critique’. The major argument of Aleklett et al. is that the rates of depletion, the ratio of annual...
2013 / Christophe E. McGlade -
“I'm thrilled that you see that”: Guiding parents to see success in interactions with children with deafness and autistic spectrum disorder
Abstract Children with deafness who are also on the autistic spectrum are a group with complex support needs. Carers worry about their ability to communicate with them, and are often uncertain about what constitutes ‘good’ communication in this...
2013 / Alison Pilnick, Deborah James -
Visitors’ Emotions, Touristic or Spiritual Experiences in Historic Churches: The Development of Church Experience Scale (CES)
Abstract In this paper we describe the development of the Church Experience Scale (CES) that allows us to measure visitor experience in historic churches, both with and without multimedia guides and other technologies. This study was carried out...
2013 / Mohd Kamal Othman, Helen Petrie, Christopher Power -
The Juvenile Skeleton in Forensic Abuse Investigations2013 / Bernadette M Manifold
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Sacred vs Profane: Conflict Over the San Francisco Peaks2006 / Lawrence Hamilton
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Gendered Access to Formal and Informal Resources in Postdisaster Development in the Ecuadorian Andes2014 / A. J. Faas, Eric Jones, Linda Whiteford, Graham Tobin, Arthur Murphy
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Alpine Ecosystems in the Northwest Caucasus2006 / Jörg Stadelbauer
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Leading indicators of operational risk on the railway: A novel use for underutilised data recordings
Abstract Flight Data Monitoring (FDM) is the process by which data from on-board recorders, or so-called ‘black boxes’, is analysed after every journey to detect subtle trends which, if allowed to continue, would lead to an accident. An opportunity...
2014 / Guy Walker, Ailsa Strathie -
Economic valuation of ecosystem services fails to capture biodiversity value of tropical forests
Abstract The reconciliation of biodiversity conservation, ecosystem service provision and agricultural production in tropical landscapes requires recognition of the trade-offs between competing land-uses. It is especially relevant for conservation...
2014 / L.R. Carrasco, T.P.L. Nghiem, T. Sunderland, L.P. Koh -
Adapting Conservation Easements to Climate Change2014 / Adena R. Rissman, Jessica Owley, M. Rebecca Shaw, Barton Buzz Thompson
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Grant Application Review: The Case of Transparency2014 / David Gurwitz, Elena Milanesi, Thomas Koenig
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Reporting oppression: mapping racial prejudice in Anti-Caste and Fraternity, 1888–1895
Abstract This paper presents a close reading of the reports of racial oppression that appeared in issues of two periodicals, Anti-Caste and its successor Fraternity, between 1888 and 1895. Edited in Street, Somerset, these periodicals created an...
2012 / Caroline Bressey -
From social classes to ethnicities: Ethnocentric views in history textbooks in post-Soviet Russia
Abstract The dramatic transformations experienced by Russia in the 1990s were accompanied by the radical changes in views of the past. Whereas social class struggle was emphasized by the Soviet Marxist historiography, ethnicity became the focal...
2011 / Victor A. Shnirelman -
The Role of Cultural Centres in the Fields of Children and Youth Artistic Education
Abstract The activities of the cultural centers can be grouped into the following areas: popularity of ethnographic culture; promotion and inducement of contemporary culture; protection of cultural heritage; creation of new workplace and...
2012 / V. Jurėnienė -
Biplots of compositional data2003 / John Aitchison, Michael Greenacre
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BioStar: An Online Question & Answer Resource for the Bioinformatics Community2011 / Laurence D. Parnell, Pierre Lindenbaum, Khader Shameer, Giovanni Marco Dall'Olio, Daniel C. Swan, et al.
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Forest Elephant Crisis in the Congo Basin2007 / Stephen Blake, Samantha Strindberg, Patrick Boudjan, Calixte Makombo, Inogwabini Bila-Isia, et al.