In the 19th century it was difficult for the growing number of medical practitioners in North America to access current medical literature. Various ways were suggested to solve this problem; one of them was the creation of physician-run medical library…

This thesis examines images of martial women as they were produced in the biography column of the late Qing journal Nüzi shijie (NZSJ; 1904-1907). By examining the historiographic implications of revised women's biographies, I will show the extent to which…

The Serbian education system severely deteriorated after a series of conflicts and NATO bombings dismantled the nation from the 1990's-2000. Although violence is not uncommon to schools around the world, researchers have demonstrated that the long term effects of war…

This thesis attempts to historicize our understandings of economic rationality and economic action, specifically in the period leading up to the South Sea Bubble of 1720, an event which seemingly remains shrouded in mystery. The fundamental question addressed is what…

La tesis recoge el trabajo desarrollado para implementar un sistema de digitalización de señales electrónicas procedentes de un detector de centelleo, tipo phoswich, y el estudio de la forma de éstas para poder determinar el tipo de radiación ionizante que…

A reduction in the consumptive and nonconsumptive effects of predation resulting from harvesting of top predators has been hypothesized to result in failure of harvested species to recover from low abundance, even if harvesting is reduced or ceases. I examined…

Los estudios de esta tesis doctoral muestran la relación estrecha que existe en la Fenomenología del Espíritu entre el concepto hegeliano de experiencia, su concepción del absoluto y el impacto que tiene en ambos el desafío del escepticismo. La tesis…

The analytical approximate technique developed by Wu et al. for conservative oscillators with odd nonlinearity is used to construct approximate frequency-amplitude relations and periodic solutions to the relativistic oscillator. By combining Newton's method with the method of harmonic balance, analytical…

El estudio de las revistas especializadas permite comprender aspectos importantes de la dinámica de los campos científicos y académicos. Entre ellos, los grados de institucionalización, diferenciación y especialización o las redes de intercambio. La cantidad, la calidad y la difusión…

El Embajador argentino ante la Santa Sede responde al artículo del Dr. Giovanni Armillota, propuesto como un complemento a su primer artículo sobre el sesquicentenario del inicio de las relaciones diplomáticas publicado en estas páginas, reivindicando y privilegiando una lectura…