The possible explanations for her conduct vary according to her perceived status as either a willing participant or a victim. If she is a willing participant in her capitulation and seduction, there are three reasons why the knight is successful, according to antecedent...

I HAVE just obtained from the Chatham Islands a nearly perfect sub-fossil skull of an extinct Ocydromine rail, closely resembling the Mauritian Aphanapteryx, five and quarter inches long, beak arched, slender, very pointed, for which I propose the specific name Hawkinsi...

In this study we report the underlying reasons to why bacteria are present on banknotes and coins. Despite the use of credit cards, mobile phone apps, near-field-communication systems, and cryptocurrencies such as bitcoins which are replacing the use of hard currencies,...

ABSTRACTSamoa has a distinctive reputation in the Pacific for political stability. Over the last quarter of a century, Samoa has enjoyed the rule of law, consistency in policy-making, and law and order while simultaneously undertaking critical social, political and econ...

After a devastating earthquake, tsunami and fire in 1755, Lisbon's Terreiro do Paco, or Palace Square, was transformed by the Marquis of Pombal into a state of the art 18th century urban space called Praca do Comercio. This paper looks at the configuration and use of th...

The search for origins is a hallmark of historical practice; origins are also fundamental to historical narratives, the predominant form by which historians present their interpretations of the past. Yet, paradoxically, history is ill-suited to studying firsts or origin...

The duration and mode of occupation of pre-European Māori living in northern New Zealand was influenced by their subsistence strategies. Our analysis of the surface archaeological remains on Ahuahu (Great Mercury Island, Coromandel) examines how communities practiced ho...

Objectives We aimed to describe the epidemiology of statue attacks along with statue representativeness relative to modern day demographics in one case study country: New Zealand. Methods We performed Internet searches for the existence of outdoor statues of named in...