Social emulation stimulated the demand for clothing with the rapid generalisation of certain types of dress in given social circles. Beginning with this birth of fashion in the 16th century, the 18th century witnessed a revolution in consumption. Material culture had a public projection, and appearance and luxury became variables of civilization. In this methodological framework, and using tuto…
Chapter 6: This chapter adopts an intra-imperial, Spanish American perspective to understand how Domenico Grillo's factors operated this new monopolistic asiento trade on the ground. It focuses on the Isthmus of Panama and Pacific South America, the most coveted trading areas for the company and where most African captives were brought. The chapter examines the unprecedented privileges wielded …
This work offers a new interpretation about the main groups implicated in the textile trade in Seville during the 16th century, proposing a new chronology concerning the substitution processes happened between them and the nature of the importance of those groups. This is specially clear in the longer endurance of the activity of castilian and mainly burgalese merchants in the importation of ca…
Neurology & clinical neurophysiology
Abstract: This article explores the personal garments present in the probate inventories of 83 individuals that lived in the city of Valencia and its hinterland during the long fourteenth century. The paper explores the differences between both groups of individuals, the urban and the rural one, in aspects such as the typologies of the pieces of clothing, the colours, finishes, complements and …
Diseases & disorders
After decades of traditional space businesses, the space paradigm is changing. New approaches to more efficient missions in terms of costs, design, and manufacturing processes are fostered. For instance, placing big constellations of micro- and nano-satellites in Low Earth Orbit and Very Low Earth Orbit (LEO and VLEO) enables the space community to obtain a huge amount of data in near real-time…
Geokimia telah menjadi subjek penting untuk memahami asal-usul kita dan menghadapi tantangan yang akan dihadapi umat manusia dalam waktu dekat. Buku ini menyajikan beberapa kajian yang mengangkat tema geokimia sebagai tema sentralnya, mulai dari deskripsi berbagai formasi geologi, penggunaannya untuk karakterisasi lokasi yang terkontaminasi dan kemungkinan dampaknya terhadap ekosistem dan keseh…
The analysis of land management, lineage and family through the case study of early modern Spanish nobility from sixteenth to early nineteenth century is a major issue in recent historiography. It aims to shed light on how upper social classes arranged strategies to maintain their political and economic status. Rivalry and disputes between old factions and families were attached to the control …
Sistem pengambilan gambar jarak jauh adalah elemen kunci dalam pertanian yang efisien dan berkelanjutan saat ini. Mereka semakin banyak digunakan untuk memperoleh informasi yang menarik dari tanaman, tanah, dan lingkungan. Ini mencakup berbagai jenis perangkat penangkap: dari satelit dan drone, hingga perangkat di lapangan; berbagai jenis informasi spektral, dari gambar RGB yang terlihat, hingg…