Beyond nations: A thematic history

A Thematic History of Urban Economic Analysis

What is urban economics?1 I will refrain from torturing myself with this issue. Any definition will be too wide for some and too narrow for others. My definition will be simple, but appropriate for my interests and background: urban economics is scholarly writing that has specifically urban content and contains specifically economic analysis. Everyone will notice that my definition leaves room ...

A Thematic Approach to the History of Physiology

This paper is a brief report of an undergraduate course in the history of physiology. A specific area, the development of the concepts of the cardiovascular system, was examined chronologically through primary readings and laboratory exercises. As an unusual approach to a frequently ignored but important subject, it may be of interest to those concerned with teaching the history of science.

Repeating History Beyond ARIES

In this paper, I describe first the background behind the development of the original ARIES recovery method, and its significant impact on the commercial world and the research community. Next, I provide a brief introduction to the various concurrency control and recovery methods in the ARIES family of algorithms. Subsequently, I discuss some of the recent developments affecting the transaction...

Theme and Thematic Patterns in Spanish and English History Texts

Elements of healthy death: a thematic analysis

Background: Death is a natural and frightening phenomenon, which is inevitable. Previous studies on death, which presented a negative and tedious image of this process, are now being revised and directed towards acceptable death and good death. One of the proposed terms about death and dying is “healthy death”, which encourages dealing with death positively and leading a lively and ...