| Roland Robertson Roland Robertson lectures at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland, United Kingdom. He is a sociologist and theorist of globalization. His theories have focused significantly on a more phenomenological and psycho-social approach than that of more materialist oriented theorists such as Immanuel Wallerstein or Fredric Jameson. Roland_Robertson
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| Littlejohn Vase Littlejohn of Invercharron Challenge Vase, also known as simply the Littlejohn Vase, is a trophy in University Shinty. The second most expensive sporting trophy in Scotland, after the Scottish Cup, the Littlejohn Vase is competed for by University Shinty teams on an annual basis, in a one-day event held at a different university every year. Littlejohn_Vase
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| Celtic literature Celtic literature may be literature about Celts, or elements of Irish literature, British literature or Celtic-influenced literature from elsewhere. Although often written in English, Celtic literature may be composed in Celtic languages:Irish, Welsh, Cornish, Manx, Scottish Gaelic and Breton or their older forms; literature in Scots and Ulster Scots may also be included within the concept. Celtic_literature
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| Jackson Armstrong Jackson Webster Armstrong, B.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., (born January 19, 1978) is a Canadian historian and author. He is currently a lecturer in history at the University of Aberdeen.Dr. Armstrong was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario. He attended Upper Canada College before receiving his Bachelor of Arts degree from Queen’s University. Jackson_Armstrong
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| Philosophy of technology philosophy of technology is a philosophical field dedicated to studying the nature of technology and its social effects. Philosophy_of_technology
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| St. Fergus Gas Plant The St. Fergus Gas Plant in St. Fergus, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, is a set of four gas processing plants. St._Fergus_Gas_Plant
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| Four Great Inventions of ancient China Talk:Four_Great_Inventions_of_ancient_China
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| Caladrius Aberdeen Bestiary (as well earlier texts such as The Physiologus), the Caladrius is a snow-white bird that lives in kings' houses. Supposedly, the bird refuses to look at any patient that is not going to make a full recovery.It is said to also be able to take the sickness into itself and then fly away, dispersing the sickness and healing both itself and the sick person.This is said to be analogous to Jesus Christ, whose crucifixion is said to have drawn out "the sickness" (sin, see Biblical sin-sickness analogy) and, through his "flight" from the grave, saved the sinner. Caladrius
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| Asteroxylon Asteroxylon ("star-shaped xylem") is an extinct genus of plants of the Division Lycopodiophyta known from anatomically preserved specimens in an Early Devonian deposit of chert at Rhynie in North-East Scotland that has been dated at 396 +/- 8million years old. Asteroxylon is probably a stem group to the Drepanophycaceae. Asteroxylon
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| James William Slessor Marr James William Slessor Marr (1902 – April 30, 1965) was a Scottish marine biologist and polar explorer.Marr was born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. He and Norman Mooney were two Boy Scouts who were selected by Sir Ernest Shackleton to join him on the Shackleton–Rowett Expedition in 1921, on board the vessel Quest. He later wrote the book Into The Frozen South (1923) about his experiences. James_William_Slessor_Marr
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| Irenicism Irenicism in Christian theology refers to attempts to unify Christian apologetical systems by using reason as an essential attribute. The word derives from the Greek eirene meaning peace. It is a concept related to natural theology, and opposed to polemicism or war-like argumentation, and rooted in the ideals of pacifism. Those who affiliate themselves with irenicism identify the importance of unity in the Christian church, and declare the common bond between all Christians under Christ. Irenicism
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| Joseph Brant Arseneau Joseph Brant Arseneau (born 3 September 1967) is mainly known in finance for his ability to aid financial organisations in the development of their trading and risk management systems. He was also involved in the development of the Renewable Energy Derivative, which is a structured product that securitizes renewable energy into property-based debt obligations backed by the cash flows of excess energy. Thus providing a responsible use of the environment to finance properties in third world countries. Joseph_Brant_Arseneau
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| David Dumville David Norman Dumville (born 5 May 1949) is a British medievalist and Celtic scholar. He was educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, Ludwig-Maximilian Universität, Munich, and received his PhD. at the University of Edinburgh in 1976. In 1974, he married Sally Lois Hannay, with whom he had one son. David_Dumville
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| Rember Rember is an investigational drug being developed by startup TauRx Therapeutics that has been shown in early clinical trials to be an inhibitor of Tau protein aggregation. One active ingredient is methylthioninium chloride (MTC), a form of methylene blue. The drug is of potential interest for the treatment of patients with Alzheimer's disease. Rember
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| List of universities with soil science curriculum This is a comprehensive list of universities and learning institutions which maintain soil science curriculum. List_of_universities_with_soil_science_curriculum
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| Allan Macartney Dr Allan Macartney (17 February, 1941, Accra, Gold Coast, now Ghana – 1998) was a Scottish National Party (SNP) MEP for the North East Scotland constituency between the 1994 European Parliament election and his sudden death from a heart attack in 1998.Born in Africa, the son of a Church of Scotland minister, his family soon returned to Scotland and he was schooled in Elgin, Moray. Allan_Macartney
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| I. Howard Marshall I. Howard Marshall (born 1934) is an Arminian Evangelical Methodist professor emeritus of New Testament Exegesis and honorary research professor at the University of Aberdeen (Scotland), specifically in the department of Divinity and Religious Studies. He is also the chair of the Tyndale Fellowship for Biblical and Theological Research and was formerly president of the British New Testament Society and chair of the Fellowship of European Evangelical Theologians. I._Howard_Marshall
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| Multicultural London English Multicultural_London_English
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| East Siberian economic region East Siberian economic region (, Vostochno-Sibirsky ekonomichesky rayon) is one of twelve economic regions of Russia.In this area of plateaus, mountains, and river basins, the major cities—Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk, Ulan-Ude, and Chita—are located along the Trans-Siberian Railroad. East_Siberian_economic_region
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| Far Eastern economic region Far Eastern economic region (; tr.:Dalnevostochny ekonomichesky rayon) is one of twelve economic regions of Russia. Bordering on the Pacific Ocean, the region has Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Khabarovsk, Yakutsk, and Vladivostok as its chief cities. Machinery is produced, and lumbering, fishing, hunting, and fur trapping are important. The Trans-Siberian Railroad follows the Amur and Ussuri Rivers and terminates at the port of Vladivostok. Far_Eastern_economic_region
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