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... function of the king as bringer of good fortune is prevalent in primitive cultures . Especially prevalent in Africa , it also has been observed in Polynesia , Scandina- via , and in ancient Greece . This power to bring good fortune is ...
... function of the king as bringer of good fortune is prevalent in primitive cultures . Especially prevalent in Africa , it also has been observed in Polynesia , Scandina- via , and in ancient Greece . This power to bring good fortune is ...
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... Function in Primitive Society , 1952. ) The structure - function model seems to have been most successful in application to small - scale societies , in which kinship categories could be made the main components of Study structure . The ...
... Function in Primitive Society , 1952. ) The structure - function model seems to have been most successful in application to small - scale societies , in which kinship categories could be made the main components of Study structure . The ...
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... function designated by GR , called the excess Gibbs ( or free ) energy . The significance of the word excess lies in the fact that GE is the Gibbs energy of a solution in excess of what it would be if it were ideal . In a binary ...
... function designated by GR , called the excess Gibbs ( or free ) energy . The significance of the word excess lies in the fact that GE is the Gibbs energy of a solution in excess of what it would be if it were ideal . In a binary ...
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