THE VIERKLEUR AND THE UNION JACK IN THE )880-1881 WAR BETWEEN THE ZUID-AFRIKAANSCHE REPUBLIEK AND BRITAIN by D Conradie

“…The latter only came into existence in its present form in 1801, with the incorporation of Ireland into the United Kingdom, when it was described as follows in the Royal Proclamation of 1 January:</p><p>... that the Union Flag shall be Azwe, the Crosses Saltire of St Andrew and St Patrick Quarterly, per Saltire counterchanged Argent and Gules; the latter fimbriated of the second, surmounted by the Cross of St George of the third, fimbriated as the Saltire'.…”
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The Aragonese bat and other stories about the señera by Alexander Tchernik

“…This is the legend about the origin of the red and gold pillars of Aragon, the appearance of the red cross of the Sobrarbe tree, the legend about the cross in the dream of Inigo Arista on the eve of the battle of Arajuest, the legend about the Alco-rass cross of St. George with the four heads of the Moors. The author notes that the dragon in the crest of the Aragonese kings appeared under Pedro IV, and apparently is a vowel version of his knightly name Pedrodragon. …”
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Metformin use and respiratory outcomes in asthma-COPD overlap by Tianshi David Wu, Ashraf Fawzy, Gregory L. Kinney, Jessica Bon, Maniraj Neupane, Vickram Tejwani, Nadia N. Hansel, Robert A. Wise, Nirupama Putcha, Meredith C. McCormack

“…We estimated the association of baseline metformin use with (1) rate of total and severe respiratory exacerbations during follow-up, (2) cross-sectional St. George’s Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) score, six-minute walk distance (6MWD), and post-bronchodilator FEV1 percent predicted (FEV1pp), and (3) 5-year change in SGRQ, 6MWD, and FEV1pp. …”
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