A 16th-century biodiversity and crop inventory. [PDF]
Ecology, 2022 Documenting and understanding long‐term biodiversity change is limited by the availability of historical data, particularly from periods preceding major anthropogenic changes associated with the Industrial Revolution.
Viana DS +3 more
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Olive shrub buried on Therasia supports a mid-16th century BCE date for the Thera eruption. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2023 The precise date of the 2nd millennium BCE (“Minoan”) eruption of Thera (Santorini) has long been a focus of controversy due to a discrepancy between archaeological and radiocarbon-based dating of materials from stratigraphic layers above and below ...
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Detection of potential biodeterioration risks for tempera painting in 16th century exhibits from State Tretyakov Gallery. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2020 In this study, we investigated biodeterioration of materials used in tempera painting by analyzing the structure of the microbiome in ancient tempera paintings exhibited in State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
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Increasing prevalence of hot drought across western North America since the 16th century. [PDF]
Sci AdvAcross western North America (WNA), 20th-21st century anthropogenic warming has increased the prevalence and severity of concurrent drought and heat events, also termed hot droughts.
King KE +7 more
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Validation of a 16th Century Traditional Chinese Medicine Use of Ginkgo biloba as a Topical Antimicrobial. [PDF]
Front Microbiol, 2019 In the search for new therapeutic solutions to address an increasing number of multidrug-resistant bacterial pathogens, secondary metabolites from plants have proven to be a rich source of antimicrobial compounds.
Chassagne F +3 more
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Annual radiocarbon record indicates 16th century BCE date for the Thera eruption. [PDF]
Sci Adv, 2018 New annual radiocarbon calibration data offer a resolution to controversial dating of the Bronze Age eruption of Thera. The mid-second millennium BCE eruption of Thera (Santorini) offers a critically important marker horizon to synchronize archaeological
Pearson CL +7 more
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The paradox of HBV evolution as revealed from a 16th century mummy. [PDF]
PLoS Pathog, 2018 Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a ubiquitous viral pathogen associated with large-scale morbidity and mortality in humans. However, there is considerable uncertainty over the time-scale of its origin and evolution. Initial shotgun data from a mid-16th century
Patterson Ross Z +10 more
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Chromatographic and Spectroscopic Identification and Recognition of Natural Dyes, Uncommon Dyestuff Components, and Mordants: Case Study of a 16th Century Carpet with Chintamani Motifs. [PDF]
Molecules, 2018 A multi-tool analytical practice was used for the characterisation of a 16th century carpet manufactured in Cairo. A mild extraction method with hydrofluoric acid has been evaluated in order to isolate intact flavonoids and their glycosides ...
Otłowska O +4 more
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Atherosclerosis in 16th-Century Greenlandic Inuit Mummies.
JAMA Netw Open, 2019 This case series examines 4 Greenlandic Inuit mummies from approximately the 16th century for evidence of atherosclerosis.
Wann LS +6 more
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Quinto Tiberio Angelerio and new measures for controlling plague in 16th-century Alghero, Sardinia. [PDF]
Emerg Infect Dis, 2013 Plague, a zoonotic disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, has been responsible for at least 3 pandemics. During 1582-1583, a plague outbreak devastated the seaport of Alghero in Sardinia.
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