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A Novel Dual-Function Nitric Oxide Donor Therapy for Preeclampsia—A Proof-of-Principle Study in a Murine Model [PDF]

Antioxidants, 2023
Background: Preeclampsia (PE) is a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy that is associated with substantial morbidity and mortality for the mother and fetus.
Diana Pintye, Réka E. Sziva, Lauren A. Biwer, Esilida Sula Karreci, Sonako Jacas, Maxim Mastyugin, Marianna Török, Brett C. Young, Prakash Jagtap, Garry J. Southan, Iris Z. Jaffe, Zsuzsanna K. Zsengellér   +11 more
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Metaphors and the Invention of Writing. [PDF]

Top Cogn Sci
Abstract The foundation of ancient, invented writing systems lies in the predominant iconicity of their sign shapes. However, these shapes are often used not for their referential meaning but in a metaphorical way, whereby one entity stands for another.
Ottaviano L, Kelley K, Cartolano M, Ferrara S.   +3 more
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Measuring Beyond the Standard: Informal Measurement Systems as Cognitive Technologies. [PDF]

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Abstract This paper explores the role of measurement as a cognitive technology across human history, emphasizing the coexistence of formal and informal measurement systems. While standardized systems dominate contemporary culture and are well documented across large‐scale societies of the past, this manuscript highlights the less explored domain of ...
Kaaronen RO, Manninen MA, Eronen JT.
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Reading Akkadian cuneiform using natural language processing. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2020
In this paper we present a new method for automatic transliteration and segmentation of Unicode cuneiform glyphs using Natural Language Processing (NLP) techniques.
Shai Gordin, Gai Gutherz, Ariel Elazary, Avital Romach, Enrique Jiménez, Jonathan Berant, Yoram Cohen   +6 more
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Akkadian

, 2019
Book chapter in Semitic Languages, edited by R. Hetzron, 69–99. London: Routledge.
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The Translation of the Hebrew Term Nir: 'David's Yoke?'

Tyndale Bulletin, 2016
The purpose of this article is to query the viability of Douglas K. Stuart’s recent suggestion that the Hebrew form nīr ‘lamp’ should be translated as etymologically related to the Akkadian nīru ‘yoke, domination’ on the basis of Paul D.
Deuk-il Shin
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The Annals and Lost Golden Statue of the Hittite King Hattusili I

Gephyra, 2018
Clay tablets excavated from the Hittite capital Hattusa supposedly record five years of the military exploits of the early Hittite king Hattusili I (c. 1650-1620).
Trevor R. Bryce
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Two Cases of Akkadian Influence in Isaiah 50

Old Testament Essays
This article investigates two probable cases of Akkadian linguistic influence in Isa 50 and asks why the prophet employs Akkadian attested phraseology where standard biblical alternatives were available.
Igor Odintsov
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Loanwords in the Language of Archaic Biblical Hebrew Poetry

Orientalia Suecana
The research confirms the highly conservative character of the language of archaic poetry, regarding the influence of Akkadian. The impact of Akkadian on the language of these poems is very slight.
Tania Notarius
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Remarks on the Iconographic Motif of the Birdman in Mesopotamian Glyptic Art of the Third Millennium BC

Études et Travaux (Institute des Cultures Méditerranéennes et Orientales de l'Académie Polonaise des Sciences), 2018
The iconographic motif of the birdman emerged in Mesopotamian glyptic art in the Early Dynastic period and disappeared at the end of the Akkadian period.
Dominika Majchrzak
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