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Pleasant and Unpleasant Smells in the Bible

Edinost in Dialog
In the Bible and in various religions in general, odour appears in connection with ritual scents, offerings to God, devotion to God, the body odour of anointed bodies, and as a protective agent in the ritual fumigation of rooms.
Mojca Ramšak
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Chemical and Isotopic Evidence for Organic Matter Sulfurization in Redox Gradients Around Mangrove Roots

Frontiers in Earth Science, 2019
Coastal environments like mangrove forests are increasingly recognized as potential hotspots for organic carbon burial, giving them a crucial and yet poorly constrained role in the global carbon cycle.
M. R. Raven, D. A. Fike, M. L. Gomes, S. M. Webb   +3 more
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Rapid growth of a carbonate island over the last millennium

Sedimentology, Volume 71, Issue 7, Page 2119-2143, December 2024.
Abstract Low‐lying islands in tropical regions are vulnerable to near‐term sea‐level rise and hurricane‐induced flooding, with substantial human impact. These risks motivate researchers to elucidate the processes and timescales involved in the formation, growth and stabilization of coastlines through the study of Holocene shoreline dynamics.
Marjorie Cantine, Emily Orzechowski, Nathan Stein, Tyler Lincoln, Brianna Hibner, Theodore Present, Michael Thorpe, Justin Strauss, Anelize Manuela Bahniuk Rumbelsperger, Andrew H. Knoll, John Grotzinger, Maya Gomes, Elizabeth Trower   +12 more
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Discovery and functional characterization of two diterpene synthases for sclareol biosynthesis in Salvia sclarea (L.) and their relevance for perfume manufacture

BMC Plant Biology, 2012
Background Sclareol is a diterpene natural product of high value for the fragrance industry. Its labdane carbon skeleton and its two hydroxyl groups also make it a valued starting material for semisynthesis of numerous commercial substances, including ...
Caniard Anne, Zerbe Philipp, Legrand Sylvain, Cohade Allison, Valot Nadine, Magnard Jean-Louis, Bohlmann Jörg, Legendre Laurent   +7 more
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“Heroic” medicine in neurology: A historical perspective

European Journal of Neurology, Volume 31, Issue 11, November 2024.
Abstract Background and purpose Repetitive bloodletting, promoting profuse diarrhoea and vomiting, the formation of artificial ulcers, and other aggressive treatment methods based on humoral theory and Brunonian medicine were used for patients with nervous system (NS) diseases until the end of the 19th century.
Eglė Sakalauskaitė‐Juodeikienė
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Diagenetic dolomite in planktonic foraminifera on the Australian Northwest Shelf

Sedimentology, Volume 71, Issue 6, Page 1744-1766, October 2024.
ABSTRACT Planktonic foraminiferal shells are widely used to investigate past oceanographic and climatic variations via their trace elements and stable isotopes. However, these geochemical methods may be compromised by the presence of diagenetic high‐Mg calcite.
Song Zhao, Katharine M. Grant, Bradley N. Opdyke, Ulrike Troitzsch, Ian S. Williams   +4 more
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Sustainable (–)-Ambrox Production: Chemistry Meets Biocatalysis

CHIMIA
(–)-Ambrox, the most prominent olfactive component of ambergris, is one of the most widely used biodegradable fragrance ingredients. It is traditionally produced from the diterpene sclareol chemically modified and cyclized into (–)-ambrox.
Eric Eichhorn, Boris Schilling, Agnes Bombrun, Fridtjof Schroeder   +3 more
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Past and Future Earth: Archaeology and Soil Studies on Ambergris Caye, Belize

Archaeology International, 2016
Marco Gonzalez is one of a number of Maya sites on Belize’s coast and cayes (coral islands) that exhibit anomalous vegetation and dark-coloured soils. Like Amazonian Dark Earths (ADEs), the soils are sought locally for cultivation and are underlain by ...
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Revisiting Elevated δ13C Values of Sediment on Modern Carbonate Platforms

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 51, Issue 15, 16 August 2024.
Abstract The measured carbon isotopic compositions of carbonate sediments (δ13Ccarb) on modern platforms are commonly 13C‐enriched compared to predicted values for minerals forming in isotopic equilibrium with the dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) of modern seawater.
Elizabeth J. Trower, Brianna M. Hibner, Tyler A. Lincoln, Jacqueline E. Dodd, Cedric J. Hagen, Marjorie D. Cantine, Maya L. Gomes   +6 more
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Sniffing Out the Sustainable Future: The Renewability Revolution in Fragrance Chemistry**

Chemistry – A European Journal, Volume 30, Issue 19, April 2, 2024.
What will the Sustainable Future smell like? The way into a resource‐friendly economy will have different impact on the various perfumery families, but it will not be an avenue to all‐natural fragrances as these have the highest carbon footprint. In this report, you can find out what a world with 100 % renewable and biodegradable fragrances smells like,
Franziska Elterlein, Nikolas Bugdahn, Philip Kraft   +2 more
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