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Dental health in ancient Egypt

Journal of Biological Research, 2021
The Ancient Egyptians suffered from devastating dental disease through the millennia and this may have caused premature mortality. The changes in types of dental disease were influenced by the transformation of life from hunter-gatherers to settled ...
Judith Miller
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Towards Water, Food and Energy Security: The Global Challenges and Possible Solutions for a Holistic Vision of Sustainability

Irrigation and Drainage, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This invited paper gives an overview of the challenges the world is facing and offers a possible solution for water and food security within the holistic integrated concept of the water–energy–food (WEF) nexus. The paper summarizes the experience the author gained through working on various research projects at national and international ...
Ragab Ragab
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Hidden Insights: Comprehensive Radiological Analysis of Four Skeletal Populations From 13th–19th Century Southern Finland Reveals Neoplastic and Other Lesions Invisible on Bone Surfaces

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study aims to identify lesions confined to the internal structures of bones. A radiographic analysis was performed on 219 archaeological, historical period skeletons from southern Finland. Although the study examines nearly all preserved skeletal elements using plain radiographs, it does not incorporate computed tomography.
Kati Salo, Anna Föhr, Rimantas Jankauskas   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pan-Africanism: a contorted delirium or a pseudonationalist paradigm? Revivalist critique [PDF]

, 2013
This essaic-article goes against established conventions that there is anything ethno-cultural (and hence national) about the so-called African tribes.
Albert C., Anthony D. S., Assmann J., Assmann J., Chinweizu I, Chinweizu I., Christopher E., Diop C. A., Diop C. A., Faulkner R. O., Godfrey M, Gray J, Hannah V., Jacquin-Berdal D., Kalopoulos M., Karenga M., Teeter E., Teeter E., Vandier J., William C.   +19 more
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A comprehensive checklist of Mediterranean wild edible plants: Diversity, traditional uses, and knowledge gaps

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
The use of wild edible plants and the traditional knowledge associated with them are rapidly disappearing across the Mediterranean, with serious consequences for biodiversity, cultural heritage, and regional food security. This study compiles and organizes fragmented information to create the first comprehensive catalogue of these plants across the ...
Benedetta Gori, Tiziana Cossu, Hicham El Zein, Udayangani Liu, Tiziana Ulian, Gianluigi Bacchetta   +5 more
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The Frog in Ancient Egypt, with Unpublished Frog Statues, Amulets, and other Related Objects in the Agricultural and Mallawy Museums in Egypt [PDF]

Journal of General Union of Arab Archaeologists, 2011
Frogs belong to the class of 'amphibians'. They are cold-blooded animals, and they hibernate during winter. The life cycle of frogs begins with mating, laying eggs, developing into tadpoles in eggs, and then appearing as young frogs without tails.
dr.Marzouk Al-sayed Aman
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Mesopotamia dan Mesir Kuno: Awal Peradaban Dunia [PDF]

, 2009
The existence of civilization cannot be separated from the existence of human beings. Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt were the centers of the oldest civilization in the world. Both Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt had typical characteristics.
Umar, M. (Mustofa)
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Ethnobotanical insights into the medicinal and food uses of Lamiaceae in the Mediterranean region: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
For generations, Mediterranean communities have used Lamiaceae or Labiatae plants like rosemary, thyme or mint to care for their health and to enrich their food. By bringing together dispersed knowledge from across the Mediterranean region, our review revealed the continuing relevance of Lamiaceae while also compiling past uses that may hold future ...
Fuencisla Cáceres, Joan Vallès, Teresa Garnatje, Airy Gras   +3 more
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Metagenomic analysis of dental calculus in ancient Egyptian baboons [PDF]

, 2019
Dental calculus, or mineralized plaque, represents a record of ancient biomolecules and food residues. Recently, ancient metagenomics made it possible to unlock the wealth of microbial and dietary information of dental calculus to reconstruct oral ...
Bramanti, Barbara, Guellil, Meriam, Kersten, Oliver, Ottoni, Claudio, Ozga, Andrew T, Porcier, Stéphanie, Stone, Anne C, Van Neer, Wim   +7 more
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Charge Directed Selective Co‐Assembly of Ionic Complementary Peptide Binary Mixtures

Small, EarlyView.
Multi‐component peptide systems enable the development of multi‐functional and tunable materials, yet, controlling the co‐assembly of such complex systems remains challenging. This study demonstrates that rational design of peptide charge distribution, together with controlling parameters (pH, stoichiometry, and concentration), can guide selective co ...
Abdulwahhab Khedr, Mohamed A. N. Soliman, Alfred Corrigan, Tarsem Sahota, Rachel Armitage, Natalie Allcock, Jeyapriya T. Jegadeesan, Mahetab H. Amer, Reem Alazragi, Zeeshan Ahmad, Jacek K. Wychowaniec, Mohamed A. Elsawy   +11 more
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