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A description of the history and function of a traditional Iranian ice house, known as a Yakhchal, as told through the eyes of one such ice house surviving into the present ...
Shafer, Scott M.
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Ethnomedicinal Properties and Technological Challenges of Pomegranate Fruit as a Value‐Added Product
This review aims to provide a comprehensive review of pomegranate (Punica granatum) as a nourishing powerhouse, focusing on its remarkable nutritional conformation, bioactive composites, and substantial health assistance. This emphasizes the adaptableness and developing demand in the functional food market, as it discovers the potential solicitations ...
Muhammad Tayyab Arshad +5 more
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ABSTRACT Given increasing water scarcity, the need to reduce chemical inputs, and the growing demand for nutritionally valuable vegetable oils, identifying sustainable cropping systems for camelina production has become increasingly important. This study aimed to evaluate the combined effects of nitrogen application, irrigation regimes (irrigated and ...
Shahzad Jamaati Somarin +3 more
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Urban morphology and transformation the pattern of housing in the historical cities of Iran [PDF]
Regardless of the historical and cultural collapse of today's contemporary architecture that arose in the aftermath of the advent of modernity, if we look at the process of the emergence of architecture before this era, we see that most architectural ...
NAHAS FARMANIYEH, Farzaneh +1 more
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Terrestrial Analogs to Titan for Geophysical Research
Abstract Saturn's moon Titan exhibits remarkable parallels to the Earth in many geophysical and geological processes not found elsewhere in the solar system at the present day. These include a nitrogen atmosphere with a condensible gas—methane—replacing the Earth's water, leading to an active meteorology with rainfall and surface manifestations ...
Conor A. Nixon +21 more
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Doctoring Dobbs: Erasure art as anthropological practice
Abstract This essay examines erasure art as an anthropological practice through Doctoring Dobbs, a multimodal project responding to the US Supreme Court's overturning of federal abortion rights in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. In creative practice, erasure removes material from an existing source to reveal something new.
Risa Cromer
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“Flames Over Persepolis”: New Scientific Evidence Supporting Historical Perspectives
ABSTRACT This study investigates the burning of Persepolis Terrace, historically attributed to Alexander III in 330 bce. A review of classical accounts and excavation reports, combined with diagnostic surveys, confirms the fire's historicity and provides novel insights.
Maria Letizia Amadori +10 more
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Medicine for the Material World
ABSTRACT It is clear that many of the inorganic materials of antiquity have been used both as medicines for human ills and also as agents in technological processes. This paper speculates that there might have been a stronger link between these two functions in the past, based on the concept of “active agents”—materials that are efficacious at curing ...
A. M. Pollard
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Economics of Hydraulics: Persian Qanats and Roman Aqueducts
This article examines how governance models shaped water management in ancient Persia, the Roman Empire, and medieval Europe, focusing on qanats and splendour fountains.
Tabea Hirzel, Alexandre Solcà
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