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Can executive functions be improved by playing board games across the lifespan? A systematic review and meta‐analysis

open access: yesApplied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, Volume 18, Issue 4, August 2026.
Abstract Board games are usually played with other people across the lifespan. They seem to improve executive functions, which are psychological processes key to our daily lives. Therefore, this systematic review aimed to show whether board games could improve executive functions at different ages.
Veronica Estrada‐Plana   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Diagnosis and management of neutropenia in adults: Expert guidance

open access: yesBritish Journal of Haematology, Volume 209, Issue 2, Page 432-440, August 2026.
Severe neutropenia can result from decreased production of neutrophil precursors in the bone marrow, as in the case of severe congenital neutropenia, or from increased utilization of neutrophils or their accelerated destruction as for drug‐induced neutropenia or autoimmune neutropenia. Severe chronic neutropenia increases susceptibility to bacterial or
Karl Welte   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Two Competing Religious Traditions Underlying the Façade-Type Architectural Models from Ancient Western Asia

open access: yesReligions
This study clarifies the religious traditions underlying the façade-type clay architectural models unearthed from ancient Western Asia by analyzing their iconography apropos each period.
David T. Sugimoto
doaj   +1 more source

Mutatis Mutandis: Revisiting the Comparator in Discrimination Testing

open access: yesComputational Intelligence, Volume 42, Issue 4, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Testing for individual discrimination involves deriving a profile, the comparator, similar to the one making the discrimination claim, the complainant, based on a protected attribute, such as race or gender, and comparing their decision outcomes. The complainant–comparator pair is central to discrimination testing.
José M. Álvarez, Salvatore Ruggieri
wiley   +1 more source

MYCENAEAN FEMALE FIGURINE AND ZOOMORPHIC VESSEL IN THE AYASULUK HILL IN WESTERN ANATOLIA

open access: yesJOURNAL OF ANCIENT HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY
A Mycenaean Psi-type figurine was discovered during archaeological excavations at Ayasuluk Hill in Western Anatolia in 2021. The Ayasuluk Hill Psi-type figurine is distinct from conventional Psi-type figurines regarding its production features. The horizontal ornamentation of the painted bands encircling the front and back of the body contrasts with ...
Barış GÜR, Sinan MİMAROĞLU
openaire   +2 more sources

Exploring Complex Historical Figures through a Modified Critical Making Framework

open access: yesInternational Journal of Art &Design Education, Volume 45, Issue 3, Page 785-801, August 2026.
Abstract This paper examines ‘critical making’ as a framework for exploring complex problems and topics. Critical making combines an iterative process of making with research, reflection and analysis. The authors present a modified critical making process that builds on the reflexive material engagement introduced by the originator of critical making ...
Jill Kraeger   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Female Figurines from the Mut Precinct: Context and Ritual Function [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
[Author's note: A lightly edited version of this dissertation was published in 2009 as Female Figurines from the Mut Precinct: Context and Ritual Function. Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis 240. Fribourg: Academic Press/Goettingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
openaire   +2 more sources

Female Figurines (Pharaonic Period)

open access: yes, 2008
Figurines of nude females are known from most periods of Pharaonic Egyptian history and occur in a variety of contexts. Female figurines were fashioned from clay, faience, ivory, stone, and wood. A generic Egyptian term for “female figurine” is rpyt; terms specifically for clay figurines include sjn (n Ast), rpyt nt sjnt, and rpyt Ast.
openaire   +1 more source

A rhomboidal clay plate from Iepureşti – La Islaz (Giurgiu County)

open access: yesMateriale și Cercetări Arheologice
The paper presents an incomplete, undecorated, burned rhomboidal clay plate discovered in the Gumelnița A1 settlement at Iepurești – La Islaz (Giurgiu County). Its importance relies on the fact it is one of the two westernmost known artefacts of the kind,
Kogălniceanu, R.
doaj   +1 more source

The Evolution of Female Figurine Clothing in Tang Dynasty Luoyang

open access: yesArt Frontier
Luoyang was a secondary capital during the Tang Dynasty, and the female figurines unearthed from Tang tombs are representative of that era. During the early Tang period, female figurines often wore short jackets in red, yellow, or green paired with red skirts, with belts adorned with red and green patterns. Their robes were predominantly red, and their
openaire   +1 more source

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