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Geographical Origins of Language Structures [PDF]

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2018
This research explores the geographical origins of the coevolution of cultural and linguistic traits in the course of human history, relating the geographical roots of long-term orientation to the structure of the future tense, the agricultural determinants of gender bias to the presence of sex-based grammatical gender, and the ecological origins of ...
Galor, Oded, Özak, Ömer, Sarid, Assaf
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COVID-19 and geographical area of origin

Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 2021
To describe and compare the main clinical characteristics and outcome measures in hospitalized patients with confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) according to geographical area of origin.A retrospective analysis of patients hospitalized with confirmed COVID-19 at a referral centre in Madrid, Spain, during March-May 2020 was performed. Recorded
Norman, Francesca F., Crespillo-Andújar, Clara, Pérez-Molina, José Antonio, Comeche, Belén, Chamorro, Sandra, Monge-Maillo, Begoña, Moreno-Guillén, Santiago, López-Vélez, Rogelio, Vizcarra, Pilar, Norman, Francesca, Crespillo, Clara, Pérez-Molina, José, Comeche, Belén, Chamorro, Sandra, Monge, Begoña, Moreno, Santiago, López-Vélez, Rogelio, Pérez-Elías, Maria Jesús, Fortún, Jesús, Navas, Enrique, Quereda, Carmen, Dronda, Fernando, Del Campo, Santos, Reinoso, Javier Cobo, Casado, José Luis, Moreno, Ana, Martín-Dávila, Pilar, Hermida, José Manuel, Pintado, Vicente, Serrano-Villar, Sergio, Sánchez-Conde, Matilde, Escudero, Rosa, Gioia, Francesca, Herrera, Sabina, Ron, Raquel, Martínez-Sanz, Javier, Pons-Guillén, Mario, Vivancos, María Jesús   +37 more
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On the Historical and Geographic Origins of the Sicilian Mafia [PDF]

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2012
This research attempts to explain the large differences in the early diffusion of the mafia across different areas of Sicily. We advance the hypothesis that, after the demise of Sicilian feudalism, the lack of publicly provided property-right protection from widespread banditry favored the development of a florid market for private protection and the ...
Buonanno, Paolo, Durante, Ruben, Prarolo, Giovanni, Vanin, Paolo   +3 more
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Predicting the Geographical Origin of Music

2014 IEEE International Conference on Data Mining, 2014
Traditional research into the arts has almost always been based around the subjective judgment of human critics. The use of data mining tools to understand art has great promise as it is objective and operational. We investigate the distribution of music from around the world: geographical ethnomusicology.
Fang Zhou, Claire Q, Ross D. King
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NMR Metabolite Profiling in the Quality and Authentication Assessment of Greek Honey—Exploitation of STOCSY for Markers Identification

Foods, 2022
Honey is a natural, healthy commodity and is probably among the most complex foods produced by nature. It is the oldest recorded and certainly the only natural sweetener that can be used by humans without any further processing. Nowadays, the increase in
Gabriela Belén Lemus Ringele, Stavros Beteinakis, Anastasia Papachristodoulou, Evangelos Axiotis, Emmanuel Mikros, Maria Halabalaki   +5 more
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Explaining the geographical origins of seasonal influenza A (H3N2) [PDF]

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2016
Most antigenically novel and evolutionarily successful strains of seasonal influenza A (H3N2) originate in East, South and Southeast Asia. To understand this pattern, we simulated the ecological and evolutionary dynamics of influenza in a host metapopulation representing the temperate north, tropics and temperate south.
Frank Wen, Trevor Bedford, Sarah Cobey
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Fruit Quality Attributes of Organically Grown Norwegian Apples Are Affected by Cultivar and Location

Plants
In this work, 12 apple cultivars grown organically in three regions of Norway (Telemark, Ullensvang, Viken) were analyzed in terms of fruit quality, with the aim of equating different growing regions under specific climatic conditions.
Maja Natić, Dragana Dabić Zagorac, Mihajlo Jakanovski, Anita Smailagić, Slavica Čolić, Mekjell Meland, Milica Fotirić Akšić   +6 more
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Honey: Chemical Composition, Stability and Authenticity

Foods, 2019
This Special Issue contains innovative research papers on the characterization, chemical composition and physical properties of honey. This constitutes very useful information to avoid frauds and to guarantee the authenticity of this food product.
Olga Escuredo, M. Carmen Seijo
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Prediction of Pakistani Honey Authenticity Through Machine Learning

IEEE Access, 2022
Honey is a high-demand product in many countries because it is high in nutritional value and rich in antioxidants. Thus, the demand for honey is increased. However, the productivity of honey is naturally lower than its demand.
Noureen Fatima, Ghulam Mujtaba, Adnan Akhunzada, Khurshed Ali, Zahid Hussain Shaikh, Baby Rabia, Javed Ahmed Shahani   +6 more
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Identification of Geographical Origin of Milk by Amino Acid Profile Coupled with Chemometric Analysis

Journal of Food Quality, 2022
This study aimed to establish a method to identify the geographical origin of milk based on its amino acid profile. High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) was carried out to measure amino acid contents.
Min Kang, Quanhong Yue, Shikuan Jia, Jiarong Wang, Mengdan Zheng, Ran Suo   +5 more
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