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Ecological and social factors lead to variation in parental care between sexes in a burying beetle
We experimentally investigated the effects of ecological (resource availability and interspecific competition) and social factors (intraspecific competition) on parental care and reproductive success in the burying beetle Nicrophorus vespilloides. Our results showed that males and females adjust their parental care based on resource availability and ...
Donghui Ma, Long Ma, Jan Komdeur
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ANALISIS EFISIENSI PANAS TUNNEL KILN PADA PT XYZ DENGAN NERACA MASSA DAN ENERGI
ABSTRAK Salah satu proses yang tidak dapat dilewatkan untuk membuat genteng keramik adalah proses pembakaran. Proses pembakaran genteng keramik di PT XYZ menggunakan tunnel kiln dengan bahan bakar LNG. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui efisiensi
Tri Ngudi Wiyatno +2 more
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Males are worse mothers: Comparing care patterns in a facultatively caring beetle
Why should biparental care exist if offspring fare just as well when only one parent is present? In the facultatively dependent burying beetle, Nicrophorus vespilloides, manipulating environmental quality reveals that biparental care benefits offspring in form of lower personal immune requirement and parents in term of weight gain.
Leon Müller +2 more
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Pre-Chernyakhov horizon of the multilayer settlement of Chernitsa I
Traces of craft activities are poorly represented in the cultural horizon of the Etulia type settlements. This paper introduces into scientific use a kiln possibly used for firing pottery, which was discovered in the multilayer settlement of Chernitsa I ...
Sergey Kurchatov
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MEDIEVAL LIFE IN KERPIJLITEPE – SELJUK AND AFTER THE MONGOL CONQUEST PERIODS
The medieval monument of Kerpijlitepe is located at an altitude of 208–210m sea level, in the west of the Republic of Azerbaijan, near the village of Borsunlu of the Goranboy district, on the bank of the Gazanbulag River.
Vagif A. Asadov , Shamil N. Nadzhafov
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Between the Indian Ocean and the Gulf: Ceramics From Ḥattā Oasis in the Emirate of Dubai
ABSTRACT This study presents the ceramic finds from archaeological investigations conducted in 2024 at two settlements: ‘Islamic Village' and Suhaila 2, one of a number of mountain villages of the Late Islamic period within the Ḥattā Oasis: a high‐altitude exclave in the Emirate of Dubai. The sites are located on the northeastern slopes of Jabal Qallāt
Seth M. N. Priestman +3 more
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Experimental Study on the Utilization of Cement Kiln Dust for Ground Modification
In recent years, use of various waste products in ground construction and modification has gained considerable attention worldwide in view of increasing costs of waste disposal, and environmental constraints.
Talal O. Al-Refeai, Awad A. Al-Karni
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ABSTRACT While oasis settlements emerged during the Bronze Age in Eastern and Northern Arabia, the settlement process in Central Arabia was different. Excavations at al‐Yamāma—main ancient settlement of the al‐Kharj oasis (Riyadh Province, KSA)—suggest that the latter did not emerge before the second half of the first millennium BCE.
Elora Chambraud +4 more
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Rise of the south: How Arab‐led maritime trade transformed China, 671–1371 CE
Abstract China's center of socioeconomic activities was in the North prior to the Tang dynasty but is in the South today. We demonstrate that Arab and Persian Muslim traders triggered that transition when they came to China in the late seventh century, by lifting maritime trade along the South Coast and re‐creating the South.
Zhiwu Chen, Zhan Lin, Kaixiang Peng
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The Material Basis of 18th‐Century Meissen Porcelain
ABSTRACT In the summer of 1708, the quest for making hard‐paste porcelain from Saxonian clay and other mineral resources succeeded. This was achieved by applying as its essential ingredient newly discovered pure kaolin from Heidelsberg near Aue, western Saxon Ore Mountains.
Robert B. Heimann
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