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Megaliths, Monuments, and Materiality [PDF]

Journal of Neolithic Archaeology, 2010
Stones, and especially the arrangement of large stones in relation to one another, have long been the focus of attention in megalith studies, a concern reflected in the name itself. It is, however, a blinkered view.
Timothy Darvill
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Safety and immunogenicity of primary vaccination with a SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine (SYS6006) in Chinese participants aged 18 years or more: Two randomized, observer-blinded, placebo-controlled and dose-escalation phase 1 clinical trials [PDF]

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2023
Vaccination plays a key role in preventing morbidity and mortality caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). We aimed to evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of a SARS-CoV-2 messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) vaccine ...
Gui-Ling Chen, Yuan-Zheng Qiu, Kai-Qi Wu, Ying Wu, Yuan-Hui Wang, Yu-Ying Zou, Cong-Gao Peng, Jie Zhao, Chang Su, Jun-Heng Ma, Shao-Nan Ni, Xing Wang, Ting-Han Jin, Qi Jiang, Tong Guo, Yan Xu, Chao-Chao Huang, Qing Zhang, Kai-Li Liu, Li Ji, Han-Yu Yang, Chun-Lei Li, Yu-Wen Su, Xiang Lu, Lan-Juan Li   +24 more
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The safety, immunogenicity, and efficacy of heterologous boosting with a SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine (SYS6006) in Chinese participants aged 18 years or more: a randomized, open-label, active-controlled phase 3 trial [PDF]

Emerging Microbes and Infections
Continuous emergence of new variants of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), enhanced transmissibility, significant immune escape, and waning immunity call for booster vaccination.
Chunhua Zhou, Yuanzheng Qiu, Jianxin Wang, Xiang Zhong, Xiufang Zhu, Xiaojing Huang, Lan Yang, Qiaolei Ji, Feifei Zhou, Shunquan Wu, Mengjie Yang, Jing Zhang, Kaili Liu, Li Ji, Hanyu Yang, Chunlei Li, Yuanyuan Zhao   +16 more
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Petrological and geochemical characterisation of the sarsen stones at Stonehenge [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2021
Little is known of the properties of the sarsen stones (or silcretes) that comprise the main architecture of Stonehenge. The only studies of rock struck from the monument date from the 19th century, while 20th century investigations have focussed on ...
David J. Nash, T. Jake R. Ciborowski, Timothy Darvill, Mike Parker Pearson, J. Stewart Ullyott, Magret Damaschke, Jane A. Evans, Steven Goderis, Susan Greaney, Jennifer M. Huggett, Robert A. Ixer, Duncan Pirrie, Matthew R. Power, Tobias Salge, Neil Wilkinson   +14 more
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Cast from the Past? Microbial Diversity of a Neolithic Stone Circle [PDF]

Microorganisms
We studied the microbial diversity colonizing limestone rock pools at a Neolithic Monument (Arbor Low, Derbyshire, England). Five pools were analyzed: four located at the megaliths of the stone circle and one pool placed at the megalith at the Gib Hill ...
Mercedes Martín-Cereceda, Amaya de Cos-Gandoy, Richard A. J. Williams, David Elliott, Andrea Serrano-Bellón, Blanca Pérez-Uz, Abel Sanchez-Jimenez   +6 more
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Robotic-assisted transoral removal of a bilateral floor of mouth ranulas. [PDF]

World J Surg Oncol, 2011
Objective To describe the management of bilateral oral ranulas with the use of the da Vinci Si Surgical System and discuss advantages and disadvantages over traditional transoral resection. Study Design Case Report and Review of Literature.
Walvekar RR, Peters G, Hardy E, Alsfeld L, Stromeyer FW, Anderson D, DiLeo M.   +6 more
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Mitochondrial DNA analysis of eneolithic trypillians from Ukraine reveals neolithic farming genetic roots. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2017
The agricultural revolution in Eastern Europe began in the Eneolithic with the Cucuteni-Trypillia culture complex. In Ukraine, the Trypillian culture (TC) existed for over two millennia (ca. 5,400–2,700 BCE) and left a wealth of artifacts.
Nikitin AG, Potekhina I, Rohland N, Mallick S, Reich D, Lillie M.   +5 more
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GIANT STONE BUILDINGS (I) - MEGALITHIC PREHISTORIC BUILDINGS - DIVISION, ORIGIN AND SPREAD [PDF]

e-Zbornik. Elektronički Zbornik Radova Građevinskog Fakulteta, 2022
Giant stone structures all over the world, with their millennia-old age, size, durability, construction method that surpasses the technical capabilities of ancient cultures, but also with a mysterious purpose, have aroused the interest of experts and the
Krešimir Šaravanja, Frano Oreč, Valerija Kopilaš   +2 more
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GIANT STONE BUILDINGS (II) - PYRAMIDS, THE MOST FAMOUS MONUMENTS IN THE WORLD [PDF]

e-Zbornik. Elektronički Zbornik Radova Građevinskog Fakulteta, 2023
Megalithic architecture is related to a series of ancient stone monuments of giant dimensions, which were constructed using almost untreated individual stones or stones grouped into certain structures, which was the subject of the previous paper of these
Krešimir Šaravanja, Frano Oreč, Valerija Kopilaš   +2 more
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Les mégalithes à structures composites du Faro (Cameroun) : typologie et fonctions

Afrique Archéologie Arts, 2023
The megaliths of Faro in northern Cameroon have for a long time remained in oblivion even though they present varied features (stones, pottery, carved wood, plants) which are rare in the sub-region.
Alice Mezop Temgoua-Noumissing
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