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Prophecy, Gastronomic Ghosts, and Oracular Flatulence: On the Substance of Spirit in Ancient Israel and Mesopotamia

Religions
In this contribution, I contend that the divine “spirit, wind” was conceived as moist, wet, and vaporous in nature in ancient Israel and Mesopotamia. I adduce support for this view from biological reality and from a number of biblical and cuneiform texts
Scott B. Noegel
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Kurdish as a Stateless Language in the U.S. [PDF]

Journal of the National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages, 2021
This article discusses the status of Kurdish as a stateless language in the U.S. By using intersectionality as the theoretical framework, the article argues that the educational structures of power converge, at Kurds home countries and abroad, to create ...
Haidar Khezri
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Grammatical replication: First-person non-singular verbal indexes in Eastern Toba, Western Toba (Guaicuruan) and Tapiete (Tupi-Guaraní)

Lenguaje, 2021
In this paper we suggest that linguistic features can show traces of the frequency and intensity of social interactions between indigenous peoples. We focus on peoples of the alluvial fan of the Pilcomayo River (South American Chaco), and analyze first ...
María Belén Carpio, Raúl Eduardo González, Marcela Mendoza   +2 more
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Massive migration from the steppe is a source for Indo-European languages in Europe

, 2015
We generated genome-wide data from 69 Europeans who lived between 8,000-3,000 years ago by enriching ancient DNA libraries for a target set of almost four hundred thousand polymorphisms. Enrichment of these positions decreases the sequencing required for
A Keller, A Seguin-Orlando, Alan Cooper, Aleksandr Khokhlov, Alissa Mittnik, Anna Szécsényi-Nagy, AW Briggs, AW Briggs, Bastien Llamas, C Der Sarkissian, C Gamba, C Renfrew, Christina Roth, Christos Economou, D Reich, David Anthony, David Reich, DH Alexander, DH Alexander, DM Behar, Dorcas Brown, DW Anthony, Eadaoin Harney, Eszter Bánffy, Fredrik Hallgren, G Brandt, G Hellenthal, Guido Brandt, H Li, Harald Meller, I Lazaridis, I Olalde, Iosif Lazaridis, J Czebreszuk, Joachim Wahl, Johannes Krause, JP Mallory, Kristin Stewardson, Kurt Werner Alt, M Kircher, M Lipson, M Meyer, M Raghavan, Manuel A. Rojo Guerra, Matthias Meyer, Michael Francken, Michael Kunst, N Patterson, N Rohland, N Rohland, N Rohland, Nadin Rohland, Nick Patterson, Nicole Nicklisch, NM Myres, Oleg Mochalov, P Bellwood, P Ralph, P Skoglund, P Skoglund, P Skoglund, PA Underhill, Pavel Kuznetsov, Q Fu, Q Fu, Q Fu, Qiaomei Fu, Rafael Garrido Pena, RE Green, Roberto Risch, S Purcell, S Sawyer, Sandra L. Pichler, Susanne Friederich, Susanne Nordenfelt, Swapan Mallick, T Lassmann, TV Gamkrelidze, Valery Khartanovich, Vayacheslav Moiseyev, W Haak, Wolfgang Haak   +81 more
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Time Toxicity in Wilms Tumor: Quantifying the Burden of Healthcare Interaction in the First Year After Diagnosis

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Wilms tumor (WT) treatment imposes a significant time burden on patients and their families. Time toxicity is a patient‐centered metric that quantifies the burden of healthcare interaction. We sought to define time toxicity in the first year after diagnosis of WT and hypothesized that it would increase as tumor stage and treatment ...
Caleb Q. Ashbrook, Veerain Gupta, Nicholas J. Clark, Vijay Rings, Lauren E. Corona, Douglass B. Clayton, Daniel J. Benedetti   +6 more
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A Note on Armenian hrmštk-el [PDF]

, 2014
The hapax *framaštaq in the Babylonian Talmud is a loan from a Middle Iranian slang word for the penis; from its base comes the common Armenian verb hrmštkel, "to shove in", which is not attested in Classical texts and might have had an obscene ...
Russell, James R.
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Risk Prediction Models for Recurrence After Curative Treatment of Early‐Stage or Locally Advanced Lung Cancer: A Systematic Review

Aging and Cancer, EarlyView.
This systematic review synthesizes prognostic models for survival and recurrence in resected non‐small cell lung cancer. While many models demonstrate moderate to good discrimination, few are externally validated and reporting quality is variable, limiting clinical applicability and highlighting the need for robust, transparent model development ...
Evangeline Samuel, S. Tissera, E. Paul, J. Zalcberg, R. G. Stirling   +4 more
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Integrating Content and English-Language Learning in a Middle Eastern Information Technology College: Investigating Faculty Perceptions, Practices and Capabilities [PDF]

InSITE Conference, 2016
The expanding role of English as an international lingua franca has had considerable effects on higher education (HE) provision around the world. English has become the medium of choice for African HE, and its position as a medium of instruction in the Europe and Asia is strengthening (Coleman, 2006; HU, 2009). English-medium tertiary education is also
Norman Williams, John Beachboard, Robert Bohning   +2 more
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Ancient Migratory Events in the Middle East: New Clues from the Y-Chromosome Variation of Modern Iranians [PDF]

, 2012
Knowledge of high resolution Y-chromosome haplogroup diversification within Iran provides important geographic context regarding the spread and compartmentalization of male lineages in the Middle East and southwestern Asia.
A Gusmão, A Keller, Alessandro Achilli, AM Cadenas, Anna Olivieri, Antonio Torroni, B Arredi, B Su, Baharak Hooshiar Kashani, C Cinnioğlu, C Flores, C Stringer, CC Lamberg-Karlovsky, E Bosch, F Cruciani, F Cruciani, Francesca Gandini, G Hudjashov, G Passarino, G Zei, H Lacau, HJ Bandelt, HJ Bandelt, I Nasidze, I Nasidze, J Chiaroni, JR Luis, KK Abu-Amero, L Excoffier, L Quintana-Murci, LA Zhivotovsky, LL Cavalli-Sforza, LS Whitfield, M Gimbutas, M Nei, M Pala, M Regueiro, Massoud Houshmand, MC Dulik, MC Terreros, MF Hammer, MF Hammer, MM Lahr, Mohammad Hossein Sanati, MT Akbari, MT Seielstad, N Al-Zahery, N Al-Zahery, Nadia Al-Zahery, NM Myres, O Semino, O Semino, Ornella Semino, P Balaresque, P Briant, P Shen, P Soares, PA Underhill, PA Underhill, PA Underhill, PA Underhill, PA Underhill, R Ghirshman, RD Gray, RJ King, RJ King, RS Wells, S Amanollahi-Baharvand, S Farjadian, S Farjadian, S Rootsi, S Sengupta, Silvia Parolo, T Kivisild, TM Karafet, Toomas Kivisild, V Battaglia, Vincenza Battaglia, Viola Grugni, Z Lashgary   +79 more
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Multiple Sclerosis Relapse Activity After Ozanimod Discontinuation in DAYBREAK Trial Participants

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
Multiple Sclerosis Relapse Activity After Ozanimod Discontinuation in DAYBREAK Trial Participants. ABSTRACT Objective Return of disease activity is expected when patients discontinue disease‐modifying therapy (DMT) for multiple sclerosis (MS). Some MS DMTs are associated with higher‐than‐expected disease activity (rebound) after discontinuation.
Ralf Gold, Krzysztof W. Selmaj, Regina Berkovich, Jeffrey A. Cohen, Giancarlo Comi, Eva K. Havrdová, James K. Sheffield, Hetal Desai, Chun‐Yen Cheng, Jon V. Riolo, Andrew Thorpe, Erik DeBoer, Bruce A. C. Cree   +12 more
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