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Classification and geographical dispersion of Mongolic languages
Linguistica Brunensia, 2013 In the article the main models of genetic classification of Mongolic languages are introduced, commented and finally compared with our new model based on the recalibrated glottochronological test applying its modification developed by Sergei Starostin ...
Michal Schwarz, Václav Blažek
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Genomic insight into the population history of Central Han Chinese
Annals of Human Biology, 2021 Background In recent decades, considerable attention has been paid to exploring the population genetic characteristics of Han Chinese, mainly documenting a north-south genetic substructure.
Xiaomin Yang +11 more
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Why /r/ is not a special, empty consonant in Japanese [PDF]
, 2016 International audienceIn recent work on Japanese phonology, /r/ has been argued to be a unique consonant in the Japanese phonological system, characterized by its default, unmarked and featureless nature.
Pellard, Thomas
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Livestock Tango: U.S. and Latin America Dance Together, but Who Will Lead?
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the competitiveness between Latin American and U.S. livestock and meat sectors. We employ a computable general equilibrium modeling framework to evaluate two scenarios: coordinated improvements in Latin American productivity, transport efficiency, and market access (Scenario I), and the minimum productivity gains required ...
Taís C. Menezes +2 more
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Images of the Pleiades of the Turkic and Mongolic Peoples
МонголоведениеIntroduction. The Pleiades star cluster (hereinafter referred to as a constellation) was of extreme importance in the lives of the nomads of Inner and Central Asia of all the astral objects visible in the night sky.
Marina M. Sodnompilova, Bair Z. Nanzatov
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Sustainable Productivity Growth in Agriculture: The Role of Shifts in R&D Investments and Technology
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The objective of the paper is to evaluate the long‐term prospects of sustainable productivity growth linked to plausible assumptions on public agricultural R&D investments as the key productivity driver. Second, it investigates the role of changing R&D focus from yield maximization to input saving technologies (fertilizers and pesticides). The
Zuzana Smeets Křístková +4 more
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Altaic Elements in the Chinese Variety of Tangwang: True and False Direct Loans
LanguagesThis paper foccusses on the Tangwang language, a Chinese variety spoken in southern Gansu that has been in contact with the Dongxiang language, a Mongolic language.
Julie Pauline Marie Lefort
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Angewandte Chemie, EarlyView.Durch die Kombination polarisationsaufgelöster IRRAS an atomar flachen CeO2(111)‐Einkristallen mit quantitativen XPS‐ und DFT‐Berechnungen identifizieren wir eine ungewöhnliche interstitielle Konfiguration von Pt‐Einzelatomen in der Subsurface‐Region, die zu einer bisher unbeobachteten, blauverschobenen CO‐Schwingungsmode führt.
Shuang Chen +7 more
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Linguistic Vitality, Endangerment, and Resilience [PDF]
, 2017 The concept of “resilience” originated in both ecology and psychology, and refers to the propensity of a system or entity to “bounce back” from a disturbance.
Roche, Gerald
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, 2020 Broomcorn and foxtail millets were being cultivated in the West Liao River basin in Northeast China by at least the sixth millennium BCE. However, when and how millet agriculture spread from there to the north and east remains poorly understood. Here, we
Hudson, M. +4 more
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