Results 81 to 90 of about 13,626 (234)
Rise of the south: How Arab‐led maritime trade transformed China, 671–1371 CE
Asia‐Pacific Economic History Review, Volume 65, Issue 1, Page 3-38, March 2025.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
wiley +1 more source
Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, EarlyView.A smaller than expected crown–rump length (CRL) relative to last menstrual period was strongly associated with increased risk of chromosomal abnormalities, adverse pregnancy outcomes, and obstetric complications. Conversely, a larger than expected CRL was associated with a reduced risk of these outcomes.
Simone Hansen +9 more
wiley +1 more source
Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, EarlyView.Preimplantation genetic testing for aneuploidy may improve both live birth rate per embryo transfer and cumulative live birth rate per cycle for women diagnosed with recurrent implantation failure. Abstract Introduction The prevalence of unexplained recurrent implantation failure (RIF) is reported as 2%–15% in the literature.
Amy Newnham +4 more
wiley +1 more source
Archaeometry, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Mediterranean wetlands are one of Europe's most vital and endangered biodiversity hotspots. This study determined the carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N) isotope values of modern plants to construct an isotopic framework by which to contextualize agropastoral management in and around past wetland ecosystems.
Doris Vidas‐Cardador +5 more
wiley +1 more source
Democratising Multi‐Projector Displays
Computer Graphics Forum, EarlyView.Spatially augmented reality (SAR) transforms large, surround, collaborative experiences out of VR/AR headsets to the real world by merging content from projectors with the physical environment. This detailed state‐of‐the‐art survey reports on the advancements in multi‐projector aggregation and hardware technologies used to achieve SAR and build ...
Aditi Majumder, Muhammad Twaha Ibrahim
wiley +1 more source
Mosaics from Jiyeh/Porphyreon in Lebanon: the universality of mosaic art in late antiquity
Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean, 2019 In the Byzantine period mosaic floors became an essential element of interior decoration, in domestic as well as sacral spaces. Mosaic patterns spread all over the Mediterranean basin, even to the less significant settlements. Ancient Porphyreon (modern Jiyeh in Lebanon), a Levantine coastal village on the ancient Via Maris was no exception.
openaire +2 more sources
Critical Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract ‘I have to share a bathroom’, I had so often murmured, almost with shame, as if I personally had been found unworthy of a bathroom of my own. Barbara Pym, Excellent Women (1952) For a single woman of a certain age, living alone in postwar London, austerity was more than a set of political and economic imperatives.
Charlotte Charteris
wiley +1 more source
Integrating ecological feedbacks across scales and levels of organization
Ecography, EarlyView.In ecosystems, species interact in various ways with other species, and with their local environment. In addition, ecosystems are coupled in space by diverse types of flows. From these links connecting different ecological entities can emerge circular pathways of indirect effects: feedback loops.
Benoît Pichon +4 more
wiley +1 more source
Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.We performed an IUCN Red List assessment for 159 dung beetle species from Sabah, Malaysian Borneo. Due to the lack of population demographic data, only Criterion B (i.e. geographic range) could be applied. Our findings show that the IUCN Red List Criteria can be applied to insect species based solely on occurrence data but highlight the importance of ...
Xin Rui Ong +5 more
wiley +1 more source
Islamic Re-use of Antique Mosaic Tesserae
Journal of Mosaic Research, 2008 Such large quantities of antique mosaics survive around the Mediterranean that an obvious question is whether they had any influence on decorative art in the Middle Ages, in style or material.
Michael Greenhalgh
doaj