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Extreme rainfall in southern China in April 2024 and its potential link to weather events across south Asia

Weather, EarlyView.
This study documents the unseasonal and prolonged heavy rain events which occurred in southern China during April 2024. In this series of extreme rainfall events, Guangdong province recorded extreme rainfall exceeding 6‐sigma of climatology, with eleven cities reporting record‐breaking rainfall.
Wai‐Po Tse, Chun‐Wing Choy, Pak‐Wai Chan   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

THE VIOLENCE OF FULL COST RECOVERY: Financing Water Infrastructure, and the History and Future of Perpetual Crisis in Mombasa

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Foregrounding the role of finance, this article examines the historical production and future trajectory of the urban water crisis in Mombasa. Drawing on archival research and contemporary fieldwork, it traces how principles of full cost recovery—institutionalized during the colonial period and later reworked through postcolonial ...
Joe Williams
wiley   +1 more source

Neonatal and Child Growth Monitoring: A Renewed Call for Uptake and Application of International Growth Standards

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics &Gynaecology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective The Guidance for International Growth Standards (GIGS) project aims to improve and promote appropriate application of international growth standards across clinical, research and public health settings. Design A guidance document providing historical and conceptual context to support the appropriate application of international ...
Eric O. Ohuma, Bancy Ngatia, Simon Parker, Sara Strout, Linda Vesel   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Efficacy and Safety of Elagolix Versus Dienogest for Treatment of Moderate‐to‐Severe Endometriosis Pain: A Phase III, Multicentric, Double‐Blind, Active‐Controlled, Non‐Inferiority Study

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics &Gynaecology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To compare the efficacy, safety and tolerability of elagolix with dienogest in women with moderate‐to‐severe endometriosis‐associated pain. Design A multicentre, double‐blind, double‐dummy, randomised, parallel‐group, active‐controlled, non‐inferiority phase III study. Setting Nineteen clinical centres across India.
Sneha Bhoir, Jaldhara Patel, Tushar Palve, Mrinal Kanti Dash, Sweety Saigal, Gourisankar Kamilya, Shalini Srivastava, Kartikbhai Savalia, Tanusree Gupta, Deepa Choudhary, Manohar Rangaswamy, Vidya V Bhatt, Neena Gupta, Malathi Ponnuru, Parul Shah, Apurva Shetty, Shruti Saha, Reshma Quadros, Sucheta Pandit, Dipak Patil, Piyush Patel, Pravin Ghadge, Lalit Lakhwani, Suyog Mehta, Sadhana Joglekar   +24 more
wiley   +1 more source

Between the Indian Ocean and the Gulf: Ceramics From Ḥattā Oasis in the Emirate of Dubai

Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, EarlyView.
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, Agnese Kukela, Mansour Boraik, Hassan Mohammed Zein   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The widespread <i>Leodamas chevalieri</i> (Annelida, Orbiniidae) revealed as a species complex, with descriptions of a new species and a new record for the Arabian region. [PDF]

Zookeys
Meca MA, Zhadan A, Al-Kandari M, Budaeva N.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Late Agricultural Development of Central Arabian Oases—Archaeobotanical and Archaeozoological Studies of the al‐Kharj Oasis

Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, EarlyView.
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, Hervé Monchot, Vladimir Dabrowski, Charlène Bouchaud, Jérémie Schiettecatte   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tax Planning Under Pressure: The Impact of Carbon Emissions Management Post‐Paris Agreement

Accounting &Finance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We examine how the Paris Agreement affects corporate tax planning across a global data set. We find that emissions‐reducing firms are associated with higher levels of tax planning than nonemissions‐reducing firms. The effect is stronger for firms facing tighter cost pass‐through constraints, such as operating in more competitive markets, with ...
Aonan (Sistine) Sun, Yuan George Shan, Lyndie Bayne, Nishant Agarwal   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Climatic Niche Contraction and Refugial Persistence of an Invasive Tephritid Pest Across the Arabian Peninsula Under Contrasting Emission Scenarios. [PDF]

Biology (Basel)
Al Dhafer HM, Mohamed A, Zhang W, Eleftherianos I, Keyhani NO, Abdel-Dayem MS.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Antibacterial and Antifungal Activity of Holothuria leucospilota Isolated From Persian Gulf and Oman Sea. [PDF]

Jundishapur J Microbiol, 2014
Adibpour N, Nasr F, Nematpour F, Shakouri A, Ameri A.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source