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ABSTRACT Water hyacinth (hereafter, WH) is known as ‘the green devil' and becomes a threat to the fishing community whose livelihood solely relies on fishing activities. Although there are immense assessment studies related to WH, the real causal impact of this invasive weed on the fishing community has not yet been properly quantified. In filling this
Erkie Asmare, Yibeltal Aragaw
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Cult Statuary in the Judean Temple at Yeb [PDF]
A revisitation of the Yeb archives with an eye to the question of cult statuary. The present article inventories the state of the question and makes several constructive suggestions.
Collin Cornell
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ABSTRACT Three categories of explanations exist for why we age: mechanistic theories, which omit reference to evolutionary forces; weakening force of selection theories, which posit that barriers exist that prevent evolutionary forces from optimising fitness in ageing; and optimisation theories, which posit that evolutionary forces actually select for ...
Michael S. Ringel
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1 Corinthians 7 in the Light of the Graeco-Roman Marriage and Divorce Papyri
The language and social background of 1 Corinthians 7 are compared with that of the Greek and Latin marriage and divorce papyri. These papyri are found to be particularly useful for illuminating the issue of divorce-by-separation, which Paul appears to ...
David Instone-Brewer
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Colchicine has Dose‐Dependent Therapeutic Effects in a LPS‐Induced Experimental Endotoxemia Model
ABSTRACT Colchicine is an ancient medication that has long been used for anti‐inflammatory properties. Because of unfavorable and toxic consequences of colchicine, selecting an appropriate dose is critical. The effects of three different doses (0.5, 1 or 5 mg/kg) of colchicine were evaluated.
Meliksah Demir +5 more
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As clear as Herculaneum mud: a plea for clarity
This article is by way of a request to experts who wish to make their expertise accessible to the non-expert. Non omnia possumus omnes, as Virgil said.
Jerome Moran
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One script for two languages. Latin & Arabic in an early allographic papyrus [PDF]
This contribution presents a unique papyrus letter in Latin script and Latin language and in Latin script and Arabic language that is possible to date, on palaeographic grounds, from the end of the 7th to the 9th century AD. This precious witness is exam-
D'Ottone, Arianna, Internullo, Dario
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Assessment of ecosystem status in Mozambique and implications for environmental planning
We assess Mozambique's terrestrial ecosystems using the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems framework, showing that more than half of Mozambique's ecosystems are threatened, with impacts primarily concentrated in temperate subhumid grasslands and pyric tussock savannas.
Kendall R. Jones +12 more
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The Fourth-Century AD Expansion of the Graeco-Roman Settlement of Karanis (Kom Aushim) in the Northern Fayum* [PDF]
The Graeco-Roman town of Karanis, founded during the Ptolemaic Period in the north-eastern Fayum in the third century bc and long thought to have been abandoned in the third century ad actually saw a substantial expansion during the fourth century AD ...
Barnard, Hans +4 more
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