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Obesity from a sign of being rich to a disease of the new age: A historical review
Health Science Reports, Volume 6, Issue 11, November 2023., 2023 Abstract Background and Objective Obesity has historically been seen as a sign of wealth and social privilege, as can be inferred from studying the ancient works. We aimed to report the causes, diagnostic approaches, and treatment among the authentic books of traditional Iranian medicine.
Somayeh Marghoub +5 more
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Early Medieval Europe, Volume 31, Issue 3, Page 405-429, August 2023., 2023 This paper aims to shed light on the mobility of people and relics in the seventh century. It will show that Emperor Heraclius strategically designed his movements and those of his household, citizens, and officials, as well as those of relics within and beyond the borders of Byzantium, in order to consolidate the empire and his position in it.
Paraskevi Sykopetritou
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The Power of Unintended Consequences: Strategic Naïvety, China and the End of the US Empire
The Political Quarterly, Volume 94, Issue 3, Page 420-427, July/September 2023., 2023 Abstract The decline of major global empires has frequently rested upon an act of strategic naïvety. Such an action or decision, although innocuous at the time, results many decades later in those empires collapsing. History is punctuated by examples of great powers that have misjudged the intentions of a rising power, leading to a highly adversarial ...
Chris Ogden, Mark Bhaskar
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The Heythrop Journal, Volume 64, Issue 1, Page 75-86, January 2023., 2023 Abstract In this essay, I interrogate the nature and grounds of Milbank's understanding of taste as it applies to differing mythic sensibilities, arguing that it is insufficiently responsive to the priority of God's action and so inadequate to a Christian theological account of the interplay of mythoi.
Andrew T. Shamel
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JAPAN ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW, Volume 5, Issue 4, Page 458-473, October 2022., 2022 The purpose of this study is to clarify the planning achievements of the three districts of Algiers by Fernand Pouillon by critically examining their characteristics as the officially advocated “Moorish architecture”. As a result of this research, we found that his planning theory was conceived based on his thought, and it was reflected to a certain ...
Kosuke Matsubara
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CT anatomy of cervical vertebrae of Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Veterinary Medicine and Science, Volume 8, Issue 4, Page 1750-1768, July 2022., 2022 This study aimed to investigate a standard morphologic and morphometric description of the elephant cervical spine. For this study, the cervical vertebrae of the Asian elephant, cattle and horse were examined. In this study, the structure of the cervical vertebrae of the Asian elephant was examined, and certain features were observed.
Omid Zehtabvar +6 more
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A New Hybrid Fuzzy Model: Satisfaction of Residents in Touristic Areas toward Tourism Development
Mathematical Problems in Engineering, Volume 2021, Issue 1, 2021., 2021 This research brings a practical approach to the issue of the level of satisfaction from residents in tourist destinations by using three attractive methods together. After reviewing the theoretical foundations and the meta‐synthesis method in identifying indicators, fuzzy Delphi was used for screening, fuzzy SWARA (stepwise weight assessment ratio ...
Amir Mehdiabadi +5 more
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Ancient Genomes Reveal Unexpected Horse Domestication and Management Dynamics
BioEssays, Volume 42, Issue 1, January 2020., 2020 Ancient DNA preserved in horse fossil specimens has allowed the sequencing of extensive genome time series. These have illuminated the domestication process by which the characteristics of modern horses were first tamed, and further selected and exchanged by past breeders during history.
Ludovic Orlando
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The People′s or the World′s: RMB Internationalisation in Longer Historic Perspective
Economics Research International, Volume 2011, Issue 1, 2011., 2011 Prognoses of China′s currency—Renminbi or RMB in short—going global have become a hotly debated topic in the economic and popular literature of late. While some analysts are tipping a gradual transformation of the RMB into the world′s next principal reserve currency in lieu of the US$, others contend that the deficiencies of China′s financial market ...
Niv Horesh, Richard C. K. Burdekin
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Archaeometric Characterization of Submerged Sasanian Stucco From Ghaleh Guri, Western Iran
Archaeometry, Volume 68, Issue S1, Page S84-S93, April 2026.ABSTRACT The Ghaleh Guri archaeological site, a late Sasanian site with a building complex dated to 591–628 ce, lies along an ancient road linking the western Zagros to Mesopotamia. Its architectural remains, adorned with stucco, faced annual river floods yet remained stable for centuries.
Atefeh Shekofteh +2 more
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