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Opium trade and use during the Late Bronze Age: Organic residue analysis of ceramic vessels from the burials of Tel Yehud, Israel

Archaeometry, EarlyView., 2022
Abstract Organic residue analysis was conducted on various vessels from burials at Tel Yehud, Israel. The analyses led to new reliable evidence for the presence of opioid alkaloids and their decomposition products. This research revitalizes a decades‐old discussion on the presence and function of the opium trade across a cultural region of utmost ...
Vanessa Linares, Eriola Jakoel, Ron Be’eri, Oded Lipschits, Ronny Neumann, Yuval Gadot   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ashwagandha: Is It Safe? Part 1: A Regulatory Review

Phytotherapy Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Over the last decade, ashwagandha (Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal, AS) has been brought under increasing scrutiny by EU regulators regarding its safety for the use in food supplements, culminating in a recent recommendation for an Article 8 procedure according to Regulation (EC) No. 1925/2006 in the European Union (EU).
T. Brendler, R. Al‐Mondhiry, L. Lang, R. Marles, M. Tallon, A. Raghu   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Advancing Sustainable Industrialization Under SDG 9: The Role of Financial Globalization and Income Inequality

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates how income inequality and financial globalization shape sustainable industrialization across 87 countries over 2000–2022, using the SDG 9 composite index as the outcome and the Method of Moments Quantile Regression (MMQR) to capture heterogeneous effects.
Özge Kozal, Daniel Balsalobre‐Lorente
wiley   +1 more source

The Effect of EU Membership of the Southern Cyprus (Republic of Cyprus) on the Cyprus Question

Güney Kıbrıs Rum Yönetimi olarak Avrupa Birliği’ne üye olan ve Kıbrıs Cumhuriyeti olarak tanınan, Akdeniz’de oldukça stratejik bir öneme sahip ada, 1950’li yıllardan itibaren uluslararası ilişkilerin en önemli gündem maddelerinden biri haline gelmiştir. “Kıbrıs Sorunu” olarak isimlendirilecek olan bu problem önce Yunanistan, Türkiye ve Birleşik Krallık
Günar, Altuğ, Günar, Altuğ
openaire   +1 more source

Women's Empowerment, Governance, and the Economics of Clean Cooking Transitions in Africa

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Over the past few decades, the global economy, particularly in developing nations, has persistently grappled with rising dependence on conventional energy resources, thus rendering the realization of Sustainable Development Goals 5 and 7 (SDGs 5 and 7) an elusive aspiration for the international community.
Stephen Kelechi Dimnwobi, Olufemi Gbenga Onatunji, Simplice A. Asongu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Climate Vulnerability and Renewable Energy Consumption: The Moderating Role of Financial Development

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the nexus between climate vulnerability (CVUL) and renewable energy consumption (RECO) and tests the moderating effect of financial development (FD) on this relationship. The analysis is, particularly, relevant for the 162 panel countries observed between 1995 and 2022, which face diverse climate risks and exhibit ...
Sorin Gabriel Anton
wiley   +1 more source

Life satisfaction in Western Europe and the gradual vanishing of the U-shape in age

Academia Mental Health & Well-Being
Using Eurobarometer data for 21 Western European countries since 1973, we show that the U-shape in life satisfaction by age, which has been present for a long time, has now vanished. In 13 Northern European countries—Belgium, Denmark, Finland,
David G. Blanchflower, Alex Bryson
doaj   +1 more source

The nature, source and directions of transport of beach materials on the southern and southwestern coasts of Cyprus

Fennia: International Journal of Geography, 1991
Forty-eight profiles across six beaches on the southern and southwestern coasts of Cyprus were surveyed. Nine sediment samples were collected from each profile, three samples from each environment: the inshore, foreshore and backshore. The directions of seasonal littoral drift and net littoral were observed on the six shores. Besides this the direction
Mauri Pyökäri, Jyrki J. Lehtovaara
openaire   +2 more sources

Climate Crisis, Human Mobility and Security Challenges in the MENA Region: Implications for Sustainable Development and Regional Stability

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the interplay between climate change, violent conflict and forced migration in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), focusing on asylum flows to the European Union (EU). By integrating high‐resolution climate, conflict and socioeconomic data spanning 2000 to 2023, we develop a comprehensive empirical framework to ...
Shifa Mathbout, George Boustras, Pierantonios Papazoglou, Javier Martin‐Vide, Joan A. Lopez‐Bustins   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Contemporary designs in historic context: Eleftheria square in Cyprus as a bridge between new and the old

Journal of Architecture and Urbanism
Contemporary design within a historical context is a special topic of architectural conservation that needs considerations. New designs should be reversible and compatible with existing; however it needs to be legible and distinguishable as well ...
Damla Mısırlısoy
doaj   +1 more source