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Ricinus Communis: Nutritional Importance, Health Benefits, and Industrial Applications

eFood, Volume 7, Issue 1, February 2026.
The current paper summarizes the nutritional composition, phytochemistry, health benefits, safety studies, and applications of castor beans and their oil. Moreover, the diverse bioactive compounds, including saponins, emodins, terpenoids, anthraquinones, flavonoids, steroids, and alkaloids, exhibit therapeutic properties such as antioxidant, anticancer,
Hassan Raza, Muhammad Tauseef Sultan, Asad Abbas, Aimen Mazhar, Ahmad Mujtaba Noman, Muhammad Imran, Muzzamal Hussain, Ehab M. Mostafa, Ahmed H. El‐Ghorab, Mohammed M. Ghoneim, Samy Selim, Mohamed A. Abdelgawad, Anjuman Gul Memon, Entessar Al Jbawi   +13 more
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Classifying cuneiform symbols using machine learning algorithms with unigram features on a balanced dataset

Journal of Intelligent Systems, 2023
Recognizing written languages using symbols written in cuneiform is a tough endeavor due to the lack of information and the challenge of the process of tokenization.
Mahmood Maha, Jasem Farah Maath, Mukhlif Abdulrahman Abbas, AL-Khateeb Belal   +3 more
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Optimisation of purple dyeing with Mexican cochineal in cotton with multivariate analysis and the response surface method

Coloration Technology, Volume 142, Issue 1, Page 156-169, February 2026.
Abstract This study aims to optimise the dyeing process of cotton fabrics using Mexican cochineal (Dactylopius coccus Costa). The objective is to obtain purple hues through the design of experiments and by using multivariate analysis. Plackett–Burman experimental designs and the response surface method were used to systematically optimise the dyeing ...
Ernesto Olvera‐Quintanar, Jimena García‐Lapuente, Ahmed Cruz‐Moreno G., Everardo Tapia‐Mendoza   +3 more
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“Lahesõjad” 3. eelkristlikul aastatuhandel. Sumeri ja Akkadi kuningate sõjaretked Pärsia lahe kanti 2700–2150 eKr [PDF]

Mäetagused, 2014
War has always constituted an important part of politics in the Middle East. Evidences of wars in southern Mesopotamia (Sumer and Akkad) and in the region of the Persian Gulf can be found in written sources that date back to the Early Dynastic Period (in
Vladimir Sazonov
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Love and People With Intellectual Disabilities: A Meta‐Ethnography of Qualitative Research in the United Kingdom

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, Volume 39, Issue 1, January 2026.
ABSTRACT Background Love is part of human experience, yet people with intellectual disabilities face numerous barriers to expressing and engaging in loving relationships. Few UK studies have investigated this topic in depth. Methods Eight databases were searched for articles published between 1998 and 2024.
Rachel Forrester‐Jones, Manar Mustafa, Amy Randall   +2 more
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Unpublish Administrative Document of Hides from the Reign of Išbi-Erra, King of Isin

Dirāsāt fī al-tārīẖ wa-al-āṯār
During our PhD research, we identified a distinct economic text among the corpus of texts assigned to us. As all the texts were of unknown origin, the researcher relied on an analysis of the text's formal features, cuneiform script, content, and ...
Aram Hassan
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Book-keeping in Mesopotamia in the Third and Second Millennium BC

Copernican Journal of Finance & Accounting, 2013
The recent, twentieth-century research on the history of the development of book-keeping indicates that it originated with the development of the Sumerian civilization in the third millennium BC. The necessity to control the property of the temple and of
Sławomir Sojak
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Dämonen als „Krankheitserreger“ in den sumerisch-akkadischen Beschwörungen des Muššu᾿u-Handbuches

Historia.scribere, 2019
This paper discusses the ancient Mesopotamian phenomenon of demons as „pathogens“, taking for example the so-called Muššu᾿u manual, which contains Sumerian as well as Akkadian incantations.
Manuela Perl
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What do we want from AI?

AI Magazine, Volume 46, Issue 4, Winter 2025.
Abstract Most recent writing about the directions for AI has focused on the potential risks of widespread use of AI and what we DO NOT want from AI. This has led to many, largely ignored, calls for a pause in research and deployment. This essay takes the view that there are too many factors in play to slow the deployment much and for long.
Robert B. Fisher
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Oral and Written in Sumerian Literature

Manuscript and Text Cultures
This article seeks to demonstrate that Sumerian literary texts, including ‘curricular’, liturgical and incantation texts, were usually recited and written from memory in pedagogic contexts.
Sam Mirelman
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