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Climate Change, Air Quality, and Pollen Allergies-State of the Art and Recommendations for Research and Public Health. [PDF]

Allergy
ABSTRACT Allergies are one of the major health challenges of our time, associated with a high individual burden of disease and high costs for the healthcare system. Given their prevalence, allergies are also highly relevant from a public health perspective. The development of allergic diseases is multifactorial. In addition to individual factors (e.g.,
Augustin J, Gilge S, Appel H, Dauert U, Endler C, Heesen R, Höflich C, Kuttler W, Schlünzen KH, Straff W, Werchan B, Werchan M, Zuberbier T, Traidl-Hoffmann C.   +13 more
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Late Antique Allāh: Ancestral Arabian Religion and the Monotheistic Zeitgeist

Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This essay addresses the ongoing scholarly tension between the monotheistic interpretations of late pre‐Islamic Arabian religion, pioneered by G. Hawting and P. Crone, and the traditional accounts of rampant Arabian polytheism found in later Islamic literary sources.
Ahmad Al‐Jallad, Hythem Sidky
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Ailanthus altissima (Mill.) Swingle notably decreases the cholesterol induced hyperlipidemia in albino rats

Pharmacological Research - Modern Chinese Medicine
Introduction: Ailanthus altissima, also known as Chun Pi, is native to central and northern China, and several other parts of Central Asia. Ailanthus altissima is used traditionally in the treatment of various diseases, such as obesity, dysentery, asthma,
Weekar Younus Raja, Insha Mushtaq, Nisar Ahmad Dar, Mohmmad Akbar Dar, Ishtiyaq Ahmad Chashoo, Zulfiqar Ali Bhat   +5 more
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Verticillium wilt of Ailanthus altissima in Italy caused by V. dahliae: new outbreaks from Tuscany

iForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry, 2020
Verticillium spp., including V. nonalfalfae and V. dahliae, are known vascular wilt pathogens of the invasive Ailanthus altissima (tree-of-heaven) in the United States and in Europe.
Pisuttu C, Marchica A, Bernardi R, Calzone A, Cotrozzi L, Nali C, Pellegrini E, Lorenzini G   +7 more
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A strike for democracy? Migration, the bigot's veto, and the electoral use of force

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Politicians and philosophers alike have warned that the spread of anti‐migrant bigotry in the Western world requires a tragic trade‐off regarding immigration policy: Although millions of asylum‐seekers might be owed admission to Western democracies, there are many cases where they nonetheless ought to be denied entry, because their admission ...
Shmuel Nili
wiley   +1 more source

Displaced Impacts: Visibility, Care, and Humanitarian Filmmaking in Iran

American Anthropologist, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Socially oriented documentary films are increasingly expected to articulate “impact” goals to gain international distribution, yet what counts as impact for those represented remains contested. This article examines how narratives about working and displaced youth in Iran are produced and circulated through social filmmaking.
Nat Nesvaderani
wiley   +1 more source

Out There No One Has a Right to Die

Bioethics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The eventual goal of space exploration is to colonize exoplanets and their moons outside our solar system. This is a dangerous and immoral endeavour. The extraterrestrial life forms encountered would be hostile, vulnerable or both, and the descendants of the original pioneers would be involuntarily exposed to hazardous conditions and ...
Matti Häyry
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Irrigation management of a peach orchard

International Journal of Horticultural Science, 2012
The research field was at Siófok, in Hungary, which is situated in the South East side of Lake Balaton. The physical characteristic of the soil is sandy loam and loam and the peach orchard is irrigated.
A. Nagy, P. Riczu, J. Tamás, Z. Szabó, J. Nyéki, M. Soltész   +5 more
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Evaluation of the hardness properties of the thermally modified tree-of-heaven (Ailanthus altissima) for parquet production

Turkish Journal of Forestry
Developing wood-based industries such as structure, pallet, parquet etc., expanded the usage area of the wood. However, the development increased rivalry between these industries and naturally pressure to the forests for serving raw material.
Hızır Volkan Görgün
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What Makes a Christian Life Alive? On Call and Creation in N.F.S. Grundtvig and Jean‐Louis Chrétien

Dialog, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT According to 19th‐century Danish theologian and poet N.F.S. Grundtvig, Christianity truly comes alive when it is freely expressed in the congregation through confession of faith, preaching, song, and praise. This article presents a contemporary systematic reading of Grundtvig's important essay, The Christian Signs of Life, alongside his hymn ...
Anders Skou Jørgensen
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