La mousson, pluie des agriculteurs et vent des marins by Françoise Aubaile-Sallenave

“…But monsoon obliges the travelers to accomodate to its very particular annual calendars : it directs the boats alternatively from west to east and from east to west.The cultural frame of the paper focalizes the arabo-muslim world of the 8th-16th, 18th centuries, with glimpses on the other cultures (in term of boats, travels, travelers, products).We shall evocate the action of the monsoon on the land and the adaptation of the small farmers to those rains, but also the good and bad consequences of those rains for the societies.We also shall evocate the steps of the trade (chinese, indian, arabic, persian, then portuguese, english and french), some great oriental and occidental travelers, their aims.For the Europeans in the Indian Ocean, that monsoon route has been first the alternative to the inside asiatic route, the silk route. But overall, the monsoon route merges into the discovery of the world. …”
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Effects of Habitat Change on the Web Characteristics and Fitness of the Giant Wood Spider (Nephila pilipes) in Sri Lanka by Tharaka Wijerathna, Dilini Tharanga, Inoka C. Perera, Mayuri R. Wijesinghe

“…Web architectural and silk thread properties were measured in 25 webs of adult female spiders in each of the two habitats, while female abdomen size was used as the proxy for fitness. …”
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Variation in Mechanical Properties of Polymer Composites With Reinforcements From Different Animal Origins—A Comprehensive Review by Ratul Islam Antor, Asfia Mahbuba Bithi, Ayeman Mazdi Nahin

“…Furthermore, epoxy was particularly suitable for silk and chicken feather fibers. These findings underscore the potential of animal fiber–reinforced polymer composites for a wide range of applications, including automotive, aerospace, sports goods, construction, and energy storage devices, offering a sustainable, environment-friendly yet mechanically reliable alternative. …”
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On Computation and Analysis of Topological Index-Based Invariants for Complex Coronoid Systems by Muhammad Aamer Rashid, Sarfraz Ahmad, Muhammad Kamran Siddiqui, Mohammed K. A. Kaabar

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Le lit provenant du château d’Effiat (Puy-de-Dôme) conservé au musée du Louvre by Agnès Bos

“…It is remarkable for the richness of the textiles it comprises, made up of strips of embossed silk velvet, alternating with strips decorated with embroidery applications. …”
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On the Breeding of Bivoltine Breeds of the Silkworm, Bombyx mori L. (Lepidoptera: Bombycidae), Tolerant to High Temperature and High Humidity Conditions of the Tropics by Harjeet Singh, N. Suresh Kumar

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Anthropological view of plague epidemics in the his­torical past by T.F. Khaydarov, D.A. Dolbin

“…The analysis of the historical sources showed that the scale and speed of the spread of plague epidemics in new territories directly depended on the degree of inclusion of cities and regions of the Afro-Eurasian space in the economic system of the Great Silk Road, the proximity to various epidemic centers of plague. …”
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Multifunctional Janus-Structured Polytetrafluoroethylene-Carbon Nanotube-Fe3O4/MXene Membranes for Enhanced EMI Shielding and Thermal Management by Runze Shao, Guilong Wang, Jialong Chai, Jun Lin, Guoqun Zhao, Zhihui Zeng, Guizhen Wang

“…Thanks to the strategic distribution of the MXene conductive reflection layer and the silk-like FCFe electromagnetic wave’s absorption layer, the membranes achieve robust electromagnetic interference shielding and effective antireflection through the absorption-reflection-reabsorption mechanism. …”
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Louis Pasteur face à la maladie du ver à soie (1865–1870) : du chimiste au biologiste by Carton, Yves

“…He was able to bring an original solution to get rid of these germs that permanently infested the French strains of the silkworm, strains long selected for their silk production. But these results go far beyond that. …”
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Factors and stimuli affecting the conversion of urban and rural places to tourism brands (Study: Guilan province) by habibeh nabi zadeh, Elham Cheraghi, Seyyed Moein Moosavi Nadoshan

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Developing Sino- Israeli Relations in the Post-Cold War Era: Analyzing Desecuritization Scenarios for Iran by A. P. Fariborz, J. S. Seyed, A. Hossein

“…From this article's point of view, the development of China-Israel relations in all areas has been on an upward trajectory and hence have substantial implications at the national (threatening China-Iran relations in the field of energy and weakening Iran-China military relations and enfeebling Iran's position in the Silk Road project), regional (changing the balance to the detriment of Iran, Iran's containment and normalization of Arab-Israeli relations) and international levels (China's accompanying pressures on Iran, Israel's use of China's capacity in international institutions and efforts to legitimizing and reinforcing the notion of Iran's threat and continuing Iranophobia) for Iran's security.…”
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Unilocular adipocyte and lipid tracer for immunofluorescent images by Elizabeth K. Johnston, Tal Dassau, Nickia A. Muraskin, Rosalyn D. Abbott

“…Given its stepwise thresholding and masking steps, PixCell retains on average a >80% accuracy when tested on excised human adipose tissue, adipocyte-laden collagen gels, and lipoaspirate seeded silk scaffolds. PixCell is able to consistently detect and measure lipids within regions of varying pixel intensities. …”
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La Restauration des sièges du Salon rouge de l’hôtel de la Chancellerie entre usages contemporains et patrimoine by Amandine Cambet, Thomas Deshayes, Carolina Hall, Antoine Meissonnier

“…After a period of relative oblivion under the French Third Republic, the furniture with lion heads finds its initial vocation of prestige representation in a new setting, the Empire living room, which takes over the function of the hotel's formal living room.The fact that the furniture is still in use must be taken into account in the choice of the upholstery: the choice of a crimson silk embroidered with golden patterns was a compromise, but established on historically documented models. …”
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Radiolytic Synthesis of Colloidal Silver Nanoparticles for Antibacterial Wound Dressings by Pimpon Uttayarat, Jarurattana Eamsiri, Theeranan Tangthong, Phiriyatorn Suwanmala

“…In this report, colloidal silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) were synthesized by gamma radiation using poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) or silk fibroin (SF) as stabilizers and were evaluated for their antibacterial properties. …”
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Analysis of Heavy Metals Concentration in Soil and Litchens from Various Localities of Hosur Road, Bangalore, India by Abida Begum, M. Ramaiah, Harikrishna, Irfanulla Khan, K. Veena

“…Laundon, at the gardens of Madiwala and Silk Board junction with 95.29 and 623.95 µg g–1 dry weight respectively. …”
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Uncovering the epigenetic regulatory clues of PRRT1 in Alzheimer’s disease: a strategy integrating multi-omics analysis with explainable machine learning by Fang Wang, Ying Liang, Qin-Wen Wang

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Cross-border territories development as an indicator of the integration processes effectiveness by I. V. Mishchenko, E. G. Shustova, I. V. Milkina

“…The territories do not attract a significant amount of investment.The measures to increase the attractiveness of the Altai territory and East Kazakhstan region within the Eurasian Economic Union have been offered: strengthening production ties through the creation of industrial clusters; the inclusion of territories in the implementation of the project “economic belt of the silk road”; the use of the natural potential of the territories for the creation and development of joint tourist destinations. …”
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Influences of Rearing Season, Host Plant, and Silkworm Species on Gut Bacterial Community by Chang Chen, Yujuan Hao, Jiaqi Yang, Jingyu Zhang, Huan Wang, Yanqun Liu

“…<i>Antheraea pernyi</i> and <i>A. yamamai</i> (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) are two traditional sources of human food, as well as being silk-producing insects. In the present study, the influences of rearing season (spring and autumn), silkworm species (<i>A. pernyi</i> and <i>A. yamamai</i>), and host plant (<i>Quercus wutaishanica</i> and <i>Salix viminalis</i>) on gut microbiota diversity were tested using Illumina MiSeq technology. …”
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Pero Budmani’s four letters to Hugo Schuchardt by Ligorio Orsat L.

“…The paper concludes that the newly collected Dalmatian-Romance loanwords (not more than 10 in number) must have been the ones that Budmani identified while editing the letter K for the Dictionary of the Yugoslav Academy, i.e., SCr. kentènār ‘silk thread, string’, kȅra ‘tuft’, kìjerna ‘Cerna gigas’ and kìmenat ‘crack between two boards on a ship’, to which may be added SCr. gȅra ‘Smaris alcedo’, specifically designated as a Dalmatian-Romance loanword in one of Budmani’s letters to Schuchardt.…”
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FACTORS AFFECTING LOCALS’ ATTITUDES TOWARDS TAX ALLOCATION IN THE TOURISM SPHERE (IN THE CASE OF UZBEKISTAN) by Bahodirhon SAFAROV, Akhmadjon TANIEV, Bekzot JANZAKOV, Samariddin ALIQULOV, Jakhongir BAKHRAMOV

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