Tracing fineware production in the Neo-Assyrian empire: Neutron activation analysis of common and Palace Ware in the upper Tigris River Valley, Turkey. by Britt E Hartenberger, James A Davenport, Timothy Matney

“…In this study neutron activation analysis (NAA) was used to characterize and compare the fabrics used to make Palace Ware vessels with more common wares to see if the former vessels were imported from the imperial heartland. …”
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Intermittent Fasting Modulation of the Diabetic Syndrome in Streptozotocin-Injected Rats by Louiza Belkacemi, Ghalem Selselet-Attou, Emeline Hupkens, Evrard Nguidjoe, Karim Louchami, Abdullah Sener, Willy J. Malaisse

“…The β-cell mass, as well as individual β-cell and islet area, was higher in intermittently fasting than in nonfasting STZ rats, whilst the percentage of apoptotic β-cells appeared lower in the former than latter STZ rats. In the calorie-restricted STZ rats, comparable findings were restricted to individual islet area and percentage of apoptotic cells. …”
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History Politics of Belarus: Peripeteias of Evolution by A. M. Ponamareva

“…Given the significance of the strategic partnership with the Republic of Belarus for the Russian Federation, the study of history politics of the former is of particular interest and relevance. This paper attempts to identify the logic of the Belarus official historical narratives’ transformation since independence up to and including 2024. …”
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Who is Responsible for Instability in the Democratic Republic of Congo? by G. M. Sidorova

“…Assistanceprovided to the DRC by itspartnerssuch as, first of all, the former metropolitan country Belgium, as well as the USA, Great Britain, the Europe Union and China works only in favourof these country-donors. …”
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Strengthening Cross-Border Ties: A Participatory Vision for EuroGuadiana Tourism by Thomas Panagopoulos, Pooyan Sedarati, Joaquim Pinto Contreiras

“…Participatory methods and transborder community development are key components of the strategy. The former encourages inclusivity and collaboration, integrating diverse stakeholder insights into the decision-making process, thereby fostering a strategy that is both grounded and adaptive to the evolving preferences of tourists. …”
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The New TLC Method for Separation and Determination of Multicomponent Mixtures of Plant Extracts by Elżbieta Matysik, Anna Woźniak, Roman Paduch, Robert Rejdak, Beata Polak, Helena Donica

“…It has been observed that application of the latter mode leads to almost triplicated number of zones in comparison with the former one. It is purposeful to apply the proposed mode to control the purity of the dominant component or components of the mixture.…”
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TRANSFORMATION OF THE GENDER DICHOTOMY OF SPIRIT AND BODY IN POSTMODERN PHILOSOPHY AND CULTURE by O. P. Vlasova, Y. V. Makieshyna

“…At the same time, with the growth of the visualization factor and the change in the status of "high" culture, the "turn" in the status of mass culture is created: today both the former and the letter have many common discourses, narratives and intertexts.…”
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Comparative genomics of thermosynechococcaceae and thermostichaceae: insights into codon usage bias by Qiao-Hui Mou, Zhe Hu, Jing Zhang, Maurycy Daroch, Jie Tang

“…Members of the families Thermosynechococcaceae and Thermostichaceae are well-known unicellular thermophilic cyanobacteria and a non-thermophilic genus Pseudocalidococcus was newly classified into the former. Analysis of the codon usage bias (CUB) of cyanobacterial species inhabiting different thermal and non-thermal niches will benefit the understanding of their genetic and evolutionary characteristics. …”
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Subsistence hunting impacts wildlife assemblages and functional ecology in tropical forests by Bradley Cain, Julia E. Fa, Rajan Amin, Jacqueline Morrison, Eva Avila Martin, Stephan M. Funk, Martin Jones, David P. Mallon, Robert Okale, Guillermo Ros Brull, Selvino R. de Kort

“…Understanding how changing lifestyles, particularly the sedentarisation of former hunter-gatherers, have affected the use of forest resources is crucial for wildlife conservation and livelihoods. …”
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Le foudre foudroyant et ravageant oublié de Pierre Juvernay by Sophie Longuet

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Mix-layers semantic extraction and multi-scale aggregation transformer for semantic segmentation by Tianping Li, Xiaolong Yang, Zhenyi Zhang, Zhaotong Cui, Zhou Maoxia

“…The MEMAFormer-B0 model demonstrates superior performance compared to SegFormer-B0, exhibiting gains of 4.8%, 4.0% and 3.5% on the ADE20K, Cityscapes and COCO-stuff datasets, respectively.…”
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“A disgrace to the country they belong to”: the sexualisation of female soldiers in First World War Britain by Lucy Noakes

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Comparison of Real Response and Theoretical Modeling of Pavement with Thick Asphalt Layers under Heavy Traffic Load by Jingsong Shan, Hongmei Shao, Qiuzhong Li, Peili Sun

“…The latter is significantly larger than the former, indicating the possibility of fatigue cracking induced by traffic load is higher in structure II. …”
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Gorham Stout syndrome in a pediatric patient. A case report by Ariel Moya Machado, Leidelén Esquivel Sosa, Yisel González Ríos

“…The clinical and imaging manifestations made it necessary to dismiss infectious and neoformative etiologies. The former were dismissed and because they fulfill the required criteria it was concluded as Gorham's disease. …”
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Preparation and Assessment of Surface and Functional Properties of Protein Blends from Moringa oleifera and Monodora myristica Seeds by A. E. Samuel, Y. B. Hyeladzira, S. I. Hussaina, F. Muhammad, Y. K. Adamu, N. Halliru, S. Mukhtar

“…In contrast, 1MOI:2MMI and 2MOI:1MMI blends showed higher essential, aliphatic, aromatic, hydrophobic and non-polar amino acid distributions albeit lower in the former. The surface tension for the protein blends is in inverse proportion with concentration, consistent with their refractive indices (1.42-1.51), ηsp (1.95-5.92 cP), ηint (128.14-257.81 cP) and EȠ (5.51-14.40 KJmol-1). …”
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“Time to Be Young?” – A Qualitative Study Exploring the Impact of Attending a Course for Young Carers Who Have a Parent with Dementia by Haaland-Johansen C, Haugen I, Rokstad AMM

“…The participants were recruited from former participants of the course Time to be young?…”
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CONDITION REGARDING PROTECTION BY INDICATIVE SIGNS by Adrian CURELEA

“…Geographical indications, designations of origin and names of guaranteed traditional specialties allow consumers to trust and distinguish quality products, also helping producers in their marketing, in the case of the former, the connection between the specific geographical region and the name of the product being highlighted, in case a certain quality, reputation or other characteristic can be attributed essentially or exclusively to its geographical origin, as regards traditional specialties guaranteed, the link referring to the production method used over time in the determined geographical region with the quality and characteristics of the product protected by indicative sign. …”
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La Terre, notre bien commun by Arnaud Berthoud

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Trading house of merchant A.S. Kolmakov in Tyumen. Experience of complex research, restoration and adaptation of the object by A. I. Klimenko, M. Yu. Gaydouk

“…A comprehensive analysis is presented, including historical, archival and field studies of the former trade house of A.S. Kolmakov, which is a part of a vast estate complex. …”
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Active restoration of post-mining forest benefits the activity density, but not the diversity of spider communities across the seasons in Ghana by Harriet Kinga, Frederick Gyasi Damptey, Danilo Harms, Rudy Jocqué, Arnaud Henrard, Klaus Birkhofer

“…These results highlight the benefits of restoring former mining sites but also show the trade-offs in terms of restoration goals, as natural forest biodiversity of spiders was not achieved after 20 years.…”
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