Spiritual Elasticity and Crisis: From Non-Religiosity to Transreligiosity—An Introduction by Anastasios Panagiotopoulos, Eugenia Roussou, Silvia Rivadossi

“…From the socio-economic and political crisis in southern Europe during the last few decades, to the more recent global healthcare crisis created by the COVID-19 pandemic, contemporary societies have faced and are still under the impact of considerable sociocultural change [...]…”
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Retourner à la terre en Sardaigne, crises et installations en agriculture by Paula Dolci, Coline Perrin

“…It is based on the assumption that the crisis in the cities of Southern Europe has accelerated the process of upgrading rural areas and agricultural activity. …”
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THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF THE PRESENT ECONOMIC CRISIS by SAVVAS KATSIKIDES

“… This paper explains and analyses the emergence of the apparent social issues in Southern Europe, connecting them to the overall upcoming recession in the member states and proceeding to evaluations for the Mediterranean countries. …”
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The Role of Samalas Mega Volcanic Eruption in European Summer Hydroclimate Change by Bin Liu, Jian Liu, Liang Ning, Weiyi Sun, Mi Yan, Chen Zhao, Kefan Chen, Xiaoqing Wang

“…The precipitation increases up to 0.42 mm/d in year 1 over Southern Europe, while it decreases by −0.28 mm/d in year 1 over Northern Europe, respectively. …”
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Turkey Oak (<i>Quercus cerris</i> L.) Resilience to Climate Change: Insights from Coppice Forests in Southern and Central Europe by Michaela Šimková, Stanislav Vacek, Václav Šimůnek, Zdeněk Vacek, Jan Cukor, Vojtěch Hájek, Lukáš Bílek, Anna Prokůpková, Igor Štefančík, Zuzana Sitková, Ivan Lukáčik

“…Therefore, this article focuses on Turkey oak’s role and growth properties in the coppice forests of Southern Europe (Italy, Bulgaria) compared to similar site conditions in Central Europe (Slovakia, Czechia). …”
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The Inquisition in the Early Modern World: Thirty Years of Exchange by Francisco Bethencourt

“…This essay analyses the context in which I produced a comparative study, based on primary sources, of the Inquisition in Southern Europe and on other continents from the fifteenth to the nineteenth century. …”
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Development of two multiplex PCRs for microsatellite analysis in Alpine chamois (Rupicapra r. rupicapra) by P. Sacchi, R. Rasero, E. Ferroglio, L. Rossi, S. Maione, F. La Neve, S. Sartore, D. Soglia

“…They are presently distributed over most of the medium to high altitude mountains in the Southern Europe. Ten distinct geographical populations have been recognised as subspecies (Masini and Lovari, 1988); one of this subspecies, R. r. rupicapra, includes also the chamois living on the Italian Alps.…”
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Rethinking progressive and conservative values: Spain's new economy workers and their values by Armando Fernández Steinko

“…The development of these values is placed in the context of the specific history of industralisation in southern Europe, which, along with eastern Europe, differs significantly from that of the economies of northern Europe which industrialised earlier and whose working classes developed different models of solidarity.…”
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Difference in boreal winter predictability between two dynamical cores of Community Atmosphere Model 5 by Ha-Rim Kim, Baek-Min Kim, Yong-Sang Choi, Sang-Yoon Jun, Seok-Woo Son

“…For North America and Southern Europe/Northern Africa, SE shows better skills than FV _SE and FV. …”
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High Species Diversity but Low Specificity to Ectomycorrhizal Tree Partners Exhibited by Native Truffle Species (<i>Tuber</i> spp., Pezizales) in Poland, Central Europe by Robin Wilgan

“…Historically, the Mediterranean region in Southern Europe is associated with truffle cultivation and it is widely regarded as a center of truffle distribution in Europe. …”
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Growth Pattern of European Black Pine outside Its Current Natural Range: A Case Study in Portugal by Alexandra Dias, José Louzada, Teresa Fonseca

“…Arnold) is a fast-growing conifer, currently distributed in a fragmented pattern from western North Africa through Southern Europe to Asia Minor and is an economically important native conifer in Southern Europe. …”
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Types of Coupling between the Stratospheric Polar Vortex and Tropospheric Polar Vortex, and Tropospheric Circulation Anomalies Associated with Each Type in Boreal Winter by Lixin Han, Chunhua Shi, Dong Guo

“…In contrast to the tropospheric circulation anomalies observed in the third category, this pattern results in the presence of cold anomalies over Northeast Asia, Southern Europe, and North America.…”
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Do biomedical researchers differ in their perceptions of plagiarism across Europe? Findings from an online survey among leading universities by Nannan Yi, Benoit Nemery, Kris Dierickx

“…Respondents based in Europe were grouped into three geographical regions (northern Europe, southern Europe and northwestern Europe) and their responses were analyzed using logistic regression analysis with adjustments for demographic factors. …”
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Smart Cities for the Sustainable Development of Local Communities: the Cases of the Volyn Region and the City of Lublin by Pierpaolo Pontrandolfo, Oksana Polinkevych, Barbara Scozzi, Olena Kuzmak

“…Based on the analysis, it was established that the countries of North‑Eastern Europe have the level of development of Smart City 3.0, except for Ukraine, which has generation 1.0, and in Southern Europe, generation 4.0.…”
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The effect of forest cover changes on the regional climate conditions in Europe during the period 1986–2015 by M. Breil, V. K. M. Schneider, J. G. Pinto

“…In winter, afforestation results in a slight local warming in both northern and southern Europe because of the albedo effect of forests. …”
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Mapping energy citizenship in the south of Europe by Adina Claudia Dumitru, Luisa Losada-Puente, Manuel Peralbo, Juan Carlos Brenlla, Nuria Rebollo-Quintela, Manuel García-Fernández

“…Other non-evidenced forms may be raised as a challenge to further in-depth research on latent forms of ENCI in Southern Europe.…”
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Toward evaluating the effect of climate change on investments in the water resources sector: insights from the forecast and analysis of hydrological indicators in developing countr... by Jacobsen, Michael, Boehlert, Brent, Neumann, James E., Strzepek, Kenneth Marc

“…Analysis of these hydrological indicators shows that, on average, mean annual runoff will decline in southern Europe; most of Africa; and in southern North America and most of Central and South America. …”
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Greece and the refugee crisis: mental health context by George N. Christodoulou, Mohammed T. Abou-Saleh

“…The rich countries of northern Europe should help the poorer countries of southern Europe cope with the refugees. A number of important declarations on refugee mental health and related issues have been produced recently, including the Anti-war Declaration of Athens.…”
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Embodiment and visual reproduction in the Neolithic: the case of stamped symbols by Robin Skeates

“…This paper explores the cultural and conceptual dimensions of ceramic (and stone) stamps found at Neolithic and Copper Age sites in Western Asia and Southern Europe, dating to between the eighth and third millennia BC. …”
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Les graphes pour étudier les dynamiques spatiales à partir des séries fiscales médiévales et modernes. Etat des lieux de l’expérience Modelespace by Samuel Leturcq, Romain Raveaux

“…From 2010 till 2012, the Modelespace program introduced a research to work out a methodology to analyse the spatial dynamics by leaving of the comparison between different sets of spatial data of fiscal documents of medieval and modern periods (fieldbooks and land registry, called cadastres, catasti, compoix, estimes… in southern Europe) with the graph theory. We explain the significant advances of the methodology, and we propose different ways to establish the comparison method of the graphs.…”
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