Agriculture and citadel in the Bronze Age Aegean: the view from western Anatolia by Maltas, T

“…In particular, stable isotope analysis of crop remains and functional ecological analysis of their associated weeds are used to establish crop husbandry and arable land management practices. …”

Network analysis on neuro-imaging data using functional connectivity by Chen, Hongpo

“…Furthermore, this study provide a foundation for future work in early diagnosis and understanding of neurological disorders.…”
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Low-power processors for implantable epileptic seizure detection system by Baihaqi, Muhammad Rayhan

“…Epilepsy is a neurological disorder affecting around 50 million people in the world. …”
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Autoimmune encephalitis by Irani, SR

“…Forms of autoimmune encephalitis are more prevalent than infectious encephalitis and represent treatable neurologic syndromes for which early immunotherapies lead to the best outcomes.…”

Intentional creation of carbon-rich dark earth soils in the Amazon by Schmidt, Morgan J., Goldberg, Samuel L., Heckenberger, Michael, Fausto, Carlos, Franchetto, Bruna, Watling, Jennifer, Lima, Helena, Moraes, Bruno, Dorshow, Wetherbee B., Toney, Joshua, Kuikuro, Yamalui, Waura, Kumessi, Kuikuro, Huke, Kuikuro, Taku Wate, Kuikuro, Takumã, Kuikuro, Yahila, Kuikuro, Afukaka, Teixeira, Wenceslau, Rocha, Bruna, Honorato, Vinicius, Tavares, Hugo, Magalhães, Marcos, Barbosa, Carlos Augusto, da Fonseca, João Aires, Mendes, Kelton, Alleoni, Luís Reynaldo Ferracciú, Cerri, Carlos Eduardo Pellegrino, Arroyo-Kalin, Manuel, Neves, Eduardo, Perron, J. Taylor

“…Fertile soil known as Amazonian dark earth is central to the debate over the size and ecological impact of ancient human populations in the Amazon. …”
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"When the battle's lost and won": the environmental history of the Japanese occupation of Singapore by Anita Kumari D/O Sivakumar

“…Ultimately, this thesis argues that the Japanese Occupation of Singapore engendered simultaneous processes of construction and destruction across different urban environments, underscoring the complex interplay between imperial ambitions and ecological devastation.…”
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China in the Mekong River basin : the regional security implications of resource development on the Lancang Jiang by Goh, Evelyn

“…This paper focuses on China's plans for hydropower development on its portion of the upper Mekong basin (Lancang Jiang) and their ecological, political and economic implications for Southeast Asian riparians. …”
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Influence of hydro, mechanical, and chemical treatments to seed for germination and seedling growth of Saraca asoca (Roxb. de Wilde) by Manohar Kandileri, Abha, Shukla, Gopal, Louis, Libin T., Kizha, Anil Raj, Husen, Azamal, Chakravarty, Sumit

“…Conserving such populations is crucial because of the numerous ecological, cultural, and economic values. The purpose of our study was to determine if germination and seedling growth could be improved for globally vulnerable Ashoka populations. …”
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Distinct movement disorders in contactin-associated-protein-like-2 antibody-associated autoimmune encephalitis by Gövert, F, Abrante, L, Becktepe, J, Balint, B, Ganos, C, Hofstadt-van Oy, U, Krogias, C, Varley, J, Irani, SR, Paneva, S, Titulaer, MJ, de Vries, JM, Boon, AJW, Schreurs, MWJ, Joubert, B, Honnorat, J, Vogrig, A, Ariño, H, Sabater, L, Dalmau, J, Scotton, S, Jacob, S, Melzer, N, Bien, CG, Geis, C, Lewerenz, J, Prüss, H, Wandinger, K-P, Deuschl, G, Leypoldt, F

“…<p>Autoimmune encephalitis can be classified into antibody-defined subtypes, which can manifest with immunotherapy-responsive movement disorders sometimes mimicking non-inflammatory aetiologies. In the elderly, anti-LGI1 and contactin associated protein like 2 (CASPR2) antibody-associated diseases compose a relevant fraction of autoimmune encephalitis. …”

Jurisdictional approaches to high conservation value area designation using regulatory instruments: an Indonesian pilot project by Padmanaba, Michael, Sloan, Sean, Watts, John D., Irawan, Silvia, Lee, Janice Ser Huay, Pasaribu, Katryn N., Wiratama, Cokorda Gde Wisnu, Watson, Ellen, Utami, Nadia Putri

“…Agricultural expansion is the primary driver of tropical deforestation and ecological degradation. Certification schemes for sustainable agricultural supply chains, such that of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), seek to address this issue by identifying and protecting High Conservation Value (HCV) areas within concessions. …”
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Motor adaptation with passive machines: A first study on the effect of real and virtual stiffness by Tommasino, Paolo, Melendez-Calderon, A., Burdet, E., Campolo, Domenico

“…Motor adaptation to novel force fields is considered as a key mechanism not only for the understanding of skills learning in healthy subjects but also for rehabilitation of neurological subjects. Several studies conducted over the last two decades used active robotic manipulanda to generate force fields capable of perturbing the baseline trajectories of both healthy and impaired subjects. …”
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Childhood bullying and mental health: understanding risk, resilience, and the role of anti-bullying interventions by Guzman Holst, C

“…Across all chapters, this thesis uses an ecological approach to understand risk and resilience by considering the school context, peer-group relationships, and individual differences.…”

Universal resilience patterns in labor markets by Moro, Esteban, Frank, Morgan R., Pentland, Alex, Rutherford, Alex, Cebrian, Manuel, Rahwan, Iyad

“…In this paper, we model labor market resilience with an ecologically-inspired job network constructed from the similarity of occupations’ skill requirements. …”
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Plasmid-Borne Biosynthetic Gene Clusters within a Permanently Stratified Marine Water Column by Mara, Paraskevi, Geller-McGrath, David, Suter, Elizabeth, Taylor, Gordon T., Pachiadaki, Maria G., Edgcomb, Virginia P.

“…These identified genes encode for secondary metabolites that are mainly antimicrobial agents, and hence, their uptake via plasmids may increase the competitive advantage of those host taxa that acquire them. The ecological and evolutionary significance of smBGCs carried by prokaryotes in oxygen-depleted water columns is yet to be fully elucidated.…”
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Exploring Developmental Change in Ego-Motion Experience Across Infancy by Fuchs, Ariel

“…Surprisingly little prior work has characterized infants’ early experiences with ego-motion through scenes, before and after learning to locomote. We use ecological momentary assessments to quantify infants’ exposure to ego-motion through scenes, and how that changes with locomotor experience. …”
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Plant-soil and biotic interactions in tropical forests by Collins, Colton Lawrence Edward Iolani

“…This dissertation examines the ecological dynamics of Brunei’s waterlogged peat and kerangas forests and Panama’s lowland forests, focusing on aboveground and belowground properties. …”
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Field implementation of a floating wetland system in Kranji reservoir by Lai, Yoke Yee

“…The floating wetland system (FWS) has been used for water treatment due to their low maintenance costs, ecological benefits and aesthetic nature. It is being encouraged in tropical countries to improve the quality of reservoir inflows. …”
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Indigenous cosmologies of energy for a sustainable energy future by Mazzone, A, Fulkaxò Cruz, DK, Tumwebaze, S, Ushigua, M, Trotter, PA, Carvajal, AE, Schaeffer, R, Khosla, R

“…Energy development in Indigenous lands has been historically controversial from socio–ecological and ethical perspectives. Energy-development projects often privilege the knowledge of a narrow group, while, simultaneously, Indigenous knowledge and alternative epistemologies have been understudied in academic energy-access discourses and largely ignored in the planning and implementation of energy interventions. …”

Biodiversity offsets perform poorly for both people and nature, but better approaches are available by Mancini, MC, Collins, RM, Addicott, ET, Balmford, BJ, Binner, A, Bull, JW, Day, BH, Eigenbrod, F, Zu Ermgassen, SOS, Faccioli, M, Fezzi, C, Groom, B, Milner-Gulland, E, Owen, N, Tingley, D, Wright, E, Bateman, IJ

“…Analysis shows that by incorporating ecological and economic information into the targeting of offsets, they can provide a significant contribution to addressing the challenge of biodiversity loss or deliver substantial ecosystem service co-benefits to disadvantaged communities. …”

Enhanced properties of TEMPO-oxidized bacterial cellulose films via eco-friendly non-pressurized hot water vapor treatment for sustainable and smart food packaging by Rahmadiawan, Dieter, Abral, Hairul, Azka, Muhammad Adlan, Sapuan, S.M., Admi, Ratna Isnanita, Shi, Shih-Chen, Zainul, Rahadian, Azril, None, Zikri, Ahmad, Mahardika, Melbi

“…The acquired results provide a simple, inexpensive, and ecologically friendly method for varying TOBC film properties.…”
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