Abstract In this article, we study the role played by pottery production in transition from Early Neolithic to Middle Western Iberia (∼4500–3300 cal BC) based on a critical analysis of available empirical data. We establish chronological and cultural sequence for period, regarding which historical problematic is still poorly defined due lasting absence scientific discussion about long Neolithis...

Increasing carbon stock in standing forests is one of the proposed ways to mitigate climate change. However, production forests, this typically would lead reduced harvesting possibilities and thus financial gain for forest owners. The size reduction should depend on chosen target level as well required speed accumulation. Furthermore, due landscape heterogeneity, loss can be expected vary plann...

Dryland montane forests are important agents for soil and water resource conservation. The growth of these under climate warming is strongly affected by local environmental factors. However, how factors impact intra-annual stem dynamics across gradients in regions remains unclear. This work focused on assessing seasonal patterns different elevations the Qilian Mountains, northwestern China. 50 ...

Carey E. Donald1, Richard P. Scott1, Kathy L. Blaustein2, Mary L. Halbleib2, Makhfousse Sarr3, Paul C. Jepson2 and Kim A. Anderson1 1Food Safety and Environmental Stewardship Program, Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, Oregon State University, ALS 1007, Corvallis, OR 97330, USA 2Integrated Plant Protection Center, Oregon State University, 2040 Cordley Hall, Corvallis OR 97330, USA 3United ...

S sepsis is a common cause of morbidity and mortality in neonates. In a population-based surveillance study1 from 2005 to 2008, researchers estimated that 3300 cases of early-onset sepsis (EOS) occur in the United States each year, with 390 of these cases resulting in death. The risk is highest in preterm neonates, which account for 1570 of the 3300 cases and 360 deaths.1 Despite its prevalence...

Tiazofurin (2-beta-D-ribofuranosylthiazole-4-carboxamide), a new nucleoside antimetabolite, was evaluated in a phase I trial involving children with refractory cancers. The drug was administered i.v. as a 10-min infusion daily for 5 consecutive days repeated at 3-week intervals. The dose ranged from 550 to 3300 mg/sq m/day. Seventeen patients received 23 courses and were evaluable for toxicity....

Traditional studies of familial aggregation are aimed at defining the genetic (and non-genetic) causes of a disease from physiological or clinical traits. However, there has been little attempt to use genome-wide gene expressions, the direct phenotypic measures of genes, as the traits to investigate several extended issues regarding the distributions of familially aggregated genes on chromosome...

Grassland vegetation is the largest terrestrial ecosystem in Qinghai Lake Basin (QLB), and it also most important means of production for herders’ livelihoods. Quantifying impact climate change human activities on grassland changes an essential task ensuring sustainable livelihood pastoralists. To this end, we investigated cover QLB from 2000 to 2020 using normalized difference index (NDVI), me...