have the proper tools to settle the debate scientifically. While the exact date of domestication is still unknown, recent phylogenomic analyses comparing wild olive varieties to domesticated cultivars point to the first domestication event in the Levant region of Syria (same as wheat, incidentally), with domestication of all of the modern day cultivars radiating from this original domestication...

(1) School of Computing and Mathematics, University of Teesside, Borough Road, Middlesbrough, TS1 3BA, United Kingdom. (2) Laboratoire de Télécommunications et Télédétection, Université catholique de Louvain, 2 place du Levant, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. (3) Alterface, 10 Avenue Alexander Fleming, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. {[email protected], [email protected], f.charles@tee...

The problem of robust tracking control of electromechanical systems has been studied and solved by many different approaches within the robot control community (see e.g. Sage et al., 1999; Kelly et al., 2005 and references therein) in order to ensure accurate motion in typical industrial tasks (painting, navigation, cutting, etc). In the last decade, the homogeneity approach attracted considera...

The mountain gazelle (Gazella gazelle), Dorcas gazelle (Gazella Dorcas) and acacia gazelle (Gazella arabica acacia) were historically abundant in the southern Levant, and more specifically in Israel. Anthropogenic and natural changes have caused a rapid decline in gazelle populations, raising concerns about their conservation status and future survival. The genetic profile of 111 wild gazelles ...

The synoptic scale features over the eastern Mediterranean (EM) for July–August are examined using National Centers for Environmental Prediction–National Center for Atmospheric Research reanalysis data. The region is subjected to two primary factors: mid–upper level subsidence and lower level cool advection, associated with the Etesian winds. The interdiurnal variations of these factors were fo...