Palaiologan renaissance painting in the Latin-occupied Aegean. Three icons from Hospitaller Leros by Kefala Konstantia

“…However, certain elements of their iconography and style point to their attribution to a Constantinopolitan painter active in the first half of the fifteenth century. In this context the island of Leros, as part of the Hospitaller Island State (1309-1522), presents an interesting example of the osmosis between Palaiologan and Western art and of artistic developments in areas under Latin rule.…”
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Bora Bora, the “pearl of the Pacific”: heritage processes, tourist image and power relationships by Frédérique Jossinet

“…With an approach based on the analysis of tourist practices, the constructed image of the island, and the discourse of local actors are used to understand the challenges of this territory affected by a twofold fragility, environmental and socio-economic. …”
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« Après Xynthia… je ne suis pas inquiet, moi, la mer, ça ne me fait pas [peur]… »Du déni à l’adaptation. Les viticulteurs de l’île de Ré face aux changements environnementaux... by Camille Hochedez, Benoît Leroux

“…This paper investigates Ré Island wine growers' perceptions of environmental change, more specifically climate change, and how this brings about a change – or not – in their agricultural practices. …”
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Classificação da cobertura da terra na região da ilha do Bananal usando imagens multitemporais PALSAR-2/ALOS-2 by Jorge Bohrer Marques, Osmar Abilio de Carvalho Junior, Fernando Campagnoli, Humberto Navarro de Mesquita Júnior, Roberto Arnaldo Trancoso Gomes, Renato Fontes Guimarães

“…The present research aims to propose a methodology to classify land use and coverage from PALSAR-2/ALOS-2 multitemporal images in the region of Bananal island. The Bananal island is the second largest fluvial island in the world with approximately 750 km long and 100 km wide. …”
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Belugas (Delphinapterus leucas) create facial displays during social interactions by changing the shape of their melons by Justin T. Richard, Isabelle Pellegrini, Rachael Levine

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Semaphorin 3A Increases FAK Phosphorylation at Focal Adhesions to Modulate MDA-MB-231 Cell Migration and Spreading on Different Substratum Concentrations by Scott Gehler, Frances V. Compere, Alex M. Miller

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Small Bowel Adenocarcinoma as the Cause of Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Celiac Disease: A Rare Malignancy in a Common Disease by Jaleh Fallah, Maxwell Eyram Afari, Alfredo C. Cordova, Adam J. Olszewski, Taro Minami

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Offshore coverage optimization and application of TD-LTE networks by Junfeng LAN, Chongli NIU, Guohui YU

“…With the development of coastal fisheries and marine tourism,the demand for wireless coverage on offshore is becoming more and more urgent.Based on the analysis on the characteristics of the mobile communication business,the difficulties of offshore coverage planning,coverage optimization techniques for the actual application scenarios of coastal areas,a TD-LTE network coverage optimization method which made comprehensive use of the following technologies including special TD-LTE system parameter configuration,optimization of wireless communication link budget,optimization of the base station site planning and coverage enhancement technologies was proposed.The proposed optimization method was practically implemented in the Shangchuan Island and Xiachuan Island.The simulation results and measured data in the project field show that the implementation of TD-LTE network coverage optimization method has obviously improved the network coverage rate and communication service quality.…”
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Human and Canine Blastomycosis: A Common Source Infection by Matthew W Morgan, Irving E Salit

“…In fall 1993 a man and a dog developed blastomycosis after visiting an island off Bayfield Inlet, Georgian Bay, located near Parry Sound, Ontario. …”
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Regulation of Apoptosis in African Swine Fever Virus–Infected Macrophages by Laslo Zsak, John G. Neilan

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«Era di pietra la sua bellezza». Capri, mitografia di un luogo by Eugenio Zito

“…In the article I present, according to a cultural studies approach that includes the use of literary sources and images, a mythographical profile, although necessarily brief and not exhaustive, about the island of Capri in the bay of Naples, prodigy of natural beauty out of time, as a result of a singular combination of stone, sky, sea and light. …”
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Literary Geography: Applying Geocriticism in "The Mermaid Madonna" by Stratis Myrivilis by Maria Margariti

“…This novel uses as setting the settlement of Skala Skamnias or Mourias, which is located on Lesvos (an island of Greece in the North-Eastern Aegean Sea) after the Asia Minor Disaster in 1922 and after the arrival of the Greek refugees from Asia Minor to the island. …”
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Past, Present and Future of Respiratory Research: A Survey of Canadian Health Care Professionals by Mika Laura Nonoyama, Sunita Mathur, Rosemary Herbert, Heather Jenkins, Michelle Lobchuk, Michelle McEvoy

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Probing the Page transition via approximate quantum error correction by Haocheng Zhong

“…In the paper, we find that the black hole evaporation interpreted by the island formula can be understood in the language of approximate quantum error correction. …”
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Semi-Fredholm Solvability in the Framework of Singular Solutions for the (3+1)-D Protter-Morawetz Problem by Nedyu Popivanov, Todor Popov, Allen Tesdall

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A Y-chromosome portrait of the population of Jerba (Tunisia) to elucidate its complex demographic history by Franz Manni, Pascal Leonardi, Étienne Patin, Alain Berrebi, Houssein Khodjet el Khil, Karl Skorecki, Dror Rosengarten, Hassan Rouba, Evelyne Heyer, Marc Fellous

“…The Island of Jerba has a long demographic history that is related to its central position in the Mediterranean Sea. …”
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Optimization of Two-Step Acid-Catalyzed Hydrolysis of Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunch for High Sugar Concentration in Hydrolysate by Dongxu Zhang, Yee Ling Ong, Zhi Li, Jin Chuan Wu

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Severe Enamel Defects in Wild Japanese Macaques by Ian Towle, Carolina Loch, Marina Martínez de Pinillos, Mario Modesto-Mata, Leslea J. Hlusko

“…In this study, we examined the prevalence of enamel hypoplasia in several populations of wild Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata) with the aim of providing context for severe defects observed in macaques from Yakushima Island. We found that 10 of 21 individuals (48%) from Yakushima Island displayed uniform and significant PFEH; all 10 specimens were from two adjacent locations in the south of the island. …”
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Convolutional Neural Networks for Direction of Arrival Estimation Compared to Classical Estimators and Bounds by Christopher J. Bell, Kaushallya Adhikari, Andrew Brown

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Programmes to support transitions in community care for children with complex care needs: a scoping review by Shelley Doucet, Jennifer Splane, Patricia Charlton, Alison Luke, Janet A Curran, Christine Cassidy, Sydney Breneol, Shelley McKibbon, Holly McCulloch, Jessie-Lee McIsaac, Angela Riveroll

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