La difficile gestion globale de l’eau en Camargue (France) : le Contrat de delta by Alain Dervieux

“…This situation has contributed to the modification of the region's natural hydrological rhythms that were once marked by dry Mediterranean summers. The result is an increasingly complex system that requires a water management programme that can meet both National and European objectives for sustainable development.Conservation plays a large role in today's land and water management policies, but there are other considerations essential to ensuring the durability of the region's development. …”
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Immigration patterns inferred from oxygen isotope analysis of human teeth from the Tylos-period Maqaba burial mounds in Bahrain by Yu Itahashi, Kenji Okazaki, Kazuhisa Yoshimura, Yumiko Oyabu, Kiyohide Saito

“…During the Tylos period, Bahrain was an important hub for trade routes between the Mediterranean, Mesopotamia, and India. Therefore, immigrants who traveled as merchants for cross-regional trade are possible candidates for the buried remains. …”
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Assessment of the antioxidant and antimicrobial activity of hydrolysates from lupine (Lupinus mutabilis) flour by Sara Gallegos Bosmediano, José Villacís-Chiriboga, Yadira Quimbita Yupangui, Fernanda Guimaraes Drummond e Silva, Jenny Ruales Nájera

“… Lupine (Lupinus mutabilis) is a seed commonly used as a staple food in the Mediterranean region and South America, particularly in Ecuador, where it has been consumed for centuries. …”
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Propranolol: A Promising Therapeutic Avenue for Classic Kaposi Sarcoma by Rasha Mahmoud Genedy, Marwa Owais, Naglaa Mohamed El Sayed

“…Classic Kaposi sarcoma is commonly seen among elderly of Mediterranean origin. It is usually slowly progressive and is rarely fatal. …”
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Smog Nitrogen and the Rapid Acidification of Forest Soil, San Bernardino Mountains, Southern California by Yvonne A. Wood, Mark Fenn, Thomas Meixner, Peter J. Shouse, Joan Breiner, Edith Allen, Laosheng Wu

“…We attribute this rapid change in soil reactivity to very high rates of anthropogenic atmospheric nitrogen (N) added to the soil surface (72 kg ha–1 year–1) from wet, dry, and fog deposition under a Mediterranean climate. Our research suggests that a soil textural discontinuity, related to a buried ancient landsurface, contributes to this rapid acidification by controlling the spatial and temporal movement of precipitation into the landsurface. …”
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Metabolomic Insights into the Allelopathic Effects of <i>Ailanthus altissima</i> (Mill.) Swingle Volatile Organic Compounds on the Germination Process of <i>Bidens pilosa</i> (L.) by Leonardo Bruno, Diana M. Mircea, Fabrizio Araniti

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Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice toward Skin Cancer Prevention and Detection among Jordanian Medical Students: A Cross-Sectional Study by Khaled Seetan, Almu’atasim Khamees, Afnan Migdadi, Mosab Abu Shqeer, Maram Jameel Hasan, Leen Ahmad Shatnawi, Tala Abu Bakr, Nada Zayed

“…Skin cancer is one of the most growing types of cancer, especially in the Mediterranean, even though it is a preventable disease. …”
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Chemical, Thermal, and Morphological Properties of Sustainable Lignocellulosic Biomaterial by Bachir Bouhamida, Abderrazek Merzoug, Zouaoui Sereir, Ali Kilic, Zeki Candan

“…Both regions have very distinctive climatic conditions &ndash; wet conditions in the north (near the Mediterranean Sea) and semi-arid conditions in the south Biskra. …”
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The Great Arab Revolt, Palestine and a Phoenicianist Civilizing Mission: Transregional Debates in the Mexican Mahjar Press by Camila Pastor de Maria Campos

“…Notables mobilized modernist Nahda narratives to appropriate ancient Phoenician colonization of the Mediterranean, situating Arab migrants in Mexico as partners to local Spanish descent (criollo) elites in a common civilizing effort over mestizos and Amerindian populations.…”
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Platelet Responses in Cardiovascular Disease: Sex-Related Differences in Nutritional and Pharmacological Interventions by Valeria Gasperi, M. Valeria Catani, Isabella Savini

“…Moreover, as healthy nutrition is widely recognized to play a key role in CVD, we also focused our attention on specific dietary components (especially polyunsaturated fatty acids and flavonoids) and patterns (such as Mediterranean diet), which also emerged to impact platelet functions in a sex-dependent manner. …”
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Quasi-Complete Response of Classic Kaposi’s Sarcoma Treated with Weekly Paclitaxel by Zineb Benbrahim, Samia Arifi, Hafida Benhammane, Kaoutar Inani, Salim Gallouj, Meriem Meziane, Fatima Zahra Mernissi, Nawfel Mellas, Omar El Mesbahi

“…Classic Kaposi’s sarcoma (CKS) is a subtype that traditionally occurs in elderly HIV-negative males of Mediterranean origin. Patients with CKS characteristically present with skin lesions in the distal extremities. …”
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Exploring the active and network centralities in Metropolitan Athens: The organic vs. the planned form by Yannis Paraskevopoulos, Stefanos Tsigdinos, Maria Pigaki

“…Hence, this work could shed light on urban development issues, revealing meaningful insights on how similar metropolitan cities in the Mediterranean region are assembled. Last, it could function as a valuable input for future planning suggestions. …”
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A Case of Brucella Endocarditis in Association with Subclavian Artery Thrombosis by Claudia Colomba, Lucia Siracusa, Raffaella Rubino, Marcello Trizzino, Francesco Scarlata, Claudia Imburgia, Lucina Titone

“…Brucellosis is a common zoonosis, endemic in Mediterranean countries, and caused by bacteria of Brucella genus. …”
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Health Tourism: Conceptual Framework and Insights from the Case of a Spanish Mature Destination by Antonio Padilla-Meléndez, Ana-Rosa Del-Águila-Obra

“…Empirical data from a web and telephone based questionnaire conducted on a randomly selected sample of health tourism establishments of a selfdeveloped data set, and some personal interviews, have been analysed to describe health tourism in the Costa del Sol, a mature Mediterranean destination in the south of Spain. This paper contributes to the literature by showing the complexity of the several practices included in the conceptual umbrella of health tourism in a mature destination, and the main enablers and barriers for cooperation between tourism and health companies. …”
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Understanding the complex function of gut microbiota: its impact on the pathogenesis of obesity and beyond: a comprehensive review by Aref Yarahmadi, Hamed Afkhami, Ali Javadi, Mojtaba Kashfi

“…Currently, therapeutic methods like probiotics, prebiotics, synbiotics, fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT), dietary interventions like Mediterranean and ketogenic diets, and physical activity show potential in adjusting the gut microbiome to fight obesity and aid weight loss. …”
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La forteresse de Sadr, une lecture géo-historique au temps des croisés by Corinne Feïss-Jehel, Jean-Michel Mouton, Claudine Piaton, Pierre-Jérôme Jehel, Jeannine Le Rhun

“…The organization of the east-west crossings of the Sinai was in fact going through a major change in the twelfth century.The low coastal route along the Mediterranean provided a quick and easy way for Muslim caravans traveling between Egypt and Syria. …”
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Comparative analysis of the Gran Dolina-TD6 (Spain) and Tighennif (Algeria) hominin mandibles by José-Maria Bermúdez de Castro, Maria Martinón-Torres, Aida Gómez-Robles, Leyre Prado, Susana Sarmiento

“…We present a comparative study of the Tighennif (Algeria) and Gran Dolina-TD6 (Spain) hominin mandibles, which represent two geographically near and contemporaneous populations separated by the Mediterranean sea, in order to test the hypothesis that these populations belong to the same evolutionary lineage, as it has been suggested by some authors. …”
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Symptomological identification of Citrus Psorosis Virus (CPsV) in citrus orchards of Northern Cyprus by T. Alas, A. Akın, İ. Kahramanoğlu

“…Chlorotic spotting and ringspot may also be caused on the leaves of infected young trees.There were reports not to kill the infected trees in the Mediterranean basin and America, but the disease leads to an important reduction in yield and fruit quality in time. …”
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Genome-wide association studies in lettuce reveal the interplay of seed age, color, and germination under high temperatures by Sookyung Oh, Ezekiel Ahn, Ainong Shi, Beiquan Mou, Sunchung Park

“…Our findings revealed that L. serriola, a wild ancestor of cultivated lettuce, showed relaxed thermoinhibition response compared to cultivated lettuce, suggesting that this trait may have been positively selected during early domestication in the Mediterranean region with hot, dry summers. Additionally, we found that thermoinhibition intensified with seed age but was less pronounced in dark-colored seeds, which showed increased germination under high temperatures. …”
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An Approach for Spatial Statistical Modelling Remote Sensing Data of Land Cover by Fusing Data of Different Types by Antonella Belmonte, Carmela Riefolo, Gabriele Buttafuoco, Annamaria Castrignanò

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