Diet Composition and Feeding Strategies of the Stone Marten (Martes foina) in a Typical Mediterranean Ecosystem by Dimitrios E. Bakaloudis, Christos G. Vlachos, Malamati A. Papakosta, Vasileios A. Bontzorlos, Evangelos N. Chatzinikos

“…We tested if this occurs and what feeding strategies it follows in a typical Mediterranean ecosystem in Central Greece by analysing contents from 106 stomachs, seasonally collected from three different habitats during 2003–2006. …”
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Breakfast Intake and Factors Associated with Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet among Lebanese High School Adolescents by Rana Mounayar, Rana Jreij, Jennifer Hachem, Frida Abboud, Maya Tueni

“…The Mediterranean diet has shown to have positive health impacts on metabolic diseases and cognitive performance. …”
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Mediterranean farmers’ understandings of ‘good soil management’ and ‘good farmer’ identity in the context of conservation agriculture by Emmeline Topp, Ana Stephan, Elsa Varela, Harun Cicek, Tobias Plieninger

“…Mediterranean agriculture is increasingly threatened by soil degradation and climate change. …”
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A leap forward: exploring the advantages of single-step genome evaluation in Italian Mediterranean buffalo by Stefano Biffani, Mayra Gómez, Roberta Cimmino, Dario Rossi, Gianluigi Zullo, Riccardo Negrini, Alberto Cesarani, Giuseppe Campanile, Gianluca Neglia

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Co-Creating Snacks: A Cross-Cultural Study with Mediterranean Children Within the DELICIOUS Project by Elena Romeo-Arroyo, María Mora, Olatz Urkiaga, Nahuel Pazos, Noha El-Gyar, Raquel Gaspar, Sara Pistolese, Angelique Beaino, Giuseppe Grosso, Pablo Busó, Juancho Pons, Laura Vázquez-Araújo

“…Mediterranean diet adherence has been decreasing during the last few decades, and non-appropriate snacking habits have also been identified among Mediterranean children and adolescents. …”
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Impacts of wastewater irrigation on Mediterranean soil and food: A three-year case study in Italy by N. Surdyk, A. Battilani, L. Cary, L. Sandei, M. Pettenati, W. Kloppmann

“…Water supply for irrigation is a limiting factor for agriculture in Mediterranean countries. A strategy for increasing water availability proposes to use low quality water for irrigation to avoid irrigation with precious and high cost potable water. …”
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Relationship Between Intellectual Capital and Altruism (A Research of Mediterranean Region and Public Sports Organisations) by Arif Özsarı

“…The research universe consists of personnel working within the public sports organizations located in the Mediterranean Region of Turkey. However, the sample group consists of a total of 363 personnel, 138 women and 225 men, who voluntarily accepted to participate in the research by being selected by convenience sampling method among this personnel. …”
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Syrian refugee and diaspora healthcare professionals: Case studies from the eastern mediterranean and European regions by Aula Abbara, Munzer Alkhalil, Kinan Wihba, Omer Abdrabbuh, Diana Rayes, Andrew Ghobrial, Manar Marzouk, Fadi Halabi, Mahmoud Hariri, Abdulkarim Ekzayez

“…Initially, many stayed in the eastern mediterranean region; however, as the conflict became increasingly protracted and employment policies for Healthcare Professionals (HCPs) became increasingly restrictive, some moved elsewhere, particularly to Germany and the United Kingdom, both of which have aimed to capitalise on both refugee and diaspora HCPs to support human resources gaps in their health systems. …”
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Burden of pertussis in infants in the Eastern Mediterranean Region and the impact of maternal vaccination: a systematic review by Randa K. Saad, Yousef Khader, Flor M. Munoz, Faris Lami, Ezzeddine Mohsni, Nadine Haddad

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Erratum: Towards an Island-based Narrative of the Western Mediterranean Borderscape – Continental Islands as Condensers and Laboratories by Isabella Traeger

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Nutrient inputs from two major rivers into the cilician basin of the north-eastern Mediterranean Sea by Türkeri Mehmet, Marankoz Suat, Özbay Özgür, Akçay Ismail, Alp Mehmet Tahir

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Familial Mediterranean Fever Complicated by a Triad of Adrenal Crisis: Amyloid Goiter and Cardiac Amyloidosis by Sadi A. Abukhalaf, Beesan W. Dandis, Tasnim Za’tari, Adham M. Amro, Tareq Z. Alzughayyar, Yazan A. Rajabi

“…FMF is a common disease in the Mediterranean populations and may be complicated by AA amyloidosis. …”
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Adherence to the Mediterranean diet and colorectal cancer risk: a large case control study in the Moroccan population by Khaoula El Kinany, Zineb Hatime, Achraf El Asri, Abdelilah Benslimane, Meimouna Deoula, Btissame Zarrouq, Pagona Lagiou, Karima El Rhazi

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Post-return stroke VHF electromagnetic activity in north-western Mediterranean cloud-to-ground lightning flashes by A. Kolínská, A. Kolínská, I. Kolmašová, I. Kolmašová, E. Defer, O. Santolík, O. Santolík, S. Pédeboy

“…From the data collected between September and December 2015, we selected 66 negative cloud-to-ground (<span class="inline-formula">−CG</span>) and 26 positive cloud-to-ground (<span class="inline-formula">+CG</span>) lightning flashes in the north-western Mediterranean region. In the SAETTA data, we observe a decrease in the very high frequency (VHF) radiation rate and the VHF power, as recorded within a typical 80 <span class="inline-formula">µs</span> time window at the LMA stations, immediately after the RS pulse in 59 <span class="inline-formula">−CG</span> flashes. …”
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A two-level staging system for the embryonic morphogenesis of the Mediterranean fruit fly (medfly) Ceratitis capitata. by Frederic Strobl, Alexander Schmitz, Marc F Schetelig, Ernst H K Stelzer

“…While the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster has long been the primary insect model organism for understanding molecular genetics and embryonic development, the Mediterranean fruit fly Ceratitis capitata, also known as medfly, presents a promising complementary model for studying developmental biology. …”
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Experimental Thermal Assessment of a Trombe Wall Under a Semi-Arid Mediterranean Climate of Mexico by Iván Hernández-Pérez, Álan Rodriguez-Ake, Daniel Sauceda-Carvajal, Irving Hernández-López, Balaji Kumar, Ivett Zavala-Guillén

“…The conventional Trombe wall (TW) with concrete construction has been shown to enhance the indoor environment of buildings in cold and Mediterranean climates. Thus, a TW is an option for reducing energy consumption related to thermal comfort for buildings in the northwestern region of Mexico, characterized by arid and semi-arid conditions with low winter temperatures. …”
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The State of the Art of Residential Building Energy Retrofits in Libya and Neighbouring Mediterranean Countries: A Comprehensive Review by Salwa Albarssi, Shan Shan Hou, Eshrar Latif

“…This review aimed to provide an in-depth analysis of current research on improving the energy efficiency of existing residential buildings in Libya and neighbouring Mediterranean countries, with a focus on research methods and tools utilised in this domain. …”
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ICOS Potenza (Italy) Atmospheric Station: A New Spot for the Observation of Greenhouse Gases in the Mediterranean Basin by Emilio Lapenna, Antonella Buono, Alessandro Mauceri, Isabella Zaccardo, Francesco Cardellicchio, Francesco D’Amico, Teresa Laurita, Davide Amodio, Canio Colangelo, Gianluca Di Fiore, Antonella Gorga, Ermann Ripepi, Francesco De Benedictis, Silvana Pirelli, Liborio Capozzo, Vincenzo Lapenna, Gelsomina Pappalardo, Serena Trippetta, Lucia Mona

“…The ICOS Atmosphere network currently extends throughout the continent, although the density of stations in the Mediterranean area is still low compared to Central and Northern Europe. …”
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De novo transcriptome assembly of the Mediterranean sea-rock pool mosquitoes Aedes mariae and Aedes zammitii by Valentina Mastrantonio, Daniele Porretta, Franco Liberati, Roberta Bisconti, Tiziana Castrignanò, Daniele Canestrelli

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Consuming a modified Mediterranean ketogenic diet reverses the peripheral lipid signature of Alzheimer’s disease in humans by Bryan J. Neth, Kevin Huynh, Corey Giles, Tingting Wang, Natalie A. Mellett, Thy Duong, Colette Blach, Leyla Schimmel, Thomas C. Register, Kaj Blennow, Henrik Zetterberg, Richa Batra, Annalise Schweickart, Amanda Hazel Dilmore, Cameron Martino, Matthias Arnold, Jan Krumsiek, Xianlin Han, Pieter C. Dorrestein, Rob Knight, Peter J. Meikle, Suzanne Craft, Rima Kaddurah-Daouk

“…Method In this post-hoc analysis of a randomized crossover study of 20 elderly adults, we investigated the effects of a modified Mediterranean ketogenic diet (MMKD) on the plasma lipidome in the context of AD biomarkers, analyzing 784 lipid species across 47 classes using a targeted lipidomics platform. …”
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