A Chromosome level assembly of pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) variety grown in arid environment by Himanshu V. Patankar, Luis F. Rivera, Fatima Omari Alzahrani, Rod A. Wing, Ikram Blilou

“…They originated from the Middle East in regions having large farms including mountainous regions of Al-Baha in Saudi Arabia. Pomegranates can tolerate arid climates and are considered among the fruits that will play a major role in food security. …”
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Climate change and natural hazards in the Alps by Benjamin Einhorn, Nicolas Eckert, Christophe Chaix, Ludovic Ravanel, Philip Deline, Marie Gardent, Vincent Boudières, Didier Richard, Jean-Marc Vengeon, Gérald Giraud, Philippe Schoeneich

“…Under the effects of climate change, Alpine mountainous regions are undergoing fast and well-perceptible evolutions, which are attracting the growing attention of people, scientists and managers. …”
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Fungal phoenix rising from the ashes? by M.J. Wingfield, M.P.A. Coetzee, P.W. Crous, D. Six, B.D. Wingfield

“…During May 2010, sporocarps of what appeared to be an Armillaria sp. were found in large clumps in historic Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens on the foot of Table Mountain, Cape Town, South Africa. These sporocarps could be physically linked to the roots of unidentified dead trees and Protea spp. …”
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Évaluation des politiques environnementales accompagnant les projets autoroutiers : cas de l’a75 et via egnatia by Lamara Hadjou

“…The nature of the territories crossed, often mountainous and sensitive areas with unique landscapes, led the actors to think about a new support policy, taking into account both the areas directly crossed and those beyond the highway. …”
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Quel futur pour les services écosystémiques de la forêt alpine dans un contexte de changement climatique ? by Benoît Courbaud, Georges Kunstler, Xavier Morin, Thomas Cordonnier

“…Mountain forests produce a large number of ecosystem services that are going to be affected by climate change. …”
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Le paysage à l’épreuve des « nouveaux » défis de l’aménagement du territoire au Maroc : contraintes et perspectives by Mustapha El Hannani, Aude Nuscia Taïbi, Yahia El Khalki, Abdelhalim Benyoucef

“…This analysis focused on history/space and security has lead to the marginalization of some regions, in particular the mountain considered as "useless" space. Since the creation of a Ministry of regional planning, a new consciousness has appeared. …”
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Knowing the Real in Debra Granik’s Winter’s Bone by Ellie RAGLAND

“…Winter’s Bone, a film by Debra Granik (2010), tells the story of Ree Dolly’s refusal to give up on finding her father who has gone missing from the community of his mountain clan. Her kinfolk all tell her to be quiet and stop her search. …”
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Patron-client and Lindu lake tourism development by Hasan Muhamad, Moh Saleh, Andi Mascunra

“…The results showed, as follows: (1) The relationship between financiers and local fishermen in Lindu Lake is nothing more than borrowing business capital; (2) Fishermen's support for the arrangement of their settlement as a homestay, this is due to the large number of tourists at the festival but the benefits are not felt; (3) The integration model of fishing settlement space with ecological-based coastal tourism with consideration of the development of marine tourism in Lindu Lake is integrated between mountain and lake panoramas with customs into one unit.…”
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What is the future of the ecosystem services of the Alpine forest against a backdrop of climate change? by Benoît Courbaud, Georges Kunstler, Xavier Morin, Thomas Cordonnier

“…Mountain forests produce a large number of ecosystem services that are going to be affected by climate change. …”
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Design of a Miniature Jumping Robot by Yunqian Ma, Deyi Kong

“…Aiming at problems that it's difficult for existing robots to move in complex unstructured environment such as forest，mountain and collapse area， a jumping robot which can carry reconnaissance or rescue equipment to move efficiently in the rugged environment is designed and developed. …”
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Terek Region in Anthropological and Socio-Economic Dimensions of the First World War by Maria A. Ponomareva

“…It is noted that the Terek region was an ideal model for overcoming the military crisis, not least because its inhabitants had, on the one hand, a collective identity, in which military service and military campaigns occupied an important place, and on the other hand, they also had a fragmented identity (the author singles out the collective identity of the Terek Cossacks and the collective and original identity of the mountain peoples).…”
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A Case of Nonunion Avulsion Fracture of the Anterior Tibial Eminence by Satoru Atsumi, Yuji Arai, Shuji Nakagawa, Hiroaki Inoue, Kazuya Ikoma, Hiroyoshi Fujiwara, Toshikazu Kubo

“…There was no subsequent instability, and the patient was able to climb a mountain 6 months after surgery. These findings indicate that arthroscopic debridement of an avulsed fragment for nonunion of an avulsion fracture of the anterior tibial eminence is a minimally invasive and effective treatment for middle-aged and elderly patients with a low level of sports activity.…”
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Land and property transfers in the Mont-Blanc region between and 2001 and 2008 by Isabelle André-Poyaud, Sylvie Duvillard, Antonin Lorioux

“…The aim of this contribution is to present a summary of the changes in property ownership that have occurred in a tourist area in the high mountains. Priority is given in the text to the analysis of data by taking advantage of a database recently made available on the knowledge market by the Notarial Office of France (Notariat de France). …”
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Rural Dynamics and Forest Conservation in Northern Tunisia by Amor Mokhtar Gammar

“…Then, this article will show how, in recent decades, the multiplicity of original rural dynamics tends to give new clear-cut characteristics to the rural populations and their territories in the mountain forests. In particular, it focuses on issues like the reshaping of rural communities, diversification of peasants’ income generation activities, and the dynamism of certain peasant economy. …”
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Physical Modelling of Roll and Pitch Motions of Travelling or Stationary Ship in Large-Scale Landslide-Generated Waves by Pei-yin Yuan, Ping-yi Wang, Yu Zhao

“…The feasibility of the model is verified via (i) regularity analysis, (ii) comparative analysis of the effect of landslide-generated waves of mountain river channel reservoirs on the movement characteristics of navigation vessels and stationary vessels, (iii) deviation from the equilibrium position, and (iv) an in-depth study of the influence of large-scale landslide-generated waves on ships in different navigation positions in a river channel. …”
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Change Detection and Feature Extraction of Debris-Flow Initiation by Rock-Slope Failure Using Point Cloud Processing by Xiaoying He, Zeqing Yu, John M. Kemeny, Ann Youberg, Yunkun Wang

“…Our understanding of debris-flow initiation by slope failure is restricted by the challenge of acquiring accurate geomorphic features of debris flows and the structural setting of the rock mass in the remote mountainous terrain. Point cloud data of debris flows in Sabino Canyon, Tucson, Arizona, July 2006, with initiation by joint-controlled rock slope were obtained using multitemporal LiDAR scanning. …”
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Du Sublime de la montagne chez Philip James de Loutherbourg et Joseph Mallord William Turner by Aurélie Tremblet

“…We will thus study the way both artists have looked upon the Alps: as individuals unfamiliar with mountain relief, and depicting a similar natural disaster —an avalanche—, did they merely focus on the inaccessible and dangerous nature of such places?…”
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Dynamiques rurales et conservation forestière dans le Nord de la Tunisie by Amor Mokhtar Gammar

“…Then, this article will show how, in recent decades, the multiplicity of original rural dynamics tends to give new clear-cut characteristics to the rural populations and their territories in the mountain forests. In particular, it focuses on issues like the reshaping of rural communities, diversification of peasants’ income generation activities, and the dynamism of certain peasant economy. …”
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Channels of Iranian pastoral nomads on the YouTube network: Video narratives of the life of the Lori (Lur) Bakhtiari tribal people and ethnic group by Gorunović Gordana

“…This way of documenting the daily practices of nomadic families and clans is primarily an alternative way of making money on YouTube, but it is also an ethnocultural promotion of the Lor Bakhtiari ethnic and tribal group and a tourist advertisement of their homeland - mountain villages and seasonal camps in the Zagros region, Lordegan district and Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province. …”
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Le réseau des agglomérations antiques dans les cités du Massif central (ier s. av. J.-C.-ve s. apr. J.-C.) by Florian Baret

“…Thus, from a critical reading of the corpus of settlements obtained from the bibliographies, research conducted recently showed the diversity of cohousing medium mountain. In light of this work, it is possible to propose a classification of small towns and analyse their geography in the study areas. …”
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