Diversity of lacewing assemblages (Neuropterida:Neuroptera) in different forest habitats and agricultural areas in the East Mediterranean area of Turkey

2020 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
pp. 163-173
Author(s):  
Hakan Bozdoğan
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Area ◽  
East Mediterranean ◽  
Agricultural Areas ◽  
Forest Habitats

Notes on the generic position of Brassica deserti (Brassicaceae)

2019 ◽  
Vol 66 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 89-93
Author(s):  
Jotham Ziffer-Berger ◽  
Alexandra Keren-Keiserman ◽  
Adi Doron-Faigenboim ◽  
Klaus Mummenhoff ◽  
Oz Barazani
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Area ◽  
Morphological Data ◽  
Phylogenetic Position ◽  
Molecular Tools ◽  
East Mediterranean ◽  
Phylogenetic Groups ◽  
5.8S Rdna ◽  
The Core ◽  
Generic Position ◽  
History Of

Molecular tools provide new insights into phylogenetic relationships of plant species, and by relating phylogenetic groups to their geographical distribution, we can cast light upon the evolution history of plant clades. In the current study, we evaluated the phylogenetic position of the Sinai endemic Brassica deserti (Brassicaceae), later renamed as Erucastrum deserti, based on morphological data and 5.8S rDNA and ITS (Internal Transcribed Spacer) regions. Our results indicate that B. deserti belongs to an East-Mediterranean – Saharo Arabian clade and was not assigned to the core Brassica and Erucastrum clades, respectively, which evolved in the West Mediterranean area. We tentatively conclude that Brassica deserti evolved independently of core Brassica and Erucastrum.

scholarly journals Etniczny charakter Epirotów i Macedończyków

LingVaria ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (25) ◽  
pp. 37-51
Author(s):  
Krzysztof Tomasz Witczak
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Area ◽  
Fifth Century ◽  
East Mediterranean ◽  
Original Language ◽  
International Language

The Ethnic Character of Ancient Epirotes and MacedoniansThe inhabitants of Epirus and Macedonia were treated as “barbarians” by ancient Greeks (so Hecataeus of Miletus, Herodotus, Thucydides, Ps.-Scylax, Ps.-Scymnus, Strabo, and others). According to Plutarch (Pyrrhus I 3), the intensive hellenization of Epirus started with Tharrypas’ reign in the end of fifth century BC. According to Strabo (VII 7.8), ancient Epirotes and Macedonians spoke the same language but some of them were bilingual. This means that the original language of Epirotes and Macedonians was non-Greek, but they used Greek in the capacity of the international language of the East Mediterranean area. Numerous preserved glosses demonstrate an Indo-European (and non-Greek) origin of Epirotes and Macedonians.

Early Bronze Age Colonists in Iberia

Antiquity ◽  
1961 ◽  
Vol 35 (139) ◽  
pp. 192-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beatrice Blance
Keyword(s):  
Iberian Peninsula ◽  
Bronze Age ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Mediterranean Area ◽  
Early Bronze Age ◽  
East Mediterranean ◽  
City States

The object of this paper is to show that certain Early Bronze Age sites in the Iberian Peninsula are actually colonies established by people coming from the Eastern Mediterranean.The term ‘colony’ is used here in contrast to the term ‘culture’. It is selected because, besides being the term used by Siret, who believed that Los Millares was a Phoenician colony, and the Leisners (Factorei), it is the term which best describes these sites. The following account will demonstrate that they were solitary, heavily-defended settlements situated in a culturally foreign environment. Their best parallels are to be found in the East Mediterranean area, where, from very early times politically independent city states which owed their existence to either a rich hinterland or to trade and commerce, are known. These sites in the Peninsula may, in fact, be regarded as primitive examples of the types of colonies established later by the Phoenicians and the Greeks.

Molecular and ecological investigations on the wild populations of Glycyrrhiza L. taxa distributed in the East Mediterranean Area of Turkey

2016 ◽  
Vol 129 (6) ◽  
pp. 1021-1032 ◽  
Author(s):  
Volkan Altay ◽  
Faruk Karahan ◽  
Munir Öztürk ◽  
Khalid Rehman Hakeem ◽  
Emre Ilhan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Area ◽  
Wild Populations ◽  
East Mediterranean

scholarly journals Two years of SARS-CoV-2 infection (2019–2021): structural biology, vaccination, and current global situation

2022 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Waqar Ahmad ◽  
Khadija Shabbiri
Keyword(s):  
Structural Biology ◽  
Neurological Disorders ◽  
Mediterranean Area ◽  
Eye Injury ◽  
East Mediterranean ◽  
Economic Collapse ◽  
Infection Pathways ◽  
The Common ◽  
Kidney Liver ◽  
New Vaccines

AbstractThe deadly SARS-CoV-2 virus has infected more than 259,502,031 confirmed cases with 5,183,003 deaths in 223 countries during the last 22 months (Dec 2019–Nov 2021), whereas approximately 7,702,859,718, vaccine doses have been administered (WHO: https://covid19.who.int/) as of the 24th of Nov 2021. Recent announcements of test trial completion of several new vaccines resulted in the launching of immunization for the common person around the globe highlighting a ray of hope to cope with this infection. Meanwhile, genetic variations in SARS-CoV-2 and third layer of infection spread in numerous countries emerged as a stronger prototype than the parental. New and parental SARS-CoV-2 strains appeared as a risk factor for other pre-existing diseases like cancer, diabetes, neurological disorders, kidney, liver, heart, and eye injury. This situation requires more attention and re-structuring of the currently developed vaccines and/or drugs against SARS-CoV-2 infection. Although a decline in COVID-19 infection has been reported globally, an increase in COVID-19 cases in the subcontinent and east Mediterranean area could be alarming. In this review, we have summarized the current information about the SARS-CoV-2 biology, its interaction and possible infection pathways within the host, epidemiology, risk factors, economic collapse, and possible vaccine and drug development.

scholarly journals Apolipoprotein B gene polymorphisms in people in the East Mediterranean area of Turkey

2004 ◽  
Vol 10 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 125-130
Author(s):  
L. Tamer ◽  
K. Tanriverdi ◽  
B. Ercan ◽  
A. Unlu ◽  
N. Sucu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Apolipoprotein B ◽  
Low Density Lipoprotein ◽  
Point Mutations ◽  
Density Lipoprotein ◽  
Mediterranean Area ◽  
Healthy Individuals ◽  
East Mediterranean ◽  
Apo B ◽  
Cholesterol Levels ◽  
East Mediterranean Region

Point mutations in the receptor binding domain of low density lipoprotein may increase cholesterol levels in blood. Three mutations of Apo B-100 protein result in defective binding [Arg 3500 —-> [corrected] Gln, Arg 3500 —-> [corrected] Trp and Arg 3531 —-> [corrected] Cys]. We estimated the frequency of Apo B point mutations [codon 3500] C9774T [Arg 3500 —-> [corrected] Trp] and G9775A [Arg 3500 —-> [corrected] Gln] in 179 atherosclerotic, 145 hyperlipidaemic individuals and 272 healthy individuals in the east Mediterranean region of Turkey. Lipid and lipoprotein levels were measured with routine biochemical analyser and Apo B mutation was detected using real-time PCR. Neither mutation was found. In this region, Apo B-100 protein mutations are rare and causes of hyperlipidaemia and atherosclerosis may therefore be unrelated to them

scholarly journals Characterization of Sweet Almond Oil Content of Four European Cultivars (Ferragnes, Ferraduel, Fournat, and Marcona) Recently Introduced in Morocco

Scientifica ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Reda Melhaoui ◽  
Souhayla Kodad ◽  
Nadia Houmy ◽  
Kamal Belhaj ◽  
Farid Mansouri ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oil Content ◽  
Mediterranean Area ◽  
Tocopherol Content ◽  
Total Phenol Content ◽  
Peroxide Values ◽  
Eastern Morocco ◽  
Minor Compounds ◽  
Agricultural Areas

This study concerns the characterization of oil content and quality indices for almond cultivars (Marcona (Mr), Fournat (Fn), Ferragnes (Fg), and Ferraduel (Fd)) recently introduced into marginal agricultural areas in eastern Morocco. These verities are known for their rusticity and late flowering stage. The analyzed almond oils showed low acidity and peroxide values ranging, respectively, from 0.32 to 0.36% and 1.88 to 3.18 meq O2/kg. Fatty acid (FA) profile revealed a predominance of the unsaturated FA represented essentially by the oleic (56.64–64.03%) and linoleic FA (24.57–29.80%). Triacylglycerol (TAG) analysis allowed the determination of eleven species with a remarkable dominance of trioleylglycerol (OOO: 30%) and dioleyllinoleoylglcerol (OOL: 27.25%). Regarding the minor compounds, the results showed that the total phenol content ranges between 85.33 and 141.66 mg/kg. Concerning the tocopherol content, the studied oils showed richness in these secondary metabolites (408.99–491.77 mg/kg) with a dominance of α-tocopherol. In comparison to their homologues in the Mediterranean area, the evaluated almond oils demonstrated a slight superiority in terms of quality, in particular, to those produced in Spain.

scholarly journals The influence of Carpathian landscape scale on spider communities

2010 ◽  
Vol 62 (4) ◽  
pp. 1231-1237
Author(s):  
I. Urak ◽  
T. Hartel ◽  
A. Balog
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Landscape Change ◽  
Natural Habitats ◽  
Mountain Landscape ◽  
Carpathian Region ◽  
Eastern Carpathians ◽  
Spider Communities ◽  
Species Richness And Abundance ◽  
Agricultural Areas ◽  
Forest Habitats

In this study we evaluate the effect of traditional land use and landscape change on the spider communities in the Eastern Carpathians, Romania. Three sampling areas were selected along a gradient of mountain landscape within the boundaries of the Olt river and the mountain zone from the Eastern Carpathian region: forests, semi-natural habitats and extensively used agricultural areas. Spider communities differed according to land use. The highest species diversity was found in clearcut and orchards, whereas forest habitats have less species richness and abundance.

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