Agropastoral and dietary practices of the northern Levant facing Late Holocene climate and environmental change: Isotopic analysis of plants, animals and humans from Bronze to Iron Age Tell Tweini.

One of the largest isotopic datasets of the ancient Eastern Mediterranean region is evaluated, based on plants (n = 410), animals (n = 210) and humans (n = 16) from Tell Tweini (Syria). Diachronic analysis of plant and faunal specimens from four main periods of occupation: Early Bronze Age (2600-2000 BC), Middle Bronze Age (2000-1600 BC), Late Bronze Age (1600-1200 BC) and Iron Age (1200-333 BC) were investigated. Mean Δ13C results from seven plant species reveal emmer and free threshing wheat, olives, bitter vetch, rye grass and barley were adequately or well-watered during all periods of occupation.

Melatonin Receptor 1B and Corticosteroid Receptor Polymorphisms in Infertile Women with Implantation Failure and Miscarriages.

Background: The development of assisted reproductive techniques has significantly improved fertility chances in many women, but recurrent implantation failure (RIF) and miscarriages (RM) might preclude successful pregnancy. Alterations in the intrinsic secretory patterns of melatonin and cortisol influence reproduction in humans, and imperfection of receptor - dependent signaling may additionally compromise the hormonal effects. Therefore, the present study aims to investigate the influence of certain melatonin and cortisol receptor polymorphisms in infertile women.

A new method based on surface-sample pollen data for reconstructing palaeovegetation patterns.

Aim: Biomisation has been the most widely used technique to reconstruct past regional vegetation patterns because it does not require an extensive modern pollen dataset. However, it has well-known limitations including its dependence on expert judgement for the assignment of pollen taxa to plant functional types (PFTs) and PFTs to biomes. Here we present a new method that combines the strengths of biomisation with those of the alternative dissimilarity-based techniques.

A multi-country test of brief reappraisal interventions on emotions during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The COVID-19 pandemic has increased negative emotions and decreased positive emotions globally. Left unchecked, these emotional changes might have a wide array of adverse impacts. To reduce negative emotions and increase positive emotions, we tested the effectiveness of reappraisal, an emotion-regulation strategy that modifies how one thinks about a situation.