“φίλος τε καὶ ξύμμαχος” by Geraldo Rosolen Junior

“…These diplomatic relations are explored in this article through the letters of Emperor Justinian to the Vandal king Gelimer who wouldn't recognize this submission to Roman power, going so far as to dethrone his cousin Hilderic for considering him very close not only to the emperors in the East, but also of Roman traditions and heritages. …”
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Origin, Domestication, and Dispersing of Pear (Pyrus spp.) by G. J. Silva, Tatiane Medeiros Souza, Rosa Lía Barbieri, Antonio Costa de Oliveira

“…Pear belongs to rosaceous family, being a close “cousin” of the apple, but with some particularities that make this fruit special with a delicate flavor. …”
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Crony Capitalism and Corruption in the Middle East and North Africa by Fatih Kırşanlı

“…In Syria, President Assad and his cousin Makhloufi’s families controlled 60% of the country’s GDP, whereas the Qaddafi family controlled the economic paradigm in Libya. …”
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Les humanistes français, le roi et le tyran. Débats autour du tyrannicide au sein du milieu humaniste français, 1ère moitié du XVe siècle by Lucie Jollivet

“…On November 23, 1407, the premeditated murder of king Charles’ brother Louis d’Orléans by the henchmen of their cousin John of Burgundy puts the question of the tyrant and tyrannicide at the center of intellectual debates. …”
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Checkmate to Bioethics? by Fabio Alberto Garzón Díaz

“… Bioethics, as the first cousin of philosophy, suffers from what philosopher Hegel told us during his lifetime, “When philosophy paints lights and shadows, an aspect of life has grown old, and cannot be rejuvenated, but only understood. …”
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Study of Modern Human Evolution via Comparative Analysis with the Neanderthal Genome by Musaddeque Ahmed, Ping Liang

“…It has always been considered fascinating to compare the modern human genome with that of archaic humans to identify modern human-specific sequence variants and figure out those that made modern humans different from their predecessors or cousin species. Neanderthals are the latest humans to become extinct, and many factors made them the best representatives of archaic humans. …”
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Fitness centrality: a non-linear centrality measure for complex networks by Vito D P Servedio, Alessandro Bellina, Emanuele Calò, Giordano De Marzo

“…This paper introduces an extension of EFC and its cousin Economic Complexity Index that applies to any graph, thereby overcoming the bipartite constraint. …”
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Clinical, biochemical and molecular characteristics of classic homocystinuria in Saudi Arabia and the impact of newborn screening on prevention of the complications: A tertiary cen... by Ahmed Sarar Mohamed, Talal AlAnzi, Amal Alhashem, Hadeel Alrukban, Fahad Al Harbi, Sarar Mohamed

“…The majority of parents in this cohort were highly consanguineous, with 90% had first or second cousin marriage. Seven previously reported variants were detected in this cohort and one novel variant was found in three patients (c.828+2‐828+ 3 delins ACACTTGCATCC, p.?). …”
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Understanding the Spectrum of Mild Clinical Outcomes and Novel Findings in Arterial Tortuosity Syndrome Among Qatari Patients: Implications of SLC2A10 Mutation by Muhammed Riyas K. Rahmath, Haytham Ibrahim, Muhammad Faiyaz-Ul-Haque, Zafar Nawaz, Ahmad Zitoun, Ahmed Hussein, Ahmed Sadek, Ayman El-Menyar, Reema Kamal, Hassan Al-Thani, Gulab Sher

“…These findings underscore the importance of effective education strategies through repeated counseling aimed at preventing cousin marriage and the syndrome within the cohort.…”
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Emergence of Pituitary Adenoma in a Child during Surveillance: Clinical Challenges and the Family Members’ View in an AIP Mutation-Positive Family by Pedro Marques, Sayka Barry, Amy Ronaldson, Arla Ogilvie, Helen L. Storr, Peter J. Goadsby, Michael Powell, Mary N. Dang, Harvinder S. Chahal, Jane Evanson, Ajith V. Kumar, Joan Grieve, Márta Korbonits

“…Following amenorrhoea, their maternal cousin was diagnosed with hyperprolactinaemia and two distinct pituitary microadenomas. …”
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Le miroir aux alouettes : destin sociologique des images du nu indigène by François Pouillon, Michel Mégnin

“…We see reiterated the strong Mediterranean drive for endogamy that was studied in her time by Germaine Tillion, in Le Harem et les cousins (1966). Post-colonial arguments used in these texts thus appear as the “fig leaf” for more fundamental anthropological determinations.…”
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Traditions matrimoniales dans la région de Rabat-Salé-Zemmour-Zaer au Maroc by Hinde Hami, Abdelmajid Soulaymani, Abdelrhani Mokhtari

“…The results indicate that 20% of marriages were consanguineous (95% CI 12.29-28.01%), of which over 70% were between first cousins.…”
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Experimental drought and soil amendments affect grassland above- and belowground vegetation but not soil carbon stocks by D. Guasconi, D. Guasconi, S. A. O. Cousins, S. A. O. Cousins, S. Manzoni, S. Manzoni, N. Roth, N. Roth, G. Hugelius, G. Hugelius

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Projet P-WAC by Amandine Renaud

“…Du fait des activités anthropiques découlent des phénomènes écologiques dramatiques dans les forêts tropicales du Bassin du Congo, comme la disparition des grands singes, nos plus proches cousins, ainsi que l'altération de la biodiversité locale. …”
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Qui copier ? Les stratégies d’apprentissage social chez les animaux by Charlotte Canteloup

“…This paper reviews similar learning biases that have been found in different primate species, inviting us to consider that strategic learning behaviour is a shared trait, at least, with our primate cousins.…”
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Considérations ontogénétiques et phylogénétiques concernant l’origine de la parole by Louis-Jean Boë, Jean Granat, Jean-Louis Heim, Jean-Luc Schwartz, Pierre Badin, Guillaume Barbier, Guillaume Captier, Antoine Serrurier, Nicolas Kielwasser

“…We are in a position to state that our ancestors and distant cousins were equipped with a vocal tract that could produce the same variety of vowel sounds as we can today: the vowels /i a u/. …”
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An Apparent Achilles Heel of the NFL: Have Achilles Tendon Injuries Significantly Increased to Unacceptably High Incidence Levels in the NFL and if so, why? A Clinical Insight by Timothy E Hewett, Chad D Lavender, Andrew L Schaver

“…That first week of the NFL season the NFL Players Association, the NFLPA, put out a statement to this effect that demanded removal of rubberized turf surfaces throughout the NFL! With Kirk Cousins devastating ATR a few weeks later, amongst 21 others this season, and Aaron Rogers return to practice after a mere seven to eight weeks post-injury, this conundrum remains foremost in our hyper-questioning minds!…”
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A Large PROP1 Gene Deletion in a Turkish Pedigree by Suheyla Gorar, Doga Turkkahraman, Kanay Yararbas

“…Parents were first degree cousins. Index case, a boy, had somatotrope, gonadotrope, thyrotrope, and corticotrope deficiency. …”
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Diabetes Mellitus Secondary to Acute Pancreatitis in a Child with Wolf-Hirschhorn Syndrome by Asma Deeb

“…She was treated with fluids and insulin infusion and remained on insulin 18 months after presentation. Her parents are cousins and the mother was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. …”
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Latest news from the bonobos: Pan paniscus myths and realities by David Beaune

“…We continue to discover fascinating biological facts about our cousins who are in danger of extinction. A few of these are described here.…”
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