The Language Shift Origins of Judeo-Spanish by Mahir Şaul

“… This article proposes that the Judeo-Spanish language of the Sephardic Jews of the Balkans and the eastern Mediterranean involved at its origin a language shift that occurred after emigration from the Iberian Peninsula, in non-Hispanic environment; that a form of Castilian was adopted as a deliberate act and rapidly in the early period of exile, to change a prior situation of Romance language pluralism within and among the transplanted Jewish communities. …”
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Building reversibility: executive design examples by Massimo Lauria

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A Rare Form of Brucella Bursitis with Negative Serology: A Case Report and Literature Review by F. M. Almajid

“…Brucellosis is still endemic in certain parts of the world including the Mediterranean, the Middle East, Latin America, and African regions. …”
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Olive Fruit Fly, Bactrocera oleae (Rossi) (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae) by Howard V. Weems, James L. Nation

“…It describes this serious pest of olives in the Mediterranean — distribution, identification, life history and habits, hosts, and management procedures. …”
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Giant Reed (Arundo donax): Biology, Identification and Management by Kurt Vollmer, Curtis Rainbolt, Jason Ferrell

“… SS-AGR-301, a 4-page illustrated fact sheet by Kurt Vollmer, Curtis Rainbolt, and Jason Ferrell, describes this tall perennial grass that is commercially grown in the Mediterranean to make reeds for musical instruments, and which is a major invasive weed in California and Texas watersheds — its biology, identification and management. …”
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Ermenautica: A Way of Life for Another Kind of Republic? Some personal remarks by Tarek Elhaik

“…The article is a meditation on Ermenautica, a collective of anthropologists, navigators, activists, cultural mediators, and marine lovers based alongside the Tyrrhenian Sea in the Mediterranean. A neologism recombining the terms “hermeneutics” and “nautical”, Ermenautica is conceptualized both as a venue and practice of freedom deeply attuned to the 'experimental turn' in contemporary anthropology. …”
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Giant Reed (Arundo donax): Biology, Identification and Management by Kurt Vollmer, Curtis Rainbolt, Jason Ferrell

“… SS-AGR-301, a 4-page illustrated fact sheet by Kurt Vollmer, Curtis Rainbolt, and Jason Ferrell, describes this tall perennial grass that is commercially grown in the Mediterranean to make reeds for musical instruments, and which is a major invasive weed in California and Texas watersheds — its biology, identification and management. …”
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Storie di periurbanità dall’Italia del Sud by Mariavaleria Mininni

“…The text offers some cases of Mediterranean «peri-urbanity» – or outskirts urbanity – in South-East Italia. …”
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Editorial: Sustainable and resilient food systems in times of crises by Tarek Ben Hassen, Hamid El Bilali, Bassel Daher, Bassel Daher, Stefan Burkart

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Fille d’Octobre. Générations, engagement et histoire by Malika Rahal

“…Herself one of the «children of October» (October 1988 and the heavily repressed Algerian youth riots), the author reflects upon the possibility of being both Algerian and French on one side and the other of the Mediterranean in the context of emigration, and on the necessity for all historians working on Algeria to be self-critical about their generational, national (or transnational) and social engagements.* Ego-histories are commissioned biographical essays in which the author is invited to explore his or her vocational choices. …”
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Afrikaanse Bybelvertalings "vir Afrika". Die vertalers en hulle kulturele agenda by J. A. Naudé

“…This is measured by the way in which the Ancient Near Eastern and Ancient Mediterranean cultures of the source texts are domesticated. …”
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The League of Nations, Traffic in Women and the Transnationalization of Criminal Law by Paul Knepper

“…This can be seen in its management of the first ›worldwide‹ investigation into the traffic in women which sent undercover investigators to more than a 100 countries across Europe, the Americas, and the Mediterranean. The Advisory Committee initiated ›trafficking‹ as a transnational crime and advanced the understanding of transnational criminal law beyond concepts of professional criminality. …”
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Les conditions du développement des banques d’actifs naturels en France by Fanny Chabran, Claude Napoleone

“…This project is based on important ecological rehabilitation of an intensive orchard to Mediterranean herbaceous vegetation. Results in ecological restoration are good ; however, they are still assessing in the political and economic fields. …”
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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). …”
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L’oppidum du Marduel (Saint-Bonnet-du-Gard) du Bronze final IIIb à l’époque romaine : synthèse des recherches sur un habitat occupé dans la longue durée by Denis Lebeaupin

“…BC.The diachronic study of the finds enables us to understand the economy of the community and in particular to follow the evolution of trade with the Mediterranean world. These exchanges appear to increase sharply from the beginning of the 6th c. to the middle of the 5th c. …”
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Study of evolution for 3D structured surface with nano-balls and walls-like features with thickness variation for WO3 thin films made by spray deposition by Mirela Petruta Suchea, Ioan Valentin Tudose, Cosmin Romanitan, Cristina Pachiu, Marian Popescu, Kyriakos Mouratis, Marina Manica, Stefan Antohe, Stelios Couris, Dragos Gabriel Zisopol, Octavian Narcis Ionescu, Emmanuel Koudoumas

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Sustainable Fertilization of Organic Sweet Cherry to Improve Physiology, Quality, Yield, and Soil Properties by Liliana Gaeta, Luigi Tarricone, Alessandro Persiani, Angelo Fiore, Francesco Montemurro, Daniela De Benedetto, Carolina Vitti, Pasquale Campi, Mariangela Diacono

“…Sustainable fertilization techniques are essential in Mediterranean farming systems, where the depletion of organic matter, influencing soil water and nutrient availability, is becoming an increasing concern. …”
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Impact of climate change over distribution and potential range of chestnut in the Iberian Peninsula by Pedro Álvarez-Álvarez, Adrián Aviñoa-Arias, Adrián Aviñoa-Arias, Emilio Díaz-Varela, José Vicente López-Bao, José Carlos Pérez-Girón

“…The Regions of Provenance exhibit varying levels of resilience, with the Mediterranean regions being particularly vulnerable. …”
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A soft tick vector of Babesia sp. YLG in Yellow-legged gull (Larus michahellis) nests by Bonsergent, Claire, Vittecoq, Marion, Leray, Carole, Jouglin, Maggy, Buysse, Marie, McCoy, Karen D., Malandrin, Laurence

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Female Genital Mutilation and Obstetric Outcomes: Flawed Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Does Not Accurately Reflect the Available Evidence by O. Meirik, E. Banks, T. Farley, O. Akande, H. Bathija, M. Ali

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