Quasi-Complete Response of Classic Kaposi’s Sarcoma Treated with Weekly Paclitaxel by Zineb Benbrahim, Samia Arifi, Hafida Benhammane, Kaoutar Inani, Salim Gallouj, Meriem Meziane, Fatima Zahra Mernissi, Nawfel Mellas, Omar El Mesbahi

“…Classic Kaposi’s sarcoma (CKS) is a subtype that traditionally occurs in elderly HIV-negative males of Mediterranean origin. Patients with CKS characteristically present with skin lesions in the distal extremities. …”
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A Case of Brucella Endocarditis in Association with Subclavian Artery Thrombosis by Claudia Colomba, Lucia Siracusa, Raffaella Rubino, Marcello Trizzino, Francesco Scarlata, Claudia Imburgia, Lucina Titone

“…Brucellosis is a common zoonosis, endemic in Mediterranean countries, and caused by bacteria of Brucella genus. …”
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Health Tourism: Conceptual Framework and Insights from the Case of a Spanish Mature Destination by Antonio Padilla-Meléndez, Ana-Rosa Del-Águila-Obra

“…Empirical data from a web and telephone based questionnaire conducted on a randomly selected sample of health tourism establishments of a selfdeveloped data set, and some personal interviews, have been analysed to describe health tourism in the Costa del Sol, a mature Mediterranean destination in the south of Spain. This paper contributes to the literature by showing the complexity of the several practices included in the conceptual umbrella of health tourism in a mature destination, and the main enablers and barriers for cooperation between tourism and health companies. …”
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Understanding the complex function of gut microbiota: its impact on the pathogenesis of obesity and beyond: a comprehensive review by Aref Yarahmadi, Hamed Afkhami, Ali Javadi, Mojtaba Kashfi

“…Currently, therapeutic methods like probiotics, prebiotics, synbiotics, fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT), dietary interventions like Mediterranean and ketogenic diets, and physical activity show potential in adjusting the gut microbiome to fight obesity and aid weight loss. …”
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La forteresse de Sadr, une lecture géo-historique au temps des croisés by Corinne Feïss-Jehel, Jean-Michel Mouton, Claudine Piaton, Pierre-Jérôme Jehel, Jeannine Le Rhun

“…The organization of the east-west crossings of the Sinai was in fact going through a major change in the twelfth century.The low coastal route along the Mediterranean provided a quick and easy way for Muslim caravans traveling between Egypt and Syria. …”
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Comparative analysis of the Gran Dolina-TD6 (Spain) and Tighennif (Algeria) hominin mandibles by José-Maria Bermúdez de Castro, Maria Martinón-Torres, Aida Gómez-Robles, Leyre Prado, Susana Sarmiento

“…We present a comparative study of the Tighennif (Algeria) and Gran Dolina-TD6 (Spain) hominin mandibles, which represent two geographically near and contemporaneous populations separated by the Mediterranean sea, in order to test the hypothesis that these populations belong to the same evolutionary lineage, as it has been suggested by some authors. …”
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Symptomological identification of Citrus Psorosis Virus (CPsV) in citrus orchards of Northern Cyprus by T. Alas, A. Akın, İ. Kahramanoğlu

“…Chlorotic spotting and ringspot may also be caused on the leaves of infected young trees.There were reports not to kill the infected trees in the Mediterranean basin and America, but the disease leads to an important reduction in yield and fruit quality in time. …”
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The student profile of selcuk university, faculty of veterinary medicine by Mehmet Emin Tekin

“…<p> <b>Results:</b> The gender of students were as 87.3% male and 12.7% female; the majority of students who entered this Faculty from regions of Central Anatolia (39.3%), Mediterranean (18.9%) and Aegean (13.6%); the 84.3% of students described their mother as housewife; the students whose father is worker were maximum (31.1%) and students whose father is officer were 28.1%; the majority of students had two (35.3%) and three (26.8%) siblings; the secondary education origin of students were high school (49.2%), Anatolian high school (29.8%) and super high school (16.5%); the majority (86.8%) of students stayed at students homes and very few (13.2%) of them at youth hostels; the rates of whom knowing a foreign language at a good level were only 21.8% and the others' knowing of language were weak or moderate; only 21.6% of the students who were interns had not a lesson at subclasses but the 46.4% of them had 1-3 lectures at subclasses; 66.6% of students had an average of lesson as under 2.5 point and only 5.9% of him had an average that upper 3.0 point. …”
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L’urbanisme balnéaire : processus de colonisation ou aménagement durable du littoral ? by Roland Vidal

“…The latter appeared to be a fruitful financial investment for real estate developers who, after the success of Brighton in England and Deauville in France, started building hundreds of them on the coasts of the Channel and of the Atlantic, and then, at a later date, on the Mediterranean Coast. These resorts are built on particularly malleable soils – so, which are favourable for a new beginning, and they are set together in the mere goal to optimize the physical and visual relationship between the buildings and the beach. …”
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High fire frequency in California chaparral reduces postfire shrub regeneration and native plant diversity by Ashley R. Grupenhoff, Hugh D. Safford

“…Abstract Fire is crucial for maintaining species diversity and resilience in fire‐adapted shrublands of the world's Mediterranean climate zones (MCZs), which include the chaparral shrublands of the North American MCZ. …”
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Drought Trends in the Iberian Peninsula over the Last 112 Years by P. Páscoa, C. M. Gouveia, A. Russo, R. M. Trigo

“…The Iberian Peninsula (IP) is a drought-prone area located in the Mediterranean which presents a significant tendency towards dryness during the last decades, reinforcing the need for a continuous monitoring of drought. …”
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Techniques of Ozone Monitoring in a Mountain Forest Region: Passive and Continuous Sampling, Vertical and Canopy Profiles by Giacomo Gerosa, Cristina Mazzali, Antonio Ballarin-Denti

“…Ozone is the most harmful air pollutant for plant ecosystems in the Mediterranean and Alpine areas due to its biological and economic damage to crops and forests. …”
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Diagnosis of Protected Agriculture in Imbabura—Ecuador, Period 2016–2023 by Luis Marcelo Albuja-Illescas, Andrés Manolo Carrión-Burgos, Rafael Jiménez-Lao, María Teresa Lao

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Text mining of hypertension researches in the west Asia region: a 12-year trend analysis by Mohammad Rezapour, Mohsen Yazdinejad, Faezeh Rajabi Kouchi, Masoomeh Habibi Baghi, Zahra Khorrami, Morteza Khavanin Zadeh, Elmira Pourbaghi, Hassan Rezapour

“…There are numerous articles published about HTN in Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMRO) and artificial intelligence (AI) methods can analyze articles and extract top trends in each country. …”
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Comparative Evaluation of <i>Crithmum maritimum</i> and <i>Origanum dictamnus</i> Cultivation on an Extensive Urban Green Roof by Aikaterini N. Martini, Maria Papafotiou

“…Conclusively, both species grew satisfactorily on an extensive urban Mediterranean green roof, while the deep substrate favored all their growth parameters. …”
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Role of tomato plant-derived food sources on Dolichogenidea gelechiidivoris, parasitic wasp of Tuta absoluta by Angeliki Syropoulou, Joel González-Cabrera, Judit Arnó, Pablo Urbaneja-Bernat

“…Following its detection in the Mediterranean basin, considerable efforts have been made to develop biological control programs against this pest. …”
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Evaluation of a pilot reintroduction program for dusky grouper (Epinephelus marginatus) juveniles in inshore marine areas off the southeast Brazilian coast by Claudia Ehlers Kerber, Caio Augusto Perazza, Eric Hallerman, Melissa Sant´Anna, Alexandre Wagner Silva Hilsdorf

“…It inhabits the eastern and southwestern Atlantic Ocean, western Indian Ocean, and Mediterranean Sea. Populations of this species have faced significant threats due to various anthropogenic activities, including environmental degradation and intensified fishing effort. …”
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Lifestyle Characteristics and Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease: A Population-Based Study in Albania by Lulzim Çela, Bledar Kraja, Kliti Hoti, Ervin Toçi, Herion Muja, Enver Roshi, Genc Burazeri

“…We aimed to assess the prevalence and lifestyle correlates of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) in the adult population of Albania, a Mediterranean country in Southeast Europe which has experienced major behavioral changes in the past two decades. …”
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Cattle on the rocks: Understanding cattle mobility, diet, and seasonality in the Iberian Peninsula. The Middle Neolithic site of Cova de les Pixarelles (Tavertet, Osona). by Roger Alcàntara Fors, Richard Madgwick, Laura C Viñas-Caron, Alexandra J Nederbragt, Maria Saña Seguí

“…Previous research on the cattle bone assemblage from Cova de les Pixarelles has included comprehensive archaeozoological, palaeopathological, and biomechanical analyses-an innovative, integrative approach in Mediterranean archaeology that offers an exceptional level of biographical detail. …”
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Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry Analysis of Perfluorooctane Sulfonate and Perfluorooctanoic Acid in Fish Fillet Samples by Viviana Paiano, Elena Fattore, Andrea Carrà, Caterina Generoso, Roberto Fanelli, Renzo Bagnati

“…The method was applied to samples of homogenized fillets of wild and farmed fish from the Mediterranean Sea. Most of the samples showed little or no contamination by perfluorooctane sulfonate and perfluorooctanoic acid, and the highest concentrations detected among the fish species analyzed were, respectively, 5.96 ng/g and 1.89 ng/g. …”
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