The origins of pottery technology in Eastern Jazira and the Zagros Mountains can be seen as a process of several stages, from unfired clay and plaster vessels to the fully Washcloth ceramic technologies of the Proto-Hassuna period.This paper reviews this process and presents a technological analysis of Proto-Hassuna ceramics to investigate the rela

Dengue, a mosquito-borne disease caused by the dengue virus (DV), has been recognized as a global public health threat.In 2017, an unexpected dengue outbreak occurred in Zhejiang, China.To clarify and characterize the causative agent of this outbreak, data on dengue fever cases were collected from the China Information System for Disease Control an

Investigating celestial polarization patterns in the case of different environments is important for exploring the atmospheric radiative transfer mechanism.Although intensive studies on clear sky, foggy sky, and even total solar eclipse sky have been conducted, the polarization distribution generated by the moonlight has not been well investigated.

Rehabilitation of marine turtles in Queensland has multifaceted objectives.It treats individual animals, serves to educate the public, and contributes to conservation.We examined the outcome from rehabilitation, time in rehabilitation, and subsequent recapture and restranding rates of stranded marine turtles between 1996 and 2013 to determine if th

The neural bases of individual differences in empathy subcomponents are still debated.We employed brain morphometry to investigate the neurostructural bases of individual and sex differences in specific empathy facets in 124 healthy individuals who completed the Balanced-Emotional-Empathy-Scale (BEES), and both the emotional/cognitive and self/othe