The Achaemenids and Sasanian ‘Persian’ Empires were significant political, economic, social forces in the Late Iron Age Antiquity Eurasia, respectively, which have left marks on heritage of Mediterranean Middle Eastern world. While attention is often focused military political conditions when discussing prosperity decline these imperial powers, their realms, crossed a variety environmental sett...

intra-cerebral hemorrhage (ich) is a particularly severe type of stroke accounting for 10–15 % of all strokes and is associated with a mortality rate of 30–50%. neuroinflammation contributes to ich-induced secondary brain injury and understanding the mechanisms causing neuroinflammation can be helpful to find new treatments of ich. recent studies demonstrated that toll like receptor 2 (tlr2) fo...

Mediterranean rivers in intensive agricultural watersheds usually display outgrowths of macrophytes - notably alien species - due to a combination of high concentrations of nutrients in the water runoff and low flows resulting from water abstraction for irrigation. Standard mechanical and chemical control is used to mitigate the problems associated with excessive growth of plant biomass: mainly...

Urban wetlands can provide valuable ecological services through filtration and moderation of non-point source pollutants. They provide habitat for wildlife, green space, and recreational opportunities for nearby human populations. We investigated an isolated section of an urban wetland in the Cleveland metropolitan area to determine the overall quality of the vegetation and to evaluate the site...

Many wetlands of the Great Lakes region are increasingly dominated by species of cattails, including the native Typha latifolia, the introduced Typha angustifolia, and their hybrid Typha glauca. Cattails are observed to form dense stands of live and dead biomass that may reduce plant diversity and compromise wetland habitat value. Cattail expansion has been used as an indicator of environmental...

The climate in the Arctic, including European sector, is changing rapidly (Report..., 2021). Currently, there uncertainty as to whether regularities of satellite-observed greening tundra areas indicate a change vegetation cover situ. NDVI changes are multidirectional different sectors Arctic and depend on period taken for calculation (Bhatt et al., 2010, 2013; Epstein 2017; Tishkov 2018; Myers-...

St. John’s is a “landscape paradise” in central Minnesota. Although no complete checklist of vegetation exists for the campus, various surveys reveal a diverse flora. This floral wealth is the result of several terrestrial biomes (Figure 1) converging on campus – prairie, savanna, deciduous forest, and coniferous forest – as well as diverse aquatic habitats including both lakes and wetlands. A ...