The lustrous wares of late bronze age Cyprus and the Eastern Mediterranean; proceedings.
9783700137863 The lustrous wares of late bronze age Cyprus and the Eastern Mediterranean; proceedings. Lustrous Wares of Late Bronze Age Cyprus and the Eastern Mediterranean (2004: Vienna) Ed. by Irmgard Hein. Austrian Academy of Sciences Press 2007 209 pages...

Mediterranean, low-carb diets found as effective as AHA diet.
Both the Mediterranean diet and the low-carbohydrate (Atkins) diet proved to be as safe and effective for inducing weight loss in moderately obese subjects as was the American Heart Association's low-fat, restricted-calorie diet, according to a report. In a 2-year randomized controlled trial in which adherence rates...

Mediterranean diet offsets diabetes.
A Mediterranean diet high in vegetables, fruits, and cereal grains and low in meat can significantly reduce the risk of diabetes in initially healthy people. In a median of 4 years of follow-up with more than 13,000 Spanish university graduates without diabetes at baseline, researchers led by...

Mediterranean, low-carb diets as safe, effective as AHA diet.
Both the Mediterranean diet and the low-carbohydrate (Atkins) diet proved to be as safe and effective for inducing weight loss in moderately obese subjects as was the American Heart Association's low-fat, restricted-calorie diet, according to a report. In a 2-year randomized, controlled trial in which adherence rates...

In recent days, more than a hundred Israeli fighter jets conducted an exercise over the eastern Mediterranean Sea, covering a distance of some 900 miles.
In recent days, more than a hundred Israeli fighter jets conducted an exercise over the eastern Mediterranean Sea, covering a distance of some 900 miles. They were accompanied by helicopters (useful in rescuing downed pilots) and midair-refueling tankers. That, combined with the fact that Iran is also some 900...

Comparison of short-term preservation and assay methods for the molecular detection of Wolbachia in the Mediterranean flour moth Ephestia kuehniella.
Methods proposed for the preservation of insect tissue for DNA analysis have included various concentrations of ethanol, Carnoy's solution, liquid nitrogen, and acetone (Post 1993; Dessauer 1996; Fukatsu 1999; Mtambo 2006). However, little attention has been paid to appropriate storage methods for future detection of endosymbiont DNA within an...

Do methyl eugenol-fed males of the oriental fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) induce female re-mating?
ABSTRACT Polyandry has been reported for various species of tephritid fruit flies, and efforts to explain this phenomenon have focused primarily on the respective roles of sperm stores and male accessory gland fluids. However, recent research on the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann), demonstrated that female...

The Med basin creates a free-trade zone.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] THE PARIS SUMMIT in July of 43 countries with a combined population of close to 800m people launched the Union for the Mediterranean with the promise of creating a free-trade zone by 2012. Although the initiative of French President Nicholas Sarkozy, failed to meet with...

Analysis.
Since the start of the month, Sarkozy has attended a Group of Eight summit in Japan, produced a command performance at the European parliament and hosted a meeting of 43 European Union and Mediterranean leaders to launch an EU-Med alliance. Initial scepticism has given way to plaudits...

France has plenty to celebrate.
The leaders of the European Union and their southern neighbors signed a joint declaration to create a Union for the Mediterranean, a longtime dream of Sarkozy's, which he mentioned in his acceptance speech when he became president. There will be two presidents, initially Sarkozy and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak,...