Der „Homo alpinus“. Eine kurze Notiz zu Willy Hellpachs Versuch, die Existenz von Bergmenschen auf ein umweltpsychologisches Fundament zu stellen by Patrick Stoffel

“…In the first decades of the 20th century, Willy Hellpach attempted to explain the observation that mountain dwellers differ significantly from the inhabitants of the plains in terms of the influence of the natural environment on people’s mental life. …”
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Écologiser sans contester : le travail politique autour de deux éco-innovations dans l’aquaculture canadienne by Antoine Police

“…The Canadian economy is a paradigmatic example of the intensive exploitation of natural resources. For several decades, this model has been challenged by the emergence of environmental interests that are struggling to change the production logics. …”
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L’intégration des cueilleurs de déchets latino-américains ou la création d’une nouvelle marge by Mathieu Durand, Fabio De Oliveira Neves

“…For decades, Latin American cities have been fighting against informal wastepickers, prioritizing sanitary safety and hygienist logic. …”
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Listening to the wind in the trees: meaning, interpretation and literary theory by H. du Plooy

“…The article points out that whereas theories during the greater part of the twentieth century tended to encourage a more “open” approach to meaning and textuality, there are clear indications of a new awareness of textual constraints in the last decade. The point is made that interpreters and translators should be aware of the philosophical implications as well as of the textual constraints in the different forms of textual processing. …”
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SCO as an Effective Tool of Regional Integration: Problems of Expansion by O. Y. Kolegova

“…According to the author, during the last decade, the SCO has demonstrated its potential as an effective tool for regional integration, able to ensure the implementation of its member countries’ key interests. …”
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Not Yet a Duck by Tim Daugherty, Dana Paliliunas, David Zimmerman, Natalie Curry, Tanya Whipple, Leslie Echols, Paul Deal, Saylor Strength

“…As those programs proliferated in the past decade, host institutions tended to “unbundle” academic affairs and student affairs (often neglecting the latter in the design and delivery of online programs).  …”
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A la poursuite du patrimoine by Thierry Nicolas

“…Among the phenomena common to French overseas departments, the reproduction of memorial markers associated with slavery is certainly one of the most significant of the last decade. From the Atlantic Ocean to the Indian Ocean, there is the same desire to introduce a different perspective on the slave period and to include commemorative sites in the environment. …”
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Microextraction-Based Techniques for the Determination of Beta-Blockers in Biological Fluids: A Review by Styliani Nisyriou, Constantinos K. Zacharis

“…The present review aims to provide an overview of microextraction-based analytical techniques for the determination of beta-blockers in biological samples, covering a time frame of the last decade. Detailed information on materials/coatings and instrumental configurations are provided.…”
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Persistent Inflammation in Pulmonary Granuloma 48 Years after Talcage Pleurodesis, Detected by FDG-PET/CT by J. C. Fanggiday, R. W. Rouse, S. M. Collard, M. J. de Haas, J. M. H. de Klerk

“…We concluded that, nearly five decades after talcage pleurodesis, there can still be an ongoing inflammation reaction in the pleurae, which can be detected by FDG PET/CT.…”
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Frequency of Positive Surgical Margin at Prostatectomy and Its Effect on Patient Outcome by Kenneth A. Iczkowski, M. Scott Lucia

“…This paper tabulates data from the past decade of studies on margin status.…”
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Inequalities for a Unified Integral Operator via α,m-Convex Functions by Baizhu Ni, Ghulam Farid, Kahkashan Mahreen

“…Recently, a unified integral operator has been introduced by Farid, 2020, which produces several kinds of known fractional and conformable integral operators defined in recent decades (Kwun, 2019, Remarks 6 and 7). The aim of this paper is to establish bounds of this unified integral operator by means of α,m-convex functions. …”
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Uncommon Diseases in Pediatric Age: Commemoration in Cienfuegos of an Essential Event for Cuban Public Health by Jan O´neil González Ramos, Belkis González Aguiar

“…The advances of the last five decades have taken place at the fundamental levels of science and have shown the general outburst of scientific knowledge throughout the world. …”
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Broadband Equivalent Circuit Model for a Coplanar Waveguide Line Loaded with Split Ring Resonators by Victor Sanz, Angel Belenguer, Alejandro L. Borja, Joaquin Cascon, Hector Esteban, Vicente E. Boria

“…Besides, the response of this kind of basic cells can be adjusted with the proposed circuit model in a bandwidth close to a decade.…”
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Development Aid: The Anatomy of a Crisis by Koldo Unceta Satrustegui

“…The study begins with the analysis of some of its symptoms, centers on considerations about transformations that have operated during the last decades and have particularly affected the identity of aid (such as those related to the globalization of economic and social processes) and have affected the validity of the North-South paradigm as an interpretive model of conflicts over development. …”
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Applied brocade in Spain by Ainhoa Rodríguez-López, Fernando Bazeta Gobantes

“…The lack of thorough studies of the significant number of examples of applied brocade found in the last two decades in Spain, originated in 2009 a European PhD thesis with Honours. …”
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Ischaemia with no obstructive coronary arteries: a review with focus on the Asian population by Rodney Yu-Hang Soh, Ting-Ting Low, Ching-Hui Sia, William Kok-Fai Kong, Tiong-Cheng Yeo, Poay-Huan Loh, Kian-Keong Poh

“…Ischaemia with no obstructive coronary arteries (INOCA) has been a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge for decades. Several studies have demonstrated that INOCA is associated with an increased risk of death, adverse cardiovascular events, poor quality of life and high healthcare cost. …”
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Pericardial Effusion due to Infliximab Therapy for Ulcerative Colitis by Muhammad Mirza, Maira Mirza, Vagishwari Murugesan, Arrel Olano

“…Antitumor necrosis factor alpha (anti-TNF alpha) agents such as infliximab are drugs that have been used for the treatment of ulcerative colitis for decades. Infliximab is known to be associated with various adverse effects including anti-TNF alpha induced lupus (ATIL). …”
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Constructing Interculturalism: Education Policy, Cultural Diversity and Inequality in Ecuador by Marta Rodríguez Cruz

“…Together with the discourse of difference, interculturalism has formed part of the political and pedagogical agenda in Ecuador over the past decade. With the intention of deepening the study of the uses and abuses of these discourses in bilingual-intercultural education, we present the results of an ethnographic research project on these issues. …”
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The mist-lining technique: a look into the mechanical performance and the adhesive bond strength of selected lining materials by L. Bertomeu Contreras, L. Fuster López, A. Vicente Escuder

“…This study is intended to evaluate the aspects that govern the adhesion strength of the mist-lining method, a Dutch technique developed in the last decades consisting in spraying an acrylic dispersion a new fabric and its subsequent reactivation by solvent vapours.…”
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The Use of Modified Templates in Early and Advanced Stage Nonseminomatous Germ Cell Tumor by Timothy A. Masterson, Clint Cary

“…The surgical management of both early and advanced stage germ cell tumors of the testis remains a complex process of surgical decision making to maximize oncologic control while minimizing morbidity. Over the past 5 decades, the evolution of the surgical template for retroperitoneal lymphadenectomy (RPLND) has resulted in important modifications to achieve these goals. …”
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