EVOLUTIONARY MULTITASKING: A NEW OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUE by Lại Thị Nhung, Nguyễn Thị Hòa, Phạm Văn Hạnh, Lê Đăng Nguyên, Lê Trọng Vĩnh

“…In the last decades, evolutionary algorithms (EAs) have been successfully applied to solve various optimization problems in science and technology. …”
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Genetic Polymorphisms: A Novel Perspective on Acute Pancreatitis by Yong Chen, Chao Lian Xie, Ran Hu, Cheng Yi Shen, Mei Zeng, Chang Qiang Wu, Tian Wu Chen, Chen Chen, Meng Yue Tang, Hua Dan Xue, Zheng Yu Jin, Xiao Ming Zhang

“…Acute pancreatitis (AP) is a complex disease that results in significant morbidity and mortality. For many decades, it has compelled researchers to explore the exact pathogenesis and the understanding of the pathogenesis of AP has progressed dramatically. …”
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Growth Factors and Anticatabolic Substances for Prevention and Management of Intervertebral Disc Degeneration by Umile Giuseppe Longo, Stefano Petrillo, Edoardo Franceschetti, Nicola Maffulli, Vincenzo Denaro

“…Intervertebral disc (IVD) degeneration is frequent, appearing from the second decade of life and progressing with age. Conservative management often fails, and patients with IVD degeneration may need surgical intervention. …”
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Vernuwing in die kerklied: die Liedboek van die Kerk (2001) by E. C. Kloppers

“…Many new hymnals were published in the past decades. A new hymnal in Afrikaans, Liedboek van die Kerk, was also taken into use during 2001. …”
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Technology as an enabler of a new ecosystem responsive urbanism. Interview with Caro Ratti (CRA Studio) by Giorgia Tucci, Carlo Ratti Associati

“… In recent decades, the growing awareness of the exhaustibility of our planet’s resources has placed sustainability at the centre of current global policies that, to cope with the complex international situation, have set goals for sustainable development, promoting actions that provide ecological, digital and social innovation. …”
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Dioxazolones as electrophilic amide sources in copper-catalyzed and -mediated transformations by Seungmin Lee, Minsuk Kim, Hyewon Han, Jongwoo Son

“…Over the past decade, dioxazolones have been widely used as N-acylamide sources in amidation processes of challenging substrates, typically employing precious transition metals. …”
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L’eau potable pourrait-elle devenir un bien commun ? by Rémi Barbier, Bernard Barraqué, Cécile Tindon

“…In France, the hegemony of drinking water considered as a commodity has been disputed for two to three decades by a rather heterogeneous set of associations and coalitions supporting its replacement by an alternative conception, that of drinking water as a “common good”. …”
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Hereditary Neuropathy with Liability to Pressure Palsy Presenting with Hand Drop in a Young Child by Inês Sobreira, Cátia Sousa, Ana Raposo, M. Rita Soares, Ana Soudo, Ana Isabel Dias

“…Clinically, it presents with painless pressure palsies, typically in the 2nd and 3rd decades of life, being a rare entity in childhood. …”
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A review of Suicide Behavior Among Arab Adolescents by Mohammed Morad, Efrat Merrick, Amir Schwarz, Joav Merrick

“…In this paper we present a review of research from Israel showing that suicide epidemiology among the Arab population of children and adolescents display a low incidence, but an increase has been observed over the past decade, but still much lower than the Jewish population. …”
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Digit Tip Injuries: Current Treatment and Future Regenerative Paradigms by Travis J. Miller, Peter L. Deptula, Gregory M. Buncke, Zeshaan N. Maan

“…Over the past several decades there has been a profound increase in the understanding of tissue regeneration, driven largely by the observance of the tremendous regenerative capacity in lower order life forms, such as hydra and urodeles. …”
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Planting Southern Pines in Florida by Elysia Lewis, Michael Andreu, Chris Demers

“… Florida landowners have contributed vastly to the Southeast’s planting of pines over many decades; recent incentive programs across the state have encouraged further interest. …”
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Synchronous primary aneurysmal bone cysts: A rare case report and literature review by Noori Al Kadhim, DO, Akinyemi A Akintayo, MD, Alexander Ree, MD, Pedram Rezai, MD

“…Aneurysmal bone cysts (ABCs) are rare benign osteolytic tumors which occur most frequently within the first two decades of life and can lead to pathological fractures. …”
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Bilan de quarante ans de recherches ethnobotaniques en Nouvelle-Guinée, dans la vallée du fleuve Sepik by Christian Coiffier

“…I will briefly retrace my career and the encouragement I received, mainly from André-Georges Haudricourt, Jacques Barrau, Georges Condominas, and Serge Bahuchet. After spending a decade working on the conservation of ethnographic objects, I am bitterly aware of the insufficient recognition of the importance of ethnobotany for a better understanding of these objects, within some major museum institutions.…”
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Extensive Presentation of Central Ossifying Fibroma Treated with Conservative Surgical Excision by Matheus Henrique Lopes Dominguete, Alexandre Augusto Sarto Dominguette, Bruno Henrique Matos, Paulo Roberto Dominguete, Jorge Esquiche León, Lucinei Roberto Oliveira

“…Central ossifying fibroma is a benign slow-growing tumor of mesenchymal origin and it tends to occur in the second and third decades of life, with predilection for women and for the mandibular premolar and molar areas. …”
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Common Arthropod Pests in Blackberries and Pomegranates in Florida by Chastity Perry, Hugh Smith, Zhanao Deng, Sriyanka Lahiri

“… Blackberry and pomegranate are growing in importance as alternative crops in Florida. In the past decade, blackberry production in Florida increased from 64 acres in 2007 to 173 acres in 2017.  …”
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A Survey of Methods for Gas-Lift Optimization by Kashif Rashid, William Bailey, Benoît Couët

“…This paper presents a survey of methods and techniques developed for the solution of the continuous gas-lift optimization problem over the last two decades. These range from isolated single-well analysis all the way to real-time multivariate optimization schemes encompassing all wells in a field. …”
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Evaluación con perspectiva de género: aprendizajes de la cooperación británica y sueca by Julia ESPINOSA FAJARDO

“…Gender equality was introduced into international development evaluation two decades ago. Over these years, there have been different experiences in incorporating gender issues into the evaluative exercises. …”
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Resistance mechanisms to immune checkpoint inhibitors: updated insights by Besan H. Alsaafeen, Bassam R. Ali, Eyad Elkord

“…Abstract The last decade has witnessed unprecedented succusses with the use of immune checkpoint inhibitors in treating cancer. …”
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Critical Elements on International Aid in Colombia’s Magdalena Medio by Edgar Alberto Zamora Aviles

“…The study proposes some critical elements on international aid, in particular on European aid, in the Magdalena during the first decade of the 21st century. Beginning with the observation that capital flows of international development aid are not politically neutral and are conditioned by the geopolitical and geo-economic interests of donors, we maintain that aid in this region has contributed to the consolidation of new capitalist spaces in favor of global accumulation and in detriment the proposals for territorial development that the communities in this region have constructed. …”
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L’aménagement flexible de la classe : le point de vue d’enseignantes du primaire au Québec by Mylène Leroux, Léna Bergeron, Sylvain Turcotte, Geneviève Deschênes, Jonathan Smith, Catherine Malboeuf-Hurtubise, Jessica Riel, Julie Bergeron, Félix Berrigan

“…Despite a growing interest for flexible classrooms in this past decade, few studies have been initiated to investigate this strategy. …”
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