Contemporary urbanization in the Brazilian Amazon: food markets, multisited households and ribeirinho livelihoods by Tatiana Schor, Gustavo S. Azenha, Estevan Bartoli

“…The past decade witnessed important changes in the Amazon region. …”
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In Search of Lost Weather: Temporal Reflexivity and Ecological Awareness in Participatory Performance by Jamie Harper

“…This article argues that temporal reflexivity in participatory performance practices can support the agency of participants by inviting them to compare past and future imaginings to inform creative action in the present. …”
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A Systematic Literature Review of Online Peer Feedback: Uncovering the Current Situation in EFL Setting by Sibakhul Milad Malik Hidayatulloh

“…The findings reveal that over the past decade, the practices of online peer feedback in EFL have become increasingly diverse, extending beyond specific educational levels. …”
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DNA methylation: a cause and consequence of type 2 diabetes by Mirang Kim

“…Because metabolic intermediates are key factors of DNA methylation and demethylation, perturbations in metabolic homeostasis can trigger alterations in cell-specific patterns of DNA methylation and contribute to disease development, including type 2 diabetes (T2D). During the past decade, genome-wide DNA methylation studies of T2D have expanded our knowledge of the molecular mechanisms underlying T2D. …”
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Facial recognition payment is cool: coolness, inspiration, and customer continuance intention to use facial recognition payment by Wei Gao, Ning Jiang, Qingqing Guo

“…Abstract Facial recognition payment (FRP), a new method of contactless payment, has attracted considerable attention over the past few years. However, the research on this topic remains nascent. …”
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Val d’Hérens (Suisse) : une histoire des transitions (touristiques) manquées by Marjolaine Gros-Balthazard, Caterina Franco, Anouk Bonnemains

“…Based on a case study of the Val d’Hérens in the Swiss Valais and adopting a diachronic perspective, this article examines the factors behind three phases of past tourism transformations, which we propose to view as territorial transitions. …”
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Popular culture and the 'crisis of masculinity' by Jennifer Lemon

“…New erotosized Images have made their appearance, and men are Imaged as sex objects in a way that only women were represented In the past. However, the question arises as to what these Images mean, and whether or not they represent any change In the patriarchal status quo In Western societies. …”
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Systematization of scientific approaches in the contemporary motivation system and staff incentives by A. J. Bonyani

“….), which have occurred several times over the past twenty years, and under these conditions, managers and business leaders are forced to change approaches and make changes to existing employees’ motivation systems. …”
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Kulturní dějiny? Kulturní dějiny! by Milena Lenderová

“… The study focuses on the research into the place of everyday life in the context of cultural history, summarizing the notion and definition of culture, development of cultural history from the 18th century up to the discussion of European historiography that began in the 60s' of the past century. Semiotic (symbolic) determination of culture based on social (cultural) anthropology is a methodology background of the everyday life history. …”
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Elphick, Richard, The Equality of Believers. Protestant Missionaries and the Racial Politics of South Africa by J. J. Kritzinger

“…It gives not only a strong line of argument on the expressed theme, but also provides a wealth of (to me, at least) previous less known details about some of the main actors who played a significant role in the shaping of present and past ideologies in South Africa. In that sense it can also almost serve as an encyclopaedia, a Who’s Who of the South African racial debate (for which the 21 page Index is of great value). …”
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Management of Musculoskeletal Manifestations in Inflammatory Bowel Disease by Tejas Sheth, C. S. Pitchumoni, Kiron M. Das

“…Newer mechanisms driving gut associated arthropathy have surfaced in the past decade and have enhanced our interests in novel treatment targets. …”
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Process Knowledge Graphs (PKG): Towards unpacking and repacking AI applications by Enrico Daga

“…In the past years, a new generation of systems has emerged, which apply recent advances in generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) in combination with traditional technologies. …”
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Impact of Changes in Accounting Standards in Debt Ratios of Firms: Evidence in Brazil by André Aroldo Freitas de Moura, Antônio Carlos Coelho

“…This result is consistent with past literature in Europe, Australia and New Zealand. …”
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Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate): Promising biomaterial for bone tissue engineering by Dariš Barbara, Knez Željko

“…Cardiovascular patches, scaffolds in tissue engineering and drug carriers are some of the possible biomedical applications of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate). In the past decade, many researchers examined the different physico-chemical modifications of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) in order to improve its properties for use in the field of bone tissue engineering. …”
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La recomposition des savoirs au Maghreb à l’époque de la coopération by Jean-Robert Henry

“…More generally, the mission of serving development was conceived in new world time as somehow an echo of the civilizing mission of the past. Yet, despite its limitations and its excesses, “cooperation” may have facilitated the advent of decolonization such that half a century later, European policy was not able to place its relations with the South into a context dominated by cultural reductionism. …”
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Rhinovirus-Induced Exacerbations of Asthma and COPD by Marc B. Hershenson

“…Over the past two decades, increasing evidence has shown that, in patients with chronic airways disease, viral infection is the most common cause of exacerbation. …”
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Natural minerals mixture for enhancing concrete compressive strength by Abdoullah Namdar

“…The result is due to the development of new minerals under high temperature condition in mineral mixture and also kaolin-bentonite additive change cement past crystal and lead to enhancement of nano structural cement bonding.…”
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Archaeological exploration of fortresses and Cossack settlements of the Lower Don, Turkish Azak of the 17th - 18th centuries: a brief historiographical sketch by Klimova K.I.

“…Interest in the study of fortifications, including fragments of Modern times firearms with wick and flint ignition batteries, and other necessary attributes of the daily life of the paramilitary population of the studied region has been increasing over the past thirty years. This interest is accompanied by new findings of flintlocks details and numerous rifle flints in the cultural layers of fortresses and forts of the Lower Don of the 17th – 18th centuries, resulted of archaeological excavations. …”
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The big chill: Growth of in situ structural biology with cryo-electron tomography by Mikhail Kudryashev

“…This perspective highlights cryo-ET with my eyes as a junior researcher and my view on the present and past developments in hardware and software for in situ structural biology with cryo-ET.…”
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Les révolutions arabes entre césures et remembrances : tiers-mondisme, question palestinienne et utopies chiliastiques by Nicolas Dot-Pouillard

“…However the break appears to be relative : indeed a singular unresolved dialectic also seems to emerge between these different elements, where the past may sometimes serve as a reference updated in the face of “newness” whose contours and divides are gradually taking shape.…”
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