Epidemiological Trends in Asthma by Malcolm R Sears

“…Many markers of asthma morbidity have shown substantial increases over the past two decades, including family physician visits, use of anti-asthma medications, emergency room visits and hospital admissions. …”
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Financial and Sovereign Debt Crises: Some Lessons Learned and Those Forgotten by Carmen M. Reinhart, Kenneth S. Rogoff

“…As we document, this claim is at odds with the historical track record of most advanced economies, where debt restructuring or conversions, financial repression, and a tolerance for higher inflation, or a combination of these were an integral part of the resolution of significant past debt overhangs.…”
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Filosofía de la historia, utopías y proyecto de los Pasajes en Walter Benjamin: algunas claves teórico metodológicas by Alejandro Casas

“…Some significant elements of Walter Benjamin’s philosophy of history are presented, based on his conceptualization of historical time and a particular configuration between past, present and future, from his messianic perspective and with a focus on utopias. …”
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Trajectoires de vulnérabilité des territoires ruraux dans les Andes d’Équateur : une analyse comparative by Nasser Rebaï, Julio A. Alvarado Vélez

“…Finally, the work done over the past three years provides an opportunity to take stock of the negative effects of the “modernizing” project of the primary sector in Ecuador and, through the comparison of several local situations, to characterize the extension of the trajectory of vulnerability of Andean rural territories.…”
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Researching youth voices on Comprehensive Sexuality Education: A literature review of qualitative studies by Carolina Trivelli Diaz

“…The past decades have seen an increase in the design and implementation of sexuality education programs deemed comprehensive within formal schooling. …”
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Microbes from Peat Swamp Forest — The Hidden Reservoir for Secondary Metabolites? by Kuan-Shion Ong, Vengadesh Letchumanan, Jodi Woan-Fei Law, Catherine M. Yule, Sui-Mae Lee

“…Antimicrobial resistance is a significant threat to the healthcare sector. For the past century, there has been a decline in the discovery of new antibiotics. …”
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Prevalence and Predictors of Post-traumatic Stress Symptoms among Uyghurs Abroad by Semire Erkuygur, Sena Akbay-Safi, Ibrahim Senay

“…The data were collected between October and November 2022 through an online self-report survey including a demographic Information Form, Harvard Trauma Questionnaire (HTQ-5) and several questions about current events related to past traumatic experiences and social interaction. …”
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Underdiagnosis of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Rationale for Spirometry as a Screening Tool by R Andrew McIvor, Donald P Tashkin

“…The debate on spirometry as a screening tool has been raised and dropped on various occasions over the past 30 years. This paper readdresses the debate in the light of recent evidence from population studies. …”
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Az integráció hatása az EU tagországok külkereskedelmére - vizsgálatok gravitációs modellel (Impacts of the Integration on Trade of EE Members - A Gravity Model Approach) by Ildiko Virag-Neumann

“…The objective of this dissertation is to review the recent empirical literature on gravity models, highlight best practices and provide an overview of EU integration effects on international trade as reported by relevant gravity model-based studies over the past decade. Examining the trade prospects for the new European Union (EU) member states is an important issue in the context of European eastward enlargement and greater economic integration with its immediate neighbours. …”
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Des trésors personnels by Élise Marcia

“…In order to describe their costume, the women of Arles put forward several values, at the same level: their historic value, that is the knowledge of the trajectory of the object seen as bearing witness to the past; the relational value, which corresponds to the object carrying traces of a relationship with the ancestors and former owners of the costume; and personal values, the object evoking the tastes, the itinerary and the qualities of the woman of Arles who owns it today. …”
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Patent portfolios and Patent Assertion Entities: antitrust issues and future perspective under the Unified Patent Court by Pietro Cappabianca

“…Intellectual property rights protection plays a main role in the current economy since it allows companies to monetize efforts and investments in research and development through the patent system. However, in the past years antitrust authorities found themselves in front of a tangled question: the strategic use of patents in order to unlawfully prolong the protection time and, by so doing, to exclude competitors from the market. …”
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Hierarchical Bayesian Spatio-Temporal Modeling for PM10 Prediction by Esam Mahdi, Sana Alshamari, Maryam Khashabi, Alya Alkorbi

“…Over the past few years, hierarchical Bayesian models have been extensively used for modeling the joint spatial and temporal dependence of big spatio-temporal data which commonly involves a large number of missing observations. …”
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A Study of Supplier Selection Method Based on SVM for Weighting Expert Evaluation by Li Zhao, Wenjing Qi, Meihong Zhu

“…The results show that it is feasible to classify the past evaluation data of the evaluation experts by the SVM classification model, and the expert weights determined on the basis of the evaluation credibility of experts are adjustable.…”
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Enhanced Multi-UAV Path Planning in Complex Environments With Voronoi-Based Obstacle Modelling and Q-Learning by Wenjia Su, Min Gao, Xinbao Gao, Zhaolong Xuan

“…This approach ensures the generation of collision-free paths for multiple UAVs, as validated by simulation results that showcase the algorithm’s effectiveness in learning from past training data. The proposed method offers a robust framework for practical UAV trajectory generation in complex environments.…”
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TINU: A Multisystemic Inflammatory Disorder—Case Report and Literature Review by Juan Montejo-Hernández, Jorge Rico-Fontalvo, Jose Cabrales, Shuchi Anand, María Cristina Martínez-Ávila, Claudia Duran-Merino, Luis Arias-Restrepo, Camilo Andrés Gómez Duran

“…We report a 24-year-old male without any past medical history, diagnosed with bilateral uveitis and azotemia. …”
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SCIENCE POLICY IN SPAIN: NATIONAL PROGRAMMES AND PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF SCIENCE by V. M. Novikova

“…Finally, we investigate the Spanish people perception of the science as a whole, the introduction of new technologies and the sources of material support to scientific research. In conclusion, the past 10years have seen active steps of the Spanish authorities improve the legislation in the field of science in order to ensure the effective implementation of innovation and enhance the overall competitiveness of the country in the international arena. …”
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Antologizando a Nação: antologias literárias brasileiras, identidade e ideologia no Estado Novo (1937-1945) by Paula Candido Zambelli

“…This new entity, characterized by a strong intratextuality, forms a sort of anthological mosaic cemented by the discourse of the nation, thus revealing more about its own time than about a past it pretends to illustrate.…”
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Políticas de abastecimento sustentável da alimentação escolar: transição e estratégias de territorialização na metrópole de Paris by Morgane Retière, Paulo Eduardo Moruzzi Marques

“…This article examines the leeway of municipal governments in transitioning to more sustainable urban food systems through school meal policies. Over the past years, legislative frameworks have multiplied concerning sustainable school food procurement as a means to bolster alternative agricultures (local, organic, family farming). …”
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Candidate Species for Florida Aquaculture: Gulf Killifish, Fundulus grandis by Shane W. Ramee, Joshua T. Patterson, Cortney L. Ohs, Matthew DiMaggio

“…Methods for culturing this species have improved in the past decade. This 6-page fact sheet describes the new methods and some strategies to give producers greater control of reproduction, larval growth, and survival. …”
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Broadband availability in metropolitan and non-metropolitan Pennsylvania by Lawrence E. Wood

“…Over the past few years having a broadband connection has become essential for many Internet activities. …”
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