Development of Assistive Robots Using International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health: Concept, Applications, and Issues by Hideyuki Tanaka, Masahiro Yoshikawa, Eimei Oyama, Yujin Wakita, Yoshio Matsumoto

“…Many assistive robots for elderly and disabled people have been developed in the past few decades. However, very few of them became commercially available. …”
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Identification of a Novel Primary Atopic Disorder due to STAT6 Gain-of-Function Mutations by Safa Barış, Talal A. Chatila

“…Over the course of the past decades, this area of research has witnessed significant progress in describing numerous monogenic disorders. …”
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The Impact of COVID-19 on Hungarian Freight Transport by Huszárik Erika Seres, Mura Ladislav, Farkas Iván Zsolt

“…The logistics and transport sector has experienced unprecedented growth over the past decade. It is one of the most dynamically developing business sectors. …”
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The role of gut microbiota and its metabolites short-chain fatty acids in food allergy by Chen Chen, Chenglong Liu, Ke Zhang, Wentong Xue

“…Emerging evidence indicated that the increase in food allergy (FA) over the past few decades was associated with the abnormal compositional and metabolic changes of gut microbiota. …”
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Design Criteria of Soft Exogloves for Hand Rehabilitation-Assistance Tasks by Juana-Mariel Dávila-Vilchis, Juan C. Ávila-Vilchis, Adriana H. Vilchis-González, LAZ-Avilés

“…This research consists in identifying, selecting, and grouping SEG features based on the analysis of 91 systems that have been proposed during the last decade. Thus, function, mobility, and usability criteria are defined and explicitly discussed to highlight SEG design guidelines. …”
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Proteomic Analyses of the Vitreous Humour by Martina Angi, Helen Kalirai, Sarah E. Coupland, Bertil E. Damato, Francesco Semeraro, Mario R. Romano

“…Historically, many studies have investigated levels of individual proteins in VH from healthy and diseased eyes. In the last decade, proteomics analyses have been performed to characterise the proteome of the human VH and explore networks of functionally related proteins, providing insight into the aetiology of diabetic retinopathy and proliferative vitreoretinopathy. …”
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Pegmatite lithium deposits formed within low-temperature country rocks by Jinsheng Zhou, Qiang Wang, He Wang, Jinlong Ma, Guanhong Zhu, Le Zhang

“…Abstract The global climate crisis is likely to lead to a potential supply risk of lithium (Li) over the coming decades. More than half of the world’s production of Li is derived from Li-bearing pegmatites. …”
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The Logical Relationship between Religion and Applied Sciences: A Critical Book Review by Malek Shojaei Jeshvaghani, Seyyed Mohammadtaghi Movahhed Abtahi

“…Although more than two decades have passed since the publication of the first edition of The Logical Relationship between Religion and Applied Sciences, this book is still one of the most coherent and accurate works, showing the position of this intellectual current. …”
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Neural network analysis for hotel service design in Madrid: the 3Ps methodology and the frontline staff by Javier De Esteban Curiel, Mª Luisa Delgado Jalón, Sandra Flores Ureba, José Ángel Rivero Menéndez

“…Traditional tools of experience management have been implemented by hotel management in the last decades in order to fulfil the requirements of customer experiences. …”
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Eliminating racial and ethnic disparities in behavioral health care in the U.S. by Hoa B. APPEL, Phuoc D. NGUYEN

“…This is particularly evident in the Latino community where decades of research has been conducted. We propose a close examination of the three key issues in the struggle to eliminate obstacles to care: universal approach, insurance coverage, and diversifying the behavioral health care workforce. …”
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Florida Pest Management Industry Economic Contributions Report by Hayk Khachatryan, Xuan Wei, Christa D. Court

“…The market share concentration of the Florida pest management industry has increased due to consolidation during the past decade, but the general concentration within the industry has remained relatively low. …”
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Blending 2D topography images from the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission into the altimeter constellation with the Level-3 multi-mission Data Unification and Altime... by G. Dibarboure, C. Anadon, F. Briol, E. Cadier, R. Chevrier, A. Delepoulle, Y. Faugère, A. Laloue, R. Morrow, N. Picot, P. Prandi, M.-I. Pujol, M. Raynal, A. Tréboutte, C. Ubelmann

“…In contrast, some research domains and applications require consistent multi-mission observations, such as the Level-3 ocean products provided by the Data Unification and Altimeter Combination System (DUACS) for almost 3 decades and with 20 different satellites. In this paper, we describe how we extended the Level-3 algorithms to handle SWOT's unique swath-altimeter data. …”
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What is New and Innovative in Emergency Neurosurgery? Emerging Diagnostic Technologies Provide Better Care and Influence Outcome: A Specialist Review by Athanasios K. Zisakis, Vassilios Varsos, Aristomenis Exadaktylos

“…The development of emergency medical services and especially neurosurgical emergencies during recent decades has necessitated the development of novel tools. …”
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Investigating the Changes in the Nature of Tropical Cyclones Due to Climate Change by Mehriar Ali Mohammadi, Mohammad Pakhireh Zan, Saeedeh Kharazmi

“…Also, models predict that as the Earth warms in the coming decades, some regions will experience an increase in the rate of intensification, a poleward shift of the geographic latitude of the maximum intensity, or a decrease in tropical cyclone forward motion. …”
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ASSESSMENT OF CRITICAL BARRIERS TO TENDER PRICE INDICES DEVELOPMENT IN THE GHANAIAN BUILDING INDUSTRY by Ernest KISSI, Theophilus ADJEI-KUMI, Peter AMOAH, Emmanuel BOATENG BANNOR

“… The development of the tender price indices (TPI) in developed countries expands to over some decades in terms of its application. In contrast, these indices are not available in developing countries owing to the fact that their development is constrained by some perceived critical barriers. …”
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Preparation, Characterization, and Analytical Application of Ramipril Membrane-Based Ion-Selective Electrode by Hassan Arida, Mona Ahmed, Abdallah Ali

“…The electrodes based on these materials provide near-Nernestian response (sensitivity of 53±0.5–54±0.5 mV/concentration decade) covering the concentration range of 1.0×10-2–1.0×10-5 mol L−1 with a detection limit of 3.0×10-6–4.0×10-6 mol L−1. …”
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Programmable quantum circuits in a large-scale photonic waveguide array by Yang Yang, Robert J. Chapman, Akram Youssry, Ben Haylock, Francesco Lenzini, Mirko Lobino, Alberto Peruzzo

“…Abstract Over the past decade, integrated quantum photonic technologies have shown great potential as a platform for studying quantum phenomena and realizing large-scale quantum information processing. …”
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Successful Treatment of Benign Insulinoma by Transcatheter Angioembolization by Maria Iriarte-Durán, MD, Jose Teleche-Loaiza, MD, Alberto Rosero-Guerrero, MD, Edgar Folleco-Pazmiño, MD, Andrés García-Trujillo, MD, Guillermo Guzmán-Gómez, MD

“…Background/Objective: Evidence on the efficacy and safety of minimally invasive treatment for insulinoma has increased over the past decade to the point of becoming a recommendation in clinical practice guidelines for the management of this type of neuroendocrine tumor. …”
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First experience of participation in post-Soviet parliamentary elections in Nizhny Novgorod region: pages of political history by Ya. S. Zanozina, V. M. Plitkina, A. A. Fomenkov

“…A number of conclusions are drawn regarding the political sympathies of residents of different administrative-territorial units of the Nizhny Novgorod region in the first half of the last decade. A kind of Nizhny Novgorod «red belt» is defined geographically, consisting of the southern districts of the region, as well as several districts of the north and east of the region, where voters mostly supported the left. …”
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Interpreting Myocardial Enzymatic Biomarkers in the Setting of Acute Myocardial Infraction AMI by Khawla A. Kasar, Maha H. Al-Bahrani, Ahmed A. Mohsin

“…The most fatal diseases in the world are known to be those involving the cardiovascular system. Over the past decade, biochemical marker testing are an important step in the diagnosis, and management of heart failure and in lowering one's risk of developing cardiovascular disease. …”
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