Nanocomposites for extrinsic self-healing polymer Materials: A comprehensive review of their repair behaviour by Arunima Verma, Kumud Bhushan, Harwinder Singh

“…The ability of self-healing materials to detect damage and “autonomously” repair it has garnered significant attention in recent decades. This review explores the critical role of nanomaterials and nanostructures in enhancing the healing process, owing to their extensive surface area, abundant functional groups, and unique properties. …”
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A Historical Approach to the Mirror Neuron System by Palacios-Sánchez, Leonardo, Botía, Inés, Palacios-Espinosa, Ximena

“…Introduction: Three decades after the discovery of mirror neurons (MN), interest in understanding their function as a system persists, and their impact on neuroscience, biology, medicine, and psychology continues to consolidate. …”
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Differing Pattern of Ambulatory Blood Pressure in Very Elderly Men Expresses Dynamics in Atherosclerotic Load in the Senescence by Arkadiusz Siennicki-Lantz, Sölve Elmståhl

“…Higher ABPM reflects instead an increasing CBP and aggravating atherosclerosis during the preceding decade in that part of the cohort with previously favorable risk factor status.…”
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Bilateral Anterior and Intermediate Uveitis with Occlusive Vasculitis as Sole Manifestation of Relapse in Multiple Sclerosis by Angelica Pedraza-Concha, Karin Brandauer, Alejandro Tello, Carlos Mario Rangel, Christian Scheib

“…76-year-old female patient, with past medical history of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis manifested by retrobulbar optic neuritis in both eyes with an interval of one year between the first episode in the left eye and the one in the right eye and after three decades of remission, who consulted due to bilateral blurred and foggy vision. …”
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The knowledge mapping of traditional Chinese medicine for hepatocellular carcinoma: A bibliometric study by Wenya Pei, Boyu Jiao, Zexiong Chen, Jingchun Zeng, Yancheng Fu, Zhanmou Liang, Baoguo Sun, Jingwen Ruan, Shijun Zhang

“…Methods: To summarize the research landscape of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in relation to HCC over the past decade, publications on TCM and HCC from 2013 to 2023 were collected and analyzed using CiteSpace software. …”
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Inflammatory pathways and anti‐inflammatory therapies in sickle cell disease by Karina Tozatto‐Maio, Felipe A. Rós, Ricardo Weinlich, Vanderson Rocha

“…Inflammation stands as a prominent characteristic of SCD. Over the past few decades, the role of different cells and molecules in the regulation of the inflammatory process has been elucidated. …”
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Analyzing the Probability of Key Recovery in the Differential Attacks Against ChaCha by Nitin Kumar Sharma, Sabyasachi Dey

“…Subsequently, various enhancements have been made to this attack over the last few decades. These improvements are essentially refinements to the probabilistically neutral bit-based attack approach. …”
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Development of Anti-VEGF Therapies for Intraocular Use: A Guide for Clinicians by Pearse A. Keane, Srinivas R. Sadda

“…Angiogenesis is the process by which new blood vessels form from existing vessel networks. In the past three decades, significant progress has been made in our understanding of angiogenesis; progress driven in large part by the increasing realization that blood vessel growth can promote or facilitate disease. …”
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Replacement income and informal commerce during the COVID-19 pandemic in Huancayo, Peru by Patrick Clark, Aparicio Chanca-Flores, Susan Vincent

“…It is concluded that the focus on economic formalization of the last decades of financial liberalization are not considered advantages that informal activities offer in relation to formalization. …”
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A Technocratic Way? Elite-led Democratic Innovations Within Conservative Parties by Gema Sánchez Medero, F. Ramón Villaplana

“…We identify the key organizational innovations introduced by the PP in the last decade and evaluate the impact of its digitalization on intra-party democracy. …”
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Fire-driven disruptions of global soil biochemical relationships by Guiyao Zhou, Nico Eisenhauer, Zhenggang Du, Manuel Esteban Lucas-Borja, Kaiyan Zhai, Miguel Berdugo, Huimin Duan, Han Wu, Shengen Liu, Daniel Revillini, Tadeo Sáez-Sandino, Hua Chai, Xuhui Zhou, Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo

“…Fire generally decreases soil C, has non-significant impacts on total N, while it increases the contents of inorganic N and P, with some effects persisting for decades. The impacts of fire are most strongly negative in cold climates, conifer forests, and under wildfires with high intensity and frequency. …”
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Critical Review of John Rawls's Theory of Justice with Emphasis on the Scope and Definition of Justice by Mohammad Nemati

“…Rawls, in the Theory of Justice, has tried to answer all three questions, and the same integrity makes Rawls' theory of justice, among remarkable ideas of justice in recent decades. In this paper, while introducing the general structure of the book and a brief reconstruction of his theory, criticisms of the book, with emphasis on two factors - the scope and the definition of justice - in Rawls theory, are discussed.…”
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The social costs of pesticides: a meta-analysis of the experimental and stated preference literature by Elvia Rufo, Roy Brouwer, Pieter van Beukering

“…Abstract Pesticide use poses major public health risks and raises environmental concerns globally. We synthesize three decades of stated preferences and experimental approaches that estimate the social costs of pesticide use through consumer and farmer willingness-to-pay (WTP) to prevent or reduce the risks involved. …”
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Analysis of solar photovoltaic module parks in Ukraine: Forecasting their further operation and end-of-life management by Karpash Maksym, Yavorskiy Andriy, Zhovtulia Liubomyr, Vasechko Valentyn

“…Despite only actively developing over the past decade, solar energy accounts for over 5% of Ukraine’s total electricity generation, ranking it 8th in Europe for installed PV capacity. …”
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In Vitro Systems for the Study of Hepatitis C Virus Infection by Garrick K. Wilson, Zania Stamataki

“…Consequently, host cell receptor molecules that potentiate HCV infection were identified over a decade after the virus was discovered. A summary of the various HCV in vitro culture models, their advantages, and disadvantages are described.…”
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A critical review on the health promoting effects of mushrooms nutraceuticals by Gaoxing Ma, Wenjian Yang, Liyan Zhao, Fei Pei, Donglu Fang, Qiuhui Hu

“…Extensive elucidations focusing on the efficient health promoting properties and high nutritional values of mushrooms have been expanded dynamically from the past few decades. Due to its high quality of proteins, polysaccharides, unsaturated fatty acids, mineral substances, triterpenes sterols and secondary metabolites, mushrooms have always been appreciated for their vital role in protecting and curing various health problems, such as immunodeficiency, cancer, inflammation, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, hypercholesterolemia and obesity. …”
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Systematology, theoretical psychology and the epistemology of psychology: a framework for analyzing the systems of psychology by Catriel Fierro, Ornella Bruna, Laureano Brisuela Blume

“…Secondly, international, regional and local debates that have taken place in the last decades regarding systematology as curricular content in psychologists' education are described. …”
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Assessment of Freeze-Thaw in Romania by Arion Cristian, Vacareanu Radu, Aldea Alexandru, Arion Andrei, Pavel Florin

“…Due in part to political participation, the study of severe climate and weather conditions has attracted a lot of attention in recent decades. However, there has been insufficient focus on the historical climate monitoring data. …”
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Gamify to persuade: A systematic review of gamified sustainable mobility by Simone Bassanelli, Riccardo Belliato, Federico Bonetti, Martina Vacondio, Federica Gini, Lorenzo Zambotto, Annapaola Marconi

“…The increasing need to address climate change has intensified efforts to promote green transportation options, such as cycling and public transit. Over the past few decades, gamification—the integration of game-like elements into non-game contexts to motivate and engage people in adopting new behaviors—has emerged as a strategy to encourage the use of sustainable transportation. …”
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Barriers to timely diagnosis and management of breast cancer in Africa: Implications for improved outcomes by Roland Muyisa, Emile Watumwa, Judith Malembe, Jacques Wahangire, Ghyslaine Kalivanda, Apollinaire Saa Sita, Soly Kamwira

“…This systematic review aims to identify factors delaying BC diagnosis and treatment, evaluate management outcomes, and highlight the contributing pathways.The study thoroughly searched electronic databases for articles on breast cancer in Africa, focusing on publications in English or French from the past decade. Independent reviewers screened the articles, extracting relevant data according to PRISMA guidelines.Barriers to early detection and management in Africa include poor symptom recognition, limited awareness, financial constraints, fear of diagnosis, and reliance on traditional medicine. …”
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