Contexte socio-culturel et écologique des mangroves du Vietnam durant la première moitié du xxe siècle selon Eugène Poilane by Ariadna Burgos, Benoît Carré, Françoise Aubaile-Sallenave, Sovanmoly Hul

“…In the last few decades, the mangroves ecosystems in Vietnam have been strongly affected by various factors: spraying of Agent Orange during the war, monoculture, urbanization, development of intensive shrimp farming, as well as coastal erosion and climate change. …”
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Religious Groups and Their Influence on Interstate Relations (The Case of U.S.-Israel Relations) by I. Istomin

“…Meanwhile, their mobilization in the recent decades became significant aspect of political life both in developing and developed countries. …”
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Alpine Cold Vegetation Response to Climate Change in the Western Nyainqentanglha Range in 1972–2009 by Xu Wang, Ziyong Sun, Ai-Guo Zhou

“…The variation appears to be associated with an increase in mean temperature of 0.05°C per year and an increase in precipitation of 1.83 mm per year in the growing season of the past four decades. The results provide further evidence of alpine ecosystem change due to climate change in the central Tibetan Plateau.…”
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Implementing a Wide-Area Network and Low Power Solution Using Long-Range Wide-Area Network Technology by Floarea Pitu, Nicoleta Cristina Gaitan

“…In recent decades, technology has undergone significant transformations, aimed at optimizing and enhancing the quality of human life. …”
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MITIGATING STRATEGIES OF THREATS TO QUANTITY SURVEYING PROFESSION IN THE NIGERIAN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY by Lekan Ojo, Bolarinwa Ibrahim, Ayodeji Oke, Akinsanmi Akindeinde

“… Quantity surveying (QS) profession had faced numerous challenges in recent decades than when it was first introduced in developing countries. …”
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Bengal: From a Periphery to the Heartland of South Asia by Csaba M. KOVÁCS

“…Though West Bengal and especially the great urban agglomeration of Kolkata remains one of India’s most important industrial and commercial zones and is quickly developing today, the region was for decades lagging behind other states, while Kolkata lost its primacy (behind Delhi and Mumbai) among the great cities of India. …”
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The Association of Metabolic Syndrome and Urolithiasis by Yee V. Wong, Paul Cook, Bhaskar K. Somani

“…There has been an increasing prevalence of kidney stones over the last 2 decades worldwide. Many studies have indicated a possible association between metabolic syndrome and kidney stone disease, particularly in overweight and obese patients. …”
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An Analysis of the Impact of the Oil Boom on Agriculture and Agricultural Research in Northern Nigeria, 1970-1987 by Sunday Moses Adebayo ALOKO

“…The current imports of over $10 billion of food stuffs and other agricultural products to make up for the shortfalls only serve to demonstrate the scale of the crises. In the first decade of the country's independence, however, food was in abundance and was also the major source of foreign earnings. …”
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Hope in Action: Resilience and Adaptation to Climate Change at the Municipal Level in Massachusetts by Camille Washington-Ottombre, Una Soleil Elizabeth Fonte, Irina Jameron, Amandine Océane Lacroix

“…Whereas in many parts of Massachusetts municipalities had experienced a slow decline and abandonment by the state for decades, the MVP provided a new meaning to journey into an uncertain future characterized by climate change. …”
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The Effect of Rail Fastening System Modifications on Tram Traffic Noise and Vibration by Stjepan Lakušić, Ivo Haladin, Maja Ahac

“…Tram system is a backbone of public transportation in the City of Zagreb. In the last decade, its fleet has been renewed by 142 new low-floor trams. …”
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Two New Species of Microbothrium (Monogenea: Microbothriidae) Parasitic on Japanese Squalids (Elasmobranchii: Squaliformes) by Masato Nitta, Shogo Ota

“…Microbothrium Olsson, 1869 (Monogenea: Monopisthocotylea) is the type genus of Microbothriidae and presently comprises three accepted species that parasitize squaliform sharks. More than seven decades have passed since the species affiliated with this genus was last reported. …”

Molecular Imaging of IGF-1R in Cancer by Yingying Sun PhD, Xilin Sun PhD, Baozhong Shen MD, PhD

“…In this review, we will summarize the current status of IGF-1R molecular imaging in cancer, in which 5 major classes of ligands that have been developed for noninvasive IGF-1R molecular imaging will be discussed: natural ligands, monoclonal antibodies, antibody fragments, affibodies, and small molecules. For decades, IGF-1R molecular imaging is studied in full swing and more effort is needed in the future.…”
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Spatiotemporal patterns of commercial activities in Exarchia-Neapoli area by Ioanna Chatzikonstantinou, Stavroula Katsiampoura

“… The focus of this paper is the analysis of spatio-temporal patterns of commercial activities in the area of Exarchia-Neapoli, in Athens, during the last decade. A significant downturn during the financial crisis has left its mark on commerce along with all other sectors of the economy in Greece. …”
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Emerging Pollutants in Moroccan Wastewater: Occurrence, Impact, and Removal Technologies by Yassine Jari, Nicolas Roche, Mohamed Chaker Necibi, Souad El Hajjaji, Driss Dhiba, Abdelghani Chehbouni

“…The rapid growth of anthropogenic activities in recent decades has resulted in the appearance of numerous new chemical compounds in the environment, known as “emerging pollutants” (EPs) or “contaminants of emerging concern” (CECs). …”
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Durability of carbon dioxide removal is critical for Paris climate goals by Cyril Brunner, Zeke Hausfather, Reto Knutti

“…The scientifically recognized definition of Carbon Dioxide Removal requires removed atmospheric CO2 to be stored “durably”; however, it remains unclear what is meant by durably, and interpretations have varied from decades to millennia. Using a reduced-complexity climate model, here we examined the effect of Carbon Dioxide Removal with varying CO2 storage durations. …”
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Oligodendroglial heterogeneity in health, disease, and recovery: deeper insights into myelin dynamics by Pieter-Jan Serneels, Julie D. De Schutter, Lies De Groef, Lieve Moons, Steven Bergmans

“…Decades of research asserted that the oligodendroglial lineage comprises two cell types: oligodendrocyte precursor cells and oligodendrocytes. …”
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Social Reality in Discourse of «Objectification Turn» by I. V. Katerny

“…Since the late 7 970s - early 1980s a large body of research has been under way to discern social manifestations of physical space and to perceive the social role of objects within - from familiar utility devices to frightening nature disasters. Recent decades of social change feature the transformation of initially non-social substance (material objects, virtual images, cyber-messages, as well as natural disasters) into active modulators of social processes. …”
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The 2020 IDS Release of the Antwerp COR*-Database. Evaluation, Development and Transformation of a Pre-Existing Database by Sam Jenkinson, Francisco Anguita, Diogo Paiva, Hideko Matsuo, Koen Matthijs

“…The sample spans nearly seven decades. The data is collected from historical records: including population registers and vital registration records covering births, marriages, in/external migrations and deaths. …”
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Electromagnetic Fields, Oxidative Stress, and Neurodegeneration by Claudia Consales, Caterina Merla, Carmela Marino, Barbara Benassi

“…As people are continuously exposed to EMFs in everyday life, it is a matter of great debate whether they can be harmful to human health. On the basis of two decades of epidemiological studies, an increased risk for childhood leukemia associated with Extremely Low Frequency fields has been consistently assessed, inducing the International Agency for Research on Cancer to insert them in the 2B section of carcinogens in 2001. …”
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Role of myositis-specific autoantibodies in personalized therapy by Anand N Malaviya, Sanjiv Kapoor

“…The discovery firmly placed inflammatory muscle diseases among the group of systemic rheumatic autoimmune diseases. Over the next four decades, a large number of additional MSAs have been discovered in this group of patients called “idiopathic inflammatory myopathy” (IIM). …”
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