Primary Screwworm Cochliomyia hominivorax (Coquerel) (Insecta: Diptera: Calliphoridae) by Phillip E. Kaufman, Samantha M. Wisely, Jennifer L. Gillett-Kaufman

“…The pest poses a serious threat to all warm-blooded animals, including livestock, pets, and people, and it cost the US livestock industry billions of dollars before it was finally eradicated decades ago. This 5-page fact sheet provides more information about this dangerous pest and how to spot it, as well as what to do and whom to contact if you suspect an infestation in your livestock, pets, or in a wild animal. …”
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MONITORING OF RIVERBANKS AS A PART OF STATE MONITORING OF WATER BODIES: CURRENT STATE AND DEVELOPMENT PROSPECTS by Danila I. Shkolnyi, Aleksandr S. Zavadskiy

“…In the last decade, a program of state monitoring of water bodies has been implemented in Russia, aimed at collecting and summarizing relevant information on the state of rivers, lakes, and reservoirs. …”

Prevalence and Associated Factors Related to Tobacco Consumption Among University Students in Malaysia by Chui Yi Chow, Md Zobaer Hasan, Anton Abdulbasah Kamil

“…Moreover, alternative tobacco and nicotine products (ATNPs) are growing in popularity, especially among young adults in the past decade. The study aimed to determine the prevalence and associated sociodemographic factors of tobacco consumption among university students. …”
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L’Algérie « post-décennie noire » : de l’imposition de l’impunité à la revendication d’une justice transitionnelle by Morgane Jouaret

“…This contribution proposes to look back at the process of “national reconciliation” after the black decade in Algeria (1992-1999) in order to analyze the co-construction of memorial narratives by institutional and associative actors. …”
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Food resilience and adaptation on the move: the importance of fostering studies on the Romani local knowledge systems by Andrea Pieroni, Naji Sulaiman, Mousaab Alrhmoun

“…A preliminary study on Romani domestic food and home (plant) remedies was conducted via 106 interviews in Turin, Rome, and Naples during the past fifteen years among urban Romani community members (who migrated to Italy from Romania and Serbia approximately three decades ago). By examining Romani’s local food knowledge systems, this research highlights the importance of food ritual practices for preserving identity, fostering resilience, and bridging cultural divides; however, the data also show the plastic adaptability of Romani practices. …”
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Florida Peaches: A Perfect Snack by Joy N. Rumble, Kara Harders, Kathryn Stofer

“…In 1952, a stone fruit breeding program started at the University of Florida with a goal of breeding trees which would produce peaches and nectarines to grow in Florida (Olmstead, Chaparro, Anderson, Williamson, & Ferguson, 2016). In recent decades, horticulturalists have developed peach varieties requiring fewer chill hours. …”
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ANALYSIS OF MEDICAL CARE IN EUROPEAN PRISONS IN THE LIGHT OF THE ECTHR JURISPRUDENCE by Florin PROCA

“…With the increase of humanity's interest in preserving bodily integrity for as long as possible, medical studies at the physical level as well as those at the psychological level have intensified, and medical innovations have appeared that have reached unimaginable limits just a few decades ago, states began building more hospitals and medical centers while pouring more money into the health care system. …”
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Deciding the Destiny of World War II Refuges from Lithuania by Vygintas Bronius Pšibilskis

“…Having settled in free and democratic countries after emigration, for long decades, the exiles promoted the ideas of Lithuanianism and independence. …”
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Exposure of cerebellar granule cells to nanosilver: Oxidative stress parameters and the protective effect of exogenous glutathione by Lidia Struzynska, Beata Toczylowska, Beata Dabrowska-Bouta, Elzbieta Zieminska

“…In recent decades, the production of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) has shown exponential growth. …”
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New Wine in Old Wine Skins: Wesleyan Methodism within the Contemporary Religious Market Place in Kenya by Alice Muthoni Mwila

“…They include religious commodification that has been developing and infiltrating Christian churches in the last three decades, the Pentecostal spirituality, mass and social media influence, spiritual lethargy and “quick fix mentality,” Africanization of Christianity campaigns, and MCK structures. …”
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Analysis of Soil-Vegetation Interrelationships in a South-Southern Secondary Forest of Nigeria by D. D. Eni, A. I. Iwara, R. A. Offiong

“…PCA result showed that exchangeable sodium, organic matter, cation exchange capacity, exchangeable calcium, and sand content were the major soil properties sustaining the regenerative capacity and luxuriant characteristics of the secondary forest, while tree size and tree density constituted the main vegetation parameters protecting and enriching the soil for its continuous support to the vegetation after decades of anthropogenic disturbance (food crop cultivation and illegal logging activities) before its acquisition and subsequent preservation by the Cross River State government in 2003. …”
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Effect of granular waste compact disc on bond strength between steel bars and surrounding concrete by Barzan Omar Mawlood, Sanaa Ismael Khaleel, Ahmed Heidayet Mohammad

“…In recent decades, researchers have tried to use waste materials as a partial or complete replacement of the gravel ingredients of concrete to reduce environmental impact. …”
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Mobilizing Ordinary People for the Sake of the Environment: Challenges of Urban Activists within Clientelistic Conditions in Lebanon by Lyne Jabri

“…The context is Lebanon, where many urban and environmental initiatives have been sprouting in the last decade. In this difficult context, what strategies can urban and environmental activists use to make a case for the stewardship of the environment? …”
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Cultivated and Fallow Land in the Highlands of Cañar (Ecuadorean South Andes): Effects of Farmer Emigration on an Agrarian Landscape by Michel Vaillant, Marc Oswald

“…In the high Andes valley of Cañar, the speed and extent of the movement seemed, in many ways, to be the precursory signs of an exodus and of the environment’s return to nature. A decade later, the agrarian landscape reveals a strange paradox: some sections of the landscape, apparently abandoned to wilderness, suggest a progressive decline in agriculture, whereas others suggest the progression of a fodder front to higher altitudes. …”
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Ovarian Epithelial Cancer Stem Cells by Irena Conic, Irena Dimov, Desanka Tasic-Dimov, Biljana Djordjevic, Vladisav Stefanovic

“…The last decade witnessed an explosion of interest in cancer stem cells (CSCs). …”
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Les partis politiques égyptiens dans la révolution by Clément Steuer

“…Consequently, they did not attempt to challenge the regime and remained on the sidelines of the protest movements that proliferated over the past decade. Finally, the parties excluded from the system owe nothing to the political nucleus and were thus the most interested in a change in regime. …”
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On Typical Flaws of the Transformer Models for Inrush Current Evaluation by Serhii Zirka, Yurii Moroz

“… For many decades, the main, if not the only, equivalent circuit of a single-phase transformer was its T-model. …”
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Role of Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue in the Pathogenesis of Insulin Resistance by Pavankumar Patel, Nicola Abate

“…Burden of obesity has increased significantly in the United States over last few decades. Association of obesity with insulin resistance and related cardiometabolic problems is well established. …”
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Molecular–Genetic Imaging: A Nuclear Medicine–Based Perspective by Ronald G. Blasberg, Juri Gelovani Tjuvajev

“…Molecular imaging is a relatively new discipline, which developed over the past decade, initially driven by in situ reporter imaging technology. …”
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Effect of Hydrologic Alteration on the Community Succession of Macrophytes at Xiangyang Site, Hanjiang River, China by Na Yang, Yehui Zhang, Kai Duan

“…With the intensification of human activities over the past three decades in China, adverse effects on river ecosystem become more serious especially in the Hanjiang River. …”
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