Effect of segregations on mechanical properties and crack propagation in spring steel by B. Žužek, M. Sedlacek, B. Podgornik

“…Considerable efforts have been made over the last decades to improve performance of spring steels, which would increase the service time of springs and also allow vehicles weight reduction. …”
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Granma adolescents´ fertility in the 2015-2020 period by Arelis Rosalen Mora Pérez

“…<p><strong>Background:</strong> Cuban fertility is below replacement, a condition that has been maintained for more than four decades. The values of the adolescent fertility rates do not correspond to the fertility level of the country. …”
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Assessing the Impact of Weak and Moderate Geomagnetic Storms on UK Power Station Transformers by Z. M. Lewis, J. A. Wild, M. Allcock, M.‐T. Walach

“…Abstract It is well documented that space weather can impact electricity infrastructure, and several incidents have been observed in recent decades and directly linked to large geomagnetic storms (e.g., the Hydro Québec incident in 1989). …”
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Learning English in the ‘shadow’: Patterns and implications of English private tutoring in Vietnam by Lan Thi Huong Nguyen, Thao Vu

“…While research in this area has increased in recent decades, there remains a lack of focus on English private tutoring. …”
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Effects of Recycled Aggregate on Concrete Mix and Exposure to Chloride by Ammar Ben Nakhi, Jasem M. Alhumoud

“…Construction and demolition waste has dramatically increased in the last decade, and most of it goes into landfills, increasing the burden on landfill loading and operations. …”
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Animal Experimentation in Basic Research – Current Discussion and Implications of the Latest Jurisprudence in Switzerland by Nicole Lüthi, Katerina Stoykova, Margot Michel

“…Notably, the number of animals subjected to the highest severity grade has doubled within the past decade. Most research animals in Switzerland are currently used in basic research, accounting for nearly 60 percent of all experiments in 2022 and almost 80 percent of the most severe ones. …”
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REVIEW OF CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMICS RESEARCH OUTPUTS IN NIGERIA: TOWARDS A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE by Obuks Augustine EJOHWOMU, Olalekan Shamsideen OSHODI

“…This article aims to unpack the question by evaluating three (3) decades of longitudinal data into construction management and economics research across seven (7) foremost Nigerian universities. …”
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Toward Inculturated Preaching by Michael E. Connors

“…We then turn to a theology of inculturation as it has been developing in recent decades, a theology that frames the interaction of the Christian message with culture in terms of both adaptation and liberation. …”
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Entrepreneurial Tournaments: Towards Disclosing the Rivalry Process Among Corporate Entrepreneurs by Mohammad Zarei

“…During the last three decades, various fragmented studies have been conducted from different standpoints to clarify the process of corporate entrepreneurship (CE). …”
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Mitotic Kinases and p53 Signaling by Geun-Hyoung Ha, Eun-Kyoung Yim Breuer

“…Because of their importance during mitosis and the relevance to cancer, mitotic kinase signaling has been extensively studied over the past few decades and, as a result, several mitotic kinase inhibitors have been developed. …”
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Marché foncier et évolution des usages et des valeurs de la terre agricole à Regueb (Tunisie) by Mathilde Fautras

“…As in many other countries, the Tunisian government has been initiating a politics of individualization of the agricultural land management for several decades. The regime of tribal communal land, which was predominant in the centre and the south of the country, has been replaced by a regime of individual private ownership. …”
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Design and Implementation Guidelines for a Modular Spectral-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography Scanner by Farid Atry, Israel Jacob De La Rosa, Kevin R. Rarick, Ramin Pashaie

“…In the past decades, spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) has transformed into a widely popular imaging technology which is used in many research and clinical applications. …”
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Relapsed childhood T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia and lymphoblastic lymphoma by Andrew D. Hughes, Petri Pölönen, David T. Teachey

“… While outcomes for pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and lymphoblastic lymphoma (LBL) have improved dramatically in recent decades, relapsed and refractory disease remain a significant therapeutic challenge. …”
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Dynamic tracking of objects in the macaque dorsomedial frontal cortex by Rishi Rajalingham, Hansem Sohn, Mehrdad Jazayeri

“…Abstract A central tenet of cognitive neuroscience is that humans build an internal model of the external world and use mental simulation of the model to perform physical inferences. Decades of human experiments have shown that behaviors in many physical reasoning tasks are consistent with predictions from the mental simulation theory. …”
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Projections of Heat Waves Events in the Intra-Americas Region Using Multimodel Ensemble by Moises Angeles-Malaspina, Jorge E. González-Cruz, Nazario Ramírez-Beltran

“…Significant accelerated warming of the Sea Surface Temperature of 0.15°C per decade (1982–2012) was recently detected, which motivated the research for the present consequences and future projections on the heat index and heat waves in the intra-Americas region. …”
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Training and practice for specialist breast nurses in the center for breast diseases (乳腺病诊疗中心乳腺专科护士的培养与实践) by LIAO Yanyan (廖妍妍)

“…The incidence of breast cancer has been increasing over the past decades around the world. This paper reviewed the studies about origins and development of training and practice for specialist breast nurses. …”
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The Arctic and Antarctic Sea-Ice Area Index Records versus Measured and Modeled Temperature Data by Nicola Scafetta, Adriano Mazzarella

“…During the last 7 years the Arctic sea-ice area has stabilized while the Antarctic sea-ice area has increased at a rate significantly higher than during the previous decades; that is, the sea-ice area of both regions has experienced a positive acceleration. …”
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Toward consumer-focused food policies: a toolbox for encouraging the protein transition by Hans Dagevos, Marleen C. Onwezen

“…Particularly shifting to diets lower in meat is key. For several decades, numerous scholars and authoritative organizations have advocated for such a change that is less harmful to human and planetary health. …”
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Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis in Alzheimer’s Disease: An Overview of Human and Animal Studies with Implications for Therapeutic Perspectives Aimed at Memory Recovery by Stefano Farioli-Vecchioli, Valentina Ricci, Silvia Middei

“…Next, we review articles investigating AHN in AD patients and critically examine the discrepancies among different studies over the last two decades. Also, we summarize researches investigating AHN in AD mouse models, and from these studies, we extrapolate the contribution of molecular factors linking AD-related changes to impaired neurogenesis. …”
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Measurement of Quality of Life II. From the Philosophy of Life to Science by Soren Ventegodt, Joav Merrick, Niels Jorgen Andersen

“…It presents an important aspect of our work with the quality-of-life (QOL) concept though the last decade. We have developed the quality-of-life philosophy; the SEQOL, QOL5, and QOL1 questionnaires; the quality-of-life theory; and the quality-of-life research methodology. …”
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