Domestic Preparedness for Trade in Services Liberalization: Are East African Countries prepared for Further Trade Liberalization? by BAGUMHE, Elias Peter

“…Services are the fastest growing sectors in the global economy. Over the past decades East African countries have witnessed even faster growing rates of the share of trade services in their GDPs. …”
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Inflammatory Characteristics of Stenotic Aortic Valves: A Comparison between Rheumatic and Nonrheumatic Aortic Stenosis by Lars Wallby, Thora Steffensen, Lena Jonasson, Mats Broqvist

“…Although our comprehension of nonrheumatic aortic stenosis (NRAS) has increased substantially during the last decade, less is known about the histopathology of rheumatic aortic stenosis (RAS). …”
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System Dynamics Modeling Can be Leveraged to Predict Critical Care Pathways and Costs for End Stage Renal Disease: US Population to 2020 by Luca Fernandez, Christopher Koliba, Asim Zia, Katharine Cheung, Richard Solomon, Christopher Jones

“…Patients can be shifted to more effective treatments, while planning integrating systems thinking can save Medicare’s ESRD program billions over the next decade.…”
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Recent results of molecularphylogenetic studies of endemic invertebrates inhabiting Lake Baikal by D. Yu. Sherbakov, M. V. Kovalenkova, O. O. Maikova

“…This review deals mostly with the results obtained during last two decades by means of molecular phylogenetics. The main common features found to date include, first of all, a relatively young age of the most recent common ancestor of the majority of species flocks. …”
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Truly emergent? A critique of ‘third space’ in cross-cultural context by Michael Begun

“…By theorising the emergence of third space from the activity of these so-called ‘third space professionals’, Whitchurch implicitly relies upon a concept first developed several decades earlier in cultural theory. Most notably, Homi K. …”
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On the Issue of Foreign Policy Activities of Buddhists of the USSR in the Context of the Religious Policy of the Soviet State (1950s–1970s) by Alexey V. Gorbatov

“…At present, when there is an intensification of cultural exchanges, political and economic contacts between Russia and Asian countries, it may be useful to study the experience of the history of relations between Buddhist organizations of different countries in international non-governmental organizations in the post-war decades. The purpose is to study some details of the international activities of the Buddhist clergy in the 1950s–1970s, namely: the features of interaction between Soviet state bodies and the Central Spiritual Administration of Buddhists and some aspects of the history of the participation of Soviet Buddhists in international non-governmental organizations. …”
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Hydrological Drought Analysis using Streamflow Drought Index (SDI) in Ethiopia by Kassa Abera Tareke, Admasu Gebeyehu Awoke

“…Ethiopia faced many horrible severe drought events in the last few decades. Even though there are some drought-related studies in the country, most of the investigations were focused on meteorological drought analysis. …”
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Rural land-use change key stakeholders network analysis in Shahriyar county, Iran by sara sadeghizadeh ghavi fekr, asghar tahmasebi, farhad azizpour

“…Population growth and the need for economic and social services have accelerated the demands for land and its manipulations over the recent decades. The contribution of policies and interventions of different stakeholders in land change is not adequately addressed in previous studies. …”
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Socio-philosophical analysis of education as the basis of the social and investment model of the strengthening of the statehood, social identity and elite of Kyrgyzstan by Amantur Aidaraliev, Mukhtarbek M. Madaliev

“…The developed social and investment model will allow the Kyrgyz Republic to adopt the status of great power and to reach the leading positions in Central Asia in the Decade of Action.…”
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Measuring Nurses’ Satisfaction in Primary Health Care Centers at Khartoum, Sudan by Yahya Hussein Ahmed Abdalla

“… Background: The primary healthcare sector has experienced significant growth globally, and the nursing workforce has also expanded in recent decades in response to health system reforms. This study aims to assess job satisfaction among primary healthcare nurses in Khartoum, Sudan. …”
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A Potential Role of MicroRNA in the Renal Cancer and Its Tumor Microenvironment by Daniel Chikere Ali, Siva Bharath Merugu

“…Despite significant advancements in therapeutic strategies over recent decades, treatment outcomes for ccRCC patients remain suboptimal. …”
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Tumor Size as a Critical Prognostic Factor in T1-2 Stage Esophageal Cancer by Zilong Wu, Bentong Yu

“…Tumor size has been measured in esophageal cancer for decades, but the role of tumor size in relation to T stage in the prediction of survival is still underappreciated. …”
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Espaces publics et mixité culturelle, pour un renouvellement du tourisme tunisien by Saloua Toumi, Roland Vidal

“…The economic efficiency of that choice, which resulted in the definition of coastal zones entirely devoted to tourism, has proved itself for several decades – up to the point that the economy of tourism has become one of the main sources of income for the country. …”
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Doctrine of the revival of Russia as a political basis of development of the institute of presidency in democratic transit: new moments by V. V. Tyan

“…The establishment of the presidency institute in 1991 marked the country’s transition to a democratic path of development. In the first decade, this task was carried out. In the content of Russia’s political reforms since the 2000s, it is possible to emphasize the solution of the problems of strengthening and developing the institute of presidency. …”
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Medical and social domains of ageing research in Singapore (2008–2018): a scoping review by Chen Hee Tam, Elaine Qiao Ying Ho, Sumali Subhashini Hewage, Shilpa Tyagi, Gerald Choon Huat Koh

“…Conclusion: While ageing research had expanded in Singapore in the last decade, it was predominantly discipline specific and observational in design. …”
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Navigating global fashion policy: labor, environment, and future directions for sustainability by Meital Peleg Mizrachi

“… In the past decade, numerous policies and regulations have emerged to promote sustainable fashion, addressing both environmental and social issues across textile, clothing, footwear, and leather value chains. …”
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Entropic imprints on bioinformatics by Ismail Mageed

“…Indeed, the steering hand of entropy in Bioinformatics was arguably in question for many decades until the start of the exploratory era of depicting the phenomenal applicability of entropy in interdisciplinary fields of human knowledge, especially Bioinformatics. …”
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Development of the Voluntary Accreditation for Study Programmes in Russia by O. A. Matveeva

“…The paper dwells on the following trends in the development of independent accreditation procedures: 1) during the current decade the accreditation process is gaining momentum, which is characterized by the growth of number of accreditation organizations as well as educational institutions interested in obtaining accreditation; 2) the state supports and encourages the development of the independent accreditation system for quality assurance in higher education; 3) the voluntary accreditation enables educational organizations to get an independent assessment of study programmes and thus to receive “a bonus” before a state accreditation procedure; 4) the database of External Quality Assurance Reports (DEQAR) becomes a preferred instrument for higher education institutions, whereas they are interested in raising their transparency related to the quality of study programmes and their competitiveness in the global educational space.…”
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Information needs research in Russia and Lithuania, 1965-2003 by Elena Maceviciute

“…The development of the concept of information user needs in Russia and Lithuania is followed through several decades as well as the understanding of its origins, structure and typologies. …”
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Identifying the key components of social support for patients living with type 2 diabetes: A protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis of type 2 diabetes social support in... by Reda Madroumi, Lisa Newson, Frederick Kanayo Umeh, Helen Poole, Andrew Jones

“…The number of T2D cases is expected to keep rising during the next decade. Committing to the treatment to manage this condition makes participants feel a burden of emotions making them require emotional support from caregivers or close ones. …”
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