Dynamic Analysis and Prediction of Ecological Footprint of Water Resources in the Pearl River Delta Region by NIU Yachao, LUO Zhu, WANG Qiang, FU Zhijun, XU Chengyi

“…The ecological footprint of water resources per capita at a GDP of 10,000 yuan shows a decreasing trend over the years, and the ecological footprint of water resources per capita in this region exhibits a stable decreasing trend over the next decade. These research findings can provide decision-making insights for water resources sustainability and mitigation of ecological pressure in this region in the future.…”
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Return Strategies of Competing E-Sellers: Return Freight Insurance vs. Return Pickup Services by Qiyuan Li, Yanli Fang, Yan Chen

“…Over the past decade, return freight insurance (RFI) and return pickup services (RPSs) have emerged as dominant return service strategies in e-commerce, particularly in China’s competitive online retail market. …”
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Imaging Characterization Lumbar Disk Hernia in Operated patients. by Enrique Hernández Padrón, Félix Dueñas Ros

“…The patients of the third and fourth decade of life were the most affected, with a prevalence of the protruded hernia in the L5-S1 y L4 -L5 spaces. …”
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Development of p-y Curves of Laterally Loaded Piles in Cohesionless Soil by Mahdy Khari, Khairul Anuar Kassim, Azlan Adnan

“…The research on damages of structures that are supported by deep foundations has been quite intensive in the past decade. Kinematic interaction in soil-pile interaction is evaluated based on the p-y curve approach. …”
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The United States and the Events of 1965–1966 in Indonesia by E. N. Glazunova, A. S. Manykin

“…These bloody events opened the most active phase of change of power in Indonesia, marked the beginning of the ‘new order’ period, and paved the way to the 1968 ouster of the President Sukarno, whom the United States had long been displeased with, and the ascension to power of the General Suharto, who would rule the country for the next three decades. Despite the fact that Indonesia faced a severe domestic political conflict, involment of external actors, primarily the United States, has never been questioned by the historians. …”
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« Leprous literature » : le modèle de la transmission contesté par les théories esthétiques d’Oscar Wilde by Carole Delhorme

“…The critical reception of the first publication of The Picture of Dorian Gray in 1890 was no exception, as is shown by an article published in the Daily Chronicle: ‘[It] is a tale spawned from the leprous literature of the French Decadents—a poisonous book, the atmosphere of which is heavy with the mephitic odour of moral and spiritual putrefaction’. …”
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Reimagining recruitment: traditional methods meet AI interventions- A 20-year assessment (2003–2023) by Aaradhana Rukadikar, Komal Khandelwal, Uma Warrier

“…This research shows a substantial change in talent acquisition strategies over the previous two decades. While tried and tested, traditional hiring practices have encountered several obstacles, such as lengthy manual screening processes, biases, and restricted access to a diverse candidate pool. …”
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The humanistic and societal impact of obesity in Japan: a targeted literature review by Wataru Ogawa, Palvi Gupta

“…Despite public efforts, rates of obesity have not decreased over the past decade. To better understand its societal impact, we examined the economic, quality of life (QoL), and complications burden of obesity in Japan. …”
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Antigen-Induced Immunomodulation in the Pathogenesis of Atherosclerosis by Natalia Milioti, Alexandra Bermudez-Fajardo, Manuel L. Penichet, Ernesto Oviedo-Orta

“…The present review summarises the most important scientific findings published within the last two decades on the importance of antigens, antigen stimulation, and adaptive immune responses in the development of atherosclerotic plaques.…”
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Significance of the modular approach for independent work of students when studying grammar of a foreign language at non-language university by Yuliya S. Elagina, Kseniya S. Oparina

“…In recent decades, through the introduction of a degree structure in higher education, Russia is highly integrated into the world socio-economic, information, educational and cultural space.Increased interaction with foreign partners implies that young professionals have sufficiently high level of knowledge of foreign languages. …”
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Twenty years of gender equality research: A scoping review based on a new semantic indicator. by Paola Belingheri, Filippo Chiarello, Andrea Fronzetti Colladon, Paola Rovelli

“…Gender equality is a major problem that places women at a disadvantage thereby stymieing economic growth and societal advancement. In the last two decades, extensive research has been conducted on gender related issues, studying both their antecedents and consequences. …”
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E. coli Meningitis Presenting in a Patient with Disseminated Strongyloides stercoralis by Juliana B. Gomez, Yvan Maque, Manuel A. Moquillaza, William E. Anicama

“…A 43-year-old Hispanic man, with history of travelling to the jungle regions of Peru and Brazil two decades ago, and who received prednisone due to Bell’s palsy for three weeks before admission, presented to the Emergency Department with diarrhea, fever, and hematochezia. …”
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The Spartan King Leonidas I: History and modern times by E.A. Tchiglintsev, N.A. Shadrina

“…In the second half of the 20th century and in the first decade of the 21st century, the image of the King Leonidas I in art to greater extend turns to the purposes of entertainment (Valerio Manfredi's novel, Rudolph Mate's movie, and especially the graphic novel by Frank Miller and the cinematographic movie by Zack Snyder titled “300” adapted from it). …”
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CONSUMERS` ATTITUDES TOWARD SOCIAL MEDIA AND TARGETED ADVERTISING IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC by Martin Golob, David Štadáni, Šimon Bolek

“…Social media has tremendously impacted consumers and businesses in the last decade. This relatively new communication channel breaches boundaries year after year in what it can do for its users, no matter the side they are on. …”
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Strength Characteristics of Cement Treated and Expanded Polystyrene Mixed Lightweight of Waste Soil from the Construction Site of a Yangtze River Bridge in China by Weihua Lu, Jianyun Wang, Yongxing Zhang

“…In the past decades, the speed and scale of Chinese infrastructure construction have been enormous, and the resulting construction waste is also quite amazing, which has become a huge threat to environmental protection. …”
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Operating Voltage and Frequency Regime Validation of Grid Code Requirements in South Africa by Gideon D. Joubert, Atanda K. Raji

“…South Africa first implemented rolling blackouts known as load shedding to protect the integrity and maintain stability of their ailing electrical grid over a decade ago. Since then, load shedding has become a daily occurrence, which South Africa plans to alleviate through the addition of grid-connected renewable generation. …”
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Targeted Sanctions: a Tool of Foreign Policy, Unfair Competition or Global Social Engineering? by L. L. Fituni

“…Through the recent decades, the use of asymmetric and hybrid measures in international relations has acquired a qualitatively new scale and system. …”
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A SmartPLS4-based CB-SEM confirmatory factor analysis: A case of speaking needs for Chinese business English undergraduates by Ke Hu, Asmaa Alsaqqaf

“…Over the past decade, there has been an increasing emphasis on English for Specific Purposes (ESP) within China’s higher education language programs. …”
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The study of the regulatory region of the Drosophila melanogaster Notch gene by new methods of directed genome editing by O. V. Andreyenkov, E. I. Volkova, N. G. Andreyenkova, S. A. Demakov

“…Studies of the regulatory zone of the Notch gene in D. melanogaster have been conducted for several decades. We review their results and methods. The regulatory zone of the Notch gene is in the region of open chromatin state that corresponds to the 3C6/3C7 interband on the cytological map of polytene chromosomes of D. melanogaster salivary glands. …”
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Using the Nonuniform Dynamic Mode Decomposition to Reduce the Storage Required for PDE Simulations by Brenton T. Hall, Ching-Shan Chou, Jen-Ping Chen

“…There have been many model reduction techniques that have been proposed and utilized over the past three decades. Two of the most popular techniques are the Proper Orthogonal Decomposition and Dynamic Mode Decomposition. …”
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