Exercise-Induced Neuroplasticity in Parkinson’s Disease: A Metasynthesis of the Literature by Hanna Johansson, Maria Hagströmer, Wilhelmus J. A. Grooten, Erika Franzén

“…Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder for which there is currently only symptomatic treatment. During the last decade, there has been an increased interest in investigating physical exercise as a neuroprotective mechanism in PD. …”
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Water loss in transit in an intermittent river in brazilian semi-arid by Cristian Epifanio Toledo, Emanuelly de Moura Silva Almeida, Alexandre Vicente Lopes Neto, Thályta Lharyssa Gonçalves Rodrigues Gonçalves Rodrigues Silva, Filipe Augusto Rodrigues Santos

“…When this contact occurs, the river and aquifer are considered to be hydraulically connected. In recent decades, there has been great interest in trying to to improve understanding of the interactions occuring between superficial and subterranean water systems. …”
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Cerium(III)-Selective Membrane Electrode Based on Dibenzo-24-crown-8 as a Neutral Carrier by Susheel K. Mittal, S. K. Ashok Kumar, Harish K. Sharma

“…It works well over a wide Ce(III) ion-concentration range of 1x10-5 M to 1x10-1 M with a Nernstian slope of 19.0 mV/decade and a detection limit of 3x10-5 M. It has a fast response time of 20 seconds and has an average lifetime of four months. …”
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Almodóvar’s Baroque Transitions in the Early Films (1980–1995) by Frederic Conrod

“…This paper seeks to focus exclusively on the rise of the director’s style in the last two decades of the 20th century that corresponds to Spain’s problematic and somewhat tragic transition from dictatorship to democracy and explore the ‘Baroque transitions’ that led Almodóvar to national, European and international recognition prior to the obtention of the Academy Awards he received for “All about my mother” in 2000. …”
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Measurement properties of instruments to assess insight in psychosis: A systematic review protocol. by Hadar Hazan, Melissa C Funaro, Vinod H Srihari

“…Historically, the absence of insight was considered a defining characteristic of psychosis, but recent decades have seen the development of structured tools for its assessment. …”
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Helicobacter pylori Infection and Hepatobiliary Pathology by S. V. German, I. P. Bobrovnitsky

“…The aim of this review is to analyze and systematize data on the effect of Helicobacter pylori infection on hepatobiliary diseases.Background.  Over the past two decades, a growing number of studies have been devoted to the possible involvement of H. pylori infection in the extragastric pathology. …”
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Russian Arctic in the Contours of the Maritime Doctrine of the Russian Federation by Sergey Yu. Kozmenko, Arina S. Kozmenko

“…During the decade of implementation of strategic planning in modern Russian reality, planning imperatives have also been introduced into the processes of geo-economic and political development of the Arctic, defining the system of goals and functional dominance of this geostrategic region, in particular, in medium-term perspective of budget policy implementation in 2024 and for the planning period of 2025 and 2026 [1]. …”
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Review and comparative analysis of strength criteria for modelling non-linear behaviour of concrete by G. I. Rempel, A. M. Budarin, A. P. Dolgikh, A. A. Kamzolkin, V. N. Alekhin

“…Introduction. In recent decades, numerical methods for calculating concrete and reinforced concrete structures have developed significantly, taking into account the physically nonlinear behavior of the material. …”
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Identity and Socio-Political Self-Determination of the Ewe People in Ghana and Togo by Nikolay A. Medushevskii

“…In the 1970s, the confrontation was in an acute phase, but in recent decades it has passed into a latent phase. As showed a sociological survey conducted in the two countries, the Ewe certainly recognize the presence of their cultural and linguistic identity, but there is no commonality of political goals today, although ethnic identity is an effective tool for political speculation on the topic of regional stability.…”
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Nuclear energy consumption, low-carbon transition and factor productivity in South Korea by Muhammad Yousaf Raza, Yingchao Chen

“…(ii) Four decouplings were found under the five-year economic planning, in which weak and expansive decoupling was seen in the majority; however, the current decade provides strong decoupling with efficient nuclear energy productivity, presenting that nuclear energy is the leading source in the economic development. …”
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German Policy Towards Muslim Communities by L. R. Sadykova

“…The past two-three decades can be characterized by the period of global migration and sharp jump of migratory streams is connected with globalization and with the economic factor, generating labor movement behind resources from Third World countries to the countries with deficiency of labor. …”
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AI-Enhanced Robotic Process Automation: A Review of Intelligent Automation Innovations by Sadia Afrin, Shobnom Roksana, Riad Akram

“…The rapid technological growth in recent decades due to the integration of robust technologies and automation have led to the rise of digital services and the emergence of Industry 4.0. …”
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Gender (im)balance in the Russian cinema: on the screen and behind the camera by Xenia Leontyeva, Olessia Koltsova, Deb Verhoeven

“…We collected a unique dataset (N=1285) of all films released during the pre-pandemic decade (2008-2019) in Russia – at that time the largest European cinema market. …”
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Dynamic Stiffness Measurements of Road Pavements by Means of Impact Hammer in a Non-Resonant Configuration by Matteo Bolognese, Erica Greco, Francesco Bianco, Gaetano Licitra

“…The empirical measurement of pavement stiffness, and in particular, its frequency spectrum (dynamic stiffness), is not easy to determine, and only in the last decade have studies emerged about this subject. In these works, two different instrumental chains are employed as follows: the impact hammer one and the dynamic exciter (shaker) one, which has established itself over time as a reference. …”
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Identifying and prioritizing the factors affecting the increase of earthquake risk in worn-out urban areas with a combined approach of fuzzy Delphi technique and BMW model by Ehsan Arkani, Hossein Hatami Nejad, Soheil Qare

“…This situation has become more acute in countries with dangerous natural structures, including Iran, in recent decades. Exhausted urban tissues, as the main boiling point of a city, reflect the identity of that city, and are vulnerable to natural disasters, especially unstable earthquakes. …”
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A Review on the Parameters Affecting the Mechanical, Physical, and Thermal Properties of Natural/Synthetic Fibre Hybrid Reinforced Polymer Composites by DO Bichang’a, FO Aramide, IO Oladele, OO Alabi

“…There have been increased research interests towards natural/synthetic fibre hybrid composites in the past two decades (2001–2021) to overcome the identified limitations of natural fibres. …”
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Kay Boyle and Caresse Crosby: Devoted Friendship by Linda HAMALIAN

“…Boyle’s senior by ten years, Caresse was Kay’s confidante, an older, wiser sister of sorts. Over the next four decades, however, the relationship between them balanced out as Boyle’s reputation flourished as a writer and social activist, and Crosby made great efforts to promote world peace while she continued to support the work of numerous artists and writers. …”
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Translation and Validation of Oral Health Impact Profile-49 Questionnaire for use in Hindi-Speaking Population by Neha Kwatra, Jasneet Sudan, Girish M. Sogi, Sami Ahmed

“…Context: The subjective dimension of oral health has become a focus area for healthcare researchers in last decades. There has been an increase in scales measuring the self-perceived oral health outcomes. …”
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Primary Gliosarcoma of the Cerebellum in a Young Pregnant Woman: Management Challenges and Immunohistochemical Features by Marco Meloni, Salvatore Serra, Giulia Bellisano, Nikolaos Syrmos, Sanjeeva Jeyaretna, Mario Ganau

“…Similar to other high-grade gliomas, GS affects mainly adults in the 5th-7th decade of life and presents a higher incidence in males. …”
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Evolution of CFD numerical methods and physical models towards a full discrete approach by Caltagirone, Jean-Paul

“…The first consequence is the need to extend these notions in a multidimensional space by establishing a global inertial frame of reference in order to project the variables there. In recent decades, the emergence of methodologies based on differential geometry or exterior calculus has changed the point of view by starting with the creation of entangled polygonal and polyhedral structures where the variables are located. …”
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