Communication by the South African Reserve Bank by Arnold Segawa

“…In evaluating central bank communications and upon surveying the data, the paper offers empirical evidence about the clarity of the SARB’s MPC meeting statements spanning over two decades, and clearly exhibiting its evolution. This study finds that SARB communications’ Flesch Reading Ease Score Computation is way above and fluctuates more than the Flesch–Kincaid Grade Level Computation, exhibiting a random fluctuation between 2000 and 2015. …”
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Trends in spinal implant utilization and pricing by Gabrielle Lucia Dykhouse, Rachel A. Bratescu, Osama N. Kashlan, McGrath Lynn Jr., Roger Härtl, Galal A. Elsayed

“…Together with implant development over the past decades, these improvements have led to shifts in implant usage. …”
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Quantitative Analysis of Heavy Metals and Organic Compounds in Soil from Deir Kanoun Ras El Ain Dump, Lebanon by Jamilah Borjac, Manal El Joumaa, Lobna Youssef, Rawan Kawach, Diane A. Blake

“…Recently, there has been a worldwide concern regarding soil contamination by heavy metals and organic compounds, especially in the developing countries including Lebanon that has suffered from solid waste mismanagement for decades. Deir Kanoun Ras El Ain is a village in southern Lebanon that possesses one of the country’s worst dumps, and its leachates influx into a running canal that irrigates surrounding agricultural lands. …”
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Extracting chemical food safety hazards from the scientific literature automatically using large language models by Neris Özen, Wenjuan Mu, Esther D. van Asselt, Leonieke M. van den Bulk

“…The number of scientific articles published in the domain of food safety has consistently been increasing over the last few decades. It has therefore become unfeasible for food safety experts to read all relevant literature related to food safety and the occurrence of hazards in the food chain. …”
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The Conditions of Public Opinion Action in Soviet Lithuania by Valdemaras Klumbys

“…Those campaigns were carried out until the ninth decade, but during the rebirth period, they did not make any effect on public opinion. …”
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Design of monolithic concrete foundation slabs with FRP reinforcement by K. L. Kudyakov, A. V. Buchkin

“…Introduction. Over the past decade, the share of concrete structures reinforced with composite polymer reinforcement (FRP) has increased, which is due, among other things, to the development of the regulatory and technical framework in this direction. …”
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Bibliometric analysis of climate research in East Africa: The rise and progress by Mohammed Rady, Ahmed Abdiaziz Alasow, Abdifatah Ahmed Hersi

“…The results reveal a significant increase in the climate research over the past decade, with annual publications rising by over 500%. …”
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A Rapid General Synthesis and the Spectroscopic Data of 2,2′-Bis-(di-isopropylphosphino)-1,1′-dibromoferrocene, (<i>bpdbf</i>), 1,1′,2,2′-Tetrakis-(di-isopropylphosphino) Ferrocene... by Peter N. Horton, Simon J. Coles, William Clegg, Ross W. Harrington, Ian R. Butler

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African Activism Through Pugwash by Nola Dippenaar, Joelien Pretorius

“…National chapters were established in several African countries and over the course of two decades, a Pan-African Pugwash group held at least six meetings and published some of these meetings’ proceedings. …”
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Credit card default prediction using ML and DL techniques by Fazal Wahab, Imran Khan, Sneha Sabada

“…Bank loans have emerged as one of the most recent services offered over the past several decades. Banks typically serve as intermediaries for loans, investments, short-term loans, and other types of credit. …”
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Forecasting of Primary Air Pollutions: Emission Inventory Sample from Turkey by Filiz Dadaşer Çelik, Şükrü Taner Azgın

“…Kayseri is one of the largest cities in Turkey which went through industrialization in recent decades together with rapid population growth. Air pollution from residential, industrial, and transportation sources have been a major problem for Kayseri during this period. …”
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The Prototype of National Projects is the “Health” Program of the Kalmyk ASSR in the 1980s by Margarita V. Baduginova

“…But the problems accumulated over decades in the economy, ecology and social sphere required a more qualitative and serious approach, which was not solved by the creation of formal complex programs. …”
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Invitación al geoturismo. Reflexiones sobre geodiversidad y potencial geoturístico en la Patagonia Argentina. by María de la Paloma Martínez Fernández

“…With an approach sustained by the ideas and progresses achieved along the last decades about sustainable tourism, geosites and geoparks are getting a boost worldwide. …”
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Ecological momentary interventions for mental health: A scoping review. by Andreas Balaskas, Stephen M Schueller, Anna L Cox, Gavin Doherty

“…The original visions of the potential of these "ecological momentary interventions" were presented over a decade ago, and the widespread adoption of smartphones in the intervening years has led to a variety of research studies exploring the feasibility of these aspirations. …”
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Characteristics of Carbonaceous Species of PM2.5 in Chiang Mai City, Thailand by Sawaeng Kawichai, Tippawan Prapamontol, Fang Cao, Wenhuai Song, Yan-Lin Zhang

“…Abstract Over the past decade, biomass burning has significantly elevated PM2.5 levels in upper northern Thailand. …”
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Landslide hazard assessment of an urban agglomeration in central Guizhou Province based on an information value method and SVM, bagging, DNN algorithm by Junhua Luo, Zulun Zhao, Wei Li, Liang Huang, Weiquan Zhao

“…Abstract The urban agglomeration in central Guizhou is located in a crustal deformation area caused by tectonic uplift between the Mesozoic orogenic belt of East Asia and the Alpine-Tethys Cenozoic orogenic belt, with high mountains, steep slopes, fractured rock masses and a fragile ecological environment; this area is the most affected by landslides in Guizhou Province, China. In the past decade, there were a total of 613 medium and large landslide disasters, resulting in 137 deaths and a direct economic loss of 1.032 billion yuan. …”
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Understanding the county-level relationship between population change and ecological environment quality dynamic in China, 2000–2020 by Mingxing Zhong, Qingqing Liu, Xinyue Hu

“…A bivariate local spatial autocorrelation model was applied to pinpoint regions that experienced significant population pressure in China over the past two decades. Results showed that there was a rise in population density, with larger cities attracting more migrants to become residents and EEQ declining in most counties. …”
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Solitary fibrous tumor of the orbit: The importance of the histopathological diagnosis of the hemangiopericytoma pattern by Débora Bertazzo, Simon Trottier, Carolina Santos, Luiza Abreu Minussi, Emily Marcotte, Miguel Noel Burnier

“…Purpose: The diagnoses of solitary fibrous tumor (SFT) and hemangiopericytoma (HPC) have evolved over the past decades. Due to histopathological similarities, they were grouped as the same entity highlighting the complexity of this rare condition. …”
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Chelate compounds and their use for correction of trace element deficiencies in livestock (review) by A. G. Koshchaev, N. E. Gorkovenko, A. V. Kosykh, D. V. Antipova

“…Almost until the 90s of the last century, the conditions associated with trace element deficiency were prevented and treated using inorganic compounds. In recent decades, scientists have synthesized chelate metal compounds using organic carriers, determining the high bioavailability of these compounds and the efficiency that repeatedly exceeds the efficiency of inorganic compounds. …”
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Statistical monitoring of dust phenomenon in Khuzestan province with hourly approach by Parisa Ahadi, Shahriar Khaledi, Mahmoud Ahmadi

“…The seasonal and annual spatial distribution of dust indicates that most of dusty days in all seasons are located in west of province which suggests dominance of external sources as the main source of dust and the importance of topography factor in this area.The Z value spatial analysis suggests high increase of dust event in recent 20 years in southeast, south and central areas of the province and also on last hours of day which demonstrator development of internal sources activities in increasing trend of dust event in recent decades.…”
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