EVALUATION AND ANALYSIS OF THE SUSTAINABLE WASTE-TO-ENERGY SYSTEM PERFORMANCE FOR THE POULTRY FARM by Xuejun QIAN, Yulai YANG, Raghulkumar CHANDRASEKARAN, Seong LEE

“…Co-combustion of poultry litter and coal were widely studied in fluidized bed combustor as an alternative disposal method during last two decades. However, there are severe environmental problems (i.e., gaseous emissions) and public health impact associated with the poultry litter and coal co-combustion process. …”
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Numerical study of the plasticity effect on the behavior of short steel columns filled with concrete loaded axially by Yousria Boulmaali-Hacene Chaouche, Nadia Kouider, Kamel Djeghaba, Bachir Kebaili

“… For more than two decades, the construction technique using concrete filled steel tube (CFST) has been widespread throughout the world. …”
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Biodiversity conservation and threat reduction in Kibale and Queen Elizabeth conservation areas, Uganda by Joseph Katswera, Norah M. Mutekanga, Charles K.Twesigye

“…Despite these threats, there was a general increase in large mammal population over the past decades, which collaborates well with the threat reduction assessment indices. …”
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Long-Term Use of Antibiotics and Risk of Parkinson’s Disease in the Nurses’ Health Study by Natalia Palacios, Éilis J O’Reilly, Michael A. Schwarzschild, Alberto Ascherio

“…A major limitation of our study is assessment of exposure, which required many participants to recall their antibiotic use decades in the past. Thus, although the results of this study do not support an effect of antibiotic use on PD risk, larger investigations relying on records of antibiotic prescriptions would provide more definitive evidence.…”
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Blockchain-Assisted Generation Rescheduling in Imperfect Market Environments by Salman Tariq, Mohamed Shaaban, Hazlie Mokhlis, Nurulafiqah N. Mansor, Hasmaini Mohamad

“…In the past three decades, there has been a sweeping trend in Western and developed countries worldwide to transform the vertically integrated electricity supply chain into competitive electricity markets to diversify investment in the system and ultimately drive down operation costs. …”
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From ex vivo to in vivo chimeric antigen T cells manufacturing: new horizons for CAR T-cell based therapy by E. Pinto, L. Lione, M. Compagnone, M. Paccagnella, E. Salvatori, M. Greco, V. Frezza, E. Marra, L. Aurisicchio, G. Roscilli, A. Conforti

“…Abstract In the past decades, Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR)-T cell therapy has achieved remarkable success, leading to the approval of six therapeutic products for haematological malignancies. …”
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Association Between MRI Findings of Facet Arthropathy and Synovitis With Health-Related Outcome and Pain Scores Following Therapeutic Lumbar Facet Injections by Michael S. Green, Michele Van Hal, Matthew Onimus, Christopher R. Hoffman, Dhruv K. C. Goyal, Valeria Potigailo, Khuram S. Kazmi

“…In addition, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) utilization for diagnosing low back pain has increased significantly over the past few decades. Facet synovitis is an entity characterized by edema and inflammatory changes affecting the facet joints, adjacent bone marrow, and surrounding soft tissues. …”
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Threats and the active protection of birds in a riverbed: postulates for the strategy of the preservation of the middle Vistula River avifauna by Dariusz Bukaciński, Monika Bukacińska, Arkadiusz Buczyński

“…The most important demand is the conducting of the active protective measures in a comprehensive way and continuously for at least five years (until 2023), optimally throughout the decade (2019--2028). In addition, it will be also necessary to carry out wildlife monitoring in this area. …”
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Investigation of Vibration Energy Harvesting in Multilayer Composite Plates with Anisotropic Piezoelectric Patches by Asghar Jamshiddoust, Morteza Karamooz Mahdiabadi, Amin Farrokhabadi

“…The research on energy harvesting in such configurations has garnered substantial attention in recent decades, with previous studies typically assuming isotropic piezoelectric coefficients (e_31=e_32). …”
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Knowledge, Habits and Attitudes in Photoprotection to Prevent Skin Cancer by Asbely Yera Sánchez, Yanet Blanco Fleites, Yuleydi Alcaide Guardado, Mario Ávila Sánchez, Greta Margarita Arrechea García, Jacobo Cambil Martín

“…<strong>Foundation:</strong> skin cancer is one of the most common neoplasms, with an increase in the last two decades. Photoprotection campaigns have had a positive impact on the population and allow healthy people to care for their skin and prevent cancer. …”
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L’avenir des ressources génétiques marines au-delà des juridictions nationales : enjeux à l’aube d’un nouveau traité international by Nathan Brison, Christine Frison

“…Over the last decades, the pressure on the environment of marine areas beyond the national jurisdiction of States (ABNJ) has been steadily increasing. …”
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Web GIS Based Benthic Habitat Mapping Update Supports Smart Island Lemukutan by Zan Zibar, Robin Saputra, Adityo Raynaldo, Supriyatno Supriyatno

“…Systematic and efficient information is important for the monitoring, mapping, and recording of aquatic bottom habitats, thus providing a habitat database. In the last decade, object-based image analysis (OBIA) has been accepted as an effective method for extracting and classifying information from high spatial resolution satellite imagery. …”
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Bioelectronic osteosynthesis plate to monitor the fracture bone healing using electric capacitive variations by Diogo G. Pires, Nuno M. Silva, A. Completo, Marco P. Soares dos Santos

“…Abstract Background Bone fractures represent a global public health issue. Over the past few decades, a sustained increase in the number of incidents and prevalent cases have been reported, as well as in the years lived with disability. …”
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Fighting Evaluation Inflation: Concentrated Datasets for Grammatical Error Correction Task by Vladimir Starchenko, Darya Kharlamova, Elizaveta Klykova, Anastasia Shavrina, Aleksey Starchenko, Olga Vinogradova, Olga Lyashevskaya

“… Background: Grammatical error correction (GEC) systems have greatly developed over the recent decade. According to common metrics, they often reach the level of or surpass human experts. …”
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Arab Nationalism in Palestine in the Beginning of the 20th Century by L. M. Samarskaia

“…The second key period is the political expression of the Arab national movement in the first decades of the 20th century, with the ottomanist and later pan-Turkist policy of the Ottoman government having the decisive influence. …”
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Insights from field applications of miscible gases based EOR for unconventional oil reservoirs: A review by Dheiaa Alfarge, Ahmed M. Aljarah, Najeh Alali

“…The oil industry has experienced notable changes due to the development of unconventional liquids rich reservoirs over the past decade. Shale oil reservoirs have become a primary focus for oil and gas investors as traditional onshore deposits have dwindled. …”
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Patient autonomy and metabolic bariatric surgery: an empirical perspective by Shelly Kamin-Friedman, Nili Karako-Eyal, Galya Hildesheimer

“…Abstract Background Metabolic Bariatric Surgery (MBS) has gained significant popularity over the past decade. Legally and ethically, physicians should obtain the patient’s voluntary and informed consent before proceeding with the surgery. …”
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Brexit and the Future of the Special Relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom by A. A. Aleshin, S. V. Kislitsyn

“…Throughout preceding decades, this relationship was marked by stability and unprecedented high level of political, military, economic and financial cooperation. …”
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Children’s influence over family food purchases of ultra processed foods: interference of nutritional status by Tailane Scapin, Caroline Camila Moreira, Giovanna Medeiros Rataichesck Fiates

“…Increased ingestion of such foods, together with low levels of physical activity, explains, in part the growing of the prevalences of child overweight and obesity observed in the last decades. The study’s objective was to investigate de influence of children over their parents’ food shopping, and relate this to their nutritional status. …”
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Chronic alcohol intoxication and liver diseases by A. I. Khazanov, S. V. Plyusnin, S. A. Belyakin, A. P. Vasiliev, A. N. Bobrov, A. I. Pavlov, S. G. Pehktashev

“…In the years of limited sale of alcohol the number of LC with lethal outcome dramatically decreased. At the last decade the number of ALC patients with lethal outcome apparently exceeded similar figure for viral LC. …”
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