Pathological Characteristics of Primary Bladder Carcinoma Treated at a Tertiary Care Hospital and Changing Demographics of Bladder Cancer in Sri Lanka by S. Sasikumar, K. S. N. Wijayarathna, K. A. M. S. Karunaratne, U. Gobi, A. Pathmeswaran, Anuruddha M. Abeygunasekera

“…Muscle invasion was noted in 35% of patients compared to 48.4% two decades ago. In patients with UC, 16.5% were found to have pT1 high grade tumour. …”
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Characterization of Mortality from Diabetes Mellitus in Cienfuegos Province during the First Nine Months of 2020 by Isis Arelis Espinosa Salas, Sara Hernández Malpica, Lourdes Elena Duany Badell, Bárbara Zabala Enrique, Yusimí Cabada Martínez, Leticia Castro Morejón

“…<br /><strong>Conclusions:</strong> the last decades of life were the most affected and the female sex, the main causes of death were: pulmonary thromboembolism and acute chronic renal failure. …”
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A Nonstationary Daily and Hourly Analysis of the Extreme Rainfall Frequency Considering Climate Teleconnection in Coastal Cities of the United States by Lei Yan, Yuhan Zhang, Mengjie Zhang, Upmanu Lall

“…In this paper, we estimate the time-varying probability distributions for hourly and daily extreme precipitation using the Generalized Additive Model for Location Scale and Shape (GAMLSS), employing different climate indices, such as Atlantic Multi-Decadal Oscillation (AMO), the El Niño 3.4 SST Index (ENSO), Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO), the Western Hemisphere Warm Pool (WHWP) and other covariates. …”
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Achievements and Lessons Learned From Successful Small Satellite Missions for Space Weather‐Oriented Research by Harlan E. Spence, Amir Caspi, Hasan Bahcivan, Jesus Nieves‐Chinchilla, Geoff Crowley, James Cutler, Chad Fish, David Jackson, Therese Moretto Jorgensen, David Klumpar, Xinlin Li, James P. Mason, Nick Paschalidis, John Sample, Sonya Smith, Charles M. Swenson, Thomas N. Woods

“…Abstract When the first CubeSats were launched nearly two decades ago, few people believed that the miniature satellites would likely prove to be a useful scientific tool. …”
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Near‐surface permafrost extent and active layer thickness characterized by reanalysis/assimilation data by Zequn Liu, Donglin Guo, Wei Hua, Yihui Chen

“…The GLDAS‐CLSMv20 indicates that near‐surface permafrost extent decreases by −0.69 × 106 km2 decade−1 and active layer deepens by 0.06 m decade−1 from 1979 to 2014. …”
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Climate change and crop yield of oats (Avena sativa L.) in Yakutia by L. V. Petrova, L. Yu. Novikova, A. V. Alekseeva, I. G. Loskutov

“…Climate warming observed in recent decades has been affecting oat cultivation in different climatic areas of Yakutia. …”
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Subsurface warming associated with Pacific Summer Water transport toward the Chukchi Borderland in the Arctic Ocean by Miaki Muramatsu, Eiji Watanabe, Motoyo Itoh, Jonaotaro Onodera, Kohei Mizobata, Hiromichi Ueno

“…For the first time, we detected remarkable subsurface warming around the Chukchi Borderland in the Arctic Ocean over the recent two decades (i.e., the early 21st century). A statistically significant decadal trend of 16.6 ± 10.6 MJ m− 2 year− 1 in the subsurface ocean heat content during 1999–2020 was captured by shipboard hydrographic data, and associated with the transport of Pacific Summer Water from Barrow Canyon northwest of the Alaskan coast, where similar warming appeared. …”
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Haemoglobin revisited: delineating population structure with the world’s first molecular genetic marker used in fisheries research by Bjørghild Breistein, Geir Dahle, Torild Johansen, Per Erik Jorde, Kevin A. Glover

“…Here, we revisited haemoglobin genotyping half a decade later to analyse >6000 mature Atlantic cod from 73 spawning locations throughout Norway’s approximately 2500 km coastline. …”
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Advanced Measuring (Instrumentation) Methods for Nuclear Installations: A Review by Wang Qiu-kuan, Lin Chang-hua, Yang Yan

“…The research of measurement in nuclear installations involves many aspects, such as nuclear reactors, nuclear fuel cycle, safety and security, nuclear accident, after action, analysis, and environmental applications. In last decades, many advanced measuring devices and techniques have been widely applied in nuclear installations. …”
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The Ant Cardiocondyla elegans as Host of the Enigmatic Endoparasitic Fungus Myrmicinosporidium durum by Julia Giehr, Jürgen Heinze, Alexandra Schrempf

“…Data on host species and the distribution of the endoparasitic fungus Myrmicinosporidium durum increased continuously in recent decades. Here, we add the ant Cardiocondyla elegans as new host species. …”
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De l’optimalité pour la « ville verte » by Sébastien Passel

“…The widespread urbanization in recent decades has led to a deterioration of living conditions in most urban areas (Mathieu and Guermond, 2005). …”
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Editorial by Edgar Lucero

“…Autonomy has been of interest to scholars in the Colombian field of English language education over the last two decades. A constant work on understanding what it is, how to foster it in local language students by varied alternatives, or to examine it in homegrown language teachers has been paramount in published research reports and articles of reflection in Colombia. …”
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SURVEY OF MACHINE LEARNING APPLICATIONS IN MEDICAL IMAGING. ALGORITHMS AND TECHNOLOGIES by Marius Eremia Vlaicu POPA, Mihai CRUCERU, Bogdan DIACONU

“…ML algorithms and technologies developed exponentially over the last decades triggered by advances in processing capacity, open-source ML platforms, frameworks and libraries (Anaconda, Scikit, TensorFlow, OpenNN, Torch and so on). …”
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Family Nutrition: The Truth About Family Meals by Larry Forthun

“…FCS-8871, a 4-page fact sheet by Larry Forthun, summarizes recent research indicating the importance about family meals, including trends over the last several decades, effects on family togetherness, communication, well-being, and nutrition. …”
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The Decline of the US Cucumber and Squash Industry by Feng Wu, Zhengfei Guan, Kuan-Ming Huang

“… The US production of cucumbers and squash has been declining over the last two decades while imports have grown significantly. In particular, imports from Mexico have surpassed US domestic production and have become a major source of cucumber and squash supply in the US market. …”
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Religious Actors in Contemporary World Politics: Preconditions, Possibilities and Development Prospects by V. V. Tolkachev

“…The events that took place in the last decades of the XXth century demonstrate the return of religion into mass consciousness - a development which can influence political behaviour of large groups of people.…”
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THE FEATURES OF INFLATION IN RUSSIA by L. D. Efanova, S. A. Shmukler

“…The statistical information has been analysed by the inflation rate in Russia in the last decade. The report has determined the relationship between inflation and economic cycles and it outlined the key issues of overcoming inflation in Russia.…”
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Family Nutrition: The Truth About Family Meals by Larry Forthun

“…FCS-8871, a 4-page fact sheet by Larry Forthun, summarizes recent research indicating the importance about family meals, including trends over the last several decades, effects on family togetherness, communication, well-being, and nutrition. …”
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Cultural industries, nation and state in the work of Renato Ortiz: A view from inside the Anglosphere by Philip Schlesinger

“…Contextual changes in the past two decades are noted and the essay moves on to consider how Ortiz addressed ‘cultural industries’ in A moderna tradição brasileira. …”
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A Rare Case of Dentigerous Cyst in a 1-day-old Neonate by Gaurav Bansal, Priyanka Bansal

“…These cysts have a very rare occurrence during the first decade of life with a predilection for males compared to females. …”
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