Rural Landscape Simplification and Provision of Cultural Ecosystem Services. A Case Study in the Argentine Pampas by Silvina María Cabrini, Estela Raquel Cristeche, Ignacio Raul Pace Guerrero, María Victoria Bitar

“…In recent decades, the rural landscape of the Argentine Pampas has undergone a process of simplification due to the increased land allocated to crops, replacing pastures and grasslands, with a substantial increase in soybean area. …”
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A edição popular no Brasil: o caso da literatura de cordel by Vilma Mota Quintela

“…We focus on Brazilian cordel through the point of view of its editing system, highlighting the importance of such popular editing phenomenon that established itself, in Brazil, as a landmark for modernization that changed the relations of cultural production in Northeast Brazil from the last decades of the nineteenth century on. Seen from this perspective, the cordel literature is translated as an effect of modernization that imposed itself in strategic points of the country. …”
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Pedicle Screw-Based Posterior Dynamic Stabilization: Literature Review by Dilip K. Sengupta, Harry N. Herkowitz

“…A large number of such devices have been introduced during the last 2 decades, without biomechanical design rationale, or clinical evidence of efficacy to address back pain. …”
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Representación dela violencia y la marginalidaden el discurso de Cidade de Deus e Inferno by Matías Rebolledo Dujisin

“…Violence andmarginality, in fact, are probably the most exploited and discussed subjects inthe last few decades in Brazil, so the comparison between the poeticalconstruction in both novels reveals that it is almost impossible to maintain anunivocal sense and explanation of this contemporary condition.…”
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Neural differentiation in perspective: mitochondria as early programmers by Ramin M. Farahani, Ramin M. Farahani

“…Neural differentiation during development of the nervous system has been extensively studied for decades. These efforts have culminated in the generation of a detailed map of developmental events that appear to be associated with emergence of committed cells in the nervous system. …”
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Challenges in advanced heart failure care in Japan: Bridging the gap in durable mechanical circulatory support utilization and heart transplantation by Satoshi Miyashita, MD, Francisco B. Alexandrino, MD, Amanda R. Vest, MBBS, MPH, Tomohiro Fujisaki, MD, Wai Hong Wilson Tang, MD, Yasumasa Tsukamoto, MD, PhD, Koichiro Kinugawa, MD, PhD

“…Advanced therapeutic interventions, such as heart transplantation and durable left ventricular assist devices, have become a focus of interest in recent decades. However, the unique sociocultural landscape of Japan, coupled with a historically controversial background of organ transplantation, has impeded progress in these areas. …”
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Les transformations de la vie sexuelle après cinquante ans : un vieillissement genré by Nathalie Bajos, Michel Bozon

“…In the past few decades, many changes have affected sexuality in the French society, notably among the elderly. …”
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Vibration Performance Redistribution in Heterogeneous Networks by Genling Huang, Jiqiang Wang

“…Collective behaviors such as synchronization, consensus, and flocking have been extensively investigated over the past decades. Many important results have been disseminated concerning the properties of complex networks. …”
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A Roadmap to a Successful Exchange Rate Regime Transition: Takeaways from 6 African Transitions by Hamza Bouhali, Ahmed Dahbani, Brahim Dinar

“…We adopted a comparative methodology for three types of regime switches using 3 GARCH family models and data from 6 African countries over two decades. Our main findings are that a gradual and well-prepared transition improves its outcome and allows the market more flexibility in absorbing domestic and external volatilities, even during a crisis. …”
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Italo Calvino in Spagna: presenze e assenze di uno scrittore altro by Chiara Giordano

“…Specifically, we will examine the translations into Castilian distributed in Spain in the decades following the so-called Ley Fraga and the progressive opening of the Spanish publishing market following the death of General Francisco Franco and the end of the dictatorship. …”
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Diabetic Kidney Disease: Pathophysiology and Therapeutic Targets by Stephanie Toth-Manikowski, Mohamed G. Atta

“…Diabetes is a worldwide epidemic that has led to a rise in diabetic kidney disease (DKD). Over the past two decades, there has been significant clarification of the various pathways implicated in the pathogenesis of DKD. …”
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Contraintes et enjeux de développement de la Nouvelle-Calédonie by Christian Jost

“…If the Caledonian economy has experienced high growth over the past decade, thereby satisfying population and investment needs, the current challenge resides in the capacity to build the society of the future based on the recognition of multi-cultural aspirations and a shared project. …”
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Lactente com Angina de Ludwig complicada: um relato de caso by Mariana Digiovanni Pechebea, Angelica Maria Moro Ozosco, Ana Paula Cauduro Couto, Carolina Oliveira de Paulo, Diana Lorena Garavito Ramirez, Luiza Valentim Centenaro, Wendell Paiva Vita

“…Its more frequent in male sex and in the fourth decade of life. Any recent infection or injury to the area may predispose this disease. …”
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The International Criminal Court and Catholic Social Doctrine by John M. Czarnetzky

“… The International Criminal Court was the result of decades of postwar pressure to establish a permanent tribunal with jurisdiction over the most heinous crimes against humanity.  …”
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Les mots étrangers dans Dream of Fair to Middling Women (1932) de Samuel Beckett by Pascale Sardin

“…This strategy is discussed in the context of the author’s life and of his adoption of a bilingual mode of writing that took place a few decades later.…”
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Mausolée, sarcophage et scène de sacrifice dans une ferme antique à Pommiers, près d’Anse (Rhône) by Jean-Claude Béal, Damien Tourgon

“…It can be dated to the first decades of the 2nd century. The sarcophagus is made of the same material and might be contemporary or from a later period. …”
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Process analytical technology tools for process control of roller compaction in solid pharmaceuticals manufacturing by Vovko Aleša Dular, Vrečer Franc

“…This article presents an overview of using process analytical technology in monitoring the roller compaction process. In the past two decades, near-infrared spectroscopy, near-infrared spectroscopy coupled with chemical imaging, microwave resonance technology, thermal effusivity and various particle imaging techniques have been used for developing at-, off-, on- and in-line models for predicting critical quality attributes of ribbons and subsequent granules and tablets. …”
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Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency and causes of abdominal symptoms in diabetes patients by Roland Kadaj-Lipka, Grażyna Rydzewska

“…The pancreas has dual functions, endocrine and exocrine, that complement each other and work closely together, contributing to the digestion, absorption, and metabolism of foods. More than a decade ago, it was demonstrated that pancreatic exocrine insufficiency occurs in a significant number of patients with diabetes mellitus. …”
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From Low Engagement to High Engagement: Explaining Turkey’s Changing Engagement in the Middle East during the JDP Period by İsmail AKDOĞAN, Furkan POLAT

“…While Turkey prioritized diplomatic, commercial and economic relations during the first decade of the 2000s, it has increasingly used military means to influence the Middle East since 2011. …”
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De la relégation à l’appropriation : (re)lire la citadinité à Khartoum au prisme de la transformation matérielle, sociale et symbolique de ses périphéries by Corten Pérez-Houis, Alice Franck

“…In the context of the ongoing conflict in Sudan since April 2023, this article proposes to analyse the citadinities that have been constructed on the outskirts of Khartoum over the last two decades. Starting from the material and morphological transformations of the Sudanese capital, we propose to study the relationship of its inhabitants to housing and the city, at the intersection of the processes of production of the city from above (logic of development plans, construction of social housing, strategies of real estate companies...), the practices of the inhabitants (strategy of accession to the property, residential trajectories...) and popular claims. …”
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