Nemo me impune lacessit or Ne obliviscaris? The Highlander Soldier in British Parliamentary Debates (18th-21st centuries) by Pierre-Louis Coudray

“…In the past two decades, Scotland’s military identity has been the subject of several historical analyses, placing it in relation to the decline of Britain as an imperial power and as a nation.1 Few studies, however, have offered an overview of the treatment of the Highlander soldier in parliamentary debates since the eighteenth century. …”
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Genetic Polymorphisms: A Novel Perspective on Acute Pancreatitis by Yong Chen, Chao Lian Xie, Ran Hu, Cheng Yi Shen, Mei Zeng, Chang Qiang Wu, Tian Wu Chen, Chen Chen, Meng Yue Tang, Hua Dan Xue, Zheng Yu Jin, Xiao Ming Zhang

“…Acute pancreatitis (AP) is a complex disease that results in significant morbidity and mortality. For many decades, it has compelled researchers to explore the exact pathogenesis and the understanding of the pathogenesis of AP has progressed dramatically. …”
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The role of major virulence factors and pathogenicity of adherent-invasive Escherichia coli in patients with Crohn’s disease by Khalid A. Abdelhalim, Ataç Uzel, Nalan Gülşen Ünal

“…Dysbiosis of intestinal microbiota has been consistently linked to patients with IBD. In the last two decades, the progressive implication of adherent-invasive Escherichia coli (AIEC) pathogenesis in patients with CD has been increasing. …”
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Dentro o más allá de la ayuda: el difícil camino de la Coherencia de Políticas para el Desarrollo by Gutiérrez-Goiria, J., Millán-Acevedo, N., Marttínez-Martínez, I

“…Analyses of Policy Coherence for Development (PCD) began to arise in the OECD more than two decades ago. These approaches have evolved while the discussions about the necessary reform of the system of international cooperation were taking place. …”
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Counter-Non-Anti-Remembrance. The Anti-monumental Practices by TIST Collective by Yulia S. Tikhomirova

“…In the recent decades, monumentality has been significantly reconsidered with its symbolic materiality and agency in public spaces. …”
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Growth Factors and Anticatabolic Substances for Prevention and Management of Intervertebral Disc Degeneration by Umile Giuseppe Longo, Stefano Petrillo, Edoardo Franceschetti, Nicola Maffulli, Vincenzo Denaro

“…Intervertebral disc (IVD) degeneration is frequent, appearing from the second decade of life and progressing with age. Conservative management often fails, and patients with IVD degeneration may need surgical intervention. …”
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Vernuwing in die kerklied: die Liedboek van die Kerk (2001) by E. C. Kloppers

“…Many new hymnals were published in the past decades. A new hymnal in Afrikaans, Liedboek van die Kerk, was also taken into use during 2001. …”
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Technology as an enabler of a new ecosystem responsive urbanism. Interview with Caro Ratti (CRA Studio) by Giorgia Tucci, Carlo Ratti Associati

“… In recent decades, the growing awareness of the exhaustibility of our planet’s resources has placed sustainability at the centre of current global policies that, to cope with the complex international situation, have set goals for sustainable development, promoting actions that provide ecological, digital and social innovation. …”
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Discussion on the common sense of the Internet of things by Yu SUN

“…The development of Internet of things (IoT) in China is in the second decade.First of all,the outcome of the IoT was reviewed.The industry formation and system structure of IoT were introduced.Then,the development process,trends and key points of the next generation of IoT were summarized in the aspect of the service platform,sensor industry,access links and fusion with technologies such as cloud computing,edge computing,big data,identity resolution,blockchain,satellite navigation system,5G and so on.Finally,the problems and possible ideas of the development of IoT in China were put forward in the fields of the application positioning,theoretical research,standard-setting and security.Hope to provide reference for colleagues to understand the IoT.…”
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The urbanization of the Lower Volga region in the Golden Horde era by Pigarev Evgeny M.

“…Based on archaeological materials, that have appeared in recent decades, the opinion formulated in the 1960s, that before the Golden Horde era there was no developed settlement structure in the Lower Volga region and the urbanization of this area began only with the arrival of the Mongols is refuted. …”
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Stress triaxiality influence on damaging micromechanisms in a pearlitic ductile cast iron by Vittorio Di Cocco, Francesco Iacoviello, Alessandra Rossi, Mauro Cavallini

“…In the last decades, damaging micromechanisms in ductile cast irons (DCIs) have been widely investigated, considering both the matrix microstructure and the loading conditions influence. …”
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Dioxazolones as electrophilic amide sources in copper-catalyzed and -mediated transformations by Seungmin Lee, Minsuk Kim, Hyewon Han, Jongwoo Son

“…Over the past decade, dioxazolones have been widely used as N-acylamide sources in amidation processes of challenging substrates, typically employing precious transition metals. …”
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L’eau potable pourrait-elle devenir un bien commun ? by Rémi Barbier, Bernard Barraqué, Cécile Tindon

“…In France, the hegemony of drinking water considered as a commodity has been disputed for two to three decades by a rather heterogeneous set of associations and coalitions supporting its replacement by an alternative conception, that of drinking water as a “common good”. …”
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Les représentations de la bataille de La Nouvelle-Orléans by Pierre-François PEIRANO

“…The victory of American Arms was instrumental in establishing the legend of General Andrew Jackson. Throughout the decades, the battle was commemorated on multiple occasions and this article will focus on the most striking paintings and engravings of the event that will be chronologically examined. …”
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PRELIMINARY DISCUSSIONS ON ISSUES RELATED TO A EUROPEAN BUSINESS CODE by Dan VELICU

“…The standardisation of European law occurred in rapid steps in the last decades. However, there is no code or uniform regulation of commercial relations that occur between subjects with an address or seat on the territory of the European Union. …”
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Hereditary Neuropathy with Liability to Pressure Palsy Presenting with Hand Drop in a Young Child by Inês Sobreira, Cátia Sousa, Ana Raposo, M. Rita Soares, Ana Soudo, Ana Isabel Dias

“…Clinically, it presents with painless pressure palsies, typically in the 2nd and 3rd decades of life, being a rare entity in childhood. …”
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A review of Suicide Behavior Among Arab Adolescents by Mohammed Morad, Efrat Merrick, Amir Schwarz, Joav Merrick

“…In this paper we present a review of research from Israel showing that suicide epidemiology among the Arab population of children and adolescents display a low incidence, but an increase has been observed over the past decade, but still much lower than the Jewish population. …”
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Digit Tip Injuries: Current Treatment and Future Regenerative Paradigms by Travis J. Miller, Peter L. Deptula, Gregory M. Buncke, Zeshaan N. Maan

“…Over the past several decades there has been a profound increase in the understanding of tissue regeneration, driven largely by the observance of the tremendous regenerative capacity in lower order life forms, such as hydra and urodeles. …”
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Planting Southern Pines in Florida by Elysia Lewis, Michael Andreu, Chris Demers

“… Florida landowners have contributed vastly to the Southeast’s planting of pines over many decades; recent incentive programs across the state have encouraged further interest. …”
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Gravity Chains: Estimating bilateral trade flows when parts and components trade is important by Richard E. Baldwin, Daria Taglioni

“…The rapid internationalisation of production in the last two decades has meant that gross trade flows are increasingly unrepresentative of the value-added flows. …”
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