Lamellar Keratoplasty: A Literature Review by Ladan Espandar, Alan N. Carlson

“…However, newer forms of lamellar keratoplasty techniques have emerged in the last decade or so revolving around the concept of targeted replacement of diseased corneal layers. …”
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Proinflammatory Effects of C-Peptide in Different Tissues by Dusica Vasic, Daniel Walcher

“…C-peptide as a cleavage product of proinsulin is in the last few decades known as an active peptide with a number of different effects on microvascular and macrovascular complications in type 2 diabetic patients. …”
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Urine-Derived Stem Cells: The Present and the Future by Xiaoli Ji, Min Wang, Fang Chen, Junmei Zhou

“…They have been extensively studied on its proliferation ability and differentiation potential and were being reprogrammed to model diseases during the last decade. In this review, we intend to summarize the latest progress on the research of urine-derived stem cells for its broad application mainly in regenerative medicine and disease modeling, as well as in what is challenging currently. …”
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From the Fronts of Expansion to Large Development Projects: An Emergency in the Communities of the sertões of Itacuruba by Poliana de Sousa Nascimento

“…The forms of territorial appropriation are linked to the discourse of “open spaces” and the decadent spaces that are associated with the sertões of Brazil since the 16th century, in order to make the implementation of economic enterprises in the regions, considered at the margin of capital, effective.…”
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An Update on Inflamm-Aging: Mechanisms, Prevention, and Treatment by Shijin Xia, Xinyan Zhang, Songbai Zheng, Ramin Khanabdali, Bill Kalionis, Junzhen Wu, Wenbin Wan, Xiantao Tai

“…Mounting studies have focused on the role of inflamm-aging in disease progression and many advances have been made in the last decade. However, the underlying mechanisms by which inflamm-aging affects pathological changes and disease development are still unclear. …”
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Human factor and economic growth in post-pandemic era by V. I. Dobrosotskiy, A. N. Zankovsky

“…Despite the optimism associated with new technologies, labour productivity indicators have shown moderate and even negative dynamics over the past two decades. Therefore, the introduction of the latest technologies does not cancel management efforts to improve the efficiency of the human factor, which still remains extremely important. …”
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Interaction between Walking Humans and Structures in Vertical Direction: A Literature Review by Erfan Shahabpoor, Aleksandar Pavic, Vitomir Racic

“…This is mainly due to the inter- and intrasubject variability of humans and their bodies and difficult-to-predict loading scenarios, including multipedestrian walking traffic and unknown human-structure interaction (HSI) mechanisms. Over the past three decades, several attempts have been made to simulate walking HSI in the lateral direction. …”
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Urban emergence in inuit territory: impacts on the Nunavik socio-ecosystem by Joliet, Fabienne, Chanteloup, Laine, Herrmann, Thora, Gibout, Stéphane, Haillot, Didier, Bhiry, Najat, Coxam, Véronique, Decaulne, Armelle

“…Through the combination of interdisciplinary thematics studied on the territory of Nunavik by the OHMi Nunavik, the socio-ecosystem is considered with a focus on the urban context of northern Quebec. Since only a few decades, urbanity (in the geographical sense of the word) is a major change in Nunavik, impacting the traditional indigenous ways of life, geocultural images, food availability and sufficiency, opening new needs regarding energy self-sufficiency, and being impacted by hazards and vulnerability various situations. …”
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Severe Irritant Contact Dermatitis Causing Skin Ulceration Secondary to a Testosterone Patch by Nathan Lawrentschuk, Neil Fleshner

“…Testosterone replacement has undergone somewhat of a revolution in the past decade with the introduction of topical administration techniques, including patches and gels, as well as an increasing interest in the treatment of older men with low testosterone levels for what is now termed andropause. …”
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Oral submucous fibrosis: a contemporary narrative review with a proposed inter-professional approach for an early diagnosis and clinical management by Naman R. Rao, Alessandro Villa, Chandramani B. More, Ruwan D. Jayasinghe, Alexander Ross Kerr, Newell W. Johnson

“…Despite this, there have been no significant improvements in prognosis for decades. This expert opinion paper updates the literature and provides a critique of diagnostic and therapeutic pitfalls common in developing countries and of deficiencies in management. …”
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Unpacking digital ID systems' early policy process by David Eaves, Beatriz Vasconcellos, Matthew McNaughton, Giulia Lanzuolo

“…The past decade has seen a growth in interest in the governance of digital public infrastructures (DPI) - and digital identities in particular - as these systems are increasingly deployed to improve social and economic outcomes at scale. …”
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ASSOCIATION OF SINO-RUSSIAN TECHNICAL UNIVERSITIES AS A NEW INSTITUTION FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATIONIN HIGHER EDUCATION AREA by Sergey V. Korshunov, Mikhail V. Kuznetsov, Victor B. Timofeev

“…Russian Federation and China have been involved into a longAstanding partnership and cooperation for decades. Both countries rely on advanced technological development and modernization of the educational system. …”
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Stages of Systems Engineering: An Analysis and Characterization of Systems Engineering Approaches by Iris Graessler, Benedikt Grewe

“…In the engineering of complex technical systems, Systems Engineering (SE) is a key approach that is becoming increasingly relevant in more and more industries due to the ever-increasing complexity of systems. Over the decades of practical application and research, various specializations and forms of the Systems Engineering approach have developed, but there has so far been a lack of an overarching context and positioning in meaningful stages for the introduction of Systems Engineering in companies. …”
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Primary Biliary Cirrhosis in A Patient with Turner Syndrome by Piotr Milkiewicz, Jenny Heathcote

“…Chronic cholestasis of unknown etiology is a common clinical feature in patients with Turner syndrome who reach the fourth and fifth decades of life. A 37-year-old patient with Turner syndrome who presented with clinical and biochemical features of chronic cholestasis is described. …”
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Parameter Estimation of Photovoltaic Models via Cuckoo Search by Jieming Ma, T. O. Ting, Ka Lok Man, Nan Zhang, Sheng-Uei Guan, Prudence W. H. Wong

“…Since conventional methods are incapable of estimating the parameters of Photovoltaic (PV) models with high accuracy, bioinspired algorithms have attracted significant attention in the last decade. Cuckoo Search (CS) is invented based on the inspiration of brood parasitic behavior of some cuckoo species in combination with the Lévy flight behavior. …”
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Natal Dispersal of Eastern Imperial Eagles: Preliminary Results For the Central European Population by Matthias Schmidt, Arvay Marton, Jozef Chavko, Tomáš Veselovský, David Horal, Rainer Raab, Milan Ruzic, Beate Wendelin, Marton Horvath

“…After a strong decline in the last two centuries the population recovered in the past decades not least due to extensive protection measurements. …”
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Contributors to this edition by Ronit Frenkel

“… The University of Johannesburg acquired The Thinker in April 2019 from Dr Essop Pahad. Over the last decade, The Thinker has gained a reputation as a journal that explores Pan-African issues across fields and times. …”
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“Black Esophagus” or Gurvits Syndrome: A Rare Complication of Diabetic Ketoacidosis by Vivek Choksi, Kairavee Dave, Rulz Cantave, Sameer Shaharyar, Jeevan Joseph, Uday Shankar, Steven Kaplan, Hamid Feiz

“…It more commonly affects men (4 : 1 ratio) in the sixth decade of life. It is associated with a high mortality rate, approaching 32%. …”
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Il Palio di San Michele di Bastia (Umbria): un nuovo modello festivo by Fiorella Giacalone

“…Bastia is a small town in Umbria; in recent decades it has become a great commercial and industrial development, with the presence of so many immigrants. …”
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Applications of piggyBac Transposons for Genome Manipulation in Stem Cells by Yi Sun, Guang Liu, Yue Huang

“…The piggyBac (PB) transposon system is increasingly being used for stem cell research due to its high transposition efficiency and seamless excision capacity. Over the past few decades, forward genetic screens based on PB transposons have been successfully established to identify genes associated with drug resistance and stem cell-related characteristics. …”
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