Tunrayo Ayinke Ayinla: The Unsung Burnish Black Glaze Wares Ceramist of Ilorin by Toyin E. Akinde

“…Túnráyọ̀ is a burnisher extraordinaire and indeed a veteran of several decades. Madame Túnráyọ̀ Àyìnlá is unarguably one of the few Nigeria’s senior citizens still proficient in pottery practice with features in pockets of literature. …”
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Ritual Continuity and “Failed Rituals” in a Winter Masquerade in the Italian Alps by Lia Zola

“…In the Italian alpine chain some of them have been brought to a new life two decades ago after a long period of decline; since then, alpine winter masquerades have been the focus of a great interest by cultural anthropologists, theatre performers and other intellectuals. …”
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Dynamic Analysis on a Diffusive Two-Enterprise Interaction Model with Two Delays by Yanxia Zhang, Long Li

“…The oscillation and instability of systems caused by time delays have been widely studied over the past several decades. In nature, the phenomenon of diffusion is universal. …”
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Quels curricula d’éducation au politique dans les questions environnementales et de développement ? by Angela Barthes

“…We also show a recent paradigm shift following two decades of anomie from strongly behaviorist-based sustainable development education to anthropocene education and other meta-narratives that offer more potential for political socialization.…”
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L’invention de la médiation paysagère by Rémi Bercovitz

“…Landscape architecture has also been affected by this booming trend which resulted in the emergence of the idea of landscape mediation at the end of this decade. The first theoretical constructs and practical applications in this field came from applied research and scientific experimentation mainly conducted by agronomists and geographers. …”
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Crime in a Changing Society: Evidence from Romania by Simona Ilie

“… The study examines five sub-periods to analyze the characteristics of criminality in the decades following the fall of communism. It considers literature-identified risks associated with criminal activity (low level of employment, high-income inequalities), and significant changes of various nature during this time (accession to the EU, financial, political, or migrant crisis, the COVID pandemic). …”
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DNA Damage and Base Excision Repair in Mitochondria and Their Role in Aging by Ricardo Gredilla

“…During the last decades, our knowledge about the processes involved in the aging process has exponentially increased. …”
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An embodied spirituality: perspectives for a bodily pastoral anthropology by J-A. van den Berg

“… Important new developments within practical theology and, in particular, within pastoral theology have taken place over the past decades. In terms of a post-foundational practical theology, this article endeavours from a hermeneutical perspective to explore overlaps between various domains of sciences. …”
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Urban rivers in Belgrade, Serbia. Radical transformations and illegal urban practices in a post-socialist capital by Sanja Iguman

“…This area, target of radical and illegal urban transformations in the last decade, is analysed focusing on local activist groups’ engagements and their reactions to these dynamics. …”
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Finite-Time Stability Analysis: A Tutorial Survey by Honglei Xu

“…In the past decades, there has been a growing research interest in the field of finite-time stability and stabilization. …”
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Les médiévistes et l’histoire des femmes et du genre : douze ans de recherche by Didier Lett, Camille Noûs

“…It highlights the main historiographical evolutions of the last decade by attempting to make an inventory of scientific production mainly in French, English and Italian. …”
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Application of flexible electronic materials and devices by Cuiping YU, Yuanan LIU, Yangliu LI, Xia GUO

“…New flexible electronic materials and devices have been developed rapidly in nearly a decade from the proposition,discovery,implementation to application.The impact of its strong fold ability and multi-capacity composite structures to technological development and system applications will be enormous.Two mainstream flexible implementation methods were compared:the material-induced flexibility and the structure-induced flexibility.The research progress of domestic and international in related fields was analyzed,including infrastructure,process and potential application directions,and the technical problems faced were summarized.According to the basic research status,flexible electronic devices will have mature application technology innovations achievements in the next few years,new and unprecedented wearable communication,wearable computing,distributed energy,environmental sensing,conformal display devices and devices will be formed.…”
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« Contre leurs violences sexistes, autodéfense féministe ! » À propos des stages d’autodéfense féministe et de ce qu’ils nous enseignent by Aurélia Léon

“…The practice of developing feminist self-defense courses has increased in France over the past decade. Based on field research both as a PhD student in sociology and as a protagonist engaged in the dissemination of feminist self-defense – this article focuses first on the participant experience and some of its characteristics: the event quality of the classes; their role in the participants identification as a “public”, as Dewey put it, and the position of suffering and acting in this experience, and the opportunities participant experience offers to express experiences of victimization. …”
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« La sexualité est forcément politique ». Entretien avec Jeffrey Weeks by Jeffrey Weeks, Marion Maudet, Cécile Thomé

“…Jeffrey Weeks offers us a panorama of his thought and its evolution in recent decades, emphasizing the place of homosexuals, the influences of globalization on sexuality and the "moral panics" that drive individuals. …”
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“Bildtapeten” and the conservation of medieval wall paintings at the turn of the twentieth century in Germany by Ursula Schädler-Saub

“…In the last decades of the nineteenth Century, a paradigm change in the preservation of medieval wall painting conservation took place. …”
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Les révoltes au pays de la révolution by Kamel Chachoua

“…How can we explain such a reaction from a generation of intellectuals, scholars, academically and politically trained and socialized in the first decade of independent Algeria, then considered as the “Mecca of revolutionaries”, “um al-thawarat “ or the “Lighthouse of the Third World “ ? …”
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Vers une autonomisation du champ des sciences sociales turques by Jean-Baptiste Le Moulec

“…Starting in the 1990’s, after decades of isolationism, these policy-oriented sciences began to feed the debate and hereby contributed to legitimize Turkish rulers’ neo-ottoman expansionist ambitions towards the Arab Middle East. …”
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La médiation de Madame Bovary en Suède by Hans Färnlöf

“…The present study provides a summary of earlier studies on Flaubert's transfer to Sweden and incorporates in addition data from the last decade. In doing so, the study focuses on two aspects: the introduction and current status of Madame Bovary and Flaubert in Sweden. …”
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Case Report: Robotic PeTEP for Totally Extraperitoneal Repair of Incisional Hernia by Victor G. Radu

“…These newer techniques have demonstrated their effectiveness by delivering excellent postoperative outcomes, despite being introduced less than a decade ago. Recreating traditional procedures, which are considered the “gold standard” in ventral hernia surgery, through minimally invasive methods—such as the Rives-Stoppa repair—could represent the next frontier in abdominal wall surgery. …”
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A balnearização da baixada de Araruama e a emergência da “Costa do Sol”, Rio de Janeiro (1940-1960) by Leticia Parente-Ribeiro, Marcos Paulo Ferreira de Góis, Marcelo Antônio Sotratti

“…The transformations of the coastal zones, with their rhythms and uncertainties, contributed to the consolidation of “balnearization” as the main factor of integration of the Araruama lowlands to the metropolitan area of Rio de Janeiro in the following decades. The end of the period coincides with the official formalization of the expression “Costa do Sol”, directly linked to the landscapes and bathing practices, to jointly designate the municipalities of the region.…”
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