Les plantes envahissantes en Polynésie française : un exemple d’approche de la complexité en science de l’environnement by Sébastien Larrue

“…But, above all, the geographic diversity of origin of these introductions, accelerating during the last decades, reflects the opening of French Polynesia to globalization and the evolving representation of plants in the Polynesian society.Thus the question of invading plants does not refer only to “natural sciences”, it concerns also the social sciences. …”
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Opening up Bodyspace: Perspectives from Posthuman and Feminist Theory by Xenia Kokoula

“…A rethinking of space, a rethinking of the body and a rethinking of a design processes involving both are long overdue within space-related disciplines. Over the last decades, architectural discourse has been invigorated by opening up container conceptions of space, by exploring a new dynamic understanding of space and focusing on its production processes. …”
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A Fusion Multiobjective Empire Split Algorithm by Liang Liang

“…In the last two decades, swarm intelligence optimization algorithms have been widely studied and applied to multiobjective optimization problems. …”
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Una historia por descubrir: anotaciones para un estudio del diario carlista El Correo Español (ca. 1888-1921) by José Luis Agudín Menéndez

“…The reform undertaken decades after its foundation turned it into an attractive newspaper that gained a considerable number of readers for a time. …”
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Self-organization and the Process of Dynamic Learner Language Development by Shan An

“…The emergence of CDST, on the other hand, is an evolutionary product nurtured by the painstaking collaborations of SLA scholars for over two decades of scientific inquiry (see, e.g., Han, 2019; Hiver & Al-Hoorie, 2019; Larsen-Freeman & Cameron, 2008; Ortega & Han, 2017). …”
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Molluscan Shellfish Aquaculture and Production by Huiping Yang, Leslie N. Sturmer, Shirley Baker

“… Molluscan shellfish aquaculture provides high quality and high value seafood for human consumption, and shellfish provide environmentally beneficial ecosystem services, such as nutrient extraction and water filtration, to the environment in which they are grown. In the past five decades, global fisheries and aquaculture have grown steadily, and seafood consumption per capita has increased. …”
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El linaje catalán Queralt-Timor y su relación con la Orden del Temple (siglos XII-XIV) by Joan Fuguet Sans, Carme Plaza Arqué

“…From the beginning of this commandery in the last decades of the twelfth century, they had been its main benefactors and, later on, provided the Militia with knights of the first rank (Pere II de Queralt, Jaume de Timor, Arnau de Timor, Dalmau de Timor...). …”
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Ecological modelling: A computational analysis of air pollution discourses in English print media of India and Pakistan. by Sana Rabbani, Fasih Ahmed

“…The study focused on newspaper discourses over almost two decades (2005-2023). The study applied Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA), a robust algorithm for analyzing the large text corpus. …”
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Politiques du paysage et pratiques paysagistes dans la métropole bordelaise (1980-2021) by Chris Pividori

“…In recent decades, the landscape has become one of the dimensions and one of the tools in urban planning for large French conurbations. …”
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Worldwide Increasing Incidences of Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma by Dianne E. Godar

“…The incidence of cutaneous malignant melanoma (CMM) has been increasing at a steady rate in fair-skinned populations around the world for decades. Scientists are not certain why CMM has been steadily increasing, but strong, intermittent UVB (290–320 nm) exposures, especially sunburn episodes, probably initiate, CMM, while UVA (321–400 nm) passing through glass windows in offices and cars probably promotes it. …”
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Plant Growth-Promoting Bacteria: Mechanisms and Applications by Bernard R. Glick

“…It is therefore essential that agricultural productivity be significantly increased within the next few decades. To this end, agricultural practice is moving toward a more sustainable and environmentally friendly approach. …”
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Le Paysage. Une médiation héritée entre l’homme et la nature face à l’écologisation contemporaine des sensibilités esthétiques by Serge Briffaud

“…This article shows how the desire to promote an ecologised aesthetic relationship with the environment, something which has emerged in recent decades through the philosophical movement of environmental aesthetics, raises the question of the historical role of the landscape as a mediator between Humankind and Nature. …”
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En attendant Bouteflika. Le président et la crise de sens en Algérie by Thomas Serres

“…It then looks at Bouteflika’s rise to power and the restoration of order, a staged return to the glorious past and the vanquishing of the black decade. This restoration of order was also linked to political paralysis, the dynamics of which would have been both institutional and fortuitous in so far as they linked to the head of state’s illness. …”
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A review of quorum-sensing and its role in mediating interkingdom interactions in the ocean by Megan Coolahan, Kristen E. Whalen

“…Abstract Quorum sensing, first described in marine systems five decades ago, is a well-characterized chemical communication system used to coordinate bacterial gene expression and behavior; however, the impact of quorum sensing on interkingdom interactions has been vastly understudied. …”
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Recent advancements to enhance the therapeutic efficacy of antiepileptic drugs by Li Fuquan, Singh Akhilesh Vikram

“…Epilepsy is a multifactorial neurological disorder characterized by recurrent or unprovoked seizures. Over the past two decades, many new antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) were developed and are in use for the treatment of epilepsy. …”
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Caminhos históricos sob o olhar de Rugendas: a ligação entre Rio de Janeiro e Minas Gerais by Patrícia Gomes da Silveira

“…Initially opened as gold drain route from the hinterlands of Minas Gerais through the port of Rio de Janeiro, the Caminho do Proença established itself as one of the main routes of circulation, settlement, and supply of this portion of the territory during the 18th century and in the first decades of the 19th century. Rugendas' iconography, together with other documentary sources, provides a rich historical record of the natural, economic, and urban aspects of this path between the coast of Rio de Janeiro and the sertões of Minas Gerais.…”
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Las víctimas y los espacios de la ciudadanía by Liliana Buitrago Orjuela

“…In the last decades, the movement of victims has been starring in the spaces of citizenship in Latin America. …”
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Energy Supply Risks, the Energy Price Crisis and Climate Protection Require Joint Responses by Manfred Fischedick

“…Abstract In the past two years, the world has changed and global crises (e. g. the COVID-19 pandemic, war in Ukraine) increasingly dominate the headline. Decades of certainties no longer apply, risks and uncertainties are increasing, challenges are becoming more complex and at the same time require faster and more consistent action. …”
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The Contribution of the Dr. Gustavo Aldereguía Lima Hospital to Medical Education in Cienfuegos, 1979-2016 by Alfredo Darío Espinosa Brito

“…A group of difficulties and challenges in the field of teaching faced by the hospital for almost four decades is also discussed. It is argued that the university hospital of the future in Cienfuegos must be based on the general policies of our health system, but adapting them to the local context to be consistent with Marti's dream "with all and for the good of all", bearing in mind that we have to fulfill the mandate that the hospital must be “a symbol of the health, life, and happiness of the people of Cienfuegos” and that “it is impossible to close the doors”.…”
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SEM-EDX Pigment Analysis and Multi-Analytical Study of the Ground and Paint layers of Francesco Fedrigazzi's painting from Kostanje by Jelena Zagora

“…Francesco Fedrigazzi, Venetian by birth, was a painter active in Istria and Dalmatia in the late 17th and the early part of the 18th century. In the second decade of the 18th century he painted an altar painting for the church of Saint Michael in Kostanje. …”
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