Numerical Study on Plane and Radial Wall Jets to Validate the 2D Assumption for an Idealized Downburst Outflow by Yongli Zhong, Zhitao Yan, Yan Li, Jie Luo, Hua Zhang

“…Turbulent radial and plane wall jets have been extensively investigated both experimentally and numerically over the past few decades. Previous studies mostly focused on the heat and mass transfers involved in jet flows. …”
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What do the amendments to the law on the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council of Bosnia and Herzegovina bring? by Milinković Igor

“…This necessity is particularly emphasized in post-authoritarian societies, where judicial independence rests on the unstable foundations of an authoritarian past characterized by systematic undermining of judicial autonomy. In recent decades, the establishment of judicial councils has been recognized as a tool for strengthening judicial independence. …”
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The Problem of Obtaining Evidence from EU Countries While Achieving the “Crime Does Not Pay” Goal by Šalčius Marijus, Molienė Reda

“…As the European Union has implemented the free movement of persons, goods, services and capital, borders for crime have also often disappeared, making cross-border evidence a decades-old issue in European criminal justice. This article identifies today’s opportunities, legal tools, and their obstacles and challenges in obtaining evidence at an early stage of an investigation located in another Member State. …”
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Multilingualism in Lithuanian Children’s Folklore by Anglickienė Laimutė, Macijauskaitė-Bonda Jurgita

“…Multilingualism and multiculturalism have always been phenomena present in folklore. Since the last decades of the 20th century, due to changes in lifestyle influenced by factors such as globalization, intense migration, development of social media, and information technologies, manifestations of multilingualism and multiculturalism have become even more noticeable and, in consequence, are becoming an important feature of contemporary folkloric creation. …”
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Incidence and Survival of Patients with Small Intestinal Neuroendocrine Tumours in a Danish NET Center by Lise Brehm Hoej, Karen Marie Nykjær, Henning Gronbaek

“…Small intestinal neuroendocrine tumours (NETs) have increased in incidence during the past decades. In recent years, new promising treatment modalities have been introduced. …”
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Do PPAR-Gamma Agonists Have a Future in Parkinson's Disease Therapy? by Anna R. Carta, Augusta Pisanu, Ezio Carboni

“…Thiazolidinediones (TZDs) are peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR)-γ agonists commonly used as insulin-sensitizing drugs for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. In the last decade, PPAR-γ agonists have received increasing attention for their neuroprotective properties displayed in a variety of neurodegenerative diseases, including Parkinson's disease (PD), likely related to the anti-infammatory activity of these compounds. …”
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El comercio justo en las políticas y prácticas institucionales de las universidades españolas by David Comet-Herrera

“…In this context, Spanish universities have been working for more than a decade to bring fair trade closer to the university community. …”
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Entrepreneurship education: Exploring the missing piece in Ethiopian primary and secondary education pogrammes by Adane Tessera Biru, Reda Darge Negassi

“… For decades unemployment in developing countries particularly in sub-Saharan Africa has been mounting. …”
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The role of Airbnb creating a “new”-old city centre: facts, problems and controversies in Porto by Pedro Chamusca, José Rio Fernandes, Luís Carvalho, Thiago Mendes

“…We take Porto as a case-study, considering the exponential growth of tourism, Airbnb and floating city users over the past decade. We make use of qualitative and quantitative methods and draw on the official AirDNA database to analyse the relation between Airbnb and urban transformation, and the governance context. …”
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The Value of a Hole in Coal: Assessment of Seasonal Thermal Energy Storage and Recovery in Flooded Coal Mines by Jesus Perez Silva, Christopher McDermott, Andrew Fraser-Harris

“…A comparison of the value of the original coal “mined,” at today’s prices, to a representative value for the heat recycled in the space created by its extraction, suggests that within less than 3 decades of thermal cycling similar monetary values are reached for the specific conditions modelled.…”
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Establishing the Institute of Independent Evaluation of Higher Education in the Russian Federation by V. A. Bolotov, G. N. Motova, V. G. Navodnov

“…The paper presents the results of the search, systematization and analysis of independent higher education evaluation systems that have been developed in the country in the recent decade. The research has been carried out using standardised evaluation mechanisms that adhere to the criteria of mass scale, openness, and stability. …”
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Gastric cancer – Clinical aspects by J. Bornschein

“…Several authors presented an excellent overview of the trends of gastric cancer incidence and mortality over the last four decades. These include details on different subtypes of gastric cancer, the respective impact of H. pylori infection as well as factors that modulate regional differences of gastric cancer epidemiology. …”
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Geophysical Surveys at Khirbat Faynan, an Ancient Mound Site in Southern Jordan by Alexandre Novo, Matthew L. Vincent, Thomas E. Levy

“…During the past three decades, archaeologists have carried out numerous excavations and surveys recording hundreds of mines and sites related to metallurgical activities that span the past 10 millennia. …”
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Dynamics of Electron Flux in the Slot Region and Geomagnetic Activity by L. Nikitina, L. Trichtchenko

“…As has been shown in the last decades, the dynamics of this region is complicated, with strong enhancements of electron density associated with space weather events. …”
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Inability to perform the five-chair stand test predicts increased risk of sarcopenia in nursing home residents by Martin Šporin, Dorjana Zerbo Šporin

“…The proportion of elderly and sarcopenia cases is expected to increase in the coming decades. Early diagnosis of sarcopenia using muscle strength as a criterion is important to prevent adverse health effects. …”
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Entrepreneurship education: Exploring the missing piece in Ethiopian primary and secondary education pogrammes by Adane Tessera Biru, Reda Darge Negassi

“… For decades unemployment in developing countries particularly in sub-Saharan Africa has been mounting. …”
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Potentiometric Sensor for Gadolinium(III) Ion Based on Zirconium(IV) Tungstophosphate as an Electroactive Material by Harish K. Sharma, Nadeem Sharma

“…The membrane works well over a wide range of concentration from 1×10-5 to 1×10-1 M of Gd(III) ion with an over- Nernstian slope of 30 mv/ decade. The response time of the sensor is 15 seconds. …”
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Pendelluft in Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease Measured with Lung Sounds by Andrey Vyshedskiy, Raymond Murphy

“…The phenomenon of pendelluft was described over five decades ago. In patients with regional variations in resistance and elastance, gas moves at the beginning of inspiration out of some alveoli into others. …”
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The Effect of Continuous Selection in KiwiCross^® Composite Breed on Breed Ancestry and Productivity Performance by Mohd Jaafar, Bevin Harris, Heather J. Huson

“…Production efficiency (PR), a key selection index, is calculated by dividing milk solids produced by mature live weight. Over decades of genetic improvement, KiwiCross^® increased milk production significantly. …”
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Fundraising and Zakat Distribution in Poverty Alleviation in Maruthamunai, Sri Lanka: A Maqashid Sharia Perspective by Iqbal Saujan, Abi Huraira Rifas, MS Fathima Juhi

“…In Sri Lanka, poverty has been one of the most pressing social issues over the past decade. This research examines zakat fundraising strategies and analyzes zakat distribution patterns in Maruthamunai, Sri Lanka, where Muslims constitute the dominant ethnic group. …”
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