Drought Trends in the Iberian Peninsula over the Last 112 Years by P. Páscoa, C. M. Gouveia, A. Russo, R. M. Trigo

“…The Iberian Peninsula (IP) is a drought-prone area located in the Mediterranean which presents a significant tendency towards dryness during the last decades, reinforcing the need for a continuous monitoring of drought. …”
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Estimation of bed shear stress and settling velocity with inertial dissipation method of suspended sediment concentration in cohesive sediment environments by Jongwi Chang, Guan-hong Lee, Ojudoo Darius Ajama, Wenjian Li

“…In steady uniform boundary layers, the dynamics of sediment resuspension and transport are controlled by near-bed turbulence, often quantified by bed shear stress, τb. Over the past few decades, various methods have been developed to infer bed shear stress using noninvasive, high-resolution flow observations from acoustic instruments. …”
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Into the Revolution of NanoFusion: Merging High Performance and Aesthetics by Nanomaterials in Textile Finishes by Habibur Rahman Anik, Shariful Islam Tushar, Shakil Mahmud, Ashfaqul Hoque Khadem, Prosenjit Sen, Mahmuda Akter

“…Abstract The field of technical textiles has grown significantly during the last two decades, with a focus on functionality rather than aesthetics. …”
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Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Current Management and Future Development—Improved Outcomes with Surgical Resection by Yoji Kishi, Kiyoshi Hasegawa, Yasuhiko Sugawara, Norihiro Kokudo

“…On the other hand, minimally invasive, or laparoscopic, hepatectomy has become popular over the last decade. Although the short-term safety and feasibility has been established, the long-term outcomes have not yet been adequately evaluated. …”
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Nanostructured Porous Silicon Photonic Crystal for Applications in the Infrared by G. Recio-Sánchez, V. Torres-Costa, M. Manso-Silván, R. J. Martín-Palma

“…In the last decades great interest has been devoted to photonic crystals aiming at the creation of novel devices which can control light propagation. …”
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Minimal change in achievement in high-stakes mathematics examinations in low socio-economic status environments in post-apartheid South Africa by Benita P. Nel, Cyril Julie, Faaiz Gierdien, Marius Simons, Bruce May

“…This study uses a specific CPD project to explore the question, “Are three decades-long enough to enhance achievement outcomes in high-stakes mathematics examinations for learners from low socio-economic status environments?” …”
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Building the foundation for polar bear science: fifty years of research on polar bears in Western Hudson Bay by B.A. Biddlecombe, A.E. Derocher, E. Krebs, N.J. Lunn, D. McGeachy, E.S. Richardson

“…The WH research program, which has now extended across five decades with data on over 4600 individual bears, has evolved from a study of the basic ecology of polar bears into foundational work on the life history, demography, genetics, movement, behaviour, and ecology of an apex predator in a rapidly changing Arctic. …”
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A Deep-Learning Prediction Model for Imbalanced Time Series Data Forecasting by Chenyu Hou, Jiawei Wu, Bin Cao, Jing Fan

“…Time series forecasting has attracted wide attention in recent decades. However, some time series are imbalanced and show different patterns between special and normal periods, leading to the prediction accuracy degradation of special periods. …”
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Climate Change Indicators and Spatiotemporal Shift in Monsoon Patterns in Pakistan by Fasiha Safdar, Muhammad Fahim Khokhar, Muhammad Arshad, Iftikhar Hussain Adil

“…Decrease in monsoon rainfall is observed during the last two decades. A more pronounced decrease is observed in monsoon rainfall during the years 2010–2017, i.e., 17.58 mm/year accompanied by 0.18°C increase in temperature. …”
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Explaining the role of green space in coastal cities in attracting tourists with the approach of sustainable environmental development (Case study of Noor city) by Zeynab taghvaee, sadroddin motevalli, Gholam reza janbazi ghobadi, jalal azimi amoli

“…At the same time, the protection of the environment and urban green space is the main pillar of sustainable development, which has been discussed in developed countries for decades and in recent years has been highly regarded by planners in developing countries. …”
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Novel Approaches for Concurrent Irradiation in Locally Advanced Cervical Cancer: Platinum Combinations, Non-Platinum-Containing Regimens, and Molecular Targeted Agents by Giannis Mountzios, Aspasia Soultati, Dimitrios Pectasides, Meletios A. Dimopoulos, Christos A. Papadimitriou

“…As a potent sensitizer of cancer cells, cisplatin has been the “traditional partner” of external beam irradiation in this setting for more than two decades. Induction chemotherapy strategies followed by concurrent chemoradiation or surgery and preoperative concurrent chemoradiation have been recently implemented in clinical trials in an effort to optimize local control and to minimize the risk of distant metastases. …”
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Ocean’s largest chlorophyll-rich tongue is extending westward (2002–2022) by Shuaixing Peng, Xiaolong Yu, Zhongping Lee, Hongyang Lin, Xin Liu, Minhan Dai, Shaoling Shang

“…The westward extension of the CRT is attributed to strengthened equatorial upwelling and a strengthened South Equatorial Current from 2002 to 2022, driven by intensified easterly trade winds as the Pacific Decadal Oscillation predominantly remains in its negative phase during this period. …”
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Antarctic 20th Century Accumulation Changes Based on Regional Climate Model Simulations by Klaus Dethloff, Ksenia Glushak, Annette Rinke, Dörthe Handorf

“…The regional climate model HIRHAM has been applied to Antarctica driven at the lateral and lower boundaries by European Reanalysis data ERA-40 for the period 1958–1998. Simulations over 4 decades, carried out with a horizontal resolution of 50 km, deliver a realistic simulation of the Antarctic atmospheric circulation, synoptic-scale pressure systems, and the spatial distribution of precipitation minus sublimation (P-E) structures. …”
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Equilateral Triangular Dielectric Resonator Nantenna at Optical Frequencies for Energy Harvesting by Waleed Tariq Sethi, Hamsakutty Vettikalladi, Habib Fathallah, Mohamed Himdi

“…The last decade has witnessed a remarkable growth in the telecommunication industry. …”
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Building a Genomics-Informed Nursing Workforce: Recommendations for Oncology Nursing Practice and Beyond by Jacqueline Limoges, Rebecca Puddester, Andrea Gretchev, Patrick Chiu, Kathy Calzone, Kathleen Leslie, April Pike, Nicole Letourneau

“…These barriers have persisted for decades, yet they are modifiable. Two distinct waves of efforts to integrate genomics into nursing practice are analyzed. …”
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What can mathematical models tell us about the relationship between circular migrations and HIV transmission dynamics? by Aditya S. Khanna, Dobromir T. Dimitrov, Steven M. Goodreau

“…Two modeling classes have dominated the HIV epidemiology and policyliterature for the last decade: one a form of compartmental models,the other network models. …”
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Optimizing Lightweight Material Selection in Automotive Engineering: A Hybrid Methodology Incorporating Ashby’s Method and VIKOR Analysis by Edoardo Risaliti, Francesco Del Pero, Gabriele Arcidiacono, Paolo Citti

“…The automotive industry is responsible for about 20% of greenhouse gas emissions in Europe, and it is under notable pressure to meet the reduction targets set by the European Union for the next decades. In this context, lightweighting is a very effective design strategy for which materials selection plays a key role. …”
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The Role of Big Data Analytics in Revolutionizing Diabetes Management and Healthcare Decision-Making by Muhammad Nauman, Ahmad S. Almadhor, Mohammed Albekairi, Ali R. Ansari, Muhammad A. B. Fayyaz, Raheel Nawaz

“…In the last couple of decades, advances in information and storage technologies in healthcare have produced vast amounts of data. …”
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Dendritic Spines in Depression: What We Learned from Animal Models by Hui Qiao, Ming-Xing Li, Chang Xu, Hui-Bin Chen, Shu-Cheng An, Xin-Ming Ma

“…Depression, a severe psychiatric disorder, has been studied for decades, but the underlying mechanisms still remain largely unknown. …”
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Tumor Necrosis Factor-α and Interleukin-6: Potential Interorgan Inflammatory Mediators Contributing to Destructive Periodontal Disease in Obesity or Metabolic Syndrome by Roozbeh Khosravi, Khady Ka, Ting Huang, Saeed Khalili, Bich Hong Nguyen, Belinda Nicolau, Simon D. Tran

“…Obesity has become a worldwide health burden in the last two decades. Obesity has been associated with increased comorbidities, such as coronary artery disease, diabetes, and destructive periodontal disease. …”
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