Chronological Levels of As, Pd, V, and Sr in 356-year-old Pinus nigra Annual Rings in Northern Türkiye by İsmail Koç

“…Contrary to expectations, the results did not show a correlation between increasing air pollution in recent decades and the concentrations of these metals in annual rings. …”
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Directions and Results of Punctuation Management by Albinas Drukteinis

“…In the recent period, more and more priority is given to the preferences of the author of the text, if it is necessary for the general meaning of the text. In recent decades, the phenomenon of incomplete, undeveloped or contracted (compressed) structures, which has come increasingly into focus in the descriptions of punctuation, can help to clarify problematic cases of punctuation of altered structures and more accurately define the possibilities of using punctuation marks. …”
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VERDI AND WAGNER IN EARLY VICTORIAN LONDON: THE VIEWPOINT OF “THE MUSICAL WORLD” by Massimo ZICARI

“…However, while Verdi’s operas made their regular appearance in London over the decades following Ernani’s premier at Her Majesty’s Theatre in 1845, it was not until 1870 (with L’Olandese Dannato, alias Der Fliegende Holländer) that the first full performance of a dramatic work by Wagner was given in the English capital city. …”
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Implementation of Simplified Data Encryption Standard on FPGA using VHDL by salim Qadir Mohammed

“…The Data Encryption Standard (DES) is one of most familiar type of cryptography and widely used in the modern network system, which has been adopted in encryption and decryption a digital information for several decades. The DES is replaced by a number of new cryptographical methods, which based on DES, like AES and 3DES. …”
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LE STYLE NATIONAL DANS LES ŒUVRES DE L’OPÉRA ROUMAIN EN TRANSYLVANIE PENDANT LA PÉRIODE ENTRE LES DEUX GUERRES by Otilia Maria CONSTANTINIU

“… The central idea of this study concerns the national identity in the operas of the Romanian composers from Transylvania during the interwar decades when Romanian intellectuality was concerned with the definition and redefinition of the culture of a recently made geopolitical entity and with the protection of this national „being” from protesters. …”
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Resource- Based Conflict and Rural Poverty in Benue State by W. Yio Benjamin

“…Consequently, the struggle over some of these resources in the region especially agricultural land and water resources between Farmers and Pastoralists in the last two decades has led to a sustained violent conflict in the area leading to a large displacement of farmers, damage to infrastructure, institutions, production and brake up of communities and social networks therefore exacerbating poverty in the region. …”
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Corporate governance and organizational Performance: A case of Institut Polytechnique De Byumba, Rwanda. by Bonaventure, Twagirumugabe

“…The performance of firms and the way they are governed worldwide have attracted great deal of attention in the past decades owing to corporate failures. This study was examined the relationship between corporate governance and organizational performance. …”
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Co-operative and saving societies (SACCOS) and poverty reduction in Lango and Kigezi sub-regions of Uganda: A comparative empirical study by Eton, Marus, BC, Basheka, Fabian, Mwosi

“…In contrast, in Lango sub-region, saving culture is associated with response to government programs that were aimed at reconstructing northern Uganda after the two decades of insurgency. The provision of more financial services would contribute to poverty reduction and training of households on the utilization of financial credit.…”
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Vaccines in the fight against antimicrobial resistance – perspectives from South Africa by A Brink, A Kgasi, A Musyoki, B Kagina, C Feldman, D Reddy, E du Toit, E Kalanxhi, J Meyer, I Impalli, M Schönfeldt, M Sibanda, N Schellack, P Skosana, S Essack, S Dlamini, Y Ramsamy

“… Antimicrobial resistance (AMR), in which microbes adapt to and resist current therapies, is a well-recognised global problem that threatens to reverse gains made by modern medicine in the last decades. AMR is a complex issue; however, at its core, it is driven by the overuse and inappropriate use of antimicrobials. …”
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A review of vitamin D deficiency and vitamin D receptor polymorphisms in endocrine-related disorders by Nur Faten Hafizah Rosli, Noor Shafina Mohd Nor, Rose Adzrianee Adnan, Siti Hamimah Sheikh Abdul Kadir

“…The endocrine system is a complex network of glands that produce and release hormones that regulate various physiological processes. In the past few decades, the human skin has been identified as an important peripheral endocrine organ that is the main site for the synthesis of vitamin D through exposure to sunlight. …”
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The children of Taung: Journeying from a rural village to the global stage: The perception of the local community and views regarding the development of the site and the curation o... by Mirriam Tawane, Dipuo W. Kgotleng, Bando Baven

“…The discovery of the Taung skull shaped the story of the evolution of humankind, and was a robust discussion for decades. To the Taung community, it did not have much influence on their daily existence, but rather became a mystery, still not understood by many. …”
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Systematic review of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) applications in the preoperative planning and treatment assessment of brain tumors by Hamad Yahia Abu Mhanna, Ahmad Fairuz Omar, Yasmin Md Radzi, Ammar A. Oglat, Hanan Fawaz Akhdar, Haytham Al Ewaidat, Abdallah Almahmoud, Abdel-Baset Bani Yaseen, Laith Al Badarneh, Omar Alhamad, Laith Alhamad

“…The utilization of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is critical in the preoperative planning phase of brain tumor surgery because it allows for a delicate balance between maximizing tumor resection and maintaining brain function. A decade of fMRI development was examined in this study, with a particular emphasis on its use in diagnosing and assessing the efficacy of brain cancer treatments. …”
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Stock status of kawakawa Euthynnus affinis (Cantor, 1849) fishery using surplus production model: An assessment from coastal waters of Tamil Nadu, Bay of Bengal, Southeast coast of... by Rajendran Abinaya, Moosambikandy K. Sajeevan

“…The biological reference points result of maximum sustainable yield (MSY) or biomass giving MSY (Bmsy) and fishing mortality giving MSY (Fmsy) of all the models indicated that the kawakawa stock in Tamil Nadu was subjected to overfishing and heading towards overfished status in recent decades. Results of the present study suggest reduction of fishing effort to keep the landing at MSY level and achieve a sustainable fishery.…”
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Microstructures, properties and preparations of lightweight refractory high-entropy alloys: A review by Gengchen Li, Zhibin Wu, Yajing Dong, Zhen Hu, Yuefei Jia, Shiwei Wu, Yongkun Mu, Kang Sun, Yandong Jia, Gang Wang

“…This review presents a comprehensive overview of the research developments concerning LRHEAs over the past decade. LRHEAs are categorized into ductile and brittle categories based on their mechanical performance. …”
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Promotion of tourist potentials, traffic and investments as the basis of the economic development of Vranjska Banja by Novović Milan, Lukić Aleksandar, Ostojić Bojana, Pećić Milutin

“…Spa tourism has experienced full recognition in international tourist flows in recent decades. This fact points to a significant development opportunity for the Republic of Serbia for more complete utilization of tourist potential in spa towns. …”
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Navigating the Challenges and Opportunities of Securing Internet of Autonomous Vehicles With Lightweight Authentication by Hazem Ismail Ali, Harrison Kurunathan, Mohamed Hamdy Eldefrawy, Flavius Gruian, Magnus Jonsson

“…With its rapid growth over the past decade, it has permeated several application domains, including intelligent vehicular systems. …”
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A systematic scoping review reveals that geographic and taxonomic patterns influence the scientific and societal interest in urban soil microbial diversity by Simon Masson, Matteo Chialva, Davide Bongiovanni, Martino Adamo, Irene Stefanini, Luisa Lanfranco

“…Even if urban ecology has become popular in the last decade, the soil environment with its microbiota, which sustains many other biodiversity layers, remains overlooked. …”
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Environmental and Climate Change Education in Romania from the Perspective of International and National Strategies in the Field by Gabriela-Alina MUREŞAN, Magdalena DRĂGAN

“…On any society’s way towards sustainable development education plays a fundamental role, by providing knowledge and shaping attitudes. Over the last decades, the education for sustainable development has been increasingly addressed by specific policies at different levels – international, European, national. …”
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A Rare Case of Aneurysmal Bone Cyst of Calcaneum: A Case Report by Chayan K Pal, RP Raghavendra Raju, Athmaram Meda, Chennur Shaik Mohammed Sibghatulla Mazhar, Navya Pulimi, Y Kiran Kumar

“…Aneurysmal bone cysts (ABC) are common benign expansile lytic lesions of bone usually presenting in the 2nd decade of life. They are locally aggressive lesions. …”
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The response of the water cycle to landscape configuration and composition in two Chilean basins by Marieta Hernández-Sosa, Mauricio Aguayo, Jorge Hurtado, Ovidio Llompart

“…The relationship between landscape metrics and hydrological variables in two Chilean basins was analyzed for the last 4 decades. Aggregation, shape and diversity metrics were obtained using Fragstats software, and hydrological components were simulated by the TETIS hydrological model. …”
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