Traditional Knowledge Evolution over Half of a Century: Local Herbal Resources and Their Changes in the Upper Susa Valley of Northwest Italy by Naji Sulaiman, Dauro M. Zocchi, Maria Teresa Borrello, Giulia Mattalia, Luca Antoniazzi, S. Elisabeth Berlinghof, Amber Bewick, Ivo Häfliger, Mia Schembs, Luisa Torri, Andrea Pieroni

“…The comparison with the previous study on medicinal herbs conducted in 1970 in the valley demonstrated a significant decrease in both the knowledge and use of medicinal plants, which could be attributed to socioeconomic, cultural, and possibly environmental changes that occurred in the past half-century. Our study highlights several promising species for future use as nutraceuticals, food, and medicinal products, such as <i>Taraxacum officinale</i>, <i>Urtica dioica</i>, and <i>Artemisia genipi</i>.…”
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System Dynamics Modeling for Agricultural and Natural Resource Management Issues: Review of Some Past Cases and Forecasting Future Roles by Benjamin L. Turner, Hector M. Menendez, Roger Gates, Luis O. Tedeschi, Alberto S. Atzori

“…With rapid development of tools and technologies over the previous half century (e.g., computer simulation), a plethora of disciplines have developed methods to address individual components of these multifaceted, complex problems, oftentimes neglecting unintended consequences to other systems. …”
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Effect of Synergistic Action of Bovine Lactoferrin with Antibiotics on Drug Resistant Bacterial Pathogens by Mohammed S. Al-Mogbel, Godfred A. Menezes, Mohamed T. Elabbasy, Manal M. Alkhulaifi, Ashfaque Hossain, Mushtaq A. Khan

“…The development of novel antibiotics against MDR Gram negative bacteria has reduced over the last half century. Research is in progress regarding the treatment strategies that could be engaged in combination with antibiotics to extend the duration of these life-saving antibacterial agents. …”
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Climate‐induced habitat suitability changes intensify fishing impacts on the life history of large yellow croaker (Larimichthys crocea) by Ya Wang, Xijie Zhou, Jiajie Chen, Bin Xie, Lingfeng Huang

“…The overwintering HSI modeling results indicated that climate change has led to decreased sea surface temperature during L. crocea overwintering phase over the last half‐century, which in turn led to area decrease and an offshore‐oriented shifting of optimal overwintering habitat of L. crocea. …”
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A systematic evaluation of the role of infection, immunity and inflammation in cholesterol gallstone pathogenesis by Maurer, Kirk J

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System analysis and design of a low-cost micromechanical seeker system by Nagle, Brian J. (Brian James)

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Global terrestrial uranium supply and its policy implications : a probabilistic projection of future uranium costs by Matthews, Isaac A

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Lessons from science city projects and their success factors by Lee, Huey Yi, 1974-

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Chloroquine modulates inflammatory autoimmune responses through Nurr1 in autoimmune diseases by Park, Tae-Yoon, Jang, Yongwoo, Kim, Woori, Shin, Joon, Toh, Hui Ting, Kim, Chun-Hyung, Yoon, Ho Sup, Leblanc, Pierre, Kim, Kwang-Soo

“…For over a half-century the anti-malarial drug chloroquine (CQ) has been used as a therapeutic agent, alone or in combination, to treat autoimmune diseases. …”
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Functional outcomes after internal and external hemipelvectomy in HUSM by Sharifudin, Mohd Ariff, Wan, Zulmi, Wan Ismail, Wan Faisham Numan, Mat Zin, Nor Azman, Mohamed Amir, Nawaz Hussain

“…Background: Although great advancements have been made in survival rates over the last half century with adjuvant therapies and current surgical techniques, hemipelvectomy as the surgical treatment for pelvic tumours continue to have significant associations with morbidity and complications. …”
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Functional outcomes after internal and external hemipelvectomy in HUSM by Sharifudin, Mohd Ariff, Wan, Zulmi, Wan Ismail, Wan Faisham Numan, Mat Zin, Nor Azman, Mohamed Amir, Nawaz Hussain

“…Background: Although great advancements have been made in survival rates over the last half century with adjuvant therapies and current surgical techniques, hemipelvectomy as the surgical treatment for pelvic tumours continue to have significant associations with morbidity and complications. …”
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Hydrides in zirconium: microstructure and micromechanics by Li, X

“…<p>Zirconium alloys has been extensively used as the commercial cladding and structural materials in water cooled nuclear reactors in the last half century. Nevertheless, the formation of brittle hydrides due to the aqueous corrosion in operation will significantly degrade the performance of the zirconium claddings and limit their lifetime. …”

Mapping men's anticipations and experiences in the reproductive realm: (In)fertility journeys by Hinton, L, Miller, T

“…As assisted reproduction treatment has developed over the last half-century, most social and psychological research has explored the woman's perspective. …”

Engineering rhizobacteria as synthetic biology chassis by Grant, K

“…<p>In the next half-century the world will face an enormous food deficit due to a raising birth rate and longer life-spans of the global population. …”

Structural, optical and elastic properties of zinc oxide soda lime silicate glass by Mohd Zaid, Mohd Hafiz

“…Addition of oxide into the glass system had been a topic of research for nearly half century, but many questions still remain unanswered concerning to the effect of the addition of some oxide to the properties and the structure changes of the glass. …”
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Serious hazards of transfusion: evaluating the dangers of a wrong patient autologous salvaged blood in cardiac surgery by Masashi Uramatsu, Hideyuki Maeda, Shiro Mishima, Megumi Takahashi, Jun Wada, Kagehiro Amano, Paul Barach, Tamotsu Miki

“…Abstract Background The past half century has seen the near eradication of transfusion-associated hazards. …”
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Modelling of cup anemometry and dynamic overspeeding in average wind speed measurements by T. F. Pedersen, J.-Å. Dahlberg

“…<p>Cup anemometers measure average wind speed in the atmosphere and have been used for one and a half centuries by meteorologists. Within the last half century, cup anemometers have been used extensively in wind energy to measure wind resources and performance of wind turbines. …”
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Water and Sediments of an Acidic Hot Spring—Distinct Differentiation with Regard to the Microbial Community Composition and Functions by Anastasia I. Maltseva, Alexandra A. Klyukina, Alexander G. Elcheninov, Nikolay V. Pimenov, Igor I. Rusanov, Ilya V. Kublanov, Tatiana V. Kochetkova, Evgeny N. Frolov

“…Over the last half-century, microbial communities of the Kamchatka hot springs have been largely studied using molecular, radioisotopic, and cultural approaches. …”
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Strategies for identifying priority areas for songbird conservation in Canada's boreal forest by Diana Stralberg, Alaine F. Camfield, Matthew Carlson, Christopher Lauzon, Alana Westwood, Nicole K. S. Barker, Samantha J. Song, Fiona K. A. Schmiegelow

“…Canada's boreal forest region is among the most extensive and largely intact ecosystems on earth, but has experienced rapid industrial development in the last half-century. Calls for urgent conservation action have been prompted by the increasing pace of development and declines in biodiversity, including songbirds. …”
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Interannual signals in length of day and atmospheric angular momentum by R. Abarco del Rio, R. Abarco del Rio, R. Abarco del Rio, D. Gambis, D. Gambis, D. Gambis, D. A. Salstein, D. A. Salstein, D. A. Salstein

“…Atmospheric angular momentum (AAM) and length of day (LOD) series are investigated for their characteristics on interannual time scales during the half-century period 1949 to 1998. During this epoch, the interannual variability in LOD can be separated naturally into three bands: a quasi-biennial, a triennial-quadrennial and one at six-seven years. …”
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