The parasitofauna of the Siberian sterlet Acipenser ruthenus marsiglii of the Lower Irtysh by E. L. Liberman, E. L. Voropaeva

“…The decrease in the numbers of sterlet over the past half century may have led to a change in the qualitative and quantitative composition of the parasitofauna. …”
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Asma, polipose nasal e intolerância à aspirina â Uma tríade a recordar by Bárbara Seabra, Raquel Duarte, Raul César Sá

“…De entre as principais razões para esta situação destacam-se o desconhecimento das suas características clínicas, a fisiopatologia e, por vezes, até a própria existência desta entidade.O presente artigo pretende alertar a população médica para esta síndroma, ara as suas particularidades e para os cuidados específicos no seu tratamento, com vista a uma melhoria na prestação dos cuidados de saúde: O diagnóstico correcto é o primeiro passo no tratamento eficaz de qualquer patologia.Rev Port Pneumol 2006; XII (6): 709-714 Abstract: Despite more than a half-century of recognition, the triad characterised by severe asthma, nasal polyposis and acetylsalicylic acid intolerance known as aspirin induced asthma or Widalâs triad remains markedly underdiagnosed and mistreated. …”
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Bivariate Hazard Assessment of Combinations of Dry and Wet Conditions between Adjacent Seasons in a Climatic Transition Zone by Geer Cheng, Tiejun Liu, Sinan Wang, Ligao Bao, Wei Fang, Jianan Shang

“…Spatially, abrupt dryness–wetness transitions are more likely to occur in the southern and central parts of the HRB than in the rest of the proportion. The past half-century has witnessed the dominantly higher frequency of occurrence of dryness–wetness combinations under three severity scenarios. …”
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Exploring geographical differences in the incidence of colorectal cancer in the Norwegian Women and Cancer Study: a population-based prospective study by Oyeyemi SO, Braaten T, Botteri E, Berstad P, Borch KB

“…Sunday Oluwafemi Oyeyemi,1 Tonje Braaten,1 Edoardo Botteri,2,3 Paula Berstad,2 Kristin Benjaminsen Borch11Department of Community Medicine, Uit-the Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway; 2Department of Bowel Cancer Screening, Cancer Registry of Norway, Oslo, Norway; 3Norwegian National Advisory Unit for Women’s Health, Women’s Clinic, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, NorwayPurpose: Norway has experienced an unexplained, steep increase in colorectal cancer (CRC) incidence in the last half-century, with large differences across its counties. …”
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Cerebral Revascularization for the Management of Symptomatic Pure Arterial Malformations by Xiaocheng Lu, Xinggen Fang, Yabo Huang, Peng Zhou, Zhong Wang, Waleed Brinjikji, Waleed Brinjikji, Gang Chen

“…Background: Pure arterial malformations (PAMs) are extremely rare abnormalities defined as dilated, overlapping, and tortuous arteries with a coil-like appearance in the absence of venous components. Over the last half century, only seven published reports have described cases of patients with PAMs who received treatment.Methods: Here, we report two cases of women with PAMs who received surgical treatment, and we present a systematic review of the literature. …”
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Spatial-Temporal Evolution Characteristics of Urban Shrinkage in China: A Multi-Dimensional Perspective by Zhang Wei, Pei Minjie

“…There is growing interest in urban shrinkage because it has reached a global scale, decisively affecting the fate of many cities over the past half-century. In recent years, urban shrinkage has become a big challenge for China's new-type urbanization construction and sustainable development due to slower economic growth, rapid aging, and massive migration. …”
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Pubertal timing and breast cancer risk in the Sister Study cohort by Mandy Goldberg, Aimee A. D’Aloisio, Katie M. O’Brien, Shanshan Zhao, Dale P. Sandler

“…While age at menarche has been fairly stable over the past half-century, age at breast development (thelarche) has continued to decrease. …”
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Political and Media Factors in the Evolution of the Media’s Role in U.S. Supreme Court Nominations by Richard Davis

“…This paper will describe and explain the role of the media in the current nomination process, briefly assess why the media’s role has evolved in the past half century, and also predict how those roles would be changed under differing reform scenarios for Supreme Court nominations.…”
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Global change explains reduced seeding in a widespread New Zealand tree: indigenous Tūhoe knowledge informs mechanistic analysis by Oscar M. M. Yukich Clendon, Joanna K. Carpenter, Dave Kelly, Puke Timoti, Puke Timoti, Bruce R. Burns, Gretel Boswijk, Adrian Monks

“…In the central North Island/Te Ika-a-Māui of Aotearoa-New Zealand, Tūhoe elders of the Tuawhenua region have observed declines in seed production by the large-fruited locally dominant forest tree Beilschmiedia tawa (tawa, Lauraceae) over the last half century, which could be related to climate change.MethodsWe used seed trap data from six sites throughout the geographic range of tawa to measure trends in seed crop size from 1986 to 2020 and to determine which weather factors affect seed crops. …”
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A safe and just space for urban mobility: a framework for sector-based sustainable consumption corridor development by Kevin Joseph Dillman, Michał Czepkiewicz, Jukka Heinonen, Brynhildur Davíðsdóttir

“…Non-technical summary The exponential growth of humanity's resource consumption over the last half-century has led to ecological decline while people's basic needs have not been universally satisfied. …”
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Eutrophication trends in the coastal region of the Great Tokyo area based on long-term trends of Secchi depth by Hideyuki Akada, Taketoshi Kodama, Tamaha Yamaguchi

“…We analyzed the results of over-a-half-century routine observations conducted in Sagami Bay and Tokyo Bay to verify the eutrophication/oligotrophication trend based on Secchi depth observations in a temperate coastal region near the Greater Tokyo area, which is highly affected by human activities. …”
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Multilevel modeling and value of information in clinical trial decision support by Cui, Yuanyuan, Murphy, Brendan, Gentilcore, Anastasia, Sharma, Yugal, Minasian, Lori M, Kramer, Barnett S, Coates, Paul M, Gohagan, John K, Klenk, Juergen, Tidor, Bruce, Minasian, Lori

“…The Women's Health Initiative overturned a half-century of harmful practice in hormone therapy, the National Lung Screening Trial identified the first successful lung cancer screening tool and the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial overturned decades-long assumptions. …”
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Making Waves : the past futures of Azerbaijan's islands by Boghossian, Garine

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Through Iron & Ice: Searching for Sterile Neutrinos at the IceCube Neutrino Observatory by Diaz, Alejandro

“…Despite the rapid progression in our understanding of neutrinos over the last half century, much is left unknown about their properties. …”
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Adhesively bonded composite repairs in marine applications and utility model for selection of their nondestructive evaluation by Panagiotidis, Dimitrios

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Evolution of Anthropogenic Pb and Pb isotopes in the deep North Atlantic Ocean and the Indian Ocean by Lee, Jong-Mi, Ph. D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Trends of blood pressure and heart rate in normal pregnancies: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Loerup, L, Pullon, R, Birks, J, Fleming, S, Mackillop, L, Gerry, S, Watkinson, P

“…Increases in diastolic blood pressure over the last half-century and differences between published studies show contemporary data are required to define current normal ranges.…”

A comparative evaluation of thermal camera and visual counting methods for primate census in a riparian forest at the Lower Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary (LKWS), Malaysian Borneo by Amaziasizamoria Jumail, Liew, Thor‑Seng, Salgado‑Lynn, Milena, Fornace, Kimberly M., Stark, Danica J.

“…A number of primate census techniques have been developed over the past half-century, each of which have advantages and disadvantages in terms of resources required by researchers (e.g., time and costs), availability of technologies, and effectiveness in different habitat types. …”
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Google the earth: what's next? by Mansor, Shattri

“…Sensing the Earth has proven to be a tremendously valuable tool for understanding the world around us. Over the last half-century, we have built a sophisticated network of satellites, aircraft, and ground-based remote sensing systems to provide raw information from which we derive and improve our knowledge of the Earth and its phenomena. …”
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A comprehensive fuzzy decision-making method for determining optimum machining strategy in production line improvement by Alazemi, Fahad KH A O H

“…An in-depth review of the literature during the last half-century found that many research studies have been carried out to utilize the production line performances. …”
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