Statistical tools and community resources for developing trusted models in biology and chemistry by Daly, A

“…<p>Mathematical modeling has been instrumental to the development of natural sciences over the last half-century. Through iterated interactions between modeling and real-world exper- imentation, these models have furthered our understanding of the processes in biology and chemistry that they seek to represent. …”

Papal privileges in early medieval England, c. 680-1073 by Savill, B

“…Yet while studies of Anglo-Saxon diplomatic and documentary culture have stood at the forefront of the past half century of scholarship on pre-Conquest England, this work has not, so far, seriously extended to the analysis of papal privileges. …”

Effect of Temperature on Sowing Dates of Wheat under Arid and Semi-Arid Climatic Regions and Impact Quantification of Climate Change through Mechanistic Modeling with Evidence from... by Jamshad Hussain, Tasneem Khaliq, Muhammad Habib ur Rahman, Asmat Ullah, Ishfaq Ahmed, Amit Kumar Srivastava, Thomas Gaiser, Ashfaq Ahmad

“…The average temperature during the wheat season in a semi-arid region and arid region would increase by 3.52 °C and 3.84 °C, respectively, under Middle climatic conditions using the RCP 8.5 scenario during the second half-century. The simulated grain yield was reduced by 23.5% in the semi-arid region and 35.45% in the arid region under Middle climatic conditions (scenario). …”
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Long-Term Volumetric Change Estimation of Red Ash Quarry Sites in the Afro-Alpine Ecosystem of Bale Mountains National Park in Ethiopia by Mohammed Ahmed Muhammed, Abubeker Mohammed Hassen, Temesgen Alemayehu Abera, Luise Wraase, Behailu Legese Ejigu, Binyam Tesfaw Hailu, Georg Miehe, Dirk Zeuss

“…If excavation continues at the same rate as in the last half century, it can threaten the whole mountain ecosystem of the National Park and beyond, highlighting the importance of preventing these anthropogenic changes and conserving the remaining Afro-Alpine ecosystem.…”
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<named-content content-type="genus-species">Streptococcus gordonii</named-content> Type I Lipoteichoic Acid Contributes to Surface Protein Biogenesis by Bruno P. Lima, Kelvin Kho, Brittany L. Nairn, Julia R. Davies, Gunnel Svensäter, Ruoqiong Chen, Amanda Steffes, Gerrit W. Vreeman, Timothy C. Meredith, Mark C. Herzberg

“…IMPORTANCE Discovered over a half-century ago, lipoteichoic acid (LTA) is an abundant polymer found on the surface of Gram-positive bacteria. …”
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Investigation and analysis of climate change factors in Caspian Zone forests for last fifty years by Mostafa Jafari

“…It can clearly be concluded that during last half century climate in forest area in Caspian region become warmer. …”
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Distribution of Eimeria uekii and Eimeria raichoi in cage protection environments for the conservation of Japanese rock ptarmigans (Lagopus muta japonica) in the Japanese Alps by Makoto Matsubayashi, Atsushi Kobayashi, Minemitsu Kaneko, Moemi Kinoshita, Sayaka Tsuchida, Tomoyuki Shibahara, Masami Hasegawa, Hiroshi Nakamura, Kazumi Sasai, Kazunari Ushida

“…The number of birds has decreased in the last half century and cage protection projects have been undertaken as in situ conservation strategies (one of the projects for the recovery plan of Japanese rock ptarmigan) in the mountains. …”
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Interrogating the World Bank’s role in global health knowledge production, governance, and finance by Marlee Tichenor, Janelle Winters, Katerini T. Storeng, Jesse Bump, Jean-Paul Gaudillière, Martin Gorsky, Mark Hellowell, Patrick Kadama, Katherine Kenny, Yusra Ribhi Shawar, Francisco Songane, Alexis Walker, Ryan Whitacre, Sumegha Asthana, Genevie Fernandes, Felix Stein, Devi Sridhar

“…Abstract Background In the nearly half century since it began lending for population projects, the World Bank has become one of the largest financiers of global health projects and programs, a powerful voice in shaping health agendas in global governance spaces, and a mass producer of evidentiary knowledge for its preferred global health interventions. …”
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Comprehensive computational analysis reveals human respiratory syncytial virus encoded microRNA and host specific target genes associated with antiviral immune responses and protei... by Fatima Noor, Usman Ali Ashfaq, Muhammad Rizwan Javed, Muhammad Hamzah Saleem, Ajaz Ahmad, Muhammad Farhan Aslam, Sidra Aslam

“…Objective: About half-century ago, human respiratory syncytial virus (hRSV) was observed in infants and children under age of five years. …”
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DISPERSÃO E CONCENTRAÇÃO INDÍGENA NAS FRONTEIRAS DAS GUIANAS: análise do caso kaxuyana by Ruben Caixeta de Queiroz, Luisa Gonçalves Girardi

“…This paper aims to describe these movements, reflectiong on the spatiotemporal dynamics experienced by this indigenous people from the last half century on. Keywords: Guiana. Kaxuyana. Trio. …”
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Results of comprehensive studies conducted by the Central Research Institute (VNIIZhT) and construction work of the Ministry of Railways (RZD) to increase the loading gauge of frei... by Yu. M. Lazarenko, D. N. Arshintsev, O. N. Nazarov, Yu. S. Kireeva

“…Scientific and methodological studies carried out by the institute during the half-century period (mid-XX — early XXI) identified structures and devices that limit the use of rolling stock of loading standard T, its elimination during 1982 – 2005, as well as transition of industrial enterprises to the production of new freight and passenger cars of increased loading standards Тпр and Та, developed by the Institute. …”
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Analysis of the driving factors of the change of erosion-deposition in the Minjiang Estuary, Southeast China by Xiaohe Lai, Jianping Jia, Yuebao Hou, Beihan Jiang, Chuan Lin, Xinlu Lin, Pu Xu, Cheng Chen, Jun Jiang, Yan Liu, Wen Wei

“…Therefore, the change of river sediment supply into the sea is the main driving factor controlling the erosion and deposition evolution of the Minjiang River estuary on a long time scale of more than 10 years, which reflects the influence of large-scale human activities on the river and estuary area in the past half century. Extreme climate events are the incentive to adjust the estuary landform in the short term. …”
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Charge transport and breakdown physics in liquid/solid insulation systems by Jadidian, Jouya

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Meta-analysis of dengue severity during infection by different dengue virus serotypes in primary and secondary infections by Soo, Kuan Meng, Khalid, Bahariah, Ching, Siew Mooi, Chee, Hui Yee

“…Introduction: Dengue virus (DENV) infection is currently a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the world; it has become more common and virulent over the past half-century and has gained much attention. Thus, this review compared the percentage of severe cases of both primary and secondary infections with different serotypes of dengue virus. …”
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Climate change impacts on agriculture in 2050 under a range of plausible socioeconomic and emissions scenarios by Keith Wiebe, Hermann Lotze-Campen, Ronald Sands, Andrzej Tabeau, Dominique van der Mensbrugghe, Anne Biewald, Benjamin Bodirsky, Shahnila Islam, Aikaterini Kavallari, Daniel Mason-D’Croz, Christoph Müller, Alexander Popp, Richard Robertson, Sherman Robinson, Hans van Meijl, Dirk Willenbockel

“…Projected reductions in agricultural yields due to climate change by 2050 are larger for some crops than those estimated for the past half century, but smaller than projected increases to 2050 due to rising demand and intrinsic productivity growth. …”
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Providing a Native Model for Promoting the Development Level of Sistan and Baluchestan Province with Sustainable Development Approach by Vahid Pourshahabi, Masoud Pourkiani, Mohsen Zayandeh roodi, Ayoub Sheikhi

“…Introduction Over the past half century, many efforts have been made to reach a satisfactory level of development that has been accompanied by relative successes and failures (Akhondi et al., 2014: 69). …”
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Milankovitch theory and monsoon by Hai Cheng, Hanying Li, Lijuan Sha, Ashish Sinha, Zhengguo Shi, Qiuzhen Yin, Zhengyao Lu, Debo Zhao, Yanjun Cai, Yongyun Hu, Qingzhen Hao, Jun Tian, Gayatri Kathayat, Xiyu Dong, Jingyao Zhao, Haiwei Zhang

“…The widely accepted “Milankovitch theory” explains insolation-induced waxing and waning of the ice sheets and their effect on the global climate on orbital timescales. In the past half century, however, the theory has often come under scrutiny, especially regarding its “100-ka problem.” …”
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DNA from Dust: Comparative Genomics of Large DNA Viruses in Field Surveillance Samples by Utsav Pandey, Andrew S. Bell, Daniel W. Renner, David A. Kennedy, Jacob T. Shreve, Chris L. Cairns, Matthew J. Jones, Patricia A. Dunn, Andrew F. Read, Moriah L. Szpara

“…IMPORTANCE Despite both clinical and laboratory data that show increased virulence in field isolates of MDV-1 over the last half century, we do not yet understand the genetic basis of its pathogenicity. …”
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Trends of blood pressure and heart rate in normal pregnancies: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Lise Loerup, Rebecca M. Pullon, Jacqueline Birks, Susannah Fleming, Lucy H. Mackillop, Stephen Gerry, Peter J. Watkinson

“…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. …”
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Therapeutic effect of fenofibrate for non-alcoholic steatohepatitis in mouse models is dependent on regime design by Xinxue Wang, Jia Luo, Zhuoheng Lu, Shenzhe Fang, Mengxia Sun, Wenjing Luo, Jianwei Shen, Aiming Liu, Hua Ye

“…Fenofibrate (FENO) has been clinically used to treat dyslipidemia for more than a half century, but its effects on NASH are not established. …”
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