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This is a survey article, including joint work of the authors with Y. Matsuura, K. Shitaoka, T. Takahashi, D. Tebbs, H. R. Thieme, and T. Yamaguchi. Semilinear evolution equations in a Banach space \(X\) of the form \[ v^{\prime}(t)=\Big(A + B(t)\Big)v(t), \;s<t< T; \;\;v(s)=x\in D(s) \] are discussed, where \(A\) is the generator of an analytic semigroup in \(X\) and \(B(t)\) is a nonlinear time-dependent operator in \(X\) whose domain \(D(t)\) is contained in the domain of a fractional power of \(-A\), equipped with its graph norm. The Cauchy problem above does not admit strong solutions in general, so a notion of mild solution is employed, based on a ``variation of constants'' formula. The existence, uniqueness, and regularity of the mild solution are discussed. Nonlinear perturbations of integrated semigroups are also addressed. In addition, some important applications are investigated. For the entire collection see [Zbl 1050.35002].