Digital horizons: understanding teacher retention challenges in Myanmar's rural basic education schools through the lens of informatization by Wynn Marlar, Mohamad Zreik

“…Key findings highlight inadequate infrastructural facilities, limited professional development opportunities, and socio-cultural barriers as primary deterrents. Results. The study uncovers how informatization - the integration of information and communication technologies (ICT) in education - can mitigate these challenges. …”
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CASE ON EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS by Oleg A. Donskikh

“…The author draws attention to the negative effects of the total subordination of higher education to the badly formulated economic needs at the expense of other purposes, including cultural development of personality and its self-identification. …”
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Pseudomonas mendocina bacteraemia secondary to cellulitis – a report and brief series of cases by Jorge Reis, Francisca Carmo, Inês Soares, Catarina Salvado, Mariana Fidalgo

“…When observed in the Emergency Department, he was septic and was admitted for treatment and surveillance. Blood cultures were positive for P. mendocina. He was treated with antibiotics and recovered, and was discharged home. …”
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Theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of bases of formation of social activity of youth by E. V. Domashova, E. V. Blagovskaya, T. A. Gonohova

“…The paper notes great attention to young people, especially to the problems of young people, because youth is the most active age group, that can realize itself in all spheres of life: cultural, social, political etc. The authors notice that young people, more than other socio-demographic groups, are focused on raising their social status and on mastering new social roles. …”
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‘Blood’ Kinship and Kinship in Christ’s Blood: Nomadic Evangelism in the Nenets Tundra by Tatiana Vagramenko

“…On other side, it was the indigenisation of the Christian concept of kinship according to native internal cultural logic. Evangelical communities in the tundra were plunged into the traditional practices of Nenets kinship networks, economic exchanges, and marriage alliances. …”
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Combination Immunotherapy with 4-1BBL and CTLA-4 Blockade for the Treatment of Prostate Cancer by Kuang Youlin, Zhang Li, Weng Xiaodong, Liu Xiuheng, Zhu Hengchen

“…The combined vaccination resulted in higher CTL against RM-1 cells and increased secretion of IFN-, TNF- and IL-2 in the mix-cultured supernatant. These results suggest that combining activation of 4-1BB and blockade of CTLA-4 may offer a new strategy for prostate cancer immunotherapy.…”
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La iglesia del virrey by Iván Panduro Sáez

“…Se trata de una iglesia, hoy desaparecida, que se definió como un centro artístico y cultural de relevancia, y que tuvo como principal impulsor al virrey Pedro Antonio González de Castro, X conde de Lemos, y a su confesor, el jesuita Francisco del Castillo. …”
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Temporal preferences for ambiance: A study of tourist expectations across the day by Rischa Agustina, Budhi Sholeh Wibowo

“…Specifically, tourists visiting Yogyakarta prefer peaceful, nature-centric attractions in the morning, cultural experiences and popular places in the afternoon, and romantic ambiances in the evening. …”
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Application of a sourdough type-II fermentation model to gelatinized legume flours: Starter robustness, technological and nutritional implications, potential of the bread and pasta... by Marco Montemurro, Giuseppe Perri, Michela Verni, Erica Pontonio, Carlo Giuseppe Rizzello

“…However, after the fifth propagation cycle, there was a decline in the dominance of starter cultures, which negatively impacted the concentration of free amino acids and protein digestibility in the breads. …”
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Pigs, people, and proximity: a 6000-year isotopic record of pig management in Ireland by Eric Guiry, Fiona Beglane, Finbar McCormick, Eric Tourigny, Michael P. Richards

“…This plasticity means that pig behaviour can evidence a tremendous range of cultural phenomena, some of which may not otherwise show up in the archaeological record. …”
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Mechanism for microbial population collapse in a fluctuating resource environment by Serdar Turkarslan, Arjun V Raman, Anne W Thompson, Christina E Arens, Mark A Gillespie, Frederick von Netzer, Kristina L Hillesland, Sergey Stolyar, Adrian López García de Lomana, David J Reiss, Drew Gorman‐Lewis, Grant M Zane, Jeffrey A Ranish, Judy D Wall, David A Stahl, Nitin S Baliga

“…Strikingly, the microbial community became progressively less proficient at restoring the environmentally relevant physiological state after each perturbation and most cultures collapsed within 3–7 shifts. Counterintuitively, the collapse phenomenon was prevented by a single regulatory mutation. …”
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Exploration of the Relationship Between the Population and Football Stadiums in Romania by Grigore Vasile Herman, Tudor Caciora, Mariana Laura Herman, Mihai Șandra, Gheorghe Codruț Bulz

“…A sport is a specific human activity with deep cultural and social meanings that involves cooperation and competitiveness according to well-established rules. …”
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Character Adrift (on the Sea of Language): Robinson Crusoe, Foe, Elizabeth Costello, and the Shipwreck of Realism by James CORBY

“…This metaphorical “drift” and “shipwreck” mirror broader philosophical and cultural shifts in literature, where characters constantly oscillate between their roles as tangible entities and constructs within narrative frameworks. …”
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Investigating the Factors Affecting the Internal Development of Arid Cities (Case Study: Ardakan City) by Mohamadreza Hatafi Ardakani, Mohamadhosein saraei, mohamadmahdi karimnejad, seyed Ali Al_modaresi, Saeideh Moayedfar

“…The findings of this study showed that managerial, environmental, physical, spatial, economic, social and cultural factors play an important role in the development of Ardakan.…”
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Neuregulin 1 improves cognitive deficits and neuropathology in an Alzheimer’s disease model by Jiqing Xu, Fred de Winter, Catherine Farrokhi, Edward Rockenstein, Michael Mante, Anthony Adame, Jonathan Cook, Xin Jin, Eliezer Masliah, Kuo-Fen Lee

“…Furthermore, we showed that soluble ectodomains of both type I and type III NRG1 significantly increased expression of Aβ-degrading enzyme neprilysin (NEP) in primary neuronal cultures. Consistent with this finding, immunoreactivity of NEP was increased in the hippocampus of AD mice. …”
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Inclusive innovation for the promotion of regional food heritage: A case study of a small producers' fair model in urban spaces by Bernardo Alayza, Domingo González, Emilio Diaz, Hernán Cornejo, Maritza Canales

“…The analysis allows us to affirm that the Fair constitutes a space for inclusive innovation due to it has built new networks with heterogeneous actors, it has capitalized various types of traditional knowledge and it has generated opportunities for small producers. From a cultural perspective, the regional food heritage that has been promoted by small producers in the Fair, has contributed to generating new capacities and opportunities in this population. …”
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The Connection of EU Supports and the Taxable Income Per Capita in the Northern Hungarian Region, for the 2007-2013 Period by Dora Szendi

“…There are not two points in the space which have the same characteristics, because their economic, social and cultural parameters are different. The existence of territorial inequalities is a significant problem also in the case of Hungary with special regards on the settlements of the Northern Hungarian region. …”
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Environmentally Friendly Antifouling Metabolites from Red Sea Organisms by Sultan Semran Al-Lihaibi, Ahmed Abdel-Lateff, Walied Mohamed Alarif, Hajer Saeed Alorfi, Yasuyuki Nogata, Tatsufumi Okino

“…The methanolic extracts were evaluated for their toxicity and settlement inhibition effects by using cultured Balanus amphitrite. Thirty-three extracts displayed antifouling effects: four samples were highly potent at 1 μg/mL with a percentage of settlement inhibition above 31%, twenty-two were potent at 10 μg/mL with a percentage of settlement inhibition between 16 and 30%, and seven were active at 10 μg/mL with a percentage of settlement inhibition between 0 and 15%. …”
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Traducción, censura y construcción del discurso literario. La labor de los editores J. Janés, C. Barral y J. M. Castellet durante el franquismo by Jordi Jané-Lligé

“… Traducción y censura tuvieron un papel primordial en la articulación de la vida cultural y literaria durante el franquismo, en este artículo se valoran recientes aportaciones de la traductología para abordar sus relaciones. …”
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Production of Biodiesel from Lipid of Phytoplankton Chaetoceros calcitrans through Ultrasonic Method by Raymond Kwangdinata, Indah Raya, Muhammad Zakir

“…In this research, we carried out a series of phytoplankton cultures to determine the optimum time of growth and biodiesel synthesis process from phytoplankton lipids. …”
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