Art and Decolonial Worldviews: Transcultural Resistance in and Beyond the Installations of Hassan Hajjaj by Siobhán Shilton

“…These artists resist such external and internal essentialising views by drawing on influences from within and beyond Tunisia: “[c]réer dans l’entre-deux de l’endogène et de l’exogène” (Triki, “Art” 58). …”
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Effect of Monetary Rewards on Employees Performance in Financial Institutions: A Case Study of Pride Microfinance Kabale Branch. by Nayebare, Violah

“…The researcher employed descriptive and analytical research designs ,thus both quantitative and qualitative data was collected with the help of questionnaires and interview guide, the data analyzed was collected for purposes of drawing conclusions and recommendations .The findings revealed that financial incentives improve on task performance because majority of the respondents supported that financial incentives improve on task performance, few of the respondents disagreed with the question while others were not sure whether financial incentives significantly improve on task performance or not. …”
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Teachers' Competence as an Avenue for "Learning Through Play Pedagogy" in Preschools: A Case of Makindye Ssabagabo Division. by Ngalonsa, Luciana, Ocan, Johnson, Adyanga, Francis Akena

“…These techniques involved observing the study participants & behavior and drawing conclusions based on their responses and actions in the way they engaged in incorporating the learning through play pedagogy. …”
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Social Administration and Societal Transformation in Uganda Today. by Mugavu, George

“…In this paper I reviewed the genesis, the roles of Social Administrators, the challenges that hamper the activities the discipline of Social Administration drawing substantiations from the Ugandan experience. …”
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Çin Siyasi Düşüncesi ve Siyasi Tarihi Bağlamında Çinli Siyasi Elitler by Tuğrul Keskin

“…Ulusoy emphasizes the resilience and adaptability of China's political elites, drawing parallels with similar movements in Turkish political history, such as the Young Turks and the Kemalist revolution. …”
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Causal relationship between gastroesophageal reflux disease and chronic obstructive respiratory disease: A bidirectional Mendelian randomization study by Shan Lin, Dingfeng Lai, Wanmei He, Qingyuan Zhan

“…Methods: Using a two-sample bidirectional MR, we explored the causal influence of GERD on the risks of developing COPD and asthma, drawing on aggregated genome-wide association study data from European cohorts. …”
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Forecasting Range Shifts in Terrestrial Alpine Insects Under Global Warming by Fabio Leonardo Meza‐Joya, Mary Morgan‐Richards, Steven A. Trewick

“…We conducted a comprehensive, semi‐quantitative review of empirical studies on contemporary range shifts in alpine insects driven by climate heating, drawing attention to methodological issues and potential biotic and abiotic factors influencing variation in responses. …”
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The Role of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in Participatory Conservation of Heritage Areas by Hamid Salimi, Somayeh Fadaei Nezhad Bahramjerdi, Rana Tootoonchi

“…On this basis, qualitative methods and logical argumentation are used to analyze research content, drawing on qualitative and quantitative data from previous studies. …”
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Use of photogrammetry to survey Iron Age rock art motifs in the Côa Valley: the Vermelhosa Rock 3 case study (Vila Nova de Foz Côa, Portugal) by Natália Botica, Luís Luís, Paulo Bernardes

“…By creating highly detailed 3D models, the authors complement the two-dimensional drawings of the surfaces and ensure the digital preservation of both the rocks and the associated iconography. …”
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Healthcare access, quality of care and efficiency as healthcare performance measures: A Canadian health service view by Yamin Tauseef JAHANGIR, Elena NEITERMAN, Craig R. JANES, Samantha B. MEYER

“…Our paper established an argument and from our viewpoints we provide a more conceptual clarification on how these three intermediate variables may shape assessments in health system performance, while drawing from the Canadian healthcare system performance gaps and placing them as evidence. …”
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Problematic aspects of defining a child as a victim of domestic violence by O. V. Korol, A. S. Bakhaieva

“…It has been noted that if police officers draw up procedural documents improperly, in particular, a protocol on an administrative offence, the child will not be granted the official status of a victim. …”
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PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION: MODERNIZING THE CURRENT MODEL OF STATE MANAGEMENT by E. V. Ohotskii

“…The author attempts to analyze, in a number of cases in terms of models, features of public administration systems at different stages of historical development, drawing attention to reasons why the Soviet model of public administration did not manage to meet competition, did not provide the required social effect and as a natural result suffered a defeat in the global confrontation between the two social systems. …”
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High-Resolution Safety Verification for Evasive Obstacle Avoidance in Autonomous Vehicles by Aliasghar Arab, Milad Khaleghi, Alireza Partovi, Alireza Abbaspour, Chaitanya Shinde, Yashar Mousavi, Vahid Azimi, Ali Karimmoddini

“…The EMRM system is designed to improve collision avoidance and mitigate loss severity by drawing inspiration from professional drivers who perform aggressive maneuvers while maintaining stability for effective risk mitigation. …”
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System‐failing creativity in health care by Stijn Horck, Rachel E. Gifford, Bram P. I. Fleuren, Cheryl Rathert, Tracy H. Porter, Afshan Rauf, Yuna S. H. Lee

“…Methods Our interdisciplinary team, blending expertise in health care management, economics, psychology, and clinical practice, reviewed the literature on creativity and system failures in health care to generate a conceptual model that describes this process. Drawing on appraisal theory, we iteratively refined the model by integrating various theories with key concepts of system failures, creativity, and health care worker's well‐being. …”
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Catholic Church Interiors in Fin-de-Siècle Literature by Claire Masurel-Murray

“…This article explores how such a polarised vision reflects contemporary debates about the interior organisation and decoration of churches. Drawing on William Whyte’s analyses of changing attitudes towards church architecture in the 19th century in Unlocking the Church: The Lost Secrets of Victorian Sacred Space (OUP 2017), it shows how literary representations of church interiors in fin-de-siècle literature reflect the shift from the Protestant aniconic, congregation-centred approach to church design, in favour of an architecture of affect and sensation, where space and ornamentation lead the worshipper to experience the divine through a sensory overload. …”
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Learning from “Knocks in Life”: Food Insecurity among Low-Income Lone Senior Women by Rebecca J. Green-LaPierre, Patricia L. Williams, N. Theresa Glanville, Deborah Norris, Heather C. Hunter, Cynthia G. Watt

“…Using a phenomenological inquiry approach, in-depth interviews were used to explore lone senior women’s experiences accessing food with limited financial resources. Drawing upon Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Systems Theory, we explored their perceived ability to access a nutritionally adequate and personally acceptable diet, and the barriers and enablers to do so; as well in light of our previous quantitative research, we explored their perceptions related to adequacy of income, essential expenses, and their strategies to manage personal finances. …”
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Unpacking gendered dynamics in livestock vaccination: Toward more inclusive health strategies by Kaylee A. Byers, Sarah J. Robinson, Lara Hollmann, B. Amarachi Ezeocha, Julia H. Smith, Salome A. Bukachi

“…By considering the intersection of human, animal, and environmental health, this review highlights structural inequities in vaccine distribution and access, the impact of gender roles on decision making and participation in vaccination programs, and the broader implications for animal health and community wellbeing. Drawing on insights from veterinary medicine, social sciences, and public health, we advocate for inclusive, gender-transformative programs that address the diverse needs of those involved in livestock care and community health.…”
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Problem-oriented approaches to training clinical medical professional postgraduates in scientific research by Boya Shi, Kehui Wu, Jia Wei, Yaoqi Wang, Renzhu Pang, Yong Li, Shuai Yang, Xianying Meng

“…Under the "Four Certificates in One" training model, the clinical medical professional postgraduate education of clinical medicine has increasingly revealed an imbalance between training and research development, highlighting a significant deficiency in cultivating students' scientific research capabilities.Currently, a well-structured educational framework to effectively nurture the research skills of clinical medical professional postgraduates remains lacking.This study focuses on clinical medical professional postgraduate students specializing in general surgery as the primary subjects of observation.By analyzing the current status of scientific research education for clinical medical professional postgraduate and drawing upon our institution’s recent teaching reform efforts, we explore specific strategies for developing research skills in clinical medical professional postgraduate students, particularly through a clinical problem-oriented approach.Furthermore, we offer reflections on the future direction of research education for clinical medical professional postgraduate, with the goal of fostering the development of well-rounded, high-quality medical professionals.…”
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TGF-β signaling orchestrates cancer-associated fibroblasts in the tumor microenvironment of human hepatocellular carcinoma: unveiling insights and clinical significance by Junwei Ge, Hongwei Jiang, Junjun Chen, Xuemin Chen, Yue Zhang, Liangrong Shi, Xiao Zheng, Jingting Jiang, Lujun Chen

“…In our recent study, drawing from the GEO database, we identified two fibroblast subtypes in HCC through single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) and explore the expression and distribution of TGF-β and its receptors in the TME of HCC. …”
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Land conversions not climate effects are the dominant indirect consequence of sun-driven CO2 capture, conversion, and sequestration by Moritz Adam, Thomas Kleinen, Matthias M May, Kira Rehfeld

“…Here, we study Earth system impacts of modular, s un-powered process chains, which combine d irect a ir c apture with (electro)chemical c onversion of the captured CO _2 into liquid or solid sink products and subsequent product s torage (sDACCCS). Drawing on a novel explicit representation of CO _2 removal in a state-of-the-art Earth system model, we find that these process chains can be renewably powered and have minimal implications for the climate and carbon cycle. …”
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