Shrinking for Survival: Integrating Degrowth Principles into Texas Zoning Regulations by Alara Yücel, Pamela Durán-Díaz

“…The degrowth movement is gradually gaining recognition within North American urban planning, but its influence and application remain limited. Most degrowth-oriented initiatives have remained at a small scale, mostly pertaining to communities and neighbourhoods. …”
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Optimism and Mortality in Older Men and Women: The Rancho Bernardo Study by Ericha G. Anthony, Donna Kritz-Silverstein, Elizabeth Barrett-Connor

“…Methods. 367 men and 509 women aged ≥50 from the Rancho Bernardo Study attended a 1999–2002 research clinic visit when demographic, behavioral, and medical history were obtained and completed a 1999 mailed survey including the Life Orientation Test-Revised (LOT-R). Mortality outcomes were followed through 2012. …”
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Strategic human resources management practices are key to small, medium and micro enterprises effectiveness in South Africa by Jealous Sungwa

“…Orientation: Small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) are prone to failure primarily because of inadequate human resource (HR) procedures despite their reputation for flexibility, closeness to dependable clients, adaptability and adoption of new technologies. …”
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Explaining and Prioritizing Supplier Evaluation Indicators with a Meta-Synthesis Approach by Sayyed Mohammad Reza Davoodi, Mehdi Papahn Shoushtari, Rasoul Bahalou Houreh, Hamid Reza Rezaei

“…By analyzing them, supplier evaluation indicators were classified into 5 dimensions, 19 sub-dimensions, and 112 components, and their effect coefficient was determined using the Shannon entropy method.Findings: The results showed that price, quality, on-time delivery, revenue, organizational structure, human resource management, energy management, environmental management, customer orientation, and green management indices are the most effective indicators in evaluating suppliers.Originality/Value: Supplier selection and evaluation are imperative in creating an effective supply chain. …”
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Globalization, Security and Governance Challenges in Nigeria by WILSON SIMON OKWOLI, LAMI LENTON ANUGA, JOSEPH ABOGENYE ANUGA

“…Also, Nigerian state should prioritize good and inclusive government to reorient citizen loyalties, mechanisms oriented towards the peaceful processing of conflicts and seriously engage in delivering on economic development for its citizens through adopting modern economic practices and enforcing global best practice protocols for public institutions within the state.  …”
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Psychometric Indicators of the “Proactive Attitudes” Scale in Adolescence: Testing the Factor Structure and Internal Consistency by A.A. Bekhter, E.N. Tkach

“…The “Proactive Attitudes” scale can be used as an effective tool for assessing a person’s proactive orientation in adolescence, and has acceptable psychometric indicators. …”
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Halévy, fugue d’école und basse donnée by Birger Petersen

“…The concluding glance at an exercise designed by Halévy – a basse donnée from 1842 – also shows the close connection in this repertoire between counterpoint on the one hand and scheme-oriented movement on the other, which never exclude each other.…”
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Organizational and legal measures to prevent psychosocial risks caused by the war in Ukraine by V. I. Teremetskyi, R. V. Kolodchyna

“…The Concept of the development of mental health care in Ukraine for the period until 2030 and the need to develop other mental health and psychosocial support programmes are characterized, their target orientations, advantages and disadvantages are determined. …”
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Robotic constructor as a means of teaching C++ programming to high school students by Anton V. Eliseev

“…It also contributes to the development of students’ skills of mutual interaction and independent decision-making, allows to reveal their creative potential in design and design-research activities, and increases their interest in learning computer science, which is especially important in today’s technologically oriented society. The aim of this study is to develop the components of a methodical system for teaching high school students programming in C++ using the VEX EDR robotic constructor and to test the effectiveness of the proposed methodics. …”
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Efficient reduction of β-lactoglobulin allergenicity in milk using Clostridium tyrobutyricum Z816 by Qianru Zhao, Yuwei Wang, Zhengming Zhu, Quanyu Zhao, Liying Zhu, Ling Jiang

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DDL R-CNN: Dynamic Direction Learning R-CNN for Rotated Object Detection by Weixian Su, Donglin Jing

“…It utilizes the central features of the maximum bounding rectangle’s width and height, along with the coarse angle estimation and weights derived from DDL module, to refine the orientation of the anchor box. Our method has been proven to surpass existing rotating detection networks in extensive testing across two widely used remote sensing detection datasets, namely UCAS-AOD and HRSC2016.…”
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Carbonitriding reduction of TiO2 in the CH4-H2-N2 system: Reduction temperature effect and kinetics by Zhang R., Fan G.-Q., Hou Y., You Y., Dang J.

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Unveiling the Multifaceted Driving Mechanism of Digital Transformation in the Construction Industry: A System Adaptation Perspective by Mengqi Yuan, Wenfei Zang, Long Li, Ziwei Yi

“…As a critical sector for DT, the construction industry’s project-oriented paradigm and immature industrialized production method limit the research on emerging digital technology and ignore the theoretical mechanism. …”
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Can attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder be considered a form of cerebellar dysfunction? by Valeria Isaac, Vladimir Lopez, Maria Josefina Escobar

“…Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a heterogenous disorder, commonly described for presenting difficulties in sustained attention, response inhibition, and organizing goal-oriented behaviors. However, along with its traditionally described executive dysfunction, more than half of the children diagnosed with ADHD have been reported to show difficulties with gross and fine motor skills, albeit motor impairments in ADHD continue to be a neglected area of clinical attention. …”
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Classification of State Regulation Principles in the Field of Air Transport by O. V. Brusakova

“…The significance and peculiarities of the observance of special principles of state regulation in the field of air transport (creation of equal conditions for the development of economic activity of air transport enterprises, social orientation, stimulation of national air producers, safety of air transportation, priority of environmental needs, principle of technical support) have been revealed. …”
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The Conditions of Public Opinion Action in Soviet Lithuania by Valdemaras Klumbys

“…Personal information, like diseases, love affairs, sexual orientations, crimes, and mistakes in the past was used also. …”
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Implementation of sustainability in human resource management: A literature review by Chantal M. Banga, Jenika Gobind

“…Orientation: Truly, organisations face the challenge of implementing sustainability in their daily activities. …”
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Identifying non-communicable disease multimorbidity patterns and associated factors: a latent class analysis approach by Sanghamitra Pati, Parul Puri, Shri Kant Singh

“…Objective In the absence of adequate nationally-representative empirical evidence on multimorbidity, the existing healthcare delivery system is not adequately oriented to cater to the growing needs of the older adult population. …”
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School of Management, Marketing and Commerce Studies by R. B. Nozdryova

“…Scientific School of the Department of Management and Marketing and the Department of Management Foreign Economic Activity is oriented at the international level and focuses on the development of organizational forms and methods of management, marketing strategy, marketing, and commerce in the context of foreign trade and international activities of domestic firms and organizations on the basis of a comprehensive study of advanced management experience of leading foreign countries. …”
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The concept of sustanaible development in the globalization of the world economy by Оksana Urban, Мykola Dziamulych, Natalia Chyzh

“…In particular, the essence of the term "sustainable development" and related economic categories was analyzed, the main components (social, ecological and economic) and the main orientations of this concept were distinguished. Attention is focused on the relationship between the concept of sustainable development and the theory of capital preservation, which involves distinguishing two types of sustainability - strong and weak. …”
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