Residual organochlorine pesticide contaminants profile in fish and sediment from a dam by N.J. Mensah, S. Antwi-Akomeah, E.J.D. Belford, G.E. Sebiawu, R. Aabeyir

“…There is therefore the need for appropriate measures and/or need to strengthen existing policies that bans the importation, sale and use of organochlorine pesticides via strict enforcement.…”
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« La baraque [les camps], on y était ! » Faire la preuve administrative de son statut d’enfant de harki by Alice Baudy

“…While the integration policies conducted since the 1980s had previously concerned all sons and daughters of former auxiliaries, the introduction of a criterion of at least 90 days’ stay in the camps led to a redefinition of the boundaries of the category of recipients formed by the children of harkis. …”
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The prevalence of episiotomy and associated factors at Shahrara Teaching Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan by Parvin Golzareh, Sadaf Sultani, Erin M. Mann, Khair Mohammad Mohammadi

“…Additional efforts, including national guidelines or policies and workforce training, are needed to further reduce the rate.…”
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Exploring health outcome disparities in African regional economics communities: a multilevel linear mixed-effect analysis by Ariane Ephemia Ndzignat Mouteyica, Nicholas Ngepah

“…Encouraging urban planning policies that prioritize developing healthcare infrastructure and facilitating healthcare access in urban areas is crucial. …”
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Environmental impacts of urban growth and land use changes in tropical cities by Timothy O. Ogunbode, Victor O. Oyebamiji, David O. Sanni, Emmanuel O. Akinwale, Francis O. Akinluyi

“…The implementation of green infrastructure, effective waste management, and comprehensive urban planning policies is crucial to enhancing resilience and quality of life in Iwo.…”
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“Scarlet Cloak and the Forest Adventure”: a preliminary study of the impact of AI on commonly used writing tools by Barbara Bordalejo, Davide Pafumi, Frank Onuh, A. K. M. Iftekhar Khalid, Morgan Slayde Pearce, Daniel Paul O’Donnell

“…It calls for the creation of policies and guidelines that acknowledge the evolving role of AI in writing, emphasizing the need to interpret detection scores cautiously to avoid penalizing students unfairly. …”
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Incidencia de los índices de criminalidad rural en Ecuador by Eduardo Luciano Hernández Ramos, Kevin Alexander Samaniego Macas, Arleth Samantha Amaya Tuarez

“…Además, la débil infraestructura judicial y la limitada presencia policial en estas zonas han facilitado la expansión de actividades delictivas. …”
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Childhood violence exposure and its contributing factors in Indonesia: a secondary data analysis of the National Survey on Children and Adolescents’ Life Experience by Dwi Octa Amalia, Sabarinah Sabarinah, Kemal N Siregar, Ella Nurlaella Hadi

“…Factors associated with violence exposure include being a working children (OR 1.85; 95% CI 1.48 to 2.32), not living with biological parents (OR 1.25; 95% CI 1.02 to 1.54) and witnessing violence in the home or neighbourhood (OR 6.78; 95% CI 5.78 to 7.97), all of which increase the risk of childhood violence exposure.Conclusions The findings highlight the necessity to focus on vulnerable groups such as working children, those not living with biological parents and children exposed to violence in the home. Policies and practices should prioritise identifying these at-risk children and provide targeted support through community-based early detection and intervention programmes. …”
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Effect of maternal height on the risk of caesarean section in singleton births: evidence from a large-scale survey in India by Himanshu Chaurasia, Strong P Marbaniang, Hemkhothang Lhungdim

“…Our findings could be used to argue for policies that target stunting in infant girls and avoid unnecessary CS, as there is potential effect on growth during adolescence and early adulthood, with the goal to increase their adult heights, thereby lowering their risk of CS and adverse delivery outcomes.…”
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Quality of life disparities among Mexican people with systemic lupus erythematosus. by Ana Laura Hernández-Ledesma, Domingo Martínez, Elizabeth Fajardo-Brigido, Talía V Román-López, Karen J Nuñez-Reza, Andrea Y Tapia-Atilano, Sandra V Vera Del Valle, Donají Domínguez-Zúñiga, Lizbet Tinajero-Nieto, Angélica Peña-Ayala, Estefania Torres-Valdez, Gabriel Frontana-Vázquez, María Gutiérrez-Arcelus, Florencia Rosetti, Sarael Alcauter, Miguel E Rentería, Alejandra E Ruiz-Contreras, Deshiré Alpízar-Rodríguez, Alejandra Medina-Rivera

“…Since most of our cohort exhibited low socioeconomic status, it is important to consider them as a vulnerable population; this study settles the necessity to deepen the effects of the socioeconomic disparities, allowing to design public policies and strategies aimed to reduce Systemic Lupus Erythematosus disparities, therefore improving quality of life of Mexican people with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.…”
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STUDENTS' PERCEPTION OF PLAGIARISM: CASE STUDY OF ACADEMIC INTEGRITY FORMATION by Olena H. Kuzminska, Mariia S. Mazorchuk, Olena M. Vasilyuk

“…As a result of the survey of 146 graduate students (80 students from the intervention group and 64 students from the control group), the effectiveness of the application of the author's method has been proven: a significant difference has been determined between the point marks regarding students' confidence in preventing plagiarism and their practical confirmation among students who worked according to the author's method (the intervention group, indicators are significantly higher) and those who were trained using the educational approach (informing according to the policies and procedures determined by the university). …”
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Integration of Generative Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education: Best Practices by Jorge Cordero, Jonathan Torres-Zambrano, Alison Cordero-Castillo

“…To address these challenges, best practices for the responsible integration of GenAI in education are presented, focusing primarily on ongoing training, the establishment of institutional policies, the encouragement of responsible use, and the ongoing evaluation of impact in the educational setting. …”
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Informing climate-health adaptation options through mapping the needs and potential for integrated climate-driven early warning forecasting systems in South Asia-A scoping review. by Festus A Asaaga, Emmanuel S Tomude, Nathan J Rickards, Richard Hassall, Sunita Sarkar, Bethan V Purse

“…We conducted further internet search of relevant national climate adaptation plans and health policies affecting disease management. We identified 187 studies reporting on climate-sensitive diseases and information systems in the south Asia context published between 1992 and 2024.…”
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المکتبات الخضراء ودورها فى مواجهة تحدیات الاستدامة البیئیة : دراسة تحلیلیة مقارنة by د. مها لؤى حاتم

“…Environmental sustainability is an integral part of themarketing policies of libraries as a central social entity. The least effective stepsfor sustainability can have a significant impact on the overall picture of libraries.With a small funding, the library gets significant returns as a result of marketing.Achieving environmental awareness does not necessarily require significant effortor substantial funds, but also effective activities in developing joint relationshipswith other institutions, library friend groups, school projects, suppliers and librarybeneficiaries.The problem of the study lies in, the spread of the phenomenon of greenlibraries at the level of many developed countries in the Western world, andactivates its components at the level of the Arab world, which calls forextrapolation of the elements of environmental sustainability and therequirements of their application to various categories of libraries. …”
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Eco-anthropologie et primatologie pour la conservation de la biodiversité : un projet collaboratif dans le Parc National de Moukalaba-Doudou, Gabon by Naoki Matsuura, Yuji Takenoshita, Juichi Yamagiwa

“…It is also important to implement development projects in order to resolve conflicts between conservation policies and local lifestyles. It is therefore necessary to pay enough attention to both people and animals and to move towards an integrated approach geared at the relation between local societies and the environment.Japanese ecological anthropology and primatology, which developed simultaneously through longterm field research in various regions of Africa, offer a suggestive idea to tackle the issue. …”
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Efficient and Secure Traffic Scheduling Based on Private Sketch by Yang Chen, Huishu Wu, Xuhao Ren

“…Traditional traffic scheduling methods often rely on static rules or pre–defined policies, which make it difficult to cope with dynamically changing network traffic patterns. …”
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Centralización de instalaciones térmicas mediante energías renovables para una agrupación de bloques de viviendas. = Centralisation of thermal installations using renewable energie... by Sergio Escudero-Castañeda, Saúl Álvarez-Fuente, Raúl Briones-Llorente, Fernando Aguilar-Romero, Natalia Muñoz-Rujas, Gabriel Rubio-Pérez

“…To remedy this, international organisations are promoting policies to reduce these figures, both in new buildings and in renovations. …”
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CONCEPTUALIZATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY by E. S. Zinovieva

“…Due to the proliferation of the Internet, its technological features and characteristics of the established governance model influence policies and practices of international relations in the field of information and communication technologies. …”
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COVID-19 prevention strategies and compliance among postnatal adolescent mothers with postnatal depression and generalised anxiety in rural Malawi: a cross-sectional study by Sharyn Burns, Linda Portsmouth, Chimwemwe Pindani Tembo

“…The findings support the need for policies that integrate mental health within the public health response due to the potential direct and indirect effects the pandemic might have on perinatal mothers’ mental health. …”
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The Challenges of AI in Administrative Law and the Need for Specific Legal Remedies: Analysis of Polish Regulations and Practice by Jowanka Jakubek-Lalik

“…The methodology used includes an analysis of the legislation and policies, desk research on practical examples, and insights from discussion at the EGPA 2024 Conference. …”
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