EXPOSING SOCIAL INEQUALITY FROM THE MENTALLY ILL REPRESENTATION IN TODD PHILLIPS’ JOKER by Jennifer Gracia Marsena, Sonny Angjaya

“…The purpose of this study is to find if government’s policies have any involvement of impact to the life of a mentally ill person. …”
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Application of Non-Supervised Learning Tools and Visualization Techniques to Understand the Intrinsic Freshmen Enrollment Segmentation: An application to freshmen engineering stude... by Patricio Salas, Rodrigo De la Fuente, Patricio Sáez, Andrés Riquelme

“…Identifying significant subgroups among first-year students is crucial for designing educational policies that foster their academic and personal development. …”
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Building capacities for oriented innovation: Argentina’s response to COVID-19 from a gender perspective by Leila Mucarsel, Ana Clara Barile, Meera Bhat

“…The pandemic tested the resilience of public systems, as governments faced the challenge of rapidly adapting their policies and practices. In this context, Argentina was recognized as one of the few countries that managed to mainstream a gender perspective to reach the most vulnerable populations, showing adaptive capacities and strategic orientation. …”
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Perception and adaptation to climate change in vulnerable regions by A. Jiménez Bedoya, F. Fuentes Gandara, R. Paternina Uribe, J. Pinedo Hernández

“…A bibliometric analysis using the SCOPUS scientific database was conducted to explore global and Latin American publication trends related to climate change perception and adaptation policies, with a particular focus on Colombia. This analysis highlights current research directions and academic impacts in climate change, public policies, and adaptation strategies.FINDINGS: The results showed that 100 percent of respondents perceived climate change over the last 20 years, particularly in rain-drought and sowing-harvest cycles, previously predictable. …”
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L’agglomération oranaise (Algérie) entre instruments d’urbanisme et processus d’urbanisation by Youcef Kadri, Mohamed Madani

“…Reduction of such sprawl is a major challenge for urban policies. Favoured by vigorous economic growth since the 2000s, Oran, as well as other major Algerian cities, has experienced important and rapid urbanization that makes the process of urban sprawl irreversible. …”
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Dimensions humaine et sociale du développement durable : une problématique séparée du volet environnemental ? by Sandrine Rousseau

“…The implementation of sustainable development policies on a global scale should icrease the coherence of the management of environmental and labour resources in the various countries. …”
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Changement climatique et migrations humaines au Sénégal : une approche en termes de vulnérabilité du système socio-écologique by Alassane Diallo

“…It interacts with contextual factors of a socio-economic, cultural, demographic, politico-institutional, environmental… order in the migratory processes by exacerbating the initial vulnerability of the populations. To this end, policies should focus both on (i) development issues (poverty and inequality) by acting on the environment and populations respectively in a coherent and extensive manner; but also, (ii) climate economics by reducing physical and climatic vulnerability through mitigation and adaptation policies to face climate change.…”
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Timişoara, de la petite Vienne du Banat à la Capitale européenne de la culture by Amandine Dargaud

“…Thus, in Timişoara (Romania), the municipality is implementing urban renewal and marketing policies of patrimonialization of the historic center and valorization of the Austro-Hungarian past. …”
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Les organisations logistiques à promouvoir dans le cadre des Politiques de Transport Durable de Marchandises : la question des circuits de proximité by Amélie Gonçalves

“…This will help us understand in which measure the logics and organisations in these chains can or could lead to more sustainable choices concerning transport and logistics, and could be exemplary schemes for sustainable transport policies.…”
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Optimal sterile insect release for area-wide integrated pest management in a density regulated pest population by Luis F. Gordillo

“…In this note we provide approximations to best policies of release through the use of simulated annealing. …”
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Les observatoires de la mer et du littoral : du suivi des interactions hommes-milieux à la coordination des acteurs by Jean-Michel Salles, Hélène Rey Valette, Rémi Mongruel

“…The development of integrated management policies in the coastal and maritime environment involves renewing the information systems in support of these policies. …”
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Territórios cercados, territórios esvaziados e conservação da natureza no oeste da província de Santa Cruz, Patagônia sul by Alejandro Fabian Schweitzer

“…The implantation of the first protected areas in the Province of Santa Cruz is part of a strategy of effective occupation of the space by the national state, complementary to the implantation of the national territories and to the policies of settlement and colonization. The national parks located in the west of Santa Cruz, are among the first protected areas in Argentina. …”
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Self-isolation of adolescents after Covid-19 pandemic between social withdrawal and Hikikomori risk in Italy by Loredana Cerbara, Giulia Ciancimino, Gianni Corsetti, Antonio Tintori

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La costruzione culturale della vita materiale: dono strategico, economie e relazioni informali nei mercati pubblici by Silvia Lelli

“… After a short theoretical introduction that highlights how field research in public street markets provides a contribution to economic-anthropological theories, street markets turn out to be characterized by a dense social interaction, and by complex intersections of multidirectional policies: within them, the effects of economic and administrative macro-policies imposed 'from above' are visible and, at the same time, in reverse, we can detect here aspects of the local social construction that from grass root level influences the exterior, both in forms of organized resistance against disadvantageous imposed policies, and by spontaneously shaping the social interaction pattern and the identity of the urban neighbourhoods where markets are sited. …”
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Dinâmica espaço-temporal das frentes pioneiras no Estado do Pará by Marcelo Thalês, René Poccard-Chapuis

“…Reducing deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is the target of numerous public policies seeking to promote more sustainable forms of territorial development. …”
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Smart Cities in comparison: An analysis of the best Smart Cities by Stefano CARBONI

“…Furthermore, the thematic maps will visually represent the distribution and implementation of Smart policies, providing a clear and comprehensive overview of the Smart landscape in the top-ranked cities. …”
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Pro-Poor Growth: A Book Review by Seyedhossein Mirjalili

“…In this paper, pro-poor policies in India, centered on the eradication of absolute poverty during 1958 to 2000, have been compared with inclusive growth policies of the India's eleventh and twelfth development plans during 2007-2017.…”
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Causes and consequences of the pension system reforms in Serbia by Đekić Marija, Mijalković Jovana, Marković Biljana

“…In the future, it is necessary to devote more attention to structural measures, such as more effective employment policies, birth-rate policies, and more. Also, it is necessary to constantly improve measures and instruments for combating the grey economy.…”
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Impact of out-of-home nutrition labelling on people with eating disorders: a systematic review and meta-synthesis by Lucy Serpell, Dasha Nicholls, Ulrike Schmidt, Tom Jewell, Nora Trompeter, Fiona Duffy, Imogen Peebles, Emily Wadhera, Kate Chambers, Helen Sharpe, Ellen Maloney

“…The metasynthesis identified five themes based on the qualitative findings, being drawn to calories, facilitating the eating disorder, reassurance, social eating and frustration.Conclusions The current review summarised the existing literature on the impact of out-of-home nutrition label policies on individuals with eating disorders. The evidence suggests that there is cause for concern regarding negative impacts, particularly for those with restrictive eating disorders, which should be explored further by research and considered by policymakers when making decisions on public health policies.…”
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