Researchers and practitioners talk about users and each other: making user and audience studies matter by Brenda Dervin, CarrieLynn Reinhard

“…The traditional modes used for communication in the social science research enterprise are not doing the job for user studies. …”
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Explaining the Factors Affecting the Distribution of Land Use Change Interests Using the Communicative Planning Framework by Mohsen Abdehkolahchi, Abdehkolahchi Ghalehnoee

“…Of course, the quality of these factors with 42.31% of the land quality shows the distribution of land use interests among the stakeholders was not very appropriate, which can lead to interest conflicts, especially between groups with economical-political interests and the public interest, and thus cause social instability in Ahvaz city.…”
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Socio-psychological factors of students` satisfaction in the context of digitalization of education during the COVID-19 pandemic and self-isolation by I. E. Sokolovskaya

“…Accordingly, this transformation of such an important social sphere as education requires the efforts of representatives of many scientific disciplines, including philosophers, sociologists, cultural scientists, and psychologists. …”
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Environmental Influences on Young Adult Male Height. A Comparison of Town and Countryside in the Netherlands, 1815-1900 by Jan Kok, Erik Beekink, David Bijsterbosch

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A Rational Model for Agroecology as a Science by Luis Fernando Gómez-Echeverri, Leonardo Alberto Ríos-Osorio, María Luisa Eschenhagen-Durán

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Profiles of women presenting for abortions in Singapore at the National University Hospital: focus on married women by Xiang Wen Gregory Pek, Wei Shan Teoh, Duoduo Wu, Kuldip Singh

“…Methods: We retrospectively evaluated the sociodemographic data of 802 women who underwent an abortion for social reasons at our institution in Singapore from January 2016 to September 2018. …”
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De la ruche-tronc à la ruche à cadres : ethnoécologie historique de l’apiculture en Cévennes by Ameline Lehébel-Péron, Daniel Travier, Alain Renaux, Edmond Dounias, Bertrand Schatz

“…By combining the analysis of archival documents, scientific literature and personal testimonies from elderly Cevennes dwellers, this dive into history has allowed us to reconstitute the major episodes of beekeeping in Cevennes, by considering the modifications of chosen beehive models and bee landraces, as well as the valorization of beehive products following the evolving social and economic circumstances. Most salient features, such as the first evidence of the use of log hives in the early 17th century, were thus time-stamped and retrospectively set into context. …”
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Unlocking Multilingual Classrooms: Preprimary Teachers’ Perspectives on Inclusive Pedagogy in Spain by López-Medina Beatriz, Agustín Mercedes Pérez

“…The participants originate from five different locations in Spain, characterized by different linguistic and social realities. The discussions were recorded and transcribed verbatim, and the software MAXQDA was used to facilitate the content analysis of the obtained data. …”
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Transmedial presence of verbal texts in architecture and public space. Between informativity and emotivity by Elżbieta Chrzanowska-Kluczewska

“…From the semiotic viewpoint, architectonic structures and the surrounding public spaces can be seen as texts to be read and interpreted within proper historical, social, and cultural contexts. In addition, they are almost always multimodal, that is polysemiotic texts whose content becomes complemented with pictorial elements (paintings, sculptures), with written or oral language and, on occasion, with music. …”
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Educación patrimonial: necesidades sentidas por el profesorado de infantil, primaria y secundaria by Leticia CASTRO CALVIÑO, Ramón LÓPEZ FACAL

“…La información se analizó a partir de variables incluidas en cuatro dimensiones creadas a partir de los datos: formación; contexto social; metodología y resultados esperados de un programa de educación patrimonial. …”
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The Ural Population Project. Demography and Culture From Microdata in a European-Asian Border Region by Elena Glavatskaya, Julia Borovik, Gunnar Thorvaldsen

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Sinergias entre el vino y el aceite de oliva en tanto que patrimonio cultural gastronómico en el contexto de la experiencia turística. Análisis de webs corporativas by Josefina Salvado, Bebiana Monteiro

“…Utilizando una metodología de métodos mixtos, este estudio analiza 290 sitios web con el fin de comprender el énfasis dado a las áreas de información, promoción, relación con los usuarios, comercialización, interactividad, multimedia y diseño y medios sociales. Una limitación de este estudio es su circunscripción a una región vinícola específica, el Duero. …”
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AI and Language: New Forms for Old Discriminations? A Case Study in Google Translate and Canva by Martina Mattiazzi

“…In this field, AI is studied as a discipline, and used as a tool to overcome social barriers. Like any human revolution, however, it is necessary to be careful about it and consider that the growing use of these new informatic systems also entails risks. …”
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Asociatividad empresarial: estrategia para la competitividad en las pymes del sector turístico by Gladys Fernández, Mercy Narváez

“…se concluye que para implementar el modelo propuesto, es necesario for talecer el capital social local, así como la presencia de un agente ar ticulador que dirija la ejecución de cada una de sus fases.…”
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INFORMATION CULTURE AND INFORMATION SAFETY OF SCHOOLCHILDREN by E. G. Belyakova, E. V. Zagvyazinskaya, A. I. Berezentseva

“…The methodology of the research is based on modern methods aimed to consider the problem of personal socialization in modern information society. Thus, the Internet Initiatives Development Fund (IIDF) questionnaire let the authors define the level of awareness of recipients on the problem under consideration. …”
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Assessment of Farmers\' Attitudes towards Water Scarcity Challenge and Its Adaptation Strategies in Villages of Bahar County (Hamadan Province, Iran) by Hasan Yavarian, Hamid Jalalian, Asghar Tahmasebi

“…The challenge of dehydration is one of the greatest challenges in 21st century because it can be the source of many of the world's social and ecological changes. The agricultural sector as the most important economic sector in the rural areas is directly affected by the shortage of water resources. …”
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ESTUDO DESCRITIVO PARA ELABORAÇÃO DE PLATAFORMAS ELEVATÓRIAS EM ESCADAS by Anselmo Barbosa, Cristiane Ribeiro Coelho

“…Tais normas, referem-se à acessibilidade, o direito e alcance, além de representarem a inclusão social de pessoas portadoras de algum tipo de deficiência, ou com mobilidade reduzida. …”
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Is Physical Activity Related to Depression and Anxiety among Adults? Observations from a Noncommunicable Disease Screening Clinic in North India by Madhur Verma, Amandeep Kaur, Ankush Upneja, Preeti Dhoat, Jitender Aneja, Rakesh Kakkar

“…Bivariate and univariate analyses were performed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 21 to depict our results. …”
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Sustainable Development and World Politics by A. Ursul, D. Kalyuzhnaya

“…The article points out that the progressive deterioration of the social and environmental situation on the planet and the emergence of the real threat of anthropo-ecological catastrophe necessitate the abandoning of the current model of civilizational development and the formation (first in theory and then in practice) of an ultimately new one. …”
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CORPORATE ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND SERVICE FIRMS’ PERFORMANCE IN NIGERIA by Moruff Sanjo Oladimeji, Adebiyi Julius Abosede, Benneth Uchenna Eze

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