An Educational Intervention on Situational Awareness and Understanding of Menstrual Hygiene, Knowledge, Taboo, and Its Practices among School-going Adolescent Girls in Rural Areas... by Nagma Khan, Arati Mahishale

“…Background and Aim: Menstruation is a normal physiological event for teenage girls who reach reproductive age. Superstitions and social taboos nevertheless surround it. An inadequate understanding of the menstrual cycle might lead to risky hygiene practices. …”
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The impact of smartphone addiction on exercise patterns: a systematic review by Siti Kotijah, Ah Yusuf, Rizki Fitryasari P K, Ronal Surya Aditya, Binarti Dwi Wahyuni, Reem Iafi AlMutairi, Fitriana Kurniasari Solikhah, Muhammad Putra Ramadhan

“…This study examines the relationship between smartphone addiction and exercise habits, focusing on psychological, physical, social, and neurobiological dimensions. By synthesizing existing evidence, it provides a comprehensive understanding of how excessive smartphone use influences physical activity levels and overall well-being. …”
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Impact on staff of providing non-invasive advanced respiratory support during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study in an acute hospital by David Wenzel, Christina Faull, Eleanor Wilson, Lucy Bleazard

“…Objectives To explore the experiences of healthcare workers providing non-invasive advanced respiratory support (NARS) to critically unwell patients with COVID-19.Design A qualitative study drawing on a social constructionist perspective using thematic analysis of semistructured interviews.Setting A single acute UK National Health Service Trust across two hospital sites.Participants Multidisciplinary team members in acute, respiratory and palliative medicine.Results 21 nurses, doctors (juniors and consultants) and physiotherapists described the provision of NARS to critically unwell COVID-19 patients as extremely challenging. …”
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TRAINING EMPLOYEES TO WORK WITH HI-TECH EQUIPMENT by M. A. Dremina, V. A. Kopnov, A. I. Lyzhin

“…Specification of the model of workers training offered by authors is carried out on the basis of deep interviews to experts – the representatives of the large enterprises who are carrying out training of the personnel.Results. Social and pedagogical contradictions are revealed, on the one hand, in the growing need for highly professional personnel for hi-tech productions, and, on the other hand, in insufficiently effective countermeasures of the system of vocational education and training on closing actual requirements of productions. …”
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Gestión del abastecimiento de agua en una región semiárida: análisis del consumo de agua potable en el Campo de Cartagena – Mar Menor, sureste de España (2010–2019) by Miguel Borja Bernabé-Crespo, María Luz Tudela Serrano, José María Gómez-Espín

“…Los resultados muestran la evolución de las fuentes de abastecimiento, y se extrae, entre otros, que los rendimientos han mejorado y que es clave la adaptación frente al cambio climático, diversificar la oferta de recursos e implementar nuevas tecnologías, así como mejorar las redes de distribución y avanzar en la concienciación social para conformar un territorio resiliente. Este trabajo sirve como modelo para caracterizar y mejorar la situación del abastecimiento de agua en otros medios semiáridos de similar problemática. …”
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Implicit Messages in Pakistani ESL Course Books: A Corpus-Based Study of Gender Representation by Muhammad Tanveer, Urooj Fatima Alvi

“…If students repeat gender disparities in textbooks, they may accept gender stereotypes via socialization (Tabatadze & Gorgadze, 2022). The current research work enables authors, educators, and policymakers to write in generic language, create an inclusive learning environment, and add generic lessons to course books, respectively.…”
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Epidemic of Depression and Anxiety in child and adolescent population during COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review and meta analysis of the prevalence of depression and anxiety by Gaurav Maggu, Vinod Verma, Suprakash Chaudhury, Vishal Indla

“…It has disrupted the social fabric of life. The children and adolescent population has been particularly affected by its direct and indirect effects. …”
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Dimensi SERVQUAL Pada Kualitas Layanan Satpol PP Kota Dumai Dalam Penertiban ODGJ by Widya Cancer Rusnita, Adlin Persada

“…Dumai City is one of Indonesia’s strategic regions, characterized by complex social dynamics, including the management of people with mental disorders (ODGJ). …”
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Transcription factor TCF4: structure, function, and associated diseases by R. R. Savchenko, N. A. Skryabin

“…Pathogenic variants in this gene have been linked to a rare genetic disorder, Pitt–Hopkins syndrome, and TCF4 polymorphic variants are associated with several socially significant diseases, including various psychiatric disorders. …”
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The Disaster Situation of Van Province and Site Selection Practices in Disaster Housing by Cafer GİYİK, Reşat Atalay OYGUÇ, Serhat Anıktar

“…The parcel sizes of the place to be selected should be suitable for the regional conditions, geographical structure, family and household sizes, social, cultural habits, and business sectors of the disaster victims. …”
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The evolution of gender studies in physical education: insights from a bibliometric analysis by Bustanol Arifin, Abdurrohman Muzakki, Ratko Pavlović, Edi Setiawan

“…Publications from different disciplines, such as education, social sciences, sport science, and psychology, demonstrate a multidisciplinary approach to addressing gender inequality. …”
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Descripción de las  características del microbioma salival en pacientes con trastorno del espectro autista by Marcela Arenas González, Ierene Coll Campayo, Sira herrera Martinez, Cristina Diaz Martínez, Antonia Alcaina Lorente

“…Las principales características  del TEA son la falta de comunicación e interacción social, intereses delimitados y conductas sensoriales y motoras reiterativas, y que generalmente son personas dependientes de por vida. …”
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Juventude precarizada e racialização do Tráfico de Drogas //Precarious youth and the racialization of drug trafficking by Flávia Fernandes Guimarães, Fernando Santana de Paiva

“…Este artigo, fruto de pesquisa realizada com jovens inseridos no tráfico de drogas, objetiva analisar os sentidos produzidos por jovens negros e periféricos a respeito de suas experiências no mercado ilegal de drogas, a partir de uma perspectiva que interseccione os marcadores de raça e classe social. Realizou-se uma investigação qualitativa com nove jovens em cumprimento de medida socioeducativa, durante cinco meses. …”
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The anti-politics of food in South Africa: Transformation, accountability and the nutrition policy subsystem by Busiso Helard Moyo, Anne Marie Thow, Florian Kroll, Scott Drimie

“…South Africa has strong legal institutions and practices, and social policies that support public provisioning of food, but a non-interventionist approach to the food system. …”
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REVIEWING ADVANCEMENT IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF AFRICA AND THE USA by Chinedu Alex Ezeigweneme, Aniekan Akpan Umoh, Valentine Ikenna Ilojianya, Abimbola Oluwatoyin Adegbite

“…The research explores the technological strides made in both continents and evaluates their respective impacts on fostering communication, economic growth, and social development. In Africa, the telecommunications sector has undergone significant transformations, with a surge in mobile connectivity playing a pivotal role. …”
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A framework for quantifying the multisectoral burden of animal disease to support decision making by Sara Lysholm, Sara Lysholm, Gemma L. Chaters, Gemma L. Chaters, Carlotta Di Bari, Carlotta Di Bari, Ellen C. Hughes, Ellen C. Hughes, Ben Huntington, Ben Huntington, Jonathan Rushton, Jonathan Rushton, Lian Thomas, Lian Thomas

“…The societal and ecological costs of livestock diseases are frequently underrepresented or unaddressed in policy decisions and resource allocations. Social cost–benefit analysis (SCBA) offers a comprehensive framework to evaluate the broad impacts of animal diseases across different sectors. …”
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ANALYSIS OF METHODOLOGY AND MODELS OF STRATEGIC PLANNING OF LOCAL DEVELOPMENT IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA by Amra Abadžić, Bahrija Umihanić, Mirela Ćebić

“…We believe that there is a need to change the model of social and economic development, taking into consideration that so far negative effects of the erroneously applied strategies and development policies have reached unexpected limits. …”
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Design and Development of a Pine Needle Briquetting Machine for the Uttarakhand Region of India by Tejas Pramod Naik, Soumyajeet Jaiswal, Inderdeep Singh, Apurbba Kumar Sharma, Ayush Joshi

“…This forest bio residue is renewable and is a potential energy source for rural livelihoods, which would also generate social business enterprises among the locals. This is an effort to develop a practical manual-operated briquetting machine (BM) capable of fabricating briquettes from forest waste. …”
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Modelos del desarrollo y construcción de paz en la sustitución de cultivos de coca. Análisis de la participación comunitaria en los casos de Bolivia y Colombia by Sofía Quintero Cristancho, Silvia Mantilla Valbuena, Raúl Román Romero

“…En el caso de Colombia, por el contrario, el Estado continúa reproduciendo medidas tecnocráticas y de focalización -top-down- en las que la participación social se reduce a una función legitimadora en un contexto de presencia permanente de cultivos, conflicto y desborde de la violencia en diversas zonas rurales del país.…”
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Safe delivery of goods and services with smart door locks: Unlocking potential use by Gunnhild Beate Antonsen Svaboe, Kristin Ystmark Bjerkan, Solveig Meland

“…Due to the differentiated needs of Potential adopters and Non-adopters, we propose a typology based on three dimensions (Technological trust, Social trust and Life management needs). Increased understanding of potential users’ delivery preferences can be used in the smart door lock market development. …”
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