Germany’s stance on the Nord Stream 2 project: Internal and external determinants by F. А. Basov

“…The human rights (legalist) group and eco-activists, affiliated with the Greens, partly the CDU and the FDP, took a much more critical stand regarding Nord Stream 2. …”
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Exploring the potential of palm oil plantation waste for local communities using mixed methods by A. Ilhami, T. Hidayat, Riandi .

“…The findings significantly contribute to promoting sustainable environmental management, providing actionable insights for policymakers and environmental activists.…”
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Liability issues for environmental damage caused by military aggression of a terrorist country by I. V. Kyrieieva

“…These factors include: a significant area of damage; species diversity of natural resources that were damaged (soils, subsoil, water bodies, atmospheric air, flora and fauna, territories and objects of the nature reserve fund); the connection of natural resources, which contributes to the spread of negative effects on the environment; the international nature of environmental damage; the long-term consequences of environmental damage; the fact that it is impossible for state authorities and civil society activists to record the full extent of the negative environmental impact of hostilities due to the existing danger. …”
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Power-sharing and Identity-Politics Transformation in Zanzibar, Tanzania by Moh'd Haji

“…The in-depth interviews involved the GNU's current and former top leaders, members of the Cabinets, and political activists.  The questionnaire involves the citizens from districts Mjini, Micheweni, and Kusini.  …”
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mHealth-based intervention by community workers to support family caregivers of persons with dementia living at home: study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial by Pankaj Bhardwaj, Hanne Konradsen, Manoj Kumar Gupta, Abhik Sinha, Nitin Kumar Joshi, Suresh K Sharma, Naresh Nebhinani, Marie Tyrrell, Åsa G Craftman, Zarina Nahar Kabir

“…This study protocol outlines an Indo-Sweden collaborative effort, funded by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Forte, to develop and assess the effectiveness of a mHealth application designed to improve caregiving skills, reduce caregiver burden and support family caregivers of persons with dementia.Methods and analysis The study will be conducted through a community-based cluster randomised controlled trial in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, with Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) serving as the unit of randomisation. …”
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Environmental effect of the Coronavirus-19 determinants and lockdown on carbon emissions by R. Parvin, F.T. Johora, M.A. Alim

“…The essential point is to stress that during the lockdown, the ecosystem is self-healing. Environmental activists and business people will find this study useful in developing future sustainable improvement strategies.…”
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The Role of Iranians in Istanbul in Publishing and Distributing Modernist and Constitutionalist Texts by Mohammad Hossein Sadeghi, Hassan Hazrati

“…Despite political despotism and press censorship during the Ottoman Hamidian period, Iranian activists enjoyed relatively more freedom compared to their Ottoman counterparts. …”
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The South African Traditional Communities and Women for Rural Democracy and Land Rights by Wandile Brian Zondo

“…Goal and Objectives: This paper seeks to affirm and pay tribute to the contributions of women, such as the late activists Constance Mogale and Sizani Ngubane, who tirelessly advocated for the rights of traditional communities and rural women. …”
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La realidad de mujeres transexuales y sus movimientos sociales en Sudamérica en tiempos de COVID-19 by Alessandra Mawu Defendi Oliveira

“…It is of utmost importance based on the analysis of local and international newspapers, the websites of organizations and social networks, texts on trans health, human rights and gender studies, in addition to interviews with some of the leaders and activists of some of these social movements. Based on this information, our purpose was to structure a criticism around the limits of the State and its power structure, and the absence of trans people in the decisions of the governments; questioning the limited access to health in which these people are victims because rejection of the State against injustices and their support in the marginalization of these identities.…”
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Identifying the barriers and facilitators to culturally responsive HIV and PrEP screening for racial, ethnic, sexual, and gender minoritized patients: A scoping review protocol. by Julia Xavier, Maranda C Ward, Patrick G Corr, Nikhil Kalita, Paige McDonald

“…We anticipate that this study's findings will interest PCPs, public health professionals, community activists, patient populations, and researchers interested in culturally responsive care. …”
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Setup of a densely distributed and quality-controlled meteorological sensor network in Pune, India, for urban microclimate research and citizen participation in the context of clim... by N. Eingrüber, W. Korres, U. Löhnert, K. Schneider

“…In order to connect the needs of research with citizen participation, it is essential (i) to provide quality-controlled microclimatic measurements with high spatial and temporal resolution; (ii) to provide a basis to analyse cause-and-effect relationships in a given urban microclimatic setting; (iii) to enable suitable climate change adaptation measures to be identified and the participation potential of stakeholders to be assessed; and (iv) to support the building of a community of learners, participants and activists towards becoming actively involved in climate change adaptation in their own living environment. …”
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Migration, race, and gender: the policing of subversive solidarity actors in Morocco by Sébastien Bachelet, Maria Hagan

“…This article investigates the policing of “subversive solidarity actors”: human rights defenders and activists who publicly or covertly engage in a critical stance on migration control policies and practices in Morocco. …”
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Causes and determinants of infant mortality using verbal autopsy and social autopsy methods in a rural population of Odisha: a community-based matched case-control study by Amit Kumar Satapathy, Arvind Kumar Singh, Priyamadhaba Behera, Debkumar Pal, Abhisek Mishra

“…The cause of infant deaths should be assessed in both medical and social contexts.Objectives We aimed to determine the medical causes of infant mortality by verbal autopsy and its determinants in two rural blocks of the Khordha district of Odisha and assess the pathway of care and delay in seeking care for the illness preceding infant death using the three-delay model.Design We conducted this community-based matched case-control study to identify the medical causes of infant mortality using the verbal autopsy method along with the identification of delay and pathway of care related to infant deaths using a social autopsy method.Settings Two rural blocks of Odisha, India.Participants We enumerated 100 infant deaths by active surveillance and data triangulation from Accredited Social Health Activists, Auxiliary Nurse Midwives and block-level health information systems. …”
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Design and Validation of Policy Making Model with Open Government Approach by Zahra Mohammadi, Abdolmajid Imani, Farahnaz Ahang

“…Moreover, researchers and activists who utilize open government data to create new knowledge in various formats can derive substantial benefits from these research findings.…”
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Presenting Iran's new economic diplomacy model with an export approach for neighboring countries with an emphasis on cultural and media diplomacy capacities by sekhavat kheirkhah, sayed Ali Tabatabai Panah, Alireza Soltani, Hamid Reza Shirzad

“…The population of this research consists of businessmen active in neighbor countries, producers, exporters, high-level managers, cultural and media expert activists; and according to multivariate regression analysis and the number of observable variables, 195 people were selected as a quantitative sample. …”
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Editorial by Jörg Tremmel, Marisa dos Reis, Joseph Burke, Raphaelle Schwarzberg (†)

“…The Hungarian Commissioner has been of much inspiration to activists and scholars throughout the world as a potential transferable model. …”
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Analytical and Comparative Analysis of Copper Industry Development Programs in Iran by Adel Rouhi Jouybari, Seyed Mohammad Esmaiel Jalali

“…In this regard, according to the emphasis and statements of the upper-level documents, especially the five-year development plans in the last decade, the subject of drafting an industrial development strategy has been one of the important demands of the government and the relevant ministry so that with the determination of industrial policies at horizontal and vertical levels, the necessary institutional infrastructure for better decision-making by private sector activists can be provided in a more reassuring environment by the government. …”
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Pattern of Professional Development of Human Resources of Knowledge-based Companies(Study case: Science and Technology Park of Iranian Research Organization for Science and Technol... by Bijan Abdollahi, Jafar Salemi, hasan zeinabadi, ghasem Ramezanpour nargesi

“…Regarding what a startup is, there is no consensus among the activists and researchers in the field of new businesses. …”
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Designing an entrepreneurial model in the banking network with a digital technology approach by Afshin Nobakht, majid nasiri, parviz Saeedi

“…The development of banking entrepreneurship has a positive and significant effect on the creation of the banking digital entrepreneurship network.Extended Abstract                                           IntroductionEntering the era called the information society, which involves the entry of new technologies into different areas of life, entrepreneurship in the digital space as a new approach in starting a business based on a new thinking and idea has found a prominent position among the activists in the field of services and production. …”
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Social Confrontation with Menstruation: A Feminist Ethnography of Menstrual Experience among Female Instagram Users by Rana Mohammad Taghinejad Esfahani, Majid Movahed, Halimeh Enayat, Aliyar Ahmadi

“…Instagram as a social network that offers a free and visual platform plays a crucial role in dismantling socio-cultural taboos. Many social activists, feminists, and health brands leverage this space to share educational content on the menstrual cycle, hygiene products, and menstrual management through posts and stories. …”
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