A New Perspective on Hydrogen Chloride Scavenging at High Temperatures for Reducing the Smoke Acidity of PVC in Fires—III: EN 60754-2 and the Species in Solution Affecting pH and C... by Iacopo Bassi, Claudia Bandinelli, Francesca Delchiaro, Gianluca Sarti

“…In order to design proper HCl scavengers to be used in PVC low-smoke acidity compounds, it becomes essential to evaluate the main actors affecting acidity and conductivity. In this paper, different cable PVC compounds were tested carrying out EN 60754-2 at different temperatures and temperature regimes: measurements of pH and conductivity were compared with ions’ concentration determined by ion chromatography, according to ISO 10304-1 and ISO 14911 for anions and cations, and inductively coupled plasma–optical emission spectrometry, according to ISO 11885. …”
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Competencias sociales y tecnologías de la información y la comunicación como factores asociados al desempeño en estudiantes de básica primaria con experiencia de desplazamiento... by Inírida Avendaño-Villa, Omar Fernando Cortés-Peña, Hilda Guerrero-Cuentas

“…Para tal efecto, se administró inicialmente el protocolo de consentimiento informado y a cada uno de los diferentes actores se les administró según su correspondencia los instrumentos de Actitudes frente al uso de las TIC, Cuestionario de Solución de Conflictos Escolares, Escalas MESSY para Estudiantes y Docentes, Inventario de Observación de Conduc - tas Escolares, Cuestionario de Caracterización So - ciodemográfica y Percepción sobre el uso de las TIC para los padres de familia. …”
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Co-designing a film showcasing the dental experiences of community returners (ex-offenders) by Joelle Booth, Joelle Booth, Heather McMullen, Andrea Rodriguez, Vanessa Muirhead

“…A community film production company produced the film and used professional actors who had contact with the justice system to depict the characters in the film.ResultsThe final film, titled “My Story, My Words, My Mouth” explored themes such as self-care oral health behaviours, dental care provision in prison, access to healthcare, stigmatisation, disclosure and improving oral health to support societal reintegration. …”
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Empowerment key factors in shaping women's awareness of household waste management by D. Asteria, J. Haryanto

“…BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Empowering activities is the key in building awareness and individual capacity of household waste management, especially for women as the main actors. This study aimed to explore empowering activities as the key factor in shaping women's awareness of household waste management. …”
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The impact of climate change on the development of water resources by M.D. Teweldebrihan, M.O. Dinka

“…Additionally, organizations with investors, ministries, and certain government agencies represented 37.4 percent of the articles, while foreign actors and religious organizations accounted for 19.9 percent.CONCLUSION: The research findings indicate that the water balance in the Dhidhessa basin may be affected by climate change in the coming century. …”
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ADAPTATION OF INTERPERSONAL COUNSELLING FOR ADOLESCENTS (IPC-A) FOR FINNISH STUDENT WELFARE SERVICES – RETROSPECTIVE EVALUATION BY USING AN EXPANDED FRAMEWORK FOR REPORTING ADAPTAT... by NOORA SEILO, KRISTIINA MÄMMI, OUTI LINNARANTA

“…Results: The adaptation process of the IPC-A was conducted by several actors in research and healthcare, and it seemed uncoordinated. …”
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Fondo regional en América Latina y el Caribe para el desarrollo económico local y los gobiernos locales: Estrategia para la reducción de la pobreza y de la desigualdad social by Erik Vittrup Christensen, Oscar Fernando Marmolejo Roldan

“…El segundo año se implementaran las acciones estratégicas y se consolidaran las alianzas entre los diferentes actores, a nivel financiero y de gestión de conocimiento. …”
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Prospectiva del desarrollo local. Caso: Sistema de Riego El Cenizo, Estado Trujillo, Venezuela by Ligia Nathalie García Lobo

“…En este contexto, se formularon dos escenarios probables, encontrándose que el primero, fue seleccionado por los actores entrevistados en el trabajo de campo como el de mayor probabilidad de ocurrencia, en consecuencia, constituyó el fundamento para el diseño de los objetivos prospectivos y la elaboración del programa.f this research project comes through the interest for improving companies` products and services in the region through the generation of easily accessible information tachirense entrepreneurship. …”
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The “Metropolitan City” in Italy: New Spaces for Dialogue and Interaction Between the City and the Mountain by Federica Corrado, Erwin Durbiano

“…Wide areas in which the actors have experimented a strategic planning in order to create strong interactions between urban and mountain context through a process of local governance.The results of the analysis permit to highlight some issues: the definition of mutual benefit between city and mountain context; the construction of a strategic polycentric vision inside the urban-mountain territories; concerns inter-territoriality as a tool to build metropolitan identity.…”
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Estrategia de perfeccionamiento de la intersectorialidad tecnológica gerencial para mejorar el programa de medicina familiar by Lilian Maria Aparicio Meneses, Orlando Hernández Méndez, Yurisel Rafael Miguel Cruz, Norkis Sánchez Alonso

“…Del universo de 771 usuarios de la salud se escogió una muestra de 389 por muestreo estratificado proporcional; quedó constituida por 330 de la salud, 38 actores de la comunidad y 21 de otros sectores. Fue realizado en 4 etapas: Diagnóstico, diseño y validación, implementación y evaluación.Se estudiaron las variables: Nivel de conocimientos, clima organizacional y acciones intersectoriales. …”
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CONTEXTUAL LEARNING IN THE MODERN PRESCHOOL CURRICULUM by Danica Veselinov, Ljiljana Kelemen Milojević, Jasmina Mirković

“…The problem that initiated this research is marked by the question: To what extent do preschools/kindergartens provide employed preschool teacher-students with opportunities for collaborative work, autonomy, (self-)reflection, critical thinking, emancipatory approaches in creating contextual practices, and decision-making (as actors of educational policy)? The paper presents the results of action (qualitative) research conducted with a sample of 40 preschool teachers employed in Vršac and Pančevo. …”
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La reparación colectiva de la comunidad de Zipacoa: un diagnóstico sobre el contexto y los efectos de la violencia paramilitar by Miguel Antonio Morón Campos, Mariana Inés Tezón, Yucelis Patricia Garrido Ochoa, Bexi Katerine Cruz Torrado

“…Se usaron técnicas de recolección de la información que articulan la sistematización de documentos y la consolidación de relatos por actores de la comunidad. Para cumplir con estos objetivos, el artículo se divide en tres partes. …”
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Genesis of Holocaust history politics: Case study: Republic of Serbia 1945-2020 by Radojković Stefan

“…Looking at the Holocaust history politics of the Republic of Serbia, i.e. its institutional practices, through the theoretical framework of memory studies, the research findings are based on the content analysis of documents published by prominent institutional actors during the aforementioned period. In particular, the documents and publications of the Federal Association of Fighters of the National Liberation War (SUBNOR), the Museum of Genocide Victims and the "Staro Sajmište" Memorial Center are analyzed, as well as documents from other relevant bodies and state institutions. …”
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Care, conflict, and coexistence: Human–wildlife relations in community forests by Madison Stevens, Shalini Rawat, Terre Satterfield

“…Approaches to mitigating conflict that prioritize separating people from wildlife and emphasize the state's responsibilities for wildlife management may undermine communities' roles as conservation actors. Conversely, legal recognition and support for the role of community forests in wildlife management could enhance the legitimacy and effectiveness of management decisions. …”
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Trends and critical points of Aspergillus contamination along Ethiopian chili postharvest value chain by Tariku Hunduma Tolera, Anteneh Tesfaye, Melaku Alemu

“…Methods Chili handling practices, value chain actors, and their respective roles were investigated along the PVC through an exploratory type of research, a participant unstructured observation. …”
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Percepción sobre las tecnologías de la información y la comunicación en los docentes de una universidad mexicana: el Centro Universitario del Sur de la Universidad de Guadalajara... by María Cristina López De la Madrid, Adolfo Espinoza de los Monteros Cárdenas, Katiuzka Flores Guerrero

“…Los docentes son los actores que mayores cambios pueden generar en las universidades de todo el mundo, a partir del establecimiento de políticas definidas. …”
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A review of approaches to the integration of humanitarian and development aid: the case of drought management in the Horn of Africa by Tahira Shariff Mohamed, Todd Andrew Crane, Samuel Derbyshire, Guyo Roba

“…This is due in large part to the diversity of actors, institutional mandates, funding sources, programmes (themselves always changing), and operational dynamics that exist between the two domains. …”
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Spatiotemporal differentiation and influencing factors of primary, secondary, and tertiary industries integration in China’s four major tea-producing regions by ZHENG Feifei, ZHAN Huilong, LEI Guoquan, CHEN Meiying

“…The entropy method was employed to measure the level of industrial integration in these areas across five dimensions: actors, technology, products, business, and markets. …”
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Autoatención y automedicación: reflexiones y retos desde la ontología del ser social by Jorge Molina-Aguilar

“…Por lo ante­rior, los actores sociales que practican autoatención resignifican y descentralizan la práctica médica y el conocimiento científico. …”
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Social media warfare: investigating human-bot engagement in English, Japanese and German during the Russo-Ukrainian war on Twitter and Reddit by Wentao Xu, Kazutoshi Sasahara, Jianxun Chu, Bin Wang, Wenlu Fan, Zhiwen Hu

“…Our study utilized interlanguage toxicity profiling and network analysis to uncover the temporal trajectories of pro-Russian and pro-Ukrainian actors across these platforms. The analysis of over 20 million tweets and 1 million Reddit comments revealed that bots predominantly operated on Twitter (X), while human users were more active on Reddit. …”
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