Factors associated with cancer treatment delay: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis by Timothy P Hanna, Elizabeth T Jacobs, Kristin E Morrill, Rogelio Robles-Morales, Melissa Lopez-Pentecost, Raigam J Martínez Portilla, Ahlam A Saleh, Meghan B Skiba, Taylor S Riall, Jessica D Austin, Rachel Hirschey, Lena Spotleson

“…Risk of bias will be assessed independently by two authors using validated tools according to the article’s study design.Ethics and dissemination Formal ethical approval is not required because the work is being carried out on publicly accessible studies. …”
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Internet communications of military personnel and their families in social networks as an object of digital sociology’s study by N. V. Il’ina, Yu. Yu. Sukhovskaya

“…The described type of Internet communication has been characterized as an object of study of military sociology at various levels: general scientific, private scientific and empirical. The author's found a connection between a considered problem with the concepts of “information society”, “digital society”, “digital economy” and virtualization of social relations, as well as the concept of “human rights”. …”
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Fine as a type of disciplinary penalty against prisoners of war by Yu. V. Orel

“…Emphasis is placed on the imperfection of national legislation, in particular, in the part of defining and applying fines to prisoners of war, on the basis of which the author has proposed appropriate changes and additions to it.…”
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Folie à Deux in the Setting of COVID-19 Quarantine by Maxsaya Baez Nuñez, Ezequiel Rodriguez, Matthew DeLuca, Krishan Chirimunj, Monica Dhingra

“…Given that to the best of our knowledge, there have not been any reports describing the development of folie à deux in the setting of the COVID-19 quarantine, the authors aim to dissect how extended periods of shared isolation from society during such a significant time in history may have served as a significant precipitating factor in the onset of shared psychotic disorder, while simultaneously illustrating a parallel relation to how such conditions may predispose certain subgroups to similarly dynamic-based mental health disorders. …”
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EEC and Yugoslav cooperation in the frames of modern international relations in Europe by E. G. Entina

“…Nevertheless, this issue is of fundamental importance for understanding the current neighborhood of the European Union. The main thesis the author proves is that in the 1960s and 1980s as it is the case nowadays, the main imperative of Brussels' policy towards the Balkans was to prevent Moscow from increasing its influence. …”
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German "Soft power" Policies in the Muslim World by L. R. Rustamova

“…Countries with large Muslim population are difficult to influence, as they differ from Europe in the civilizational respect, have their own customs and traditions which they strictly follow because of the nature of Muslim religion. The author notes that in the Muslim direction of foreign policy the problem for Germany lies in the fact that the formation of its attractiveness resulted in a significant flow of immigration of Muslims in the country. …”
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Annual versus biannual azithromycin mass drug administration for the elimination of infectious trachoma in Africa: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis using data fro... by Jeremy David Keenan, Solomon Aragie, Taye Zeru, Getu Degu

“…Community-level data will be extracted using a standardised data extraction form. Authors will be asked to contribute community-level data not available in the manuscript. …”
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Cracks and Fault Lines: Foreign Policy Orientations of Western Balkan Capitals in the Context of the Ukrainian Crisis by E. S. Arlyapova, E. G. Ponomareva

“…Any anti-Russian steps taken by local authorities may lead to serious internal political conflicts in both Serbia and Republika Srpska, with far-reaching implications for regional stability.…”
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Colonization as a Factor of Russian History in the Understanding of the Scholars of the 19th – early 20th Centuries by Nina S. Tsintsadze

“…The range of sources included scientific works by more than 20 scholars. Among the authors there are thinkers of different scientific schools and trends, which allowed us to consider a wide range of approaches to understanding the phenomenon of the colonization of Russia. …”
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Decolonising global health evaluation: Synthesis from a scoping review. by Ichhya Pant, Sonal Khosla, Jasmine Tenpa Lama, Vidhya Shanker, Mohammed AlKhaldi, Aisha El-Basuoni, Beth Michel, Khalil Bitar, Ifeanyi McWilliams Nsofor

“…Because the topic of interest is nascent and still emerging, the date range was not restricted. The lead author screened abstracts retrieved from the search. …”
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THE USING OF DIGITAL TOOLS IN THE PROJECT ACTIVITIES OF STUDENTS OF PEDAGOGICAL SPECIALTIES OF HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS by Liudmyla Nezhyva, Svitlana Palamar, Nataliia Semenii

“…For increase studentsʼ readiness to use digital tools during project activities, the authors developed an methodology for using digital tools at each stage of work on projects and investigated their effectiveness. …”
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PbO2/rGO Electrode as a Superior and Efficient Anode in Electrocatalytic Degradation of Safranine-O by Titin Aryani, Roto Roto, Mudasir Mudasir

“…This study concluded that the PbO2/rGO electrode has improved the efficiency in Safranine-O degradation. Copyright © 2024 by Authors, Published by BCREC Publishing Group. This is an open access article under the CC BY-SA License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0).…”
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Institutional Analysis of the Integration of Rzeczpospolita Lands in-to the Russian and Austrian Empires by P. A. Barakhvostov

“…This mechanism proceeds through several stages: initial, implying the creation of hybrid institutions (implementation of the new authorities into the pre-existing system of power); secondary, when the institutional transplants are rebuilt with the simultaneous foundation of intermediate institutions); final (the ultimate restructuring of power following the new model). …”
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Problematic issues related to forensic examination of written language and handwriting in pre-trial investigation by O. O. Yukhno, H. V. Smirnov

“…Based on the results of the study, the author's scientific positions and ways of solving the existing problematic issues have been developed.…”
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Fraudulent act: essence and legal regulation by H. S. Hofeld

“…Modern scientific positions on understanding the essence of the “fraudulent act” categories are defined and analyzed. The author's vision of the understanding of the above-mentioned category is proposed, under which, in a general sense, a transaction is defined where the debtor (as one of the parties) performs dishonest actions in order to avoid fulfilling his or her obligation to the creditor. …”
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Regulating the Urban Commons: A Romanian Case Study of Improving Building Facades by Anamaria Vrabie, Rodica Ianole-Călin

“…The scope was to identify to what extent the over taxation measure was efficient in generating compliant behaviour and what secondary effects it may have generated in people’s attitude towards the local authorities. We conducted structured interviews with 25 homeowners targeted by the policy. …”
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THE STRATEGY FOR CREATION OF THE MODERN CONCEPT OF INTEGRATIVE-HOLISTIC EDUCATION (A CASE STUDY OF MINING SCHOOLS OF THE URALS) by N. K. Chapaev, M. A. Choshanov

“…The study shows the failure of the monopoly of the prevailing doctrine of competence-based education as a means for the successful resolution of global problems of reintegration of human existence and therefore postulated the necessity of antinomization (diversification) of education. The authors make the original hypothesis of the construction of the concept of vocational education on the basis of the reconstruction of experience of the mining schools of the Urals and prove the prospectivity of integrative-holistic strategy of reconstruction of educational experience in modern conditions. …”
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Psycholinguistic analysis of persuasive effectiveness in court speeches: theoretical foundations and linguistic aspects by O. P. Lyaska, V. S. Kshevetskyi

“…Given these factors, the author proposes an interdisciplinary approach to the study of persuasion in courtroom speech, combining elements of philology, legal psychology and communication sciences. …”
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SOCIOLOGY AS A TOOL OF “PEDAGOGICAL INTELLIGENCE” by A. L. Andreev

“…In this regard, the role of sociological methods for the identification of real historical self-consciousness is noted, allowing to take into account the state of the social environment and to “adjust” historical education to the needs of the developing society. The author substantiates the idea of transition to flexible, selfcorrecting curricula, which, thanks to the use of sociological support, is able to react quickly to deep socio-cultural trends of various types. …”
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Geospatial Modelling for Estimation of PM2.5 Concentrations in Two Megacities in Peninsular India by V. P. Lavanyaa, S. Varshini, Souvik Sankar Mitra, Kiran M. Hungund, Rudrodip Majumdar, R. Srikanth

“…While Peninsular India includes three megacities with populations exceeding 10 million each, there are very few studies on air quality modelling in this region compared to North India. In this paper, the authors describe a Linear Mixed Effects (LME) model to estimate monthly-average PM2.5 concentrations at a spatial resolution of 1 km2 between 2016 and 2019 in the megacities of Bengaluru and Hyderabad with a total population of 23 million. …”
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