Shifting Parenthood to Advanced Reproductive Ages: Trends, Causes and Consequences by Tomáš Sobotka

“…This article discusses different aspects of the shift towards later parenthood which has affected all industrialised countries. It outlines trends in delayed childbearing and points out the increase in childlessness and growing educational disparities in first birth timing, especially among women. …”
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Putting the Peter Parker Principle into Practice by Maximilian Lennart Nagel, Jon Pierre

“…Vertical coordination is a significant problem in many if not most countries. These problems are exacerbated in policy implementation related to issues that cut across jurisdictional borders. …”
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Public Relations in Librarianship and Mass Media by Erol Yılmaz

“…This ıvas noticed a long time ago in developed countries in the field of librarianship as well as in other fields and the ıvork has been started accordingly. …”
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Growth Regimes in Japan and the United States in the 1990s by Hiroyuki Uni

“…Next, we separately estimate these regimes in these two countries, for two periods: the 1980s and the 1990s. …”
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Avrupa-Akdeniz Ortaklığı: Barcelona Süreci by Ömer Kurtbağ

“…After the overview of early relations between the EC andMediterranean Countries in 1960s, the Global Mediterranean Policy which isdesigned in early 1970s and the Renovated Mediterranean Policy which islaunched in late 1980s, it focuses on the overall assessment of the BarcelonaProcess, which is by far the most relevant of existing Euro-Med Initiatives, withits potential and difficulties in light of the results of the ministerial meetingsfrom Malta in 1997 to Valencia in 2002.…”
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Renaissance des potagers, naissance d’une profession by Anne Luxereau

“…In Niger as well as in the other West African countries, cities and middle-sized towns have now a green belt of vegetables and fruit gardens that modify landscapes.…”
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Compañeras de allende las fronteras. Estereotipos de género y nación entre las mandos fascistas de España y Alemania by Toni Morant i Ariño

“…The existing documentation provides a lot of information on the content of these close relations, but it also contains a great deal of information on the way in which Spanish and German women viewed each other and their respective countries. The text focuses on these views, in a context and with protagonists that hitherto have not been taken into account in studies on gender and nation stereotypes.…”
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BRICS and Digitally Just and Inclusive Futures by Bricsology

“… As the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) countries gather for the 2023 Summit in August 2023, they are confronted with the task to deepen economic cooperation in line with the BRICS Economic Partnership Strategy. …”
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Can community media programmes serve as developmental approaches for at-risk youth? by Charles Rachel-Ann

“…Finally, the findings of this study will play a pertinent role in the creation, evaluation and transformation of future community media programmes and youth development approaches particularly in developing countries.…”
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Les TIC sont-ils les nouveaux territoires de la diaspora chinoise ? by Joy Raynaud

“…ICT are changing the spatial practices by facilitating the installation and organization of the daily life of immigrants in host countries. They also disrupt perceptions by creating a feeling of closeness to their homeland and comfort. …”
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Lack of Data and other Problems of Economic Policy Advice in Germany by Justus Haucap

“…In addition to other reasons — such as incentives to publish in top international journals, which in turn seems to be easier with U.S. topics or data than with issues relevant to other countries — the lack of data availability also contributes to the fact that economists in the D/A/CH area deal less with “local” topics than would be possible.…”
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Multi-environmental traits selection and farmer's participatory assessment of mean performance and stability of orange-fleshed sweet potato genotypes in Benin by Idrissou Ahoudou, Nicodeme V. Fassinou Hotegni, Dêêdi E.O. Sogbohossou, Tania L.I. Akponikpè, Charlotte O.A. Adjé, Françoise Assogba Komlan, Ismail Moumouni-Moussa, Enoch G. Achigan-Dako

“…Regularly consuming orange-fleshed sweet potatoes (OFSP) is widely recognised as an effective way to treat vitamin A deficiency (VAD), particularly in low-income countries. Unfortunately, cultivars of OFSP are poorly disseminated in most countries in sub-Saharan Africa, where VAD is a major cause of blindness. …”
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Anxiety disorders and the gut microbiota: a bibliometric and visual analysis by Linli Guo, Linli Guo, Qin Ding, Qin Ding, Qing Li, Danping Zheng, Danping Zheng, Linglin Guo, Linglin Guo, Xiaotao Cao, Xiaotao Cao, Qianqian Mou, Qianqian Mou

“…R2 to visualize the contributions of countries, institutions, journals, authors, citations, and keywords in this field.ResultA total of 1198 articles were included in this bibliometric analysis. …”
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Particulate Pollution in Korhogo and Abidjan (Cote d’Ivoire) during the Dry Season by Sylvain Gnamien, Véronique Yoboué, Cathy Liousse, Money Ossohou, Sékou Keita, Julien Bahino, Silué Siélé, Lamine Diaby

“…Assessing the levels of pollution to which populations are exposed is problematic, as to date very few countries in Africa have an air quality monitoring network in place. …”
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Strengthening the Resilience of Objective-Oriented Health System Reforms. Analysis of the Left-Turn in the Health Reform Proposals in Mexico (2019) and Colombia (2023) by Laura Flamand, Octavio Gómez-Dantés, Natalia Losada-Trujillo, Diana Pinto, Edson Serván-Mori, Diego Cerecero-García, Thomas Hone, Sumit Mazumdar

“…Based on these findings, we offer initial recommendations for safeguarding objective-oriented health system reforms in lower-middle and upper-middle-income countries facing stark political change, especially in polarized contexts. …”
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Evidence and perspectives on miRNA, circRNA, and lncRNA in myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury: a bibliometric study by Xiaowen Bo, Qiuyu Li, Siyuan Chen, Tian Zhou, Ning Yin, Wenpeng Song, Donghui Zhao, Jinghua Liu, Qian Fan

“…Researchers from 45 countries participated in studies within this field, with those from China contributing the most publications. …”
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Global and Regional Burden of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Attributable to Low Physical Activity From 1990 to 2021 by Lihang Yang, Diya Xie, Fengmin Liu, Jiaying Lin, Xin Lin, Yuquan Chen, Kun Zhang

“…Population growth is a major contributor to the burden of T2DM, especially in countries with low SDI. Epidemiological changes also play an important role in DALYs and mortality. …”
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Burden of intestinal parasites among diabetic patients in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Marye Nigatie Debash, Getinet Kumie, Assefa Sisay, Solomon Gedfie, Wagaw Abebe, Agenagnew Ashagre, Tadesse Misganaw, Habtu Debash, Melese Abate Reta

“…Abstract Background Intestinal parasite infections remain a serious public health concern around the world, particularly in countries with inadequate sanitation. The study aims to ascertain the total magnitude of intestinal parasites in diabetes patients throughout the African countries. …”
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Comparative analysis of cancer statistics in China and the United States in 2024 by Yujie Wu, Siyi He, Mengdi Cao, Yi Teng, Qianru Li, Nuopei Tan, Jiachen Wang, Tingting Zuo, Tianyi Li, Yuanjie Zheng, Changfa Xia, Wanqing Chen, Jing Ni

“…Increases in the adult population size and population aging are main reasons for the increase in cancer deaths; case fatality rates are a main reason for the decrease in cancer deaths in both countries. Conclusions:. China has made progress in cancer control but lags the US. …”
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Croatian National Data and Comparison with European Practice: Data from the Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Survey II Multicenter Registry by Sandro Brusich, Ivan Zeljković, Nikola Pavlovic, Ante Anić, Zrinka Jurišić, David Židan, Marina Klasan, Zlatko Čubranić, Kenneth Dickstein, Cecilia Linde, Camilla Normand, Sime Manola

“…The Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (CRT) Survey II was conducted between October 2015 and December 2016 and included data from 11088 CRT implantations from 42 countries. The survey’s aim was to report on current European CRT practice. …”
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