Machine Learning Analysis of Informal Minibus Taxi Driving by Cele Nomfundo, Kibangou Alain, Musakwa Walter

“…Informal minibus taxis play a crucial role in urban transportation, particularly in developing countries, yet their driving patterns and safety implications remain under-explored. …”
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Tuberculosis Presenting as Isolated Wrist Swelling: A Case Report and Review of Literature by Oshan Basnayake, Ahamed Nihaj, Ranji Pitagampalage, Harsha Mendis

“…Tuberculosis is a common disease entity in South East Asian countries with a significant global burden. An extra skeletal manifestation such as monoarticular TB is common, but isolated involvement of the wrist is rare. …”
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Does the COVID-19 XBB Omicron subvariant signal the beginning of the end of the pandemic? by Jinghao Nicholas Ngiam, Abdurrahmaan Al-Mubaarak, Sebastian Maurer-Stroh, Paul Anantharajah Tambyah

“…The XBB Omicron subvariant is rapidly becoming the dominant strain of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) in Singapore from October 2022 and is one of several variants circulating globally with the potential to dominate autumn/winter waves in different countries. The XBB Omicron subvariant has demonstrated increased transmissibility through an apparent propensity for immune evasion. …”
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A Primer on the Role of TP53 Mutation and Targeted Therapy in Endometrial Cancer by Bohao Zhang, Haozhe Zhang, Yanru Qin

“…Endometrial Cancer (EC) is one of the most common gynecological malignancies, ranking first in developed countries and regions. The occurrence and development of EC is closely associated with genetic mutations. …”
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The Role of Religion in the Lives, Agency, and Activism of Domestic Worker Leaders by Susheela Mcwatts

“…In this article, I explore the role that religious institutions such as churches have played in shaping the activist identities of domestic worker leaders whom I have inter-viewed, and the centrality of religion in these women’s lives, against a back-drop of their own life circumstances, the employers they worked for, and the larger political climate in their own countries. …”
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Development Internal Problems of Shanghay Cooperation Organization by O. Y. Kolegova

“…Particular attention is paid to the conflict of interests of the participating countries, as well as identifying obstacles to strengthen the organization and increase its influence in the international arena. …”
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Construindo e reconstruindo territórios Guarani: dinâmica territorial na fronteira entre Brasil e Paraguai (séc. xix-xx) by Pablo Antunha Barbosa, Fabio Mura

“…This paper attempts to document, in an ethno-historical perspective, how Guarani territorial organization adjusted to frontier expansion in both countries in the border zone between Brazil and Paraguay, in the years immediately preceding the Triple Alliance War (1864-1870). …”
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Defectology and inclusion by Stine Vik, Hege Merete Somby

“…The educational system in several western countries is built upon the strategy of reducing the gap between what the “normal” child can do and the expectations of the disabled child’s competence and skills. …”
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Transformation of the fuel and energy complex to ensure Russia’s energy security in the era of sanctions restrictions by V. Ya. Afanasiev, O. I. Bolshakova, A. A. Romantsov

“…Due to the fact that the sanctions regime of Western countries is aimed at destroying Russia’s foreign trade relations and restraining the economic development of Russia, the article considers the increased importance of the main aspects of energy stability and presents a state assessment of Russian Federation energy security in conjunction with energy availability and environmental sustainability using the energy trilemma index. …”
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THE PROBABILISTIC STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY ASSESSMENT OF REACTOR PRESSURE VESSELS UNDER PRESSURIZED THERMAL SHOCK LOADING by WANG RongShan, CHEN MingYa, LU Feng, ZHENG WeiDong, WANG DongHui, ZHANG YaPing, FAN Zhao

“…The pressurized thermal shock（ PTS） event poses a potentially significant challenge to the structural integrity of the reactor pressure vessel（ RPV） during the long time operation. In most countries（ with exception of the USA）,proving RPV integrity under the PTS load is based on the deterministic fracture mechanics（ DFM）. …”
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APPROACHES TO THE DEFINITION OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP THROUGH THE PRISM OF ECONOMIC THEORY by M. R. Tashtamirov, Z. Z. Kalaeva

“…The paper presents comparative analysis of the state of the domestic segment of small and  medium-sized businesses in comparison with other countries. The study reveals the main problematic aspects of the development of small and medium-sized forms of entrepreneurship in Russia. …”
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Villach – Kazan: the global trends in engineering education development by S. . Barabanova, A. . Kajbiyajnen

“…The paper deals with the problems of contemporary engineering education, which were discussed at the 41st IGIP International Conference on Engineering Pedagogy, and the 15thInternational Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning (September 26–28, 2012 inVillach, Austria).It describes the main global and local trends in engineering education development discussed by the conference participants from 63 countries of the world. Special attention is given to global partnerships in engineering education in a number of large world class universities in the United States, Great Britain, Germany and Portugal. …”
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Trend Projections of Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Potentials: A Bootstrap-Based Nonparametric Efficiency Analysis by Larissa Fait, Jens J. Krüger, Moritz Tarach, Heike Wetzel

“… We use nonparametric methods to compute the environmental inefficiency of 100 countries over the period 1990-2017 on the macro-level. …”
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Circulation et transnationalisation de dispositifs et de catégories socio-politiques. Les « transitions vers la démocratie » et la « disparition forcée » au Chili et en Espagne... by Paola Diaz

“…We focus on two post-authoritarian figures present in these two countries : "transitions to democracy," as an apparatus of post-authoritarian rule, and "forced disappearance," as a transnationalizated category of victimhood. …”
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An Indian perspective on One Health prescriptions by Madhuri Ramesh, Sheetal Patil, Adithya Pradyumna

“…We contend that it does not adequately engage with the implementation challenges faced by countries with resource constraints or dense human populations, such as those in South Asia, and typified by India. …”
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Scoping Review of the Scientific Production on Parenting Coordination by Asunción Tejedor Huerta, Núria Vázquez Orellana, Francisco González Sala, Macarena Tortosa Pérez

“…The aim of this study is to find out, through a review of the existing literature, the state of development and implementation of the figure of the parenting coordinator in those countries that have opted to seek more efficient methods for families that have been exposed to situations of high conflict after the breakup, as well as to determine the effectiveness of this type of action. …”
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Italy’s African foreign policy: between populism and pragmatism by Glubokaya, O.A.

“…The author examines some of the postulates of Italian foreign policy, including the priority of becoming the centre of African energy with its further distribution to European countries. Since this goal is to be achieved through the implementation of the Mattei Plan, a set of initiatives for the development of Africa, the author pays considerable attention to the conceptual agenda. …”
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Realising Central Banks’ Climate Ambitions Through Financial Stability Mandates by Paola D’Orazio, Lilit Popoyan

“…Abstract This paper discusses how financial stability governance has evolved and how central banks and financial regulators are coping with the threats posed by climate uncertainty, providing an overview of G20 countries’ green central banking experiences in the past 20 years. …”
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DECONSTRUCTIVE HEGEMONY ON THE MARGINAL GENDER AND IDENTITY SEEN IN MAUGHAM’S “THE LOTUS EATER” AND HEAD’S “THE PRISONER WHO WORE GLASSES” by Didimus Estanto Turuk

“…The colonization constructed a power domination of the European countries toward the colonized. The constructed hegemony performed by the European colonizers is the center of discussion in this essay. …”
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Epidemiology, clinical characteristics, diagnosis and vaccination of tick-borne encephalitis: an overview by G. Navickaitė, R. Mineikytė, J. Valaikienė

“…There are few reasons for the increasing number of cases which could be attributed to increasing popularity of outdoor activities, tourism in infected areas, and better diagnosis of the disease. Lithuania is among countries in Europe with the absolute highest numbers of documented cases of tick-borne encephalitis. …”
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