The impact of spousal retirement on health—an empirical analysis based on CFPS by Ping Chen, Han Liang, Yufei Zhou, Guodong Zhu, Yu Peng, Jiayi Yao

“…IntroductionHealth impacts associated with spousal retirement vary significantly across countries and datasets, underscoring the need to examine this relationship within the Chinese context. …”
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A Research-Informed Approach to Curriculum Development: Designing a Vocational English Course for a Specific Topic in Graphic Design by Ahmad Syairofi, Suwarno Suwarno

“…Vocational English curriculum designs from two countries (i.e., Taiwan and Poland) and five ESP course development models from prominent academic studies were analyzed. …”
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Indicators for measuring urban environmental equity: A Scoping Review by Soledad Camacho Lorenzo, Yolanda Pérez Albert, Joan Alberich González

“…A total of 31 articles were identified that fulfilled the search criteria and which were developed mainly by countries in North American and Europe. They involved 167 different indicators that demonstrate the complexity and heterogeneity in addressing this topic. …”
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How Do Defaults Affect Behavior of Individual Retirement: Evidence from Ankara by Fahriye Öztürk, Havva Serim

“…Turkey is one of the few countries that has introduced national-level automatic enrollment in private pension systems to encourage people to save for retirement. …”
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Flood risk vulnerability assessment using GIS and hydraulic modeling, case study of the Fez river watershed, Morocco by Essahlaoui Narjisse, El Ouali Abdelhadi, Rhazi Abdelaziz, Alitane Abdennabi, Ijlil Safae, Mohajane Meriame, Ammari Zakaria, Oumou Abdellah, Khrabcha Abdelali, El Hafyani Mohamed, Essahlaoui Ali, Aouragh My Hachem, Van Rompaey Anton

“…Morocco, like other countries in the world, is threatened by floods. These have become frequent in previous years and the current year (2024). …”
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Potential threats and socio-economic contradictions in the context of the smart city formation by M. N. Rybina, E. N. Bykovskaya

“…The purpose of the article is to analyse the Smart Cities global network, countries, regional clusters and the urbanisation scale for the possible potential threats emergence to the artificial intelligence application in the Smart City: socio-economic, ethical, psychological, environmental and political. …”
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A systematised review and evidence synthesis on the broader societal impact of vaccines against Salmonella by Ezgi Dilek Demirtas, Rosanna Barnard, Jungseok Lee, Mark Jit

“…We reviewed literature on these broader impacts in low- and middle-income countries to inform a conceptual framework. We found 16 studies relevant to Salmonella, but only one study on non-typhoidal Salmonella. …”
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Foresight study for addressing megatrends in information and communication technology (ICT) by Anastasios Andronikidis, Amalia Kouskoura, Eleni Kalliontzi, Ioannis Bakouros

“…The research focused on three countries: Greece, Cyprus, and Bulgaria. To gather relevant insights, two rounds of the Delphi technique were employed to reach a consensus on the most crucial digital skills shaping the future. …”
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Strategies to improve the quality of wheat flour in baking: a review by Mariana de Paula Kraüss Ferreira, Vitor Anselmo da Guia Ribeiro, Jefferson Henrique Tiago Barros, Caroline Joy Steel

“…We also evaluated the regulatory aspects governing the use of these enhancers in various countries.…”
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Short- and long-term complications of bariatric surgery by Miguel Licea Videaux, Roberto Santana Caballero, Jesús Javier Sánchez Mata, Isabel García Morales, Dania Piñeiro Pérez, Daryl Rodríguez Denis

“…<p>Obesity affects mostly young men and women, both in developed and developing countries. Pharmacological treatments have proven to be ineffective, leaving surgery as the only therapeutic option. …”
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Digestate plus chlorella: Important alternative biotechnologies for soils and agricultural production in the context of climate change by Vozhehova Rayisa, Petrenko Svіtlana, Kholmurodova Dilafruz, Tursunova Gulmira

“…One of the areas that has recently attracted the attention of scientists from many countries around the world is the use of microalgae, among which Chlorella vulgaris is becoming increasingly popular, having a wide range of applications. …”
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Computer-Aided Detection and Diagnosis of Breast Cancer: a Review by Bhanu Prakash Sharma, Ravindra Kumar Purwar

“…Statistics across different countries point to breast cancer being among severe cancers with a high mortality rate. …”
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Investigating whether connecting people can promote subnational economic development: Evidence from China–ASEAN friendship cities by Fangying Pang, Jingjing Tang, Hanwen Xie

“…Abstract Whether maintaining a close relationship with China can benefit economic performance in the postpandemic era is a crucial concern for countries around the world. This study employs the difference‐in‐difference (DID) model and propensity score matching to estimate the impact of connecting people proposed by the Belt and Road Initiate (BRI) on the subnational economic development of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) cities. …”
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Unveiling Islamophobia: navigating its presence in Sweden by Adrián Groglopo, Fereshteh Ahmadi, Jimmy Stephen Munobwa

“…Of specific concern is how Muslims and immigrants from predominantly Muslim countries are perceived as the undesirable ‘Other’. …”
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A Comparative Study of the Duty of Loyalty of Company Directors and Its Impact on Conflict of Interest Management and Data Retention in Iranian and English Law by mohammadreza Pasban, salah mahmoodi

“…Based on this, considering the foundation of this concept based on the fiduciary principles in the common law system, it can be used as a fundamental concept in the corporate law of Iran and other countries. In addition to the fact that the rules of corporate governance and the theory of the independence of managers are the result of the development and impact of the Common Law system in the matter of fulfilling the duty of loyalty and dealing with conflict of interests, the penetration of these rules into Iranian law in the laws of commerce (1311 and 1347) and the securities market (1384) ), in addition to checking and legal review, it sometimes requires revision and modification of the texts of these laws. …”
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Determination of whole genome sequence of human cytomegalovirus circulating in Japan and discovery of geographic genome structure in UL148 gene by Yuji Wada, Ken Ishioka, Tatsuo Suzutani

“…Although genetic investigations have been vigorously performed in European countries, information on the whole-genome sequence of HCMV in the East Asian region remains limited. …”
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Working in Public Administration During Nonwork Time During the COVID-19 Pandemic by Špela Mar, Jernej Buzeti

“… With the outbreak of Covid-19, a pandemic was declared in March 2020 and countries introduced various measures to overcome it. …”
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Russian Higher Education and Science on the Intellectual Property Market by K. Yu. Kazantsev, S. I. Chernykh

“…In conclusion, the article outlines the main areas of work for the development of intellectual property market in the Russian Federation to overcome the monopoly of Western countries and China on the scientific production and high technologies market.…”
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Digital entrepreneurial ecosystem and female entrepreneurial activity by Yangjie Huang, Jiali Zhang, Ying Xu, Yue Yuan, Mengting Zhang, Leilei Huang

“…Abstract This study explores the relationship between the digital entrepreneurial ecosystem and female entrepreneurial activity in 45 countries using Fuzzy Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA). …”
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<i>Cryptoblabes gnidiella</i> Millière (Pyralidae, Phycitinae): An Emerging Grapevine Pest in Greece by Konstantinos B. Simoglou, Iraklis Topalidis, Dimitrios N. Avtzis, Achilleas Kaltsidis, Emmanouil Roditakis

“…However, it has recently been reported as an emerging grapevine pest in southern European Union countries and in the Middle East, North Africa, and South America. …”
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