European Uunion Energy Security and Russia by N. A. Simonia, A. V. Torkunov

“…The results of the Europarliament elections in late May, 2014, were a graphic demonstration of the symptoms of this alarming for the EU disease, when the anti-EU parties in the four out 22 EU countries won the elections (France, United Kingdom, Denmark, and Greece) Those results, regardless of the panic headlines in mass media and statements like "shocking" or "earthquake" made by some politicians, were not able to significantly affect the nature of the European Parliament, though they can significantly complicate its work. …”
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Production and Characterization of Coffee Husk Fuel Briquettes as an Alternative Energy Source by Assefa Tesfaye, Fentahun Workie, Venkatesh S. Kumar

“…As a result, Ethiopia is one of the world’s most biomass-dependent countries. The high reliance on wood fuels and agricultural residues for fuel harms society’s social, economic, and environmental well-being. …”
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Improving Breast Cancer Outcomes among Women in China: Practices, Knowledge, and Attitudes Related to Breast Cancer Screening by Tsu-Yin Wu, Yi-Lan Liu, Scott Chung

“…Despite lower incidence rates than those living in Western countries, breast cancer incidence among Chinese women has increased dramatically in the past 20 years. …”
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The development of a task to study advice taking across nations and its application in a China-Germany comparison by Thomas Schultze, Zhijun Chen

“…Despite extensive investigations in different countries, cultural differences in advice taking remain understudied. …”
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Inclusive early childhood education: exploring co-creation and the process of empowerment within participatory research and practice by Kate Carr-Fanning, Tanya Rihtman

“…This paper explores findings from the co-construction process within a PR research project, which co-constructed a programme of inclusion for children with ADHD-type behaviours in kindergartens in countries in eastern/central Europe with local stakeholders.MethodsThis paper will draw on findings from methods used at particular phases of the project, including two researcher constructed questionnaires: a pre-post teacher training questionnaire and an open-ended qualitative survey of participants on the process of empowerment within co-creation. …”
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ADAPTING TO A CHANGING WORLD: STRATEGIES FOR MITIGATING THE GLOBAL CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE CHANGE by FRANK FUNKEYE SAPELE, AKUMKA JOSEPH YABAYANZE, KANYINSOLA AZEEZ

“…Climate change globally has become one of the shocking certainties of the 21st era and it has made scientists to raise the need to drop worldwide temperatures further by 0.5 °C which makes a substantial difference in some areas of the world, particularly developing countries that are faced with the greater threat of climate change.  …”
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Carbon Productivity’s Impact on Company's Financial Performance (Case Study of Companies Listed on IDX80 Stock Index) by Djie Liveren Adjie Tehananda, Robiyanto, Harijono

“…Contribution & Value Added: This study adds value to the practice of finance that seeks to see that companies that disclose higher carbon emissions will affect the company's financial performance in the context of developing countries, especially Indonesia.…”
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Comparative analysis of qPCR and metagenomics for detecting antimicrobial resistance in wastewater: a case study by William Taylor, Kristin Bohm, Kristin Dyet, Louise Weaver, Isabelle Pattis

“…While AMR surveillance of human clinical isolates is well-established in many countries, the increasing threat of AMR has intensified efforts to detect antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) accurately and sensitively in environmental samples, wastewater, animals, and food. …”
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Optimizing the WEEE Recovery Network Associated with Environmental Protection Awareness and Government Subsidy by Nonlinear Mixed Integer Programming by Yanan Bo, Yanqi Wang, Zhong Wan

“…Design of a more efficient WEEE recovery system is an imperative need for the relevant decision-makers, such as alleviation of overcapacity or insufficient recycling in many developing countries. In this paper, we optimize the WEEE recovery network which is associated with recycling prices and government subsidies by a nonlinear mixed integer programming approach. …”
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THE ROLE OF PRIMARY GLOBAL PUBLIC GOODS IN INFORMATION SOCIETY by L. N. Shcerbakova

“…Following lines are carried to them: first place in comparison with market interests of the countries; their dominating role in formation of new model of development of world economy; definition of their essence on formation stages, instead of distributions. …”
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Government support for the agro-industrial complex: the experience of a programme-oriented approach in Australia by Yu. P. Maidanevych, N. S. Sergienko, Yu. V. Gnezdova

“…The article indicates that in most countries, government support measures were aimed at ensuring domestic food supplies and overcoming market disruptions. …”
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A Spatial Modeling Approach for Optimizing the Locations of Large-Scale Biogas Plants from Livestock Manure in Bangladesh by Zinat Mahal, Helmut Yabar

“…Since manure sources are widely dispersed and the disposal of manure in landfills or its direct application onto soil is often restricted by laws in many countries, selecting suitable sites for manure management facilities is an important step for sustainable livestock farming. …”
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The Coupling Coordination Evaluation of Sustainable Development between Urbanization, Housing Prices, and Affordable Housing in China by Lida Wang, Xian Rong, Lingling Mu

“…The conclusions have practical significance for China and other developing countries to coordinate housing prices and affordable housing in the process of rapid urbanization.…”
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THE PROFILE OF FRACTURE IN PATIENTS UNDER 17 YEARS OF AGE AT RSUD DR SOETOMO IN THE PERIOD OF 2013-2014 by Satria Nur Sya'ban, Widati Fatmaningrum, Sulis Bayusentono

“…The rapid increase in motor vehicle use, a hallmark of economic growth in developing countries, led to sharp increase in road saturation and consequently, rise in traffic related injuries. …”
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DIVERSIFICATION OF OIL AND GAS COMPANIES’ ACTIVITIES IN THE CONDITION OF OIL PRICES REDUCTION AND ECONOMIC SANCTIONS by A. V. Sheveleva, L. B. Akieva

“…Sharp reduction of oil prices and decrease in demand for energy resources in the world markets, first of all in the European countries, input of financial or technological sanctions from the USA and Europe against Russia in 2014 has caused necessity of search a new more effective methods of price risks management of the oil and gas company. …”
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QUALITATIVE CHANGES IN JAPAN’S POLICY IN THE FIELD OF MILITARY SECURITY IN 2013 by D. V. Streltsov

“…These changes include tightening of the policy towards China, stronger defense policy coordination with the countries concerned with the growth of Beijing's military ambitions, as well as the revision of the basic strategy of defense capacity-building.A special place in Tokyo’s new policy was taken by the moves aimed at revising the Constitution. …”
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Synthesis and Evaluation of the Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitory Activities of Some Flavonoids Derived from Naringenin by The-Huan Tran, Thi-Thu-Hien Vo, Thi-Quynh-Nhi Vo, Thi-Cam-Nhung Cao, Thai-Son Tran

“…AD has been putting a huge socioeconomic burden on the healthcare systems of many developed countries with aging populations. The need for new therapies that can halt or reverse the progression of the disease is now extremely great. …”
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Critical mobility in policy making for epidemic containment by Jesús A. Moreno López, David Mateo, Alberto Hernando, Sandro Meloni, José J. Ramasco

“…We explore the interplay between mobility restrictions and the infection in recent intervention policies seen across many countries, and how interventions in the form of closures triggered by incidence rates can guide the epidemic into an oscillatory regime with recurrent waves. …”
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Research on treatment-related aspects of depression from India in the preceding decade (2014–2023): An updated systematic review by Alankrit Jaiswal, S Umesh, Nishant Goyal

“…The services for depression patients may be organized differently in India as compared to Western countries. It is important to consider studies conducted in India to determine effective interventions for depression catered specifically to the needs of the Indian population. …”
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Force Characteristics of Sluice Structure in Coastal Area Under Wind Load by ZHANG Jian, YANG Jialin, YANG Jie

“…Given the wind load on the sluice structure, the paper compares the calculation methods of the design standards in China, the UK, the US, and Japan and analyzes the differences in calculation methods among the four countries. Based on the numerical simulation of computational fluid dynamics, it studies the distribution of wind load on sluice structure in different wind directions, standard wind pressure, and extreme weather such as typhoon. …”
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