From Citizen Science to Policy Development on the Coral Reefs of Jamaica by M. James C. Crabbe

“…The use of volunteers and citizen scientists from both developed and developing countries can help in forging links which can assist in data collection and analysis and, ultimately, in ecosystem management and policy development.…”
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Skilled Birth Attendance among Women in Tharaka-Nithi County, Kenya by Eliphas Gitonga

“…In 2012, about forty million births occurred without a skilled attendant in developing countries. Skilled birth attendance improves maternal and newborn survival. …”
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From the Editors by Yang Kuang, Ying-Cheng Lai, Zhiming Zheng

“…This journal will maximally serve thescientic communities in both developed and developing countries.For more information, please click the 'full text' above.…”
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Machine Learning for Ischemic Heart Disease Diagnosis Aided by Evolutionary Computing by Mohammad Alsaffar, Abdullah Alshammari, Gharbi Alshammari, Saud Aljaloud, Tariq S. Almurayziq, Fadam Muteb Abdoon, Solomon Abebaw

“…Heart disease is the leading cause of death from chronic diseases in the developing countries. The difficulty of making an accurate and timely diagnosis is exacerbated by a lack of resources and professionals in some areas, which contributes to this reality. …”
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An Experimental In Vivo Model to Characterize “Heavy Legs” Symptom in Topical Formulations by Pedro Contreiras Pinto, Luís Monteiro Rodrigues

“…The “Heavy legs” symptom is regarded as an early expression of chronic venous failure, estimated to affect 40% of the population in developing countries. A new methodology is proposed to approach the “tired or heavy legs” symptom. …”
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Research on the Impact of Environmental Regulation on Enterprise Innovation from the Perspective of Official Communication by Lili Feng, Lin Wang, Wenjun Zhou

“…Many developing countries including China are implementing increasingly stringent environmental regulations to achieve sustainable development. …”
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Shaping E-commerce Experiences: Unraveling the Impact of Service Quality on Youth Customer Behavior in a Developing Nation by Muhammad Umair Wattoo, Jianguo Du, Fakhar Shahzad, Shakila Kousar

“…The findings will help firms in Pakistan and other developing countries to establish long-term growth strategies by understanding the complex nexus between service quality that leads to customer satisfaction and boosts their repurchases and recommendations. …”
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Envisioning A Resilient Pakistan Gender, Intersectionality And Disaster Risk Reduction by Muhammad Sajjad

“… According to the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), approximately 90% of climate-related deaths occur in poorer/developing countries, underscoring the urgent need for effective adaptation and risk reduction efforts (UNDRR, 2021). …”
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The Sri Lankan enigma: demystifying public healthcare information systems acceptance by Thiviyan Senthilrajah, Supunmali Ahangama

“…Abstract The deployment of Health Information Systems (HIS) in Sri Lanka has been low in adoption compared to developed countries. There has been a dearth of studies to identify the factors that improve the adoption of HIS in developing countries. …”
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Assessment of a Planned Municipal Solid Waste Management System in Sri Lanka by Disna Eheliyagoda, Nimal Prematilake

“…Most of these local administrations are directly dumping Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) to an open dumping site, this manner of inappropriate disposal of MSW is become a major threat to the environment and public health in developing countries like Sri Lanka. This study was conducted for the MSWM practices of Balangoda Urban Council. …”
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Importance and Relevance of Phytochemicals Present in Galenia africana by Dario Heredia, Ivan Green, Jeremy Klaasen, Farzana Rahiman

“…Many people in developing countries rely primarily on medicinal plants as their main source of healthcare, particularly for the treatment of skin infections. …”
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Quel avenir pour le logement social en Tunisie ? by Sami Ben Fguira, Mongi Belarem

“…However, like other developing countries, Tunisia is confronted with a new contradictory circumstance: on the one hand, globalization and its neo-liberal agenda implying the abandonment of a certain number of fields of social action, and on the other hand, the need to cope with the excessive social demands induced by the revolution through voluntarist housing policies aimed in particular the working classes.It is a matter of placing the needs and interests of the vulnerable classes at the same level as those of the solvent ones in terms of housing policies and legislation.…”
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Climate protection as an ethical challenge by Zbigniew M. Karaczun

“…The rejection of human responsibility for climate change and the responsibility of rich societies for already occurring changes and their effects in developing countries means that climate mitigation actions are not being sufficiently addressed. …”
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Multidimensional Determinants of National Food Security in Azerbaijan: an Application of the ARDL Approach by Ragif Huseynov

“…The attainment of food security is crucial and is a prime development priority for all developing countries. The inability to provide reliable evidence of national food security has remained a problem for both policymakers and researchers alike. …”
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Introduction: Intergenerational Transmissions of Infant Mortality using the Intermediate Data Structure (IDS) by Luciana Quaranta, Hilde Leikny Sommerseth

“…It has previously been shown that infant mortality clusters in a subset of families, a phenomenon which was observed in historical populations as well as contemporary developing countries. A transmission of death clustering across generations has also been shown in Belgium, but it is unknown whether such effects are specific to the studied context or are also found in other areas. …”
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ICT and agriculture in India by Balasubramanian Dhandapani, Rico Lie, Pierre Grard

“…The relevance of new computing technologies and their effective implementation in developing countries is widely debated, both at policy and community level. …”
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Mutations institutionnelles et recompositions des territoires urbains en Afrique : une analyse à travers la problématique de l’accès à l’eau by Catherine Baron

“…Access to water is one of the major challenges of urban policies implemented in developing countries. These policies aimed either to provide a global access in order to control urban spaces or to segment water supply to offer different services and features to comply with the diversity of actors. …”
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Optimal Routing of Solid Waste Collection Trucks: A Review of Methods by Alhassan Sulemana, Emmanuel A. Donkor, Eric K. Forkuo, Sampson Oduro-Kwarteng

“…This paper reviews the effect of applying optimization methods on the collection process of solid waste, with particular interest in mathematical programming and geographic information system approaches in developing countries. Mathematical programming approaches maximize or minimize an objective function for improvement in procedure, to ensure operational efficiency and also serve as decision support tools. …”
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Oral Iron Prophylaxis in Pregnancy: Not Too Little and Not Too Much! by Nils Milman

“…However, 30–40 mg ferrous iron is probably an adequate dose in most affluent societies. In developed countries, individual iron prophylaxis guided by iron status (serum ferritin) has physiological advantages compared to general iron prophylaxis. …”
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Climate Change and Sugarcane Production: Potential Impact and Mitigation Strategies by Duli Zhao, Yang-Rui Li

“…Climate change is expected to have important consequences for sugarcane production in the world, especially in the developing countries because of relatively low adaptive capacity, high vulnerability to natural hazards, and poor forecasting systems and mitigating strategies. …”
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