Epidemiology of loneliness & social isolation, an emerging public mental health predicament in India: a scoping review by Niranjan Muralikrishnan, Sendilkumar Balasundaram

“…Abstract Background Loneliness and Social Isolation (SI) has evolved into an epidemic and WHO has alarmed many developed and developing countries that their citizens are going through the epidemic of loneliness and SI. …”
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The Use of digital project management solutions by project businesses: a case study of a selected platinum mine in the Limpopo province by Kgothatso Erens Mahlo, Pete Spencer

“…The awareness and adoption of PMS is unclear, especially in developing countries. This study has examined the awareness and adoption levels of digital project management solutions by project businesses at a selected opencast platinum mine in the Limpopo Province. …”
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Scaling up Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security With Nanoscience and Technology by Goshen David Miteu, Olayemi Ojeokun, Irenosen Addeh, Afolabi Ayomide, Temidayo Olayinka, Sunday Godwin James, Oluwatobi Adeyemo, Elohozino Oghale Benneth

“…This study will also serve as a valuable resource for agriculturalists in developing countries, providing them with a better understanding of the potential of nanoscience and technology in agriculture, ultimately contributing to improved food production and global food security.…”
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Global research trends in Environmental adaptation techniques focusing on climate change through scientometric lens by G. Shyamala, R. Gobinath, B. Hemalatha, DivyaSri Akkalla, S. Shenbaga Ezhil, V. Sathya

“…This work also reveals that countries have gaps in regional research, especially in developing countries, and highlights the need to work collectively across the globe. …”
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Household energy conservation behaviour: A socio-economic perspective by Adeyemi Adepoju, Kayode Ekundayo, Abiodun Oladiipo

“…In addition, the use of secondary data from developing countries are not without their inadequacies due to missing data points. …”
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I Infrastructure development: Improving on execution systems by Edoghogho Ogbeifun, Charles Mbohwa, Jan-Harm C Pretorius

“…Despite this it is still the method most commonly used for the execution of capital development projects in the public and private sectors in many developing countries. Some of the most prominent criticisms include cost and time overruns, the inability to fast-track the completion of capital projects, huge human capacity in the client and project execution teams and the process being exposed to different levels of dispute adjudication. …”
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Measuring Spatial Expansion of Tehran Metropolis and its Impact on Environmental Changes by Asghar Teymouri, Jamileh Tavakolinia, Abolfazl Meshkini

“…Increasing urbanization in the urbanized world has posed major challenges to the sustainability of metropolitan areas, especially in developing countries in various aspects of sustainable development, and has provided them with the prospect of unsustainable development. …”
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Peritoneal Equilibration Test in Costa Rica: Discrepancies from Other Populations by Marta Avellan-Boza, Fabio Hernández, Allan Ramos-Esquivel

“…Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis (CAPD) is a kidney replacement therapy that has been recently incorporated in developing countries. We aim to establish our reference values, to compare them with the original and the Mexican population, and to associate some variables with the type of peritoneal transport. …”
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Conceptual Structure and Trend Topics of the Education and Information Technologies Journal: A bibliometrics analysis by Yousef Mahdavinasab, Davoud Haseli

“…The analysis revealed the presence of nine subject areas of EAIT: role of ICT and technology in education, blended learning and teacher training, e-learning and mobile learning, engaging and motivating learning environments, educational data mining and machine learning, distance education in different academic settings, education during the COVID-19 pandemic, educational technology in higher education and developing countries, and the use of social media in education. …”
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Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of the Optimal Control Strategies for Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Transmission in Ethiopia by Ashenafi Kelemu Mengistu, Peter J. Witbooi

“…Despite the recent progress of global control efforts, tuberculosis (TB) remains a significant public health threat worldwide, especially in developing countries, including Ethiopia. Furthermore, the emergence of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) has further complicated the situation. …”
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Impacts and Internal Mechanisms of High-Standard Farmland Construction on the Reduction of Agricultural Carbon Emission in China by Shuangqiang Li, Mingyue Li, Jiaojiao Chen, Siyuan Shao, Yu Tian

“…This study can provide valuable information and references for developing countries similar to China to formulate policies on agricultural carbon reduction.…”
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Frugal method for extracting DNA from saliva suitable for low-budget labs and usable in PCR assays by Kamar Shayah, Joseph Shenekji, Lana Karnoub, Sana Wohbeh, Hagar Hamsho

“…The suggested frugal method relies on providing a new solution for extracting DNA from human saliva without the need for enzymes or high grade reagents or columns, which makes suitable for low budget laboratories in developing countries to manufacture it locally, it uses a phase separation with technical skills to extract the DNA from the saliva achieving safety by not using hazardous reagents, and it is a sustainable eco-friendly method that gives decent yield of good quality DNA in ~20 minutes to be used in PCR applications with a cost that is estimated to be 10 times cheaper than current used methods.…”
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Predisposing Factors and Etiology of Deep Neck Space Infections – A Hospital-based Cross-sectional Study by Utkarsh Jain, Mahima Luthra, Sampan Singh Bist, Lovneesh Kumar, Vinish Kumar Agarwal

“…Background: Deep neck space infections (DNSI) are serious infections of the potential spaces of the neck. In developing countries, dental infections have been found to be the most common cause of these infections. …”
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Distribution of causes of death and associated organ injuries in road traffic accident-related fatalities: a postmortem study in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia by Gashaw Sete, Selam Temesgen Alemu

“…Abstract Background According to the World Health Organization (WHO), there were 1.19 million road traffic accident (RTA)-related deaths in 2021, with a significantly higher death rate in developing countries than in developed countries. Objective To assess the distribution of causes of death and associated organ injuries in RTA-related fatalities. …”
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Optimization of Headways and Departure Times in Urban Bus Networks: A Case Study of Çorlu, Turkey by Huseyin Ceylan, Tayfun Ozcan

“…The traffic congestion, which has become one of the major problems of developed and developing countries, has led to a shift in the way public transport systems are viewed, and it has accelerated efforts to increase the efficiency of these systems. …”
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“Ethnic Revival” in Globalizing World: The Example of Indigenous Political Movements in Latin America by S. M. Kretov

“…In particular, it explains how such global trends as the democratization and liberalization of social and political spheres, intensified activities of international institutions on the empowerment of disadvantaged social groups, the inclusion of ecological problems in national and international agendas, growing interest of international society to the social and political problems of developing countries have contributed to the intensification of political activities of the indigenous peoples in Latin America in the last 25 years.The indigenous political activism has taken radically different institutional forms and has led to diverse outcomes. …”
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STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF DEVELOPMENT TRENDS IN GLOBAL RENEWABLE ENERGY by M. D. Simonova, V. E. Zakharov

“…The uneven distribution of hydrocarbon reserves, increasing demand of developing countries and environmental risks associated with the production and consumption of fossil resources has led to an increasing interest of many states to this field. …”
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Public administration risks in the migration sphere in the context of digital transformation by V. Yu. Ledeneva, A. Kh. Rakhmonov

“…According to the results of the analysis the paper concludes that digital transformation technology can influence the management of international migration in three different dimensions: 1) increase the gap between developed and developing countries; 2) contribute to the modernization of traditional methods used in the practices of international organizations; 3) influence the adoption of new, more informed management decisions in the field of migration to ensure border security. …”
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MODELLING A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PROCESS IN CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS: AN EMPIRICAL APPROACH by De-Graft OWUSU-MANU, Erika Anneli PÄRN, Maxwell Fordjour ANTWI-AFARI, David John EDWARDS

“… Technology transfer (TT) is crucial to social infrastructure and economic development in developing countries (DCs). In Ghana’s construction sector, foreign firms provide an invaluable source of innovation and technological advancement for local contractors. …”
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Currencies Come and Go, But Employment Always Takes Root: Rethinking External Constraints and Monetary Sovereignty in the Periphery by Esteban Cruz-Hidalgo, Stuart Medina-Miltimore, Agustín Mario

“…Grounded in modern monetary theory (MMT), this study critiques the conventional approach that prioritizes external reserves and highlights the potential of MMT in offering a more autonomous development path for developing countries. A systematic review of the literature, using the PRISMA methodology, reveals significant divergence between MMT advocates and critics, particularly regarding monetary sovereignty and the feasibility of implementing macroeconomic policies in peripheral economies. …”
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