The Effect of Counselling Training on Differentiation of Self, Religious Quest and Epistemological Development by John Meteyard, Kirsty Andersen

“…This study used three developmentally-orientated psychological constructs – Differentiation of Self [DoS], Religious Quest [Quest] and Epistemological Development [ED] – to evaluate the effectiveness of the training programs of one faith-based higher education institution in facilitating the interpersonal, intrapersonal, spiritual and epistemological maturation of counselling students. …”
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Fostering Entrepreneurial Finance and Entrepreneurship Development: The Moderating Role of Institutional Finance Agencies in Nigeria by Inegbedion Daniel, Akande Olusola

“…This research examines the nexus between entrepreneurial finance (EF) and entrepreneurial development (ED) as well as the moderating role of institutional finance agencies (IFA) in Nigeria. …”
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Finding Our Voice: Highly Flexible ED for the HyFlex World by Amy Gagnon, Christina Robinson, Jason A. Melnyk, Jennifer Nicoletti, Kelly McLaughlin, Kristine Larsen, Mina Hussaini

“…The COVID-19 pandemic brought about unprecedented changes in our approach to delivering educational development (ED) programming. In this article we discuss how our dual ED centers pivoted during the sudden switch to online learning, highlighting how we overcame challenges such as a small staff, tight timelines, and faculty anxieties. …”
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Macro-level socioeconomic factors and mental health in midlife and older adults in China: a multilevel analysis by Guannan Li, Gindo Tampubolon, Asri Maharani, Chenglin Tu

“…ObjectiveThis study explores the associations between four macro-level factors—Economic Development (ED), Economic Inequality (EI), Governmental Willingness and capacities to invest in Public Health (GWPH) and Public Health-Related Infrastructures (PHRI)—and three mental health indicators: depressive symptoms, cognitive function and life satisfaction, among middle-aged and older adults in China.Materials and methodsWe obtained individual-level data from the Harmonised China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Survey (H-CHARLS) 2018 and acquired our provincial-level data from the Chinese Statistical Yearbook. …”
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Spatio-Temporal evolution and scenario-based optimization of urban ecosystem services supply and Demand: A block-scale study in Xiamen, China by Yaling Gao, Danling Fu, He Huang, Jinwen Jiang, Qunyue Liu, Liying Zhu, Guochang Ding

“…The study also employs the GMOP-PLUS model to simulate land use and ecosystem service changes under three scenarios—Natural development (ND), Economic development (ED), and Ecological low-carbon development (EL)—projected to 2027. …”
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Ecosystem Health Scenario Prediction and Ecological Efficiency Analysis via the Stochastic Impacts by Regression on Population, Affluence, and Technology Model of the Manas River B... by Ruiming Xiao, Xiaobin Dong, Xuechao Wang, Peng Zhang, Zheng Zhou, Changshuo Gong

“…The EH over the next 15 years was predicted under a natural development (ND) scenario, an economic and urban priority development (ED) scenario, and a low-carbon ecological protection (LEP) scenario. …”
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Exploring the dynamic impact of future land use changes on urban flood disasters: A case study in Zhengzhou City, China by Yuanyuan Bai, Shao Sun, Yingjun Xu, Yi Zhao, Yujie Pan, Yao Xiao, Ruoxin Li

“…Future land use changes under three scenarios were forecast: Natural Development (ND), Economic Development (ED), and Ecological Protection (EP), alongside rainfall scenarios occurring every 10, 50, and 100 years. …”
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Comprehensive Adaptive Enterprise Optimization Algorithm and Its Engineering Applications by Shuxin Wang, Yejun Zheng, Li Cao, Mengji Xiong

“…In this study, a brand-new algorithm called the Comprehensive Adaptive Enterprise Development Optimizer (CAED) is proposed to overcome the drawbacks of the Enterprise Development (ED) algorithm in complex optimization tasks. …”
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Integrating Multi-Source Data to Explore Spatiotemporal Dynamics and Future Scenarios of Arid Urban Agglomerations: A Geodetector–PLUS Modelling Framework for Sustainable Land Use... by Lu Gan, Ümüt Halik, Lei Shi, Jiayu Ru, Zhicheng Wei, Jinye Li, Martin Welp

“…We investigate spatiotemporal evolution trends, driving mechanisms, and spatial non-stationarity of regional landscapes, and apply the Patch-generating Land Use Simulation (PLUS) model to predict future landscape changes under business-as-usual (BAU), economic development (ED), and ecological protection (EP) scenarios. …”
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Impacts of Changes in Oasis Farmland Patterns on Carbon Storage in Arid Zones—A Case Study of the Xinjiang Region by Shanshan Meng, Jianli Ding, Jinjie Wang, Shuang Zhao, Zipeng Zhang

“…It quantitatively assesses the changes in land-use patterns and carbon storage under four scenarios for 2035—natural development (ND), economic development (ED), ecological protection (EP), and farmland protection (FP)—and explores the spatial agglomeration degree of the carbon effect of cultivated land area change. …”
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Using PLUS-InVEST-OPGD model to explore spatiotemporal variation of ecosystem carbon storage and its drivers in Jinsha river basin, China by Lichang Huang, Xue Ding, Jinliang Wang, Shuangyun Peng

“…Based on the high-precision 30 m land use data from 1990 to 2020, the PLUS-InVEST-OPGD multi-model coupled system was used to simulate and predict the characteristics of spatial and temporal carbon storage differentiation in 2030 under four development scenarios, namely, natural development (ND), ecological protection (EP), farmland protection (FP), and economic development (ED), and to analyze the driving mechanism using the Optimal Parameter Geodetic Probe (OPGP). …”
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In ovo sericin suppresses hepatic DNA demethylation in broilers at hatch by Vaishali Gupta, Amitav Bhattacharyya, Yun-Ji Hwang, Yang-Ho Choi

“…Fertile eggs (n = 210) at 17.5 days of embryonic development (ED) were equally divided into five treatments based on the concentration of sericin fed. …”
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Prevalence of Erectile Dysfunction in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus and Its Association with Body Mass Index and Glycated Hemoglobin in Africa: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analy... by Wondimeneh Shibabaw Shiferaw, Tadesse Yirga Akalu, Yared Asmare Aynalem

“…Diabetic patients whose BMI was ≥30 kg/m2 were 1.26 times more likely to develop ED (AOR = 1.26; 95% CI: 0.73–2.16) and whose glycated hemoglobin was <7% were 7% less likely to develop ED (AOR = 0.93; 95% CI: 0.5–5.9), although they were not significantly associated with ED. …”
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Wicked²: The increasing wickedness of educational developers as DEI cultural influencers by Amber Handy, China M. Jenkins, Ian Norris, Julia Metzker, Laura Cruz, Lauri Dietz, Rita Kumar

“…We also contend that educational developers (EDs) are particularly well situated within the higher education ecology to be key cultural influencers in how to mitigate DEI-related wicked problems by tapping into our deep commitment to lifelong learning as a means for honing and modeling an equity mindset.…”
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Impacts of campus disruption on educational developers’ role-identity and teamwork by Benjamin Brock, Stephanie Laggini Fiore, William Vincent Pilny

“…In times of crises, educational developers (EDs) work to ameliorate the teaching- and learning-related impacts caused by campus-wide disruptions such as health-related emergencies, mass shootings, and environmental disasters. …”
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Regional Carbon Storage Dynamics Driven by Tea Plantation Expansion: Insights from Meitan County, China by Renhui Zuo, Yan Ma, Ming Tang, Hao Luo, Junqin Li, Tao Liao, Yuanfang Gong, Shunfu Zhang, Jiyi Gong, Yin Yi

“…Multi-scenario simulations indicate that the sustainable development scenario (SDS) mitigates carbon loss, with a decrease of 31.53 × 10⁴ t, compared to larger reductions in the natural development (NDS) and economic development (EDS) scenarios. Under the SDS scenario, carbon storage in forest land and grassland increased while construction land expansion was controlled. …”
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Eating disorders in medical students: prevalence, risk factors, comparison with the general population by Raluca Motorga, Mihaela Ionescu, Florina Nechita, Daniela Micu, Iulia Băluțoiu, Maria Mădălina Dinu, Dan Nechita

“…Compared to the nationally representative sample in Romania, medical students had significantly higher scores for ED risk and for all other psychological factors.ConclusionMedical students have a high risk of developing ED, even higher than the general population. …”
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Prevalence of and Sex-Related Differences in Excessive Daytime Sleepiness in Adolescents and Young Adults with Malocclusion by Shuzo Sakata, Ryo Kunimatsu, Kazutaka Ikeda, Katsuhito Sugai, Shintaro Ogashira, Kotaro Tanimoto

“…Early identification of sleep problems and prompt intervention during the high-risk period for developing EDS could improve the quality of life for many adolescents and contribute to improved public health.…”
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Social and individual factors associated with eating disorders risk among adolescents in secondary schools of Sicily (south-Italy) by Silvia Ruggieri, Rosalba Contentezza, Melania Casella, Achille Cernigliaro, Ilaria Cosentini, Gaspare Drago, Gianluca Lo Coco, Maria Rita Semola, Salvatore Gullo

“…Based on Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire (EDE-Q) scores, 72.8% of participants were classified as “not at risk”, 17.9% as “at risk” and 9.3% as “at higher risk” of developing EDs using gender-related cut-offs. Girls were overrepresented in the at-risk and higher-risk groups (p < 0.01). …”
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Analysis and prediction of spatiotemporal carbon storage changes in the Taihu Lake Basin in Jiangsu Province based on PLUS and InVEST model by Yu Zhu, Bing Ma, Haibo Hu, Dongxia Ding, Hongwei Zhou, Jiaxuan Liu, Jiacai Liu, Zhirong Lin

“…Post-2010, ecological policies slowed losses (-0.40 × 10⁶ t), highlighting policy effectiveness; (2) Scenario Projections (2030): Cropland Protection (CPS): Achieved a net carbon gain (0.22 × 10⁶ t) by restricting urban encroachment on cropland; Ecological Protection (EPS): Reduced losses to 0.31 × 10⁶ t via forest/grassland conservation (+5,716 ha); Economic Development (EDS): Accelerated carbon loss (0.34 × 10⁶ t) due to unchecked urban expansion; (3) Spatial Insights: Carbon losses clustered in urban cores (Suzhou–Wuxi–Changzhou), while gains occurred in southwestern forested areas (Moran’s I > 0.32, p < 0.01). …”
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