Users’ Perspectives of Direct-to-Consumer Telemedicine Services: Survey Study by Kate Churruca, Darran Foo, Andrew Turner, Emily Crameri, Maree Saba, Samantha Spanos, Matthew Vickers, Jeffrey Braithwaite, Louise A Ellis

“…It has been argued that DTC telemedicine improves access to health care and promotes patient empowerment. Despite research examining quality and safety issues, little is known about users’ reasons for accessing DTC telemedicine services or their perceptions of them. …”
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Impact of integration of transferable skills into education and training on employability of women in Kenya: case for CAPYEI by Daniel Otieno, Jackline Nyerere, Christopher Shisanya, Wilson Mutuma, Damaris Kariuki, Hannah Bula, Shem Onsomo, John Macharia, Eldah Onsomu, Martha Muhwezi, Charles Ondieki, Jacqueline Onyango

“…Purpose – This study evaluated a programme, CAP Youth Empowerment Institute (CAPYEI) that uses Basic Employability Skills Training (BEST) model to contribute the evidence and generate lessons on the type of skills needed to enhance women economic empowerment. …”
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Untitled by Terrence A. Brooks

“…Background User scripting heralds a paradigm shift towards web reader empowerment. Powerful web writers of the first decade of the Web needed to be cautioned about usability and accessibility issues. …”
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CyARM: Haptic Sensing Device for Spatial Localization on Basis of Exploration by Arms by Junichi Akita, Takanori komatsu, Kiyohide Ito, Tetsuo Ono, Makoto Okamoto

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A Lingual Agnostic Information Retrieval System by Umar Bn Abdullahi, Godspower Osaretin Ekuobase

“…Efforts at addressing this problem have been socioeconomic, culminating in training, empowerment, and digital access with the indelible hurt of language inequities. …”
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From victims to experts: civic agency strategies for identifying missing people in Mexico by Ana Cepeda, Salvador Leetoy

“…The article concludes that pain, powerlessness and anger are channeled towards citizen science activities which open the doors for social empowerment in the face of the failure of responsible institutions to find the disappeared persons.…”
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Association between extramarital sexual activity, number of sexual partners, and HIV incidence among productive-age adults at H. Adam Malik general hospital, Medan by Bella Putri Erwina, Zata Ismah

“…These findings highlight the urgent need for strengthened global initiatives such as the "Getting to Zero" campaign, youth empowerment through NGOs, and enhanced public health education. …”
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From deficient civilian accommodation to the political governance of defense: Strategic planning in the defense sector of Argentina, 2015-2021 by Luciano Anzelini

“…During the second stage, the institution of the Cycle of Planning of National Defense (CPDN) in 2007 signaled an inflection point that granted political authorities with the tools for taking on strategic areas; however, the empowerment of civilians sparked marches and countermarches. …”
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Women’s Role in Violence and UN Women, Peace, and Security Agenda by Çağlayan Başer

“…By highlighting women’s contribution to perpetuating conflict, I propose a framework to incite policymakers to view women’s empowerment as a mainstream security concern and implement policies aligned with the goals of the UN WPS Agenda. …”
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"Without a man's decision, nothing works": Building resilience to Rift Valley fever in pastoralist communities in Isiolo Kenya. by Irene N Mutambo, Bernard Bett, Salome A Bukachi

“…This process fosters resilience, community empowerment, and transformative and sustainable adaptation responses to RVF.…”
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Designing a Digital Platform to Enhance Financial Literacy and Sustainability of Tahfiz Institutions by Muhammad Imran Mohd Irsham, Nooraslinda Abdul Aris, Mira Susanti Amirrudin

“…It is anticipated that the app could extend its impact beyond individual institutions, evolving into a widely recognized and scalable tool for financial empowerment in Islamic educational settings. …”
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Strategic Planning of Urban Neighborhoods in Tehran (Case Study: Ferdowsi neighborhood of Region 12) by Amin Shahsavar, mousa kamanroodi, Taher Parizadi, Mahlagha Abolghasempor

“…In this research, by using the AIDA technique and based on strategies and decision areas, a strategic project has been presented in order to empowerment of Ferdowsi's neighborhood.…”
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From Life to Its Online School: An Analysis of Alain de Botton’s ‘The School of Life’ as Strategy and Tactic by Gökçen Karanfil, A. Özgür Gürsoy

“…Through a critical engagement with the literature on the conceptualizations of culture, this article focuses on the possibilities for empowerment and social agency that may be found in manifestations of everyday popular culture and the critiques of this approach that voice their oppressive nature. …”
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Knowledge co-creation in arts universities: the role of entrepreneurial mindset and communities of practice by Kristina Kuznetsova-Bogdanovitsh, Anna Maria Ranczakowska

“…Our findings reveal that when positioned as a tool for knowledge co-construction entrepreneurial mindset can facilitate alignment of students’ artistic values leading to both individual empowerment and institutional evolution.…”
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"I sometimes feel like I can't win!": An exploratory mixed-methods study of women's body image and experiences of exercising in gym settings. by Emma S Cowley, Jekaterina Schneider

“…Despite this, women showed signs of resistance towards gendered and appearance ideals permeating gym environments and some experienced empowerment through skill acquisition, breaking gender norms, and exercising in supportive environments. …”
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IMPLEMENTATION OF AL-MA'UN THEOLOGY: MEASURING MUHAMMADIYAH SOCIAL ACTION AT THE CENTER OF WAKATOBI WORLD'S CORAL TRIANGLE by Muhammad Alifuddin, Fitriah M. Suud, Moh. Toriqul Chaer

“…Social service in education only touches the charitable dimension, while the empowerment aspect has not received attention. This reality is closely related to the resource capacity of Muhammadiyah Wakatobi. …”
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Further Reflecting on the Six-Year Primary Project of the Institute of Education, University of Ife: The Key Players by Toyin Falola, Michael Oladejo Afolayan

“…More often than not, it is disempowering rather than empowering if we go by Paulo Freire’s notion of education as being central to empowerment and poor education as the primary agent and metaphoric vehicle for modern day disempowerment, a knowledge base that does not liberate the mind or embrace the cognitive progression of the learner.1 After all, the original goal of colonial education was to train the “natives” in European languages so as to be able to communicate with and, ipso facto, serve their colonial “masters,” and help him to rule the same “natives.” …”
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Amethyst Deposits of the Los Catalanes Gemological District (Artigas Department): The First Uruguayan IUGS Geological Heritage Site by César Goso, Mauricio Faraone

“…This contributes to the empowerment and pride of the local population as well as raising awareness of the need for the conservation of part of this mineral resource. …”
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Understanding the Challenges Experienced by COPD Patients: A Qualitative Study by Özlem Oruç, Saime Erol, Zahide Aksoy

“…Objective: The aim of this study is to investigate the difficulties experienced by COPD patients, understand their needs, and provide a reference for the content of COPD patient empowerment programs.Method: In this study using phenomenological design, semi-structured individual in-depth interviews were conducted with 11 COPD patients using purposive sampling between May 2023 and July 2023. …”
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A Contextual Interpretation of Disability Inclusion in 2 Samuel 9 and the Bamasaaba of Eastern Uganda by Simon Masiga, Helen N. Nkabala

“…Contextual interpretation of disability inclusion is significant for the liberation, inclusion, and empowerment of people with disability to actively participate in society. …”
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