Comparative study of functional indicators in swimming and volleyball by Wissam Sahib Hassn, Haidar Majeeid Hameeid, Ali Mohammed Talib

“… This study aimed to identify various functional indicators relevant to swimming clubs and volleyball players, and also to compare selected functional indicators between athletes engaged in swimming and volleyball. The researchers employed the descriptive method within the framework of comparative studies. …”
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Constructing “Society’s Soldiers”: Identity Work, (Total) Defence Willingness and the Swedish Home Guard by Jenny Malmström, Joakim Berndtsson

“…This study aims to contribute to the understanding of how military organizations become involved in meaning-making and processes of identity-building as they seek to engage individuals in defence work. To this end, we focus on a specific understudied organization: the Swedish Home Guard (SHG), a key component of the country’s total defence, often seen as the epitome of defence willingness. …”
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Unravelling the Role of Digital Partnering in Successful Construction Digitalisation – An Empirical Investigation by Aghimien Douglas, Aghimien Emmanuel, Aigbavboa Clinton, Oke Ayodeji, Zapata-Montalvo Luis

“…To gather quantitative data, a survey was conducted with construction professionals engaged in projects throughout South Africa. The data analysis employed a comprehensive six-step methodology, including mean item scoring, Kruskal- Wallis H-Test, exploratory factor analysis (EFA), and multiple linear regression (MLR). …”
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Do past and present adverse experiences impact the mental health of children? A study among children in the Juvenile Justice System in India by Shiva Prakash Srinivasan, Chiranjeevi Arumugam, Ananya Anandan, Padmavati Ramachandran

“…Background: Children in the Juvenile Justice System (JJS) in India include children who may have engaged in criminal acts and children who cannot be cared for by their families of origin for various reasons. …”
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Machine Learning with Tunicate Swarm Optimization for Improved Disc Herniation Prediction by Theofilos Gofas, Argyros Maris

“…To ensure impartiality, unbiased performance assessors are engaged to objectively evaluate the model outcomes. …”
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Pedestrian Safety in South Africa: A Comprehensive Analysis by Mmakwena Modipa

“…Based on these findings, several recommendations were made: it is advised that road users should be engaged in road safety campaigns to enhance their understanding of the importance of following traffic regulations. …”
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Neoliberal Timescapes of Infrastructuring an Environmental Footprint: Configuring Carbon Emissions as Flexibly Substitutable Placeholders by Ingmar Lippert

“…The empirical material consists of an ethnographic story composed of key artefacts of the accounting infrastructure and participant observation of situated engagements with these artefacts by the environmental managers; specifically, I address situations in which participants enact too swift emission reduction, the synchronisation of emissions and the versioning of environments. …”
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The Yorùbá Social Values in Ọbasá’s Poetry by Saudat Adebisi Olayide Hamzat, Hezekiah Olufemi Adeosun

“…The paper also analyzes the extent to which the poet engages the ideology as exemplified in his poetry texts. …”
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SOCIO-CULTURAL DETERMINANTS OF ADOLESCENTS SEXUALAND REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOUR IN KEFFI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, NASARAWA STATE-NIGERIA by Deborah Gwom Dung, Mamman Matthew Samuel, Umar Haruna Yashim

“…This is because the incidence of sexual intercourse has become prevalent among adolescents. Adolescents engage in several risky sexual and reproductive behaviour like the early sexual debut, having multiple sexual partners, unwanted pregnancy and unsafe abortion. …”
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JOB DESIGN IN THE FUNCTION OF IMPROVING THE JOB PERFORMANCE OF THE EMPLOYEES IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINIAN COMPANIES by Alma Kovačević, Adisa Delić

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Knowledge and Attitudes Relating to Women's Rights to Land Ownership by Lilian Oryema, Colbert ZZiwa Tamale, Brian Makabayi

“…Despite legal reforms, women in Africa, particularly Uganda, face discrimination and barriers in land ownership due to sociocultural norms and implementation gaps which has caused a problem of low numbers of women engaged in matters of their rights to land ownership yet women’s rights to land ownership are very important in the development of the country given their role in agriculture and the role they play in society. …”
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Bridging the cultural gap in Bible translation as a case in point by C. Nord

“…Together with my husband, Klaus Berger, who is a New Testament scholar at Heidelberg University, I was engaged in a fascinating project: We translated the texts of the New Testament plus a large number of apocrypha from the original Greek (and Latin, Syriac, Coptic, Ethiopic, and Arabic) into German. …”
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A Stylistic Analysis of Ṣeun Ògúnfìdítìmí’s Songs by Temidayo Akinrinlola

“…There have been multiple studies on traditional African songs. Such studies have engaged traditional African songs mostly from the non-linguistic perspectives. …”
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THE POLITICS OF INSECURITY REPORTAGE IN NORTHERN NIGERIA by ISA SA’IDU

“…With the use of the Political Economy of Communication, Framing, Social Responsibility, and Agenda Setting Theories, the paper reviewed relevant literature and established how Nigerian media used their organisations to report the phenomenon of insecurity both for and against the country’s national interest.The study found that many media outlets, both new and conventional, have over the years engaged inan unethical practice that both exacerbates security challenges as well as threatens Nigeria’s corporate existence. …”
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IMPLEMENTING ETHNIC TOURISM AS A TOOL CONTRIBUTING TO THE DESTINATION COMMUNITY WELL-BEING IN THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS, VIETNAM by Thi Thanh Kieu Nguyen

“…First, local wisdom and genuine characteristics of naivete, honesty, friendliness, and hospitality need to be promoted to attract visitors, while local residents need to be educated and trained to build capacity for improving tourism services and to actively engage in the tourism decision-making process. Second, improvements in political capital were strongly suggested to tackle common barriers to community empowerment and collaboration, tourism organizational structure, local policies, standards, and assessment procedures. …”
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The effectiveness of virtual journal clubs on evidence-based practices application by Beth Elenko

“…EBP integration is a cornerstone of entry-level healthcare curricula. Engaging students in VJCs provides them with opportunities to explore and apply learned skills independently and collaboratively, aligning with contemporary learning preferences.   …”
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JOB DESIGN IN THE FUNCTION OF IMPROVING THE JOB PERFORMANCE OF THE EMPLOYEES IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINIAN COMPANIES by Alma Kovačević, Adisa Delić

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School based continuous professional development practices at a selected general secondary and preparatory school in Bahir Dar town by Dereje Taye Wondem

“…Though the administrative structure to run the CPD program is set at school level, the school context is not supportive enough to run the program; the CPD program is not strongly linked with the school improvement program and students’ achievement; and it is not engaging the teachers. So, serious consideration should be given mainly to the capacity development of all the actors involved in the delivery of the program …”
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Called to the missional frontline in a turbulent world: The role of theological education by Daniel N. Andrew

“…Background: The Apostolic Faith Mission International (AFMI) conference had as its theme called to the missional frontline in a turbulent world, but the topic of theological education never made it to the main agenda. The article engages with theological education in the context of a Western hegemonic epistemology that dominates its provision in the Global South and in the African context. …”
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