Ensuring Africa’s Food Security by 2050: The Role of Population Growth, Climate-Resilient Strategies, and Putative Pathways to Resilience by Belay Simane, Thandi Kapwata, Natasha Naidoo, Guéladio Cissé, Caradee Y. Wright, Kiros Berhane

“…Africa is grappling with severe food security challenges driven by population growth, climate change, land degradation, water scarcity, and socio-economic factors such as poverty and inequality. …”
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Assessing patient experiences with a Virtual Triage and Assessment Centre (VTAC): a mixed-methods study using an online survey and semi-structured interviews in Renfrew County, Ont... by Antoine St-Amant, Cayden Peixoto, Dez Bair-Patel, Martha Heideman, Kayla Menkhorst, Jonathan Fitzsimon

“…Conclusion Renfrew County, like many other underserved regions, is grappling with a crisis of access to healthcare. VTAC addresses this gap by providing timely access to a family doctor. …”
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Conventional and complementary alternative medicine therapies for renal anemia: a literature review by Ching-Ming Lu, Ching-Ming Lu, Yuan-Hsuan Hsu, Yuan-Hsuan Hsu, I-Hsin Lin, Ko-Lin Kuo, Jian-Fu Liao, Hui-Fen Huang, Hui-Fen Huang, Ping-Hsun Lu, Ping-Hsun Lu

“…By synthesizing this information, the review aims to furnish valuable insights and treatment recommendations aimed at ameliorating renal anemia in individuals grappling with chronic kidney disease.…”
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A techno-economic perspective on efficient hybrid renewable energy solutions in Douala, Cameroon’s grid-connected systems by Reagan Jean Jacques Molu, Serge Raoul Dzonde Naoussi, Mohit Bajaj, Patrice Wira, Wulfran Fendzi Mbasso, Barun K. Das, Milkias Berhanu Tuka, Arvind R. Singh

“…Abstract Cameroon is currently grappling with a significant energy crisis, which is adversely affecting its economy due to cost, reliability, and availability constraints within the power infrastructure. …”
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Status of seawater intrusion in Mexico: A review by Xiaoxiao Zha, Jesús Horacio Hernández Anguiano, Francisco Padilla Benítez, Arturo Cruz-Falcón, Raul Miranda-Avilés, Manuel E. Mendoza Cantú, Jorge Adrian Perera-Burgos, Xu Liao, Juan Manuel Navarro-Céspedes, Miguel Angel Acosta-Reyes, Yanmei Li

“…The findings offer insights into coastal regions worldwide grappling with similar challenges from climate change and increasing water demand.…”
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How efficient are specialized public health services in China? A data envelopment analysis and geographically weighted regression approach by Qian Bai, Qian Bai, Lieyu Huang, Yan Guo, Xin Xu, Zhouyixin Zhang, Yuan Wang, Hao Chen, Ying Bian, Ying Bian

“…BackgroundThe Chinese public health system is grappling with escalating demands, which stemmed from the challenges of preventing chronic and infectious diseases, as well as the aging population. …”
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Exploring Dance as a Therapeutic Approach for Parkinson Disease Through the Social Robotics for Active and Healthy Ageing (SI-Robotics): Results From a Technical Feasibility Study by Roberta Bevilacqua, Elvira Maranesi, Marco Benadduci, Gabriella Cortellessa, Alessandro Umbrico, Francesca Fracasso, Giovanni Melone, Arianna Margaritini, Angela La Forgia, Pierpaolo Di Bitonto, Ada Potenza, Laura Fiorini, Carlo La Viola, Filippo Cavallo, Alessandro Leone, Andrea Caroppo, Gabriele Rescio, Mauro Marzorati, Amedeo Cesta, Giuseppe Pelliccioni, Giovanni Renato Riccardi, Lorena Rossi

“…ConclusionsThis research underscores the promise of merging dance therapy with interactive exergaming on a robotic platform as an innovative strategy to enhance motor function, balance, gait, and overall quality of life for patients grappling with PD.…”
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Designing a Future Study Model: Examining Bank Employees’ Attitudes Towards Job Security in the Era of Blockchain Technology (Horizon 2031) by Saeid Ghazi Nezhad, Hasan Darvish, Mohammad Mahmoudi Meymand

“…., 2018).In tandem with digitization of banking services and growth of electronic and digital banking, financial institutions are grappling with excess human resources and seeking ways to reduce financial costs. …”
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Postgraduate Diploma in Public Administration and Management (PGDPAM) by Kabale University

“…This programme is to grapple with the need for effective Public Administration and efficacy in political leadership, good governance, resources mobilisation and management. …”
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ON JUSTICE AND BEAUTY IN RECENT SOUTH AFRICAN HOMILETICS: A POST-COLONIAL REFLECTION by W. Wessels

“…Aesthetic homiletics considers beauty for preaching. In this article, I grapple with the convergences and divergences of justice and beauty in South African homiletics. …”
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Service domestique, sexualité, race et héritages coloniaux à l’Île Maurice by Colette Le Petitcorps

“…The empirical data analysis helps to grapple with the complexity of colonial heritage that emerges from the reintroduction of racial categories exactly where the social relations are refurbished.…”
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Spatial interactivity. Sensoriality and design of digital data in the space by Giorgio Dall’Osso, Martina D’Alessandro, Valeria Melappioni

“…As digital is now invisibly integrated into the activities we perform daily, networks are extending into the real space, demonstrating how technology does not eliminate the human need for physical presence. Architecture must grapple with a non-tectonic reality, and ask itself not how to use the digital to manage data apparatuses to generate dynamic architectural forms, but rather how to turn information into an engine for spaces that can dynamically respond to the needs of the inhabitants. …”
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Editorial by I.D. Mothoagae

“…These hermeneutical lenses function as theoretical tools to analyse and grapple with the question of the strategies used by Western missionaries. …”
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AI-writing tools in education: if you can’t beat them, join them by Tseng Waverly, Warschauer Mark

“…The release and rapid diffusion of ChatGPT has forced teachers and researchers around the world to grapple with the consequences of artificial intelligence (AI) for education. …”
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Replicating Europe’s Normative Power: Challenges and Pathways for South Asia's Regional Integration by Adeel Kazmi

“…In contrast, South Asia grapples with political instability and geo-strategic challenges that impede regional integration. …”
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In love with the desert by R. Wheeler

“…This article explores how the author, a female researcher of this tradition, has grappled with the tradition’s male-centred character. …”
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Self-organization and the Process of Dynamic Learner Language Development by Shan An

“…To capitalize on CDST as a valid approach to scholarly work, it is necessary to grapple with its fundamental constructs. This forum piece accentuates a critical notion of CDST: self-organization. …”
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RETHINKING HOMO AFRICANUS IN THE CONTEXT OF SOCIO-POLITICAL CHANGE: by A.R. Brunsdon

“… The article grapples with an appropriate African pastoral anthropology against the background of the socio-political changes that occurred in South of Africa since the dawn of the new democracy during the mid-nineties. …”
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EQUIPPING THE YOUTH BY RECOURSE TO THE TOTAL LIFE TRAINING TOOL FOR YOUTH CHALLENGES IN CHRISTIANA: by F.E. Freeks

“…Farming communities in Christiana grapple with problems such as unemployment, poverty, occultism, Satanism, alcoholism and violence. …”
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Digital ecclesiology and Africa’s digital natives: prospects and challenges by K.M. Ndereba

“… The COVID-19 pandemic has raised important issues for the church. Churches have grappled with ministering to their congregants in light of the changes in physical gatherings over the past two years. …”
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