DID COVID-19 INCREASE THE RISK OF INTERNAL AUDITING? by Hans-Ulrich Westhausen

“…In particular, the spatial and personnel distance from operational activities due to lockdown and home office raise the question of whether these serious changes in the audit environment have possibly also changed the audit risk. …”
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Mechanical Behaviour and Thermal Properties of Pine Apple Leaf Fiber Reinforced Vinyl Ester Composites by Mohamad Reda A. Refaai, U. Tamilarasan, K. Dilip Kumar, M. Karthe, C. Anbu, Simon Yishak

“…Despite its mechanical and environmental properties, pineapple leaf fibers (PALF) are used as a home threading material in India. In addition, the effects of abrasive combing and pretreatment techniques on fiber and composite characteristics were examined in this work. …”
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Petrography of Sandstone Units of Injana Formation in Al-Teeb Area South Eastern Iraq by Hasan Kattoof Jasim, Maysoon Omer Ali

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The Ammonite Tirolites idrianus – A Paleontological Icon of the Idrija UNESCO Global Geopark (Slovenia) by Mojca Gorjup Kavčič, Matija Križnar

“…Its main town Idrija, with a famous mercury ore deposit beneath, has always been a home to several European naturalists, who explored natural features, plants, animals and fossils of the area since the beginning of mining in 1490. …”
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Unknown Future of the Banking Union’s Third Pillar by Klaudia Zielińska

“…This stems from both the bad financial standing of some of the euro area banks and their dependency on the sovereign debt of their home and host countries. Studies also indicate low operational readiness of the national schemes, so a transition from re-insurance onto co-insurance phase will require increased efforts of both the Member States and the banks themselves.…”
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Confining the margins, marginalizing the confined: The Distress of Neglected Lockdown Victims in Indian Cities by Rémi de Bercegol, Anthony Goreau-Ponceaud, Shankare Gowda, Antony Raj

“…Dramatic images of migrant workers desperately fleeing the big cities to return home have circulated around the world. But not all of them left, far from it, and many had no choice other than to remain confined to the margins. …”
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Mathematical mapping analysis method of multi-power system coupled with planetary gears by GUI Jingliang, JIA Yanyan, REN Wei, PAN Zhenfeng, ZHANG Rongbin

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Does the Experience of International Mobility Lead to Career Advantages? Study of Russian researchers by G. L. Volkova

“…The purpose of this study is to analyze how the experience of international mobility affects the objective and subjective indicators of employment of Russian Doctorate Holders, and to find out whether the experience of working or studying abroad always gives advantages when returning to the home country. The empirical base of the study is the data of the project “Monitoring survey of Highly Qualified R&D Personnel” (N=1742 for the year 2019). …”
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Enhanced Cognitive Walkthrough: Development of the Cognitive Walkthrough Method to Better Predict, Identify, and Present Usability Problems by Lars-Ola Bligård, Anna-Lisa Osvalder

“…The ECW method has been employed to evaluate user interface designs of medical equipment such as home-care ventilators, infusion pumps, dialysis machines, and insulin pumps. …”
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Propagation and Production of Gulf Bluestem by Mack Thetford, Debbie Miller

“…This plant is a candidate for beach projects requiring planting on the back side of a primary dune, or any side of secondary dunes, or for commercial or home landscapes. This prostrate or creeping perennial spreads by long stolons and is easily distinguished by glaucous leaves, prostrate growth habit, and terminal inflorescences with stalked spikelets from 4.0 to 6.5 mm (0.15 to 0.26 in) (Clewell 1985). …”
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Barotrauma and Successful Release of Fish Caught in Deep Water by Elizabeth A. Staugler, Holly Abeels, Angela Collins, Shelly Krueger, Kai Lorenzen

“…This 4-page fact sheet written by Betty Staugler, Holly Abeels, Angela Collins, Shelly Krueger, and Kai Lorenzen and published by the UF/IFAS Florida Sea Grant College Program describes barotrauma, a problem that, if left untreated, will kill otherwise perfectly healthy fish, and explains a few quick and simple methods to relieve fish suffering from barotrauma and help them get back home healthy and strong. https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/sg160 …”
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Places Revisited: Transnational Families and Stories of Belonging by Pihla Maria Siim

“…People are not only shaped by the places in their lives, but they also employ different strategies to make a place feel like home. This repositioning is a constant process, affected also by the surrounding societal and cultural context. …”
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The Issue of the UK’s Pakistani Community Acculturation by Ulyana V. Klimenko

“…The article examines the approaches British Pakistani people take in respect to their identity, emphasizes the importance of personal contacts and the creation of their own self in spaces which are used to exchange experience and which are not directly related to the home and business environment. The emphasis is placed on the complexity and mosaicism of the UK’s Pakistani diaspora members’ identity, as well as on the importance of using art as an instrument of intercultural dialogue. …”
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Iatrogenic descending thoracic aorta perforation by pedicle screws as a delayed complication of scoliosis correction surgery. The anesthetic management and TEE role by Ahmed Elrefaey

“…The outcome was successful, and the patient was discharged home safely, hence, we would like to share our experience in managing this difficult case to help others who might find themselves in a similar situation.…”
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Nurses' Experiences of Caring for Older Persons in Transition to Receive Homecare: Being Somewhere in between Competing Values by Sigrun Hvalvik, Bjørg Dale

“…Older persons in transition to need professional care in their homes will constitute a large group in municipalities in the future. …”
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Correlates of Falls among Community-Dwelling Elderly in Thailand by Titaporn Worapanwisit, Somkid Prabpai, Ed Rosenberg

“…Significant (p<0.05) fall correlates were urban residence, older age, greater BMI, impaired and uncorrected vision, chronic health conditions, medication use and medication side effects, poor muscle tone, and hazardous indoor and outdoor home environments. Results lead to recommendations for interventions to reduce fall risk that are both evidence-based and culturally acceptable.…”
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„I Siegfried cítí zimu a vši…“ aneb Obrazy spojenců a nepřátel v paměti vojáků druhého čs. zahraničního odboje by Pavel Mücke

“…Finaly as result it could be stated that these symbolic images take very important part among another ones (e.g. influence of so-called „Munich Myth“, reception of „great“ political events, perception of „home and homeland“, or attitudes toward Czechoslovak army grounds and political elites) and they play a key role in the process of (re)creation of individual and collective memory and identity of ex-Czechoslovak combattants.…”
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Evaluation of approaches to the regulation of digital film distribution by A. R. Akopyan, A. M. Arakelyan, Yu. V. Vorontsova, V. V. Krysov

“…This will resolve the issue of serious competition to traditional cinemas, since the viewer has the opportunity to watch their favorite films without leaving home, and also related to the start of work on their own exclusive content of a large number of digital platforms. …”
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Confiner les marges, marginaliser les confins : la souffrance des oubliés du lockdown dans les villes indiennes by Rémi de Bercegol, Anthony Goreau-Ponceaud, Shankare Gowda, Antony Raj

“…Dramatic images of migrant workers desperately fleeing the big cities to return home have circulated around the world. But not all of them left, far from it, and many had no choice other than to remain confined to the margins. …”
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Learning while Traveling: Influences of Short-term Cross-cultural Immersion Experiences to High School Students by Bernadette Bugtong

“…The findings indicate that interactions with the host community helped participants recognize cultural diversity, respect cultural differences and reassess their cultural prejudices, leading to lasting changes in their perceptions and behaviors after returning home. However, the limitations brought by the restrictions on movements due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the lack of pre-immersion and post-immersion activities have presented challenges to the breadth and depth of these changes. …”
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