Examining Cities’ Outdoor Spaces through the Lens of Children’s Rights by Elena Pagliarino, Maria Letizia Montalbano

“…The article examines a series of historically consolidated experiences and innovative practices developed during the pandemic in several European cities, featured by the objective of responding to the children’s rights to education, play, security, self expression, and to be listened through the use of cities’ outdoor spaces. …”
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METAPHYSICAL REVOLUTION OF DESCARTES AND TRANSFORMATION OF THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL PROJECT by Anatolii M. Malivskyi

“…The appeal to the incomplete anthropological project of Descartes on the basis of innovative researches allows proving the thesis about influence of metaphysical revolution on a way of its interpretation. …”
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Making Collaboration Work: Fostering Positive Experiences and Attitudes around Psychological Safety, Diversity, and the Value of Teamwork by Kathryn S. Plaisance, Christine Logel, Christopher Lok

“…Evidence suggests that diverse perspectives can generate more innovative ideas and enhance critical thinking, but only if team members value diversity and share knowledge with one another. …”
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Comparative Analysis of Edge Detection Operators Using a Threshold Estimation Approach on Medical Noisy Images with Different Complexities by Vladimir Maksimovic, Branimir Jaksic, Mirko Milosevic, Jelena Todorovic, Lazar Mosurovic

“…The manuscript conducts a comparative analysis to assess the impact of noise on medical images using a proposed threshold value estimation approach. It applies an innovative method for edge detection on images of varying complexity, considering different noise types and concentrations of noise. …”
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Post-pedagogical Syndrome of the Digimodernism Age by I. A. Kolesnikova

“…The article talks about the lack of resources in modern pedagogical science to explain the realities of lifelong education as a part of the Digimodernism culture and to develop the truly innovative ways of teaching. The author has suggested that the creation of effective methods of teaching and self-education in the digital age is possible only in the case of rethinking and reassessment of basic didactic categories and concepts on a transdisciplinary basis, taking into account the pedagogical experience of the analogical era and preserving the continuity of humanitarian values and meanings. …”
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Development of Scalable Elastic Gelatin Hydrogel Films Crosslinked with Waterborne Polyurethane for Enhanced Mechanical Properties and Strain Recovery by Soon Mo Choi, Eun Joo Shin, Sun Mi Zo, Madhusudana Rao Kummara, Chul Min Kim, Anuj Kumar, Han Jo Bae, Ankur Sood, Sung Soo Han

“…Exploiting novel crosslinking chemistry, this study pioneers the use of waterborne polyurethane (WPU) to chemically crosslink porcine-derived gelatin, producing enhanced gelatin hydrogel films through a solvent-casting method. Our innovative approach harnesses the reactive isocyanate groups of WPU, coupling them effectively with gelatin’s hydroxyl and primary amino groups to form robust urea and urethane linkages within the hydrogel matrix. …”
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Small open reading frames (sORFs): Driving big improvements in plant development and quality by Kui Dong, Chaofan Shan, Dongyu Wen, Zifan Cui, Jun Cao

“…The synergistic application of sORFs with gene editing technologies holds great promise, not only for devising novel strategies to improve plant quality, resulting in crops that are more resistant, nutrient-rich, and productive, but also for establishing innovative molecular breeding pathways. In summary, understanding and harnessing the potential of sORFs is a cutting-edge area of research that is poised to revolutionize the future of plant biology and agriculture, and ongoing exploration of their functions and mechanisms is anticipated to yield groundbreaking discoveries and practical applications in the future.…”
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Bridging the Gaps in Atrial Fibrillation Management in the Emergency Department by Brian Xiangzhi Wang

“…Integration of emerging therapies, including direct oral anticoagulants and advanced antiarrhythmic drugs, shows potential but remains uneven across EDs. Innovative multidisciplinary models, such as “AF Heart Teams” and observation units, could enhance care but face practical challenges in implementation. …”
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Le diverse facce della montagna in declino: un’esperienza lombarda by Luisa Pedrazzini

“…This can drive to different perspectives on the use of the Alpine territory, with an alliance between disciplines to formulate tailor-made solutions including diversified, innovative purposes as well as planning preventive “rest” with scheduled “fallow lands”.…”
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BIPE: A Bi-Layer Predictive Ensemble Framework for Forest Fire Susceptibility Mapping in Germany by Ling Hu, Volker Hochschild, Harald Neidhardt, Michael Schultz, Pegah Khosravani, Hadi Shokati

“…This paper introduces the Bi-layer Predictive Ensemble (BIPE), an innovative machine learning model designed to enhance the accuracy and generalization of forest fire susceptibility mapping. …”
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Improving Bahasa Indonesia writing skill: a project-based learning experimental study by Lisdwiana Kurniati, Wuri Syaputri, Yudi Efendi, Rohmah Tussolekha, Dessy Saputry

“…These findings add to the wider discussion on innovative teaching methods in higher education and have implications for developing curriculum and instructional practices that aim to enhance educational results.…”
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Clinical advances in kidney autotransplantation: a review by Shengjie Lin, Jingci Gai, Shangjin Huang, Yingzhen He, Da Hao, Shuhang Luo, Yilong Lin, Jiang Qiu, Jun Li, Changxi Wang, Chenglin Wu

“…In this study, we reviewed diverse indications and recent technological innovations in the field of kidney autotransplantation.…”
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Repositioning Home Economics for Functional Entrepreneurship Education Programme in Colleges of Education in North-Central Zone, Nigeria by Iyabo Joke Shehu, Juliana Amram, Maimuna Abubakar

“…Based on the findings, recommendations were made to include that Colleges of Education should adopt innovative curriculum design, teaching methods, assessment tools, and robust feedback mechanisms.…”
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The efficiency of using the technology of “edutainment” in teaching foreign languages by Julia D. Ermakova, Tamara M. Nosova

“…The rapidly developing innovative developments in the field of technology within last ten years gave teachers and students the opportunity to widely use all kinds ofmultimedia resources for the most effective learning of a foreign language, providing immersion in the "real" language environment. …”
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Analysis of COVID-19 Lockdown to Understand Air Pollution Processes and Their Impacts on Health: A Case Study in the Western Balkans by Claudio A. Belis, Djordje Djatkov, Martina Toceva, Jasmina Knezevic, Gordana Djukanovic, Aneta Stefanovska, Nikola Golubov, Biljana Jovic, Andreas Gavros

“…The effect of COVID-19 lockdown (LD) on many ambient air pollutants (NO, NO₂, PM_2.5, PM₁₀, O₃ and SO₂) was assessed for the first time in the Western Balkans with an innovative approach that evaluates a variety of factors including the stringency of the LD measures, the type of location, the pollution sources, the correlation with traffic fluxes and the meteorology. …”
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Evaluation of Environmental and Neighborhood Satisfaction Across the Socio-demographic Gradients Using and Geospatial Data by Ntombifuthi Nzimande, Lwando Royimani, Thabo Lephoto

“…Specifically, the integration of geospatial tools with residential satisfaction questionnaires allows for innovative and practical solutions that urban planning decision-makers can utilize to identify, predict and mitigate residential dissatisfaction.…”
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Groundbreaking Technologies and the Biocontrol of Fungal Vascular Plant Pathogens by Carmen Gómez-Lama Cabanás, Jesús Mercado-Blanco

“…This review delves into innovative technologies to improve the control of vascular fungal plant pathogens. …”
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Enhancing magnetic hyperthermia: Investigating iron oxide nanoparticle coating and stability by Joana Santos, Jorge Carvalho Silva, Manuel A. Valente, Tânia Vieira, Paula I.P. Soares

“…Magnetic hyperthermia (MH) is an innovative approach that uses superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs) to increase the temperature locally, triggering cancer cell death. …”
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Unveiling novel biomarkers for platinum chemoresistance in ovarian cancer by Wang Caixia, Peng Changsheng, Xie Chuan

“…In summary, MFAP4 and EFEMP1 have the potential to serve as predictive indicators for both response to platinum-based chemotherapy and survival rates, and might be regarded as innovative biomarkers and therapeutic targets for OC patients.…”
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DEVELOPMENT OF IT OUTSOURCING IN UKRAINE: A PROSPECT OF THE BRAIN DRAIN REDUCTION by Nataliia Marynenko, Halyna Tsikh, Iryna Kramar

“…The IT industry is one of the four priority sectorsfor Ukraine’s export strategy, it is one of the most perspective, dynamic and innovative branches of Ukraine’s economy. Professional expertise, cost effectiveness and high standard technical education make this industry attractive also in terms of employing Ukraine’s own intellectual resources within the country. …”
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