MESSAGE FROM THE DESK OF THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF by Dr Rana Al-Ghatam

“…Your continued support has been instrumental in upholding the journal’s excellence and fostering growth.…”
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Research on the impacts and mechanisms of digital strategy on corporate innovation investment by Dong Yang, Huayu Shen

“…The robustness of these findings is confirmed through additional tests, such as two-stage instrumental variable regression, a panel random effects model, and substitution of the dependent variable. …”
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Permeability of Sand-Based Cemented Backfill under Different Stress Conditions: Effects of Confining and Axial Pressures by Cunli Zhu, Jixiong Zhang, Nan Zhou, Meng Li, Yaben Guo

“…Sand-based cemented backfill (SBCB) mining technology is instrumental in utilizing coal resources buried under the water bodies. …”
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Multiple acute complications of transarterial chemoembolization of liver metastases by R. N. Abu Shamsia, Yu. M. Zakharash

“…The patient underwent a clinical examination, laboratory and instrumental studies, as a result of which multiple acute complications were diagnosed. …”
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Cryo-SEM Investigation of Chlorella Using Filter Paper as Substrate by Peng Wan, Meiyue Tao, Yumeng Zhou, Wenjun Han, Jianxia Wang, Jinghan Wang

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Determination of Interesting Toxicological Elements in PM2.5 by Neutron and Photon Activation Analysis by Pasquale Avino, Geraldo Capannesi, Francesco Lopez, Alberto Rosada

“…The main problem is the analytical determination of such species at ultratrace levels: a very specific methodology is necessary with regard to the accuracy and precision and contamination problems. Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis and Instrumental Photon Activation Analysis assure these requirements. …”
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Mechanism and Empirical Analysis of the Impact of Industrial Agglomeration on the Green Development of the Dairy Industry by ZHANG Ying, CHEN Min

“…It was found that (1) industrial agglomeration significantly promoted the green development of the dairy industry, and this finding still holds after robustness and endogeneity tests, such as replacing the green development metrics, changing the clustering level, performing instrumental variable estimation and using heteroscedasticity-based instrumental variable methods; (2) the mechanism test showed that industrial agglomeration played a positive role in the green development of the dairy industry by improving the level of technological innovation and informatization; (3) group-wise regression results showed that for provinces that had not implemented the “ten-million-ton project” with low levels of good manufacturing practices, industrial agglomeration exerted a more positive effect on the green development of the dairy industry. …”
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CREATION OF RESOURCE-SAVING TECHNOLOGICAL PROCESS OF ELECTROSLAG SMELTING OF CYLINDRICAL BILLETS OF BIG DIAMETER OF STEEL OF NEW GRADE 5H3NMFS WITH USE OF STEEL BAR by V. N. Fedulov

“…The new principles of creation of instrumental steel grades, which will allow to increase resource of outfil and will make it possible to use steel scrap fo r melting of new billers are developed…”
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The Effects of Vestibular Rehabilitation on Poststroke Fatigue: A Randomized Controlled Trial Study by Amin Ghaffari, Bahador Asadi, Armin Zareian, Malahat Akbarfahimi, Gholam Reza Raissi, Fahimeh Fathali Lavasani

“…Depression, BADL, and IADL were measured using the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II), Barthel Index (BI), and Lawton Instrumental Activities of Daily Living, respectively. …”
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La ecología política de la crisis global y los límites del capitalismo benévolo by Eduardo Gudynas

“…La dimensión ambiental es apenas asumida como un ajuste instrumental que termina generando la ilusión de un capitalismo benévolo, defendido incluso por los gobiernos progresistas sudamericanos. …”
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Influence of University Education on Changes in Students’ Value Orientations by Z. V. Puzanova, Т. I. Larina

“…The theoretical framework is determined by the concept of M. Rokich about instrumental and terminal values, as well as Yu.A. Zubok’s and V.I. …”
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Mobilized citizenship: motives, emotions and context by Xiana Vilas, Mónica Alzate, José Manuel Sabucedo

“…Todas estas nuevas contribuciones cuestionan la hegemonía de la lógica instrumental y demandan una actualización de las aproximaciones teóricas. …”
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The Turki-Language Diary of Insha Allah Khan Insha as a Literary Monument by Iskander R.Saitbattalov

“…A variety of literary methods proves instrumental in identifying the structure of daily notes, their compositional features, and key content/thematic blocks. …”
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Women's economic empowerment in sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from cross-national population data by Eunice Williams, Sabu S. Padmadas, Heini Vaisanen

“…We identified 5 typologies of WEE: (1) instrumental agency explained by high educational attainment, (2) instrumental agency explained by land ownership, (3) individual economic advancement explained by high employment rates, (4) basic-level economic empowerment, and (5) low-level economic empowerment. …”
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SWOL2023: Report of Space Weather Observations Throughout Latinoamerica: Filling the Southern Gaps by M. Paula Natali, Amalia M. Meza, Robert Robinson, Diego Janches, Thomas Berger, Sergio Dasso, Clezio DeNardin, Marcelo Colazo

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Correlation between B-Type Natriuretic Peptide and Functional/Cognitive Parameters in Discharged Congestive Heart Failure Patients by Laura Leto, Marzia Testa, Mauro Feola

“…This study investigated the role of BNP determination in a cohort of elderly patients admitted to hospital with acute decompensated HF and its correlation with main demographic, clinical, and instrumental data and evaluated possible association with major outcome such as mortality or readmission after a 6-month period of follow-up. …”
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Information reification: fake news about Covid-19 on the website of the Brazilian Departament of Health by Rodrigo Silva Caxias de Sousa, Patricia Valerim

“…Finally, it can be affirmed that the fact-checking carried out by the Brazilian Department of Health had as reference the politicization of the disease in face of the tension between science, politics and the market, which compromises the fight against this health crisis and corroborates the instrumental logic of the information circulating on the web…”
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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FAMILY SUPPORT AND DIET PROVISION IN DIABETES PATIENTS by Velenia Kahi Timba, Yosephina Elizabeth Sumartini Gunawan, Melkisedek Landi, Servasius To'o Jala Mulu

“…Results: Assessment support (42%), instrumental support (61%), and information support (55%) were reflected as family support and categorized as sufficient. …”
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Americanizations of Holocaust Memory and Museum Aesthetic Experience by Karolina Krasuska

“…It argues that using the concept of “Americanization,” as it is employed in American Studies in Europe and in Holocaust and memory studies, respectively, is instrumental in analyzing the museum experience and as such may contribute to the debates on POLIN and its representation of memory.…”
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Strength in Numbers. A Short Note on the Past, Present and Future of Large Historical Databases by Lionel Kesztenbaum

“…Throughout his career, Kees Mandemakers has been instrumental in facing some of these challenges, particularly those related to the conservation, standardization, and dissemination of databases. …”
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