Possible scenarios for the spread of mpox outside the endemic focus in Africa by Eskild Petersen, Ulrik Hvid, Oyewale Tomori, Anders Gorm Pedersen, Jacco Wallinga, Richard Pebody, Orlando Cenciarelli, Preben Aavitsland, David Van Laeken, Viggo Andreasen, Uffe Schneider, Julia Kinane Simonsen, Marlies Jilles Francine Goedknegt, Caroline Klint Johannesen, Jens D. Lundgren, Anders Koch, Bolette Søborg, Anna Mia Ekström, Hannah Nohynek, Frank M. Aarestrup, Tyra G. Krause, Lone Simonsen

“…With the recent inequitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines in mind, it is a global responsibility to ensure that low-income nations in the mpox epicenter have meaningful access to vaccines. …”
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Population dynamics, economic growth, energy mix, and environmental pollution in ASEAN: Exploring the role of renewable, nuclear, and nonrenewable energy using the CCEMG approach by Lilik Sugiharti, Sharmin Akter, Mihir Kumar Das, Dulal Chandra Pattak, Miguel Angel Esquivias, Salma Akter

“…This study uses a stochastic impact model based on population, wealth, and technology to examine carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region from 1990 to 2021. To investigate the long-term and short-term interactions between energy and the environment, this study applies the Common Correlated Effects Mean Group (CCEMG) methodology as the baseline regression. …”
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A multidimensional analysis of strategies for improving New Zealand residential construction productivity by Mark Kirby, Funmilayo Ebun Rotimi, Nicola Naismith

“…The New Zealand residential construction sector faces significant quality-related challenges that hinder its productivity despite its significant impact on the national economy. This study uses a mixed-methods approach to evaluate the effectiveness of quality management as a strategy in improving New Zealand residential construction productivity. …”
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THE TRANSITION “SCHOOL – UNIVERSITY”: PREDICTORS OF ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS by T. A. SAPRYKINA

“…On the other hand, in Russia there are almost no studies which have examined this association on national representative samples and using longitudinal data. …”
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Downscaled gridded global dataset for gross domestic product (GDP) per capita PPP over 1990–2022 by Matti Kummu, Maria Kosonen, Sina Masoumzadeh Sayyar

“…The dataset includes reported and downscaled annual data (1990–2022) for three administrative levels: 0 (national; reported data for 237 administrative units), 1 (provincial; reported data for 2,708 administrative units for 89 countries), and 2 (municipality; downscaled data for 43,501 administrative units). …”
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The EU Soft Power in the Global Equilibrium by A. Baykov

“…The multi-faceted relations between Russia and the European Union with closely interwoven national interests of different countries do not make these relationships easier whereas a whole array of historical and psychological problems do not add trust. …”
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« L’Indépendance, c’est maintenant ! » Réflexion sur le soulèvement populaire en Algérie by Naoual Belakhdar

“…Millions of Algerian citizens, from all genders, classes, ages and ideologies took to the streets across the whole national territory in order to oppose a 5th mandate of Abdelaziz Bouteflika and to ask for the departure of the entire system. …”
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Personality traits of women with hereditary risk for breast/ovarian cancer versus obstetric history and cancer preventive behaviors by Joanna Żurawska, Beata Pięta, Maciej Wilczak, Małgorzata Wojciechowska, Paweł Rzymski, Agnieszka Pieczykolan, Justyna Krysa, Agnieszka Bień

“…A total of 357 women, participants of ‘The National Program for Families With Genetic/Familial High Risk for Cancer’, were included in the study. …”
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Citizen science for monitoring rainfall in Vietnam by Tran Huan N., Duwal Sudeep, Prajapati Rajaram, Davids Jeffrey C., Nguyen Dung T., Miegel Konrad

“…Citizen Science (CS) has been arising as a promising approach to address hydro-meteorological data gaps spatially and temporally and providing information about catchment characteristics for water resource management for the last ten years. In Vietnam, many national efforts aimed to renovate and extend the operating water monitoring networks. …”
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Subacute Thyroiditis: Clinical Presentation and Long Term Outcome by Assim A. Alfadda, Reem M. Sallam, Ghadi E. Elawad, Hisham AlDhukair, Mossaed M. Alyahya

“…Compared to the western region, corticosteroid is not commonly prescribed, and permanent hypothyroidism is not uncommon. A nation-wide epidemiological study to explain these interprovincial differences is warranted.…”
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Deploying and Managing a Network of Autonomous Internet Measurement Probes: Lessons Learned by Urban Sedlar, Miha Rugelj, Mojca Volk, Janez Sterle

“…We present our experience with design, development, deployment, and operation of a nation-wide network of mobile Internet measurement probes. …”
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Modeling of winter wheat yield prediction based on solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence by machine learning methods by Minxue Zheng, Han Hu, Yue Niu, Qiu Shen, Feng Jia, Xiaolei Geng

“…Timely and accurate prediction of large-scale crop yields is critical for national food security. Solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF), an indicator of photosynthesis, has emerged as a promising predictor of crop yields. …”
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Analysis of Fatwa Regarding Sharia Credit Cards and Their Relevance to the Development of Islamic Banking in Indonesia and Bahrain by Suci Ramadhan, Toguan Rambe, Badai Husain Hasibuan, Abdul Aziz Harahap

“…This study concludes that Sharia credit cards, as outlined in the fatwas of the National Sharia Council of the Indonesian Ulema Council (DSN-MUI) and the Sharia Supervisory Board of Bank Islam Bahrain (SSB-BIsB), are permissible as transaction tools based on legal principles, contract provisions, wage and service provisions, penalties, and limits in accordance with Sharia principles. …”
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The plot in Isaiah 40-55 by SL Stassen

“…A good example of this confusion is the question of whether the nations form part of Yahweh's invitation to salvation or not. …”
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HIV/Aids policy by Paul Schutte

“…Policies on the HIV/Aids issue are mainly formulated at national and provincial levels and there are supposed to be instructive and applicable at local level. …”
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Evolving Roles for International Social Work in Addressing Climate Change by Julie L. Nagoshi, Vijayan K. Pillai, Mashooq A. Salehin

“…Addressing this requires global cooperation, as exemplified by the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly SDG 13, which focuses on climate action. …”
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Tax regulation of innovation activities by N. Z. Zotikov

“…Under the current Western economic sanctions, one of the most important tasks facing the state is to increase the level of innovation in the national economy. Investment and innovation activity has a direct impact on the volume of production potential and, as a consequence, on the formation of budget revenues. …”
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A study on transformation of some transition metal oxides in molten steelmaking slag to magnetically susceptible compounds by Shatokha V., Semykina A., Nakano J., Sridhar S., Seetharaman S.

“…Research of the team representing National Metallurgical Academy of Ukraine, Royal Institute of Technology, Carnegie Mellon University and URS Corp revealed a possibility of the controlled phase transformations in the liquid silicate melts followed by formation of the magnetically susceptible compounds. …”
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Reflection in Practice as Source of Values: The Cross-cultural Creation of a Health-care Ethic in Post-Apartheid South Africa by Augustine Shutte

“…When the partners in dialogue have general recognition of one another (religions, countries, professional bodies, political parties), these values can provide materials for a Global Ethic (Parliament of the World’s Religions), that is constructed from the bottom up (the Oregon Plan), rather than by some public authority (the United Nations). This article provides grounds for this view by examining the practice of health-care in post-apartheid South Africa, and the co-reflection of scientific health-care professionals and traditional healers, that are part of constructing a new model for health-care that better serves the needs of all South Africans. …”
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Spatiotemporal Heterogeneity and Driving Force Analysis of Innovation Output in the Yangtze River Economic Zone: The Perspective of Innovation Ecosystem by Ke Liu, Yurong Qiao, Qian Zhou

“…The Yangtze River Economic Zone (YREZ) is a major corridor of national science and innovation culture, an innovation-driven region that fosters new drivers of growth and leads transformation and development, and plays an important strategic support and exemplary leading role in the overall pattern of regional development. …”
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