Enhancing Ecologically Sustainable Management of Deadwood in Kenya’s Natural Forests by Sylvester Ngome Chisika, Chunho Yeom

“…Moreover, deadwood management appears to be affected by many complex biological, technical, policy, and socioeconomic factors that appear to be acting together against sustainable deadwood management. …”
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Public sector involvement in non-state governances for sustainable food systems—a biodiversity perspective by Talia Shalom, Tamar Dayan, Tamar Dayan, Eran Feitelson

“…In 2020, the EU established a comprehensive strategy for biodiversity and integrated its three-decades-long engagement with organic farming into it as a policy tool. This policy has diffused to local European food policy councils. …”
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Comparative Analysis of Financial Flows in the Healthcare Systems of Germany, Austria and Czechia: Opportunities for Savings and Assessing the Tax-Like Nature of Health Insurance C... by Mini, Patrick

“…Germany, Austria, and Czechia exemplify diverse approaches to universal healthcare, reflecting unique socio-economic and policy contexts. Objective: This study aims to compare the financial flows and spending efficiencies of healthcare systems in Germany, Austria and Czechia to identify opportunities for savings and policy innovations. …”
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Assessment of Factors Limiting Advanced Technology Adoption in Maize Cultivation in Uganda: A Case Study of Kabale District South Western Uganda. by Asiimwe, Moses

“…This research aimed to assess the existing policy framework and its impact on promoting advanced agricultural technologies in maize farming. …”
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How do socioeconomic inequalities and preterm birth interact to modify health and education outcomes? A narrative systematic review by Ben Barr, David Taylor-Robinson, Andy Pennington, Daniela K Schlüter, Philip McHale, Katie Fahy

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Population Characteristics and Their Implications on the Benefit Basket of National Social Health Insurance Scheme in Sierra Leone: A Prospective View by Abraham Isiaka Jimmy, Kwabena Anarfi Boateng, Peter Twum, Deborah Larbie, Abdul Bangura, Hassan Milton Conteh, Peter Agyei-Baffour

“…This provides a clear insight for policy makers into the formulation of the benefit basket.…”
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Quantifying the Impact of Climate Change and Forest Management on Swedish Forest Ecosystems Using the Dynamic Vegetation Model LPJ‐GUESS by John Bergkvist, Fredrik Lagergren, Md. Rafikul Islam, David Wårlind, Paul A. Miller, Maj‐Lena Finnander Linderson, Mats Lindeskog, Anna Maria Jönsson

“…We compared three alternative forest policy scenarios: Business As Usual, with no change in the proportion of forest types within landscapes; Adaptation and Resistance, with an increased area of mixed stands; and EU‐Policy, with a focus on conservation and reduced management intensity. …”
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Improving explainability of post-separation suicide attempt prediction models for transitioning service members: insights from the Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Servi... by Emily R. Edwards, Joseph C. Geraci, Sarah M. Gildea, Claire Houtsma, Jacob A. Holdcraft, Chris J. Kennedy, Andrew J. King, Alex Luedtke, Brian P. Marx, James A. Naifeh, Nancy A. Sampson, Murray B. Stein, Robert J. Ursano, Ronald C. Kessler

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Psychological distress in adolescence and later economic and health outcomes in the United States population: A retrospective and modeling study. by Nathaniel Z Counts, Noemi Kreif, Timothy B Creedon, David E Bloom

“…<h4>Background</h4>Federal policy impact analyses in the United States do not incorporate the potential economic benefits of adolescent mental health policies. …”
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The long-term and short-term effects of interest rate volatility on corporate bankruptcy risk: An industry and supply chain perspective. by Lingfei Chen, Kai Zhang, Xueying Yang

“…Using data from China's construction industry, this study empirically tests these findings and, based on the main conclusions, provides policy suggestions regarding the long- and short-term effects of monetary policy on the sustainable development of China's construction industry: (1) focus on short-term interest rate risks and be vigilant against commercial credit bubbles; (2) long-term monetary policy should prioritize industrial structure optimization.…”
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Efficient and Adaptively Secure Attribute-Based Proxy Reencryption Scheme by Huixian Li, Liaojun Pang

“…Ciphertext-Policy Attribute-Based Proxy Reencryption (CP-ABPRE) has found many practical applications in the real world, because it extends the traditional Proxy Reencryption (PRE) and allows a semitrusted proxy to transform a ciphertext under an access policy to the one with the same plaintext under another access policy. …”
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Control point locating scheme of street light network in urban environment by Yue-Shan Chang, Ruey-Kai Sheu, Guang-Ting Wu

“…Energy conservation is the top-priority policy for public street light infrastructure construction in recent years. …”
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Communication Availability-Based Scheduling for Fair Data Collection with Path-Constrained Mobile Sink in Wireless Sensor Networks by Youngtae Jo

“…Therefore, fair and stable data collection policy between a mobile sink and sensor nodes is necessary in this circumstance. …”
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Coordinative Discourse of Strategic Sovereignty Tilting the European Union’s Institutional Balance by T. A. Romanova, S. V. Mazanik

“…The article uses the cases of the EU industrial, trade policy, and the common security and defense policy to demonstrate the changing institutional balance.The results of the study show that the main institutional beneficiary of "strategic sovereignty" is the European Commission. …”
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Political and ideological background of LSSR KGB activity against antisoviet powers in 1954-1990 by Kristina Burinskaitė

“… Communist ideology not only legitimized the Soviet totalitarian regime but also influenced and defined the basis and direction of KGB activity and legitimized its repressive policy. Inner and international policy targets of the Communist Party were also important to KGB activity, influencing its operational activity and its methods. …”
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Assessment of import substitution indicators in Russia by I. A. Aksenov

“…It has been concluded that the main priority of the domestic import substitution policy is to reduce the share of imports in the structure of goods supply and to develop the country’s export potential.…”
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Political economics in health and implications for neurosurgery diseases by Yi Han, Yutao Huang

“…It encompasses a diverse range of interconnected domains, including the economy, welfare, the environment, food and drug safety, pollution emissions, occupational safety, the quality of medical services, consumer rights, public health policy, healthcare policy, scientific research, and marketing management. …”
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Factors explaining the differences in the adoption of circular economy measures among farms in Southwest Finland by Antti Hynni, Jukka Käyhkö, Tuomas Kuhmonen

“…Many farmers highlight insufficient policy support. The study concludes that policy interventions, training, and education are essential to accelerate adoption and stresses the importance of tailored, regional decision-making for effective policy development. …”
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Conceptualization of Vehicle-to-Grid Contract Types and Their Formalization in Agent-Based Models by Esther H. Park Lee, Zofia Lukszo, Paulien Herder

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Analysis of renewable energy potential in the Asia-Europe geographical axis by Alexandru Marius Tătar

“…This paper analyses the effect of different policy instruments in the renewable energy sectors in the Geographical Axis. …”
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