Pushing boundaries in the measurement of language attitudes: Enhancing research practices with the L’ART Research Assistant app by Florian Breit, Marco Tamburelli, Ianto Gruffydd, Lissander Brasca

“…We discuss technical and methodological considerations behind the app and illustrate its use with a brief case study of language attitudes across three European communities whose regional/minority languages receive radically different degrees of socio-political recognition: Lombard (Italy), Moselle-Franconian (Belgium), and Welsh (UK). …”
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Vaccine diplomacy and the South African Sovereignty Maintenance Struggle within BRICS cooperation by Farai Joseph Chidhume, Taderera Herbert Chisi

“…This article will comment on diplomatic, economic and political concerns of South Africa’s scepticism to use the BRICS bloc vaccines in fighting the Covid 19 pandemic despite the devastating effects of the virus in the country.   …”
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Human Being and Caliphate-oriented Ethics Bases of Imam Khomeini’s Mystical Ethics by Mahdi Baratifar, Hadi Vakili

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The Impact of Conflicts of Interest on the Developments of the Elections Law of the Islamic Consultative Assembly: A Case Study of the Conditions for Candidates by Alireza Mazinani, Mohammad Bahadori Jahrami, Mohammad Shabani Jahrami

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Foreign Policy Orientation and Electoral Behavior: Analyzing Opinion Polls in Belarus, Georgia, and Kazakhstan by I. Yu. Okunev, M. N. Shestakova

“…Countries with traditionally different strategies of relations with Russia were taken: Belarus is a strategic ally, Kazakhstan is friendly but pursues a multi-vector policy, and Georgia is generally hostile at the level of the political class. The analysis showed that in matters of orientation towards positive relations with Russia, the voters of these countries nevertheless had more in common than differences. …”
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Oral English Development of EFL Learners from the Perspective of Complexity Dynamic Theory by Qiang Dou, Guohua Li, Yuan Tang

“…With the development of economic globalization and cultural integration, the learning of a second language has become increasingly important for economic, political, and cultural exchanges in the world today. …”
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Youth and the pandemic: health information imaginaries and practices while navigating COVID-19 in Nigeria by Chikezie E. Uzuegbunam

“…The young adults’ imaginaries and behaviors were influenced by sociocultural intermediaries, religious and political actors, and Nigeria’s socio-economic conditions.…”
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Labour productivity management model taking into account organizational culture of enterprise by A. O. Ivanov

“…Raising income inequalities and their continued stagnation lead to an increase in economic, social, and political tensions in society. Automation and robotization of production processes stimulate uncertainty increase in the labour market. …”
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Organized Illegal Migration as Manifestation of Transnational Criminality and Source of Threats to National Security of Ukraine by O. A. Panchenko

“…The latter has already gone beyond the interests of national security, since it threatens to political stability and economic development of many world countries, it results in serious violations of human rights, development of parallel economy, which feeds crime. …”
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THE ROLE OF CALDERA GEOPARK IN TOURISM DEVELOPMENT OF LAKE TOBA SUPER PRIORITY DESTINATIONS, INDONESIA by Bejo MULYADI, Sirojuzilam SIROJUZILAM, Suwardi LUBIS, Agus PURWOKO

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Wastewater metagenomics in Africa: Opportunities and challenges. by Stephen Kanyerezi, Fatma Zahra Guerfali, Abbas Abel Anzaku, Oluwasegun Adesina Babaleye, Tracey Calvert-Joshua, Julien Alban Nguinkal, Oluwaseun Paul Amoo, Chiraz Atri, Waqasuddin Khan, Iqra Saleh, M Imran Nisar, Arthur Shem Kasambula, Koketso Morapedi, Gerald Mboowa

“…These include variability in wastewater composition due to differing local customs, limited infrastructure for sequencing and data analysis, and a shortage of bioinformatics expertise. Socio-political and ethical issues also complicate data sharing and the equitable distribution of benefits. …”
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Women Architects and Their Works in the Autonomous Region of Madrid, 1978-2008 by María Elia Gutiérrez Mozo, Sofía Parker San José

“…All this speaks volumes about the value of authors and architectures that, even in the center itself, are relegated to the periphery. It is a political and cultural system, which gender-based research challenges to propose hopeful alternatives for the discipline.…”
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Safeguarding Nigeria: strategies for combating insurgency and terrorism by O. O. Awotayo, N. O. Yusuf, S. O. Adedayo

“…The findings indicate that Nigeria’s security strategy is largely reactive, failing to address the fundamental root causes of violence, which are socio-economic disparities, political marginalisation, and historical grievances. …”
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THE CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT AS A CULTURAL TRAUMA OF UKRAINE by Ya.O. Yakovlieva

“…The growing interest in the historical past, promoting access the modified concepts historicizing and collective memory phenomenon contributed to a broader discussion of the impact of "Chernobyl situation" in the post-Soviet identity in the region, the impact of the release of the fact of the accident on the formation of social consciousness and thus the political representation of the past, forming interactions' communication between ethnic memory and "traumatic" legacy of the communist era. …”
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Analysis of Spatiotemporal Dynamics and Driving Factors of China’s Nationally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems by Fei Ju, Rui Yang, Chun Yang

“…Historical analysis highlights a west-to-east and northward migration of agricultural activity, driven by political stability and technological advancements. …”
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Government Responses to COVID-19: A Comparative Analysis of Visegrad Countries by Zafer Koca

“…They have a significant impact on public health, the economy, and social and political structures of the countries. In order to reduce or prevent their effects, the governments must provide a timely response. …”
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FROM HIGH ASPIRATIONS TO HARSH REALITY: EU HUMAN RIGHTS PROMOTION AT THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL by A. S. Boyashov

“…At this intergovernmental body the EU acts as a smoothly coordinated block, which is contested by the other regional and political coalitions of states. The emerged multi-polar world system urges for a less normative analysis of EU human rights promotion. …”
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FROM OPTIMISM TO DISAPPOINTMENT: THE EVOLUTION OF SWAMI VIVEKANANDA’S ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE WEST by E. V. Volgina

“…It is widely known that roots of the actual social and political thought in India go back to the period of colonialism. …”
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Unmet need for healthcare in the Russian Federation: subnational retrospective modelling analysis (2014–2018) by Elias Mossialos, Vladimir M Shkolnikov, Zlatko Nikoloski, Aparnaa Somanathan, Igor Sheiman

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L'approche écosystémique de la santé des populations : le cas de l’exposition au mercure des communautés riveraines de l’Amazonie et du nord du Québec by Sebastian Weissenberger, Delaine Sampaio da Silva, Roger Schetagne

“…The analyzing of the unfolding and success of the intervention must include the socio-political, cultural and historical context in which they take place. …”
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