Perspectives from parents and clinicians on an ecology-focused approach to a group well-child care by Ishaan T. Shah, Nina D. Ham, Hassan Lubega, Christopher L. Boswell, Esther Kim Liu, Renée D. Boynton-Jarrett

“…GWCC parent graduates were recruited via announcement in private Facebook groups. One-on-one interviews were conducted via videoconference, transcribed, and analyzed using an inductive approach. …”
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POLITICAL DIALOGUE AS THE BASIS OF FOREIGN POLICY: A CASE STUDY OF MODERN RUSSIAN-GERMAN RELATIONS by N. V. Zaytseva

“…Moreover, the political dialogue in its various forms is no longer a seldom-used private practice. It is the "all-encompassing reality" now the study of which is necessary for understanding of the social, economic, and humanitarian phenomena in the international relations. …”
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Mercados culturais no Brasil: o BNDES e o financiamento das empresas culturais brasileiras by Elder P. Maia Alves

“…This aspect has produced a fairly significant injunction within Brazilian cultural fields, once, until 2006, the largest development bank in Latin America, BNDES, was related to cultural fields only through the regular use of federal laws for Cultural Incentives, as the Rouanet Law, and it did not provide its main financial products, at reduced long-term interest rates, straight away to specialized private cultural undertakings, which comprise long value chains and also harbor the vast majority of workers and professionals in the cultural sector. …”
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Local competition, innovation, and firms’ bank relationships by Maximilian Zurek

“…With firms searching for secured external funding by engaging in multiple bank relationships on the one hand and banks for profit maximization on the other hand, conflicts of interests may arise when firms’ banks demand access to corporate private information. This information can help banks to gauge the creditworthiness of borrowers, but also exposes the latter to losses of secrecy. …”
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Higher education and science in the Republic of Albania: Cooperation with the French Republic, state and perspectives by Topalović Milica

“…The work will especially take into account the mobility of Albanian students, programs and projects implemented at Albanian universities with the help of the Government of France, universities, cities and regions, and private companies, but will also include the problems of excessive outflow of educated and able-bodied population. …”
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Doctors’ knowledge, practices, challenges, and limitations regarding disclosure of bad news: A multicentre study from Pakistan by Asma Usman, Sameena Shah, Samar Zaki, Kashmira Nanji, Sobiya Sawani, Saher Naseeb Uneeb, Naseem Bari, Obaid Ullah, Sumera Abid

“…Methods: Cross-sectional, multi-centered study supported by an external grant in 15 Government and Private Hospitals across Pakistan. A total of 1185 doctors were surveyed. …”
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Harnessing the potential of shared data in a secure, inclusive, and resilient manner via multi-key homomorphic encryption by David Ha Eun Kang, Duhyeong Kim, Yongsoo Song, Dongwon Lee, Hyesun Kwak, Brian W. Anthony

“…Given that models built on aggregated datasets often demonstrate superior generalization capabilities, our approach offers data contributors the collective strength of shared data while ensuring their original data remains private due to encryption. Apart from facilitating logistic regression on combined encrypted data from diverse sources, this algorithm creates a collaborative learning environment with dynamic membership. …”
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Exploring pre-service English teachers’ perceptions and practices of critical thinking in Indonesian EFL classrooms by Ganang Kuswandaru, Willy Prasetya

“…Through a qualitative case study approach, semi-structured interviews were conducted with two pre-service ELTs from a private university in Yogyakarta. Thematic analysis revealed a rich tapestry of insights into the participants’ understanding of critical thinking, their perceived importance in language learning, and their willingness to integrate critical thinking into their teaching practices. …”
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Forecasting Models for Time and Cost Performance Predicting of Infrastructural Projects by Aldhamad Saja Hadi Raheem, Maya Rana, Alazawy Suha Falih Mahdi, Alzwainy Faiq M.

“…Historical information of thirteen boundaries for twenty finished Private Property Venture Tasks were separated from the records of the Directorate of Lodging, then four models were created by utilizing Multiple Linear Regression strategy and Artificial Neural Networks method. …”
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Exploring for Route Preferences of Subway Passengers Using Smart Card and Train Log Data by Eun Hak Lee, Kyoungtae Kim, Seung-Young Kho, Dong-Kyu Kim, Shin-Hyung Cho

“…The estimated result is validated using the transfer gate data which are recorded on private subway lines. The result showed that the accuracy of the estimated travel train is shown to be 95.6%. …”
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EMPOWERMENT STRATEGY THROUGH THE ROLE OF THE TERRITORIAL TASK FORCE IN HANDLING SOCIAL AND SECURITY CONFLICT IN PUNCAK JAYA DISTRICT by Agustina Setiawan, Mamat Sonjaya, Dicky Febriansyah Rokhmat

“…Based on the results of the research, the strategic approach taken by the Territorial Task Force in fostering and empowering conflict areas in Puncak Regency is the strategic approach taken by the Territorial Task Force in fostering and empowering conflict areas still continues today, the strategy used is first, a private approach by providing outreach in every sub-district in Puncak Jaya Regency; Second, an approach in the form of free health checks; Third, collaborate with the regional government to carry out outreach to the community; Fourth, provide command posts in each sub-district to monitor and maintain security and establish relations with the community; Fifth, collaborate with the community, especially the Family Welfare Empowerment Group (PKK) to direct and be the first implementer in empowering conflict areas …”
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Population Dynamics of the Exotic Flatworm Obama nungara in an Invaded Garden by Shanèze Noël, Yoan Fourcade, Virginie Roy, Georges Bonnet, Lise Dupont

“…Thanks to the collaboration of an amateur naturalist, a unique dataset on the abundance of the invasive land flatworm Obama nungara was obtained during a 4‐year survey of a French private garden, where up to 1585 O. nungara were recorded in 1 month. …”
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Reflection of the Dynamics of the Language Grammatical Sub-system through the Prism of the Notion of Absence by Olga Radchuk

“…Since asymmetric relations penetrate into all levels of the language system, and the theory of oppositions reflects the essential characteristics of language, the abstract notion of absence is foregrounded in explaining the privative nature of a language. Studies of the essence and the phenomenon of the notion of absence in the grammatical system resulted in the following ideas: manifestations of the notion of absence reflect grammatical lacunae that may correlate with different semantic types of the notion of absence in Russian grammar. …”
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Financing grassroots initiatives in solid waste management: benchmarking the Tanzanian experience against international practices by Mesia Ilomo, Goodluck Charles

“…Accordingly, we propose a hybrid model for financing SWM encompassing the public and private sector, especially in a context where government budgets allocated for SMW are limited.…”
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Toward Enteral Nutrition in the Treatment of Pediatric Crohn Disease in Canada: A Workshop to Identify Barriers and Enablers by Johan Van Limbergen, Jennifer Haskett, Anne M Griffiths, Jeff Critch, Hien Huynh, Najma Ahmed, Jennifer C deBruyn, Robert Issenman, Wael El-Matary, Thomas D Walters, Cheryl Kluthe, Marie-Eve Roy, Elizabeth Sheppard, Wallace V Crandall, Stan Cohen, Frank M Ruemmele, Arie Levine, Anthony R Otley

“…Conversely, key enablers mentioned included: standardization and sharing of protocols for use of enteral nutrition; ensuring sufficient dietetic resources; and reducing the cost of EEN to the family (including advocacy for reimbursement by provincial ministries of health and private insurance companies). Herein, the authors report on the discussions during this workshop and list strategies to enhance the use of EEN as a treatment option in the treatment of pediatric CD in Canada.…”
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Mental cost in higher education: a comparative study on academic stress as a predictor of mental health in university students during and after the COVID-19 pandemic by Patricia Gasser, Alberto Grajeda, Juan Pablo Cordova, Isabel La Fuente, Pamela Cordova, Hernán Naranjo, Alberto Sanjinés

“…Cross-sectional analyses were conducted at two time points, drawing on responses from undergraduate students at a private university in Latin America. The primary objectives were to quantify academic stress levels and their stressors, evaluate mental health status, and explore this relationship during these periods. …”
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WETLAND AND BIOCULTURAL HERITAGE REGENERATION THROUGH THEMATIC ECOLOGICAL TOURISM PRACTICE: THE CASE OF PATAN SUB-DISTRICT, KHUN TAN DISTRICT, CHIANG RAI, THAILAND by Siripen YIAMJANYA, Kannapat KANKAEW, Bussaba SITIKARN, Parinya NAKPATHOM, Ali Mohsin Salim Ba AWAIN, Teerarat JABJAINAI

“…The concept of public private partnership (PPP) was applied. The analytic hierarchy process (AHP) was employed to rank the criteria for ecological tourism development. …”
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The Effect of Organizational Justice Perception on Ethical Sensitivity in the Health Sector by Sümeyye Hekim, Harun Kırılmaz

“…The “Organizational Justice Perception Scale” developed by Niehoff & Moorman (1993) and the “Ethical Sensitivity Questionnaire” developed by Lutzen (1994) were used in the research conducted in one public and two private hospitals in Sakarya. Descriptive statistical methods, independent samples t-test, one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), correlation analysis and regression analysis were used to analyze the data. …”
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Values Beyond Ownership: Rethinking Cultural and Civilian Uses of Heritage within International Humanitarian Law by Diogo Machado

“…In this sense, overemphasizing ownership rights can result in fragmentation, where cultural items are dispersed among private collectors rather than being curated to contribute to the communal narratives surrounding the conflict in which they were pillaged or misappropriated. …”
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Comprehensive analysis of naturally occurring radionuclides in well water: Isotopic ratios, mitigation, and dose assessment by Francisco Piñero-García, Rimon Thomas, Eva Forssell-Aronsson, Mats Isaksson

“…In Sweden, around 20 % of the potable water comes from groundwater sources and about one million people drink water from their private wells. In areas with moderate or high abundance of naturally occurring radionuclides in the bedrock, the groundwater could be enhanced with radio and chemically toxic elements such as uranium, radium, lead and polonium. …”
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