From InSAR‐Derived Subsidence to Relative Sea‐Level Rise—A Call for Rigor by P. S. J. Minderhoud, M. Shirzaei, P. Teatini

“…We call for standardized processing workflows and cross‐disciplinary collaboration, essential for accurate VLM interpretations, particularly in coastal cities and river deltas, to ultimately enhance the reliability of relative SLR projections and inform effective coastal management strategies.…”
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Improving the Military Vocational Training of Cadets at Military Institute by Yu. G. Bychenko, T. M. Balandina

“…Administrative technologies of interaction between the teacher and the students prevail, there are no favorable conditions for creative self-realization, complex development of creative projects, self-development of the intellectual potential of cadets, the practice of including cadets in the system of tactical management and self-management, organizing their own leisure time is limited. …”
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Turkey’s Assistance to Iraq after 2014: Key Determinants and Components by A. I. Aliyeva

“…As for the civilian assistance, Turkey has focused on its humanitarian dimension implementing relatively small projects — mainly in the areas populated by the Iraqi Turkomans. …”
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International development cooperation and political risks for transnational business: Linking research topics by V. I. Bartenev

“…The final section identifies concrete dimensions of conjugation of two research agendas, such as: 1) conducting political risk assessments in the course of programming and implementing development projects; 2) examining the impact of political risk manifestations on provider countries’ ability to mobilize financial resources for international development; studying the practices of using different development cooperation tools to mitigate political risks for foreign economic activity — both through a direct and deliberate reduction of risk perceived by business and through an indirect impact on the environment where political risks are formed; 4) exploring the logic of emergence of new risk factors (of various types) in the course of implementing development cooperation policies. …”
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Russian-Chinese Educational Cooperation in the Pandemic and Post-Pandemic Periods by T. L. Guruleva, Luo Wanqi

“…Additionally, a mixed format for implementing educational cooperation projects appeared.Furthermore, we identified promising areas for further development of educational cooperation. …”
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Information and Communication Technologies for Development: Evolution of International Discourse by Z. E. Gomboin

“…Although researchers have various explanations for failures of many ICT4D programs and projects, their poor performance is largely attributable to the intrinsic weaknesses of their conceptualisation which influenced the formulation of goals, expected outcomes and risks assessment. …”
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GWAS of a soybean breeding collection from South East and South Kazakhstan for resistance to fungal diseases by A. Zatybekov, S. Abugalieva, S. Didorenko, A. Rsaliyev, Y. Turuspekov

“…The results can be used for improvement of the local breeding projects based on marker-assisted selection approach.…”
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Influence of snow cover on albedo reduction by snow algae by Pablo Almela, James J. Elser, J. Joseph Giersch, Scott Hotaling, Trinity L. Hamilton

“…Understanding how subsurface snow algae influence albedo and snowmelt is crucial for accurate predictions of meltwater runoff, which impacts alpine ecosystems, glacier health, and water resources. Accurate projections are essential for managing freshwater supplies for agriculture, drinking water, and other vital uses. …”
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Covid-19 And Performance of Selected Non-Governmental Organizations in Kabale District, Uganda. by Karungi, Molly

“…This may involve reallocating resources, phasing out certain projects, and exploring new opportunities for service delivery.…”
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The Effect of Group Savings on the Household Welfare in Uganda: A Case Study of Bataka Abamwe Group in Butogota Town Council, Kanungu District. by Akancungura, Sheila

“…Benefits, responsibility and power there is need to embark on promotion of gender equality in order to promote equity and also increase the role played by the females in these projects in order thus combating the problem of male domination and influence at the expense of the females. …”
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The Role of Donations and Education Services in Kabale Municipality Kabale District. by Ampaire, Bronia

“…The study recommends that for the success of donor-funded projects, contextualizing them to the societal and humane capital framework in which delivery is essential. …”
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Examining the Application of Information and Communication Technology in Records Management at Kabale Regional Referral Hospital. by Kyoshabire, Fortunate

“…Both interviews and questionnaires were used to collect data from respondents and findings indicate that electronic health records as one of the types of ICT used in records management in that it implementation leads to improved administration processes, streamlined workflows, and better decision-making, some respondents mentioned that changes in software and hardware in that one of the greatest issues facing the longevity of digital collections in developing countries is not only the storage media deterioration, some respondents mentioned that inadequate funding digital projects in that digitization of records requires enormous funding due to frequent hardware and software upgrades, and increasing cost of subscription to electronic databases. …”
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Effect of High Alcohol Consumption Among the Youth in Kitumba Sub County-Kabale District. by Twijukye, Junior

“…Apart from the efforts made by the community members and the Government, the research recommended that the sub-county and Government should come up with policies to establish more community development projects that could employ youths, train the village elders and the chiefs on the best ways of dealing with alcoholism, and also come up with more rehabilitation centers. …”
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Effect of Integrated Pest Management in Banana Farms in Rwenkobwa Town Council Ibanda District. by Baguma, Christopher

“…To enhance IPM adoption, the government should expand extension services, introduce financial incentives, and implement demonstration projects to improve farmers' knowledge, reduce economic barriers, and showcase the practical benefits of IPM, ultimately promoting sustainable banana farming practices.…”
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Lessons learned from implementation of the Workload Indicator of Staffing Need (WISN) methodology: An international Delphi study of expert users. by Grace , Nyendwoha Namaganda, Audrey, Whitright, Everd, Bikaitwoha Maniple

“…Key lessons learned were that: the benefits gained from applying the WISN outweigh the challenges faced in understanding the technical steps; benchmarking during WISN implementation saves time; data quality is critical for successful implementation; and starting with small-scale projects sets the ground better for more effective scale-up than attempting massive national application of the methodology the first time round. …”
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Identification of heat tolerant lentil genotypes through stress tolerance indices by Rohit Sarkar, Gyan Prakash Mishra, Premakumar, Ankita Singh, Jenia Roy, Kumbarahally Murthigowda Shivaprasad, Shashidhar B. Reddappa, Sudhir Kumar, Ruchi Bansal, Uttarayan Dasgupta, Soma Gupta, Susheel Kumar Sarkar, Sanjeev Gupta, Shiv Kumar, Harsh K. Dikshit, Prachi Sripathrao Yadav, Muraleedhar S. Aski

“…Abstract With climate change projections indicating an increase in the frequency of extreme heat events and irregular rainfall patterns globally, the threat to global food security looms large. …”
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Strength Prediction Model for Cohesive Soil–Rock Mixture with Rock Content by Yang Sun, Jianyong Xin, Junchao He, Junping Yu, Haibin Ding, Yifan Hu

“…Fault fracture zones, characterized by high weathering, low strength, and a high degree of fragmentation, are common adverse geological phenomena encountered in tunneling projects. This paper performed a series of large-scale triaxial compression tests on the cohesive soil–rock mixture (SRM) samples with dimensions of 500 mm × 1000 mm to investigate the influence of rock content P_BV (20, 40, and 60% by volume), rock orientation angle <i>α</i>, and confining pressure on their macro-mechanical properties. …”
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Filters Effect on Image Quality of 177Lu-DOTATATE SPECT Images for Neuro-Endocrine Tumors Scanning by Hussein Dakhil, Mohammad Reza Deevband, Mahasti Amoui, Ahmad Mostaar, Mahdi Ghorbani, Mohsen Khosroabadi, Mohammad Ali Ghodsirad

“…Materials and Methods: The filtered back-projection reconstruction method was used in neuro-endocrine tumor scanning using 177Lu-DOTATATE. …”
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Instance maps as an organising concept for complex experimental workflows as demonstrated for (nano)material safety research by Benjamin Punz, Maja Brajnik, Joh Dokler, Jaleesia D. Amos, Litty Johnson, Katie Reilly, Anastasios G. Papadiamantis, Amaia Green Etxabe, Lee Walker, Diego S. T. Martinez, Steffi Friedrichs, Klaus M. Weltring, Nazende Günday-Türeli, Claus Svendsen, Christine Ogilvie Hendren, Mark R. Wiesner, Martin Himly, Iseult Lynch, Thomas E. Exner

“…Application of the InstanceMaps tool (described herein) to research workflows of increasing complexity is presented to demonstrate its utility, starting from (i) documentation of a nanomaterial’s synthesis, functionalisation, and characterisation, over (ii) assessment of a nanomaterial’s transformations in complex media, (iii) description of the culturing of ecotoxicity model organisms Daphnia magna and their use in standardised tests for nanomaterials ecotoxicity assessment, and (iv) visualisation of complex workflows in human immunotoxicity assessment using cell lines and primary cellular models, to (v) the use of the instance map approach for the coordination of materials and data flows in complex multipartner collaborative projects and for the demonstration of case studies. …”
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Long-term Breast Shape Analysis After Short-scar Reduction Mammaplasty: A Critical View by Daniel Hilewitz, MD, Oren Ganor, MD, Neta Adler, MD, Asaf Olshinka, MD, Dafna Shilo Yaacobi, MD, Lior Har-Shai, MD, Tamir Shay, MD, Michael Icekson, MD, Dean Ad-El, MD, Sagit Meshulam-Derazon, MD

“…The search for a modification that mirrors the advantages of the vertical scar technique in terms of shape and projection, while guaranteeing a steady lower pole, remains ongoing.…”
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