China’s innovation model- lessons and applicability in Africa by Oluwole Nurudeen Omonijo, Yunsheng Zhang

“…Scholars and innovation economists are of the view that knowledge and technological externalities are what spur innovation in the knowledge-based global economy of today. …”
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Revitalizing Physiology Education: Integrating Notability and Video-Based Learning by James Davis

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A Historical Review of African Scholarship and the Decolonial Discourse: Challenges and Prospects by Juliet Munyaradzi

“…It does so with the view of exploring the developments, challenges and prospects experienced by African scholars in their pursuit of African knowledges and the decolonisation discourse in the higher education sector. …”
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Surveillance, integrity and metadata in the information age by Peter Bennesved

“…Inspired by the concept of sociotechnical imaginaries (STIM), developed by STS scholars Jasanoff and Kim, the ICT Commission can be interpreted as a sort of state-financed “embedding activity” meant to overcome public scepticism of perceived risks, and to gather around a common vision of the future. …”
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Interview as an Act of Seduction: Analysing Problems I Have Met during My Fieldwork on the Camino de Santiago and in Glastonbury by Tiina Sepp

“…A lot has been written about fieldwork and in this article I am going to add my thoughts on topics that have already been discussed in self-critical reflexive style by several scholars: the different roles of the researcher and the problematic interactional relationship between researcher and informant; power relationships in an interview situation; combining emic and etic perspectives in researching; being ambivalent about which reality we really belong to. …”
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Behavioural Assessment of Pediatric Pain by Ronald L Blount, Kristin A Loiselle

“…Direct observation and rating scales have been used to assess pain and distress associated with acute medical procedures, postoperative pain, critical care, analogue pain induction procedures and other sources. Two recent scholarly reviews of behavioural assessment methods were conducted by the Society of Pediatric Psychology Evidence-Based Assessment Task Force and the Pediatric Initiative on Methods, Measurement, and Pain Assessment in Clinical Trials, which classified various instruments as well established, approaching well established or promising. …”
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Mapping the Nexus in the literature:The Influence of Entrepreneurial and Market Orientations on Supply Chain Agility by Andrea Lazarte-Aguirre

“…An analysis of the most relevant manuscripts on the topic supposes a gap in the existing literature; thus, such an analysis was performed to evaluate consensus and discrepancies between scholars. Design/methodology/approach – The literature review includes 13 papers published in Web of Science-indexed journals. …”
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RADIO JINGLES AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF HEALTHY EATING HABITS AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS by SAMAILA MARIA KYANGCHAT, AYODELE B JOSEPH

“…The Social Cognitive Theory (SCT) was adopted as the underlying theoretical framework, while the empirical analysis of scholarly articles, books reports that address the influence of radio jingles on healthy eating habit was adopted as the methodology. …”
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Representation of Fictional Characters with Disabilities in Selected Crime Novels of Oͅládèͅjoͅ Òkédìjí by Oͅlálérè Adéyeͅmí

“…      Scholars of Yorùbá literary criticism have not done much in the area of disability studies; therefore, there is a paucity of critical works on the representation of people with disability in Yorùbá novels. …”
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Ways to improve administrative and legal mechanism for ensuring the rights of business entities in the field of taxation by A. M. Chorna

“…The author of the article, based on the analysis of scientific views of scholars and current legislation of Ukraine, elaborates the ways to improve administrative and legal mechanism for ensuring the rights of business entities in the field of taxation. …”
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The Story of Writing: From Classical Rhetoric to Rhetoric and Composition by I. B. Korotkina

“…The study of academic writing in the historical perspective contributes to better understanding of the latest trends in its development and elicits the problems which impede the quality of Russian scholarly and academic texts.…”
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Seeing Sacred for Centuries: Digitally Modeling Greek Worshipers’ Visualscapes at the Argive Heraion Sanctuary by Susmann Natalie M.

“…Ancient authors frame the Argive Heraion as a touchstone sacred landmark; contemporary scholars echo these descriptions. This article synthesizes the textual and material record, questioning which of the Argive Heraion’s visual characteristics captivated worshipers’ senses, and if worshipers’ perceptions shifted over time. …”
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Water plays by Aliaa El-Dardiry, Ahmed Ali Ahmed ElKhateeb, Ahmed El Antably

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Presentism, Empire, and Nineteenth-Century Music by Brian C. Thompson

“…Many of the concerns raised by Sweet, Stephens, and others appear as relevant to music as to history. As scholars and music historians, will the influence of presentism cause us to avoid topics that do not relate in positive ways to the dominant political concerns of the moment, or, at least deter us from asking questions that might lead to difficult conclusions? …”
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European Experience in Regulating Human Right to Free Secondary Legal Aid by P. Valko

“…The author has analyzed the opinions of scholars on the necessity of introducing the European experience of regulating human right to free secondary legal aid into the national system of protecting human rights. …”
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Pre-Modern Bosom Serpents and Hippocrates' <i>Epidemiae</i> 5: 86: A Comparative and Contextual Folklore Approach by Davide Ermacora

“…This paper aims: 1) to throw light on this ancient passage through a comparative folkloric analysis and through a philological-contextual study, with reference to modern and contemporary interpretations; and 2) to offer an examination of previous scholarly enquiries on the fantastic intrusion of animals into the human body. …”
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Semantic transfers in the domain of FOODSTUFFS by Aleksandra Zofia Kowalczyk

“… In recent literature scholars have worked out a number of new categories of meaning development such as zoosemy, plantosemy and foodsemy. …”
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Curating life in vacant spaces: Community action research and reversing the process of academic knowledge-making by Kelly Dombroski, Rachael Shiels, Hannah Watkinson

“… For scholars in academic institutions, the process of research usually begins with a question often gleaned from academic literature, progresses through some methods and results, then ends in writing and dissemination of the findings. …”
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Research Progress of Hydrological Big Data Based on CiteSpace Knowledge Graph by MENG Lu, YANG Haibo

“…Research related to hydrological big data has been a focal point and core issue in the field of hydrology in recent years.It is also an important component for improving the efficiency of hydrological affairs processing and enhancing the authenticity and credibility of hydrological patterns.This study utilized a sample dataset comprising 264 papers collected from China Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) and 219 papers collected from Web of Science (WOS).Using CiteSpace software,this paper analyzed the researchers,institutions, and research hotspots and explored the development trend of research in this field in depth.The findings indicate that,overall,both Chinese and international publications show an increasing trend.Regarding researchers and research institutions,there is a phenomenon of “large scattering and small gathering” among Chinese scholars and institutions.Examining research hotspots reveals that keywords such as “intelligent hydrology,”“early warning system,”“big data testing” signify that the focus of research in this field is gradually shifting towards technological and digital directions.Whether domestically or internationally,modern hydrological monitoring technologies and hydrological methods,in comparison to traditional technologies and methods,demonstrate higher accuracy and stability.They can more fully meet the practical application requirements,and the combination of hydrology and big data has gradually become a research trend in this field.…”
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TURKEY’S STRATEGY TOWARDS AFGHANISTAN: SECURITY AND DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE by A. I. Aliyeva

“…This paper aims to unveil the particularities of the Turkey's Afghan strategy, which has yet escaped the Russian scholars' attention, with the help of the Turkish primary sources and academic works. …”
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