Mediation in criminal proceedings: novelties of legislation and prospects for its improvement by T. H. Fomina

“…Ukraine is guided in this direction by the international legal standards and the positive experience of many foreign countries. In the general sense, mediation contributes to the humanization of criminal policy against the offender, creates conditions for ensuring the rights, freedoms and legitimate interests of the victim and real compensation for the damage caused to them, accelerates the criminal process. …”
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A segmentation method for LiDAR point clouds of aerial slender targets by Birong Huang, Zilong Wang, Jianhua Chen, Bingyang Zhou, Hao Ma

“…Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) can sense the surrounding environment through LiDAR and image sensors to make autonomous flight decisions. …”
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Systematic optimization and evaluation of a Dutch sexual health intervention: Role model stories for chlamydia prevention, testing, and treatment by Gido Metz, Rosa RLC Thielmann, Hanneke Roosjen, Sarah E. Stutterheim, Rik Crutzen

“…Within the Dutch sexual health intervention Sense.info, we utilized a mixed-methods cyclic evaluation process to assess and optimize the potential impact of the chlamydia page. …”
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The History of Natural Sciences as a component of the hidden curriculum by S. Yu. Kryzhanovskaya, Ya. V. Bulgakova, A. I. Filipchenko

“…Most of the respondents supported the unification of the historical component of the natural science discipline for all medical universities in Russia. In a practical sense, the results of this study can be used in the training and advanced training of university teaching staff in order to focus on the hidden components of the educational process and actualize various contexts of the history of natural sciences, as well as be taken into account in the development of educational literature and work programs. …”
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Problematic issues of using modern information and other technologies in the implementation of investigator’s and interrogator’s instructions by operational units by O. O. Zahumennyi

“…In the conduct of any investigative (searching) activities in practice, in fact, either technical devices and tools or information technology are used in the sense in which they are proposed in the Code and which cause difficulties in use, especially modern latest information technology in the form of computing hardware and software. …”
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The Western Alpine arc: a review and new kinematic model by Brunsmann, Quentin, Rosenberg, Claudio Luca, Bellahsen, Nicolas

“…NW-ward indentation of the Adriatic indenter amplifies this arc structure by oroclinal bending, but the E–W to ESE–WNW striking, southernmost segments of the Alpine arc mainly result from distinct geodynamic processes, other than Alpine convergence in the strict sense. The southernmost External Zone is mainly inherited from the Pyrenean orogeny and was weakly reactivated in the Miocene, probably accommodating very small parts of Africa–Europe convergence since Late Miocene times. …”
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Analysis of the non-linear higher dimensional fractional differential equations arising in dusty plasma using the Atangana–Baleanu fractional derivative by Attiya Nazneen, Rashid Nawaz, Laiq Zada, Nasir Ali, Mohamed Benghanem, Hijaz Ahmad

“…The methodology used for the simulation of the above model is the Adomian decomposition method and the derivative is considered as the Atangana–Baleanu fractional derivative in the Caputo's sense. The method has been successfully applied to the higher dimension fractional order Partial differential equations and some fruitful results have been achieved. …”
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Impact on staff of providing non-invasive advanced respiratory support during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study in an acute hospital by David Wenzel, Christina Faull, Eleanor Wilson, Lucy Bleazard

“…The main themes were of feeling ill prepared and unsupported, a need to balance complex moral actions and a sense of duty to patients and their families. The impact on staff was profound and findings are discussed via a lens of moral injury. …”
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The structure of the forensic characteristics of offences under Article 200 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine by L. Ye. Barash

“…In turn, the mechanism of illegal actions with payment instruments determines the need to study these elements in their broadest sense, i.e., taking into account all stages of criminal activity (preparation, direct commission and concealment), means and conditions of its implementation. …”
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Whither Individuality? A Re-reading of Segun Ogungbemi’s Scholarship on Individuality-Community Debate in African Philosophy by Sunday L. Oladipupo

“…In spite of the dichotomy and the contention of these two camps, each of them still recognises the place of community or sense of collectivity in Africa. While the radical school of thought places the community far above the individuals, the moderate school of thought is of the view that the individual makes up the society/community. …”
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Olfactory Stimulation with Japanese Soy Sauce Improves Upper Limb Performance by Yutaka Yano, Yoshihiro Murata, Mutsuo Taniguchi, Fumino Okutani, Masahiro Yamaguchi, Hideto Kaba

“…The subjects’ olfactory sense was stimulated by their sniffing of three different test tubes containing 5 ml of water, PEA, or Japanese soy sauce for 20 sec while they were seated. …”
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The lssue of Suprašl Monastery Confessional Subordination and Character at the beginning of the 16th Century by Genutė Kirkienė

“…All that determined Aleksandras Chodkevičius' decision to establish a monastery in his dominion, which remained „Orthodox" in a sense that it maintained formal relations with the metropolitan, though it gained considerable, legally substantiated autonomy. …”
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Building a foundation to study distributed information behaviour by Terry L. von Thaden

“…This foundation serves to operationalise team sense-making through illustrating the social practice of information structuring within the activity of the work environment. …”
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Enhancing Place Identity Through Food Customization and Customer Delight: Evidence from Healthy Food Restaurants by Abdullah Abdulaziz Alhumud, Sally Mohamed Amer, Eman AbdelHameed Hasnin, Maha Ali Alsahely

“…The study's findings offer insightful guidance that could help restaurant manag- ers do more to foster customers’ place identification by offering them customized services that strengthen their sense of customer delight. …”
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Is There a Major Role for Undetected Autism Spectrum Disorder with Childhood Trauma in a Patient with a Diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder, Self-Injuring, and Multiple Comorbidities? by Claudia Carmassi, Carlo Antonio Bertelloni, Gianluca Salarpi, Elisa Diadema, Maria Teresa Avella, Valerio Dell’Oste, Liliana Dell’Osso

“…We discuss the implications of the trauma she underwent during her childhood, in the sense that caused a complex posttraumatic disorder, a lifelong disease favored and boosted by the rumination tendency of high functioning ASD.…”
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Backtesting Quantum Computing Algorithms for Portfolio Optimization by Gines Carrascal, Paula Hernamperez, Guillermo Botella, Alberto del Barrio

“…By backtesting classical and quantum computing algorithms, we can get a sense of how these algorithms might perform in the real world. …”
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The Screening of Antiphospholipid Antibodies in Obstetric Antiphospholipid Syndrome-Like Events: A Regional Perspective by Onder Onen, Fusun Gulizar Varol

“…Besides, long persistence of antiphospholipid-M positivity in these placenta-mediated disorders may make sense in terms of trophoblastic damage. …”
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Relationship amongst Noise Sensitivity, Burnout and Psychological Resilience in Community Workers by Fei Cao, Juan Li, Wei Xin, Zhibing Yang

“…Background: The mental health status of community workers shows the characteristics of low job satisfaction, low self-efficacy and psychological resilience, and a high sense of burnout. This research aims to explore the relationship between noise sensitivity, burnout, and psychological resilience in community workers. …”
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Testing the Dual-State-Process assumption in the preventive care services use by Dimitris Zavras

“…However, in several studies, especially those regarding preventive services use, the dual-state-process assumption is questionable. In this sense, the objective of this paper is to investigate whether the dual-state-process assumption holds in the case of preventive services use. …”
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Supporting Health and Social Care Students Stay and Stay Well: A Conceptual Framework for Implementing Integrated Care Into Higher Education by Louise Grant, Lisa Bostock, Caroline Reid, Nasreen Ali, Fiona Factor

“…The framework is based on the “student lifecycle”, from starting to see the benefits of a career in the helping professions, developing a sense of belonging through to thriving and succeeding as future practitioners. …”
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