Digital competencies: perceptions of primary school teachers pursuing master’s degrees from eight African countries by Andresa Sartor Harada, Juliana Azevedo Gomes, Oscar Ulloa Guerra, Roberto Ruiz, Rubén Calderón

“…In addition, systematic reviews of the literature on ICT and education show an imbalance regarding the amount of research from Africa compared to other regions of the world. In this sense, the objective of this study carried out between March 2019 and April 2020 was to analyse the perceptions of primary school teachers from 8 African countries about their digital competences. …”
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The Idea of Education: Development or Service Delivery? by V. E. Ljovkin, A. O. Ljovkina, E. L. Docenko, L. M. Volosnikova

“…The authors reveal a conceptual, semantic substitution, which negatively affects the result of the educational process: the meaning of profit has taken the place of the sense of personal development and social long-term viability and development of society. …”
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Users’ experiences of an online intervention for bipolar disorder: important lessons for design and evaluation by Richard Morriss, Steven H Jones, Fiona Lobban, Alyson L Dodd, Sara Mallinson, Martin Griffiths

“…Several participants reported positive changes, but there was a sense that digital interventions should not replace routine care.Conclusions There are a number of barriers and facilitators to consider when evaluating and implementing digital interventions. …”
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Understanding how, for whom and under what circumstances telecare can support independence in community-dwelling older adults: a realist review by Lauren Fothergill, Niall Hayes, Yvonne Latham, Jenny Hamilton, Saiqa Ahmed, Carol Holland

“…To improve telecare implementation, consideration must be given to these mechanisms; otherwise, interventions risk being abandoned or underutilised and, as a result, may not adequately support older adults to remain living at home safely, creating a false sense of security. Conclusions Assessments of an individual’s needs and preferences should be carried out to ensure that telecare enables autonomy, supports the goal of remaining at home, facilitates connections to social support, and promotes integration into everyday life. …”
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Inhaled corticosteroids' effect on COVID-19 patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials by Yasra Badi, Mohamed Hammad, Abdelrahman G. Tawfik, Mona Muhe Eldeen Eshag, Mahmoud M. Elhady, Khaled Mohamed Ragab, Anas Zakarya Nourelden, Mohamed Hesham Gamal, Ahmed Hashem Fathallah

“…We evaluated the effectiveness of ICS in COVID-19 patients through measures of mortality, LOS, alleviation of post-acute COVID-19 symptoms, time to sustained self-reported cure, and sense of smell (visual analog scale (VAS)). # Results Ten studies were included in the meta-analysis. …”
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Bibliometric analysis of holographic data storage literature by K. Kumar, R. Parameswaran

“…However, holographic storage is distinct from CD/DVD media in the sense that information is encoded in all three dimensions. …”
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Effect of depression and empowerment on medication adherence in patients with breast cancer: a descriptive survey by Sookyung Jeong, Eun Jeong Kim

“…Thus, healthcare providers should implement targeted interventions including educational programs to inform patients about their treatment regimens, provide counseling services addressing mental health concerns such as depression, and establish support groups fostering a sense of community and shared experiences among patients. …”
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Social Aspects of Democratic Safeguards in Privacy Rights: A Qualitative Study of the European Union and China by Polonca Kovač, Grega Rudolf

“…Findings: The results of both theoretical and empirical parts of the research suggest that the stricter regulation in the EU compared to China – in the sense of more consistent protection of privacy and personal data as well as transparency rights – can be attributed to its democratic protection of human rights and more definitive regulations, particularly the GDPR. …”
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Parasitic contamination of lettuce: comparison between establishments located in areas with high and low economic values by Gustavo Trentini Barancelli, Larissa Kochenborger, Fernanda Gracieli Machado Brum, Fabiana Tonial, Cassiano Mateus Forcelini

“…Conclusion: This study was the first to show that the frequency of parasitic contamination is not different compared to establishments located in areas of high and low economic values, refuting any common sense that regions of the city with higher income are less exposed to parasitic contamination of food. …”
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Impact of immigration-specific stress on safety attitudes: a national cross-sectional study on overseas qualified nurses in Japan by Xinyi Chang, Xiuzhu Gu

“…Notably, ‘Occupation’ disadvantages perceived by OQNs significantly affected all the safety attitude dimensions, such as ‘Teamwork climate’ (B=−5.69, [−7.78, –3.60], p<0.001), ‘Job satisfaction’ (B=−9.38, [−12.32, –6.44], p<0.001) and ‘Stress recognition’ (B=5.86, [3.17, 8.54], p<0.001).Conclusions The findings underscore the significance of implementing effective strategies such as enhancing the sense of belonging, providing better career advancement prospects and opportunities and addressing workplace discrimination to improve safety attitudes among OQNs. …”
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Effects of Department Type and Disability Status on Medical School Faculty Wellbeing by Mohammed A. A. Abulela, Bethany Schowengerdt, Heather Dorr, Amanda Termuhlen, Kristina Krohn, Claudio Violato

“…Department type had a statistically significant impact on faculty's sense of basic needs, respect, and contribution. …”
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“I surely don’t call for fun”: experiences of being a “frequent caller” to the Danish emergency helpline by Camilla Braendstrup Laursen, Tine Bennedsen Gehrt, Linda Huibers, Claus Bossen, Ulla Vaeggemose

“…Furthermore, we found that the sense of disorientation and the fragmentation of experience that is characteristic of “struggling along” made it difficult for our study participants to communicate with the Emergency Medical Coordination Center (EMCC) that manages all health-related calls to 1-1-2. …”
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Face Boundary Formulation for Harmonic Models: Face Image Resembling by Hung-Tsai Huang, Zi-Cai Li, Yimin Wei, Ching Yee Suen

“…Furthermore, an optimal combination of face images of parents and their children in the least-squares sense is introduced to greatly facilitate face resembling. …”
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Building a new life in Australia: an analysis of the first wave of the longitudinal study of humanitarian migrants in Australia to assess the association between social integration... by Wen Chen, Li Ling, Andre M N Renzaho

“…That is, factors associated with better health included less financial hardship (economic integration dimension), better English proficiency and self-sufficiency (acculturation dimension), having the capacity to communicate with locals, having friends from different ethnic/religious groups and attending a place of worship weekly or more often (social capital dimension) and feeling welcomed and having a strong sense of belonging in Australia (self-identity dimension).Conclusions Using a more comprehensive framework of social integration, we found that greater social integration was associated with better physical and mental health outcomes among HMs. …”
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Environmental Challenges Faced by a Kindergarten and a School in the Katima Mulilo Education Circuit by Давид Нкенгбеза, Мундія Кілібоні Еустінах, Євген Літаба Маемеко, Муквамбо Музва

“…It fosters a positive attitude among children and contributes to enhancing their sense of security. However, the reality is that preschools and secondary education institutions face challenges related to administration, academic performance, attendance, and health. …”
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Inclusion of Ora-Pro-Nóbis (<i>Pereskia aculeata</i>) Leaf Meal in the Diet of Adult Nile Tilapia Improves Growth Performance and Intestinal Absorption Capacity Without Compromisin... by Émerson J. A. Matos, Jailson Novodworski, Rafaela M. Gonçalves, Elisabeth C. Urbinati, Robie A. Bombardelli, Fábio Meurer

“…Corn and soybeans are commodities and ingredients of global interest, whose prices fluctuate based on global demands. In this sense, this study aimed to assess ora-pro-nóbis (<i>Pereskia aculeata)</i> leaf meal (OLM) as an alternative to be included in the diets of Nile tilapia (<i>Oreochromis niloticus</i>). …”
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Using causal diagrams and superpopulation models to correct geographic biases in biodiversity monitoring data by Robin J. Boyd, Marc Botham, Emily Dennis, Richard Fox, Collin Harrower, Ian Middlebrook, David B. Roy, Oliver L. Pescott

“…Often, the aim is to infer change in an average sense across some wider landscape. Inference to the wider landscape is simple if the species' abundances and distributions are similar at sampled to non‐sampled locations. …”
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The Relation Between Learning Engagement and Academic Self-Efficacy Toward Academic Achievement among University Students by Hong-Ping Pang, Arsaythamby Veloo

“…Driven and facilitated by the power of the interactive field, the participants can reduce the sense of inferiority, overcome the fear of feeling and enhance the ability of introspection and self-efficacy. …”
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ROMANTIC HUMAN STUDY: PECULIARITIES OF PERSONALITY PHILOSOPHY IN THE LITERATURE OF THE 1820-1830-IES. by T. N. Zhuzhgina-Allahverdian, S. A. Ostapenko

“…The man is a central figure of the Romantic literary, therefore it makes sense to single out romantic human anthropological doctrine and the image of man associated with a specific historical and cultural era called the "epoch of romanticism"; to show that many romantic philosophical positions remained relevant to the basic foundations of contemporary anthropological research and coincide with it in analytical and critical thinking about a man, a person, his historical and evolutionary fate. …”
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Genesis of feudalism in Western Europe and its influence to the globai process of history: The conceptions of L. Vasilyev and E. Gudavičius by Nerijus Babinskas

“…Gudavičius) as well as the feudal stage was unique in both chronological and geographical senses (as for this aspect, Western Europe is comparable maybe only with medieval Japan).   …”
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