Hobbit: Providing Fall Detection and Prevention for the Elderly in the Real World by Markus Bajones, David Fischinger, Astrid Weiss, Daniel Wolf, Markus Vincze, Paloma de la Puente, Tobias Körtner, Markus Weninger, Konstantinos Papoutsakis, Damien Michel, Ammar Qammaz, Paschalis Panteleris, Michalis Foukarakis, Ilia Adami, Danai Ioannidi, Asterios Leonidis, Margherita Antona, Antonis Argyros, Peter Mayer, Paul Panek, Håkan Eftring, Susanne Frennert

“…We present the robot developed within the Hobbit project, a socially assistive service robot aiming at the challenge of enabling prolonged independent living of elderly people in their own homes. …”
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Non-pharmacological therapies in the treatment of chemotherapy-induced alopecia – a literature review by Izabela Ochonska, Karolina Jaglarz, Maciej Kuca, Marcin Cholewa, Maria Jasiewicz

“…Chemotherapy is associated with various side effects, with hair loss being one of the most visible and socially stigmatizing. This study aimed to evaluate and summarize existing strategies for preventing chemotherapy-induced hair loss. …”
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FUNCTIONAL RECEPTION OF THE QUR'AN IN FUNERAL RITUALS: RECITATION OF FOUR SELECTED SURAH IN KAMPUNG TENGAH COMMUNITY, ENOK DISTRICT by Nurcholish Ma’mum, Ridhoul Wahidi, Amaruddin Amaruddin, Dewi Murni

“…Using qualitative methods and a living Qur'an approach, this study focuses on describing community receptions of local traditions or social phenomena. The research identifies three key findings. …”
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Digitalized co-production of emergency response: ICT-enabled dispatch and coordination of volunteers at the emergency site by Sofie Pilemalm, Anna Follin, Erik Prytz

“…Originality/value – While previous research on digital volunteerism mainly embraces spontaneous volunteers and social media, this study addresses long-time collaboration with professional response organizations – digitalized co-production – with a focus on the dispatch, coordination and task allocation of volunteers that are central to their integration with emergency response logistics.…”
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Ethical challenges in palliative sedation of adults: protocol for a systematic review of current clinical practice guidelines by Cécile Jaques, Ralf J Jox, Martyna Tomczyk

“…The results of this study will be actively disseminated through peer-reviewed journals and books, international, national and local conference presentations, social media and media in general.…”
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Changements climatiques, migrations et défis de la gestion de l’environnement : le cas d’un village au cœur de la tourmente au Burkina Faso by Ibrahim Ouattara, Omer Chouinard, Carole C. Tranchant, Vanderlinden

“…Universities have an important role to play in this process, and more precisely in sustainable development and in community-based social innovation. This is the rational behind the institutional reinforcement partnership between Université de Moncton and Université de Ouagadougou. …”
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Sphere of Providing Funeral Services in Ukraine: Current Problems by V. P. Yatsenko, O. S. Yelisieieva

“…The emphasis has been placed on the fact that the quality of administrative services is a priority dominant in the development of society’s legal and social life. The authors have emphasized the importance of creating equal opportunities for the access to all services for all citizens, which should contribute to their quality. …”
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Incertidumbre ante la enfermedad crónica. Revisión integrativa by Edier Mauricio Arias Rojas, Sonia Patricia Carreño Moreno, Oliva Lorena Chaparro Díaz

“…Dentro de las principales conclusiones del estudio se plantea que la persona con enfermedad crónica y su cuidador familiar desarrollan incertidumbre ante la enfermedad crónica debido a falencias en la educación acerca de la enfermedad y el cuidado, así como el soporte social que reciben del equipo de salud y de sus redes de apoyo. …”
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A human capability approach to transformative innovation policy. Theoretical insights and practical implications for directionality by Alejandra Boni, Diana Velasco, Bipashyee Ghosh

“…Transformative Innovation Policy (TIP) is an emerging approach to science, technology, and innovation policy that addresses social and environmental challenges. While TIP literature highlights the importance of considering multiple innovation pathways, it often overlooks the injustices hindering them. …”
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Effectiveness of Badminton Physical Program on Mental Capacities in Healthy Older Adults by Wael Maktouf, Elmoetez Bellah Magtouf, Henrique P Neiva, Oussama Gaied Chortane

“…The activities proposed were not systematized and were aimed at promoting social interaction among participants. Our findings show no significant difference in the initial components between the intervention and control groups. …”
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“REDISCOVERY” OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE FUTURE: PERSPECTIVES OF RUSSIA’S SECURITY UP TO 2050 by S. A. Kravchenko, A. I. Podberezkin

“…This forced scientists to form new models of the future and, accordingly, to develop other theoretical and methodological tools of social forecasting on the basis of which scenarios of the medium-term (up to 2025) and long-term (up to 2050) visions of the international and military political situation are proposed. …”
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Flash floods on the northern coast of the Black Sea: Formation and characteristics by Ludmila Kuksina, Pelagiya Belyakova, Valentin Golosov, Ekaterina Zhdanova, Maxim Ivanov, Anatoly Tsyplenkov, Artem Gurinov

“…The main reason for significant social and economic damage is uncontrolled human activity in flooded areas on the northern Black Sea Coast.…”
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IAPSM’s Position Paper on Influenza Vaccines for Adult Immunization in India by Nikita Sharma, Madhur Verma, Kapil Goel, Muralidhar M. Kulkarni, Anu Bhardwaj, Sahil Sharma, Tejbeer Singh, Madhu Gupta, Anuradha Nadda, Lalit R. Sankhe

“…This paper reviews the current evidence regarding influenza epidemiology, the need for vaccination, immunogenicity, and efficacy of available vaccines and provides recommendations for influenza vaccination for adults by the Indian Association of Preventive and Social Medicine (IAPSM). The risk group among adults includes people with chronic disease, the elderly, immunocompromised individuals, pregnant women, travelers, and healthcare workers. …”
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Rag-Pickers as Benefactors and Beneficiaries of the Sustainable Development Goals: A Brief Literature Review by G Venkatesh

“…The reviewer has based this paper on 60 peer-reviewed publications spanning a time period of 28 years – from 1995 – 2022, originating from over a dozen different countries, and encompassing the social, economic and environmental dimensions of sustainability. …”
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Frequency of Fibromyalgia in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection and Its Relationship with Vitamin D Levels and Quality of Life by Havva Talay Calis, Fatma Gul Ulku Demir, Ulas Serkan Topaloglu, Hatice Sayan, Deniz Kamalak Guzel, Emel Guler, Fatma Samli, Caglar Karabas, Serap Tomruk Sutbeyaz, Hatice Kayis Topaloglu

“…Results: The presence of fibromyalgia, the level of vitamin D and the score of FIQ were statistically different between HCV (+) and control groups. The score of social isolation was higher in the HCV (+) group, whereas all other scores were similar in both groups according to the NHP scale. …”
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Impact of cancer types on COVID-19 infection and mortality risk: a protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis by Ning Cui, Yu Wu, Jianhua Zou, Zhanshuo Xiao, Jingyan Yang, Liusheng Li, Tengteng Hao, Jiao Wu

“…Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic has created a huge social and economic burden, and the lifestyles of individuals have significantly changed. …”
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Exploring English for Academic Purposes Program: Needs analysis and impact evaluation by Ika Lestari Damayanti, Pelin Derinalp, Firly Asyifa, Kurniawan Suryatama

“…The participating students also expressed their need for interactive EAP activities, team-based learning, and the use of social media for collaboration and connectivity. Informed by the needs analysis results, a two-month program was designed and delivered in eight 90-minute video conferences, combined with asynchronous activities on a learning platform. …”
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Novel Speech-Based Emotion Climate Recognition in Peers’ Conversations Incorporating Affect Dynamics and Temporal Convolutional Neural Networks by Ghada Alhussein, Mohanad Alkhodari, Ahsan H. Khandoker, Leontios J. Hadjileontiadis

“…Recognition of EC could provide an additional source in understating peers’ social interaction and behavior on top of peers’ actual conversational content.We propose a novel approach for speech-based EC recognition, termed AffECt, which combines peers’ complex affect dynamics (AD) with deep features extracted from speech signals using Temporal Convolutional Neural Networks (TCNNs). …”
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Economic aspects of implementing environmentally friendly energy sources in the agro-industrial complex (focusing on European countries) by Zhanat Yerniyazova, Gabit Asrepov, Dinara Aiguzhinova, Gulmira Nurbayeva, Saltanat Zhanuzakova

“…The study also emphasised economic efficiency, environmental responsibility, and social equity as key principles of sustainable development. …”
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Building ADMISSION – A research collaborative to transform understanding of multiple long-term conditions for people admitted to hospital by Miles D Witham, Victoria Bartle, Sue Bellass, Jonathan G Bunn, Duncan Cartner, Heather J Cordell, Rominique Doal, Felicity Evison, Suzy Gallier, Steve Harris, Susan J Hillman, Ray Holding, Peta Leroux, Tom Marshall, Fiona E Matthews, Paolo Missier, Anand Nair, Mo Osman, Ewan R Pearson, Chris Plummer, Sara Pretorius, Sarah J Richardson, Sian M Robinson, Elizabeth Sapey, Thomas Scharf, Rupal Shah, Marzieh Shahmandi, Mervyn Singer, Jana Suklan, James MS Wason, Rachel Cooper, Avan A Sayer

“…Research design Based across five UK academic centres, ADMISSION combines expertise in clinical medicine, epidemiology, informatics, computing, biostatistics, social science, genetics and care pathway mapping to examine patterns of conditions, mechanisms, consequences and pathways of care for people with MLTCs admitted to hospital. …”
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