Life-saving furniture during an earthquake. Intelligent, interconnected and interacting by Lucia Pietroni, Jacopo Mascitti, Daniele Galloppo

“…In earthquake-affected areas, the process of securing historic buildings is complex, requires large investments and long lead times. A systemic and interdisciplinary approach to the design of ‘anti-seismic’ furniture for public contexts, such as schools and offices, in areas of high risk, could be an alternative solution for the protection of people, developing a system of smart and interconnected furniture capable of acting as a life-saving passive protection device. …”
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Le massacre des Innocents ou comment réécrire l’histoire by Édith Parmentier

“…Finally, the Greco-Roman cultural environment which transmitted this fiction in Antiquity turned it into a commonplace, amalgamating themes of various origins in accordance with the typical phenomenon of black legends. In modern times, these mechanisms have enabled the symbolic reinvestment by the collective memory of a massacre that never took place.…”
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The problem of cultural stereotyping in the pastoral care of a suicidal person by J. N. Ogbuanu

“…Suicidologists estimate that suicide will negatively affect at least ten times as many people as an accidental death or sudden death from illness. …”
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Collaborative Planning for the Future of Water Resources in Central Florida: Central Florida Water Initiative by James H. Fletcher, Tatiana Borisova

“…Over the past 80 years, Florida's population increased four times, from approximately 5 million to more than 20 million people. …”
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Perinatal Programming of Childhood Asthma: Early Fetal Size, Growth Trajectory during Infancy, and Childhood Asthma Outcomes by Steve Turner

“…Understanding the nature and timing of factors which influence antenatal growth may give important insight into the antecedents of early-onset asthma with implications for interventions.…”
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Leadership by the Spirit in Pentecostalism: by M.S. Kgatle

“…The practices of pneumatocracy in early Pentecostalism, the early church, and contemporary times are explored in detail. A transformational pneumatocracy is proposed to address current leadership challenges in the African context. …”
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Title not available by Lilya Avetisyan, Agnieszka Parlińska

“…The paper presents possibilities of the use of leasing as an instrument of financing of innovation activities. At present times the issue of search of new ways of financial provision for innovation activity, which is the main factor of competitiveness of the enterprises, is of a particular importance. …”
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Historical Evolution of Spatial Abilities by A. Ardila

“…Contemporary city humans might be using spatial abilities in some new, conceptual tasks that did not exist in prehistoric times: mathematics, reading, writing, mechanics, music, etc. …”
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Is It Worth Switching from Natural Service to Artificial Insemination? A Comparison of Reproductive Performance and Profitability in Dairy Herds by Klibs N. Galvão, Eduardo S. Ribeiro, Jose Eduardo P. Santos

“…This 3-page fact sheet presents the results of papers that compared the reproductive performance and profitability of dairy cows submitted to natural service or a combination of timed AI and natural service. Written by Klibs N. …”
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The beginnings of the Order of Saint John in Jerusalem, or: Muristan revisited by Dorothee Heinzelmann, Jürgen Krüger

“…But as a result of later changes and destruction only a few remnants of the medieval building stock have survived and are largely unexplored until today.In an interdisciplinary research project the development of the Muristan from antiquity to modern times is being investigated. Archival records are being re-evaluated, preserved and accessible architectural remains are documented and analysed by methods of building archaeology. …”
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The Caffeine Content of Energy Drinks in accordance with the Information on the Package Label by Said Kudema, Claus Thomas, Helena Ngowi

“…Approximately 28.1 milligrams per 100 milliliters (mg/100 ml) of caffeine was present in the Mo energy drink brand, which was nearly 1.5 times the caffeine concentration listed on the product label. …”
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Value of Humanized Nursing under Emergency Green Channel on Gastrointestinal Function Recovery in Patients with Acute Intestinal Obstruction after Operation by Siqi Luo, Yan Wang

“…It is the key to ensure that emergency patients receive timely, standardized, efficient and thoughtful medical services, improve the success rate of rescue, and reduce medical risks. …”
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Primary sclerosing encapsulating peritonitis by Swati Mishra, Kuldeep Chaudhary, Swati Tyagi, Pratibha Mishra, Vatsala Misra

“…We present here a case of a 32-year-old male who presented with complaints of being unable to pass stools, vomiting (3–4 times), and abdomen pain for 4 days. This case is considered worth mentioning due to its rarity, lack of identification of secondary causes, and diminutive mention of histopathological aspect.…”
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La magica romanza della serendipità. Sul campo, l’accidentale e il sapere antropologico by Mara Benadusi

“…In the conclusions, I will propose a reflection on disaster research to show the anthropological limitations implicit in the “magical romance of serendipity” in times of crises and catastrophes.…”
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On the shoulders of giants (part one): inspiring residential child care by Keith White

“…The second paper in the series, which will be published in the next issue of the Journal, will focus on the life of Pandita Ramabai, an extraordinary woman who lived an extraordinary life in extraordinary times. Reflections on the life and work of Ramabai in terms of the principles of practice will be discussed with a view to inspiring residential child care staff in their everyday work.…”

Blister Beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera: Meloidae) by Richard B. Selander, Thomas R. Fasulo

“…Florida has 26 species, only a small fraction of the total number in the U.S., but nearly three times that in the West Indies (Selander and Bouseman 1960). …”
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Teachers under the Third Republic in the constant trap of political manipulation by Bogusław Śliwerski

“…They were trusted and respected by politicians for the creative liberation of school education and of institution management from the arrogance and orthodox pressure of the ruling party of the times of real socialism, and together with the systematically regained state power over them, which, as in People’s Poland, systematically since the mid-1990s were reduced them to the level of the precariat and the education and upbringing of young generations enslaved by ideology. …”
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Development of exchange and over-the-counter derivatives of financial instruments in Russia by Ali Haitham Eid

“…The most important conclusions of the study are that the derivatives market has developed rapidly since 2013, but in 2021 it witnessed a significant increase due to the appeal of a large number of investors to invest in financial markets, and due to increased concern about the volatility of the exchange rate, due to which many dealers dealing in derivatives buy these instruments sometimes for the purpose of hedging, and at other times for the purpose of speculation or both.…”
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Mindset, Schism and the Contemporary Transformation of the Anglican Communion by Geoffrey A Sandy

“…The phenomenon of mindset provides a lens to understand more clearly the reasons for, the timing of and the resulting transformation of the Anglican Communion (AC) of its schism. …”
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Newcastle and Infectious Bronchitis Vaccine Reactions in Commercial Broilers by Gary D. Butcher, Richard D. Miles, Amir H. Nilipour

“…Questions arise over route of vaccination, age at vaccination, doses of vaccine to administer per bird, mixing of ND and IB vaccines or other vaccines, vaccine reactions, use of live vaccines versus bacterins, strains or serotypes of virus to include, need for and timing of revaccination, and others. This document is VM132, one of a series of the Veterinary Medicine-Large Animal Clinical Sciences Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. …”
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