Availability of caregiver-friendly workplace policies (CFWPs): an updated international scoping review protocol by Allison Williams, Reed Ciarloni

“…Many individuals providing unpaid care remain in the workforce, increasing the number of carer-employees (CEs). …”
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Health system readiness to deliver integrated noncommunicable disease and antenatal care in Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Vietnam by Téa E. Collins, Svetlana Akselrod, Anshu Banerjee, Aliina Altymysheva, Mekhri Shoismatuloeva, Pham Thi Quynh Nga, Daria Berlina, Ketevan Chkhatarashvili, Flaminia Ortenzi, Josephine Exley, Luke N Allen

“…Our analysis used the WHO health systems building blocks framework to structure inquiry and synthesis across key areas such as service delivery, workforce, and governance. Results: Maternal mortality remains high in all three countries and antenatal care is hospital oriented. …”
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Considerations for establishment of a private virtual hospital identified using an implementation science approach by Olivia J. Fisher, Caroline Grogan, Andrew Barron, Shanthi Kanagarajah, Sue-Ellen Smith, Ian Smith, Kelly McGrath

“…Other barriers: technological limitations; communication challenges; workforce issues; clinicians’ opinions varied on safety and suitability of virtual healthcare. …”
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Empowering rural students through computational thinking and real-world STEM applications: insights from an innovative high school curriculum by Linlin Li, Chun-Wei Huang, Claire Morgan, Kim Luttgen, Eunice Chow, Shuangting Yang

“…However, without meaningful STEM educational opportunities, rural students might not develop the knowledge and skills needed to compete in a technology-driven workforce. Learning by Making (LbyM), an innovative intervention funded by the U.S. …”
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Factors associated with infant mortality in Nigeria: A scoping review. by Loveth Dumebi Nwanze, Alaa Siuliman, Nuha Ibrahim

“…At the individual level, maternal- and child-related factors were revealed to influence infant mortality; socioeconomic and sociocultural factors at the interpersonal level; provision and utilisation of health services, health workforce, hospital resources and access to health services at the organisational level; housing/neighbourhood and environmental factors at the community level; and lastly, governmental factors were found to affect infant mortality at the public policy level.…”
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The Importance of Natural Indigo Dye and Its Revitalization and Ethiopian Potential for Indigo Growing by Abera Kechi Kabish, Molla Tadesse Abate, Zelalem Adane Alemar, Solomon Girmay

“…Ethiopia as a developing country and situated in tropical Africa will benefit from indigo revival because of its potentials with having a suitable climate, a young workforce, enough land resource, and its booming textile and apparel industries.…”
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Education as a Science and Its Relevance in the Digital Era by Restu Rizki Amanda, Udin Supriadi, Nurti Budiyanti, Eri Anugrah

“… Although education has long been recognized as a science, the advent of the digital era has introduced new challenges regarding its relevance and effectiveness in preparing learners to meet the ever-changing demands of the workforce. Many educational institutions have not yet fully integrated digital technology optimally into the learning process, resulting in a gap between educational theory and its application in a digital context. …”
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The Hidden Economic Consequences of Migraine to the UK Government: Burden-of-Disease Analysis Using a Fiscal Framework by Rui Martins, Samuel Large, Rachel Russell, Gary Surmay, Mark P. Connolly

“…The model predicted annual productivity losses in the health and social care workforce to be £2.05 billion and total annual productivity losses to be over £5.81 billion. …”
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The Impacts of Blue Stain Degradation on the Industrial Processing Properties of logs by Osman Komut, Atakan Öztürk

“…In the managements manufacturing for the woodworking sector, it has been identified that the blue stained part is removed to improve the visual qualities of the material, however, additional energy and workforce costs originate because of this process.…”
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A cross-sectional study of essential surgical, obstetric, and anaesthesia care capacity in the public sector in Fiji. by Ashneel Sundar, Jope Makutu, Ifereimi Waqainabete, Grace Zhang, Jemesa Tudravu, Josese Turagava, Kiki Maoate, Rajeev Patel, Rennie Xinrui Qin

“…Policy recommendations include upgrading key SDHs with essential SOA care capacity, growing the SOA workforce, strengthening facility maintenance and climate resilience, and strengthening outreach programs. …”
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Characterizing the services provided by family physicians in Ontario, Canada: A retrospective study using administrative billing data. by David W Savage, Arunim Garg, Salimur Choudhury, Roger Strasser, Robert Ohle, Vijay Mago

“…Moreover, our results provide policy- and decision-makers with a basis for integrating knowledge of the specific clinical services delivered by family physicians into their future planning, with the goal of ensuring a fit-for-purpose workforce able to meet community healthcare needs.…”
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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN BUSINESS OPERATIONS: EXPLORING PRODUCTIVITY AND ACCEPTANCE by Ioana CIOFU, Giulia KONDORT, Stefana POP, Roxana CIOC

“…The findings emohasize the need for reskilling initiatives to facilitate workforce transitions and the development of ethical guidelines to address trust and reliability issues.…”
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Hot Topics and Directions of Human Resource Analytics Based on a Hybrid Method (Bibliometric Analysis, Fuzzy Delphi Method and SWARA) by Mona Kardani Malekinezhad, Fariborz Rahimnia, GHasem Eslami, Mohammad Mahdi Farahi

“…Based on the analysis results, HR analytics and human resource data analytics are the most important cases, and then people analytics, human capital analytics, workforce analytics, data analytics, big data, analytical competencies, predictive HR analytics capability, and HR analyst are ranked third to tenth. …”
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Three-Dimensional Deformation Prediction Based on the Improved Segmented Knothe–Dynamic Probabilistic Integral–Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar Model by Shuang Wang, Genyuan Liu, Zhihong Song, Keming Yang, Ming Li, Yansi Chen, Minhua Wang

“…The ISK-DPIM-InSAR model constructs the inversion equations of InSAR line-of-sight deformation, north–south and east–west horizontal movement deformation, vertical deformation, inverts the optimal values of the predicted parameters of the workforce through the particle swarm algorithm, and substitutes it into the ISK-DPIM-InSAR model for predicting the three-dimensional dynamic deformation of a mining face. …”
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Artificial Intelligence in Nursing Education: A Cross-sectional UTAUT Analysis Study by Latifah H Alenazi

“…It equips nursing students with skills to evaluate and apply AI in future patient care, preparing the nursing workforce for a healthcare landscape increasingly supported by AI. …”
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Assessing the ability of Ukrainian higher education to offer key skills of tomorrow by Oksana Zakharova, Liudmyla Usyk, Maryna Petchenko

“…Ukraine must search for efficient tools to accelerate the economic recovery in the post-war period. The workforce equipped with future skills is globally considered to be able to accelerate the pace of innovative growth and achieve the goals of Industry 4.0. …”
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Will Artificial Intelligence (AI) Make the School Principal Redundant? A Preliminary Discussion and Future Prospects by Turgut Karakose

“…One of the hot discussions over the exponential advancement of AI has been whether this ability of machines to accomplish tasks that require human intelligence could take over the roles of humans in the workplace and make the human workforce redundant. The field of education was no exception since AI technologies have made significant inroads into the realm of education. …”
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Developing and applying a training needs analysis tool for healthcare workers managing snakebite envenoming: A cross-sectional study in Eswatini. by Jonathan Steinhorst, Clare Baker, Sara Padidar, Thea Litschka-Koen, Ezekiel Ngwenya, Lindelwa Mmema, Brent Thomas, Nondumiso Shongwe, Trevor Sithole, Mbongiseni Mathobela, Anna Trelfa, Nicholas R Casewell, David G Lalloo, Robert A Harrison, Jonathan Pons, Ymkje Stienstra

“…This newly developed snakebite training needs analysis tool can aid in adapting training initiatives to a dynamic and evolving healthcare workforce and it is designed to be transferrable to snakebite endemic settings worldwide.…”
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Maternal occupational exposures during early stages of pregnancy and adverse birth outcomes in the NINFEA birth-cohort. by Antonio d'Errico, Maja Popovic, Costanza Pizzi, Giovenale Moirano, Chiara Moccia, Lorenzo Richiardi, Milena Maule

“…<h4>Conclusions</h4>This study provides some evidence of the selection of healthy population into the workforce and of association between work-related passive smoking, heat and dust and adverse birth outcomes.…”
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Employing foreign caregivers: A qualitative study of the perspectives of older stroke survivors. by Yen-Nung Lin, Yosika Septi Mauludina, Beth E Fields, Tsan-Hon Liou, Yu Su, Han-Ting Tsai, Feng-Hang Chang

“…<h4>Conclusions</h4>Foreign caregivers are a major part of the long-term care workforce and play a crucial role in stroke rehabilitation in aging Asian societies. …”
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