Knowledge management and the power of communication: INDESGUA as a social technology enabling equitable access to scholarships in Guatemala by Kleinsy Bonilla, Natalia Ortiz Barrientos, Miguel Alejandro Saquimux Contreras

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Effects of Natural Disasters on Children and Adolescents by Derya Karabulut, Tolga Bekler

“…We are witnessing different natural disasters every year in the world and in our country, and the effects of these disasters on communities. …”
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Embodying the Spirit (<i>meyppāṭu</i>): A <i>puttiṇai</i> Perspective by Nirmal Selvamony

“…Using this tool, I outline the idea of <i>meyppāṭu</i> in the primal community, in the state society, and also in the industrialist state, and show how the understanding of <i>meyppāṭu</i> in the primal world (what I have called <i>viḻuttiṇai</i>) ensured a love-based lifeway necessary for the wellbeing of the people and all the beings other than humans that were also part of that world, and why this understanding is necessary today to end the present Anthropocenic industrialist lifeway, which has brought humans and beings other than humans to the brink of disaster.…”
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What interventions are required to reduce road traffic injuries in Africa? A scoping review of the literature. by Emmanuel Bonnet, Lucie Lechat, Valéry Ridde

“…Road traffic accidents are the major cause of mortality among people aged 15-29 years in Africa. World Health Organisation (WHO) and the World Bank launched a Decade of Action for Road Safety in 2011 with the goal of halving the number of injuries and deaths on the roads. …”
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Tempos modernos? by Rita Brandão, Mário José Filho

“…This paper discusses issues related to social work on the basis of an analysis of the changes that are taking place in the contemporary world of labor. At present we are experiencing a new economic cycle and the emergence of a new social issue resulting from a new mode of production that has determined distinct patterns of capital accumulation. …”
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Prawa i godność człowieka we współczesnej bioetyce by Wojciech Bołoz

“…In addition, it has one more outstanding virtue; in the contemporary world, it is the most widespread and understandable ethical code. …”
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On Putting an End to the Backlash Against Electrophysical Agents by Alain-Yvan Belanger, David M. Selkowitz, Daryl Lawson

“…Electrophysical agents (EPAs) are core therapeutic interventions in academic physical therapy curricula around the world. They are used concomitantly with several other therapeutic interventions such as exercise, manual therapy techniques, medications, and surgery for the management of a wide variety of soft tissue disorders. …”
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School of Energy Diplomacy by V. I. Saligin

“…The immediate cause of the creation of IIEPD was an urgent demand on the part of major government agencies and leading oil, gas and energy companies for specialists with qualifications necessary to address the issues in the international energy cooperation and integration of the Russian fuel and energy sector in the world economy: - Energy Policy and Diplomacy; - International law; - World Economy and Finance; - International Management and Marketing. …”
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When Ghosts Can Talk: Informant Reality and Ethnographic Policy by James M Nyce, Sanna Talja, Sidney Dekker

“…When informants talk about things like ghosts, witches and magic, there is a tendency to apply analytic strategies which translate these informant statements about the world so they conform to Western understandings about what is possible in the world and what is not. …”
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FATF in Combating the Financing of Terrorism by K. S. Melkumyan

“…The Task Force has greatly contributed to building of the world counter-terrorism financing system through forming the legal and institutional basis as well as through interaction with all the possible participants and actors of world politics in this area. …”
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Microwave Heating as an Alternative Quarantine Method for Disinfestation of Stored Food Grains by Ipsita Das, Girish Kumar, Narendra G. Shah

“…Insects and pests constitute a major threat to food supplies all over the world. Some estimates put the loss of food grains because of infestation to about 40% of the world production. …”
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Reflecting on Diversity and Gender Equality in Artificial Intelligence in Africa by Helen Titilola Olojede

“…Openair Africa reports, for example, an enormously low participation/visibility of women in today’s digital world. World Economic Report states that worldwide, only about 22% of women are in the field of artificial intelligence compared to 78% of men. …”
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Doctoral Education: International Experience and Opportunities for Its Implementation in Russia by S. K. Bekova, E. A. Terentev

“…Based on the experience of the world leading universities, the authors discuss some opportunities to develop doctoral programs in Russia.…”
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Soundscapes and Affective Resonance in (Neo-)Victorianism by Rosario Arias

“…Sound and voice have been invoked in neo-Victorian criticism since its beginning, and we have utilised the notion of the author as medium: for example, the medium’s ability to communicate with the dead has been used as metaphor for the dialogue between past and present, and the author functioning as a medium partaking of the world of the dead and world of the living, thus connecting and embodying the disembodied voices of the dead. …”
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Political Mission of University: A Retrospective View by S. G. Lukovenkov

“…Academic3 space in its different manifestations has been taking an honorable position in social structure from the earliest stages of the history of human civilization by systematizing multitude experiences of both external and internal world of humankind. At the same time, educational landscape was formulating the different ways of how to theorize about and interact with the world. …”
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Implementation of mathematics model in public health: Albanian case study by Besjana MEMA, Sabina TOSUNI

“…The study integrates the SIR model with real-world data, including vaccination rates and population statistics, to simulate the dynamics of the pandemic over a specified period. …”
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Wychowanie ekologiczne w perspektywie personalistycznej by Stanisław Dziekoński

“…In the modern world, the value and the dignity of man, the value of life are very often placed in doubt, while consumer mentality, the glorification of freedom, subjection to egoism - achieve great measures. …”
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Raça, cultura e pertencimento: a emergência da noção de diáspora africana by Cauê Gomes Flor

“…In the last twenty years, we have seen substantial transformations both in the place that is attributed to the peoples, cultures and traditions of African origin in the formation of Brazilian society, and in the way national identity is approached in the debates and discussions that are dedicated to the investigation of relations in the contemporary world. These transformations take a path that reflects a new look at the presence of these peoples and cultures, often informed and influenced by a concept that has gained prominence in the discussions in both the academic world and militancy: the African diaspora. …”
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Ranking the Return on Assets of Tehran Stock Exchange by a New Method Based on Z-Numbers Data by Maryam Farzam, Mozhdeh Afshar Kermani, Tofigh Allahviranloo, Azim Aminataei

“…Since real-world data are often inaccurate and working with fuzzy data and Z-numbers are very important and necessary, and in the real world, we need to rank and compare data, in this article, we introduce a new method for ranking Z-numbers. …”
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Habiter sur serre à Eden Square. Un espace collectif tempéré à l’épreuve de ses habitants by Valérie Foucher-Dufoix, Laetitia Overney

“…Eden Square is not experienced by these inhabitants as a “world-building”, self-centred on the greenhouse as an autonomous social entity without having any connection with the outside world. …”
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