Cross-Cultural Challenges: Bullying Experiences of Indonesian Expatriate Students in Malaysia by Tri Na'imah, Herdian, Gisella Arnis Grafiyana, Fatin Rohmah Nur Wahidah, Nia Anggri Noveni, Dian Bagus Mitreka Satata, Suyoto

“…The focus on this specific demographic aims to uncover how their unique sociocultural backgrounds shape their experiences related to bullying, both as victims and perpetrators. Utilizing semi-structured interviews with 21 students from Sekolah Indonesia Kuala Lumpur, the research delves into their understandings and encounters with various forms of bullying, including physical, verbal, and cyber aspects. …”
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Cross-Cultural Adaptation of the CHAMPS Questionnaire in French Canadians with COPD by Susanne Mak, Judith E. Soicher, Nancy E. Mayo, Sharon Wood-Dauphinee, Jean Bourbeau

“…Five French participants with COPD completed the finalized Canadian French CHAMPS and participated in cognitive debriefing; no problematic items were identified. A structured and stepwise, cross-cultural adaptation process produced the Canadian French CHAMPS, with items of equivalent meaning to the English version, for use in French Canadians with COPD.…”
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Challenges of older people experienced after an earthquake disaster situation: A neglected issue by Mehdi Abbasian, Morteza Ghojazadeh, Ehsan Sarbazi, Mahla Safaralipour, Hadi Hamishehkar, Hassan Soleimanpour

“…Data were collected in-depth and semi-structured interviews were done with potential eligible participants. …”
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Referential Elements in Turkish Audio Description Texts by Mine Güven

“…This study focuses on Turkish audio description texts in an attempt to illustrate the difficulty in linking referential elements with their antecedents arising from particular structural properties of Turkish (e.g. the possibility to omit pronouns and genitive-marked possessor noun phrases in appropriate contexts) and to discuss possible solutions for this problem. …”
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Theoretical calculation on a compound formed by methyl alcohol and simmondsin by İzzet KARA, Asli ÖZTÜRK KİRAZ, Halil CETİŞLİ, Ramazan DONAT, Nuri KOLSUZ

“…In this study, the highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) energies, the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) energies, the electronic properties (total energy, electronegativity, chemical hardness and softness), NBO analysis and thermodynamic parameters of a compound formed by methyl alcohol and simmondsin have been performed by using Gaussian 09W program. The structural and spectroscopic data of the molecule in the ground state have been calculated by using density functional method (DFT/B3LYP) with the 6-31++G(d,p) basis set.…”
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Enhancing the First Year Curriculum and Experience: Law School ‘Boot Camp’ by Adam Webster, Bernadette Richards, Melissa de Zwart, Alexander Reilly

“…To avoid the deficit model that reinforces stereotypes, we argue that the strength and resilience of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and cultures need to be reinforced alongside analysis of structural and historically legal forms of racial discrimination. …”
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The diversity of education in pathology worldwide and perspectives of the international academy of pathology by George Kontogeorgos

“…Differences in the training of pathologists in different countries are associated with the structure and time of training, the possibilities of financing it, the sub-specialties of pathologists and their accreditation by the commissions for pathology. …”
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QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF STUDENT COURSEWORKS: COMPETENCY-BASED APPROACH by T. M. Shamsutdinova

“…This article demonstrates how it is possible to assess the general structure and separate sections of student courseworks using the means of the offered indicators. …”
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Availability of eye health interventions in basic schools in a Ghanaian municipality by Christopher Senyo Adzaho, Christopher Senyo Adzaho, Emmanuel Appiah-Brempong, Princess Ruhama Acheampong, Ernest Ekutor

“…This study assessed the availability of School Eye Health Programs (SEHPs) in a municipality in Ghana.Design and methodsIn a cross-sectional study, semi-structured questionnaires and interview guides were used to collect data from 60 head teachers, 17 school health coordinators, and 7 key health workers.ResultsNo school in the municipality had a comprehensive SEHP being implemented. …”
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Disclosure of Children's Positive Serostatus to Family and Nonfamily Members: Informal Caregivers in Togo, West Africa by Ami R. Moore, David Williamson

“…This study examined the structural constraints to disclosure of children's positive serostatus among informal caregivers to family and nonfamily members in Togo. …”
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Analysis of Gender Differences in Participation in Continuing Vocational Training: An Organizational Perspective by Iulia-Oana Stefanescu, Kamer-Ainur Aivaz

“…These findings suggest that organizational policies, cultural factors, and structural barriers influence access to training opportunities. …”
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Belize’s 2016–17 Sovereign Debt Restructuring – Third Time Lucky? by Tamon Asonuma, Michael G. Papaioannou, Eriko Togo, Bert van Selm

“…As was the case in the earlier two restructurings, in 2006–07 and in 2012–13, the 2016–17 debt restructuring was executed through collaborative engagement with creditors outside an IMF-supported program. While providing liquidity relief and partially addressing long-term debt sustainability concerns, the restructuring will need to be underpinned by ambitious fiscal consolidation and growth-enhancing structural reforms to secure durable gains and avoid future debt distress situations.…”
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EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS OF WALL DEVIATION FROM VERTICAL PLANE USING ELECTRONIC TACHOMETER by V. I. Mikhailov, S. I. Kononovich

“…The paper considers experimental measurements which are taken with the help of highly-accurate electronic tachometer in order to develop methodology for controlling verticality of  building and structure walls. All calculations and plottings have been made automatically in the LISCAD program complex. …”
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Physical education and school sport in emerging nations: a comparison of Indonesia and Türkiye by Amung Ma’mun, Cem Tinaz, Anira Anira, Syarifatunnisa Syarifatunnisa, Ömer Onur Hertem, Agus Mahendra, Tite Juliantine

“…Both countries are emerging nations facing significant challenges in aligning curriculum objectives with available resources, infrastructure, and cultural attitudes toward PE.MethodsA qualitative research design was employed, involving semi-structured online interviews with thirty physical education teachers—fifteen from Türkiye and fifteen from Indonesia—working across different levels of public and private education. …”
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Negotiating multicultural values within centralized education systems: a case study of Indonesia by Afifuddin Afifuddin, Muhammad Amri, Abdul Latif, Rosmini Rosmini, Saidna Zulfiqar Bin Tahir

“…Data were collected through a multicultural education attitude survey and semi-structured interviews. In the quantitative phase, a multiculturalism attitude scale was administered to 30 randomly selected primary school teachers. …”
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Identifying Factors Affecting Self-Development of Iranian TV School Teachers: Report of A Qualitative Study by abbas mohammadi, maede arshadrad

“…To achieve this objective, in-depth and semi-structured interviews were conducted with 11 teachers from Iran's Television School using purposive and snowball sampling techniques. …”
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Pathological and Inflammatory Consequences of Aging by Mario García-Domínguez

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Trends in the Formation of Disability Due to Multiple sclerosis in Moscow in 2014-2021 by S. P. Zapariy, A. G. Samusenko, Yu. E. Vyazovichenko, A. V. Svetlichnaya, A. N. Gerasimov, N. V. Torchinsky

“…The gender structure was dominated by female persons. Conclusion. …”
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Organisational Culture and Job Satisfaction in Local Government Authorities: Insights from Human Resources for Health in Tanzania by Richard Msacky

“…Also, the study findings reveal that organizational values, taboos, and structure significantly influence job satisfaction. …”
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Methods of Developing Strategies for Municipalities by Yu. N. Lapygin, D. V. Tulinova

“…The article is devoted to the procedures for constructing a strategy for the development of municipalities in the Russian Federation, both in terms of considering the formation of approaches to shaping the prospects for possible changes, and with respect to methods that allow us to determine the future on the basis of a set of strategically significant goals that are formed based on the results of constructing the target configurator.The goal is to compare different points of view on the organization of methodological support for the process of formulating the strategy itself and determining its main content and, as a result, to show the author’s version of the algorithm for constructing the strategy slogan and filling it with the content of strategic projects and programs.Methods for constructing mental maps were used, including the tools for analyzing the situation, forming a hierarchy of strategic goals, and determining the main content of the strategy for the development of the municipal formation.It is shown that in the scientific literature the controversy continues about the algorithms, methods, models and tools for the development of the strategy for the development of municipalities, and universal methods for developing strategies have not been worked out.The structure of strategic goals is determined as a result of the analysis of the factors of the external and internal environment, as a result of the analysis of the existing strategy of the municipal entity (legal or illegal), as the concretization of the Vision and the Mission. and also as an orientation to the reference variants of goal-setting in the municipality. …”
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