Behavioral Competence as a Positive Youth Development Construct: A Conceptual Review by Hing Keung Ma

“…Behavioral competence is delineated in terms of four parameters: (a) Moral and Social Knowledge, (b) Social Skills, (c) Positive Characters and Positive Attributes, and (d) Behavioral Decision Process and Action Taking. Since Ma’s other papers in this special issue have already discussed the moral and social knowledge as well as the social skills associated in detail, this paper focuses on the last two parameters. …”
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Uniform stabilization of a coupled structural acoustic system by boundary dissipation by Mehmet Camurdan

“…The floor of the chamber is subject to the action of piezo-ceramic patches (smart materials). …”
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Addressing the deficit in chronic traumatic encephalopathy research in Africa: a call for urgent attention by Abdulbasit Opeyemi Muili, Kehinde Alare, Oluwapelumi Samuel Solagbade, Piel Panther Kuol

“…Africa faces a similar gap as awareness and research on CTE remain limited in the region where active participation in contact sports is rising. If no drastic action is taken to mitigate the gap, the region may face similar health consequences in the future. …”
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Up-to-date approaches to treatment of the functional constipation at children by V. F. Privorotsky, N. Ye. Luppova

“…At prescription of laxative agents it is necessary to choose drugs with osmotic mechanism of action.…”
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Strengthening Shear Resistance of Beams without Web Reinforcements Using Vertical Prestressed Steel Bars by Zihui Liu, Yujun Cui, Weiqi Wang, Wei Cao, Xuan Wang, Xingwei Xue

“…The vertical compressive stress provides shear contribution in the first stage and provides control in terms of crack development; meanwhile, in the second stage, the stirrup action by VPSBs contributes to shear.…”
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Using Mathematical Modeling as a Resource in Clinical Trials by Evans K. Afenya

“…In the case of dose-dense treatment along with recombinant hematopoietic growth factors, the models predict a situation in which normal and abnormal cells in the marrow and peripheral blood are obliterated by drug action, while the normal cells regain their growth capabilities through growth-factor stimulation.…”
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Assessment of eutrophication in the Berdan River Basin (Türkiye) using various classification tools by Özbay Özgür, Akçay İsmail, Alp Mehmet Tahir, Göksu Münir Ziya Lugal

“…Therefore, the trophic and pollution status of the Berdan River, as well as other regional rivers flowing into the coastal area of the NE Mediterranean Sea should be monitored to develop action plans and sustainable management of eutrophication in regional rivers and the oligotrophic Mediterranean Sea.…”
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The Effect of Grinding Media on Mineral Breakage Properties of Magnetite Ores by Liang Si, Yijun Cao, Guixia Fan

“…In the ball milling process, steel balls function as not only a grinding action implementer but also energy carrier to determine the breakage behavior of ores and the production capacity of the mill. …”
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On the Global Dynamics of a Vector-Borne Disease Model with Age of Vaccination by Stanislas Ouaro, Ali Traoré

“…A nonlinear incidence rate including mass action and saturating incidence as special cases is considered. …”
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Les dépossessions du paysage. Injustices paysagères, clivages locaux et mécanismes d’exclusion dans le géoparc de Sitia (Crète) by Patrick Moquay, Kalliope Pediaditi

“…It proposes a framework for analysing such injustices which is then applied to the Sitia Geopark in Crete. In an action-research project in support of the geopark team, various qualitative methods (interviews with stakeholders, the perspective of schoolchildren, workshops with the inhabitants, etc.) were used to identify landscape injustices. …”
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Apport de l’analyse biomimétique à l’évaluation comparée de scénarios prospectifs en mobilité urbaine by Philippe Terrier, Mathias Glaus, Emmanuel Raufflet

“…The comparative analysis of the reference initial scenario (0 Status Quo) with the two prospective mobility scenarios (1 Collective Transport and 2 Resilience Hazards) using the biomimetic approach leads to the conclusion that the prospective mobility scenarios require corrective action in terms of integrating the biomimetic principles 7 – Remain in dynamic equilibrium with the biosphere and 8 – Use waste as resources. …”
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PREVENTING VIOLENCE CRIMES (KIDNAPPING, ARMED ROBBERY, BRIGANDAGE OR COMMUNITY MASSACRE) WITH DRONES: AN EFFECTIVE ALTERNATIVE TO VEHICULAR PATROLS IN NIGERIA by BABALOLA SUNDAY EMMANUEL

“…Recommendations proffered include the need for strategic deployment of drones in all security formation in the country, adequate budgetary provision .training of manpower, comprehensive monitoring and adequate assessment and action on information and intelligence received from drones. …”
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The Shock Characteristics of Tilted Support Spring Packaging System with Critical Components by An-Jun Chen

“…The nonlinear dynamical equations of tilted support spring packaging system with critical components were obtained under the action of half-sine pulse. To evaluate the shock characteristics of the critical components, a new concept of three-dimensional shock response spectrum was proposed. …”
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Plasma and BIAS Modeling: Self-Consistent Electrostatic Particle-in-Cell with Low-Density Argon Plasma for TiC by Jürgen Geiser, Sven Blankenburg

“…We propose instead a Particle-in-cell (PIC) method, which allows the study of plasma behavior by computing the trajectories of finite-size particles under the action of an external and self-consistent electric field defined in a grid of points.…”
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A New Buckling-Restrained Brace with a Variable Cross-Section Core by Liang Li, Tianhua Zhou, Junwu Chen, Jianfeng Chen

“…The test results show that (1) none of the specimens buckle under compression, as expected, and their ductilities and energy dissipation capacities are satisfactory; (2) the derived formulas are reliable and can be conveniently used in engineering practice; and (3) the yielding displacement of the BRB-VCC is approximately 70% that of the traditional TJ-1 buckling-restrained brace (BRB-TJ-1), which may yield earlier than the BRB-TJ-1 in concrete structures under the action of an earthquake.…”
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Move, eat, sleep, repeat: Living by rhythm with proactive self-tracking technologies by Vigren Minna, Bergroth Harley

“…Various studies have noted that self-tracking technologies affect people's everyday modes of thought and action and stick to their lifeworlds because these technologies seek to promote “improved” modes of behaviour. …”
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Time after Time: Narratives of the Longue Durée in the Anthropocene by Stephen W. Sawyer

“…Following recent work in anthropology that has attempted to break down the nature-culture barrier, this article suggests that the Anthropocene has generated a new arrangement of temporal scales and therefore a poignant rearticulation of the long and short durée as well as the agency that drives action within these two realms.…”
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Penerapan Penilaian Klinis dalam Pelayanan Keperawatan di Instalasi Gawat Darurat by Siti Nurlaelah, Yovitasari, Suleli Rekso, Arcellia Farosyah Putri

“…The model consists of six cognitive processes: (1) recognize cues, (2) analyze cues, (3) prioritize hypotheses, (4) generate solutions, (5) take action, and (6) evaluate outcomes. The NCJMM model can be used to improve nurses’ ability in clinical judgments in emergency settings and others. …”
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Analyzing Revitalization of Multicultural Education on Higher Education to Reduce Negative Stereotypes in Indonesia by FatmaWati FatmaWati, Nurul Azmy Rustan, Gustia Haryati

“…There are four approaches to multicultural education, namely the transformation, additive, contribution, and social action approaches. This revitalization is carried out so that the implementation of multicultural education in tertiary institutions as a macro environment can be carried out properly. …”
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Za zamkniętymi drzwiami klasy szkolnej – przemoc werbalna w komunikacji nauczyciela z dziećmi by Janina Karoń

“…On the basis of observations, I singled out several kinds of situations, where a teacher used language to prepare children to function in a reality of subordination to authority, such as: teacher drill, action “in the school way”, the cult of formal correctness, the cult of silence, and the facade of appearances. …”
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