Developing a Shariah-compliant medical services framework in Malaysia: an expert system approach using fuzzy Delphi method and interpretive structural modelling by Farrah Ilyani Che Jamaludin, Muhammad Ridhuan Tony Lim Abdullah, Mohd Nuri Al Amin Endut, Shaikh Mohd Saifuddeen, Kamarul Afendey Hamimi, Shariff Harun

“…By incorporating the input and consensus of experts from various relevant fields, the resulting framework provides healthcare professionals with a solid foundation to deliver healthcare services that align with Islamic values, ultimately promoting the well-being of Muslim patients in Malaysia and tourists globally.…”
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Understanding Cognition, Oxytocin, and Pain in Elders (UCOPE): protocol for a double-blinded cross-over trial in chronic knee osteoarthritis pain by Yenisel Cruz-Almeida, Soamy Montesino-Goicolea, Pedro Valdes-Hernandez, Zhiguang Huo, Roland Staud, Natalie C. Ebner

“…A promising treatment is the neuropeptide oxytocin (OT), which has been shown to play a role in endogenous analgesia with human and animal studies demonstrating anti-nociceptive effects. …”
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Salivary microbiota dysbiosis and elevated polyamine levels contribute to the severity of periodontal disease by Md Haroon Rashid, Sandhya Pavan Kumar, Resma Rajan, Anitha Mamillapalli

“…The bacteriome in the oral cavity plays a pivotal role in promoting the health and well-being of human beings. Gingivitis, an inflammation of the gingival tissue, arises due to plaque accumulation on the teeth, often leads to periodontitis. …”
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The Application of Maqasid al-Shariah in the Development of Women's Leadership Model in Malaysia by Atriza Umar, Hamidah Mat

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Nature, prevalence and determinants of mental health problems experienced by adolescents in south Asia: a systematic reviewResearch in context by Chethana Mudunna, Medhavi Weerasinghe, Thach Tran, Josefine Antoniades, Lorena Romero, Miyuru Chandradasa, Jane Fisher

“…Summary: Background: Adolescence is a sensitive phase of human development where individuals, aged 10–19 years, are particularly vulnerable to developing mental health problems (MHPs). …”
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THE ROLE OF MYTHOLOGY IN THE CULTURAL-HISTORICAL PARADIGM OF DEVELOPMENT by Тарас ТИМОШЕНКО

“…It is emphasized that mythology constantly experienced changes and adaptation to new living conditions, cultural factors and its paradigmatic foundations. But despite everything, from its critical understanding to its rehabilitation in postmodernism, the myth continues to play an important role in influencing human consciousness and shaping worldview. …”
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Academic burnout of digital natives and social sustainability: prevalence and risk factors by Sonja Ivančević, Veljko Dmitrović, Marko Ćirović, Nataša Petrović

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Political and Economic Implications of Hayekian Criticism of ‘Regulation’ by Fatih Duman, İsmail Seyrek

“…Broadly speaking, Hayek’s that criticism of regulation based on philosophical foundations is a direct result of arguments which are related with the nature of human being and epistemology. …”
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Ontologies for the Transactions on IoT by Chao Qu, Fagui Liu, Ming Tao

“…To facilitate the efficient use of information generated from the Internet of Things (IoT) by sensors and automatically drive entities to meet the needs of human beings, this paper presents an information processing framework using semantic web technologies. …”
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Editorial by Jörg Tremmel, Markus Rutsche

“…is related to different aspects of the failures and successes of humanity’s vaccination strategy against SARS-CoV-2. …”
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Delineating urban flooding when incorporating community stormwater knowledge by Madeline Scolio, Peleg Kremer, Virginia Smith, Achira Amur, Bridget Wadzuk, Kate Homet, Eric Devlin, Md Abdullah Al Mehedi, Laura Moore

“…Given the complexity of flooding, there is no single method to fully encompass the impacts on both human well-being and the environment. Through the co-creation of flood risk knowledge, community members are empowered and play a critical role in fostering resilience in their neighborhoods. …”
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The Role of Caspase-4 and NLRP1 in MCF7 Cell Pyroptosis Induced by hUCMSC-Secreted Factors by Yang Jiao, Linlin Wang, Lin Lu, Jianjun Liu, Xin Li, Hongbo Zhao, Zongliu Hou, Bingrong Zheng

“…Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are being widely investigated for the development of novel therapeutic approaches for different cancers, including breast cancer, the leading form of cancer in women. …”
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FEAR OF SOCIAL ALIENATION OF LOVE AS GENDER CHARACTERISTICS by V. V. Melnyk, L. І. Моzhovyi, I. A. Reshetova

“…The fear of alienated love acts as the essential existential of human being, which is a necessary existential condition of the existential tension that occurs as an antipode and a characteristic of courage, asceticism, and the "beginning of wisdom". …”
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Association of gross domestic product with equitable access to childhood vaccines in 195 countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Kwabena Obeng Duedu, Yakhya Dieye, Andreas Ateke Njoh, Jerome Nyhalah Dinga, Jones Soladoye Akinbobola, Funmilayo Ibitayo Deborah Afolayan, Tesfaye Kassa, David Dazhia Lazarus, Gezahegne Mamo Kassa, Nefefe Tshifhiwa, Mustapha Oumouna

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Evaluation for an Open Society: Then and Now by Robert Picciotto

“…Setting: The Open Society is once again being undermined. Modern authoritarianism is tightening its grip. …”
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FERN: is it possible to conduct a randomised controlled trial of intervention or expectant management for early-onset selective fetal growth restriction in monochorionic twin pregn... by Kerry Woolfall, Jamie J Kirkham, Jane Sandall, Mariana Popa, Enrico Lopriore, Mark Turner, Shakila Thangaratinam, Aris T Papageorghiou, Andrew Sharp, Lawrence Impey, Andy Healey, Jessica Mendoza, Asma Khalil, Dharmintra Pasupathy, Brigitte Vollmer, Zarko Alfirevic, Rajeswari Parasuraman, Jan Deprest, Richard Edmund Ashcroft, Kurt Hecher, Smriti Prasad, Baskaran Thilaganathan, Richard J Jackson, Tracy Karen Mitchell, Natasha Fenwick, Monique C Haak, Liesbeth Lewi, Shauna Leven, Fabricio Da Silva Costa, Odai Yaghi, Tracey Ricketts, George Attilakos, Carolyn Bailie, Christine Cornforth, Mark Denbow, Louise Hardman, Jane Harrold, Joel Marsden, Tommy Mousa, Surabhi Nanda, Michelle Watson, Karen Wilding, Dilly Anumba, Edward D Johnstone, Yoav Yinon, Ahmet Baschat

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Editorial by Jörg Tremmel, Maria Lenk, Antony Mason, Markus Rutsche

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circ-1584 selectively promotes the antitumor activity of the oncolytic virus M1 on pancreatic cancer by Taofang Hao, Yuanyuan Li, Qianyao Ren, Ying Zeng, Leyi Gao, Wenbo Zhu, Jiankai Liang, Yuan Lin, Jun Hu, Guangmei Yan, Shuxin Sun, Jing Cai

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Ecological security driving mechanisms and optimization of zoning in Chinese urban agglomerations: A case study of the central plains urban agglomeration by Jinyuan Zhang, Xuning Qiao, Yongju Yang, Liang Liu, Yalong Li, Shengnan Zhao

“…Spatial disparities in ecological security were relatively small, and counties with lower ecological security levels tended to show greater clustering; (2) The explanatory power of the driving factors is ranked as follows: human factors > natural factors > landscape factors. …”
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JAUNOSIOS KARTOS KATALIKŲ INTELEKTUALŲ POŽIŪRIS Į FAŠIZMĄ IR NACIONALSOCIALIZMĄ TARPUKARIO LIETUVOJE by Valdas Pruskus

“…The theory of race inferiority preached by the Nazi and used by them as foundation of their activities, was antiscientific, and this was persuasively proved in the study of M. …”
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