THE EFFECTIVENESS OF EXTRACURRICULAR EDUCATION IN THE FORMATION OF SUBJECT COMPETENCIES IN BIOLOGY AND HUMAN HEALTH IN SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS by Tetiana I. Yusypiva, Maryna O. Miniajlo, Halyna I. Miasoid

“…A pedagogical experiment was conducted to test the effectiveness of extracurricular education in the formation of subject competencies in Biology and Human Health in secondary school students who additionally attend the society ‘Young Nature Conservationists’. …”
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The relationship between timber use in construction and property purchasing decisions in Australia: The mediating effects of environmental attitudes by Paul D. Kremer, Mark A. Symmons

“…The results revealed that anthropocentric attitudes toward the environment mediate the relationship between participants' attitudes toward the use of timber in construction and financial influences in property purchasing decisions accounting for 40 % of proportion mediated effect and in absolute terms a small effect size (11 %). …”
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Super groups or fair leagues? Rich-get-richer dynamics can drive capture despite active redistribution in professional basketball by Adam Sawyer, Seth Frey

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Effects of competition and ownership on the simultaneous relationship between bank risk and capital: Evidence from an emerging economy of Bangladesh. by Changjun Zheng, Md Mohiuddin Chowdhury, Anupam Das Gupta, Md Nazmul Islam

“…Based on data from 44 commercial banks in Bangladesh from 2010 to 2021, our findings reveal several key insights: (I) There is a significant non-linear bidirectional relationship between bank risk and capital: capital exhibits a U-shaped effect on risk, while risk has a non-linear negative impact on capital; (II) in highly contested markets, banks hold higher levels of capital, and heightened competition reduces the risk appetite of commercial banks; while less competition has the opposite effect; (III) private and Islamic commercial banks are more risk-averse than state-owned and conventional ones, and (IV) Private and Islamic banks with strong capital positions in a competitive market can better manage risks than state-owned and conventional banks. …”
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THE PRACTICES, EFFECTIVENESS AND CHALLENGES OF COMMUNAL RESOURCE CONFLICT MANAGEMENT ALONG NORTH WOLLO AMHARA AND NEIGHBORING AFAR IN ETHIOPIA by Fikeryohannes Gebresilasie Abebe, Adamtey Ronald, Owusu-Ansah J.K.

“…Therefore, the objective of the research is to explore the practices, effectiveness and challenges of the communal resource conflict resolution and management institutions through case study research design.  …”
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Environmentally relevant concentrations of microplastics and phenanthrene show limited effects on the behaviour and physiology of green crab lineages by Lorenzo Cozzolino, Katy R. Nicastro, Christopher D. McQuaid, Halldór P. Halldórsson, Fernando P. Lima, Gerardo I. Zardi

“…Overall, there were no significant effects of PE or PE+PHE on key behavioural traits related to food competition (e.g., latency to initiate movement, interbout intervals, contest outcome) or on physiological parameters such as heart rate. …”
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STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF ADDING AL2O3 NANOPARTICLES ON THE THERMAL PROPERTIES OF POLYPROPYLENE GLYCOL WITH DIFFERENT CONCENTRATIONS by Rasha alameri, Ahmed S. Shaker Alakaishi

“…However, adding the nanoparticles has reversed the temperature effect on the resulting nanofluids thermal conductivity. …”
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FEMININE ROMANTIC DISCOURSE: STRATEGIC WAYS OF THE PRAGMATIC-INTERROGATIVE COMMUNICATIVE TACTIC REALISATION by Oleksandra S. Romaniuk

“…The research demonstrates the potential of the complex approach to the study of interpersonal communicative effectiveness, considering such interdependent variables as objective and subjective integrative features and the strategic ways of increasing the communicative effectiveness. …”
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Layering Public Park Histories: Uncovering the Effects of Restoration Idea[l]s in Post-War Urban Spaces in Germany and the U.S. by Laura Brannan Fretwell, Eliane Schmid

“…., and Hamburg, DE, exemplify the social and political effects of restoration ideas and ideals on beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries. …”
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Intersecting factors of disadvantage and discrimination and their effect on daily life during the coronavirus pandemic: the CICADA-ME mixed-methods study by Carol Rivas, Amanda P Moore, Alison Thomson, Kusha Anand, Zainab Zuzer Lal, Alison Fang-Wei Wu, Ozan Aksoy

“…High vaccine hesitancy (despite eventual uptake) resulted from side-effect concerns and (mis)trust in the government. …”
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Antifatigue effect of okara protein hydrolysate supplementation during cycling exercise in men: a pre-post uncontrolled pilot study by Yu-Jou Chien, Jung-Piao Tsao, Chun-Tse Tsai, I-Shiung Cheng, Chin-Lin Hsu

“…The purpose of this study was to investigate the antifatigue effect of okara protein hydrolysate (OPH) on cycling exercise.Methods A total of 16 male participants who habitually exercised (2 times or more per week and without participation in athletic contests) were instructed to receive 11.74 g of OPH once a day. …”
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Future cost-effectiveness and equity of the NHS Health Check cardiovascular disease prevention programme: Microsimulation modelling using data from Liverpool, UK. by Chris Kypridemos, Brendan Collins, Philip McHale, Helen Bromley, Paula Parvulescu, Simon Capewell, Martin O'Flaherty

“…However, the cost-effectiveness and equity of population CVD screening is contested. …”
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Mate Choice and Copulation Frequency in the Burying Beetle Nicrophorus quadripunctatus (Coleoptera: Silphidae): Effect of Male Body Size and Presence of a Rival by Seizi Suzuki

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Degrowth and Form: Reflections on Education’s Lateral Possibilities by John Baldacchino

“…The linearity imposed on learning by a logic of growth needs to be contested. An effective, albeit lateral critique of the logic of growth in learning is found in the pedagogies of unlearning and indirectness, both of which suggest a particular focus on the contingencies of life, which, understood in their aporetic nature, reveal that which can only be embraced through the unforeseen. …”
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Sistemas de recolección de datos de víctimas de trata en Europa. Una aproximación comparada desde los informes de evaluación Greta del Consejo de Europa by Alba Villanueva-Fernández

“…The configuration of human trafficking and the more effective frame to combat it have been determined in the last twenty years. …”
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Coloniality and imperialism cannot be ignored in analysing the negotiations around the proposed pandemic agreement by David Legge, Tania Cossich

“… In his editorial on the negotiations for a pandemic agreement, Petersen (2024) notes that while some provisions have been endorsed by the International Negotiating Body (INB), others remain contested. He questions, with good reason, whether the negotiations will yield more equitable and effective arrangements for pandemic prevention and response.  …”
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Monetary Policy and Climate Change by Matthias Kaldorf, Michael Krause, Lucas Radke, Florian Wicknig

“…Our report draws a rather pessimistic conclusion regarding the effectiveness and desirability of such active policies. …”
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Typhoid conjugate vaccines: is a single dose enough for durable protection? by Vipin M. Vashishtha, Puneet Kumar

“…However, this schedule is contested.Areas covered The molecular structure of Vi-CPS, emerging Vi capsule variants, the impact of de-O acetylation on vaccine immunogenicity, the key features of an effective Vi-PS conjugate vaccine, the immunological correlates of protection, the impact of boosting by a TCV on Vi-antibodies, and knowledge gaps were examined. …”
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Place-Based Collaborative Action as a Means of Delivering Goods and Services in Rural Areas of Developed Economies by Bill Slee, Jonathan Hopkins

“…Many observers of rural community development have suggested that place-based communitarian action may be unable to break free from class-based controls, but this is contested by some compelling examples. Where supported by effective public policy, place-based communitarianism can offer an alternative mode of provision for a wide range of services. …”
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Gigantic Tellegen responses in metamaterials by Qingdong Yang, Xinhua Wen, Zhongfu Li, Oubo You, Shuang Zhang

“…Abstract Tellegen medium has long been a topic of debate, with its existence being contested over several decades. It was first proposed by Tellegen in 1948 and is characterized by a real-valued cross coupling between electric and magnetic responses, distinguishing it from the well-known chiral medium that has imaginary coupling coefficients. …”
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