Editorial by Ann-Kristin Kölln, Antony Mason, Maria Lenk, Jörg Tremmel, Markus Rutsche

“…The first prize of the Intergenerational Justice Prize 2017/18 was awarded to Mona Lena Krook and Mary K. Nugent who contribute to this debate by arguing that lowering the eligibility age to run for office leads to better representation of the youngest and next-youngest cohorts in parliament. …”
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Call for Papers: Demography Prize for Young Researches 2016/2017 by IF and FRFG

“… The Stuttgart-based Foundation for the Rights of Future Generations (FRFG) and the London-based Intergenerational Foundation (IF) jointly award the biennial Demography Prize, endowed with EUR 10,000 (ten thousand euros) in total prize-money, to essay-writers who address political and demographic issues pertaining to the field of intergenerational justice. …”
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60-month follow-up of Long Limb vs. Standard Limb Roux-en-Y gastric bypass for type 2 diabetes and obesity: the LONG LIMB RCT by Saleem Ansari, Anna Kamocka, Tina Mazaheri, Ibiyemi Ilesanmi, Lara Jimenez-Pacheco, Kleopatra Alexiadou, Joanna Tan, Harvinder Chahal, Krishna Moorthy, Sanjay Purkayastha, Anne Margot Umpleby, Stephen Robert Bloom, Francesco Rubino, Alexander Dimitri Miras, Ahmed Rashid Ahmed, Tricia Tan

“…When followed up to 60 months (5 years) after the surgery, people who had either Standard or Long Limb had similar experiences, with lasting weight loss and improvement in blood sugar levels, but there was no significant difference between the older and the newer type of surgery. …”
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Alimentation et gestion de l’eau sur la colline de Fourvière à Lyon : les aménagements hydrauliques, la ville et ses monuments by Aldo Borlenghi, Éric Leroy

“…In the 2nd century AD, the same district was home to a larger number of fountains, which met the needs of the people who frequented the theatre and the odeon. It is likely that the large number of fountains documented in this area during that period is related to the arrival of water from the Gier. …”
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Navigating Ethical Dilemmas Of Generative AI In Medical Writing by Qurrat Ulain Hamdan, Waleed Umar, Mahnoor Hasan

“…This can be confusing and tedious for medical professionals, who are generally not very well-versed with up-and-coming technology. …”
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Editorial by Jörg Tremmel, Maria Lenk, Antony Mason, Markus Rutsche

“…There are already a handful of indices which are, if recorded repeatedly, usable for measuring the changes in quality-of-life circumstances over time, and thus the “position” of succeeding generations in the course of history. Jamie McQuilkin, who is the winner of the 2016/17 Demography Prize, derives an additional index from national statistics in the opening article of this second part of the IGJR double issue on “Measuring Intergenerational Justice for Public Policy”. …”
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Julius Kruopis – the pioneer of applied statistics in Lithuania by Vilijandas Bagdonavičius, Vydas Čekanavičius, Rūta Levulienė, Pranas Vaitkus

“…Kruopis instilled his passion for mathematics and its applications not only in students but also in his children, who both graduated from the Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics. …”
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Investigating and Completing Khanlari’s Theory on Metrical Units by Abbas Jahed Jah

“…Khanlari is one of the scholars who has made significant efforts to address the challenges of traditional prosody. …”
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Unexpected identification of peak systolic velocity in the radial artery as a risk factor for functional primary patency of radiocephalic fistulas by Rui Cong, Songxiu Li, Shasha Shi

“…Results: The studies included a total of 182 patients who successfully underwent radiocephalic fistulas with primary unassisted maturation. …”
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Meta-Analysis of the Effect of Different Amounts of Cow Manure, Chemical (Nitrogen), and Biological Fertilizers on Some Quantitative and Qualitative Traits of Thyme (Thymus vulgari... by Havva Mahnoudi asl, Mahmoud Mokhtari, Reza Sadrabadi Haghighi, مهدی الهی ترشیزی

“…The results of other researchers have considered the use of organic and biological fertilizers to increase and improve the quantitative and qualitative traits of the thyme medicinal plant, and to recommend these types of fertilizers; they have preferred these types of fertilizers over chemical fertilizers, the traits that were not significant or their studies were not symmetrical in all treatments The subject needs to conduct studies with higher accuracy for recommendation AcknowledgementIn order to carry out this research, it is necessary to acknowledge the efforts of the honorable director of the Department of Agriculture, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad branch, and the honorable professors and advisors who helped me in the research.…”
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The pattern of elementary teachers' insight in online education, using foundational data theory by reyhaneh bazrafshan delijan, Mohammad Ghafari Mejlej, seyyed javad mortazavi amiri

“…The statistical population of the research includes academic and educational management and curriculum experts who were selected through targeted and available sampling. …”
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New Horizons In The Treatment Of Metastatic Castrate Resistant Prostate Cancer by Zein El Amir

“…Study shows that students who learned anatomy via the old curriculum scored higher in the subject as compared to students taught through the modular approach.   …”
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Identifying the components of the administrative system employee empowerment model based on organizational intelligence and interpersonal relationships by fatemeh khoshhal, ali reza sargolzaie, zahra vazife

“…The statistical population includes 17 scientific experts and senior managers of electricity industry companies, who were selected through the purposeful and accessible sampling method. …”
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Penerapan Importance Performance Analysis (IPA) pada Evaluasi Keberlanjutan Penggunaan e-filing untuk Pelaporan Pajak Perorangan by Imelda Saluza, Dewi Sartika

“…According to study findings from 2017, there were already 22% of taxpayers (Wajib Pajak) in Palembang who did not file individual tax returns in 2017. …”
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Anatomy In The Undergraduate Medical Curriculum; Blending The Old And New by Ayesha Yousaf

“…Study shows that students who learnt anatomy via the old curriculum scored higher in the subject as compared to students taught through the modular approach. …”
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Conscientious Objection Based on Patient Identity by John Dinelli

“…Arkansas’s LGBTQ+ community is at risk of suffering from discriminatory healthcare practices. The physician who objects based on LGBTQ+ identity is unvirtuous because the physician’s action causes psychological harm to the patient, displays deficiencies in virtues, and opposes the central ethos of medicine…”
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Presenting the Model of the Elites' Desertion Factors in Iran's Continental Plateau Oil Company by Mohammad Shaaf Amal, Ahmad Vedadi, Mehdi Tavakoli, Daryoosh Gholamzadeh

“…In the meantime, knowledge workers or elites are workers who are in a high level in terms of knowledge skills and expertise. …”
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Theoretical Organization of Motivations to Attend First Aid Education: Scoping Review

“…Practically, there is opportunity for better research connection between education organizations who can “require” training for occupational or educational purposes to increase awareness and opportunity for first aid education.   …”
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Les textiles dans les tombes gauloises à dépôt de crémation en vase métallique : usages pratiques, mises en scène et perspectives anthropologiques (seconde moitié du vie s.-ve s. a... by Elsa Desplanques

“…Death represents the opportunity for a construction of the other, who has become dangerous if not enigmatic: it is a moment dedicated to specific discourses, gestures and staging, the identification of which reveal avenues of interpretation related to our understanding and representation of this natural phenomenon. …”
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Protecting the Autonomy of Patients with Severe Mental Illness Through Psychiatric Advance Directive Peer-Facilitation by Nicholas Karasik

“…Shifting to a peer-support model would alleviate these constraints on providers, who could then focus on other aspects of patient care. …”
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