School teenager knowledge on contraceptive methods by Mariane Cristina Carlucci Molina, Patrica Grazieli Silverio Stoppiglia, Christine Baccarat de Godoy Martins, Lidiane Cristina da Silva Alencastro

“…Results call attention to the high importance of public health efforts targeted to the adolescents and the insertion of health services in the school/social environments.…”
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General Data Protection Regulation Compliance and Privacy Protection in Wearable Health Devices: Challenges and Solutions by Mazlum Özçağdavul

“…Solutions like privacy-by-design and encryption are essential but require careful implementation to avoid performance impacts. Future efforts should focus on improving user consent management and developing more efficient data governance frameworks.…”
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Advancing the development of real-world data for healthcare research in China: challenges and opportunities by Jun Zhang, Eric Wu, Jia Zhong, Honghao Fang, Larry Liu, Jipan Xie

“…Various real-world data (RWD) sources have emerged in China with the intention of generating real-world evidence (RWE) that can be used in clinical and regulatory decision-making. Despite these efforts, significant barriers remain that hinder high-quality healthcare research. …”
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A New Multiple-Distribution GAN Model to Solve Complexity in End-to-End Chromosome Karyotyping by Yirui Wu, Xiao Tan, Tong Lu

“…However, performing karyotyping task generally requires domain expertise in cytogenetics, long-period experience for high accuracy, and considerable manual efforts. An end-to-end chromosome karyotype analysis system is proposed over medical big data to automatically and accurately perform chromosome related tasks of detection, segmentation, and classification. …”
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A Liberal Peace Analysis of the UN Peacekeeping Operations in the DRC by Charles Nyuykonge

“…Yet, it has been one of the most controversial missions given the fact that the DRC remains mired in relative instability despite decades of the blue-helmet intervention in the country, particularly since the start of MONUC in 1999. UN efforts at ending insecurity and restoring political order in the country have seen a succession of peacekeeping mandates and operational orientations thus informing changing theoretical perspective among scholars. …”
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ACCESSING FINANCE FOR INNOVATIVE EU SMES – KEY DRIVERS AND CHALLENGES by Laura Vasilescu

“…In order to improve the access to finance for SMEs, the efforts should be focused at the European and national levels on solving the problems regarding working capital, improving entrepreneurship and financial environment in the long term, attracting new financial resources, facilitating dialogue and consultation between governments, SMEs and financial institutions. …”
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Critical Studies on Integrating Land-Use Induced Effects on Climate Regulation Services into Impact Assessment for Human Well-Being by Zhihui Li, Xiangzheng Deng, Jikun Huang, Rongrong Zhang, Juan Huang

“…In this study, we firstly introduced research efforts in which the drivers of and their corresponding effects on climate regulation services are briefly identified. …”
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EVOLUȚIA TRAFICULUI DE DROGURI DE MARE RISC DIN ROMÂNIA, ÎN PERIOADA 2016 – 2022 by Adrian Laurențiu PANĂ

“…Organized crime has been exceedingly resilient to anti-drug policies. Despite the efforts and initiatives of national and international institutions to prevent illicit drug trade, Romania faces massive flows of drugs on its territory. …”
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‘Archeology’ of Hidden Values of Underutilized Historic Industrial Sites in Context of Urban Regeneration and Nature-Based Solutions by Indre Grazuleviciute-Vileniske, Diana Zmejauskaite

“…These invisible aspects constitute important resources for the future development of the site and can contribute to the identity and local character of regeneration efforts and nature-based solutions.…”
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Long-Term Predictions of COVID-19 in Some Countries by the SIRD Model by Lijun Pei, Mengyu Zhang

“…As COVID-19 in some countries has increasingly become more severe, there have been significant efforts to develop models that forecast its evolution there. …”
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Analisis Kesiapan Jurnal Akademik di Lingkungan Universitas Tidar menuju Bereputasi Nasional by Nina Agustyaningrum, Eka Nur Jannah, Khairul Ikhwan

“…As such, any research that does not refer to current and relevant journals will lose its significance and novelty. Therefore, earnest efforts are necessary to produce quality journals, particularly within higher education institutions. …”
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«Unclear Enemy»: Why the Guerrilla War in France in 1814 Failed by N. A. Mogilevskiy

“…Besides author shows great efforts of Russian headquarters to avoid the guerrilla war. …”
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Examining allergy related diseases in Africa: A scoping review protocol. by Max Yang Lu, Nadia Shobnam, Alicia A Livinski, Sarini Saksena, Dylan Salters, Michelle Biete, Ian A Myles

“…Furthermore, research conducted in many rural areas and underdeveloped countries in Africa remains limited, and presently, little has been done to characterize and map the extremely heterogeneous body of literature which confounds research efforts. This scoping review will seek to identify studies examining the prevalence, management strategies, outcomes, and associated risk factors for allergy related diseases in Africa. …”
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Sustaining Biological and Cultural Diversity by Ana G. Valenzuela Zapata, Marie Sarita Gaytán

“…Further, we focus on a range of agave species (wild and cultivated), used by both large and small scale producers, in relation to agave diversity and conservation efforts in the distilled spirits market. Specifically, we ask the following questions : What agave species are currently used by both large and small scale manufacturers of tequila and mezcal in the state of Jalisco? …”
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Single‐Particle Measurement: A Valuable Method for Studying Structural Evolution of Battery and Performance Degradation by Xin Zhang, Na Li, Xu Li, Le Yang, Wei‐Li Song, Ya‐Na Wang

“…However, structural degradation during cycling often limits the application of these active particle materials. Currently, research efforts are focused on developing new characterization techniques to understand the structural degradation mechanisms of active particle materials during the cycle, to improve their performance. …”
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Implementation of the Pancasila student profile strengthening project (p5) in early childhood education (PAUD) by Agus Ruswandi, Andina Alviona, Ghina Hasna, Ine Amelia, Jihan Nabilla

“…Therefore, recommendations to improve the achievement of P5 implementation in early childhood education include improving teacher training and understanding, providing more resources and guidelines, and strengthening efforts to involve parents in children's character education process.…”
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Learning together: facing the challenges of sustainability transitions by engaging uncertainty tolerance and post-normal science by Michelle D. Lazarus, Silvio Funtowicz

“…Abstract Current efforts towards sustainability tend to focus on maintaining existing systems and structures, by relying on reductionist approaches to problem solving. …”
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Stakeholder Perspectives on Community Participation and Ownership in Community Mental Health Policy and Services: Mixed Methods Study in Ghana by Peter Badimak Yaro, Philip Teg-NefaahTabong, Emmanual Asampong

“…The study findings show that community participation and ownership was low, requiring more concerted efforts to engender that into mental health care policy and services development and implementation to realise the seamless integration of mental healthcare into general healthcare at the PHC level. …”
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A new Digital Harmony Search algorithm for optimizing Pump Scheduling in Water Distribution Networks by Francesco De Paola, Francesco Pugliese, Nicola Fontana, Maurizio Giugni

“…Meta-heuristic algorithms can be applied to Pump Scheduling, given their ability to provide reliable global solutions, further complemented by limited computational efforts. Nevertheless, they do not assure the achievement of the optimal global solution.In this paper, the Pump Scheduling optimization was solved by applying a modified Harmony Search (HS) algorithm, aimed at optimizing the energy consumption and the maintenance costs of pumps, by limiting the number of daily switches. …”
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Apricot cultivars approved for production in Chelyabinsk Province by F. M. Gasymov

“…As a result of breeding efforts, new adaptable apricot cultivars ‘Uralets’ and ‘Prizer’ were released and included in the State Register for Selection Achievements Admitted for Usage in 2022 and 2023, respectively. …”
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