Firsthand report on solid waste management practice in the major town of Addis Ababa-Adama economic corridor, Ethiopia by Shimelis Kebede Kassahun, Berhanu Assefa, Kristina Henzler, Julia Weißert, Martin Oteng-Ababio, Mahelet Admassu, Ikram Mohammed-Amin, Genanew Tesfahun

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Wistrand Robinson Lila, Eight Years in the Amazon Headwaters. My Life in Three Peruvian Tribes by Philippe Erikson

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The Relationship between Health and Community across Aging Cohorts by Julie Norstrand, Keith T. Chan

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Forming innovative work behavior prospective police investigator through self-efficacy and job crafting in the post-COVID-19 by Girindra Wardana Akbar Ramadhani, Fendy Suhariadi, Bagong Suyanto, Ian Firstian Aldhi, Elisabeth Supriharyanti, Dwi Hardaningtyas, Ansar Abbas

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Monozygotic twins with myocarditis and a novel likely pathogenic desmoplakin gene variant by Antheia Kissopoulou, Eva Fernlund, Christina Holmgren, Eira Isaksson, Jan‐Erik Karlsson, Henrik Green, Jon Jonasson, Rada Ellegård, Hanna Klang Årstrand, Anneli Svensson, Cecilia Gunnarsson

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Letter from the Editors: Revolutionaries for first aid education

“…Introduces the journal and its purpose: to shift the focus of firstaid from expert providers to learners and the community.…”
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Eggcellent Adventures in Classroom Embryology: An Intracurricular Guide to Chicken Embryology by Shaina Spann, Judy Levings

“…Through a series of activities, students can see firsthand how a chicken develops in an egg. Students will candle eggs to observe chick development, record data, make predictions, and conclude what they think the final outcome will be. …”
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Eggcellent Adventures in Classroom Embryology: An Intracurricular Guide to Chicken Embryology by Shaina Spann, Judy Levings

“…Through a series of activities, students can see firsthand how a chicken develops in an egg. Students will candle eggs to observe chick development, record data, make predictions, and conclude what they think the final outcome will be. …”
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Challenges in Implementation of Integrated Curriculum-Insights from Faculty’s Perspectives by Kainat Javed, Muddasar Ali, Noor-i-Kiran Naeem

“…Results: Faculty who had seen the programme firsthand determined that four initial barriers were genuine: faculty reluctance, a lack of rewards, inadequate resources, and a lack of preparation. …”
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Towards a cyber ecology by Carlo Ratti, Daniele Belleri

“…In the design practice CRA – Carlo Ratti Associati’s firsthand work with exhibitions and experiments across the globe, often developed in collaboration with Italo Rota, we have explored two main strategies: animating the artificial with distributed computing or literally incorporating natural elements in design. …”
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An Extensionist’s Guide to Farm and Site Visits by Marcelo Wallau, Bob Hochmuth, Tatiana Sanchez-Jones, Mark Warren, Carissa Wickens, Prissy Fletcher, Cheryl Mackowiak

“…These visits provide firsthand knowledge of the issues clients face and are effective in establishing collaborations, assessing needs, understanding agricultural production systems, and validating research applications (Oakley and Garforth, 1985; Seevers and Graham, 2012). …”
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Kazakhstan’s Anti-China Protests: Implications for the Belt and Road Initiative in Central Asia by Gökçen Gürel Yeşilçimen, Muhammet Koçak

“…Using a qualitative approach, the study synthesizes academic literature, policy analyses, news reports, and firsthand accounts to understand local views on Chinese influence. …”
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Liberation via Reliving the Suffering: A Study of August Wilson’s Monologues by Sumita, Mayur Chhikara

“…Within these dialogues, monologues emerge as a powerful medium for articulating the firsthand experiences of the oppressed. This paper undertakes a deconstructive analysis of the monologues in select plays by August Wilson, interpreting them through the lens of Freud’s theory of repression. …”
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Exploring Migration Motivations from Developed to Developing Countries: A Study of American Emigrants to Developing Countries by Mustafa Şeref Akın

“…Through an in-depth analysis of social media videos produced by the CNBC Make It program and the migrants, the study provides firsthand insights into their decision-making processes and the factors influencing their choices. …”
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Interpretative phenomenological analysis of guidance advocates’ online counseling experiences by Amabel Tangco-Siason, Rex S. Paulino

“…These individuals provided firsthand experiences that elaborated the phenomenon.ResultsThe study, which has its roots in Transactional Distance Theory (TDT), finds interesting connections between the variables and the experiences of the individuals. …”
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Development of a Driving Cycle for Fuzhou Using K-Means and AMPSO by Minrui Zhao, Hongni Gao, Qi Han, Jiaang Ge, Wei Wang, Jue Qu

“…A driving cycle is developed based on firsthand driving data collected from fieldwork. First, bad data in the original dataset are preprocessed, the time-series standard smoothing algorithm is used to smoothen the data, and Lagrange’s interpolation is used to realize data interpolation. …”
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LABORATORY ELECTROCHEMISTRY “MYSTERY BOX”: FROM PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS’ OBSERVATIONS TO INFERENCES THROUGH PREDICT-OBSERVE-EXPLAIN STRATEGY by Carla Morais, Cidália André, Joana Alves, Gildo Girotto Jr.

“…Since pre-service teachers should gain firsthand experience with predict-observe-based on a predict-observe-explain strategy, we propose a laboratory activity presented as a “mystery box” related to concentration cells coupled with an Arduino-based electronic data measurement system to identify how pre-service chemistry teachers move from observations to inferences in a qualitative research. …”
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Huaqiao Nongchang: Isolated Settlements of Overseas Chinese Inside China by P. E. Strukova

“…The transformation of certain "huaqiao nongchang" units from unproductive state farms into profitable agricultural enterprises occurred due to various factors, including decentralization of decision-making, redirection toward local markets, alleviation of social tensions, workforce training, and their integration into the broader Chinese economy.This article supplements its analysis with excerpts from settlers' memoirs, offering firsthand insights into the lives and experiences of overseas Chinese emigrants returning to their homeland. …”
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Residential Landscapes Sponsored by Companhia União Fabril (CUF) in Barreiro (1945-1972). Promotion of Multi-Family Working-Class Housing in Post-WWII Portugal by Ana Vaz Milheiro, João Cardim

“…However, we argue that it also shifted the housing provision responsibilities from private actors — in this case CUF — to public ones, leading to a fragmented urban landscape where the changes over the course of history — in terms of legislation, urban planning, architecture and social fabric — can be witnessed firsthand.…”
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