Responsible governance of genomics data and biospecimens in the context of broad consent: experiences of a pioneering access committee in Africa by Kobus Herbst, R Kerr, Daima Bukini, Ahmed Rebai, Akin Abayomi, P Andanda, J Mabuka, R Wamuyu, C Dandara

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The Financial Aspect of Non_Governmental Organizations: by Tatjana Stanimirović

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Theoretical Cognition and Practical Design of a High-Quality Teacher Education System for Building a Country Strongin Education: An Interview with Professor Liu Haimin from Northea... by LIU Haimin, MAN Ying

“…Following the introduction of the discourse on high-quality development in the field of economy, Professor Liu led his team to pioneer research on high-quality education development, and was successively approved fortwo major projects funded by the National Social Science Fund of China, namely"Research on the Paths and Countermeasures for the High-Quality Development of Chinese Education in the New Era"and "Research on the Connotation, Comparison, and Construction Paths of a High-Quality Education System". …”
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Debating Student as Producer by Katie Strudwick

“…The paper provides an account of my experiences embedding and adopting Student as Producer within my own research and teaching at the University of Lincoln, an institution which is recognised as being a pioneer in research-engaged teaching. My work includes, the role as guest editor for a special ‘Student as Producer’ edition of the journal Enhancing Learning in Social Sciences (ELiSS), teaching Criminology in the Professions, and working on funded research projects at Lincoln around aspects of the undergraduate student experience, e.g. student as partners and student engagement. …”
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The Empire of Beasts Then and Now: Political Cartoons and New Trends in Victorian Animal Studies by Irina Kantarbaeva-Bill

“…Non-human animals were not just used for rhetorical purposes: beasts provided their very bodies to fund and fuel imperial projects, carried administrators and armies across and into remote spaces, and instilled fear and fascination in colonized and colonizers alike. …”
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The Role of Community-Based Organisations in Compating HIV/AIDS in Kanungu District, Uganda. by Denis, Karugaba

“…First they have the intended beneficiaries, specifically the people living with HIV/AIDS who share their own experiences and pioneer preventive activities within the communities in which they live. …”
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D. I. BLOKHINTSEV – SCIENTIST AND TEACHER. THE SPIRITUAL FOUNDATIONS OF SCIENTIFIC WORK by V. N. Pervushin

“…The aim of the publication is to state the creative principles of activity of the outstanding scientist and teacher Dmitry Ivanovich Blokhintsev (1/10/1908 – 1/29/1979) – the organizer and the first director of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Researches in Dubna in 1956–1965, one of the pioneers of Nuclear Science and Atomics, the corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR.The author of the article shares memories about the teacher and the research supervisor, and gives a peculiar report on realization of ideas of D. …”
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Proposal and Strategy for Nursing-Led Research: Protocol for an Unfunded Clinical Trial by Leticia Carmen Simón-López, Ismael Ortuño-Soriano, Raquel Luengo-González, Paloma Posada-Moreno, Ignacio Zaragoza-García, Rubén Sánchez-Gómez

“…For research staff who were aware of the funding, we focused on the “persuasion phase,” while for nursing staff, we mixed the “knowledge and persuasion phases” and used pioneers and early adopters as a positive example for other nurses as well as nonfinancial incentives (persuasion). …”
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Strategies for the Promotion of Regenerative Tourism: Hospitality Communities as Niches for Tourism Innovation by Blanca Miedes-Ugarte, David Flores-Ruiz

“…This study examines the case of ‘Aves de la Sierra’ in Huelva, Spain, a pioneering initiative that integrates ecosystem regeneration and community revitalisation as the core of its regenerative tourism proposal. …”
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Provincial Climate Action Index and Its Use for Assessing Dual Carbon Policy of 31 Provinces in China by Jing Xu, Fengqiao Mei, Chuntian Lu, Bin Zhang, Min Wang

“…Provinces such as Shanghai, Beijing, and Anhui are pioneering, nearly half of provinces including Shandong and Shanxi, exhibit medium commitments to the goals, while 10 underperforming provinces such as Qinghai and Xizang lag behind.…”
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“See Me as Human:” Reflections on an Experiential Curriculum Led by People With Lived Experience of Incarceration by Tiheba Bain, Monya Saunders, Craig Manbauman, Elana Straus, Camille Bundy, Amber Acquaye, Tyler Harvey, Lisa Puglisi, Sharon Ostfeld-Johns, Carmen G. Black

“…We herein detail our experiences in honoring community educators with lived expertise of incarceration while pioneering a grant-funded, interdisciplinary medical education event offering early exposure to experiential learning in hopes of preparing future clinicians to transcend the status quo of substandard care through individual-level and systems-level advocacy. …”
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NHERI@UTexas experimental facility with large-scale mobile shakers for field studies: a decade of discovery in natural hazards engineering by Kenneth H. Stokoe, Sungmoon Hwang, Brady R. Cox, Patricia M. Clayton, Robert B. Gilbert

“…The Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure (NHERI) experimental facility at the University of Texas (NHERI@UTexas), funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), addresses this need by offering unique resources for large-scale field testing.MethodsNHERI@UTexas contributes unique, large-scale, literally one-of-a-kind, mobile dynamic shakers and associated instrumentation to investigate seismic, cyclic, and static in-situ testing. …”
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Transforming the Health Research Workforce in Mozambique: Achievements of the Mozambique Institute for Health Education and Research (MIHER) over a 13-Year Journey by Emília Virgínia Noormahomed, Sérgio Noormahomed, Matchecane Cossa, Nicole Joyce, Regina Daniel Miambo, Irina Mendes Sousa, Noémia Nhacupe, Tufária Mussá, Jahit Sacarlal, Lídia Gouveia, Luís Jorge Ferrão, Carla Carrilho, Mamudo Ismail, Davey Smith, Natasha K. Martin, Ravi Goyal, Kim E. Barrett, Sónia Santana Afonso, Amélia Mandane, Alarquia Saíde, Pompílio Vintuar, Brígida Singo, Boaventura Aleixo, Luck Injage, Elizabeth A. Winzeler, Paulo Correia-de-Sá, Maria do Rosário Oliveira Martins, Paulo Ferrinho, Sam Patel, Ana Olga Mocumbi, Stephen W. Bickler, Constance A. Benson, Roberto Badaró, Robert T. Schooley

“…Background: African research capacity is challenged by insufficient infrastructure to solicit and manage grants from local and international funding agencies. Objective: The manuscript provides an overview and discusses lessons learned about the pioneering role of the Mozambique Institute for Health Education and Research (MIHER) as the first research support center (RSC) in supporting the management of research grants in Mozambique, emphasizing its impact on research capacity development. …”
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