Data-Driven Strategic Approaches to Road Safety Management: Truth and Lies of Official Statistics by Artur I. Petrov

“…The accuracy of official data in reflecting the actual situation depends on multiple factors: the quality of the data collection and identification system for road accidents, the responsibility of the officials, and, to a significant extent, the willingness and ability of those in charge to present desired outcomes as reality, thereby distorting the relevant statistics. The issue of inaccurate statistical data and its negative impact on subsequent socio-economic management processes has long been recognized. …”
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The constitutional framework for transitional justice in Colombia by Alejandro Gómez Velásquez

“…This paper analyzes the transitional justice dilemma from a constitutional perspective and has the purpose to understand how the Colombian constitutional framework could respond to a transitional process, in particular, with regard to the issue of criminal accountability for the perpetrators of atrocities during the armed conflict in a process of negotiation addressed to achieve peace and reconciliation. …”
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Introduction by Asher Flynn, Murray Lee, Mark Halsey

“…It seeks to reflect the rich tapestry of factors, contexts and processes that can place young people at risk of offending, or, perhaps even more importantly, at risk of criminalisation, as presented in the special issue collection. …”
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Les enjeux fonciers vus d’en bas : quand les mobilisations des propriétaires privés se font citoyennes by Sonia Guelton, Roxane de Flore

“…This issue deals with land properties and analyses the land ownership power on the construction of the City. …”
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Editorial: Leading Change for a More Civil Society by Charles P. Seeley

“…It involves influencing and engaging others in the process of change, in the process of making some aspect of society, community, or organizational life better. …”
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Role of State in the Formation of the Civic Culture of a Modern Russian Society by Anastasya Sergeevna Petrova

“…Under consideration it puts an issue of possibility of application of G. Almond and S. …”
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Modeling Energy–Environment–Economy Interrelations by George E. Halkos

“…Energy has become a significant research issue across many disciplines under different methodological approaches, indicating the importance of theoretical and practical implications to structure and implement robust decision-making processes at a global level [...]…”
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Not just a garbage truck: No-go decay plays a role during embryo development in zebrafish. by Alana R Plastrik, Hani S Zaher

“…In eukaryotes, defective mRNAs that impede the movement of the ribosome are subject to rapid decay via no-go decay (NGD). In this issue of PLOS Biology, Ishibashi and colleagues expand on the role of NGD and reveal new endogenous targets for the process in zebrafish.…”
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Media Reality of Modern Education: Historiography of the Problem of Media Literacy and Media Competence by Svitlana Loboda

“…The aim of the study is to analyze the best educational practices of the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom in the sphere of media literacy and media competence in order to identify the innovative potential of modern reforms, understand and realize modern processes in education, and design its future. The research is based on the analysis of contemporary scientific and pedagogical discourse around the issue of media literacy and media competence. …”
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Introduction by Jo Mynard

“…Welcome to the final issue of SiSAL journal for 2022. We are very grateful to everyone who has contributed or participated in the review process this year. …”
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Editoral by Cláudia Gomes Silva, Yaidelin Manrique, Ricardo Santos

“…This enabled the students to apply know-how acquired during the Chemical Engineering course and to obtain a more accurate design of the processes and CAPEX and OPEX estimation. Thus, this second Special Issue includes some of the works already incorporating this new feature. …”
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Protecting the Autonomy of Patients with Severe Mental Illness Through Psychiatric Advance Directive Peer-Facilitation by Nicholas Karasik

“…Attempts to increase patient uptake of PADs can circumvent risks of undue provider influence in the facilitation process and promote optimal mental health outcomes with a peer-support model, thereby protecting patient autonomy in accordance with the principle of beneficence. …”
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GLOBALIZATION OF SOCIETY AS ONE OF THE MAIN FACTORS OF THE NEW BUSINESS COMMUNICATION DISCOURSE FORMATION by Olena M. Turchak

“…The current state of world development is characterized by a dynamic deepening of the processes of integration of political, economic, cultural life of the world. …”
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Mechanisms for limiting migration flows in the controversy of members of the US Congress (1920–1921) by S. A. Grechishkina

“…The reason for the changes in the positions of the Democrats was the reassessment of the electorate of the party since the restrictive vector of policy was set in 1917 and the delayed effect of the electoral process was no longer feasible. In addition, the outspoken lobbying by large entrepreneurs of their interests on the migration issue, including through representatives of the Democratic Party, was openly criticized by society. …”
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Identifier les « singletons » dans des corpus français annotés en coréférence : peut-on prévoir l’absence de reprise coréférentielle ? by Hélène Manuélian, Catherine Schnedecker

“…Finding coreferences in corpora is a difficult task for which the identification of singletons is an important issue. Solving this issue would allow for improving the process of corpus annotation and the identification of referential chains. …”
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The reform of the UN Security Council as one of the priorities of the activity of Brazil at the international level by J. M. Chekova

“…The article deals with the issue of the UN Security Council reform. The author considers the currently existing expansion initiatives, as well as the positions of the five permanent members and the main countries interested in launching the process. …”
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Knowledge Integration in Ocean Governance by Annegret Kuhn, Dorothea Wehrmann

“…To assess the implication of this notion for the governance of the oceans—the “common heritage of humankind” (United Nations Law of the Sea)—this thematic issue explores knowledge integration processes in ocean governance. …”
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The Activities of Resettlement Centers and Medical and Food Assistance to Resettles in Siberia in 1861-1905 by D. N. Belyanin

“…General review of the historiography of the issue, made by the author showed lack of its study. …”
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Evidence-based policymaking: A review by Wilma Strydom, Nikki Funke, Shanna Nienaber, Karen Nortje, Maronel Steyn

“…The process of facilitating the uptake of evidence, for example, scientific research findings, into the policymaking process is multifaceted and thus complex. …”
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The Problem of Obtaining Evidence from EU Countries While Achieving the “Crime Does Not Pay” Goal by Šalčius Marijus, Molienė Reda

“…In the context of the European Union’s efforts to fight crime in a comprehensive manner and in line with the European Commission’s Communication of 2008, that confiscation and recovery of proceeds are a powerful means for fighting organized crime effectively and its commitment to support the development of confiscation-related legislative and non-legislative measures1, alternative legal instruments to achieve the “crime does not pay” objective are also being developed, where obtaining evidence from other Member States is also a key issue. In response, the second part of this article analyses the present-day possibilities of collecting evidence in one of these alternative processes, the civil asset confiscation process, which has its origins in the criminal process analyzed in the first part of this article.…”
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