How do high-level African directors of policy and planning operationalize health equity? Findings from a regional survey. by Michelle Amri, Anna Socha, Elisabeth Huang, Daniel Steel, Danielle Jacobson, Jesse B Bump

“…Our recommendations are two-fold: (i) we recommend that researchers focus on improving understandings of health equity among policymakers through knowledge translation and exchange, and (ii) we recommend that policymakers and those working within donor organizations focus on reforming any top-down processes through which priorities are set and decisions are made.…”
Get full text

The Efectiveness of Using Interactive Learning Media in Enhancing Learning Motivation and Science Literacy of 6th Grade Elementary School Student on the Topic of World Continents by Efi Tasfiyatul Millah, Dede Trie Kurniawan, Yunus Abidin

“… Students are still not fully involved in the learning process, which causes their ability to develop literacy skills, especially scientific literacy, to be far from expectations. …”
Get full text

Finland’s approaches to joining NATO by M. K. Alyautdinov, I. V. Popovich

“…One of the main features of Finland’s and Sweden’s process of joining NATO was the desire of both countries’ administrations to achieve the Alliance membership simultaneously. …”
Get full text

Using qualitative study designs to understand treatment burden and capacity for self-care among patients with HIV/NCD multimorbidity in South Africa: A methods paper by Myrna van Pinxteren, Nonzuzo Mbokazi, Katherine Murphy, Frances S Mair, Carl May, Naomi S Levitt

“…We highlight the decisions made when developing the research design, recruiting participants, and selecting field-sites. …”
Get full text

Giving Voice to Community: Embodied Scholarship, Generative Discussion, and Other Affordances of Scholarly Podcasting by Amber Sewell

“…By undergoing open peer review via podcast, distilling the conversation, and making visible the changes made to the article based on that conversation, this article both explores the theoretical possibilities of scholarly podcasting while modeling the process.…”
Get full text

Exploratory calculation of the rare hyperon decay Σ+ → pℓ + ℓ − from lattice QCD by Felix Erben, Vera Gülpers, Maxwell T. Hansen, Raoul Hodgson, Antonin Portelli

“…Abstract The rare hyperon decay Σ+ → pℓ + ℓ − is a flavour-changing neutral current process mediated by an s → d transition that occurs only at loop level within the Standard Model. …”
Get full text

Influence of whey protein concentrate addition on textural properties of corn flour extrudates by Mladen Brnčić, Damir Ježek, Suzana Rimac Brnčić, Tomislav Bosiljkov, Branko Tripalo

“…Texture is an important propertiy of extruded snack products, and depended on extrusion process conditions, raw material properties and various ingredients properties as well. …”
Get full text

New challenges in the use of nutrition and health claims on milk and dairy products by Lea Pollak, Darija Vranešić Bender

“…After the evaluation process of health claims for nutrients naturally present in milk and dairy products, as well as those added in the production process, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) confirmed the beneficial effect of many active substances and established their recommended doses and effects. …”
Get full text

A Mini Review of Reused End-of-Life Reverse Osmosis (EoL RO) Membranes by Anissa Somrani, Kholoud Abohelal, Maxime Pontié

“…As sensitive parts of the water treatment process, reverse osmosis (RO) membranes are the most important for desalination and wastewater treatment. …”
Get full text

Formation and distribution of water masses on the shelf and continental slope around Antarctica by A. V. Klepikov, N. N. Antipov

“…During the IPY 2007/2008 and post-IPY period the oceanographic sections were made from the AARI research vessels in the Prydz Bay, Amundsen and Bellingshausen Seas. …”
Get full text

MILITARY OCCUPATION: MEANING, CONTRADICTIONS AND DIMENSIONS OF THE CONCEPT by Mykyta Shmanatov

“…The possibility of prolonged military occupation of a territory and the necessity of studying the political, economic, and social processes occurring within that territory are highlighted. …”
Get full text

A Decision Framework for Supplier Selection in Digital Supply Chains of E-Commerce Platforms Using Interval-Valued Intuitionistic Fuzzy VIKOR Methodology by Rahmi Baki, Billur Ecer, Ahmet Aktas

“…To achieve this, an extended fuzzy VlseKriterijuska Optimizacija I Komoromisno Resenje (VIKOR) method is tested, where criteria and alternative evaluations made by decision-makers (DMs) are characterized by interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy numbers (IVIFNs). …”
Get full text

Application of the rapid prototyping technique to design a customized temporomandibular joint used to treat temporomandibular ankylosis by Chaware Suresh, Bagaria Vaibhav, Kuthe Abhay

“…The use of CAD/CAM technique to design the custom-made prosthesis, using orthopaedically proven structural materials, significantly improves the predictability and success rates of TMJ replacement surgery.…”
Get full text

Soil Loss Assessment Using the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE) Model by Allois Luvai, John Obiero, Christian Omuto

“…This complexity in the erosion process makes it difficult to quantify soil loss. …”
Get full text

Physical activity and apoptosis, a brief review of previous findings by Reza Sheikh, Masoud Nikbakht

“…Background: Physical activity affects the health of the body's organs through several processes. Apoptosis is one of the important cellular processes that play a role in maintaining the balance between cell death and tissue growth.Aim: The aim of the present study was to examine the previous findings regarding the effect of physical activity and exercise on apoptosis in order to obtain a relatively comprehensive knowledge of this effect by summarizing and analyzing the data.Materials and Methods: To collect the information of the articles, a search was made from PubMed, MEDLINE, SID, IranMedex, IranDoc, Magiran and Medlib databases. …”
Get full text

Analysis of the Report Card Information System at Aisyiyah Busthanul Athfal Jatibarang Kindergarten by Afafa Hilmi, Galih Widjatmojo

“…Every month, the development data is summarized and retyped conventionally using Microsoft Word to be made into a report or report card. This process is not only time-consuming, but also prone to human error, especially because the filling is done descriptively and differently for each child. …”
Get full text

Asynchronous vs Synchronous: Effects of Online Learning on Students' Oral Presentation Skills by Vivi Indriyani, Jasmienti, Hasri Fendi

“…The research instrument used was a performance test, in which students made oral presentations. Analysis of research data using SPSS with the stages of normality test, homogeneity test, and t test. …”
Get full text

Diet-induced impulsivity: Effects of a high-fat and a high-sugar diet on impulsive choice in rats. by Catherine C Steele, Jesseca R A Pirkle, Kimberly Kirkpatrick

“…The high-sugar and high-fat groups made significantly more impulsive choices than the chow group. …”
Get full text

MANAGEMENT OF MARKETING POTENTIAL OF THE COMPANY by O. V. Krasnyanskaya, I. A. Mandych

“…It consists of 5 key subsystems: reserves, resources, ability, opportunity, management. A step-by-step process of managing them is shown. The authors made the analysis of actual approaches of estimating the marketing potential of the company (resulting, diagnostic, complex). …”
Get full text

Determining the Surfactant Consistent with Concrete in order to Achieve the Maximum Possible Dispersion of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes in Keeping the Plain Concrete Properties by Mostafa Adresi, Abolfazl Hassani, Soheila Javadian, Jean-Marc Tulliani

“…A new surfactant combination compatible with concrete formulation is proposed to avoid unwanted air bubbles created during mixing process in the absence of a defoamer and to achieve the uniform and the maximum possible dispersion of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) in water and subsequently in concrete. …”
Get full text