Evaluating the Effect of Monetary Incentives on Web Survey Response Rates in the UK Millennium Cohort Study by Charlotte Booth, Erica Wong, Matt Brown, Emla Fitzsimons

“…The Millennium Cohort Study (MCS) is the largest on-going nationally representative study of young people in the UK (N = 18,818). Seven waves of data collection took place face-to-face between 2001 (age 9 months) and 2019 (age 17), with no monetary incentives offered. …”
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Application of Fibrin Glue in the Treatment of Rectal Fistula by Sergey A. Frolov, Alexandr M. Kuzminov, Dmitry V. Vyshegorodtsev, Vyacheslav Yu. Korolik, Sharof T. Minbaev, Ilya S. Bogormistrov, Evgeny V. Kim

“…The disease is extremely rarely observed in children and elderly people. Thus, this problem has a socially significant character. …”
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Implication of diabetes mellitus in telomere length and alteration in some age related cell senescence markers of aged men in Kurdistan region-Iraq by Kaniaw Rafat Khafar, Dr. Esmail S Kakey

“…The study design was the setting of a medium private laboratory with participants being common people, which was classified into three groups according to age and health complication, control young, healthy aged, and diabetic aged groups. …”
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Miserable victims or Troublesome delinquents? A Critical perspective on the news media coverage of Chinese rural left-behind children by Ruixia Sun, Wei Han

“…Meanwhile the newspaper fulfils its duty as a leading official paper by advocating the endeavors the Chinese government has made in the description of LBC as beneficiaries, displaying a people-oriented government in the international community. …”
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The Beginning of Liturgical Formation in Romania: The First Liturgical Manual in the Romanian Language by Dumitru A. Vanca

“…While different political realities shaped the three Principalities (Moldova, Wallachia and Transylvania) that later formed Romania (1918), the spiritual unity of the Romanian people has been nourished since the Middle Ages by the Eastern Christian faith. …”
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IMPACTS OF INTERNAL PARTY DEMOCRACY ON PERFORMANCE OF ALL PROGRESSIVE CONGRESS IN THE 2023 GENERAL ELECTIONS IN NIGERIA by IBRAHIM NUAIMU DANBALA, CELESTINE OGECHUKWU OKAFOR

“…Findings reveal that the adoption of different modes of primary election by APC for selection of candidates in different states in Nigeria appears to be an attempt to subvert the will of the people. The study concluded that it is uncommon for political parties to experience internal conflicts and disagreements, especially when there are diverse group interests and agenda among party members. …”
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PROFILES AND PREFERENCES OF ON-LINE MILLENIAL SHOPPERS IN BULGARIA by Patricia R. Loubeau, Robert Jantzen, Elitsa Alexander

“…The most important reason why Bulgarian young people shop online is the pursuit of unique products not locally available, followed by convenience and better pricing, and their favorite category of internet purchases is “Apparel and Accessories.” …”
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Analysis of Wastewater Management Systems at Bhayangkara Hospital, Palu by Siti Fatimahi, Miswan, Nur Rismawati

“…Suggestions are expected that this study's results are used as input and become useful information, especially for Bhayangkara Hospital in Palu and the people living around Bhayangkara Hospital in Palu to know the impact of wastewater management.…”
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On the Issue of Foreign Policy Activities of Buddhists of the USSR in the Context of the Religious Policy of the Soviet State (1950s–1970s) by Alexey V. Gorbatov

“…In the context of the formation of a “new world order,” people’s Buddhist diplomacy today can become one of the main actors in international relations. …”
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Liquidity and profitability of wineries in selected municipalities of AP Vojvodina by Pavlović Nataša, Mirović Vera, Kalaš Branimir

“…The positive implications will be manifested in generating of income from the sale market-oriented products, as well as, the employment of new people in this segment of the economy. The aim of this paper is to point out the importance of wineries in AP Vojvodina with a focus on four municipalities: Beocin, Irig, Novi Sad and Sremski Karlovci. …”
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PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND SOCIAL SCIENCE DISCIPLINES: ANALYZING THE PROPINQUITY AND CONTRIBUTIONS by MUBASSHIRU SALISU MOHAMMED

“…The paper recommends that in view of the increasing concern for effectiveness and efficiency in the act of administration, good understanding of the various social science disciplines is very desideratum for administrators especially with expanding demand for public policy reforms related to satisfaction of needs and aspiration of the people. Public administrators should be more proactive pursuit of innovation and breakthroughs in formulation and implementation of policies and programmes for the public interest. …”
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Temporal interactions among carnivores in an anthropized landscape of the coastal mountain range in southern Chile by García-Solís Fernando, Zúñiga Alfredo H., Rau Jaime R., Encina-Montoya Francisco, Garcés Cristóbal

“…For two years, activity patterns of two native carnivores (the cougar Puma concolor and the chilla fox Lycalopex griseus), one exotic carnivore (the domestic dog Canis lupus familiaris) and people were evaluated in an anthropogenic landscape in southern Chile. …”
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Digital Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for the Average Person in Developing Countries by Muhammad Abdullah, Muhammad Yahya Saeed

“…The study presents a review of the most widely used and effective DCBT resources and it evaluates the difficulties faced by people in accessing these resources in Pakistan. The results reveal that only 5% of individuals seek in-person therapy often, with 68% having limited knowledge of online mental health resources. 77% of survey participants have never used online mental health resources and express concerns about privacy and security. …”
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Relationship with place: a transformative and sustainable pedagogy for the planet by Julie Singleton

“…Place-based educational reforms could develop caring for local environments leading to young people striving to preserve the places in which they have learned and come to care about.…”
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The Mongolian Script in the Baikal region at the Present Stage: a Course for Revitalization? by Innokenty G. Aktamov, Nadezhda B. Badmatsyrenova

“…There is a growing interest in analyzing the language situation in Mongolia and the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China, particularly in terms of the implementation of state language policy in perspective. …”
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DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES AND THE ROLES OF TRADITIONAL POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS IN PROMOTING PEACE AND SECURITY IN NORTHERN NIGERIA: A CASE STUDY OF GOMBE STATE. by AHMED MUSA, BASHIR ABDULLAHI, MOHAMMED AUWAL, UMAR MUHAMMAD JUNGUDO

“…Until this time, the Northern Nigerian political traditional institution was no doubt the most powerful and important political institutions that were at the centre of maintaining peace and security of their people. With the advent of democratic rule in Nigeria, the powers and control of traditional political institutions began to dry up and seem to have only opportunity of stakeholders in the state with advisory position because of the systematic enforcement of political leaders who at some time lack the knowledge of their societies and are coming into power by chance which make them to represent their personal interest using democracy as a tool, rather than making their society’s interest a priority. …”
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Adversarial detection based on feature invariant in license plate recognition systems by ZHU Xiaoyu, TANG Peng, ZHANG Haochen, QIU Weidong, HUANG Zheng

“…Deep neural networks have become an integral part of people's daily lives. However, researchers observed that these networks were susceptible to threats from adversarial samples, leading to abnormal behaviors such as misclassification by the network model. …”
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Improving women and children refugees’ livelihoods through self-reliance at Nakivale settlement, south western Uganda by Abbas, Mugisha, Emmanuel Patroba, Mhache, Reguli Baltazar, Mushy

“…UNHCR reports that of the 82.4 million people who have been forced into displacement, over half are women and children. …”
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Improving women and children refugees’ livelihoods through self-reliance at Nakivale settlement, south western Uganda by Abbas, Mugisha, Emmanuel, Patroba Mhache, Reguli, Baltazar Mushy

“…UNHCR reports that of the 82.4 million people who have been forced into displacement, over half are women and children. …”
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The Contribution of Records Personnel Towards Organizational Performance at Kabale Municipal Council. by Kiiza, Martin

“…The population of the research comprised of staff members of the registry and other few stake holders at Kabale Municipal Council, a sample of (23) people were elected through a simple random sampling procedure to gather information following research tools were used: interview guide and questionnaire were used, the results indicated that records personnel were not sensitized about the new records systems which can be used to manage records systematically, the researcher recommended that the registry should develops a records management system, train its staff on simple records management standards, adopts a records preservation plan, revive the records office and to appraise and dispose records systematically.…”
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