Economic and relationship-strengthening intervention to reduce alcohol use in couples living with HIV in Malawi: a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial of Mlambe by Torsten B Neilands, Lynae A Darbes, James Mkandawire, Derek S Brown, Fred M Ssewamala, Judith A Hahn, Amy A Conroy, Nancy Mulauzi, Scott Tebbetts

“…Couples in the Mlambe arm will receive incentivised matched savings accounts and monthly sessions on financial literacy, relationship skills, and alcohol reduction education and counselling. …”
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Investigating the Asymmetric Impact of the Stock Market Index on the Real Estate Price Index by Sakineh Sojoodi, Morteza Ashoor, Elmira Azizi Norouzabadi

“…An increase in income and wealth, including financial assets due to the increase in stock prices, has a positive effect on the total consumption expenditure, including housing costs. …”
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THE PROSPECTS OF THE RUSSIAN-CHINESE HUMANITARIAN COOPERATION IN FRAMEWORK OF “ONE BELT, ONE ROAD” INITIATIVE IMPLEMENTATION by D. A. Smaliakou

“…Otherwise, the South will remain the centre of regularly military conflicts and terrorism financing, whereas the Russian and Chinese companies will continue to spend considerable personnel and financial resources for the safety of the ongoing joint projects.Practical significance. …”
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Measuring Fear and Greed Index in Stock Market: Evidence from the Tehran Stock Exchange by Mojtaba Rostami Noroozabad, Ali Golbabaei Pasandi, Milad Shahrazi, Somayeh Esfandyari

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Cost Savings in Chronic Pain Patients Initiating Peripheral Nerve Stimulation (PNS) with a 60-Day PNS Treatment by David M. Dickerson, Hemant Kalia, Kevin E. Vorenkamp, Konstantin V. Slavin, Jonathan M. Hagedorn, Candace Gunnarsson, Eric L. Keuffel, Andrew J. Epstein, Mark Stultz, Nathan D. Crosby

“…Abstract Introduction This study evaluates the financial impact on healthcare payers when chronic pain patients initiate peripheral nerve stimulation (PNS) with a 60-day percutaneous PNS (60-Day PNS) treatment versus a conventional brief PNS trial (PNS-BT) with possible follow-on of a permanently implanted PNS system (PNS-PI). …”
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Implementasi Kebijakan Pengembangan Pariwisata Pada Objek Wisata Alam Goa Akbar Di Kabupaten Tuban by Irdina Iffata Qottrunnada, Ananta Prathama

“…In terms of the social, economic, and political environment, there is a lack of community participation and financial support from other parties in the development of the Goa Akbar tourist site. …”
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Patients with Age-related Macular Degeneration Have Increased Susceptibility to Valvular Heart Disease by Natan Lishinsky-Fischer, Itay Chowers, MD, PhD, Yahel Shwartz, MSc, Jaime Levy, MD

“…Conclusions: Patients with AMD have a higher prevalence of VHD and are more likely to undergo a heart valve-related procedure compared with patients without AMD, with no difference between patients with SDDs and patients without SDDs in the AMD cohort. Financial Disclosure(s): Proprietary or commercial disclosure may be found in the Footnotes and Disclosures at the end of this article.…”
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Pattern of Refractive Error among Patients attending a Tertiary Care Hospital in Southern Assam, India: A Cross-sectional Study by Nilanjan Kaushik Thakur, Ruma Das Debsikdar, Srawani Sarkar, Surabhi Prasad, S Lakshmi, Devajit Deka

“…These errors impact daily productivity, limit job opportunities and can significantly diminish quality of life, increasing both morbidity and financial burdens. Consequently, understanding the prevalence and types of UREs is essential for primary care physicians, ophthalmologists and policymakers. …”
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INSTITUTIONAL GLOBALIZATION AS A SYSTEM OF INTEGRATION THE PHENOMENON OF THE POSTMODERN DEVELOPMENT by V. V. Zinchenko

“…Whatever the great cultural peaks of the postmodern, the main processes of a new society formed at its foot: in the area of formation of public consciousness and public preferences with the mass participation of the individual in the economy (involving the mass of the individual in social production on the level of financial relations, which allow the maximum extent possible to include in the economy of free choice), in the field of state-building and the formation of social institutions on the principles of Amateur participation.…”
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Factors affecting quality of life in women post mastectomy for breast cancer in Baheya Foundation (Egypt): ‘A retrospective cohort study’ by Salsabil Mohammed Abdelrahman, Maher Hassan Ibraheem, Hemat Allam, Vikash Sewram

“…Women who received chemotherapy had lower social functioning (-12.41, p < 0.050), BCS (-3.473, p < 0.010), greater association with diarrhoea (8.865, p < 0.010) and financial difficulties (15.23, p < 0.050). In contrast, women who received hormonal therapy had higher role functioning (17.64, p < 0.010), with less complaints of diarrhoea (-10.38, p < 0.010), nausea (-8.668, p < 0.010) and pain (-8.265, p < 0.050). …”
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Запобігання фінансуванню тероризму в Україні: окремі питання теорії та практики by A. Nekoz, A. Vlasov

“…Стаття також розглядає роль міжнародних стандартів, таких як FATF (Financial Action Task Force), які визначають основні засади протидії відмиванню грошей і фінансуванню тероризму. …”
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Strengthening research preparedness for crises: lessons from Norwegian government agencies in using randomized trials and quasi-experimental methods to evaluate public policy inter... by Unni Gopinathan, Ingeborg Elgersma, Therese Dalsbø, Mona Bjørbæk, Atle Fretheim

“…The measures evaluated included organizational, educational and financial interventions and interventions for oversight and sanctions. …”
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Developing a business model focused on the planning sustainability of forest sector enterprises by Ihor Soloviy, Orest Kiyko, Vasyl Lavnyy, Igor Bukhanevych, Oksana Pelyukh, Mykhailo Ilkiv, Taras Chelepis, Dmytro Savka, Andriy Lutsenco

“…However, it is important to emphasize that the financial health of a company is a prerequisite for its existence and ability to make a positive impact in the areas of social and environmental sustainability. …”
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A synthesis of academic literature on eco-spirituality by A.H.A. Adow, M.M. Safeer, M.G.H. Mohammed, M. Sayeed Alam, M.M. Sulphey

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REVIEW OF THE EUROPEAN EXPERIENCE OF AIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE ROLE OF GREEN TECHNOLOGIES IN THE MODERNISATION OF THIS PROCESS by Іnna Honcharuk, Dina Tokarchuk

“…Thus, green technologies are becoming an integral part of the development of the AIC in European countries and their use is being stimulated through financial instruments and regulatory frameworks.…”
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Hospital in-reach family-centred social prescribing pilot for children with neurodisability: mixed methods evaluation with social return on investment analysis by Laura Gordon, Megan Hastry, Angela Bate, Katie Gordon, Emily Greaves, Simoni Dimitriadou, Tim Rapley, Anna Purna Basu

“…Pre- and post-intervention pilot data covered profile of needs (Support Star), quality of life (EQ5D/CHU-9D), wellbeing (WEMWBS/CORS) and financial strain. We undertook 22 qualitative observations of family/link worker interactions and 39 in-depth interviews with families, link workers and healthcare professionals. …”
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Evaluating the Relationship between Factors Enhancing the Competitiveness of Customer Foreign Currency Services in the Banking Industry by Saeideh Rahimi, Alireza Rousta, Farzad Asayesh

“…This study shows that major elements such as “banking activity”, “credit portfolio”, “monetary and financial”, “market share” and “extra-organizational” shape patterns for promoting the capability of competitiveness of customers’ foreign currency services in the banking industry.…”
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Spatial-Temporal Changes and Influencing Factors of Regional Technological Innovation Efficiency in China: A Three Entity Comparative Perspective by Ye Lei, Zhang Ting, Cao Xianzhong, Zeng Gang

“…The direction and magnitude of the impacts of exogenous environmental variables— infrastructure, market environment, labor quality, financial markets, and entrepreneurship—on technological inefficiencies vary with the type of innovation entity. …”
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Determinants maintaining healthcare personnel’s motivation during COVID-19 pandemic in Uganda by Makiko Komasawa, Myo Nyein Aung, Christopher Nsereko, Kiyoko Saito, Robert Ssekitoleko, Mitsuo Isono, Motoyuki Yuasa

“…These findings emphasised the importance of technical and psychological support, such as mentoring and effective communication from upper-level supervisors, rather than financial incentives, in maintaining motivation among the HCWs. …”
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DIGITAL INFORMATION’S INFLUENCE ON FORMING TOURISM EVENT IMPRESSIONS: THE INTERPLAY OF GENDER AND TOURISM TYPES by Amany E. SALEM, Thowayeb H. HASSAN, Mahmoud I. SALEH, Mostafa A. HASSANIN, Hassan Marzok Elsayed MAHMOUD, Ashraf Mohamed ANAS, Hadeel Sa'ad AL-HYARI, Hisham Mohammad AL-SMADI, Yasmine E. HAMZA

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