Evaluating the governance and preparedness of the Lebanese health system for the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study by Rasha Hamra, Marianne Moussallem, Anna Zein-El-Din, Alissar Rady, Michèle Kosremelli Asmar, Ibrahim R Bou-Orm

“…The health workforce showed high levels of resilience, despite the shortage of medical staff and gaps in training at the early stages of the pandemic. The system infrastructure, medical supplies and testing capacities were sufficient, but the reluctance of the private sector in care provision and gaps in reimbursement of COVID-19 care by many health funding schemes were the main concerns. …”
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Durable resistance or efficient disease control? Adult Plant Resistance (APR) at the heart of the dilemma by Rimbaud, Loup, Papaïx, Julien, Rey, Jean-François, Moury, Benoît, Barrett, Luke G., Thrall, Peter H.

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Doctoral Studies in the Context of Global Trends: Problems and Key Factors of Development by M. V. Seroshtan, K. A. Artamonova, G. Z. Akimova, E. V. Berezhnaya, E. V. Seroshtan

“…The authors identify three groups of key factors: dynamic changes in the development of the state policy aimed at improving management in the field of training scientific and scientific-pedagogical personnel; developed ecosystem of educational and scientific organizations that provide doctoral education, including infrastructure, information, financial, organizational resources and scientific potential; doctoral students with interest and abilities in research activities, possessing a set of competencies necessary for the development of doctoral education. …”
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Technical considerations towards commercialization of porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome (PRRS) virus resistant pigs by A. Mark Cigan, Pieter W. Knap

“…Using these advances, the introduction of resistance genes into commercially relevant germplasm requires access to genetically superior livestock, an infrastructure for scalable allele deployment, freedom to operate, global regulatory approvals, and acceptance of gene edited livestock by producers and consumers. …”
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Perceptions of cervical screening uptake amongst South Asian women in Ontario, Canada: a concept mapping study by Kimberly Devotta, Aisha Lofters, Jacqueline Bender, Patricia O’Campo

“…Through sorting and map interpretation, participants identified and interpreted 6 clusters amongst the statements: (1) Personal beliefs and misconceptions around cervical cancer; (2) Education and knowledge issues around cervical cancer; (3) Cultural beliefs and influences specific to sexual health; (4) Barriers to prioritizing uptake of cervical screening; (5) System/ infrastructure gaps or inadequacies; and (6) Lack of comfort and supportive relationships in healthcare. …”
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WATER QUALITY FOR IRRIGATION: HISTORICAL AND CURRENT SITUATION OF THE COLORADO RIVER by Maria Luján Masseroni, Carolina Manuela Aumassanne, Paolo Daniel Sartor, Carlos Damian Zamora, Dardo Roy Fontanella

“…The characteristics of the water destined for irrigation influence the edaphic properties, the yield of the crops, the infrastructure of the irrigation systems and the durability of pressurized irrigation systems. …”
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Mitigating Risks in the Disaster Management Cycle by Huay Ling Tay, Ruth Banomyong, Paitoon Varadejsatitwong, Puthipong Julagasigorn

“…The findings reveal five dominant risk factors in the DMC and classify them within the DMC phases, which are (1) demand risk, (2) supply risk, (3) operational risk, (4) infrastructure risk, and (5) disruption risk. The severity and frequency of each risk vary in each DMC phase. …”
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Performance Evaluation and Microstructure Study of Pervious Concrete Prepared from Various Solid Waste Admixtures by Yi Li, Jiong Zhang, Jie Ding, Feng-zhen Chen, Ming-zhu Liu, Jia Liu, Zhao Hou

“…Pervious concrete (PC) is a green infrastructure material that offers advantages such as reducing surface runoff and purifying water quality, making it an important component of sponge cities. …”
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Recognition and Management of Postpartum Hemorrhage by Tasabih Ali EL Hassan Mohamed, Edwin Chandraharan, Yang Pan

“…Therefore, it is vital that adequate healthcare infrastructure, trained and competent healthcare professionals, and immediate access to resources, interventions, and multidisciplinary teams are essential both in well-resourced and resource-restrained healthcare systems. …”
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A Review of Artificial Intelligence Methods for Condition Monitoring and Fault Diagnosis of Rolling Element Bearings for Induction Motor by Omar AlShorman, Muhammad Irfan, Nordin Saad, D. Zhen, Noman Haider, Adam Glowacz, Ahmad AlShorman

“…The fault detection and diagnosis (FDD) along with condition monitoring (CM) and of rotating machinery (RM) have critical importance for early diagnosis to prevent severe damage of infrastructure in industrial environments. Importantly, valuable industrial equipment needs continuous monitoring to enhance the safety, reliability, and availability and to decrease the cost of maintenance of modern industrial systems and applications. …”
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Military security in the Arctic: New threats to Russia by V. N. Konyshev, A. A. Sergunin

“…In these conditions, the main threats to Russia’s military security in the Arctic, according to the authors, include: deployment of the U.S. / NATO military infrastructure and troops in the region; the formation of an anti-Russian bloc of Scandinavian states under the control of the alliance; modernization of the Arctic powers’ armed forces; intensification of naval activities of NATO countries in the Arctic seas. …”
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Strategic and Technical Considerations in Manufacturing Viral Vector Vaccines for the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority Threats by Lindsay A. Parish, Shyam Rele, Kimberly A. Hofmeyer, Brooke B. Luck, Daniel N. Wolfe

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Analisis Tingkat Kematangan Pendistribusian Ruang Kelas dengan Framework COBIT 4.1 Menggunakan Domain DS10 by Imroatul Muthoharoh, Elfara Fraksi Dwipa, Renny Sari Dewi

“…Abstract IT audit is a form of control or supervision of the information technology infrastructure that is carried out covering the whole, or briefly can be known as the evaluation process of all IT activities in the organization. …”
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A Novel Intensive Distribution Logistics Network Design and Profit Allocation Problem considering Sharing Economy by Mi Gan, Shuai Yang, Dandan Li, Mingfei Wang, Si Chen, Ronghui Xie, Jiyang Liu

“…The rapid growth of logistics distribution highlights the problems including the imperfect infrastructure of logistics distribution network, the serious shortage of distribution capacity of each individual enterprise, and the high cost of distribution in China. …”
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Adapting to climate change and multi-risk governance: toward sustainable adaptation and enhancing urban resilience—Indonesia by Abdillah Abdillah, Ida Widianingsih, Rd Ahmad Buchari, Heru Nurasa

“…The results of this study show that the impact of climate change in Bandung and Makassar City, Indonesia has caused an increase in the potential for erosion, reduced wetlands along the coast, an increase in the rate of seawater intrusion, a decrease in food production, damage to infrastructure, a reduction in clean water sources, an increase in disease. respiratory, floods, droughts, and other hydrological disasters. …”
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Predicting hydropower generation: A comparative analysis of Machine learning models and optimization algorithms for enhanced forecasting accuracy and operational efficiency by Chunyang Wang, Chao Li, Yudong Feng, Shoufeng Wang

“…Exponential global population growth and rapid technological advancements have increased electricity demand, strained the fossil fuel-reliant energy infrastructure, and exacerbated environmental issues like greenhouse gas emissions and climate change. …”
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Defect Recognition: Applying Time-Lapse GPR Measurements and Numerical Approaches by Enas Abdelsamei, Diaa Sheishah, Mohamed Aldeep, Csaba Tóth, György Sipos

“…Roads are critical components of infrastructure, and assessing their quality is essential to ensure the safe transport of people and goods, which in turn supports economic prosperity. …”
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Operationalising “loveability”: an interdisciplinary approach to enriching quality of life experiences in cities through creative cultural spaces by Mizan Rambhoros, Raymond Richard Neutra, Rosa Cerarols, Matthew Pelowski

“…The idea prioritises city dwellers’ emotional connections with psycho-spatial aspects of cities, beyond mere infrastructure, functionality, or services (“liveability”), which may not fully support positive wellbeing, especially in European cities. …”
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Tadzhikistan-Russia: Geopolitical Relations at the Turn of the Century by Z. S. Saidzoda

“…The author points out the long-term Russian presence in the form of a large scale military base and military infrastructure on the territory of Tajikistan. The Republic is one of the most consistent, active and disciplined members of the Collective Security Treaty Organization. …”
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Meta-Analysis: Overweight, Obesity, and Parkinson's Disease by Jinhu Chen, Zhenlong Guan, Liqin Wang, Guangyao Song, Boqing Ma, Yanqin Wang

“…We used PubMed, EMBASE, and the Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) databases to identify studies of associations between overweight/obesity and PD. …”
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