Implementation of best-evidence rehabilitation for hip, knee and hand osteoarthritis in Africa: A cause for concern by Monique M. Keller, Beatrice Sankah

“…Development of African context-specific evidence-based rehabilitation guidelines and improved training on current guidelines by universities and professional societies are needed. …”
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Promoting Peri-urban Agriculture: A Remedy for Climate Change. Case of the Town of Delly Brahim in Algiers by Nesrine Bacha, Naima Hadj Mohamed

“… The issue of promoting peri-urban agriculture seems to be an important one in response to the various current concerns about the future of cities in the face of climate change. …”
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159 Benefits of career development grant coaching groups for early career clinical and translational investigators beyond funding success by Sudeshna De, Kharma Foucher

“…Funding confidence in securing funding also increased from 40.8 ± 19.1 to 64.0 ± 20.7 (p  =  0.003). …”
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Combined Oral Contraceptives for Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: <i>Pro</i> and <i>Contra</i> (Review) by I. A. Mazerkina, I. G. Davydov, O. S. Alyautdina

“…This study aimed to review current data on the use of COCs in PCOS, focusing on the rationality of prescribing, the main risks of using COCs, and the measures to minimise these risks.DISCUSSION. …”
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Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio as a prognostic factor in patients with acute pulmonary embolism on the background of oncological disease by V.Y. Tseluyko, N.H. Shylo

“…Background. Current risk stratification methods for patients with pulmonary embolism (PE) in the context of malignancy do not account for all factors influencing disease course and prognosis. …”
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Decatecholaminization of Septic Shock Patients in Intensive Care Unit: an Economic Assessment in the Italian Setting by Alfredo Del Gaudio, Assunta Caiazza, Luana Bortone, Sonia Tomasso, Ilaria Bozzari, Laura Vincenzi, Gianluca Furneri, Luigi Tritapepe

“…INTRODUCTION: Prolonged administration of norepinephrine to critically ill patients can lead to serious adverse events. In this context, the concept of “decatecholaminization” has emerged over the past decade, involving the association of vasopressin with norepinephrine to reduce catecholamines need. …”
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Introducing the non-invasive prenatal test for trisomy 21 in Belgium: a cost-consequences analysis by Mattias Neyt, Frank Hulstaert, Wilfried Gyselaers

“…The objective is to estimate the consequences of introducing NIPT for the detection of T21.Methods A cost-consequences analysis was performed presenting the impact on benefits, harms and costs. Context-specific real-world information was available to set up a model reflecting the current screening situation in Belgium. …”
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Effects of ibrutinib and venetoclax on the expression of immune checkpoint molecules in leukemic blasts of patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia by Armin Dozandeh-Jouybari, Fatemeh Mousavi-Mirkalaei, Saeid Taghiloo, Hossein Karami, Mohammad Naderisorki, Ehsan Zaboli, Mohammad Eslami-Jouybari, Tohid Kazemi, Hossein Asgarian-Omran

“…Following treatment, the proliferation of leukemic cells was significantly decreased and the apoptosis rate was significantly increased, which was more remarkable for venetoclax. …”
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CREATING PUBLIC OPINION AND DEVELOPING SPATIAL CITIZENSHIP THROUGH MAPS: THE CASE OF ZARAGOZA, SPAIN by María ZÚÑIGA-ANTÓN, María SEBASTIÁN LÓPEZ, Rafael DE MIGUEL GONZÁLEZ, Ángel PUEYO CAMPOS

“… The current context of social transformation and urban changes increases the need for updated knowledge of living spaces. …”
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Fermentative Butanol Production—Perspectives and Scale-Up Challenges by Seedhabadee Ganeshan, Mehmet Çağlar Tülbek

“…Among biofuels, higher alcohols have recently gained renewed interest, especially in the context of upcycling agri-food residues and other industrial organic wastes. …”
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Ireland’s Well-being Framework: Going beyond growth? by Dukelow Fiona

“…By examining its evolution, it looks at the degree to which the adoption of a well-being narrative and policy framework demonstrates an opening, in the Irish context, to address the challenges of going beyond the growth dependence of the welfare state and the increasing urgency of the contradictions of green growth. …”
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ASPECTS CONCERNING CONTRIBUTION OF WATER SUPPLY AND SANITATION NETWORKS (WSS) INVESTMENTS TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDGs) IN ROMANIA by Dumitru Florin FRONE, Simona FRONE

“…Today, with the start of the SARS-COV-2 pandemic in 2020, public health and personal and family hygiene are the highest priorities, practically reaffirming the crucial importance and synergies of SDGs such as SDG1- No Poverty and SDG6-Clean Water and Sanitation. In this context, the paper analyses some current trends, benefits and contributions of European and Structural Investment (ESI)-funded WSS projects in Romania, through the Large Infrastructure Operational Program. …”
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Accountability and platforms' governance: the case of online prominence of public service media content by Krisztina Rozgonyi

“…Public discourse has moved online, enabled by platforms, which in the context of information and media content have become an essential source, access point and key distributor of information. …”
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A Review of Discrimination and Labeling of Refugees Using the Example of Syrian and Ukrainian Refugees by Buket Ökten Sipahioğlu

“…In the forced migration context, the term"refugee" is mostly related to negative issues because of the prior refugee crisis experiences and the frighteningly increasing numbers of displaced people around the world. …”
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Theoretical Dispute About the Relationship Between Interest and Growth Rates by Überblick

“…Abstract Since the outbreak of the economic and financial crisis, the prolonged phase of low interest rates has been increasingly controversial. The relationship between the interest rate r and the growth rate g plays a central role in this context: some authors derive a justification for a more expansionary fiscal policy at r < g. …”
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Construction and Evaluation of Scenarios as a Learning Strategy through Modelling-Simulation by Juan Luis Peñaloza Figueroa, Carmen Vargas Perez

“…From a systemic perspective and in the context of an increasing generalization in the use of new technologies and the change in the educational paradigm -which emphasizes guided and autonomous learning-, the learning strategy should be routed to join logical reasoning and instrumental skills (software). …”
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Microbiome research potential for developing holistic approaches to improve refugee health by Mohammad Ahsan Fuzail, Bilal Ahmed, Daniel L. Burke, Amanda Hylland Spjeldnæs, Masako Horino, Carly Ching, Muhammad Hamid Zaman

“…Morbidity from disease is increasingly being understood as dependent on wellbeing of the ecosystem, as opposed to an isolated element. …”
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Innovative tax administration tools in Russia by N. G. Мorozova, Zh. M. Korzovatykh

“…The article examines the current system of tax administration in Russia and its innovative tools, actively developed and implemented in the context of the digital technologies’ rapid development and the transformation of the control and supervisory state activities. …”
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Approaches for treating neuropsychiatric symptoms in Parkinson’s disease: a narrative review by Jon Rodríguez-Antigüedad, Gonzalo Olmedo-Saura, Javier Pagonabarraga, Saül Martínez-Horta, Jaime Kulisevsky

“…As a result, the drugs currently recommended for treating neuropsychiatric symptoms in PD are few and supported by limited evidence. …”
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"No reason for children to go hungry": Rural U.S. caregivers' perceptions of elected officials and their impacts on food policy. by Annie Hardison-Moody, Lindsey Haynes-Maslow, Sarah K Bowen

“…In the context of the increasingly polarized U.S. political environments of the 2016 and 2020 elections, how did rural caregivers think about food and health policies? …”
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