After the Astana declaration: is comprehensive primary health care set for success this time? by Per Kallestrup, Christian Kraef

“…In this analysis we (1) examine the challenges that comprehensive PHC faced after the Alma-Ata declaration, (2) provide an analysis of the current opportunities and threats to comprehensive PHC strengthening on the global, national and community level and (3) review the most important policy recommendations and related evidence to address these threats for success of the Astana declaration.Factors that are predominantly opportunities are the treasure of historical lessons from the past 40 years, the increased attention to social and environmental determinants of health, the global economic growth and new technologies, in particular digital medicine, which also have the potential to revolutionise community involvement.Factors that are currently predominantly threats are insecurity, conflicts and disease outbreaks; lack of sustained political commitment and inappropriate monitoring and evaluation structures; inappropriate and unsustainable financing models; insufficient health workforce recruitment, employment and retention; missing support of physicians and their professional organisations; inadequately addressing the needs of the community and not giving attention to gender equity. …”
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Re-establishment and Regarding Trust and Transparency, Blockchain’s Contribution to the Solution of a Thousand-Year Problem by Nataliia Krasnokutska, Koray Adıgüzel

“…It is understood that after the development of technologies that eliminate centralised structures such as Blockchain, the business world is keen to adapt to this change. In this context, it is concluded that including new technologies such as Blockchain increased trust in various industries, and in the majority of the studies, Blockhain considered being an element to reduce costs and create a more transparent environment. …”
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CHAC1 in urological tumors: contextual dualism and therapeutic implications by Deyu Wang, Yongquan Wan, Yunxiang Li, Yuan Ren, Jiakai Ma, Si Ge, Ziqiang Zeng, Zuoping Wang, Lei Zhen

“…CHAC1, a glutathione-degrading enzyme, governs context-dependent pathophysiological processes in urological malignancies through modulation of endoplasmic reticulum stress and ferroptotic pathways. …”
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Intellektuális akadálymentesítés az oktatásban: problémafelvetés, alternatívák keresése by Mónika KRASZNAY

“…Based on the author’s educational and teaching experiences, including a recommended literature, and taking into account the relevant context of the postmodern society (rapidly changing world, rapidly developing sciences, increased amount of but easily/quickly accessible information, communication tools for information dis-semination, etc.), the study considers – and encourages the reader to do the same – the following in terms of both secondary and higher education: ● How and to what extent can we supplement the one-sided memorization of facts and data, the acquisition of lexical knowledge with the technical possibilities of researching and storing information? …”
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ECONOMIC CRISIS AND THE COMPETITIVENESS OF TRANSNATIONAL COMPANIES by LIVIU RADU, CARMEN RADU

“…In crisis situations, the competitiveness of transnational companies becomes a particularly complex concept, due to the fact that said business entities are continuously moving within the context of internationalization and increasing use of global strategies. …”
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Lung Ultrasound in Critical Care: A Narrative Review by Lee Berry, Lucas Rehnberg, Paul Groves, Martin Knight, Michael Stewart, Ahilanandan Dushianthan

“…This narrative review aims to outline the current uses of LUS within the context of published protocols, associated pathologies, LUS scoring systems, and their applications, whilst exploring more novel uses.…”
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The Quest to Re-energise Academic Staff in Higher Education in an Age of Performativity by Ioanna Palaiologou, Stephen Burwood, Thomas Feldges, Trevor Male

“…This article explores how it may be possible to re-energise academic staff within the current context of expectations of managers within higher education (HE) in England. …”
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Εosinophilic Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. What Do We Know So Far? by Konstantinos Bartziokas, Andriana I. Papaioannou, Nikoletta Rovina, Georgia Papaiakovou, Stelios Loukides, Paschalis Steiropoulos

“…Finally, we emphasize the current implication of monoclonal antibodies in COPD in the context of eosinophilic airway inflammation.…”
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Citizens’ Perceptions of Public Administration Ethics, Public Service Quality and Politicization of Public Organizations: A Study in Diyarbakır by Müslüm Kayacı

“…Field studies in different contexts can provide evidence for new public management scholars to expand theory and for governments to improve current policies and operations in the bureaucracy. …”
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Visualization of the relationship between metabolism and lung diseases from the perspective of bibliometric analysis: research trends and future prospects by Ming-Yan Wang, Xing-Yu Mo, Meng-Xu Yi, Hong-Yan Lu

“…Current research trends highlight a shift toward investigating metabolic reprogramming of immune cells in the context of lung diseases. …”
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Analyzing family planning expenditure in Bangladesh by Md. Ragaul Azim, Nasrin Sultana, K. M. Nafiz Ifteakhar Tulon, Md. Sirajul Islam, Syed Abdul Hamid

“… # Conclusions The findings of this study warrant an increase in the family planning funds to reduce the unmet need and discontinuation of the current family planning methods. …”
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New Advances in Iberian Medieval Agriculture: Plant Remains from the Islamic Site of Castillo de Valtierra (Navarre, Northern Spain) by Antonio Peralta-Gómez, Leonor Peña-Chocarro, Jesús Lorenzo Jiménez

“…However, there has been a notable increase in interest in archaeobotanical studies in medieval contexts over the past decade. …”
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Enhancing Infotainment Services in Integrated Aerial–Ground Mobility Networks by Chenn-Jung Huang, Liang-Chun Chen, Yu-Sen Cheng, Ken-Wen Hu, Mei-En Jian

“…Simulation results show a 47% increase in average available bandwidth over conventional first-come-first-served schemes. …”
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Meeting report on the round table discussions ‘epigenetics and society’ CLEPIC24 by Michelle GJL Habets, Marianne G Rots, Luca Chiapperino

“…Abstract This paper reports and analyses round table discussions at the 2024 Clinical Epigenetics International Conference, which were designed to increase sociotechnical reflexivity, and to develop context-sensitive and practically actionable Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) frameworks in the epigenetics community. …”
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A Multimodal Semantic-Enhanced Attention Network for Fake News Detection by Weijie Chen, Yuzhuo Dang, Xin Zhang

“…Current fake news detection systems predominantly rely on isolated unimodal analysis (text or image), failing to exploit critical cross-modal correlations or leverage latent social context cues. …”
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Future climate change and the distributional shift of the common vampire bat, Desmodus rotundus by Paige Van de Vuurst, Julia M. Gohlke, Luis E. Escobar

“…Certain areas in the Amazon Rainforest, which currently rests at the geographic center of D. rotundus’ range, may become climatically unsuitable for this species within the context of niche conservatism. …”
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Personal Data Hacking: A Critical Analysis of Islamic Criminal Law and Islamic Jurisprudence by Munifah Munifah, Mufrod Teguh Mulyo

“…Enhancing digital literacy in accordance with Islamic teachings also serves as a calculated move to increase public understanding of the significance of protecting privacy in the digital age.…”
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From Trash to Profit: How Packaging Waste Management Has Driven the Circular Economy—An Integrative Literature Review by Jorge Alfredo Cerqueira-Streit, Patrícia Guarnieri, Luciel Henrique de Oliveira, Jacques Demajorovic

“…<i>Methods</i>: This article aims to identify the current status of packaging waste management in the CE context through an integrative literature review using Scopus and Web of Science databases. …”
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Le jeu des illusions : discrimination entre apparence et réalité chez les primates by Marie Hirel

“…It appears thus necessary to increase the number of studies with other nonhuman primates for bringing new elements on this ability and, more generally, on the evolution of primate cognition.…”
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Effective Professional Development and Gamification Enacting Curriculum Changes in Critical Mathematics Education by Ciara Mc Kevitt, Sarah Porcenaluk, Cornelia Connolly

“…Games have been used in multiple industries aiming to motivate participants and increase engagement on a particular matter. However, the term “gamification” has been coined by Pelling as the use of games in a non-gaming context. …”
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