Gender perspectives in disaster response: An evidence-based review by Alfred Acanga, Baker Matovu, Venugopalan Murale, Sudha Arlikatti

“…In this study, 80 documents were systematically reviewed to explore the current and emerging gender perspectives (individual and institutional) towards disaster response and resilience mechanisms across geographies and over time. …”
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Heating Sector Strategies in Climate-Neutral Societies by Steffen Nielsen, Peter Sorknæs, Brian Vad Mathiesen, Henrik Lund, Diana Moreno, Jakob Zinck Thellufsen

“…The results of the analyses show (1) a feasible reduction level of around 36% in end-use heat demand in buildings, with higher potential in older buildings and lower in new buildings, (2) expanding district heating to areas with a density of 15-10 kWh/m2 is feasible, resulting in a district heating share of 63-70% of the heat demand compared to the current level of 51%, (3) a large unexploited potential to use heat sources such as industrial excess heat, geothermal heat, data centres and power-to-X, reducing the need for biomass in the heating sector, and (4) increased use of variable renewable energy and combined heat and power production increasing gas export and thus replacing biomass consumption outside the country. …”
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Impact of COVID-19 on Corporate Cash Holdings and Speed of Adjustment by Abbas Aflatooni, Mohammad Khatiri, Farzad Eivani

“…The results indicated that during the COVID-19 period, firms' cash holdings ratios became increased than doubled and the speed of cash ratio adjustment increased by nearly 40% compared to previous years. …”
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Nursing regulation in Canada: Insights from a scoping review. by Patrick Chiu, Natalie J Thiessen, Sobia Idrees, Kathleen Leslie, Janice Y Kung

“…The number of publications has steadily increased over the last few decades, and the majority of sources were situated in a provincial/territorial context (n = 104, 53.3%), followed by the national (n = 67, 34.4%) and global context (n = 24, 12.3%). …”
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Τhe Political Economy of Green Transition: The Need for a Two-Pronged Approach to Address Climate Change and the Necessity of “Science Citizens” by Antonios Angelakis, Manolis Manioudis, Anthi Koskina

“…The principal results and findings offer interpretations and insights while encouraging further discussion on transitioning to a sustainable science society. In this context, the analysis results elucidate that there is evidence for an increased policy emphasis on technology development (economy-based approaches) rather than on technology diffusion and assessment, and/or the integration of key small-scale actors, such as citizens. …”
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Diagnostic Challenges in Fungal Coinfections Associated With Global COVID-19 by Ariyo Shahin Jafari, Amir Sasan Mozaffari Nejad, Hossein Faraji, Ahmed S. Abdel-Moneim, Saeme Asgari, Hakime Karami, Ali Kamali, Ali Asghar Kheirkhah Vakilabad, Ali Habibi, Motahareh Faramarzpour

“…The early diagnosis of opportunistic infections is a critical concern for patient care worldwide, particularly in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. This review examines the challenges and advancements in the management and early diagnosis of opportunistic fungal infections, which have become increasingly prominent during the pandemic. …”
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Therapeutic and legal aspects of psilocybin in cancer-related depression by Wierzbicka Małgorzata, Wierzbicka Małgorzata, Wierzbicka Małgorzata, Renata Kopczyk, Aleksandra Gerlach, Joanna Rymaszewska

“…Depression prevalence is markedly elevated in oncological patients, particularly among head and neck cancer (HNC) cohorts, who face twice the prevalence of major depressive disorder (MDD) compared to other cancer populations. MDD in this context independently predicts poorer clinical outcomes and increased morbidity. …”
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The development of group healing storytelling model in multicultural counselling services in Indonesian schools: Examination of disciplinary cases by M. Fatchurahman, M. A. Setiawan, K. Karyanti

“…However, it is limited to a cultural context, so it will be complicated to implement it in a different cultural environment.…”
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Effects of dietary myo-inositol on growth performance, hematological parameters, antioxidant capacity, immunity and resistance against Aeromonas hydrophila in red swamp crayfish (P... by Guoliang Ruan, Heng Zhang, Wei Chen, Liu Fang, Jiu Shu, Qian Wang

“…Myo-inositol (MI) as a vitamin-like nutrient has not been investigated in P. clarkii yet, current study was made to investigate the effect of dietary MI on the growth and health of the crayfish, P. clarkii (8.05 ± 0.71 g) fed with diets containing 0 (M0), 800 (M1), 1600 (M2), 2400 (M3), and 3200 (M4) mg/kg of MI for eight weeks. …”
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Combining the RCAS/tv-a retrovirus and CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing systems to generate primary mouse models of diffuse midline glioma by Sophie R. Wu, Julianne Sharpe, Joshua Tolliver, Abigail J. Groth, Reid Chen, María E. Guerra García, Vennesa Valentine, Nerissa T. Williams, Sheeba Jacob, Zachary J. Reitman

“…These mini-pooled in vivo experiments generated primary midline gliomas with decreased tumor latency (median time to tumor formation of 3.6 weeks, P < 0.0001, log-rank test compared to single-plex gRNA). …”
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Sport participation as an educational tool and a means of promoting physical, mental, and social well-being by Francesco Sgrò

“…Building on these premises, this special issue of the section dedicated to Physical Education and Sports in the European Journal of Research on Education and Teaching (i.e., Formazione & insegnamento) aims to provide a space for analyzing the current scientific and institutional context, discussing educational and training intervention models, sharing best practices, and presenting empirical studies primarily focused on the three main areas introduced by the amendment to Article 33. …”
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Book review for Y. Bilan “Migration of Ukrainian Population. Economic, Institutional and Sociocultural Factors” by Romuald Jończy, Diana Rokita-Poskart

“…The situation has changed at the later phase of the Ukrainian state transition (2000-2010) when there was observed stabilization of the migrations scale. Currently, significant increase of migration volumes from Ukraine have been observed, especially in the context of the current political situation in Eastern Ukraine, the very likely probability of further instability accompanied by economic downturn and fundamental changes at Ukrainian labour market, especially in terms of wages, currency exchange and price conditions that are the main factors of labour migration. …”
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Universal metrics for predicting the activity of a wide range of fuel-cell catalysts by Ganesan Elumalai, Satoshi Tominaka

“…The increasing demand for universal metrics in material development, particularly in the context of material informatics (MI), emphasises the need for catalytic activity metrics in fuel-cell research, specifically for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). …”
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Electronic cigarette use in relation to changes in smoking status and respiratory symptoms by Linnéa Hedman<sup>+<sup>, Gustaf Lyytinen<sup>+<sup>, Helena Backman, Magnus Lundbäck, Caroline Stridsman, Anne Lindberg, Hannu Kankaanranta, Lina Rönnebjerg, Eva Rönmark, Linda Ekerljung

“…In contrast, the symptoms decreased among those who quit tobacco smoking, but there was no significant difference in respiratory symptoms between quitters with and without e-cigarette use. …”
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The effects of seismic activities following the 30 October 2020 Samos Island earthquakes in Izmir and its surrounding by Oya Ankaya PAMUKÇU, Ayça ÇIRMIK, Fikret DOĞRU, Ekrem TUŞAT, Fatih UYSAL, Hasan SÖZBILIR, Ufuk AYDIN, Özkan Cevdet ÖZDAĞ, Metehan ULUĞTEKIN, Fulya ÖZDEMIR, Zülfikar ERHAN

“…In this context, in order to determine the current deformation after the Samos Island earthquake that occurred on October 30, 2020, measurements were performed at six continuous GNSS stations in and around Izmir. …”
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SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF TUBERCULOSIS by Andrei DOBRE

“…Despite the medical knowledge about the disease, analizing it from a sociological and anthropological point of view could generate a better understating of the disease, it’s social factors and the complexity of the context. Being the leading cause of death among the socio-professionally active population, with approximately 2 million deaths annually, prior to the establishment of certain control and surveillance measures, it is necessary to we understand the social factors and the costs of the disease, elements that increase the risk of infection / death, and what are the needs and services to be addressed. …”
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Analysis of Outdoor and Indoor Radon Concentration Time Series Recorded with RadonEye Monitors by Peter Bossew, Eleonora Benà, Scott Chambers, Miroslaw Janik

“…Consumer-grade economical radon monitors are becoming increasingly popular in private and institutional use, in the contexts of both Citizen Science and traditional research. …”
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Burnout and its Factors in Healthcare Workers Involved in Providing Health Care for Patients With COVID-19 at Different Stages of the Pandemic by A. B. Kholmogorova, S. S. Petrikov, A. Y. Suroyegina, O. Y. Mikita, A. A. Rakhmanina, A. P. Roy

“…Abstract. In the context of the pandemic, when healthcare professionals are forced to work under extreme stress and an increased threat of infection, research on professional burnout and emotional maladjustment of medical workers is gaining particular relevance around the world.Aim of study. …”
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Cell Therapy in Ischemic Heart Disease: Interventions That Modulate Cardiac Regeneration by Maximiliano I. Schaun, Bruna Eibel, Melissa Kristocheck, Grasiele Sausen, Luana Machado, Andreia Koche, Melissa M. Markoski

“…This review brings together current data on pharmacological and nonpharmacological approaches to improve cell homing and cardiac repair.…”
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Intelligent beehive monitoring system based on internet of things and colony state analysis by Yiyao Zheng, Xiaoyan Cao, Shaocong Xu, Shihui Guo, Rencai Huang, Yingjiao Li, Yijie Chen, Liulin Yang, Xiaoyu Cao, Zainura Idrus, Hongting Sun

“…After that, the system will be deployed and monitored for a long time in the actual scenario, it was found that the activity of bees decreased significantly under heavy rainfall conditions. …”
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