Social Media Addiction and Social Skills: Implications for Societal Learning Systems, Technology, Social Economy, and Societal Challenges by Semra Tetik, Catalin Popescu, Bülent Akkaya

“…The impact of social media use on societal challenges and individual development can be more effectively understood through the utilization of a systems thinking approach. The current study offers significant implications for the manner in which social media addiction and social skills are shaped in the context of social learning systems, technology and the social economy and explores the social effects of social media addiction and suggests effective interventions in the fields of education, policy and social work. …”
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Foreign Policy Image of the Eurasian Economic Union in the Mass Media of the United Kingdom by Olga Yu. Vikhrova, Iaroslava S. Gorlova

“…Due to the aggravation of the political crisis in 2022, the EAEU returned to the agenda of the British media, but mainly in the context of Russia’s foreign policy. This leads to the assumption that in the period from 2014 to 2022 the EAEU did not take any actions that would contribute to the formation of its foreign policy image, which underlines the necessity of such a study in the current circumstances.…”
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Natural science education in the university core curriculum by D. N. Kyrov, N. V. Nesterova, O. A. Prituzhalova, L. D. Cheremnykh

“…Introduction. One of the current issues in the theory and methodology of higher education is the development of its content that responds to societal challenges. …”
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Medium-term forecast of the age structure of teachers in secondary schools in the Russian Federation by L. V. Vasilieva, K. V. Lebedev, E. S. Sumenova

“…The present paper presents the results of the analysis of the current age structure of teachers in the regional context (in the subjects of the Russian Federation) and develops a forecast for its development.The aim of the current research was to present the results of the development of a medium-term (until 2024) forecast of the age structure of teachers in the subjects of the Russian Federation.Methodology and research methods. …”
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Educational Technologies in Modern Higher Education Institutions (Analysis of Russian and Foreign Research and Practice) by N. V. Bordovskaia, E. A. Koshkina, N. A. Bochkina

“…The search for the most effective means of training of the new generation of specialists to achieve academic and technological breakthrough in Russia has increased the significance of systematic scientific information on modern educational technologies used in higher education institutions.The aim of the current research is to present the results of review and systematisation of research information on theoretical foundations of development and application of educational technologies in Russian and foreign higher educational institutions.Methodology and research methods. …”
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Medication-related infrastructure and medication reviews in nursing homes—a rapid appraisal study by Carla Meyer-Massetti, Magdalena Osińska, Naomi Welte, Franziska Zúñiga

“…The present study aimed to survey current medication-use infrastructure and processes and medication review practices in NHs in the German-speaking part of Switzerland. …”
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User journey method: a case study for improving digital intervention use measurement by Lauri Lukka, Maria Vesterinen, Antti Salonen, Vilma-Reetta Bergman, Paulus Torkki, Satu Palva, J. Matias Palva

“…Abstract Background Many digital mental health interventions meet low levels of use. However, current use measurement methods do not necessarily help identify which intervention elements are associated with dropout, despite this information potentially facilitating iterative intervention development. …”
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Caught Up Between War, Localism and EU Land Policy Regulations. Unravelling Local Land Use Decision-Making in Ukraine by Oleksandr Anisimov, Yegor Vlasenko, Dominic Stead, Maria Smirnova

“…This points to the need for a more grounded and context-sensitive  approach in supranational land use goals and regulations. …”
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Predicting Medical Adherence based on Attachment Styles by Considering the Mediating Role of Emotional Regulation in Patients with Chronic Peptic Ulcer Disease by Abbas Keyvanloo, Aliakbar Saremi, Reza Nouri

“…Emotional regulation played a significant mediating role in this context (p<0.05). The prevalence of secure attachment styles was positively correlated with an increase in medical adherence, and individuals with higher emotional regulation reported a higher level of medical adherence. …”
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Assessment of the feed additive consisting of Bacillus velezensis ATCC PTA‐6737 (PB6) for turkeys for fattening and turkeys reared for breeding for the renewal of its authorisation... by EFSA Panel on Additives and Products or Substances used in Animal Feed (FEEDAP), Vasileios Bampidis, Giovanna Azimonti, Maria de Lourdes Bastos, Henrik Christensen, Mojca Durjava, Birgit Dusemund, Maryline Kouba, Marta López‐Alonso, Secundino López Puente, Francesca Marcon, Baltasar Mayo, Alena Pechová, Mariana Petkova, Fernando Ramos, Roberto Edoardo Villa, Ruud Woutersen, Jaume Galobarts I Cots, Elisa Pettenati, Daniel Pagés Plaza

“…The applicant is also requesting to modify the target species in the current authorisations to ‘all growing poultry’, the increase of the recommended use level in chickens for fattening, chickens reared for laying and minor poultry species except minor poultry for laying from 1 × 107 to 1 × 108 CFU/kg complete feed and the compatibility of the additive with halofuginone. …”
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Assessing municipal solid waste in Indian smart cities: A path towards Waste-to-Energy by Ateeb Hamdan, Sugato Panda, Mayur Shirish Jain, Veena Raj, Sathyajith Mathew

“…It also maps its current waste management practices in the demographic space of 10 Indian smart cities. …”
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The Circular Kitchen by Bas Jansen

“…While start-ups favor radical innovation, established manufacturers, like the CIK’s producer, opt for incremental improvements (outside of a research context). This suggests that when aiming for large-scale implementation that can only be reached with large-scale production, the feasibility of the design should be prioritized, while still improving environmental performance compared to current, non-circular kitchens. …”
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Contemporary problems of reflection theory by E. N. Gnatik, V. M. Naidysh

“…In connection with the rapid development of cognitive sciences in epistemology, philosophy of consciousness, realistic concepts of cognition are actualized, and with them, interest in the theory of reflection, its current state, is growing again. The article analyzes the main paradigms of the theory of reflection, the paths of their historical development and its current problems. …”
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Developing and validating the scale of language teachers’ design thinking competency in artificial intelligence language teaching (LTDTAILT) by Amir Reza Rahimi

“…Nowadays, cultivating DT within any educational program is becoming increasingly important for teachers since Artificial Intelligence (AI) and chatbots are available to all students. …”
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) Integration in Urban Decision-Making Processes: Convergence and Divergence with the Multi-Criteria Analysis (MCA) by Maria Rosaria Guarini, Francesco Sica, Alejandro Segura

“…The study’s goal is to investigate the cross-functional relationships between Artificial Intelligence (AI) and current decision-making support systems, which are increasingly being used to interpret urban growth and development from a multi-dimensional perspective, such as a multi-criteria one. …”
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Opportunities of the discipline of «Training professional communication» in the formation of students’ universal competences by Alexandra Vladimirovna Leontyeva, Irina Vladimirovna Detkova

“…The indication of the need for the formation of universal competencies in students in the current FSES HE 3++ has activated the scientific and pedagogical community to search for ways to solve this problem. …”
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Management of the Fuel Supply Chain and Energy Security in Poland by Joanna Alicja Dyczkowska, Norbert Chamier-Gliszczynski, Waldemar Woźniak, Roman Stryjski

“…The shift in fuel supply logistics during the discussed period, along with the increase in the fuel safety stock coefficient to quantities exceeding current demand in case of further disruptions caused by external factors, affects the security of the Polish state as well as neighboring countries in Central Europe. …”
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AMEND 2.0: module identification and multi-omic data integration with multiplex-heterogeneous graphs by Samuel S. Boyd, Chad Slawson, Jeffrey A. Thompson

“…Conclusions While the analysis of multi-omic datasets in a network context is poised to provide deeper understanding of health and disease, new methods are required to fully take advantage of this increasingly complex data. …”
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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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