Sustainable agricultural mechanization in Timor-Leste: status, challenges and further action by Jelle Van Loon, Mayling Flores Rojas

“…Beyond this, a reform of the current government mechanization hire schemes is needed: integrated approaches, as found from business model analyses and training exercises during field missions, are needed, that entail context-specific solutions for targeted rural communities, with special attention given to participatory extension, inclusive co-validation of technologies, and private sector-led business model development around mechanization service delivery. …”
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HORMONE IMBALANCE AS A MANIFESTATION OF STRESS IN THE FORMATION OF OLIGOMENORRHEA IN TEENAGE GIRLS by В. Диннік, О. Диннік, С. Новохатська

“…At OM onset, nearly 20% of participants exhibited low E2 levels. With increased disease duration (years 2–3), the proportion of adolescents with low E2 decreased while those with elevated E2 increased. …”
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Évaluer ex ante la pertinence de projets locaux d’adaptation au changement climatique by Alexandre Magnan

“…Yet, such bases are essential pillars for ensuring consistency among scattered adaptation initiatives, while these latter are expected to grow in number in the context of adaptation funds increase. (iii) Ex ante assessments are as necessary as currently dominating ex post assessments, as they contribute upstream and in parallel of projects’ monitoring and efficiency analysis, to the coherence and the optimisation of adaptation endeavours.…”
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Research on the Urban Village Renewal Mechanism Based on Rent Gap Theory: A Case Study in Xi’an, China by Jiaxi Xiao, Fan Dong

“…This paper proposes a rent gap theory that is more suited to China’s context and further expands its applicability through case study research. …”
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From Surveillance to Sentencing: Evaluating AI's Role in Indian Criminal Justice by Kumar Navin

“…Additionally, AI shows promise in addressing cybercrime, one of the most formidable challenges currently facing Indian authorities. However, the integration of AI into criminal investigations raises critical concerns regarding privacy, surveillance, data protection, and algorithmic bias. …”
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Profile of Succesful Entrepreneur in Romania. Comparative Study Among Students from West University of Timisoara, Romania by Denisa ABRUDAN, Cătălin MARTIN

“…The entrepreneurial companies are the companies which create jobs and contribute to increase the productivity. Currently, entrepreneurship development is important all over the world. …”
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Achievements and challenges of research and development activity as one of the pillars of Knowledge Triangle in the Republic of Moldova by Rodica CRUDU

“…Moldova can not be competitive in this new context, unless it becomes more innovative and responds more efficiently to the consumer needs and preferences. …”
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Identify the Challenges of Sustainable Agricultural Development in the South of Kerman Province by Omid Sharifi, Amir Afzali Gorouh, Mona Babaee

“…The use of unconditional production inputs to increase performance over the last decade which leads to the degradation of the environment and human health, has underscored the importance of sustainable agriculture and continued production along with the preservation of natural resources. …”
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Visual analysis of fruit harvesting machine based on CiteSpace by YANG Daorina, ZHANG Fengkui, WANG Yulong, HE Ruohong, ZHU Jikui, LI Ping

“…[Objective] In the context of the acceleration of agricultural modernization, the development of fruit harvesting machinery is of great significance for improving the production efficiency of fruit industry and reducing labor costs. …”
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Control Shift by Theodora Chatzi Rodopoulou

“…The aim of this dissertation is to explore the potential of enhancement of the Industrial Heritage Reuse through the identification and analysis of its influencing Aspects, under the light of the contemporary theoretical conservation concepts, the current demands of the field of practice and the rising challenges of the 21st century context. …”
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Dynamics of educational activity of students under the influence of digitalisation by D. Yu. Narkhov, E. N. Narkhova, D. V. Shkurin

“…This study is based on the use of specific approaches to industry-specific sociological knowledge (youth and education): community, system, structural-functional, institutional, temporal, thesaurus, network, panoramic (pedagogical science). The current research employs the results of a mass survey conducted among students (N = 1825, 19 universities of the Sverdlovsk region) according to the authors’ method. …”
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Impact of Climate Change on the Narrow Endemic Herb Psilopeganum sinense (Rutaceae) in China by Ruixiong Deng, Kaitong Xiao, Xin Chen, Beibei Huang, Haoran Li, Lin Wu, Hang Ning, Hui Chen

“…Our results not only provide a scientific basis for managing P. sinense resources in the context of climate change but also serve as an important reference for restoring wild P. sinense populations.…”
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Acute effects of single-bout isometric handgrip exercise on selected cardiovascular parameters in young normotensive adults at a tertiary care center of West Bengal by Anisha Dutta, Anish Bhowmik

“…Context: Hypertension is currently prevalent along with other lifestyle disorders, which further adds up to cardiovascular morbidity. …”
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"Glowing head" mice: a genetic tool enabling reliable preclinical image-based evaluation of cancers in immunocompetent allografts. by Chi-Ping Day, John Carter, Zoe Weaver Ohler, Carrie Bonomi, Rajaa El Meskini, Philip Martin, Cari Graff-Cherry, Lionel Feigenbaum, Thomas Tüting, Terry Van Dyke, Melinda Hollingshead, Glenn Merlino

“…Preclinical therapeutic assessment currently relies on the growth response of established human cell lines xenografted into immunocompromised mice, a strategy that is generally not predictive of clinical outcomes. …”
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Building trust in rural communities: recruitment and retention strategies in developmental science by Ava Reck, Lauren Holley, Kyle Bower, Sarah Whitaker, Caroline Hall, Courtney Brown, Alison Berg, Caroline Alvarado, Diane Bales, Katharine Suma, Kimberly Fowler, Charles Geier, Assaf Oshri

“…This manuscript examines the recruitment and retention strategies aimed to facilitate trust and engagement in a longitudinal study involving rural participants in Northeast Georgia.MethodologyThe continuum of community engagement model suggests that research recruitment efforts should involve more than direct participant outreach, toward a multifaceted, community-driven approach. The current study employs a mixed-methods framework to evaluate these strategies in fostering trust and participant engagement. …”
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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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Variation of all-cause and cause-specific mortality with body mass index in one million Swedish parent-son pairs: An instrumental variable analysis. by Kaitlin H Wade, David Carslake, Per Tynelius, George Davey Smith, Richard M Martin

“…Furthermore, we expect different patterns of bias in the current observational and IV analyses; therefore, the similarities between our findings from both methods increases confidence in the results. …”
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The potential impact of COVID-19 in refugee camps in Bangladesh and beyond:  A modeling study. by Shaun Truelove, Orit Abrahim, Chiara Altare, Stephen A Lauer, Krya H Grantz, Andrew S Azman, Paul Spiegel

“…<h4>Conclusions</h4>Our findings suggest that a COVID-19 epidemic in a refugee settlement may have profound consequences, requiring large increases in healthcare capacity and infrastructure that may exceed what is currently feasible in these settings. …”
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Developing the European Villages in the Republic of Moldova taken into account the Digital Economy Society Index (DESI) by Anatolii BABIN, Tatiana COLESNICOVA, Sergiu TUTUNARU

“…Recent positive experiences of EU member states, which have been analyzed in previous research papers, show that the creation of jobs in agricol sectors in rural areas contributes to increasing household incomes. The objective of our study is to analyze and implement the methods and data sources for calculating DESI indicators at the level of local administrative units in the Republic of Moldova, in the context of the National Program for the European Village, launched in spring 2022. …”
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Developing the European Villages in the Republic of Moldova taken into account the Digital Economy Society Index (DESI) by Anatolii BABIN, Tatiana COLESNICOVA, Sergiu TUTUNARU

“…Recent positive experiences of EU member states, which have been analyzed in previous research papers, show that the creation of jobs in agricol sectors in rural areas contributes to increasing household incomes. The objective of our study is to analyze and implement the methods and data sources for calculating DESI indicators at the level of local administrative units in the Republic of Moldova, in the context of the National Program for the European Village, launched in spring 2022. …”
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