Fishing amongst industrial ghosts by Charlotte Gagnon-Lewis

“…Grounded in political ecology, the article argues that while expanding into emerging species may offer short-term relief, it cannot constitute a viable long-term response to the structural dimensions of the current ecological crisis. This calls for more transformative approaches to fisheries governance—approaches that challenge inherited management systems and engage with an era increasingly defined by socio-ecological unpredictability. …”
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Expert Consensus on Clinical Application of Lower Limb Rehabilitation Robots by ZHANG Lixin, BAI Dingqun, BAI Yulong, CHEN Wenhua, CHEN Yan, DU Qing, FAN Maohua, HE Hongchen, HUANG Liping, JIA Jie, LI Jianhua, LI Lei, PAN Yu, SU Min, WANG Hongtu, YIN Yong, ZHANG Bi

“…In addition, referencing the latest research, this consensus elaborates on the working principles, classification, clinical application (indications and contraindications, working parameters and operating procedures, safety), and recommendations on clinical application (hemiplegia, paraplegia, musculoskeletal diseases, childhood diseases and other systemic diseases) when using lower limb rehabilitation robots in the current context. Lower limb rehabilitation robots are well-suitable for patients with walking difficulties and long-term bedridden condition. …”
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Taxpayer protection standard in international tax disputes by M. D. Polenchuk

“…This is especially important for those states that do not use arbitration, such as Russia.The main conclusion is that the application of the standard of protection of human right to a fair trial in relation to the taxpayers in the tax treaty disputes resolution procedures is an efficient way to develop the current mutual agreement procedure and arbitration and to increase the confidence of taxpayers in these mechanisms.…”
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Nursing Students’ Computer Self-Efficacy and Attitudes toward Its Use in The Health Care Setting: A Comparative Study by Farida M. Hassona, Aziza Z. F. Ali, Shaimaa M. Nageeb

“… Context: The use of technology and computers in health care has been reported to improve nurses' decision-making and competencies, which in turn increase the quality of health-care practice. …”
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The Physicochemical and Rheological Properties of Green Banana Flour–Wheat Flour Bread Substitutions by Yasmeen M. Bashmil, Frank Bekes, Michael Ruderman, Hafiz A. R. Suleria, Rudi Appels, Frank R. Dunshea

“…Functional foods are currently receiving increasing popularity in diet modification. …”
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Three years of insecticide resistance evolution and associated mechanisms in Aedes aegypti populations of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. by Félix Yaméogo, Aboubacar Sombié, Manabu Oté, Erisha Saiki, Tatsuya Sakurai, Dimitri W Wangrawa, Philip J McCall, David Weetman, Hirotaka Kanuka, Athanase Badolo

“…Larvae were collected from artificial containers at two sites and reared to adulthood in an insectary. …”
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Regional Innovation Strategy — from Design to Implementation. Lubelskie Voivodship Case Study by Dagmara Kociuba

“…The first part presents the idea of Smart specialization and its implementation in the current programming period, as well as the legal basis, premises, and assumptions of development of RIS3. …”
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State regulation of the oil and gas complex in the conditions of digitalization of the world economic system by S. E. Trofimov

“…The purpose of article is to study the issues of state regulation of the oil and gas complex, including current areas of its improvement, environmental factors, in the context of the digitalization of the global economic system and the global energy market. …”
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Safeguarding athletes and anti-doping: applying theories of vulnerability by Angela J. Schneider, Angela J. Schneider, Nelson Morales Páez, Nelson Morales Páez, Yaneí Lezama Ramírez, Yaneí Lezama Ramírez, Loughran Butcher

“…‘Safeguarding' in sport has been a fast-growing movement, particularly in the past decade, which currently encompasses a field of study and a policy development strategy. …”
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Economic benefits of rational perennial planting use under global climate change in Chuy by Belek uulu Esenbek, Rakhmatova Mavliuda, Ibraeva Nurila, Shakirova Klara, Chortonbaeva Asel, Ishekeev Nazarkul

“…The analysis is based on data on the current use of agricultural technologies and modeling their impact on economic benefits. …”
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Scouting emerging AI applications in fashion heritage and archival practices by Greta Rizzi, Daria Casciani

“…These reflections are accompanied by a broader reconsideration of how memory is constructed and mediated in the contemporary context, increasingly shaped by human–AI collaboration.…”
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Trade Risk Society—Understanding Trade Policymaking in the 2020s by Christopher M. Dent

“…It is argued this pattern of initiatives are indicative of a paradigm shift in trade policy norms emerging in an increasingly volatile and contested world that can be best understood in a trade risk society context.…”
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Impact of financial stability and growth potential on the investment attractiveness of an organisation by O. E. Astafyeva, Yu. E. Khvostov

“…Receiving reliable and substantiated data on the financial stability of an organisation, a potential investor can draw conclusions and forecasts regarding the attractiveness of an investment object, and a potential investment object, in turn, gains the opportunity to take the necessary measures to increase its investment attractiveness. In the current economic realities, a characteristic feature of which is the complication of economic relations and resource maneuvering, it seems necessary to further study the relationship between the investment attractiveness and financial stability and study the influence of the latter on the growth potential in order to form a set of theoretical provisions and develop methods for increasing the economic stability of commercial enterprises, protecting their economic interests as well as for developing measures to enhance competitiveness and competitive advantages in the struggle for investments.…”
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The implications of and institutional barriers to compact land development for transportation: Evidence from Bejing by Pengjun Zhao

“…However, there are several institutional barriers related to the reintroduction of compact development in the current context of transition from a centrally planned system to a market system in China’s cities. …”
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TRENDS IN RURAL TOURISM DEVELOPMENT IN LVIV REGION BASED ON FORECASTING by Iryna DYDIV

“…Having built logarithmic, linear, exponential, power and polynomial trend models, the probable indicators for the specified period were forecasted. The current state and trends of rural tourism development during the COVID-19 pandemic and in the context of Russia's military aggression in Eastern Ukraine are considered. …”
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Effects of El Niño and the Positive Indian Ocean Dipole (+IOD) on Health, Food Security, Economics, and Conflict in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries in the Indo‐Pacific: A Systemat... by Andrea Floridi, María Daniela Anda‐León, Tomasz Kozakiewicz, Megha Bhattacharyya, Anilkrishna Thota, Peter Burt, Luca Tasciotti, Jan Selby, Zahra Premji, Shannon Shisler

“…ABSTRACT Climate drivers such as the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and the Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) can impact multiple sectors globally. We are currently witnessing the effects of these teleconnections against the backdrop of a changing climate. …”
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Sources and mechanisms of combined heavy-metal and antibiotic resistance traits in bacteria by Claudia ȚUGUI, Edina SZEKERES, Andreea BARICZ

“…Nowadays, antibiotic resistance poses a great threat to the health of the individuals worldwide. In this context, scientific interest on how bacteria adapt in stress-related environmental conditions like those enriched in heavy metals and how the heavy-metal adaptive mechanism influence the antibiotic resistance is increasing. …”
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Evaluation of Urban Composite Carbon Sink Value: A Case Study of Shenyang by Tiemao SHI, Di WANG, Yu TANG, Peiying LI

“…The proportion of carbon sink value contributed by vegetation and soil decreased from 43.61% and 46.15% in 2003 to 34.70% and 36.62% respectively, whereas the proportion contributed by buildings increased from 10.24% to 28.70%.ConclusionThe important contribution of urban space to carbon sinks in terrestrial ecosystems should not be ignored. …”
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Primary methods of internationalisation of higher legal education by A. I. Gorylev, E. V. Kalinina

“…To date, an understanding has been reached of the need to internationalise higher education in the context of globalization to increase the competitiveness of the Russian higher education system, as evidenced by the Federal project to maximise the competitive position of Russian universities among the world’s leading scientific and educational centres (The Russian Academic Excellence Project 5-100). …”
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Multimorbidity combinations, costs of hospital care and potentially preventable emergency admissions in England: A cohort study. by Jonathan Stokes, Bruce Guthrie, Stewart W Mercer, Nigel Rice, Matt Sutton

“…<h4>Background</h4>Patients with multimorbidities have the greatest healthcare needs and generate the highest expenditure in the health system. There is an increasing focus on identifying specific disease combinations for addressing poor outcomes. …”
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