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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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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New radar altimetry datasets of Greenland and Antarctic surface elevation, 1991–2012 by M. R. Suryawanshi, M. R. Suryawanshi, M. McMillan, J. Maddalena, F. Piras, J. Aublanc, J.-A. Daguzé, C. Grau, Q. Huang

“…To reliably constrain multi-decadal trends in ice sheet imbalance, and to place current observations within a longer-term context, requires continued efforts to optimise the processing of data acquired by the older historical missions and to evaluate the accuracy of these measurements. …”
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Access to veterinary care in Canada: a cross-sectional survey of animal healthcare organizations and interventions by Quinn Rausch, Maryam Alhamdan, Shane Bateman, Michelle Evason, Valli Fraser-Celin, Courtney Graham, Jamie Saad, Michelle Tuma, Karen Ward, Lauren Van Patter

“…IntroductionMany Canadians struggle to access healthcare for their animals, but little data is available from the Canadian context on how barriers to care are being addressed, and with what effects.MethodsThe aim of this research was to characterize service providing organizations, barrier mitigation tools, community partnerships, and evaluation metrics used by organizations attempting to increase access to animal healthcare in Canada. …”
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Transparent Assessment of the Supervision Information in China’s Food Safety: A Fuzzy-ANP Comprehensive Evaluation Method by Tingqiang Chen, Lei Wang, Jining Wang

“…The information transparency in the entirety presents deficiencies and gradually declines when that in the administrative level decreases. The economic development level indirectly determines the transparency level, and the transparency level does not conform to China’s current economic development level.…”
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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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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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HISTORICAL CHANGES IN THE AREA UNDER FOREST—ESTIMATION APPROACH BASED ON CARTOGRAPHIC RESOURCES by Aleksandar Popović, Biljana Šljukić, Dragan Borota

“… This paper analyzes changes in forested areas, as depicted in topographic maps, within the historical context of their publication in Serbia. The research focuses on the experimental field “Goč-Gvozdac” of the University of Belgrade – Faculty of Forestry, with additional reference to changes in Central Serbia. …”
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Understanding the effectiveness and underlying mechanisms of lifestyle modification interventions in adults with learning disabilities: a mixed-methods systematic review by Dikshyanta Rana, Sophie Westrop, Nishant Jaiswal, Evi Germeni, Arlene McGarty, Louisa Ells, Phillippa Lally, Michael McEwan, Craig Melville, Leanne Harris, Olivia Wu

“…Background Adults with learning disabilities face increased risks of unhealthy lifestyle behaviours, including alcohol consumption, smoking, low physical activity, sedentary behaviour and poor diet. …”
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‘It was a joint plan we worked out together’. How the I-WOTCH programme enabled people with chronic non-malignant pain to taper their opioids: a process evaluation by Martin Underwood, Kate Seers, Charles Abraham, Harbinder Kaur Sandhu, Vivien P Nichols, Sam Eldabe, Alleyne Sharisse, Balasubramanian Shyam, Betteley Lauren, Booth Katie, Carnes Dawn, D Furlan Andrea, Haywood Kirstie, Iglesias Urrutia C Paola, Lall Ranjit, Manca Andrea, Mistry Dipesh, Noyes Jennifer, Rahman Anisur, Shaw Jane, KY Tang Nicole, Taylor Stephanie, Tysall Colin, Underwood Martin, J Withers Emma

“…Being ‘the right time’ to taper and having support throughout tapering, emerged as important factors within the context of living with chronic pain.Trial registration number ISRCTN49470934.…”
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‘Communities are attempting to tackle the crisis’: a scoping review on community plans to prevent and reduce opioid-related harms by Carol Strike, Michael Parkinson, Nimitha Paul, Sue Keller-Olaman, Susan Massarella, Jayne Caldwell, Greg Penney, Rita Henderson

“…Stakeholders identified three key implications to our findings: addressing equity and stigma-related barriers towards people with lived experience of substance use; improving data collection to facilitate evaluation; and enhancing community partnerships by involving people with lived experience of substance use.Conclusion Current understanding of the implementation and context of community opioid-related plans demonstrates a need for evaluation to advance the evidence base. …”
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Kalirin-7 is a Key Player in the Formation of Excitatory Synapses in Hippocampal Neurons by Xin-Ming Ma

“…Hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons of Kal7 knockout (Kal7KO) mice show decreased spine density, spine length, synapse number, and postsynaptic density (PSD) size in their apical dendrites; are deficient in long-term potentiation (LTP); and exhibit decreased frequency of spontaneous excitatory postsynaptic current (sEPSC). …”
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After COVID-19: Rethinking Fiscal Rules in Europe by Forum Introduction

“…Abstract Following the COVID-19 outbreak in Europe this spring and subsequent measures to contain the pandemic, the European Commission drastically revised its economic and fiscal forecasts. …”
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A Review of Human Papillomavirus Prevalence and Cervical Cancer in Myanmar by Tay Za Kyi Win, Kate Simms, Myint Myint Thinn, Khaing Nwe Tin, Soe Aung, Eleonora Feletto, Deborah Bateson, Karen Canfell

“…There have been limited screening and treatment services for cervical cancer in Myanmar. In this context, to support cervical cancer elimination, understanding the current burden of cervical cancer in the country is crucial. …”
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Investigating the Predominance of Large Language Models in Low-Resource Bangla Language over Transformer Models for Hate Speech Detection: A Comparative Analysis by Fatema Tuj Johora Faria, Laith H. Baniata, Sangwoo Kang

“…For Bengali speakers, the need for effective detection is critical. However, current methods fall short in addressing the massive volume of content. …”
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