Les statistiques localisées au Brésil : un kaléidoscope de catégories de territoires by Cathy Chatel, Maria Encarnação Beltrão Sposito

“…This translates into difficulties in understanding and using aggregated population data on official spatial and urban categories. The avatars of the current situation are symptomatic of the paradigm of complexity that increasingly influences the quantitative approach in the social sciences and more generally reflects a break between citizens, policies and the logic of experts. …”
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Exacerbating, alleviating, or overcoming? Exploring the nexus between artificial intelligence and the crisis of democracy by Francesco Nasi

“…Thirdly, AI could overcome this crisis by paving the way for new forms of government beyond the current representative systems. If AI will exacerbate, alleviate, or overcome the crisis of democracy will depend not just on AI itself, but rather on the complex sociotechnical relationship between technology and the cultural, social, economic, legal, and political context in which it is developed. …”
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Assessing carbon storage dynamics in an ecological civilization demonstration zone amid rapid urbanization: A multi-scenario study of Guizhou Province, China by Rui Chen, Xuehai Fei, Jingyu Zhu, Weiduo Chen, Haiqiang Du, Yingqian Huang, Yi Shen, Yong Zhang, Aping Niu, Peng Xu

“…The results show that Guizhou’s carbon storage increased from 3423.13 Tg to 3475.42 Tg, with forest restoration increasing it by 301.62 Tg and agricultural expansion reducing it by 218.63 Tg. …”
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What Lies behind No-Confidence Motion on Indonesian Social Media? by Irfandi Pratama, Zuly Qodir

“…Social media is currently taking on a role as a mobilizing, organizing, and communication tool for social protest movements. …”
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Challenges Caused by Using New Technologies in Holding Public Hearings of Iranian Criminal Courts by Mozhgan Nemati, Nasrin Mehra, Morteza Rasteh

“…Conclusions and Future Research By increasing progress of technology and the need to adapt judicial systems to the requirements of human life and even to respond to crises such as the corona virus epidemic, the criminal proceedings as a collective ritual which have long been based on the face-to-face interaction of activists in the place of hearing, now must be realized in the context of new technologies and with the virtual communication of activists with each other. …”

Metagenomics approaches for studying the human microbiome by Biniam Moges, Degisew Yinur Mengistu

“…Thus, this review focuses on the advancement of metagenomics for exploring the human microbiome, human microbiome metagenomics data processing, and analysis strategies. Currently used bioinformatics tools and their approaches are also discussed in the context of human microbial metagenomics.…”
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Assessment of The Potential Interference and Conflict of Artificial Intelligence With Human Rights and Citizenship: Challenges and Solutions by Hossein Khazaei, Mojtaba Hemmati

“…However, it should not be forgotten that no matter how advanced AI becomes, it must adhere to certain limitations in its personhood status, similar to legal entities. In the context of the legal status of artificial intelligence in Iran, there are currently no definitive regulations. …”
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Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Carbon Emission of Garden Pavement by Peiyong WANG, Ruixing LU

“…In the field of landscape architecture, a large amount of practical research has been carried out in the two aspects of enhancing urban resilience and reducing emissions and increasing sinks, both of which mainly focus on the qualitative research on study of the carbon footprints of landscape plants, soils, water bodies, green infrastructures, and green spaces over their entire life cycle. …”
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Implementation of the National Project «Labor Productivity and Employment Support» in the Perm Region: Facts, Problems, Prospects by T. V. Alexandrova, V. L. Popov

“…In the context of the reorientation of the Russian economy towards an innovative development path, the issue of increasing labor productivity has become an important part of state policy.Currently, the country is implementing a large-scale national project «Labor productivity and employment support». …”
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Why do we need quality measures in emergency medicine? by Shamie Das, Gregg Miller, Christopher Libby, Cameron J. Gettel, Elaine Rabin, Michelle Lin

“…Abstract Quality measures increasingly influence the delivery and reimbursement of care provided in emergency departments. …”
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Medicina verde în practica veterinară: O alternativă sustenabilă la antimicrobiene by Larisa M. Ardelean, Florin Muselin, Alexandru Octavian Doma, Mihai Folescu, Daiana Ionela Cocos, Romeo Teodor Cristina, Eugenia Dumitrescu

“…In the current global context, marked by the intensification of climate change, environmental degradation, and the alarming rise of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), veterinary medicine is facing a critical challenge: identifying sustainable alternatives to conventional treatments. …”
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Ageing & Sports by Müller P, 2, 3, Stiebler M, Schwarck S, 3, Haghikia A, 2, 4, Düzel E, 3, 4

“…Furthermore, several epidemiological, observational and randomized controlled studies have shown positive effects of physical activity on cognition and reduced risk of neurodegenerative diseases.Industrial societies are currently experiencing a tremendous demographic change with an unprecedented increase in absolute and relative numbers of elderly adults. …”
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Posthumanity in DeLillo’s Zero K: the rising connections between identity and technology by Alan Medeiros Casteluber, Giséle Manganelli Fernandes

“… In Zero K, DeLillo revisits the ever-increasing connection between identity and technology However, he does so in a unique way, adding (im)mortality issues to an already complex mix. …”
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Nuclear Power Plants as Equivalents of Hydroelectric Reservoirs and Providers of Grid Stability: The Case of the Brazilian Electrical System by Ivo Leandro Dorileo, Welson Bassi, Danilo Ferreira de Souza

“…In the current configuration of Brazil’s hydro-thermal-wind power system, hydroelectric reservoirs have progressively lost their long-term regulatory role due to inadequate planning, inefficient energy use, and reduced inflows. …”
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Value added medicines: what value repurposed medicines might bring to society? by Mondher Toumi, Cécile Rémuzat

“…Discussion & conclusions: There is currently a gap between increasing regulatory authority interest in capturing value added medicines’ benefits and the resistance of HTA bodies/payers, who tend to ignore this important segment of the pharmaceutical field. …”
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Medical triage as an AI ethics benchmark by Nathalie Maria Kirch, Konstantin Hebenstreit, Matthias Samwald

“…Adversarial prompts significantly decreased accuracy. By demonstrating the influence of context and ethical framing on the performance of LLMs, we provide critical insights into the current capabilities and limitations of AI in high-stakes ethical decision making in medicine.…”
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La política de ordenación y desarrollo del País Vasco norte by Eguzki Urteaga

“…The current context is characterized at the same time by the exacerbation of the territorial tensions with the metropolization of regional capitals, the rise of the periurban phenomenum and the depopulation of rural areas where public services and employments are decreasing, and by the exhaustion of a model of development based on the clustering of productive activity, exploitation of natural resources and the growth of social inequalities. …”

ANALYSIS OF THE DYNAMICS AND TRENDS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN INTERNATIONAL TOURIST MARKET by J. A. Pshenichnyh

“…Based on the statistical data of international organizations, the author studied indicators of international tourist flows, identified the main trends in the development of international tourism at the current stage, assessed the impact on the tourism sector of the COVID-19 pandemic and determined possibilities for its development in the context of the economic crisis, showed prospects for the development of the industry.…”
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Climate Change and Its Impact on Romanian Rural Tourism—A Review of Actionable Knowledge by Liliana Velea, Anisoara Irimescu, Roxana Bojariu, Zenaida Chitu

“…This makes tourism vulnerable to climate change through the direct effect of changes in the attractivity of climate conditions, in addition to the indirect effects due to the expected impacts on other associated socio-economic sectors. In this context, increasing rural tourism resilience to climate change is a complex issue which needs to consider adaptation measures focusing on tourism specifics in synergy with adaptation measures in related sectors (e.g., energy, land and water management, urbanization aspects). …”
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Research on Vehicle Route Optimization for Half-Open Multi-Energy Urban Distribution Considering Order Priority by Mingxuan Zhang

“…Aiming at the current problems of increasingly serious tailpipe pollution of urban distribution vehicles and irrational distribution route planning, we construct a fuel-electric hybrid multi-trip multi-center half-open joint distribution vehicle routing optimization model (F-EHOMTMDVRPOPTW) considering order priority and fuzzy time window, and introduce Tent chaotic mapping combined with an improved discrete sparrow search algorithm (DSSA) with stochastic key encoding strategy for solving. …”
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