Advances in Encapsulating Marine Bioactive Compounds Using Nanostructured Lipid Carriers (NLCs) and Solid Lipid Nanoparticles (SLNs) for Health Applications by Rita Favas, Hugo Almeida, Andreia F. Peixoto, Domingos Ferreira, Ana C. Silva

“…As life expectancy rises and modern lifestyles improve, there is an increasing focus on health, disease prevention, and enhancing physical appearance. …”
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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

“…The practical experience of Wangjiapeng Village provides important policy implications for other major cities in China and cities currently in the late stages of urbanization.…”
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Liquid Modernity and the Holocaust by Dariusz Brzeziński

“…I emphasise that, according to Bauman, both moral indifference and xenophobia are increasingly significant phenomena in contemporary society, which may entail pernicious – and currently barely foreseeable – consequences. …”
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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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Beyond binaries and before becoming: Reconsidering resistance in UK higher education by Mollie Baker

“…  Drawing from the tensions within non-representational and human practice perspectives on affect, this paper continues the task of re-conceptualising academic-level resistance in the context of UK higher education. Such re-conceptualisation is underpinned by the belief that illustrating the breadth of resistant possibility within and between universities can assist in the development of action against the competitive and for-profit imperatives currently overwhelming this educational sphere. …”
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Vulvodynia; an under-recognized disease by Simona Roxana Georgescu, Cristina I. Mitran, Mădălina I. Mitran, Maria I. Sârbu, Mircea Tampa

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Using Big Data Technology to Protect the Environment by Dovgal Vitaly, Kuizheva S.

“…The concept of "big data" means a huge amount of information, the size of which is too large, or it is created too quickly or has a structuring that does not allow it to be processed using traditional data management systems. Currently, large amounts of data and analytics are increasingly used by government agencies, non-governmental organizations and private companies in the field of environmental protection. …”
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Imagining digital twins in healthcare: Designing for values as designing for technical milieus by Bas de Boer, Carla Strasser, Sander Mulder

“…Medicine is increasingly focusing on the prevention of diseases. …”
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Teacher training for the future: insights from a Needs Analysis on Digital Technologies and Artificial Intelligence by Letizia Cinganotto, Giorgia Montanucci

“…This contribution provides an in-depth analysis of the skills and competencies currently required by educators to effectively fulfill this evolving role. …”
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Return rates of European graduate students in the US : How many and who return, and when ? by Linda Van Bouwel

“…First, we find a high stay rate : 64 % are currently working in the US, whereas only 24 % move back to their home country and an additional 10 % move to another European country. …”
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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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Beyond binaries and before becoming: Reconsidering resistance in UK higher education by Mollie Baker

“…  Drawing from the tensions within non-representational and human practice perspectives on affect, this paper continues the task of re-conceptualising academic-level resistance in the context of UK higher education. Such re-conceptualisation is underpinned by the belief that illustrating the breadth of resistant possibility within and between universities can assist in the development of action against the competitive and for-profit imperatives currently overwhelming this educational sphere. …”
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Assessing the extent of transport social exclusion among the elderly by Helena Titheridge, Kamalasudhan Achuthan, Roger L Mackett, Juliet Solomon

“…“Social exclusion” is a concept that has become increasingly prominent in the UK and elsewhere in the last ten years. …”
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Beyond binaries and before becoming: Reconsidering resistance in UK higher education by Mollie Baker

“…  Drawing from the tensions within non-representational and human practice perspectives on affect, this paper continues the task of re-conceptualising academic-level resistance in the context of UK higher education. Such re-conceptualisation is underpinned by the belief that illustrating the breadth of resistant possibility within and between universities can assist in the development of action against the competitive and for-profit imperatives currently overwhelming this educational sphere. …”
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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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Geographical accessibility of emergency neonatal care services in Ethiopia: analysis using the 2016 Ethiopian Emergency Obstetric and Neonatal Care Survey by Andrew Hayen, Getiye Dejenu Kibret, Daniel Demant

“…Addis Ababa and the Hareri regional state had full access (100% coverage) to EmNeC services within 2 hours travel time, while the Afar (15.3%) and Somali (16.3%) regional states had the lowest access.Conclusions The physical access to EmNeC services in Ethiopia is well below the universal health coverage expectations stated by the United Nations. Increasing the availability of EmNeC to health facilities where routine delivery services currently are taking place would significantly increase physical access. …”
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Does Beta Explain Global Equity Market Volatility – Some Empirical Evidence by Radosław Kurach

“…In the subsidiary outcomes of our verification procedure, we argue that country betas are time-varying and that currently, global factors are the dominant source of equity market volatility. …”
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Incomplete epidemiological transition in Kazakhstan: changes in the structure of life expectancy and causes of death by А. Алдангаркызы, М. Денисенко

“… This article examines Kazakhstan's epidemiological transition, focusing on shifts in mortality patterns and life expectancy within the context of socioeconomic and demographic influences. …”
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Comparison of Multi-Agent Platform Usability for Industrial-Grade Applications by Zofia Wrona, Maria Ganzha, Marcin Paprzycki, Wiesław Pawłowski, Angelo Ferrando, Giacomo Cabri, Costin Bădică

“…This can be attributed, among others, to the increasing complexity of system processes, which go beyond the capabilities of singular components. …”
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