Optimising the public health benefits of sex work regulation in Senegal: Results from qualitative interviews with policy stakeholders. by Aurélia Lépine, Fanny Procureur, Sandie Szawlowski, Carole Treibich, El Hadj Mbaye, Khady Gueye, Cheikh Tidiane Ndour

“…<h4>Objective</h4>To identify which modifications to the current registration policy have the potential to increase uptake of registration by FSWs and to assess their feasibility in the context of Senegal.…”
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Biofuel supply chain planning and circular business model innovation at wastewater treatment plants: The case of biomethane production by Zoltán Csedő, József Magyari, Máté Zavarkó

“…Despite the explored technological opportunity to increase advanced biofuel supply and decrease carbon dioxide emissions at WWTPs, current market risk levels challenge the economic prospects of the system concept. …”
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Average nutrient and chlorophyll distributions in the western Mediterranean: RADMED project by María del Carmen García-Martínez, Manuel Vargas-Yáñez, Francina Moya, Rocío Santiago, María Muñoz, Andreas Reul, Teodoro Ramírez, Rosa Balbín

“…Nutrient and chlorophyll concentrations and the intensity of the deep chlorophyll maximum decrease northeastward. The deep chlorophyll maximum depth increases to the northeast. …”
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Impact of Abiotic Stress-Reducing Cultivation Technologies and Long-Term Storage on the Oxidative Potential of Edible Potato Tubers (<i>Solanum tuberosum</i> L.) by Jarosław Pobereżny, Elżbieta Wszelaczyńska, Jarosław Chmielewski, Barbara Gworek, Wiesław Szulc, Beata Rutkowska, Joanna Korczyk-Szabó

“…Currently, in the context of the emphasis on introducing a reduction in mineral fertilization and the increase in pressure on sustainable agriculture, magnesium fertilization and the use of biostimulants are becoming an alternative tool to increase the quality of potato tuber yield. …”
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Transformation of the organization’s management in the digital economy by E. I. Lugovskoy

“…The issues of qualitative transformation of management systems in the context of digitalization and its impact on the improvement of business process technologies are of particular relevance. …”
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The Effects of Intensification on Rural Teachers’ Work by Gloria Penrice

“…School organisational structures, school cultures, personal relationships within the school context, along with high self-imposed expectations can result in an increased workload and demands on teachers’ time. …”
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Redefining luxury: exploring the natural connection with sustainability beyond labels by Nermain Al-Issa

“…This trend holds across diverse cultural contexts. Nevertheless, insights from this study highlight the importance of considering cultural differences, particularly in social motives, in the context of luxury and sustainability.Originality The current research adds to the understanding of the self-congruity concept, which influences consumers’ evaluation of products based on how they relate product or brand values to their self-identity. …”
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Registry-based surveillance of paediatric home respiratory support in Switzerland: methodology and initial findings by Sophie Guerin, Christian Bieli, Regula Corbelli, Thomas Ferry, Miriam Giaranna, Matthias Horn, Silvia Miano, Nicolas Regamey, Daniel Trachsel, Sylvain Blanchon

“…Analysis of the first year’s data in the SwissPedHRS registry showed a sixfold increase in prevalence since 2001. It also highlighted a larger spectrum of underlying medical conditions and types of sleep-disordered breathing leading to home respiratory support and important changes in home respiratory support modalities, with decreased invasive and increased non-invasive respiratory support and decreased BPAP and increased CPAP ventilation. …”
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Attention as a commodity in the world of disinformation and social media by Radoslav Ivančík, Pavel Nečas, Lucia Iľaščíková

“…Unfortunately, in many cases, it is also through the spread of disinformation. In this context, the authors, using relevant methods of scientific research, focused on attention as a commodity and the functioning of the attention economy in the context of the increasing extent of the spread of various disinformation (but also hoaxes and conspiracy theories) primarily through social networks, their susceptibility to the spread of unwanted content and efforts to regulate the spread of such content.…”
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Romanian Agri-Food Businesses and the European Green Deal: An Exploratory Approach by Călin Vegheș, Andreea Strâmbu-Dima

“…The research results show that there is a positive perception regarding the opportunity to implement the Green Deal’s measures and suggest using a strategic matrix to facilitate their adoption in the context of current economic and social transformations.…”
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Development of <i>OptiCon</i>: A Mathematical Model with a Graphical User Interface for Designing Sustainable Portland Cement Concrete Mixes with Budget Constraint by Angie Pineda, Rita Peñabaena-Niebles, Gilberto Martínez-Arguelles, Rodrigo Polo-Mendoza

“…The production of Portland Cement Concrete (PCC) generates significant environmental impacts that increase climate change and decrease people’s quality of life. …”
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The 'care' of children in need in contemporary Scotland the role of positivism and performance indicators in official imaginings of childhood and wellbeing by Chris Holligan, Lucy Hanson, Gillian Henderson, Maria Adams

“…We examine this within the current policy context for vulnerable children in Scotland.…”

Editors' Note by Ellen R. Cohn, Jana Cason

“… The International Journal of Telerehabilitation (IJT) is a biannual journal dedicated to advancing telerehabilitation by disseminating peer-reviewed information about current research and practices. IJT is indexed by PubMed and Scopus. …”
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Voice quality types and uses in North American English by Richard Wright, Courtney Mansfield, Laura Panfili

“…While not contrastive, it plays an important role in phonology and a wide variety of other discourse, pragmatic, and social functions. In this context we present some of our current research into segmental and social factors relating to creaky voicing. …”
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Continuing the continuous harvests of food production: from the perspective of the interrelationships among cultivated land quantity, quality, and grain yield by Peng Cheng, Yang Zhang, Ke Liu, Xuesong Kong, Shiman Wu, Huafei Yan, Ping Jiang

“…This successive increase in food production in the context of decreasing acreage and ecological deterioration of CL depend mainly on the amount of chemical fertilizer usage, the total power of agricultural machinery and rural electricity consumption. …”
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Identity and engagement in networked Open Educational Practice by Katerina Zourou

“…To unleash the potential of OER, current research lays emphasis on Open Educational Practice (OEP), as the (re-)use of open resources in learning and teaching contexts. …”
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Japan’s Economy: Reforms and Growth Strategies by Yana Valeryevna Dyomina, Marina Gamilovna Mazitova

“…The return on capital and labor has decreased. There was a shortage in the labor market within the country due to the aging population, decreasing birth rate, traditions of the Japanese family (women leaving the labor market after marriage), strict migration policy, etc. …”
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The examination of family value hierarchies in Russian and Chinese cultures by O. E. Iatsevich, V. V. Iudashkina, L. N. Shabatura, N. A. Tkacheva, A. F. Zakirova

“…Introduction. In the context of globalisation and the intensification of international contacts, there is an increasing need to understand the intercultural differences and similarities between Russian and Chinese youth, particularly in significant areas such as family values. …”
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A health and wellness transformation programme to ensure optimal student performance and well-being within ICE environments by Juanita Jonker, Ryk Lues

“… Introduction and aim: International research have identified numerous impacts of the COVID-19 circumstances on students, such as decreased activity, food insecurity and poor mental health. …”
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HUMAN RESOURCES OF HEALTHCARE IN UKRAINE DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND WAR by Oleksandr P. Volosovets, Dmytro D. Diachuk, Igor A. Lurin, Oleksandr M. Naumenko, Valentin D. Pariy, Anton O. Volosovets

“…To analyze the human resources for health in Ukraine in the context of the ongoing war and pandemic, and to identify the regions of the country and specialties of physicians and residents most affected by the current challenges. …”
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