Use of participatory forum theatre to explore HIV/AIDS issues in the workplace by Emma Durden, Dominique Nduhura

“… The continued success of entertainment education programmes around the world has seen an increase in the use of theatre for HIV/AIDS interventions. …”
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Construction and Evaluation of Scenarios as a Learning Strategy through Modelling-Simulation by Juan Luis Peñaloza Figueroa, Carmen Vargas Perez

“…From a systemic perspective and in the context of an increasing generalization in the use of new technologies and the change in the educational paradigm -which emphasizes guided and autonomous learning-, the learning strategy should be routed to join logical reasoning and instrumental skills (software). …”
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Returns to Higher Education in Mexico: A Cross-Sectional Analysis, 2010–2024 by Janeth Yadira Rodríguez Galván, Juan Francisco Islas Aguirre

“…The conclusions suggest adjusting educational policies to reduce gender gaps and better equip graduates to meet current challenges.…”
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Mapping the status of global taxonomic knowledge of Orthoptera (Arthropoda, Insecta) by Rodrigo Antônio Castro-Souza, Juliana Stropp, Luiz Felipe Moretti Iniesta, Richard J. Ladle, Neucir Szinwelski, Geiziane Tessarolo, José Alexandre Diniz-Filho, Thadeu Sobral-Souza, Joaquín Hortal

“…Our analyses show that the descriptions of currently valid species increased exponentially since the 19th century, with a temporary decline following World War II, while synonyms outpaced the number of valid species until the 1980s. …”
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The potential carcinogenicity of orthopaedic implants – a scoping review by Cherry W.Y. Sun, Lawrence C.M. Lau, Jason P.Y. Cheung, Siu-Wai Choi

“…Abstract Background Every year, hundreds of thousands of patients receive an orthopaedic or dental implant containing metals such as cobalt, chromium and titanium. …”
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Effect of In Vitro Transcorneal Approach of Aceclofenac Eye Drops through Excised Goat, Sheep, and Buffalo Corneas by Vivek Dave, Sarvesh Paliwal, Sachdev Yadav, Swapnil Sharma

“…The current study involves the evaluation of factors that influence the transcorneal permeation of aqueous drops of aceclofenac ophthalmic formulation through freshly excised goat, sheep, and buffalo corneas. …”
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Navigating the evolution: a comprehensive review of sustainable finance in mergers and acquisitions [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] by Kishan Jee, Debdas Rakshit, Sabyasachi Mondal, Satish Chandra Tiwari

“…Study appraisal and synthesis methods Employing advanced methodologies including machine learning tools, our research delves into domain specific influential papers, top-contributing journals, noteworthy authors, institutions, and nations. By dissecting the context and methodologies employed in scholarly works, we aim to instil a through overview of the current body of knowledge. our study categorizes the selected scholarly research into four distinct objectives, facilitating a nuanced understanding of the diverse perspectives within the field. …”
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Fermentative Butanol Production—Perspectives and Scale-Up Challenges by Seedhabadee Ganeshan, Mehmet Çağlar Tülbek

“…This review addresses the current state of fermentative butanol production and opportunities to address scale-up challenges, including purification. …”
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Ireland’s Well-being Framework: Going beyond growth? by Dukelow Fiona

“…By examining its evolution, it looks at the degree to which the adoption of a well-being narrative and policy framework demonstrates an opening, in the Irish context, to address the challenges of going beyond the growth dependence of the welfare state and the increasing urgency of the contradictions of green growth. …”
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Comparative Life Cycle Assessment and Costing of Biogas Direct Methanation and Water Scrubbing Upgrade by Giuseppe Piso, Erasmo Mancusi, Hamad H. Shah, Francesco Pepe, Piero Bareschino

“…By integrating biogas production with a methanation system, a net increase in biomethane yield and productivity can be achieved while reducing greenhouse gas emissions. …”
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ASPECTS CONCERNING CONTRIBUTION OF WATER SUPPLY AND SANITATION NETWORKS (WSS) INVESTMENTS TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDGs) IN ROMANIA by Dumitru Florin FRONE, Simona FRONE

“…Today, with the start of the SARS-COV-2 pandemic in 2020, public health and personal and family hygiene are the highest priorities, practically reaffirming the crucial importance and synergies of SDGs such as SDG1- No Poverty and SDG6-Clean Water and Sanitation. In this context, the paper analyses some current trends, benefits and contributions of European and Structural Investment (ESI)-funded WSS projects in Romania, through the Large Infrastructure Operational Program. …”
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“Sounding the Loneliness Alarm”: Loneliness Problematized in a Nordic Welfare State by Elian E. Jentoft, Julia Köhler-Olsen

“…The current paper utilizes the What is the Problem Represented to Be (WPR) approach with the aim of exploring problematizations of loneliness in policy and political speech. …”
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Accountability and platforms' governance: the case of online prominence of public service media content by Krisztina Rozgonyi

“…Public discourse has moved online, enabled by platforms, which in the context of information and media content have become an essential source, access point and key distributor of information. …”
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Metacognitive Online Reading Strategies among Pre-Service EFL Teachers in Indonesia by Heri Mudra

“…The most frequent levels of strategies included guessing the contents, scrolling through the texts, associating schemata and current information, using context clues, using tables or pictures, pausing and thinking about the contents, using printed texts, and translating the contents into Indonesian. …”
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The development of a Polish pre-literacy manual based on action research evidence by Edward Gillian, Bogna Ferensztajn, Bożena Franków-Czerwonko, Urszula Paradowska

“…The aim of the study was also to increase children’s educational chances through an intervention program addressing pre-literacy concept deficit. …”
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A Review of Discrimination and Labeling of Refugees Using the Example of Syrian and Ukrainian Refugees by Buket Ökten Sipahioğlu

“…In the forced migration context, the term"refugee" is mostly related to negative issues because of the prior refugee crisis experiences and the frighteningly increasing numbers of displaced people around the world. …”
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Theoretical Dispute About the Relationship Between Interest and Growth Rates by Überblick

“…Abstract Since the outbreak of the economic and financial crisis, the prolonged phase of low interest rates has been increasingly controversial. The relationship between the interest rate r and the growth rate g plays a central role in this context: some authors derive a justification for a more expansionary fiscal policy at r < g. …”
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Microbiome research potential for developing holistic approaches to improve refugee health by Mohammad Ahsan Fuzail, Bilal Ahmed, Daniel L. Burke, Amanda Hylland Spjeldnæs, Masako Horino, Carly Ching, Muhammad Hamid Zaman

“…Morbidity from disease is increasingly being understood as dependent on wellbeing of the ecosystem, as opposed to an isolated element. …”
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Innovative tax administration tools in Russia by N. G. Мorozova, Zh. M. Korzovatykh

“…The article examines the current system of tax administration in Russia and its innovative tools, actively developed and implemented in the context of the digital technologies’ rapid development and the transformation of the control and supervisory state activities. …”
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Approaches for treating neuropsychiatric symptoms in Parkinson’s disease: a narrative review by Jon Rodríguez-Antigüedad, Gonzalo Olmedo-Saura, Javier Pagonabarraga, Saül Martínez-Horta, Jaime Kulisevsky

“…As a result, the drugs currently recommended for treating neuropsychiatric symptoms in PD are few and supported by limited evidence. …”
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