Green entrepreneurship: Opportunities and challenges for the transition to a circular economy in Togo, West Africa by Baladjida Parfait Badjeena, Essossinam Ali, Kwami Ossadzifo Wonyra, Katou Tamou

“…The descriptive analysis of the results revealed that green entrepreneurs are mainly motivated by economic factors, such as job creation and business opportunities, which take precedence over environmental motivations. …”
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Optimized Solar-Simulated Photocatalysis of Congo Red Dye Using TiO₂: Toward a Sustainable Water Treatment Approach by Davor Ljubas, Ante Vučemilović, Debora Briševac, Hrvoje Cajner, Hrvoje Juretić

“…A central composite design (CCD) was implemented, and results were analyzed using analysis of variance (ANOVA). …”
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The Georgian Population of Occupied Abkhazia and Peace Initiatives by Omar Ardashelia

“…Naturally, this issue is closely tied to political and socio-economic factors, which are evident both among those displaced from Abkhazia and those still residing under occupation. …”
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China’s Grand Strategy in the Context of the Sino-US Strategic Rivalry by Cheng Guo

“…Bloc-driven policy is one of the defining factors in the Chinese-American confrontation. However, in the case of the U.S., the obvious anti-Chinese orientation of the blocs created by Washington may cause a negative reaction from potential allies. …”
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Profile of High School Student’s Scientific Literacy to Support SDGs’13 (Climate Action) on the Global Warming Phenomenon by Nurita Apridiana Lestari, Winda Pratiwi, Rizki Fitri Rahima Uulaa, Eko Hariyono, Madlazim Madlazim

“…The research findings indicate that the average score of 10th grade students at SMAN 1 Surabaya is 65.2, which falls within the satisfactory category. Factors contributing to the suboptimal scientific literacy abilities include the inadequate application of scientific literacy competencies in teaching, teacher’s not to familiarize students with scientific analysis of phenomena, and the continued use of conventional teaching methods. …”
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The "good cop, bad cop" effect in the RT-based concealed information test: exploring the effect of emotional expressions displayed by a virtual investigator. by Mihai Varga, George Visu-Petra, Mircea Miclea, Laura Visu-Petra

“…Several research questions were addressed in this scenario implemented after a mock crime. First, we were interested whether the introduction of a social stimulus (facial identity) simulating a virtual investigator would facilitate the process of deception detection. …”
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Sustainable Corporate Models for Beef Cattle to Support the Acceleration of National Beef Self-Sufficiency by ST. Rohani, Ahmad Ramadhan Siregar, Tanrigiling Rasyid, Muhammad Hatta

“…All things considered, the D'Reppa beef cattle corporation's sustainability initiatives have the potential to significantly affect social, economic, and environmental factors as well as national policy. Adoption of technology, effective management, and cooperation with relevant parties to build a sustainable system are all necessary for this achievement. …”
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The Future of Last-Mile Delivery: Lifecycle Environmental and Economic Impacts of Drone-Truck Parallel Systems by Danwen Bao, Yu Yan, Yuhan Li, Jiajun Chu

“…Sensitivity analysis explores factors such as delivery density, traffic congestion, and wind conditions. …”
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Gender and race in neurotrauma: part 2–underrepresentation in clinical trial enrollment and impact on clinical outcomes by Tea C. Sue, Isabella F. Churchill, Ann M. Parr, Eve C. Tsai, Eve C. Tsai

“…Key strategies moving forward include recruiting a diverse research team, developing flexible study protocols that support the varying needs of individuals of different backgrounds, establishing methods of data analysis that control for social and demographic factors instead of excluding individuals from participating, introducing patient navigators, reflecting on systemically engrained biases, implementing mandatory reporting of gender and race data, establishing and analyzing policies that keep researchers accountable towards goals of inclusive recruitment, and identifying and addressing unique barriers that individuals at the intersection of gender and racial minority status face.…”
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Development of an improved numerical model for fracture propagation in hydraulic fracturing of low-permeability formations using FracproPT software by Najeeb Anjum Soomro

“…The FracproPT software demonstrates the impact of proppant, flow rate, and fracturing fluid.A comparison between a real model and a simulation model is presented, as the production of the stimulated well can be improved through the implementation of superior simulation models in future well stimulation efforts.The ideal final fracture therapy is defined by maximal fracture length, width, and height.''…”
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Perceptions of healthcare finance and system quality among Nigerian healthcare workers. by Blessing Osagumwendia Josiah, Emmanuel Chukwunwike Enebeli, Brontie Albertha Duncan, Lordsfavour Uzoma Anukam, Oluwadamilare Akingbade, France Ncube, Chinelo Cleopatra Josiah, Eric Kelechi Alimele, Ndidi Louis Otoboyor, Oghosa Gabriel Josiah, Jemima Ufuoma Mukoro, Blessing Chiamaka Nganwuchu, Fawole Israel Opeyemi, Timothy Wale Olaosebikan, Marios Kantaris

“…These challenges contributed to low job satisfaction, demotivation, and a desire to leave the profession. Socioeconomic factors, location State of practice, professional designation (clinical vs nonclinical), clinical designation (profession), and employment type (full-time vs part-time) were found to influence healthcare workers' perceptions (p < 0.05). …”
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Renewable Energy Communities as Examples of Civic and Citizen-Led Practices: A Comparative Analysis from Italy by Monica Musolino, Domenica Farinella

“…Added to these Southern areas is a richer region in the North (Trentino–Alto Adige) where, however, historical and institutional factors have allowed a wide diffusion and local rooting of collective initiatives for sharing energy from renewables. …”
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Optimized Breast Cancer Classification Using PCA-LASSO Feature Selection and Ensemble Learning Strategies With Optuna Optimization by Prabhat Kumar Sahu, Taiyaba Fatma

“…The classifiers employed include Random Forest, Support Vector Machine (SVM), Gradient Boosting, and Logistic Regression, which were further refined using GridSearchCV, RandomizedSearchCV, and Optuna, with 3-fold cross-validation implemented to ensure robust evaluation of model performance. …”
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THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS AND PEDAGOGICAL PRACTICES OF NATIONAL IDENTITY AFFIRMATION IN THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND by Svitlana Sysoievа

“…The socio-political changes that began in the 1980s in Central and Eastern Europe led to identity becoming the subject of numerous discussions and a new challenge for individuals. Factors that initiated and sustained these discussions included the transformations in the countries of the former Soviet socialist bloc, related to systemic change, social transformation, and the emergence of non-governmental and civil society structures promoting a more unified European identity. …”

Analysis of the pattern of maxillofacial injuries in Saudi Arabia: A systematic review by Feras Alqahtani, Khaled Bishawi, Mohamed Jaber

“…The objective of this review was to determine the prevalence of MFT, identify the major causative factors in males and females in the main cities of Saudi Arabia. …”
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Organization of regular passenger transportation taken into account of citizens’ appeals and dispatch control by L. S. Trofimova, D. V. Gavrilin, A. S. Kabzhamitova

“…The unevenness of passenger flows associated with the changing nature of the movement of people and the influence of a combination of probabilistic factors leads to a deviation of the planned indicators of the Contract from the actual ones. …”
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Beliefs related to COVID-19 vaccine receipt in the Chicago area by Sarah Lomahan, Abigail Silva, Jessica Bishop-Royse, Paris Thomas, Molly A. Martin

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Forecasting time series of the market indicators based on a nonlinear autoregressive neural network by Denis V. Domashchenko, Edvard E. Nikulin

“…Artificial neural networks (ANNs) are usually used for implementation of these models, but ANNs do not provide the possibility of estimating the forecast in the form of mathematical expectation and a standard deviation. …”
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Problems and Prospects of Codifying Environmental Legislation in the Russian Federation by E. V. Zazolina

“…One of the key factors contributing to these challenges is identified as the absence of a unified codified legal act – namely, the Environmental Code of the Russian Federation. …”
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Identification of genetic markers associated with cisplatin-induced toxicity using public genomic databases by Suvam Banerjee

“…Further validation in independent cohorts is necessary to confirm these findings and facilitate their clinical implementation.…”
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