Global Gender Equality Norm and Trade Unions in Turkey: Local Contestations, Rival Validations, and Discrepant Receptions by Hüsrev Tabak, Muharrem Doğan

“…Nevertheless, this multi-layered process is disrupted by local contestations, with bold consequences for the proper functioning of the equality norms. This paper is a scrutiny on the practice of the contestation on and the interruption of the functioning of the gender equality norm, with a particular focus on trade unions in Turkey. …”
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Green Supply Chain Risk Network Management and Performance Analysis: Bayesian Belief Network Modeling by Mahdi Shakeri, Azim Zarei, Adel Azar, Morteza Maleki Minbash Razgah

“…These risks alongside their resources disrupt the normal functioning of the GSC and affect its environmental and economic performance. …”
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Look at My Body: It Tells of Suffering—Understanding Psychiatric Pathology in Patients Who Suffer from Headaches, Restrictive Eating Disorders, or Non-Suicidal Self-Injuries (NSSIs... by Diletta Cristina Pratile, Marika Orlandi, Adriana Carpani, Martina Maria Mensi

“…<b>Methods</b>: Sixty adolescent patients (51 female; mean age = 15.34 ± 1.80) were divided into three groups: headaches, restrictive eating disorders, and NSSI, and assessed for differences in symptoms, cognitive performance, personality, functioning, and illness severity using semi-structured interviews, clinician-based scales, and performance-based tests like the Rorschach inkblot test, according to the Rorschach Performance Assessment System (R-PAS). …”
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An Inquiry On The Changing Face Of Organizational Culture In The Days Of The Pandemic by Hasan Tutar, Nuran Öztürk Başpınar, Selçuk Nam

“…The research was carried out with a study group of 16 academics and administrative staff working in different units of universities. Observation and semi-structured interview techniques were used as data collection tools in the research. …”
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Configuration of an Architectural Model by Rehabilitation of the Exterior Space Combinations of Street Markets with Dynamic Usage of Screens by Gencay Çubuk

“…This need provides a basis for the potential of open, semi-open and closed spaces to be incorporated into the functioning of street markets through dynamic usage of screens, which will be created by a series of media components in different sizes and arrangements for the ground and upper layers. …”
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Development and validation of preschool teachers’ inclusive knowledge questionnaire in the Chinese context by Chang-Jiang Yang, Bi-Ying Hu, Si-Jia Jia, Xue-Yun Su, Jia-Qi Jing

“…However, the measuring instruments of preschool teachers’ inclusive knowledge are relatively few and primarily rely on self-report scales and semi-structured interviews, highlighting the necessity to enhance the objectivity and accuracy of the measurement. …”
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Assessment of personality disorders in adolescents – a clinical validity and utility study of the structured interview of personality organization (STIPO) by C. Laczkovics, K. Czernin, A. Bründlmayer, M. Zeiler, W. Bangerl, C. Prause, P. L. Plener, S. Doering, V. Blüml, J. Carlitscheck, S. Bender, M. Krischer

“…New guidelines advise semi-structured interviews for the dimensional assessment of personality functioning. …”
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Subjective wellbeing of primary healthcare patients in the Western Cape, South Africa by Marieanna C. le Roux, Ashraf Kagee, Marie van der Merwe, Fatima Parker

“…The mean scores on the two of the subscales of the Coping Strategy Indicator were significantly different from those obtained from other South African samples. …”
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Investigation of the amino acid composition of gluten-free biscuit with carob by S. S. Zyuzina, M. D. Shchelkova, Yu. V. Ushakova, G. E. Rysmukhambetova

“…The article studies the amino acid composition of the developed biscuit semi-finished products. When developing the recipe for gluten-free products, special attention was paid to the protein composition of the raw materials and the calculation of the amino acid score, since the lack of a certain amino acid affects the ability of gluten formation during the kneading process. …”
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"I have a personal claim to myself": a visually impaired student's perspective on her participation in physical activity and physical education settings by Anne Bödicker, Sandra Elisath

“…This article focuses on a semi-narrative guided interview conducted with a 15-year-old teenager with BVI who had recently transitioned from inclusive mainstream schools to a state-approved special school for the visually impaired. …”
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The lived experiences of childhood trauma in war: has post-traumatic growth occurred? by Marzie Hashemi, Maryam Mahmoudzadeh

“…Data was collected through semi-structured interviews with 11 participants who witnessed the Iran-Iraq war during childhood. …”
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Study on Stress Deformation of Pipe Shed in Shallow Buried Tunnel Considering Micro-Arch Effect by Yao Rong, Wanxu Du, Yang Sun, Fuyang Xiong, Lin Liu, Sufan Yu, Gang Jie

“…The study shows that the initial support application status and the tunneling position of the working surface significantly affect the functioning mechanism of the pipe shed, causing it to play different roles at different stages. …”
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The Shadow of Crime: Impact on Prison Experiences and Recidivism Tendency by Roza Süleymanoğlu

“…A phenomenological approach was adopted, total of 15 people were interviewed and a semi-structured interview form was used. Network connections and snowball sampling were used to reach the participants. …”
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Surface crack growth subject to bending and biaxial tension-compression by V. Shlyannikov, A. Tumanov, A. Zakharov, A. Gerasimenko

“…This work is centered on the relations between crack size on the free surface of specimen considered configurations, COD and aspect ratio under different fatigue loading conditions. For the experimental surface crack paths in tested specimens the T-stress, the local triaxiality parameter h, the out-of-plane TZ factor and the governing parameter for the 3D-fields of the stresses and strains at the crack tip in the form of In-integral were calculated as a function of aspect ratio by finite element analysis to characterization of the constraint effects along semi-elliptical crack front. …”
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Russian and Bulgarian Phraseological Neologisms as Objects of Dictionary Description by S. G. Shulezhkova

“…It is established that borrowed phraseological units are represented by calques, semi-calques and units that preserve the original sound appearance. …”
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Insectivorans (Lipothyphla) of Left-bank Ukraine and Crimea: analytical materials on fauna and ecology by Igor Evstafiev, Igor Zagorodniuk

“…Insectivorans, or soriciforms (Lipothyphla, seu Soriciformes) are one of the two groups of small mammals that play an important role in the functioning of terrestrial and semi-aquatic ecosystems. …”
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Territorial Structure оf Professional Football in the North Caucasus federal District by I. P. Suprunchuk

“…Spatial analysis of the functioning of professional football clubs has shown the presence of several periods of football development in the region. …”
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Biochemical parameters of blood internally during trichurosis invasion by E. V. Mykhailiutenko, O. V. Kruchynenko

“…Thus, the serum of the semi-aquatic rodent increased total protein content by 7.49 %. …”
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Surface crack growth subject to bending and biaxial tension-compression by V. Shlyannikov, A. Tumanov, A. Zakharov, A. Gerasimenko

“…This work is centered on the relations between crack size on the free surface of specimen considered configurations, COD and aspect ratio under different fatigue loading conditions. For the experimental surface crack paths in tested specimens the T-stress, the local triaxiality parameter h, the out-of-plane TZ factor and the governing parameter for the 3D-fields of the stresses and strains at the crack tip in the form of In-integral were calculated as a function of aspect ratio by finite element analysis to characterization of the constraint effects along semi-elliptical crack front. …”
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Understanding and Overcoming Negative Attitudes That Hinder Adoption of Reablement in Dementia Care: An Explorative Qualitative Study by Tuntland H, Ashfaq K, Zingmark M, Metzelthin SF

“…:We talked with 10 experts from five different countries: Australia, Denmark, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. …”
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