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    Publication Date: 2024-04-02
    Description: This reprint addresses the relationship between education and sustainability from various perspectives. The main issues discussed in the 12 collected papers are concerned with (1) the quality of education, (2) SDG policy and implementation, (3) education and societal development, (4) students’ learning, and (5) global experience.
    Keywords: bridging academics ; regional sustainability ; knowledge diffusion ; public–private partnership ; multi-node knowledge link model ; stakeholders ; paradox of Chinese learners ; learning concept ; virtue model ; mind model ; Confucian culture ; mindset intervention ; interaction ; iterative process ; persuasive ; stealthy ; education for sustainable development ; China ; education policy ; sustainable development ; ESD ; SDGs ; sustainability ; higher education ; indicators ; rankings ; assessment ; university rankings ; green universities ; green campus ; education ; learning ; educational innovation ecosystem ; education sustainability ; university-industry collaboration ; Chinese higher education ; digital age ; talents cultivation ; information literacy ; online learning process ; innovation performance ; nature education ; urban residents ; perception ; survey ; sustainable growth ; social-emotional skills ; self-management skills ; solution-focused ; Kids’Skills method ; education partnership assistance ; common prosperity ; balanced and sustainable development ; capacity building ; professional learning communities in interdisciplinary subjects ; teachers’ professional development ; teacher learning ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-01
    Description: In this Special Issue, we have published papers on the health-promoting effects of nutraceuticals from different sources, and their effects in different pathologies. Extracts from plants have been analyzed, for example, extracts from olive leaves, Mikania micrantha, the devil’s claw, raspberries and others, alongside marine phytoplankton, egg-yolk and marketed dietary supplements. The effects of these extracts and dietary supplements have been studied in diseases associated with obesity, and in diseases where inflammation pathways are involved. The effectiveness of resveratrol and curcumin to support the anticancer activity of cisplatin has also been reported, as well as the ability of devil’s claw root extract to stimulate the CB2 receptors in synoviocytes in osteoarthritis patients. The anti-oxidant effect of marine phytoplankton has been studied on muscle damage, both in humans and in an animal model, and the effects of the metabolite of antocianin were analyzed in a mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Finally, reviews on the use of lactoferrin, ω3 and ω6 and abscisic acid have been reported, in addition to the crosstalk between prostate cancer and microbiota inflammation. Although it is not yet possible to draw definitive conclusions on the use of nutraceuticals, several mechanisms of action for many of them have been further clarified.
    Keywords: fertility ; ingredients ; male reproduction ; semen parameters ; supplements ; allithiamine ; garlic ; hyperglycaemia ; advanced glycation end-products ; cytokines ; abscisic acid ; prediabetes ; type 2 diabetes mellitus ; metabolic syndrome ; insulin resistance ; adipocyte browning ; AMP-activated protein kinase ; food supplement ; frambinone ; meal frequency ; open-field test ; elevated plus maze ; sensory motor gating ; pre-pulse inhibition ; c-Fos ; amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ; anti-inflammatory ; antioxidant ; phenolic acid ; neuroprotective ; neurodegeneration ; obesity ; overweight ; beta-glucans ; chitosan ; follow up study ; weight loss programs ; weight gain ; weight loss ; body weight changes ; phytoplankton ; antioxidants ; muscle damage ; muscle recovery ; muscle soreness ; Viburnum opulus ; phenolic compounds ; adipogenesis ; PPARγ ; lipase inhibition ; green tea ; epigallocatechin ; lipid profile ; high-fat diet ; fast food ; osteoarthritis ; nutraceuticals ; polyphenols ; volatile compounds ; β-caryophyllene ; eugenol ; FAAH ; cannabinoid receptors ; phospholipases ; lactoferrin ; bovine milk ; nutraceutical ; human health ; resveratrol ; curcumin ; cisplatin ; head and neck cancer ; cell cycle ; apoptosis ; prostate cancer ; microbiota ; nutraceutical compounds ; fecundation ; inflammation ; cytokine ; growth factors ; metabolomics ; lipidomics ; ω-3PUFAs ; ω-6PUFAs ; endocannabinoids ; CRC ; fatty acids ; Gymnema inodorum ; gymnemic acid ; Mikania micrantha ; anti-hypercholesterolemia ; steatosis ; olive leaf ; macrophages ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-01
    Description: Scale up and implementation of new point-of-care (POC) diagnostics is a global health priority to enable the adoption of new evidence-based POC diagnostics and to replicate and extend the reach of POC diagnostics. Global private and public sector agencies have significantly increased their investment in the development of POC diagnostics to meet the unmet needs of patients in resource-limited settings, particularly disease burdened settings with limited access to laboratory infrastructure. However, previous research has demonstrated that the availability of health technologies in these settings does not always guarantee patient-centered outcomes. The applicability, effectiveness and sustainability of diagnostic technologies is affected by the involvement of all stakeholders during planning and implementation, which must be relevant to each specific context and sensitive to local culture. Factors such as infrastructure, resources, values and characteristics of participants can influence the implementation, scalability and sustainability of health interventions such as POC diagnostics. This book, “Implementation and Scale up of Point of Care (POC) Diagnostics in Resource-Limited Settings”, presents literature reviews and primary research studies focusing on the implementation and scale up of POC diagnostics in resource-limited settings.
    Keywords: point-of-care-ultrasound ; ultrasound ; implementation ; point of care ultrasound ; augmented reality ; telemedicine ; spatial accessibility ; blood group ; rhesus type ; point-of-care testing ; maternal healthcare ; Upper East Region ; Ghana ; point-of-care ultrasound ; medical education ; syphilis ; maternal mortality ; interrupted time series ; segmented regression analysis ; point-of-care CD4+ t testing ; qualitative survey ; acceptability ; patients ; healthcare providers ; primary healthcare clinics ; HIV self-testing ; scale-up ; key stakeholder ; quality HIV point-of-care-diagnostics ; nominal group technique ; stakeholder engagement ; self-testing ; novel coronavirus disease-19 ; blockchain ; artificial intelligence ; geographical access ; glucose-6-phosphate dioxygenase deficiency ; antenatal care ; upper east region ; schistosomiasis ; barriers to diagnostics ; access to healthcare ; end-user perspectives ; neglected tropical diseases ; Nigeria ; case management ; electronic health information system ; diagnosis ; treatment ; point-of-care ; low and middle income countries ; point-of-care diagnostics ; healthcare services ; COVID-19 era ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-01
    Description: Neural control of human motor output and how it is modified by alterations in physical activity levels is complex and multidimensional. The use of various experimental designs has vastly increased our knowledge of how the nervous system integrates descending, segmental, and ascending information to produce motor outputs, yet there is still much to learn. A more complete picture of the neurophysiology underlying the control of human motor outputs may prove useful in guiding rehabilitation programs aimed at reducing motor impairments following disease or injury. The purpose of this Special Issue is to collect original articles that explore neural excitability in various states. Studies examining neural excitability on a moment-to-moment basis (acute) or following prolonged periods of exercise or skill training and disuse (chronic) are encouraged. Original research studies using various experimental measures (e.g., transcranial magnetic stimulation, transmastoid electrical stimulation, single motor unit recordings, electroencephalography, and measures of spinal reflexes) in various states (e.g., fatigued, non-fatigued, and resting) during different types of motor outputs (tonic or dynamic) are encouraged. Experimental studies and literature reviews are welcome.
    Keywords: thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology::JHMC Social and cultural anthropology
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-01
    Description: Manuscripts in this monograph are sorted into five categories: 1. Case Reports: a description of living as a bedridden patient; structured interviews with severely affected ME/CFS patients; how past events contribute to severe ME/CFS; a comparison of moderately ill, severely ill, and very severely ill; case reports of ME/CFS in children. 2. A healthcare provider’s view of managing ME/CFS patients. 3. Characterization of the Severely and Very Severely Affected: (1) the most troubling symptoms; (2) disease severity diminishes capacity for exercise, (3) operationalized definitions of the severely ill and very severely ill; (4) the usefulness of a modified Korean Chalder Fatigue Scale Questionnaire; (5) cardiac dimensions and function in patients; (6) an easier tilt test; and (7) review of sleep studies. 4. Progress in Diagnosis and Treatment: (1) objective measures for grading ME/CFS; (2) a sitting tilt test for orthostatic intolerance; (3) the benefits of IVIgG; (4) risks and protective factors in suicidality; (5) malnutrition and overcoming it; (7) partnerships between patients, caregivers, and providers, and the use of technology; (8) a holistic model of care, “Compassion in Practice; and (9) the effects of suffering, utilizing a four-phase model. 5. Impact of the Disease: (1) a historical perspective; (2) the impact of ME/CFS on psychosocial dynamics; (3) the educational needs of school-aged; and (4) the economic impact of ME/CFS
    Keywords: Adolescence ; Adulthood ; Apnea ; Apnea-hypopnea index ; Bedbound ; Cardiac Function ; Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing ; Caregivers ; Case Study ; Cerebral Blood Flow ; Chronic Fatigue Syndrome ; Clinical Presentation ; Compassion In Practice ; Diagnosis ; Economic Impact ; Education ; Enteral Nutrition ; EUROMENE ; Europe-Wide ; Grief ; Homebound ; Illness progression ; Immunoglobulin Therapy ; Infection ; Isolation ; IVIgG ; Jarisch&ndash ; Herxheimer Reaction ; Laboratory Tests ; Lived experience ; Loss ; Malnutrition ; Mental Health ; ME/CFS ; Moderately Ill ; Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome ; Orthostatic Stress ; Parenteral nutrition ; Patient Assessment ; Patient Management ; Prevention ; Psychological Causation ; Psychosocial ; Severely Ill ; Sleep ; Social Isolation ; Stigma ; Student Learning ; Suicidality ; Symptoms ; Telemedicine ; Trauma ; Treatment ; Tube feeding ; Very Severely III ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-02
    Description: The overall focus, scope, and purpose of this Special Issue on outdoor adventure is to provide the current and anticipated future trends, offer innovative ideas for new programs, support decision making for managers to move plans and intentions into action, inspire pioneering staff training and leadership development, incite policy reviews and revisions, promote resource (re)allocation where needed, and stimulate culture shifts among outdoor leaders and managers. Furthermore, this Special Issue is situated within the existing literature by depicting major trends in the field, exploring organizational issues and successes, identifying gaps between research and practice, and formulating solutions to some of the field’s most pressing challenges. Of particular interest were manuscripts reporting the following: • Adventure education across diverse cultures; • Innovative partnerships for experiential education outdoors; • Land management agencies working with adventure education programs; • Leadership and/or management issues and challenges; • Programming advances, participation trends; • Recruitment and retention of diverse staff, workforce enhancement; • Social groups/identity and outdoor spaces (e.g., people of color and outdoor adventure; women in the outdoors—where have we been, where are we going?; LGBTQ trends and future directions; youth and outdoor adventure); • Socioeconomic factors and solutions; • Technology influences and adventure education; • Working with schools/school districts and being in sync with curriculum needs, supporting transportation challenges, etc.
    Keywords: outdoor adventure education ; social justice ; inclusive praxis ; Outward Bound ; policy ; purposes ; practice ; barriers ; outdoor learning ; outdoor and adventure education ; international perspectives ; comparative ; experiential learning ; transformative learning ; equity ; pedagogy ; whiteness ; gender ; critical theory ; outdoor education ; outdoor skills ; partnership ; outdoor programs ; outdoor education in urban areas ; outdoor recreation ; female empowerment ; single-gender ; adolescent programming ; adolescent girls ; outdoor camp ; girls’ camp ; youth development ; treasure hunt ; mobile learning ; geocaching ; smartphone ; educational app ; Lesvos island ; secondary education students ; undergraduate students ; nature-based programs ; ecological framework ; COVID-19 impact ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-01
    Description: Intelligence research is mainly concerned with basic science questions; what is the psychometric structure of intelligence? What are the cognitive bases of intelligence? What are the brain-based correlates of intelligence? What does intelligence predict? Such research is needed, but there are also problems larger than those presented in intelligence tests, including problems of today. What is the role of human intelligence in solving consequential real-world problems? Here, leading scholars in the field of intelligence each address one real-world problem—a problem of their choice—and explain how intelligence has been, or could be, essential for a solution.
    Keywords: intelligence ; IQ ; giftedness ; transactional giftedness ; transformational giftedness ; critical thinking ; real-world problems ; innovation ; talent selection and development ; gifted education ; social returns ; cognitive aptitudes and creativity ; grand societal challenges ; Sustainable Development Goals ; complex problems ; consequential world problems ; mental tests ; cognitive ageing ; cognitive epidemiology ; mortality ; cognitive development ; wisdom ; education ; conflict resolution ; problem-solving ; decision making ; history-wars ; Wechsler scales ; WAIS-IV ; federal judges ; Supreme Court ; fluid reasoning ; processing speed ; crystallized knowledge ; working memory ; aging-IQ research ; computerized adaptive testing ; test construction ; collective intelligence ; metacognition ; wellbeing ; inequity ; social issues ; functional literacy ; job complexity ; nonadherence to treatment ; noncommunicable disease ; diabetes ; diabetes self-management ; behavioral risk factors ; global burden of disease ; epidemiological transition ; social movements ; theory of social change, cultural evolution, and human development ; social intelligence ; practical intelligence ; abstract intelligence ; COVID-19 ; cultural evolution ; adaptive intelligence ; George Floyd protests ; higher-order thinking ; real-world environments ; infectious diseases ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-02
    Description: Ageing is a diverse and multifaceted experience that is unique to each person. The process of ageing is lived differently according to each individual’s socio-cultural, historical, religious, and political context, among other factors. However, the stereotype of homogeneity is still one of the strongest aspects related to later life. This Special Issue covers manuscripts of original research that critically explore the experience of old age and the process of growing older from the social sciences and humanities perspectives. It also explores the topics pertaining to social gerontology, cultural and literary gerontology, environmental gerontology, gerotechnological studies, social anthropology, gender studies, body politics, sexuality, active and healthy ageing, space and place, age-friendly politics and other themes. The published articles collect arguments that show the variables and uniqueness of later life, and expand on the current theoretical frameworks in the field of age studies and beyond. The overall aim of this Special Issue was to broaden the gerontological scholarship and develop critical thought of old age and the life course beyond the merely biological processes of growing older and their sociocultural constructs. This Special Issue can be of interest to scholars, practitioners, stakeholders, care workers and individuals who are concerned with the dynamics of ageing as well as current and future dialogues on the unique experiences of ageing.
    Keywords: ageing ; older adults ; intimacy ; creativity ; strict morality ; sexuality ; theories of retirement ; rhythmanalysis ; management of time ; interdisciplinary gerontology ; busy ethic ; societal rhythms ; home ; identity ; Ireland ; place attachment ; rural ; Sweden ; women ; inclusivity ; Zimbabwe ; urban environments ; discourse analysis ; urban policy ; Africa ; ageism ; COVID-19 ; fourth age ; nursing homes ; third age ; cultural and literary gerontology ; aging and society ; agism ; popular culture and comics ; DC superheroes ; aging in place ; dementia ; cognitive changes ; design practice ; user involvement ; participatory design ; socio-gerontechnology ; active ageing ; age-friendly ; age panic ; metaphor ; neoliberal imagination ; older adults’ media practices ; older adults’ media biographies ; long-term care ; social isolation in later life ; social agency ; person-centered care ; information and communication technology (ICT) ; life course perspective ; communicative ecology mapping ; focused ethnography ; activism ; Iaioflautas ; intergenerational solidarity ; politicization ; social movements ; culture ; interdependence ; older immigrants ; religious minority ; social relationships ; older people ; public participation ; European welfare states ; gerontological responses ; pandemic management ; materiality ; corporeality ; humanoid robot Pepper ; human–robot interactions ; gender ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology::JHMC Social and cultural anthropology
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-01
    Description: This reprint turns out to be very important for the pathologies deriving from the gut microbiome and its disorders. Human health seems to be correlated with the status of our microbiome, which plays a vital role in our health. The human microbiome is associated with a wide range of diseases, from non-neoplastic to tumorigenesis, including cancer, inflammation, intestinal damage, etc. Following these statements, it is possible to deduce the paramount importance of the role of the gut microbiome and the relative consequences for human well-being.
    Keywords: microbiome ; pain ; IBS ; neuropathy ; gut microbiota ; Clostridium difficile infection ; SARS-CoV-2 ; inflammation ; intestinal microbiota ; immune protection ; mast cells ; platelets ; aging ; liver cancer ; metabolomics ; metabolites ; scientific technology ; antibiotic resistance ; virulence ; metagenomics ; human gut ; antibiotic consumption ; colon cancer ; right-sided colon cancer ; left-sided colon cancer ; tumor microbiome ; gut microbiome ; nasopharyngeal microbiome ; age differences ; sex differences ; human microbiome ; 16S rRNA sequencing ; Huntington’s disease ; neurodegeneration ; gastrointestinal microbiome ; gut-brain axis ; dysbiosis ; immune ; bacteria ; proteome ; pregnancy ; FGR ; placenta ; cancer treatment ; cardiotoxicity ; Helicobacter pylori ; methods for determining H. pylori resistance ; molecular genetic diagnostics ; phenotypic methods for determining antibiotic resistance ; geographical distribution of H. pylori antibiotic resistance ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-02
    Description: This book provides a first-of-its-kind review and analysis of benefit sharing frameworks between extractive industries and Indigenous and local communities in different parts of the Arctic. The authors describe a wealth of case studies in order to examine predominant practices, policies, arrangements, mechanisms and impact assessment methodologies. They also discuss possible ways to improve and advance existing benefit sharing regimes, in order to attain fair and equitable benefit sharing and support sustainable development. Among the topics covered in the book are corporate social responsibility and social license to operate, principles and methodologies of determining compensation, legal and informal frameworks of benefit sharing, community response to extractive activities, and global-to-local linkages that shape benefit sharing processes. The book will be of interest to academics, industry experts, legal specialists, policymakers, community members concerned with industrial activities, and anyone interested in sustainable development in the Arctic.
    Keywords: thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology::JHMC Social and cultural anthropology
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-01
    Description: The collection on “Public Health Palliative Care (PHPC) and Public Palliative Care Education (PPCE)” highlights recent advances and challenges in PHPC and PPCE. The articles demonstrate the breadth and diversity of local responses from across the globe, including Europe, Asia, Australia and South America. The COVID-19 pandemic clearly shows how collaboration between healthcare services and communities is an essential component of public health. The collection adds to the growing body of knowledge, based on practice, theory and research, about PHPC and PPCE. It is clear that global perspectives of PHPC are best expressed through both international, national and local activities including PPCE, such as Last Aid. Partnerships between healthcare services, civic organisations and communities are essential to increase awareness, skills and practice. It is evident that PHPC and PPCE are needed to improve palliative care support by the public in communities. These examples show that encouraging work on this important theme is ongoing worldwide, although more effort for implementation and research is needed.
    Keywords: end-of-life ; health promotion ; arts activities ; community-based programs ; children ; older people ; intergenerational ; play ; indigenous research ; salutogenesis ; ethnic groups ; Sámi ; Sweden ; sense of community coherence ; Last Aid course ; palliative care ; hospital staff ; education ; survey ; Compassionate University ; empathy ; community networks ; student health services ; end-of-life care ; consumer preferences ; models of care ; hospice ; hospital ; residential aged care ; home care ; public health approach ; compassionate communities ; end of life care ; consumer perspectives ; equity ; caregiving ; bereavement ; life-limiting condition ; health promoting palliative care ; home death ; cultural sensitive ; integrated ; public-private-partnership ; public palliative care education ; citizens ; qualitative interview ; mixed methods ; public health ; Last Aid ; online ; death literacy ; perceptions ; participants ; facilitators ; Scotland ; lay public ; caring relatives ; qualitative research ; interview ; Germany ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-23
    Description: Climate change and urban development threaten health, undermine coping and deepen existing social and environmental inequities. A changing global environment requires transformative social responses: new partnerships, deep engagement with local communities, and innovation to strengthen individual and collective assets. The chapters of this edited volume have mainly been contributed by established and emerging scholars representing social work, sociology, development studies, law, government, social anthropology, urbanism, public policy, and other social sciences This book is to be used for academics, policy makers, social work students, lecturers and other stakeholders to promote advocacy for vulnerable client groups affected by climate change. It gives some measure of hope and makes the invisible visible, allowing for change.
    Keywords: climate change ; global environment ; vulnerable populations ; social care ; human health ; economic justice ; sociology ; urban studies ; thema EDItEUR::A The Arts ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-01
    Description: The use of social media in public health education/promotion has been increasing due, in part, to its ability to remove physical access and geographical barriers for users. Specifically, social media provides an outlet to increase and promote translational health communication strategies and the effective dissemination of health information and data in ways that allow users to not only utilize, but also to create and share pertinent health information. Although social media applications in public health and health promotion have yielded success in terms of generating support structures and networks for effective health behavior change, there are challenges and complications associated with use of social media that also need to be addressed (e.g., managing misinformation, ensuring compliance with privacy protection regulations). This Special Issue aims to explore social media as a translational health promotion tool by bridging principles of health education and health communication. Broadly, this Special Issue is seeking original submissions that examine: (1) the method with which social media users access, negotiate, and create health information that is both actionable and impactful for diverse audiences; (2) strategies for overcoming challenges to using social media in health promotion; and (3) best practices for designing, implementing, and/or evaluating social media campaigns and forums in public health. Special interest will be given to innovative submissions that expand and build upon traditional health education approaches with health communication theories and models. Other manuscript types of interest include relevant position papers, brief reports, and commentaries.
    Keywords: social media-based health management systems ; theory of planned behavior ; openness to new experience ; sustained health engagement ; physical literacy ; activity ; social media ; online resource ; Internet ; HONcode ; YouTube ; COPD ; Facebook ; online community ; self-management ; social support ; healthy consumption ; purchase intention ; trust ; emotional support ; expectation confirmation ; privacy concern ; consumer health informatics ; natural language processing (NLP) ; online support groups ; autism ; micro-video ; Provincial Health Committee ; healthcare ; Tik Tok ; China ; online social support ; social identity ; communication theory of identity ; rural health ; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ; excessive drinking ; Twitter ; natural language processing ; American Communities Project ; health education ; health promotion ; ethics ; wearable technology ; drive for thinness ; health-oriented websites ; neuroticism ; web content internalization ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-02
    Description: Higher education has been considered both an ‘engine’ for innovation and a ‘catalyst’ for sustainability development; the integration of both the innovation engine and sustainability catalyst roles are discussed in a recently published Special Issue on the theme of Higher Education in Innovation Ecosystems in the journal Sustainability. Based on 16 articles contributing to the Special Issue from various perspectives, the Special Issue editors have developed an overarching framework about the relationships between higher education and innovation ecosystems. In the framework, we re-define the concept of innovation ecosystem and identify emerging roles of universities in developing sustainable innovation ecosystems. Re-conceptualization of innovation ecosystems In the editorial of the Special Issue, innovation ecosystem is defined as: co-innovation networks in which actors from organizations concerned with the functions of knowledge production, wealth creation, and norm control interact with each other in forming co-evolution and interdependent relations (both direct or indirect) in cross-geographical contexts and through which new ideas and approaches from various internal and external sources are integrated into a platform to generate shared values for the sustainable transformation of society. Compared with most commonly cited definitions of innovation ecosystem, our definition highlights three new aspects of interactions in co-innovation networks: cross-sectoral, transnational, and indirect, drawing insights from the literature including innovation, geography, and biology studies. The roles of universities in innovation ecosystems The emerging roles of universities in innovation ecosystems are as follows: (1) The role of universities is changing from being a central player in technology transfer to being an anchor in knowledge exchange; (2) universities are assuming a new role in trust-building between actors in innovation ecosystems; and (3) universities are not merely an entrepreneurial universities but are also institutional entrepreneur in the innovation ecosystem. The three emerging roles all indicate that universities are becoming the catalysts for sustainable development in innovation ecosystems. Knowledge exchange is crucial for sustainability; trust is the foundation of the sustainable networks; social entrepreneurship is indispensable for sustainable social change. Evidence in wider contexts A total of 44 authors from 10 countries contributed to the discussions on the changing roles of higher education in innovation ecosystems from varying perspectives. They also report transformations within higher education and universities’ responses to both external and internal transformations. When addressing these issues, the studies provide both theoretical and methodological contributions to the research on higher education in innovation ecosystems. The 16 articles can be generally placed into four categories: (1) new demands for universities arising from the transformation in society toward innovation ecosystems, (2) transformations within higher education responding to emerging societal demands, (3) dynamics of the interaction of university with other innovation actors in a transnational context, and (4) academic and student mobility for higher education innovation. Calling for a new research agenda While societal changes demand broader roles of universities, they also call for and leads to substantial changes within the internal fabric of the university. The innovations in both society and the universities necessitate a renewed understanding of higher education in society, which has become a new research agenda in studies on innovation in higher education. We hope our Special Issue will inspire and encourage more scholars to join the research field.
    Keywords: transnational industry cooperation ; transnational university cooperation ; transnational innovation ecosystem ; EU–China ; science, technology and innovation cooperation ; transdisciplinary approach ; artificial intelligence ; machine learning ; Higher Education ; University ; Entrepreneurial competences ; Employability ; Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) ; Open Innovation ; business creation ; technology transfer ; innovation ; innovation ecosystem ; entrepreneurship education ; science and technology ; sustainability ; higher education ; educational innovation ; Mexico ; academic mobility ; knowledge transfer ; higher education innovation ; institutional environment ; postgraduate education ; education level ; discipline background ; graduation institution ; R&amp ; D investment ; triple helix ; synergy mechanism ; national system of innovation ; China ; Belt and Road Initiative ; developmental model of intercultural sensitivity ; general model of instructional communication ; instructional beliefs model ; intercultural communication competence model ; green GDP ; environment ; sustainable development ; global innovation systems ; Chinese research university ; faculty income ; academic labor market ; ordinary labor market ; joint R&amp ; D institute ; institutional logics ; China’s innovation system ; China’s transnational Triple Helix linkages ; problem-solving ; critical reflection ; knowledge integration ; social learning ; systemic thinking ; entrepreneurial university ; entrepreneurship ; influencing factors ; sustainable universities ; corporate sustainability ; tensions ; integrative framework ; Finnish universities ; higher education system ; social entrepreneurship ; entrepreneurial universities ; business model innovation ; socialist economies ; Cuba ; knowledge brokers ; knowledge intensive policies ; smart specialisation ; innovation ecosystems ; global talent ; social integration ; economic integration ; Chinese student ; Finland ; university ; third mission ; knowledge-based society ; global innovation networks ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-01
    Description: Soil erosion caused by wind is significant to Earth systems and human health. There is a strong interest in understanding the factors and processes of soil erosion caused by wind as well as in developing and applying methods to control dust emission from soils and to stabilize active sands. The Special Issue contains information on applications of natural and synthetic materials to reduce soil erosion, development of materials and methods, experimental methods and modeling, impacts on the soil quality and the environments, and quantification of the efficiency in dust control and sand stabilization applications.
    Keywords: wind tunnel ; particulate matter ; soil erosion ; particle size distribution ; rainfall simulator ; dust emission ; salinization ; groundwater ; wind erosion ; brine solution ; treated wastewater ; annual plants ; coastal dunes ; fixed dunes ; mobile dunes ; dune stabilization ; Mediterranean ; open and shrub patches ; slope aspects ; sand particle ; wind-break wall ; terrain ; railway ; wind-tunnel experiment ; community stability ; covariance effect ; biodiversity ; population stability ; species richness ; species synchrony ; diversity–stability relationship ; multi-taxa ; cross-taxa congruence ; global warming ; carbon erosion ; gaseous emissions ; methanogenesis ; nitrification/denitrification ; dust ; enrichment ratio ; burial of carbon ; aggregate disruption ; soil resuspension ; stabilization material ; soil contamination ; Dead Sea saltwater ; stabilization ; containment ; radiological contamination ; cesium ; strontium ; hydric and aeolian erosion ; selective removal ; erosion as a source ; positive feedback to climate change ; deep burial ; re-aggregation ; saltation ; dust blown carbon ; emission of greenhouse gases ; stages of erosion ; dust suppressants ; dust control ; food industry ; wastes ; by-products ; field testing ; leaching test ; dust suppressant ; biopolymer ; penetration resistance ; crust strength ; moisture retention ; mine soil ; protein ; polysaccharide ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSF Gender studies, gender groups::JBSF1 Gender studies: women and girls::JBSF11 Feminism and feminist theory
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-02
    Description: Sundqvist, Sandlund, Källkvist, and Gyllstad have edited a timely reprint that will help to guide the future of English language teaching and learning. This comprehensive and lucidly written volume brings together research on English classroom practices from all levels across the globe with the aim of enhancing our understanding of current developments. All chapters are theoretically informed, as the reprint is both practical in its style and orientation, and pedagogically astute in the recommendations offered. This volume is a welcome resource for teachers, student teachers, teacher educators and researchers around the world.
    Keywords: pedagogical translanguaging ; systematic literature review ; ELT ; empirical research ; English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) ; English as a Medium of Education (EME) ; study abroad ; English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) ; multilingual classroom ; English language teaching ; accuracy teaching ; implicit vs. explicit instruction ; inductive vs. deductive instruction ; fluency teaching ; extramural English ; English medium instruction ; listening comprehension ; lectures ; main ideas ; vocabulary ; L2 English ; vocational students ; vocational orientation approach ; language play ; early foreign language learning ; formulaic sequences ; classroom interaction ; task-oriented interaction ; EFL ; task design ; materials use ; interactional competence ; conversation analysis ; collaborative research ; oral exam ; higher education ; literary analysis ; English as a foreign language ; Socratic seminar ; TQE seminar ; video-mediated interaction (VMI) ; English as an additional language (L2) ; teaching ; turn-taking ; overlap resolution ; ‘go ahead’ ; multimodality ; interactional linguistics ; foreign language education ; inclusive education ; teachers’ adaptivity competence ; learner diversity ; primary education ; young learners ; English-as-a-Foreign Language (EFL) ; teacher beliefs ; classroom practices ; language education ; language teacher education ; language proficiency ; educational technology ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education
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    Description: The development of new foods or nutraceuticals with health benefits is among today’s most important issues, which presents an opportune moment for the food and/or pharmaceutical industries. However, the launch of new products should be supported by strong scientific evidence on the health benefits attributable to the intake of these bioactive food ingredients. Studies focusing on changes during the storage conditions, digestion process, intestinal absorption rates, biological mechanisms of action, or bioactivity of their metabolites are also required to establish the real contribution of these compounds to the health status of today’s societies
    Keywords: phytochemicals ; antioxidant ; antinausea ; antiobesity ; anticancer ; anti-inflammatory ; ‘Cara Cara’ juice ; storage ; hydrophilic and lipophilic antioxidant ; carotenoid ; flavonoid ; degradation ; dried distilled spent grain (DDSG) ; melanoidins ; content ; structure ; antioxidant activity ; ACE-inhibitory activity ; beverages ; brewing method ; antioxidant potential ; total polyphenols content ; mineral composition ; grape stem ; phenolic compounds ; central composite rotatable design ; sustainable food systems ; pressurized liquid extraction ; side streams valorisation ; curcumin ; milk proteins ; nanoparticles ; antimicrobial activities ; bioactive peptides ; hypertension ; functional food ; metabolic syndrome ; microbiota ; insulin sensitivity ; polyphenols ; grape pomace ; donkey milk (DM) ; donkey colostrum (DC) ; mammal’s milk ; cow’s milk protein allergy (CMPA) ; biologic activity ; immunosenescence ; health benefits ; cryoconcentration ; calafate juice ; storage time ; physicochemical properties ; bioactive compounds ; sensorial analysis ; apitherapy ; royal jelly ; propolis ; bee pollen ; sarcopenia ; dietary interventions ; muscle ; skeletal ; muscle wasting ; physical performance ; coronavirus disease 2019 ; COVID-19 ; body composition ; lean body mass ; insulin resistance ; mitochondrial dysfunction ; satellite stem cells ; polysaccharide purification ; anti-obesity ; proliferation ; PPARγ ; biological activities ; isolation ; analysis ; mechanism of action ; bioaccessibility ; intestinal absorption ; bioavailability ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-02
    Description: Sustainability is an urgent developmental task for our society and is attracting increasing attention. Therefore, higher education institutions (HEIs) are also called upon to deal theoretically, conceptually, methodically, critically, and reflectively with the associated challenges and the processes and conditions of transformation in order to contribute to sustainable development. How can complex organisations such as HEIs succeed in initiating and maintaining the process of sustainable development within their own institutions and make it a permanent responsibility? How can as many protagonists as possible be persuaded to get involved in sustainable development? This book deals with the promotion of sustainable university development and provides an overview of how universities can be organised sustainably and how sustainable development can be implemented in their various functional areas. In the sense of a “whole-institution approach”, which encompasses entire HEIs, the focus is not only on the core areas of teaching (higher education for sustainable development) and research (sustainability in research) but, also, on the operational management of HEIs. In addition, this book focuses on sustainability governance and transfer for sustainable development at HEIs as cross-disciplinary issues.
    Keywords: higher education institutions ; implementation ; organisational factors ; sustainable development ; interpretative structural modelling (ISM) ; higher education institutions (HEIs) ; cross-sector collaboration ; multi-professional collaboration ; transdisciplinary research ; narrative analysis ; sensemaking ; whole institution approach ; organizational networks ; constant comparative analysis ; athletic departments ; higher education ; sustainability ; loose coupling ; shared governance ; United States ; intellectual capital ; performance ; quality of life ; sustainability assessment ; environmental management performance ; German-speaking countries ; survey ; whole-institution approach ; competencies ; knowledge ; values ; case study ; discourse analysis ; environment ; Global South ; Sustainable Development Goals ; universities’ transformation ; sustainability assessment tool ; sustainability governance ; systems theory ; governance equalizer ; politics ; profession ; organization ; public ; organizational culture ; Germany ; sustainability in science ; transformative science ; grammar of responsibility ; ethics of knowledge ; universities as echo chambers of society ; catalytic science ; universities ; organizational change ; higher education for sustainable development (HESD) ; sustainability transitions ; SD ; alliances ; university ; transfer ; practitioner–university partnership ; societal impact ; education for sustainable development ; higher education development ; sustainable university development ; systemic development ; inter-organizational networks ; worldviews ; societal transformation ; systemic transformation ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-01
    Description: Gender Equality, the fifth UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG 5), aims for the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women and girls. It thereby addresses all forms of violence, unpaid and unacknowledged care and domestic work, as well as the need for equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision-making in political, economic and public life. Thus, the areas in which changes with regard to gender equality on a global scale are needed are very broad. In this volume, we focus on three main areas of inquiry, ‘Sexuality’, ‘Politics of Difference’ and ‘Care, Work and Family’, and raise the following transversal questions: How can gender be addressed in an intersectional perspective, linking gender to further categories of difference, which are involved in discrimination? In which ways are binary notions of gender taking part in inequality regimes and by which means can these binaries be questioned? How can we measure, control and portray progress with regard to gender equality and how do we, in doing so, define gender? Which multi-, inter- or transdisciplinary perspectives are needed for understanding the diversity of gender, in order to support a transition to 'gender equality'? Transitioning to Gender Equality is part of MDPI's new Open Access book series Transitioning to Sustainability. With this series, MDPI pursues environmentally and socially relevant research which contributes to efforts toward a sustainable world. Transitioning to Sustainability aims to add to the conversation about regional and global sustainable development according to the 17 SDGs. Set to be published in 2020/2021, the book series is intended to reach beyond disciplinary, even academic boundaries. MDPI supports the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. For use of the SDG logos and design, please see the according Guidelines for the use of the SDG logo, color wheel, and 17 icons.
    Keywords: SDGs ; gender equality ; sexuality ; care ; politics of difference ; work ; family ; discrimination ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSF Gender studies, gender groups::JBSF1 Gender studies: women and girls::JBSF11 Feminism and feminist theory
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-01
    Description: The impetus behind this Special Issue emerged from a quest to move beyondbinary thinking in the contemporary period about people who sell sexual services,including recent disputes about “sex trafficking vs. prostitution” and“criminalization vs. decriminalization”, to encourage theoretical and empiricalscholarship by exploring how sex work actually operates under different regulatoryregimes. The volume includes contributions from scholars of different socialsciences backgrounds based in five countries– New Zealand, the United Kingdom,Brazil, the United States and Canada. The article topics range widely,and both quantitative and qualitative research methods are showcased. The empiricalevidence presented adds to our current understanding of the complexityof this phenomenon of sex commerce/prostitution, which is found to be largelya problem of social inequality within and across capitalist societies. The authorscall for policies to address occupational and societal wide inequities faced by sexworkers across many countries.
    Keywords: decriminalisation ; employment ; human rights ; sex work ; exploitation ; money ; agency ; self-care ; gender ; transgender ; subjectivity ; end demand ; violence ; police ; criminalization ; indoor sex work ; stigma ; Canada ; technology ; mental health ; job attributes ; job insecurity ; service work ; hairstyling ; governmentality ; adolescents ; anthropology ; state ; excuses ; Amazon ; consent ; chemsex ; MSW ; men who have sex with men ; MSM ; qualitative ; Grounded Theory ; labour ; vulnerability ; objectification ; feminism ; sociology of labor ; Rio de Janeiro ; New Orleans ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Description: This book focuses on active transport as a way to increase physical activity levels. Active commuting and active transportation on foot or by bicycle create opportunities for physical activity, provide transportation options for those without a car, encourage social cohesion, and reduce contributions to air pollution.
    Keywords: Active transportation ; Commuting ; Exercise ; Walking ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-02
    Description: This book consists of articles that investigate and discuss the relationship between economics of education and sustainable development; that is, how education economics plays an important role in sustainable development. Economics of education or education economics is the study of economic issues relating to education (such as education policy and finance, human capital production and acquisition, and the returns to human capital); while sustainable development is the study of a system (a human society) operating and growing continuously, which includes environment, economy, industry, business, agriculture, etc. This book particularly focuses on the economy – how an economy continuously and steadily develops and grows.
    Keywords: higher education ; education input ; technological innovation ; economic growth ; VAR model ; education heterogeneity ; spatial spillover effects ; total factor productivity growth ; dynamic spatial SLX model ; wage discrimination ; sustainable development ; sheepskin effects ; supply/demand transition in labor market ; gender discrimination ; academic progression ; women faculty ; female professors ; maternity penalty ; gender gap ; gender disparity ; education ; Propensity Score Matching ; Intra-household income inequality ; senior secondary school ; parental economic expectation ; sustainable economic development ; international students ; human capital ; sustainable financial education ; consumer life satisfaction ; the necessity of financial education ; ordered probit regression ; trivariate causality ; health ; Zimbabwe ; human capital investment ; rate of returns ; screening and sheepskin effects ; tuition fee control policy ; financial management ; principal–agency model ; educational policy evaluation ; unintended consequence ; high school equalization policy ; housing market ; difference-in-differences analysis ; entrepreneurial intentions ; emotional competencies ; behavioral competencies ; entrepreneurial education ; nonlinear ; kink regression ; ASEAN-5 ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education
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    Description: Many scientists now widely agree that the current paradigm of statistical significance should be abandoned or largely modified. In response to these calls for change, a Special Issue of Econometrics (MDPI) has been proposed. This book is a collection of the articles that have been published in this Special Issue. These seven articles add new insights to the problem and propose new methods that lay a solid foundation for the new paradigm for statistical significance.
    Keywords: p-value ; Bayesian ; model specification ; model testing ; reporting results (p-values) ; replications ; equivalence ; minimum-effect ; non-inferiority ; point-null hypothesis testing ; zero probability paradox ; t-statistic ; pretest estimator ; model averaging ; a priori procedure ; null hypothesis significance testing ; confidence intervals ; p-values ; estimation ; hypothesis testing ; replication crisis ; profit maximization ; market failure ; teaching of econometrics ; regression analysis ; economics pedagogy ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History
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    Description: This book focuses on new sensing technologies, measurement techniques, and their applications in medicine and healthcare. Specifically, the book briefly describes the potential of smart sensors in the aforementioned applications, collecting 24 articles selected and published in the Special Issue “Smart Sensors for Healthcare and Medical Applications”. We proposed this topic, being aware of the pivotal role that smart sensors can play in the improvement of healthcare services in both acute and chronic conditions as well as in prevention for a healthy life and active aging. The articles selected in this book cover a variety of topics related to the design, validation, and application of smart sensors to healthcare.
    Keywords: radiation-induced current ; dosimetry ; photodiodes ; phototransistors (MOSFETs) ; photovoltaic sensor ; CCD/CMOS ; cancer nodules detection ; phantom ; stiffness analysis ; ultrasound analysis ; visual analysis ; automatic robotic platform ; remote support for pathologists ; gait analysis ; gait correction ; electrostatic gait signal ; improved Detrended Cross-Correlation Analysis cross-correlation coefficient ; measuring system ; measurements ; contactless ; respiratory rate ; breathing pattern ; ECG electrode swaps ; ECG electrode potentials ; WCT potential change ; reconstructing correct ECG leads ; MSMinv transformation ; unicolor limb–chest electrodes ; torsional wave ; cervix ; pregnancy ; cervical stiffness ; fiber Bragg gratings ; smart textiles ; wearable systems ; cardiac monitoring ; respiratory monitoring ; precision sports ; archery ; body pressure distribution ; air-filled cell ; alternating pressure air mattress ; time of flight ; air flow ; active control system ; mobile EEG recordings ; montage-replaceable headsets ; BCI ; fiber Bragg grating ; plastic optical fiber ; non-invasive measurement ; pulse wave signals ; blood pressure ; partial least squares regression ; people counting ; bi-directional ; motion detection ; time of flight sensor ; force myography ; prosthetic fitting ; regression ; calibration ; error reduction ; linear regression ; random forest ; general regression neural network ; cross-talk ; force sensitive resistor ; MRI ; EMG ; graph theory ; electrical network ; muscle activity ; forearm ; COPD ; oxygen concentrator ; oxygen therapy ; automatic oxygen concentrator ; physical activity ; machine learning ; respiratory medicine ; portable oxygen concentrator ; oxygen delivery ; cerebral palsy ; game-based rehabilitation exercises ; computerized assessment methods ; motion tracking sensors ; Kinect sensor ; EEG ; PPG ; epilepsy ; signal processing ; brain monitoring ; artificial neural network ; predictive analysis ; dietary monitoring ; healthcare ; ring-type biosensor ; personalized digital medicine ; frailty syndrome ; sit-to-stand ; 30-s chair stand test ; wearable sensors ; fetal movement simulator ; fetal movement monitor ; maternal abdomen model ; acoustic sensor ; accelerometer ; piezoelectric diaphragm ; fiber Bragg grating sensors (FBGs) ; functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) ; grasping actions detection ; motor assessment ; MR-compatible measuring systems ; abdominal movement signal ; hypopnea ; LSTM-RNN ; neural network ; oxygen saturation ; sleep apnea syndrome ; sleep–wake detection ; synchrosqueezing transform ; triaxial accelerometer ; thoracic movement signal ; multiple sclerosis ; kinematics ; surface EMG ; accelerator ; inertial sensor ; T10MW ; markerless motion capture ; automatic pushing analysis ; SCI patients ; RGB-D sensors ; respiration monitoring ; non-contact monitoring ; body movements detection ; thermal imaging ; natural sleep environments ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Description: The industrialization of the urban food system, alongside the proliferation of supermarkets, has dramatically transformed the landscape of food accessibility in cities. In many countries, the spatial consolidation of food provisioning has deprived many urban neighbourhoods of easy access to food, particularly foodstuffs integral to a healthy diet. These often socioeconomically disadvantaged urban areas are referred to as “food deserts”. However, studies of urban food deserts in cities of the Global South are sparse, given their complicated urban food systems with the strong presence of informal food economies and diverse food sources. This book draws on empirical studies from South African, Brazilian and Chinese cities to investigate the food desert narrative, the characteristics of urban food environment and the various socioeconomic factors shaping it, as well as the food security and health consequences of urban food deserts. These studies reveal the limitations of applying the food desert concept to cities in the Global South and call for more holistic measurements of urban food insecurity.
    Keywords: proximity to food outlets ; dietary diversity ; food access ; food security ; food environment ; food geographies ; food deserts ; malnutrition ; children ; urbanization ; Southern Africa ; food sources ; urban food system ; NOVA food classification system ; shopping behaviors ; food insecurity ; food purchasing characteristics ; socioeconomic area ; obesity ; out-shoppers ; Windhoek ; Namibia ; informal settlements ; informal food sector ; supermarkets ; urban poverty ; social networks ; food desert ; food justice ; African urbanism ; African food systems ; food policy ; Food deserts ; food sourcing ; Mexico City ; Nairobi ; food environments ; urban ; mapping ; nutrition ; South Africa ; Ghana ; governance ; ultra-processed ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Description: Disasters such as earthquakes, cyclones, floods, heat waves, nuclear accidents, and large scale pollution incidents take lives and cause exceptionally large health problems. The majority of large-scale disasters affect the most vulnerable populations, which are often comprised of people of extreme ages, in remote living areas, with endemic poverty, and with low literacy. Health-related emergency disaster risk management (Health-EDRM) [1] refers to the systematic analysis and management of health risks surrounding emergencies and disasters; it plays an important role in reducing hazards and vulnerability along with extending preparedness, response, and recovery measures. This concept encompasses risk analyses and interventions, such as accessible early warning systems, timely deployment of relief workers, and the provision of suitable drugs and medical equipment, to decrease the impact of disaster on people before, during, and after disaster events. Disaster risk profiling and interventions can be at the personal/household, community, and system/political levels; they can be targeted at specific health risks including respiratory issues caused by indoor burning, re-emergence of infectious disease due to low vaccination coverage, and gastrointestinal problems resulting from unregulated waste management. Unfortunately, there has been a major gap in the scientific literature regarding Health-EDRM. The aim of this Special Issue of IJERPH was to present papers describing/reporting the latest disaster and health risk analyses, as well as interventions for health-related disaster risk management, in an effort to address this gap and facilitate major global policies and initiatives for disaster risk reduction.
    Keywords: thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Description: 'The Future of Catholic Theological Ethics' undertakes a search for new ways of making Catholic theological ethics relevant. It engages with a ground-breaking publication 'Reframing Catholic Theological Ethics' (Oxford University Press, 2016) by Joseph Selling, Emeritus Professor of Moral Theology, Catholic University Leuven. Selling opens the volume with a summary of the approach he developed in the above work. The papers presented here cover several major themes that, traditionally, Catholic theological ethics have considered but, according to the authors of the papers, need revisiting. Amongst these themes are: conscience, virtue, natural law, authority, ecumenism, the human person and the theology of theological ethics. The writers represent a variety of approaches, geographical locations and while most of them are Roman Catholic, there is an imbedded ecumenism and interreligious and inter-cultural slant in several discussions. The authors agree that Catholic theological ethics, in order to be relevant, it needs to become more context-sensitive, ecumenical, practice-based, experience-oriented, continuously discerning, pedagogically wide-ranging and theologically articulate. It must be unceasingly willing to review and renew its method as well as revisit its key concepts. It must neither dismiss its long tradition nor stick to its single interpretation.
    Keywords: H1-99 ; HIV/AIDS ; global South ; global North ; conscience ; love ethics ; social ethics ; method of moral theology ; virtues ; Catholic ethics ; virtue ethics ; Thomas Aquinas ; normativity ; Duns Scotus ; Karl Barth ; Pope Francis ; ecumenism ; teleology ; sexual ethics ; contextualisation ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-02
    Description: Although many educational researchers were pioneers in the integration of technology into teaching and learning prior to 2000, institutions started extensively adopting technology in their courses around this period. However, the adoption process was slow and mainly followed the traditional mode of teaching in the formal university learning environment. The COVID-19 pandemic’s disruption “forced” everyone to use technology for teaching and learning purposes, supporting synchronous and/or asynchronous teaching and learning processes. This book aims not only to present successful practice examples from before or during the COVID-19 pandemic, but also to provide useful information to university teachers, assisting them in further understanding the higher education context, demands and challenges of digital education. Including evidence from the current higher education landscape from all over the world and discussing various frameworks allows institutions and policymakers to take decisions about the future digital education transformation, while teachers and educational researchers can find examples of how various digital learning tools (i.e., virtual simulations and e-portfolios) are integrated into teaching and learning processes in various environment (i.e., online, and blended learning). Considering experiences prior to the COVID-19 pandemic alongside the opportunities and challenges brought about by the pandemic, this book can support the higher education sector in considering curriculum reformations and introducing innovative teaching and learning approaches to meet the Industrial 4.0 revolution.
    Keywords: standardized test ; Saber Pro ; student characteristics ; mean score differences ; correlations between competencies ; academic performance ; improvement ; e-learning ; technology acceptance ; learning management system ; behavioral intention e-learning ; behavioral intention ; digital learning ecology ; self-directed learning ; learning technology ; digital resilience ; higher education ; HeXie ; bioscience ; home labs ; COVID-19 ; practical skills development ; learning communities ; gamification ; flipped classroom ; virtual labs ; remote lab ; virtual lab ; enquiry-based learning ; inquisitive learning ; interactive learning ; digital interruptions ; online learning ; mobile learning ; blended learning ; career planning ; electronic learning ; employability ; Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge ; science education ; student teachers ; self-report measure ; ubiquitous learning ; learning theories ; digital transformation ; educational environment ; eco-environment ; educational design ; process model ; capabilities ; Labour 4.0 ; teaching ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education
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    Description: Nowadays, the power of internet and social media to share information and connect with others is a reality that has also changed the way people communicate about health information, but also to create and share health information with others. The loss of confidence in health professionals could be dangerous with regard to the diffusion of information about community health and possible alterations of procedures and systems designed to maintain and improve it. So, this situation about the Spreading health education through Social Media requires research and the design of new ways to approach social media users, especially, young people. Initiatives where health professionals must be the main actors and drive the communication initiatives focused on community health with the main goal of recovery the people confidence when they in health issues. Health education has an important challenge in front of all healthcare providers in multiple aspects of caring. Patients and people concerns about self-cares must be addressed and every one of us is an agent for change. This Special Issue collects 11 research studies focused to the promotion of health and healthy lifestyles through adequate communication strategies.
    Keywords: iodine ; iodine intake ; iodine knowledge ; young adults ; China ; n/a ; abstraction ; construal level ; junk food ; temporal distance ; nurses ; men ; male ; stereotype ; workforce ; recruitment ; retention ; skin health ; skin neoplasms ; sunlight ; knowledge ; practices ; students ; healthcare organization ; knowledge in transition ; static knowledge ; dynamic knowledge ; social network addiction ; scale development ; scale validation ; confirmatory and exploratory factor analyses ; e-health ; guideline adherence ; healthy lifestyle ; children ; obesity ; academic adaptation ; subjective well-being ; university students ; chronic diseases ; communication efficacy ; health organization ; collective efficacy ; doctors ; Rasch model ; center auspices ; ECCD centers ; modified CPERS ; Cape Coast ; Ghana ; physical environment ; quality ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Description: The dental curriculum is like a living organism—it has developed through time, manifesting regional, cultural, and scientific heritage, and reflecting modern trends. The undergraduate dental curriculum is periodically rebuilt to ensure the harmonization of higher education systems between countries, especially in Europe. Structure, content, learning, and assessment in undergraduate and postgraduate dental education and auxiliary dental personnel training are shaped based on professional consensus. Constant updates on recent technological innovations and evidence-based best practice are necessary.In modern times, ethical issues are raised more than ever. Can we teach our students how to be dedicated health professionals and manage a successful practice at the same time? Does the commercialization of our profession also affect the dental curriculum today?The COVID-19 pandemic has imposed new challenges, moving us from lecture rooms and clinics to an online environment.This Special Issue is dedicated to developing the understanding of dental education.
    Keywords: educational climate ; dental students ; DREEM scale ; dental education ; dentistry ; dental hygienists ; job satisfaction ; work assignments ; workplace environment ; Japan ; healthy lifestyle ; surveys and questionnaires ; health behavior ; health promotion ; school health services ; dental record ; record keeping ; documentation ; forensic odontology ; Croatia ; medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw ; fracture ; mandible ; osteonecrosis ; bisphosphonates ; undergraduate dental education ; postgraduate dental education ; continuing education ; professionalism in dentistry ; online education ; digital media ; social media ; perceived risks ; dental hygiene ; oral pathology ; exam soft ; item analysis ; mentoring ; non-technical skills training ; motor skills ; learning theories ; self-consciousness ; working memory ; visual acuity ; miniaturized Snellen optotype ; Galilean and Keplerian telescope optical system in dentistry ; clinical skills teaching ; teaching methodology ; local anesthesia ; clinical education ; early clinical experience ; motivation ; stress perceptions ; self-determination theory ; self-efficacy ; social learning theory ; Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) ; diet ; dental student ; education ; dental hygiene education ; educational technology ; classification consistency ; oral lesion ; biomedical sciences ; vertical integration ; curriculum reform ; interprofessional learning ; virdentopsy ; virtual dental autopsy ; autopsy imaging ; human identification ; dental autopsy ; humanitarian forensic odontology ; dental caries ; diagnosis ; online learning ; COVID-19 ; composite restoration ; conservative dentistry ; operative dentistry ; undergraduate dental student ; dentin bonding ; virtual reality ; haptics ; simulation ; Simodont ; dental care ; oncology ; chemotherapy ; radiotherapy ; osteoradionecrosis ; specialty training ; student survey ; knowledge-based governance ; curriculum ; dental ; graduate ; dental continuing ; teacher training ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Description: This Special Issue of Genealogy explores the topic of “Intergenerational Trauma and Healing”. Authors examine the ways in which traumas (individual or group, and affecting humans and non-humans) that occurred in past generations reverberate into the present and how individuals, communities, and nations respond to and address those traumas. Authors also explore contemporary traumas, how they reflect ancestral traumas, and how they are being addressed through drawing on both contemporary and ancestral healing approaches. The articles define trauma broadly, including removal from homelands, ecocide, genocide, sexual or gendered violence, institutionalized and direct racism, incarceration, and exploitation, and across a wide range of spatial (home to nation) and temporal (intergenerational/ancestral and contemporary) scales. Articles also approach healing in an expansive mode, including specific individual healing practices, community-based initiatives, class-action lawsuits, group-wide reparations, health interventions, cultural approaches, and transformative legal or policy decisions. Contributing scholars for this issue are from across disciplines (including ethnic studies, genetics, political science, law, environmental policy, public health, humanities, etc.). They consider trauma and its ramifications alongside diverse mechanisms of healing and/or rearticulating self, community, and nation.
    Keywords: Holocaust ; survivors ; second generation ; transgenerational transmission ; trauma ; Grossman ; Armenian ; genocide ; 1915 ; human rights violation ; Christianity ; law enforcement violence ; living with trauma ; impunity ; collective trauma ; dreams ; psychoanalysis ; literature ; Zabuzhko ; transgenerationally transmitted trauma ; indigenous wisdom ; disrupted attachment ; cultural restoration ; well-being ; survivance ; sobrevivencia ; healing ; struggle ; mothers ; movements ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology::JHMC Social and cultural anthropology
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    Description: • The aim of this Special Issue is to examine the current major topics concerning the use of social media and big data in sustainable tourism practices and to encourage interdisciplinary discussion among researchers regarding these issues. • This Special Issue covers all relevant areas of the debate, including 15 selected papers based on the following core ideas: smart tourism and big data, social media in the tourism industry, and online reviews and tourist behaviors. • This Special Issue discusses wide-ranging topics and research questions with regard to the smart tourism city, the impact of social media, online reviews, and tourist behaviors, and it represents a call to action for scholars to engage with broader social issues.
    Keywords: shared short-term rental ; sustainable tourism ; online reviews ; purchase decisions ; social networks ; social media ; Twitter ; tourism ; volunteered geographic information ; OpenStreetMap ; nighttime light remote sensing ; social media usage characteristics ; Big Five personality traits ; personality characteristics ; social characteristics ; information characteristics ; e-WOM ; trust ; brand equity ; brand awareness ; brand image ; topic modeling ; latent Dirichlet allocation ; tourism 4.0 ; online travel agency ; online review ; text analytics ; improve customer satisfaction ; inductive approach ; dimensions of interest ; era of big data ; cultural consensus ; cultural consonance ; online hotel reviews ; trustworthiness ; technology acceptance model ; Generation Y ; overtourism ; organization-public relationship ; place-visitor relationship ; crowdfunding ; consumption value ; inner innovativeness ; perceived risk ; the intention to visit festival ; oblique photography ; mobile applications ; musicals ; city branding ; SNSs ; orientation ; smart tourism city ; smart tourism ; smart city ; sustainable development ; COVID-19 ; tourist destinations ; destination image ; stakeholders ; rural tourism ; social networking service ; theory of planned behavior ; social media use ; graffiti ; text mining ; social network analysis ; travel reality variety program ; viewing motivation ; viewing satisfaction ; presence ; attitude toward tourism destination ; spatial variance ; multiscale GWR ; sharing economy ; Airbnb ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Description: Several problems related to violence, grievances, and states’ lack of legitimacy and capacity to manage economic, social, and political issues are clustered together as an interactive structure in the Middle East and Northern Africa (MENA) region. The effect of one of these problems is difficult to identify in the absence of analyses of the others. Global generalisations on the effects of these problems can bring us closer to the understanding of state fragility and the associated problems in the MENA region, although the study of MENA specifically also reveals region- and sub-region-specific features. Some of them pertain to the MENA region only, whereas others help develop the understanding and sophistication of global generalisations. This book offers a much-needed overview and several explanations on the otherwise confusing triangular problems of state fragility, grievance, and conflict, focusing on one of the conflict hotspots of the world. It compiles expertise on the triangular relationship between fragility, grievances, and conflict of an international MENA Social Policy Network. In addition to the analyses, two datasets are referenced, on which some of the book’s chapters are based.
    Keywords: state fragility ; conflict ; MENA ; Middle East ; failed states ; weak states ; conflict fatalities ; corruption ; informal employment ; social security ; state effectiveness ; Maghreb countries ; individual preferences ; discrete choice model ; Arab Spring ; participation ; protesting ; probit model ; Iraq ; terrorism ; violent extremism ; Social Identity ; threat ; fragmentation ; grievances ; Shia ; Sunni ; factionalism ; rebel governance ; Hamas ; Gaza ; Palestine ; informal institutions ; social contract ; social protection ; Middle East and North Africa ; state–society relations ; protection ; provision ; government legitimacy ; service delivery ; state legitimacy ; social policy ; social expenditure ; mediation ; PH theory ; Israel ; ripeness ; subsidy reform ; Middle East and North Africa (MENA) ; Morocco ; Egypt ; Iran ; political participation ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Description: Forest ecosystems are important habitats for a vast number of species worldwide. These ecosystems are degrading faster than they are regenerating, due to the increased demand for natural resources. In order to protect these ecosystems, the designation of Protected Areas (PAs) has become the primary policy tool for forest conservation. The articles included in this book explore challenges and opportunities within forest PAs, focusing on four main themes. The first theme refers to current initiatives in forest management across the world, reflecting the efforts of several organizations in halting deforestation. Major challenges are also identified, reflecting the declining rates of forest coverage across the world. A second theme refers to policy planning processes withing existing governance frameworks focusing, in particular, on the level of engagement of local stakeholders. A third theme of the book refers to social equity and how the impacts of forest PAs are distributed among different users. A final theme in the SI refers to potential solutions in order to halt the loss of biodiversity within forest ecosystems. Several directions are proposed by the authors that can be useful for policy makers and practitioners, especially in the context of the 30 by 30 targets.
    Keywords: biodiversity ; ecosystem services ; West Africa ; incentives ; Sustainable Development Goals ; participation ; co-management ; forest users ; benefits ; ACA ; Nepal ; urban forest ; institutional design ; land use planning ; Serbia ; governance ; forests ; environment ; Malawi ; Photovoice ; conservation ; policy ; community-based forest management ; participatory forest management ; biodiversity conservation ; nature conservation policy ; operational environment ; legal ; economic and social factors ; evaluation framework ; protected areas ; Natura 2000 network ; conservation estate ; conservation planning ; bottomland hardwood forest ; deforestation ; isolation ; buffer areas ; Tanzania ; social network analysis (SNA) ; cooperation and conflict networks ; stakeholders’ involvement ; participatory process ; Natura 2000 management Programme ; anthropology ; land use and access ; flexibility ; Bakweri ; Mount Cameroon National Park ; reserve network ; large trees ; snags ; coarse woody debris ; regression model ; habitat conditions ; strict protection ; managed forests ; tree cover loss ; global forest ; State Forests ; nature protection ; financing ; decision making ; responsibility ; implementation of protective measures ; Poland ; silviculture ; timber distribution ; benefit-sharing ; elite ; community forestry ; abiotic dispersal ; animal dispersal ; distance–decay ; forest fragmentation ; sacred forest ; sacred grove ; South Gondar Administrative Zone ; conflict ; national parks ; management ; pandemic ; public health ; wellbeing ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology::JHMC Social and cultural anthropology
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    Description: Ensuring microbiological safety in the food (of animal origin) chain is a challenging task due to the complex interactions among animals, humans and the environment. However, technological and analytical advances in recent years have provided a broader insight into microbiological hazards in the food chain and risk assessment. The objective of the proposed Special Issue “Study of Microbiological Safety in the Food Chain” was therefore to obtain scientific papers addressing microbiological hazards in the food chain, such as bacterial antimicrobial resistance, bacterial or fungal spoilage of foods, the antimicrobial potential of the indigenous microbiota, the aminogenic or amine-reducing capacity of the microbiota, and papers that apply novel methods to study the food microbiome to discover potential, previously unknown microbial hazards. This Special Issue of the journal Processes entitled “Study of Microbiological Safety in the Food Chain” consists of nine research papers and one review paper. Four papers focus on the microbiological aspects of milk and dairy products, three on meat and meat products, two on eggs, and one on various market foods. The microorganisms of interest were species of lactobacilli, enterococci and molds, Yersinia enterocolitica, Bacillus cereus and the general microbiota in certain foods.
    Keywords: antimicrobial resistance ; Lactobacillus johnsonii ; Lactobacillus zeae ; MALDI-TOF-MS ; milk ; PCR ; mold ; egg ; Penicillium ; colony morphology ; Ehrlich reaction ; creatine ; restriction enzyme ; PCR-ITS-RFLP ; egg quality ; Cladosporium ; Fusarium ; raw goat milk ; enterococcal species ; safety ; virulence factor ; bacteriocins ; meat safety ; biological hazards ; Yersinia enterocolitica ; Toxoplasma gondii ; food chain information ; emerging foodborne pathogens ; Bacillus ; probiotics ; ewe ; milk lump cheese ; microbiome ; microbial flora ; dry aged beef ; rancidity ; index ; meat products ; dry-cured hams ; sensory evaluation ; surface moulds ; Aspergillus ; Croatian regions ; biogenic amines ; enterococci ; lactobacilli ; lactococci ; ripened cheese ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Description: This Special Issue presents some of the main emerging research on technological topics of health and education approaches to Internet use-related problems, before and during the beginning of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The objective is to provide an overview to facilitate a comprehensive and practical approach to these new trends to promote research, interventions, education, and prevention. It contains 40 papers, four reviews and thirty-five empirical papers and an editorial introducing everything in a rapid review format. Overall, the empirical ones are of a relational type, associating specific behavioral addictive problems with individual factors, and a few with contextual factors, generally in adult populations. Many have adapted scales to measure these problems, and a few cover experiments and mixed methods studies. The reviews tend to be about the concepts and measures of these problems, intervention options, and prevention. In summary, it seems that these are a global culture trend impacting health and educational domains. Internet use-related addiction problems have emerged in almost all societies, and strategies to cope with them are under development to offer solutions to these contemporary challenges, especially during the pandemic situation that has highlighted the global health problems that we have, and how to holistically tackle them.
    Keywords: smartphone use ; parental management ; scale validation ; attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) ; smartphone addiction ; social media/messenger apps ; Facebook ; WhatsApp ; Internet addiction ; Internet use disorder ; smartphone use disorder ; internet gaming disorder ; stress ; resilience ; escape ; depression ; internet addiction ; PI ; EA ; self-identity ; social exclusion ; surveillance ; Facebook addiction ; online gambling ; self-exclusion ; responsible gambling ; comparative study ; poker ; public health model ; Internet game advertising ; accessibility ; environmental factors ; e-gambling ; e-gambling prevalence ; forms of e-gambling ; problem e-gambling ; problematic smartphone use ; pro-gamers ; Child Behavior Check List ; resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging ; problematic pornography use ; internet pornography use ; problematic pornography consumption scale ; problematic pornography use scale ; the short internet addiction test adapted to online sexual activities ; problematic Internet use ; non-medical use of prescription drugs ; depressive symptoms ; adolescents ; anxiety ; mental well-being ; population-based study ; parental monitoring ; problematic mobile phone use ; escape motivation ; shyness ; cluster analysis ; video game ; video game addiction ; personality ; comorbidity ; Internet Gaming Disorder ; gaming disorder ; gaming addiction ; behavioral addiction ; Internet Gaming Disorder Scale-Short Form ; adolescent internet use ; excessive internet use ; family factors ; parenting styles ; gaming ; social media ; behavior addiction ; sleep quality ; psychological distress ; problematic use ; addiction ; Twitter ; psychopathology ; suicide ; suicide attempts ; intervention ; case management ; adolescence ; marketing ; unhook ; gamification ; social-networks-use disorder ; social media use ; social networking sites ; protective competences ; self-regulation ; social needs ; solution-focused group counseling ; college students ; scientific production ; bibliometric analysis ; scientific mapping ; internet ; Web of Science ; phone ; BMI percentile ; food addiction ; emotional eating ; impulsivity ; emotion regulation ; compulsive buying ; addictive shopping ; online shopping ; dissociation ; problematic usage of pornography ; manifesto ; problematic usage of the internet ; COST action network ; behavioural addiction research. ; generalized Internet addiction ; online gaming addiction ; online gambling addiction ; Europe ; policy option ; prevention ; public health ; confirmatory factor analysis ; Malay version ; medical student ; validation study ; smartphones ; self-perceived addiction ; ROC analysis ; cutoff point ; SPAI–Spain ; video games ; mixed methods research ; stakeholder engagement ; consensus development ; social networking ; body self-esteem ; personality traits ; fsQCA models ; problematic phone use ; pain ; dry eye ; quality of life ; recovery ; prognosis ; cohort ; college student ; distraction ; randomized controlled trial ; social media addiction ; autonomy need dissatisfaction ; boredom proneness ; mobile phone gaming ; multiple mediation ; university student ; MPPUSA ; internet addiction test ; university students ; Peruvian sample ; psychometric properties ; pathological Internet use ; Internet gaming disorder ; social networking site addiction ; problem drinking ; alcohol ; adolescent ; Internet problematic use ; Internet use-related addiction problems ; technologies ; education ; health ; treatment ; COVID-19 ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Description: This book provides research and commentary on pharmacy technicians. It demonstrates how the re-design of pharmacy workflow to incorporate more responsibilities for technicians will free up pharmacist time to provide direct patient care. It also highlights that doing so can be accomplished without compromising—and often even improving upon—patient safety. The book also sheds light on employer needs and on new paradigms in pharmacy technician certification, education, and training. However, it also demonstrates the need for improvements in this area, as well as improvements in pharmacy technician quality of work life, advancement opportunities, and wages. Taken together, the papers in this book demonstrate how the results of recent studies help pave the road for the continued evolution of pharmacy care and the optimal deployment of pharmacy workforce personnel.
    Keywords: thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Description: Health statistics have progressed dramatically in Australia since the 1980s when the Australian Government created the (now) Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. The 12 papers in this Special Issue describe developments across a diverse range of topics, as well as providing an overview of the scope of health statistics in Australia and describing some ongoing gaps and problems. The papers will be of interest to international readers seeking to improve statistics about their health systems. Health statistics need to respect individuals’ personal information, be based on common data standards, and have adequate resourcing and committed staffing . The Australian experience provides valuable insights and examples. Australians will benefit from a comprehensive account of what has been achieved and what remains to be addressed. The papers in the Special Issue demonstrate the importance of continuing commitment to the statistical effort. Authors were chosen because of their known expertise in their respective fields.
    Keywords: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health ; Indigenous health measurement ; life expectancy ; misleading statistics ; management use of information ; data sovereignty ; governance ; mental ; services ; pandemic ; COVID-19 ; data linkage ; Australia ; cross-jurisdiction ; dental caries ; oral health ; periodontal disease ; tooth loss ; health services ; disability ; data gaps ; disability identification ; International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) ; Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) ; health statistics, disability statistics ; inequalities ; prescribing ; quality use of medicines ; medication safety ; pharmacoepidemiology ; medication data ; health outcomes ; real-world data ; real-world evidence ; mortality data ; cause of death ; coronial investigation ; continuity of care ; data ; dementia ; health ; health service use ; integration ; last year of life ; linkage ; suicide ; veterans ; welfare ; wellbeing ; general practice ; health services research ; primary health care ; health expenditure ; health expenditure projections ; disease expenditure ; health expenditure policy ; mental health ; accountability ; quality improvement ; policy development ; health statistics ; Australian health system ; health surveys ; Indigenous ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Description: The present Special Issue summarizes the available scientific evidence concerning the nutrients and biomarkers in musculoskeletal diseases linked to the metabolic conditions secondary to COVID-19 confinement, osteoporosis prevention for patients with inflammatory bowel diseases, and the nutritional status in patients with spinal muscular atrophy. Furthermore, it explores the novel findings for experimental animal models of pharmacological agents to improve the regeneration of muscle tissue; acetylcholine spontaneous release located in the neuromuscular junction in mice, secondary to hypercaloric diet supplementation with an increase in spontaneous neurotransmission and the activation of myofascial trigger points associated with myofascial pain syndrome; and myogenic biomarkers in musculoskeletal conditions and gene expression associated with vitamin D and L-cysteine co-supplementation. This Special Issue is edited by a multidisciplinary group comprising the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Universidade da Coruña, and Universidad Europea de Madrid.
    Keywords: COVID-19 ; acute sedentary lifestyle ; step reduction ; positive energy balance ; metabolic consequences ; insulin resistance ; metabolic syndrome ; sarcopenia ; bowel diseases ; diet ; osteoporosis ; bone density ; nutrients ; muscle unloading ; muscle reloading ; sirtuin-1 ; muscle progenitor cells ; activated satellite cells ; quiescent satellite cells ; muscle regeneration markers ; electromyography ; high-fat diet ; myofascial pain syndrome ; obesity ; spontaneous neurotransmission ; vitamin D deficiency ; l-cysteine ; glutathione ; myogenic markers ; dystrophy markers ; skeletal muscle ; spinal muscular atrophy ; metabolomics ; nutrition ; therapeutics ; biomarkers ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Description: It is now recognized that workplace aspects (scheduling, shift work, physically demanding work, chemical exposure) not only increase the risk of injury and illness, but also impact health behaviors (smoking, physical activity) and health outcomes (sleep disorders and fatigue, obesity, musculoskeletal disorders). In turn, ill health and chronic conditions can affect performance at work, increasing risk for injury, absenteeism, and reduced productivity. In the past few decades, programs that expand the traditional focus of occupational safety and health to consider nontraditional work-related sources of health and well-being have been shown to be more effective than programs that separately address these issues. This Total Worker Health approach has been recognized by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) as a method for protecting the safety and health of workers, while also advancing the overall well-being of these workers by addressing work conditions. This compendium presents work from an international collection of scholars exploring the relationship between workplace factors and worker safety, health, and well-being. It provides guidance for improving the organization and design of work environments, innovative strategies for promoting worker well-being, and novel methods for exposing underlying occupational causes of chronic disease.
    Keywords: workplace bullying ; quality of life ; occupational health ; work-to-family conflict ; Korean workplaces ; organizational intervention ; health promotion ; injury prevention ; musculoskeletal ; ergonomics ; mixed-methods study ; construction industry ; safety management ; health risk behaviors ; workplace safety ; safety leadership ; health promoting leadership ; safety programs ; health protection ; leadership ; qualitative study ; Perceived Occupational Health (POH) ; Job Demands-Control-Social Support (JD-R) model ; professional accountants ; work organization ; dirty work ; moral leadership ; taint normalization ; management consulting ; burnout ; psychometric properties ; nursing ; workforce demographics ; home care workers ; workplace ; occupational ; safety ; health ; well-being ; dissemination ; cognitive demands ; employee well-being ; working conditions ; job satisfaction ; wellbeing ; wellbeing misalignment ; Millennials ; work stress ; productivity ; impairment cost ; stress management ; employee characteristics ; workplace health promotion ; health and safety ; cardiovascular disease ; work environment ; social capital ; trust ; Total Worker Health® ; health behaviors ; job stress ; occupational safety and health ; worker well-being ; turnover ; employment duration ; occupational injury ; manufacturing ; newly-hired workers ; occupational wellbeing ; performance ; happy-productive worker ; total worker health ; breastfeeding ; industry ; workplace accommodations ; work culture ; work policy ; occupational health surveillance ; young workers ; training ; MTurk ; likeability ; behavior change ; Total Worker Health ; participatory methods ; program implementation ; organizational readiness ; process evaluation ; logic model ; workplace health management ; occupational health and safety ; company reintegration management ; return to work ; cross-sectional survey ; Germany ; adolescent ; hypertension ; blood pressure ; Hispanic ; work ; farmworker ; integration ; participatory workplace program ; process fidelity ; program impact ; sustainability ; workplace health ; wellness ; governance ; planning ; barriers ; survey ; ACA ; precarious work ; action learning ; technical assistance ; community-university partnership ; policy, systems, and environmental (PSE) change ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Description: Air pollution, due to natural and anthropogenic sources, incurs enormous environmental costs. The issue of healthy living spaces and good air quality is a global concern, because each individual inhales 15,000 L of air every 24 h. Thus, contemporary monitoring and reducing exposure to air pollutants presents a particular challenge. One of the crucial indicators of indoor and outdoor air quality is bioaerosols. They play an instrumental role as risk factors when it comes to adverse health outcome. These indicators, also known as primary biological airborne particles (PBAPs), have been linked to various health effects such as infectious diseases, toxic effects, allergies, and even cancer. PBAPs include all particles with a biological source in suspension in the air (bacteria, fungi, viruses, and pollen), as well as biomolecules (toxins, and debris from membranes). To foster our current scientific knowledge on bioaerosols, research related to the characteristics of biological aerosols in indoor and outdoor environments, the methods used to improve air quality, as well as the health effects of and exposure assessments to bioaerosols, have been collected in this book.
    Keywords: radiant catalytic ionization ; Enterococcus spp. ; Clostridioides difficile ; Staphylococcus aureus ; MRSA ; indoor air ; microbiological indoor air quality (MIAQ) ; bacterial aerosol (BA) ; size distribution ; gymnastic hall ; multi-antibiotic resistance (MAR) ; indoor microclimate ; decentralized façade ventilation ; air quality ; indoor air quality ; microbiological contamination ; heterotrophic bacteria ; antimicrobial resistance ; mannitol-positive staphylococci ; fungi ; biological air pollutants ; fungal aerosol ; air cleaner ; life cycle assessment ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Description: People with congenital and/or acquired disabilities constitute a great number of dependents today. Robotic platforms to help people with disabilities are being developed with the aim of providing both rehabilitation treatment and assistance to improve their quality of life. A high demand for robotic platforms that provide assistance during rehabilitation is expected because of the health status of the world due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic has resulted in countries facing major challenges to ensure the health and autonomy of their disabled population. Robotic platforms are necessary to ensure assistance and rehabilitation for disabled people in the current global situation. The capacity of robotic platforms in this area must be continuously improved to benefit the healthcare sector in terms of chronic disease prevention, assistance, and autonomy. For this reason, research about human–robot interaction in these robotic assistance environments must grow and advance because this topic demands sensitive and intelligent robotic platforms that are equipped with complex sensory systems, high handling functionalities, safe control strategies, and intelligent computer vision algorithms. This Special Issue has published eight papers covering recent advances in the field of robotic platforms to assist disabled people in daily or clinical environments. The papers address innovative solutions in this field, including affordable assistive robotics devices, new techniques in computer vision for intelligent and safe human–robot interaction, and advances in mobile manipulators for assistive tasks.
    Keywords: sensors ; electronic platform ; machine learning ; wearables ; hand motor rehabilitation ; sEMG ; hand pose ; social robot ; physical human-robot interaction ; assistive robotics ; collaborative robots ; brain–machine interfaces ; EEG ; exoskeleton ; motor imagery ; human–robot interaction ; human pose estimation ; robotic rehabilitation ; visually impaired assistance ; navigation system ; knowledge graph ; dialogue system ; NLP ; reasoning ; multimodal interfaces ; robotic exoskeleton ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Description: This book focuses on the application of implementation science methods to enable the rapid uptake and sustainable implementation of new diagnostics into routine health practices to strengthen health systems.Diagnostics are essential for the success of universal health coverage and improved health outcomes. The increased development and deployment of diagnostics for use at the point of care will not guarantee improved access to diagnostics and health outcomes if their implementation is not optimized. Optimal implementation will need to be guided by theories and methods that aim to promote evidence-based practices and findings of research into routine practice, taking into consideration quality systems and contexts.
    Keywords: prognosis ; lactate clearance ; biomarker ; emergency medical services ; emergency department ; critical care ; ultrasound ; imaging ; X-ray ; chest ; diagnosis ; SARS ; SARS-CoV-2 ; rapid diagnostic techniques ; POCT techniques ; lung ultrasound ; COVID-19 ; POCUS ; mHealth devices ; accuracy ; sensitivity ; specificity ; sub-Saharan Africa ; point of care ultrasound ; implementation science ; adoption ; mHealth applications ; disease diagnosis ; treatment support ; rapid diagnostic testing ; RDT ; modelling ; symptoms ; transmission prevention ; infectious disease ; human immunodeficiency virus ; HIV ; coronavirus ; tuberculosis ; health services ; primary healthcare ; point of care diagnostic services ; supply chain management ; resource-limited settings ; Indian pandemic ; rapid antigen tests (RATs) ; CoviSelf ; CoWIN ; digital divide ; rural India ; Indian villagers ; poverty ; discourse analysis ; qualitative medical/health research strategies ; vulnerable populations ; literacy ; diagnostics ; advocacy ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-02
    Description: This Special Issue (Engaging Students in Sustainable Science Education) compiled effective approaches to student engagement in science-related classes. Some articles were written by researchers in science education; however, the majority were prepared by college and university instructors based on their own instructional approaches, and were designed to help other practitioners improve student engagement in scientific contexts. Both types of contributors added value to this conversation. This Special Issue serves to unite science and education, identifying approaches that create stimulating scientific learning environments.
    Keywords: progressive pedagogy ; three teaching stages ; individual learning ; cooperative learning ; mixed-method study ; engagement ; engineering students ; first day of class ; ICT ; management ; motivation ; reciprocal interview activity ; sustainable science education ; science implementation ; youth empowerment ; high schoolstudents ; STEM ; sports science ; school science climate ; disciplinary climate ; science dispositions ; epistemology ; enjoyment ; interest ; self-efficacy ; science literacy ; Lab-at-Home ; new normal experimentation ; green analytical chemistry ; hands-on remotelearning ; higher education ; sustainability development ; multinomial logistic regression ; academic performance ; econometric models ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education
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    Description: As the crime of human trafficking/modern slavery is multifaceted, collaborating to counter it across sectors, disciplines, regions, and from local to international levels is widely understood to be of utmost importance. However, the processes of organizing and leading robust collaborations are complex and challenging, and to be sustainable, such processes must result in both positive outcomes for the collaborating partners and demonstrable progress toward countering human trafficking. Despite a growing body of published research on anti-trafficking collaboration, many aspects of it remain understudied. In this Special Issue of Societies, researchers and collaboration leaders in the anti-trafficking field share research findings and evidence-supported practices on how to conceptualize, catalyze, and support collaboration to generate and sustain constructive impacts.
    Keywords: perceptions ; human trafficking ; interagency collaboration ; challenges ; collaboration ; investigations ; law enforcement ; private investigation agencies ; multi-disciplinary team ; sustainability planning ; nonprofit engagement ; community-based participatory research (CBPR) ; anti-trafficking ; antislavery ; multi-agency partnership ; problem profile ; resilience ; task force ; community-based responses ; collaborative response model ; sex trafficking ; DMST ; juvenile justice ; labor trafficking ; anti-human trafficking ; artificial intelligence ; augmented intelligence ; demand reduction ; prostitution ; technology ; labor exploitation ; intervention framework ; agent-based models ; disruption ; worker centers ; well-being economy ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-02
    Description: This reprint focuses on the impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic on STEM education and measures (teaching tools and research practices) taken to combat the learning gaps in STEM education in the post-pandemic era. Contributions were collected from researchers engaged in STEM education research, including the methods, pedagogical approaches, and environments they utilize in the post-pandemic era.
    Keywords: educational innovation ; COVID-19 ; higher education ; professional education ; remote learning ; online teaching ; chemistry laboratory ; hands-on experiments ; competencies ; students’ perception ; engineering education ; online assessments ; multi-course project-based learning (MPL) ; Sustainable Development Education (ESD) ; educational technologies ; digital technologies ; teaching experiences ; learning experiences ; pedagogy ; online learning ; distributed learning environments ; media in education ; domestic space ; programming education ; feedback to teachers ; programming process ; visualization ; online problem-based learning (PBL) ; online just-in-time teaching (JiTT) ; impacts on learning and skills ; implementation challenges ; multidisciplinary education ; interdisciplinary ; convergence education ; attitude toward convergence ; creative problem solving ; integrated curriculum ; STEM ; STEAM education ; self-efficacy ; emotions ; academic engagement ; hybrid learning ; COVID-19 pandemic ; STEAM ; design-based research ; cooperative teaching ; China ; gender differences ; learning outcomes ; compulsory education ; pedagogical methods ; STEM education ; high school ; teacher education ; STEM pedagogies ; barriers ; post-pandemic ; coronavirus ; engineering students ; remote classes ; online classes ; distance education ; information technologies ; students’ perceptions ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education
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    Description: In recent years, the advances and abilities of computer software have substantially increased the number of scientific publications that seek to introduce new probabilistic modelling frameworks, including continuous and discrete approaches, and univariate and multivariate models. Many of these theoretical and applied statistical works are related to distributions that try to break the symmetry of the normal distribution and other similar symmetric models, mainly using Azzalini's scheme. This strategy uses a symmetric distribution as a baseline case, then an extra parameter is added to the parent model to control the skewness of the new family of probability distributions. The most widespread and popular model is the one based on the normal distribution that produces the skewed normal distribution. In this Special Issue on symmetric and asymmetric distributions, works related to this topic are presented, as well as theoretical and applied proposals that have connections with and implications for this topic. Immediate applications of this line of work include different scenarios such as economics, environmental sciences, biometrics, engineering, health, etc. This Special Issue comprises nine works that follow this methodology derived using a simple process while retaining the rigor that the subject deserves. Readers of this Issue will surely find future lines of work that will enable them to achieve fruitful research results.
    Keywords: positive and negative skewness ; ordering ; fitting distributions ; Epsilon-skew-Normal ; Epsilon-skew-Cauchy ; bivariate densities ; generalized Cauchy distributions ; asymmetric bimodal distribution ; bimodal ; maximum likelihood ; slashed half-normal distribution ; kurtosis ; likelihood ; EM algorithm ; flexible skew-normal distribution ; skew Birnbaum–Saunders distribution ; bimodality ; maximum likelihood estimation ; Fisher information matrix ; maximum likelihood estimates ; type I and II censoring ; skewness coefficient ; Weibull censored data ; truncation ; half-normal distribution ; probabilistic distribution class ; normal distribution ; identifiability ; moments ; power-normal distribution ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Description: Blended learning is not a new topic for educational research in Higher Education (HE). However, before the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, blended learning was studied by a "niche" of researchers and educators interested in technology integration in teaching and learning. It was not difficult to meet HE professionals who had never or only poorly reflected on the topic of how to integrate digital technology in teaching and learning before March 2020. All in all, this special issue provides a deeper understanding of what Blended Learning will be in the near feature, encompassing not the simple combination of online and physical presence, but a combination of delivery tools and media used to provide information and to support interaction, a combination of different methods of instruction and teaching/learning, and a combination of learning contexts.
    Keywords: dynamic geometry ; group practices ; CSCL ; group cognition ; learning pods ; blended learning ; company tutors ; instant messaging ; university students ; group dynamics ; knowledge building ; knowledge creation ; Knowledge Forum ; design thinking ; higher education ; chronotope ; cultural models ; learning design ; Trialogical Learning Approach ; teacher education ; blended ; curriculum ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education
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    Description: This volume explores the intersections of religion, power, and resistance in a fast-changing world. The authors herein seek to disrupt the sociology of religion’s dominant paradigms, especially its overemphasis in Europe and the United States, as well as its preference for official religions as opposed to diverse worldviews in all of their manifestations from around the world: Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle East, and North and South America. The papers in this volume explore ways of decentering the Global North and of decolonizing the sociology of religion’s core concepts. They explore strategies used by newer and popular forms of religion to challenge existing power structures. Moreover, they examine the intersectionalities that privilege some people’s religious lives and disprivilege others. They show how religion, spirituality, and non-religion are much more complex than the dominant paradigms have led us to believe. This volume seeks to generate robust discussion and critical reflection on new ideas for a divided world, thus contributing to the advancement of the discipline of religious sociology.
    Keywords: sociology of religion ; post-colonial ; reflexivity ; epistemology ; race ; religion ; violence ; South Africa ; decoloniality ; Chinese religion ; secularization ; Xunzi ; Durkheim ; identity ; African Pentecostalism ; integration ; transnationalism ; diaspora ; religious diversity ; religions ; law ; media ; education ; religious strength ; sex ; gender ; Canada ; religion and migration ; intersectionality ; popular religions ; multiple modernities ; lived religion ; power ; resistance ; social theory ; holistic spirituality ; Ghana’s New Churches ; ideology ; dominant ideology ; alternative ideology ; political power ; social constructionism ; Islamism ; Islam ; Shi’ism ; spiritualism ; rituals ; Iran ; non-religion ; atheism ; persecution ; policy ; diversity ; young people ; spirituality ; complexity ; hybridity ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Description: This Special Issue covers an important topic that has relevance not only from a scientific point of view but also from nutritional, policy, and industrial perspectives. We are currently being subjected to increasing obesogenic pressures, with sugars being hidden in many foods, creating the perfect environment for the slow but consistent progression of metabolic dysfunction. The consumption and impact of dietary sugars on the gastrointestinal system is discussed, together with the dietary sources of naturally occurring and added sugars, as well as the role of different diets and dietary regimens in preventing post-prandial sugar increases and hyperinsulinemia. The intestinal metabolism of dietary sugars, including the formation and absorption of advanced glycation end products and their impact on gut microbiota, is also considered. In terms of the impact of dietary sugars on other metabolic processes, the increased and sustained consumption of sugars causes long-term alterations in beta-cell function and the hypothalamic pathways controlling energy balance and the development of addictive behaviors, inducing mitochondrial impairment, oxidative stress, and the modulation of inflammatory pathways. Seeking to advance the development of prevention strategies to avoid the negative impact of dietary sugars, we outline the role of exercise in reducing blood markers of glucose dysmetabolism and the importance of preventing excessive sugar consumption in critical phases of development owing to its long-term consequences. Additionally, we discuss pathophysiological processes and mechanisms of disease.
    Keywords: sugars ; nutritive sweeteners ; non-nutritive sweeteners ; gut microbiota ; metabolic health ; industrialized food ; dietary sugars ; metabolic dysfunction ; maternal high-sugar diet ; disease programming ; glycation ; glycotoxins ; AGEs digestion ; intestinal absorption ; daily insulin fluctuation ; insulin sensitivity ; diets ; circadian rhythm ; sugar intake ; free sugars ; added sugars ; diabetes ; hypothalamus ; hypercaloric diets ; sugar ; satiety pathways ; type 2 diabetes ; exercise ; glycated haemoglobin ; blood glucose ; nutrition ; immunomodulation ; inflammation ; insulin resistance ; sugar metabolism ; adipose tissue ; pancreatic β-cell ; insulin ; diet ; sugar consumption ; n/a ; DOHaD ; pregnancy ; lactation ; childhood ; obesity ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Description: The landscape of healthcare is dynamic, gradually becoming more complicated with factors beyond simple supply and demand. Similar to the diversity of social, political and economic contexts, the practical utilization of healthcare resources also varies around the world. However, the spatial components of these contexts, along with aspects of supply and demand, can reveal a common theme among these factors. This book presents advancements in GIS applications that reveal the complexity of and solutions for a dynamic healthcare landscape.
    Keywords: GIS ; urban health ; health clusters ; kernel density ; hotspot analysis ; healthcare planning ; health geomatics ; public health ; emergency medical facilities ; traffic jam ; megacity ; network-based location-allocation model ; Beijing ; healthcare critical infrastructure ; geovisualization ; geographic information system ; colored petri net ; COVID-19 ; social media data ; sina weibo ; spatiotemporal characteristics ; automated external defibrillator ; public access defibrillation ; out-of-hospital cardiac arrest ; resuscitation ; risk mapping ; geographical accessibility ; local scale ; municipality ; healthcare services ; spatial planning ; decentralization ; usability assessment ; web GIS ; cancer ; service area ; geospatial health ; spatial disparities ; accessibility ; subway expansion ; public transport network ; cross-border cooperation ; geographic information systems ; Iberian borderland ; strategic planning ; sustainable planning ; disaster preparedness ; smart cities ; sustainable cities ; food desert ; regression analysis ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Description: This reprint examines the panorama of contemporary Islamic revivalism in the modern world. Constituted by methodologically and ideologically a wide variety of revivalist movements, Islamic revivalism is a complex multidimensional global reality. In a local context, it is a socio-religious reaction to the failure of state-led modernization projects and to general socio-economic quandaries, and in international context, it is a reaction to the wide-ranging crises of modernity. The collection provides important insights into the reality of contemporary Islamic revivalism through an examination of myriad socio-cultural, economic, and political problems facing Muslims at micro- and macro-levels of everyday living. It explains how Islamic revivalist movements are engaged in revivalist activities commonly known as Islamization at an individual level as well as at a community level and reveals that as a global reality, contemporary Islamic revivalism is neither necessarily violent nor anti-modernity but an attempt by religiously motivated concerned Muslims to bring about a self-conceived positive social transformation of individual societies and the modern world at large.
    Keywords: the Qur’an ; exegesis ; ijtihad ; revival ; renewal ; modernity ; Tabligh Jama’at ; emotion work ; emotions ; framing ; social transformation ; extremism(s) ; Islamism ; eco-radicals ; frames ; Tajdid ; Australian Muslims ; Said Nursi ; Hizmet Movement ; mosque open day ; Muslims in the West ; Australian Intercultural Society ; Fethullah Gülen ; Affinity Intercultural Society ; Muslim consumer ethics ; youth ; media ; digital age ; Hizmet ; revivalism ; revivalist movements ; education ; interfaith dialogue ; intercultural dialogue ; Islamic movements ; multiculturalism ; cosmopolitanism ; Tablighi Jamaat ; COVID-19 ; WhatsApp ; traditional ; Islamic revivalist movement ; digital religion ; Pakistan ; netnography ; logics ; authority ; Salafism ; reversion ; deprivation ; women movements ; ‘Aisyiyah ; Muhammadiyah ; modernism ; literacy ; Indonesian Islam ; crisis of modernity ; Islamic revivalism ; Islamization of modernity ; rationality ; secularism ; Maulana Tariq Jamil ; Tablighi Jama’at ; Raiwind ; Deoband ; Islam in Pakistan ; ulama ; religious authority ; popular preachers ; Islamic televangelists ; da’wa ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology::JHMC Social and cultural anthropology
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    Description: The "Age-Friendly Cities & Communities: States of the Art and Future Perspectives" publication presents contemporary, innovative, and insightful narratives, debates, and frameworks based on an international collection of papers from scholars spanning the fields of gerontology, social sciences, architecture, computer science, and gerontechnology. This extensive collection of papers aims to move the narrative and debates forward in this interdisciplinary field of age-friendly cities and communities.
    Keywords: age-friendly cities ; physical environment/space ; urban ageing ; gentrification ; displacement ; aging in place ; physical activity ; aging ; social isolation ; cycling ; walking ; ICT ; older adults ; patent ; personalised ageing ; quality of life ; review ; smart ageing ; social robots ; ambient assisted living ; machine learning ; older adults care ; daily life activities monitoring ; technology limitation and acceptance ; care services models ; older citizens ; ageing ; technology ; digital ; smart cities initiatives ; smart city ; Romania ; public policies on smart cities ; evaluating smart cities initiatives ; older people ; connectedness ; social relationships ; later life ; age-friendliness ; community ; digital technology ; loneliness ; isolation ; intergenerational communication ; gerontology ; family ; cross-cultural research ; qualitative research ; housing ; elderly ; assisted living facilities ; seniors ; homes ; group living ; dwellings ; regulations ; rebellion ; governance ; law ; survey ; questionnaire ; validation ; age-friendly ; AFCCQ ; consultation-liaison psychiatry ; psycho-geriatrics ; general hospital ; age-friendly urban public transport ; smart mobility ; age-friendly transport ; mobility justice ; health ; indicators ; planning ; tools ; spatial ; neighbourhoods ; e-health ; urban planning ; smart ecosystem ; gerontechnology ; age in place ; coronavirus ; COVID-19 ; design hacking ; internet of things ; human-centered design ; smart cities ; digital citizenship ; urbanisation ; participatory action research ; cluster analysis ; thermal comfort ; design guidelines ; heating ; cooling ; participatory video design ; participation ; person-centered care ; co-creation ; perspective of older adults ; quality improvement ; use of technology ; Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland ; Polynesian population ; relational leadership ; Te Tiriti o Waitangi ; prisons ; prisoners ; older offenders ; ex-prisoners ; age-friendly cities and communities ; Kazan ; Russia ; health information ; ageism ; Cochrane ; evidence-based ; medicines ; consumers ; awareness ; Age-Friendly Cities ; photovoice ; healthy ageing ; active ageing ; social inclusion ; UK ; long-term care ; dementia ; physical environment ; social environment ; organizational environment ; environmental design ; policy ; case studies ; Global Network of Age-Friendly Cities and Communities ; World Health Organization ; social prescribing ; wearable technology ; digital data layer ; age-friendly communities ; citizen science ; well-being ; gender ; Coronavirus ; human centred design ; rural planning ; smart islands ; age-friendly homes ; innovation ; experiments ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Description: This reprint aims to advance the current knowledge in ion irradiation studies and accelerated ageing of materials. The collected papers address various areas in the field, from the fundamentals of ion beam irradiation to innovative experimental characterization of the materials and related theoretical modelling. The present research contributes primarily to the understanding of the applied aspects of ion bombardment as a surrogate for neutron irradiation and a tool for experimental simulation of harsh radiation environments. At the same time, this Special Issue features several exciting studies on the microstructural characterization of the radiation tolerance of materials across a broad spectrum of scientific and industrial areas.
    Keywords: 6H-SiC ; H2+ implantation ; exfoliation ; microstructure ; martensitic steel ; Fe and He irradiation ; RAFM steels ; swelling ; helium implantation ; helium bubbles ; helium embrittlement ; ion irradiation ; positron annihilation spectroscopy ; positron lifetime ; Doppler broadening spectroscopy ; f/m steels ; RPV steels ; oxide dispersion strengthened steels ; PLCL ; PLDLA ; chain scission ; degradation ; gamma-ray ; Geant4 ; simulation ; radiation damage model ; gel permeation chromatography ; scission ; polystyrene ; fluorinated polystyrene ; molecular dynamics simulation ; radiation resistance ; high-energy ion irradiation ; nuclear materials ; transmutation helium ; Zr-Nb-Ti MEAs ; microstructural characterization ; irradiation resistance ; defects evolution ; VVER reactor ; long-term operation ; radiation-induced defects ; recovery annealing ; positron annihilation techniques ; semiconductors ; WBG ; proton irradiation ; ageing ; gallium arsenide ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Description: This Special Issue will deal with pathophysiological as well as the phenomenological signs of insomnia. For example, Is ‘hyperarousal’ outdated? What is the difference between acute and chronic insomnia? What sleep disorders are linked to traumatic brain injuries? How is social facial recognition impacted by insomnia? What factors are linked to socioeconomic factors and alcohol consumption in the face of insomnia? We aim to set forward new thinking about insomnia research, including unchartered territories needing to be explored. Reviews, meta-analyses, and new experimental research are welcome in this Issue.
    Keywords: thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Description: Legume crops provide a significant sources of plant-based proteins for humans. Grain legumes present outstanding nutritional and nutraceutical properties as sources of bioactive components with benefits in human health, while they are affordable food that contributes to achieving future food and feed security. Furthermore, they are major ingredients in the Mediterranean diet, playing a vital role in developing countries. Global food security requires a major re-focusing of plant sciences, crop improvement and production agronomy towards grain legumes (pulse crops) over coming decades, with intensive research to identify cultivars with improved grain characteristics, helping to develop novel legume-derived products (foods) adapted to today consumer preference. In this context, studies dealing with legume processing impact such as soaking, boiling, microwave cooking, germination, and fermentation among others, in their nutritional and anti-nutritional (i.e., food allergy) properties are of great interest in these future food developments. This Research Topic aims to bring together a collection of studies for a better understanding of current research in legume seed compounds functional properties to provide an updated and global vision of the importance of legumes in human health.
    Keywords: Lens ; protein ; amino acid ; legume ; functionality ; bioactive peptides ; gluten-free ; legumes ; faba beans ; fermentation ; textural properties ; nutritional properties ; wattle seed species ; nutritional profile ; sensory profile ; gel electrophoresis ; vicilin ; 7S-globulins ; food allergens ; Lup an 1 ; sweet lupin species ; food labelling ; processed food ; defatted soybean flour ; jet mill ; super-fine powder ; tofu ; quantitative descriptive analysis ; texture profile analysis ; volatiles ; fatty acids ; characterisation ; fingerprinting ; multivariate data analysis ; lupin ; plant protein ; aroma profile ; techno-functional properties ; lactobacteria ; foam ; SDS-PAGE ; solubility ; emulsifying capacity ; pea protein ; lactic acid bacteria ; yeast ; beany ; green ; soybean ; allergens ; allergenicity ; genetically modified ; Gly m 7 ; galactooligosaccharides ; GOS ; gut microbiota ; pea ; prebiotic ; raffinose oligosaccharides ; short-chain fatty acids (SCFA) ; pulses ; health benefits ; processing ; microbiota ; sensory properties ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Description: Many things have been said and written on the skeletal and non-skeletal effects of vitamin D, but the largest recent interventional studies are generally negative. How should we thus position ourselves in 2020? Should we say “stop” or “not yet”? Indeed, the aging of the population, as well as new challenges and discoveries, is still triggering interest in this old molecule. In this Special Edition of Nutrients, we invited top experts to give their opinion on this important debate. We also encouraged scientists to submit their latest research on nutritional requirements in the general population and in high-risk groups, as well as treatment strategies, epidemiology, analytical updates and new devices for vitamin D measurement and the effect of vitamin D on bone and extra-skeletal health. As readers will see, this Special Issue reinforces the high prevalence of vitamin deficiency and insufficiency in the general population and supports the safety of this low-cost molecule, revealing new perspectives regarding the extra-skeletal effects of vitamin D.
    Keywords: vitamin D ; obesity ; weight–loss ; body composition ; 25(OH)vitamin D ; biomarkers ; dietary survey ; public health ; EU Menu ; Slovenia ; Europe ; ageing ; older persons ; sensible sun exposure ; cutaneous synthesis ; vitamin D3 ; natural sunlight ; serum 25(OH)D ; autoimmune hepatitis ; primary biliary cholangitis ; health-related quality of life ; mental well-being ; breastmilk ; infant ; mother ; plasma ; vitamin D metabolites ; 3-Epi25(OH)D3 ; 25-hvdroxyvitamin ; vitamin D treatment ; idiopathic hypercalciuria ; urolithiasis ; children ; bone density ; head and neck cancer ; racial disparities ; chemoprevention ; UVB ; microRNA ; proteomic profiling ; vitamin D status ; disability ; very old adults ; vulvovaginal atrophy ; VVA ; vaginal maturation index ; VMI ; vaginal health ; ergocalciferol ; vitamin D supplement ; sunlight exposure ; barriers ; indoor workers ; female ; focus group discussion ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Description: This Special Issue reprint consists of 10 research articles published in “Challenges in Work and Employment during the COVID-19 Pandemic. The authors, originating from six countries, have studied different professional and occupational groups during the pandemic. Their topics range from theoretical analysis of remote work to the experiences of self-leadership, and from new types of job demands to new support needs required to experience relatedness in the pandemic era.
    Keywords: dialogic development ; participatory action research ; remote and technology-driven workplace development ; well-being at work ; productivity ; renewal ; multi-actor assessment ; agency ; COVID-19 ; cultural sector ; precarious employment ; small agency ; inpatient ; substance abuse ; treatment ; professional ; Finland ; COVID-19 pandemic ; social work ; work communities ; social capital ; Nordic countries ; job demands ; job resources ; organizational support ; employee well-being ; work engagement ; exhaustion ; stress ; work from home ; worker identity ; work–life ; wellbeing ; labour process ; self-leadership ; psychological safety ; remote work ; multi-locational work ; well-being ; meaningfulness ; burnout ; work and organizational psychology ; occupational health ; academics ; universities ; South Africa ; work-from-home ; women engineer ; placement ; employment ; engineering education ; higher education employees ; enforced remote work ; self-determination theory ; basic psychological needs ; relatedness ; content analysis ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Description: As modern science and critical scholarship are beginning to recognize nonhuman animals as fellow subjects and conscious, sentient beings with interests and deserving of respect, moral dilemmas abound as humanity acknowledges the threats our activities pose to human and nonhuman animal life, including the sixth mass extinction, anthropogenic climate change, and widespread exploitation. In this 2022 Special Issue of the Journalism and Media journal, communication professors Carrie Freeman and Núria Almiron curated scholarship assessing the impact this environmental havoc is having on nonhuman animals living in nature (including those free-roaming animals who coexist in our urban spaces) and the vital role that media and communication play in contributing to and remedying these crises. Seven scholars across the USA and Spain contributed chapters exploring how issues affecting “wildlife” (such as octopuses, sharks, coyotes, parakeets, and fishes) are constructed in media and political discourses or are perceived and acted upon by public media, and the authors provide prescriptions to problems facing animals in nature, offering constructive guidance to communicators (from activists to journalists to film-makers).
    Keywords: white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) ; shark–human conflict ; predators/carnivores and perceived threat ; fear ; science ; pseudoscience ; Jaws ; media representation ; Tiger King ; COVID-19 media ; popular culture ; zoos ; quarantine ; captive wildlife ; creative/critical animal and media studies ; rhetoric ; environmental communication ; eudaimonia ; ethos ; more-than-human ; sensitized compassion ; sixth mass extinction ; Racing Extinction ; Seaspiracy ; manta rays ; animal imagery ; colonialism ; fishing ; shark fin trade ; coyotes ; discourse ; neutralization techniques ; killing contests ; wildlife management ; monk parakeet ; Madrid ; press representation ; invasive species ; conservationism ; control methods ; speciesism ; framing analysis ; text analysis ; sentiment analysis ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Description: Biosensors and systems in the form of wearables and “nearables” (i.e., everyday sensorized objects with transmitting capabilities such as smartphones) are rapidly evolving for use in healthcare. Unlike conventional approaches, these technologies can enable seamless or on-demand physiological monitoring, anytime and anywhere. Such monitoring can help transform healthcare from the current reactive, one-size-fits-all, hospital-centered approach into a future proactive, personalized, decentralized structure. Wearable and nearable biosensors and systems have been made possible through integrated innovations in sensor design, electronics, data transmission, power management, and signal processing. Although much progress has been made in this field, many open challenges for the scientific community remain, especially for those applications requiring high accuracy. This book contains the 12 papers that constituted a recent Special Issue of Sensors sharing the same title. The aim of the initiative was to provide a collection of state-of-the-art investigations on wearables and nearables, in order to stimulate technological advances and the use of the technology to benefit healthcare. The topics covered by the book offer both depth and breadth pertaining to wearable and nearable technology. They include new biosensors and data transmission techniques, studies on accelerometers, signal processing, and cardiovascular monitoring, clinical applications, and validation of commercial devices.
    Keywords: tangent space ; Riemannian geometry ; particle swarm optimization (PSO) ; BCI ; EEG ; electro-oscillography (EOG) ; CSP ; FBCSP (filter bank common spatial pattern) ; online learning ; ballistocardiography ; pressure sensor ; Emfit ; home monitoring ; sleep recording ; sleep apnea ; unsupervised learning ; synchronization ; acoustic emissions ; joint sounds ; glove ; wearable sensing ; knee joint loading ; quaternion ; smartphone ; feature engineering ; human activity recognition ; sensor fusion ; ballistocardiogram ; blood pressure ; stroke volume ; cardiac output ; total peripheral resistance ; photoplethysmography ; photoplethysmogram ; heart rate ; consumer-wearable devices ; in-ear ; validation ; optical pulse rate monitoring ; pulse rate ; seismocardiography ; ultra-short heart rate variability ; stress evaluation ; accelerometers ; robotic assistant systems for surgery ; expertise ; pick-and-drop simulator task ; grip force profiles ; grip force control ; body sensor network ; wearable sensor ; telemedicine ; telerehabilitation ; seismocardiogram ; acceleration ; electrocardiogram ; cardiac mechanics ; pulse transit time ; adaptive recursive least squares filter (ARLSF) ; Seismocardiography (SCG) ; motion artifact ; Electrocardiogram (ECG) ; ageing ; gender ; machine learning ; support vector machine ; voice analysis ; pressure sensors ; compression therapy ; thin-film sensors ; wireless sensors ; medical pressure monitoring ; capacitive sensors ; flexible sensors ; LC sensor ; wound monitoring ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Description: Temporomandibular Joint Diseases are common and dificult to treat. From diagnosis to treatment, our options are in a broad range. Keeping updated with new technologies is extremely important for researchers and health professionals.
    Keywords: migraine ; TMD ; Korean National Health Insurance Service ; cohort ; aura ; temporomandibular disorders ; inclination of articular eminence ; temporomandibular joint ; glenoid fossa ; surgery ; synovial tissue ; synovitis ; interleukin ; lumican ; matrix metalloproteinases ; tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases ; cytokine ; biomarker ; temporomandibular disorder ; rheumatic disease ; juvenile idiopathic arthritis ; rheumatoid arthritis ; inflammatory arthritis ; facial pain ; craniomandibular disorders ; validity and reliability ; questionnaires and survey validity study ; bone scintigraphy ; computed tomography ; condylar hyperplasia ; SPECT ; 99mTc-MDP ; cone-beam computed tomography ; malocclusions ; articular eminence inclination ; electromyography ; temporalis anterior ; masseter muscle ; myofascial pain ; myofascial trigger points ; trapezius ; protein expression ; temporomandibular joint dysfunction ; occlusal appliance ; temporomandibular joint disorders ; muscle pain ; removable appliance ; sleep bruxism ; digital dentistry ; diagnostic bruxism splint ; calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate deposition disease ; pseudogout ; X-ray diffraction ; inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Description: Worldwide, liver fibrosis is a major cause of morbidity and mortality and is associated with a high medical and economic burden. It is the common consequence of chronic liver injury due to various etiologies. During fibrogenesis, there is a progressive substitution of the liver parenchyma by scar tissue. Recent advances in the understanding of the history of liver fibrosis have shown that the pathogenesis is driven by different cell types and a large variety of soluble mediators. At present, scientists working in this field aim to increase basic knowledge, improve diagnostics, and try to translate experimental findings into new treatment modalities. This book includes 12 selected contributions from the Special Issue “Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms Underlying the Pathogenesis of Hepatic Fibrosis” that was published in Cells. These articles summarize current perspectives and findings in hepatic fibrosis research showing how scientists try to use basic scientific research to create new therapies and diagnostics.
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    Description: In this reprint, we focus on health and wellbeing in the workforce within the context of the global COVID-19 pandemic, and the post-pandemic era. We begin by exploring the impacts of the pandemic on diverse occupational groups, considering the broader mental health impacts of the pandemic, reactions to national lockdowns and behavioural strategies to control the spread of the virus, such as social distancing and self-isolation, attitudes towards infection control and work presenteeism. Next, we explore the relationship between job factors, working conditions and psychological wellbeing of employees. The papers that follow examine changes in work patterns and locations, such as remote, hybrid, and on-site working, the impact of organizational climate on mental wellbeing, and organizational approaches to return-to-work after lockdown. Finally, we present innovative organizational- and individual-level pandemic mitigation interventions, including SARS-CoV-2 testing services and infection control approaches, digital mental health support, and COVID-19 Vaccine Education. This collection demonstrates the breadth of research on work, health and wellbeing, during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic, covering workforce impacts and workforce interventions in various countries and settings. Learning from this research will help to build global preparedness for future pandemics and foster resilience for responding in times of crisis and uncertainty.
    Keywords: COVID-19 ; SARS-CoV-2 ; coronavirus ; mass testing ; social isolation ; social distancing ; mental health ; students ; focus groups ; qualitative ; emergency ; infectious disease ; organizational justice ; stress ; loneliness ; compassion fatigue ; meditation ; prayer ; insomnia ; perspective study ; frontline workers ; healthcare workers ; qualitative research ; trauma ; psychological support ; occupational health ; guidelines ; longitudinal study ; organisational justice ; anaesthetists ; restaurants ; occupational stress ; organizational climate ; environmental job stress ; wellness ; hospitality industry ; COVID‐19 ; pandemic ; psychological wellbeing ; digital ; healthcare ; workplace ; workforce ; staff ; semi-structured interviews ; COVID-19 disease ; Delta variant strain ; Nanjing Lukou International Airport ; airport cleaner ; essential worker ; infection risk ; occupational characteristics ; occupational health and safety vulnerability ; epidemic prevention and control ; burnout ; hospital health worker ; doctor ; nurse ; emotional exhaustion ; depersonalization ; personal accomplishment ; Maslach burnout inventory ; moral injury ; vaccine ; social care ; health education ; health protection ; paramedics ; mixed methods ; return to work ; quantitative job demands ; supervisor support ; fatigue management ; personal contribution in managing COVID-19 ; off-job crafting ; longitudinal ; employees ; DRAMMA ; prevention ; Germany ; Switzerland ; pre-post COVID-19 study ; remote work ; work engagement ; early care and education ; public health ; homelessness ; wellbeing ; organisational culture ; Scotland ; Maslach Burnout Inventory ; COVID-19 impact ; early childhood teachers ; well-being ; job demands ; teaching modality ; racial disparity ; undergraduate research experiences ; motivation ; sexual minority status ; faculty-mentored research ; higher education ; university ; essential workers ; health equity ; lockdown ; socio-occupational disparities ; worker protections ; effectiveness evaluation ; health and social services worker ; psychological health ; psychosocial work environment ; occupational determinants of stress ; self-rated health ; well-being at work ; church musician ; gender differences ; universities ; careers ; employability ; enforced telework ; home confinement ; job satisfaction ; coping strategies ; workplace health ; telecommuting ; health testing ; work stress ; interaction ; social capital ; health promotion ; university halls of residence ; regular epidemic prevention ; importance–performance analysis (IPA) ; childcare ; infectious disease control ; COVID-19 pandemic ; occupational safety and health ; infection control measures ; occupational SARS-CoV-2 risk of infection ; baseline data ; working conditions ; safety climate ; disaster preparedness ; presenteeism ; food system ; worker ; food insecurity ; fluorescent marker ; infection control ; dental clinics ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Description: The structure, uniformity, stability, and functions of virus-like particles (VLPs) have encouraged scientists to utilize them as a unique tool in various applications in biomedical fields. Their interaction with the innate immune system is of major importance for the adaptive immune response they induce. The innate immune cells and molecules recognize and interact with VLPs on the basis of two major characteristics: size and surface geometry. VLP-based vaccines against hepatitis B, human papilloma, malaria, and hepatitis E have been developed and are available in many countries around the world. Given the inherent immunogenicity of VLPs, they render themselves ideal for the development of new vaccines against infectious diseases as well as noncommunicable diseases, such as chronic inflammation or cancer. This Special Issue is designed to provide an up-to-date view of the latest progress in the development of VLP-based prophylactic and therapeutic vaccines and technologies for their generation.
    Keywords: virus-like particle ; influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 ; vaccination ; pregnant women ; antibody titers ; norovirus ; VLP ; vaccine ; genotype ; pre-existing immunity ; cross-reactivity ; blocking antibodies ; original antigenic sin (OAS) ; HPVs ; vaccines ; virus-like particles (VLPs) ; minor capsid protein (L2) ; HCMV ; cytomegalovirus ; nanoparticle ; immune response ; Sudan virus ; mice ; horse ; purified IgG ; long-lived plasma cells ; antibodies ; multivalency ; virus-like particles ; antigenic analysis ; epitope characterization ; hepatitis E vaccine ; serological evaluation ; virion-like epitopes ; well-characterized vaccines ; hepatitis B virus ; surface (envelope) antigen ; sub-viral particle ; capsid ; antigen display ; platform ; viral quantification ; NTA ; flow virometry ; SRFM ; cryo-TEM ; SEM ; plant virus ; virus-like ; vaccine platform ; epitope ; antigen ; cat allergy ; Fel d 1 ; HypoCat™ ; IL-13 ; interleukin-13 ; Tfh cells ; cancer ; immunotherapy ; H7N9 ; pandemic influenza A ; avian flu ; IAV ; VLP vaccine ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Description: The eminent Harvard educationalist Howard Garner writes a preface to the Place Model within his Good Project Blog which provides a preface to this timely book. Professional is a slippery term, open to willful abuse, misuse and misunderstanding – as evidenced by the ways in which this chameleon term can be used as both a compliment and an insult. In this book academics from a range of professional fields deconstruct ‘professional’ and reimagine professionals in an age of rapid change where professionals are both increasingly in demand and frequently under threat. Several deploy the lens of Clarke’s Place Model to examine professions including teaching, midwifery, social work, journalism, and optometry. Some papers are empirical and some are based around using the Place Model as a thought experiment. All turn a critical eye on professionals and all find them to be, like all humans, neither devils nor divines (Maya Angelou), but at their best a combination of two indispensable characteristics, trustworthiness and expertise.
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    Description: This book provides a collection of comprehensive research articles on data analytics and applications of wearable devices in healthcare. This Special Issue presents 28 research studies from 137 authors representing 37 institutions from 19 countries. To facilitate the understanding of the research articles, we have organized the book to show various aspects covered in this field, such as eHealth, technology-integrated research, prediction models, rehabilitation studies, prototype systems, community health studies, ergonomics design systems, technology acceptance model evaluation studies, telemonitoring systems, warning systems, application of sensors in sports studies, clinical systems, feasibility studies, geographical location based systems, tracking systems, observational studies, risk assessment studies, human activity recognition systems, impact measurement systems, and a systematic review. We would like to take this opportunity to invite high quality research articles for our next Special Issue entitled “Digital Health and Smart Sensors for Better Management of Cancer and Chronic Diseases” as a part of Sensors journal.
    Keywords: eHealth ; wearable ; monitoring ; services ; integration ; IoT ; Telemedicine ; wearable sensors ; multivariate analysis ; longitudinal study ; functional decline ; exercise intervention ; accidental falls ; fall detection ; real-world ; signal analysis ; performance measures ; non-wearable sensors ; accelerometers ; cameras ; machine learning ; smart textiles ; healthcare ; talking detection ; activity recognition and monitoring ; patient health and state monitoring ; wearable sensing ; orientation-invariant sensing ; motion sensors ; accelerometer ; gyroscope ; magnetometer ; pattern classification ; artificial intelligence ; supervised machine learning ; predictive analytics ; hemodialysis ; non-contact sensor ; heart rate ; respiration rate ; heart rate variability ; time-domain features ; frequency-domain features ; principal component analysis ; behaviour analysis ; classifier efficiency ; personal risk detection ; one-class classification ; actigraphy ; encoding ; data compression ; denoising ; edge computing ; signal processing ; wearables ; activity monitoring ; citizen science ; cluster analysis ; physical activity ; sedentary behavior ; walking ; energy expenditure ; wearable device ; impedance pneumography ; neural network ; mechanocardiogram (MCG) ; smart clothes ; heart failure (HF) ; left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ; technology acceptance model (TAM) ; physical activity classification ; free-living ; GENEactiv accelerometer ; Gaussian mixture model ; hidden Markov model ; wavelets ; skill assessment ; deep learning ; LSTM ; state space model ; probabilistic inference ; latent features ; human activity recognition ; MIMU ; genetic algorithm ; feature selection ; classifier optimization ; bispectrum ; entropy ; feature extraction ; heat stroke ; filtering algorithm ; physiological parameters ; exercise experiment ; biomedical signal processing ; wearable biomedical sensors ; wireless sensor network ; respiratory monitoring ; optoelectronic plethysmography ; biofeedback ; biomedical technology ; exercise therapy ; orthopedics ; mobile health ; qualitative ; human factors ; inertial measurement unit ; disease prevention ; occupational healthcare ; P-Ergonomics ; precision ergonomics ; musculoskeletal disorders ; wellbeing at work ; electrocardiogram ; conductive gels ; noncontact electrode ; myocardial ischemia ; pacemaker ; ventricular premature contraction ; upper extremity ; motion ; action research arm test ; activities of daily living ; IoT wearable monitor ; health ; posture analysis ; spinal posture ; wearable sensor ; embedded system ; recurrent neural networks ; physical workload ; wearable systems for healthcare ; machine learning for real-time applications ; actigraph ; body worn sensors ; clothing sensors ; cross correlation analysis ; healthcare movement sensing ; wearable devices ; calibration ; inertial measurement units ; human movement ; physical activity type ; real-life ; GPS ; GIS ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Description: Rituals, although seemingly traditional and fixed, a re v ery m uch contextualand subject to change. Rituals do not exist and are not performed in a vacuum,and are not independent of time and place. They are deeply influenced by thecultural, social, economic, and political contexts in which they appear. Trendsin culture also lead to ritual trends. Therefore, rituals are a dynamic field, whichis reflected in this Special Issue of Religions regarding "Exploring RitualFields Today".
    Keywords: form-of-life ; monastic spirituality ; ritual practice ; ritual transfer ; satī ; widow-burning ; India ; ritual criticism ; chronotopicity ; adaptive reuse ; church architecture ; ritual ; liturgy ; funeral ; ritual dynamics ; space ; boundaries ; cemetery ; religious groups ; minority groups ; arena ; pluralization ; cocreation ; ritualizing ; childbirth ; pregnancy ; spirituality ; meaning making ; embodiment ; deconsecration ; desecration ; consecration ; profanation ; church buildings ; sacred space ; church reuse ; altar ; Roman Catholic Church ; canon law ; rituals ; hospice ; cultural analysis ; good death ; pilgrimage ; institutional religion ; routes ; sacred places ; landscape ; agency ; power ; entrepreneurs ; Europe ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Description: Childhood is a crucial period for establishing lifelong healthy nutritional habits. The environment has an important influence on children’s dietary intake. This book focuses on the influence of environmental factors on the dietary intake of children and adolescents (0–18 years of age) within various settings including home, early care and education, school, college, holiday clubs, neighborhoods, and supermarkets. The reported studies examine a variety of factors within these settings, including the influence of cooking and parenting, teacher style, resources and barriers within various settings, marketing, and many other factors. The dietary intake behaviors examined include snacking, fruit and vegetable intake, beverage intake, and also nutrition in general. In addition, several papers focus on problems caused by inadequate nutrition, such as hunger and obesity. This work underlines the importance of the environment in influencing children’s and adolescents’ dietary intake. In addition, the papers identified some crucial barriers and facilitators for the implementation of environmental changes to enable a healthy diet for young children. Therefore, it provides some important directions for both future research and practice.
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    Description: The Mediterranean diet is a model of eating based on the traditional foods and drinks of the countries surrounding the Mediterranean Sea. The cultural and the nutritional aspects of the multisecular Mediterranean civilization include diet as a central element of health and wellbeing, including wine, if it is consumed in moderation. In recent decades, it has been promoted worldwide (UNESCO 2010) as one of the healthiest dietary patterns. The objective of this book is to bring the role of wine as part of the Mediterranean diet to light, especially through policy makers, the medical world, and vectors of images.
    Keywords: apigenin ; docosahexaenoic acid ; eicosapentaenoic acid ; 7-ketocholesterol ; α-linolenic acid ; Mediterranean diet ; N2a cells ; oleic acid ; oxidative stress ; quercetin ; resveratrol. ; wine ; ethanol ; acetaldehyde ; oral cavity cancer ; carcinogenesis ; resveratrol ; polydatin ; peonidin 3-O-glucoside ; malvidin 3-O-glucoside ; quercetin 3-O-glucoside ; (+)-catechin ; (+)-taxifolin ; apoptosis ; neuronal death ; cerebellum ; polyphenols ; flavonoids ; diet ; clinical trials ; metabolites ; resveratrol butyrate ester ; butyric acid ; Steglich esterification ; prevent fat accumulation ; wine intake ; cardiovascular disease ; cancer ; dementia ; red wine extract ; AMD ; retinal cells ; ARPE-19 ; degenerative diseases ; ocular diseases ; olive oil ; alcohol ; phytochemicals ; tyrosol ; inflammatory bowel disease ; Crohn’s disease ; ulcerative colitis ; inflammation ; neurodegeneration ; neuroprotection ; therapeutic targets ; pharmacology ; novel delivery system ; postovulatory aging ; oocyte quality ; reactive oxygen species ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Description: Team sports training are progressively growing, and thus challenging strength and conditioning coaches and head coaches. As part of a well-prepared training strategy, it is important to establish a functional relationship among fitness assessment, load, and well-being monitoring and readiness analysis to identify the consequences of training stimulus for players. Each of these topics has already been isolated in research; however, it is important to bridge the gap between them and establish a greater and more comprehensive approach among fitness adaptations, training monitoring, and specific interventions performed. This may help us to achieve a clearer view of the big picture in terms of the consequences for players, such as, considering their exposure to successful biological adaptations or less successful cases, including illness or injuries. As it is clear that more research should be performed on the relationship among these dimensions and topics, the aim of the Special Issue on "Fitness Assessment, Athlete’s Monitoring Cycle and Training Interventions in Team Sports" was to publish high-quality original investigations, systematic reviews, and meta-analysis in the research field of team sports. We have published 22 articles that cover the topics of performance assessment and relationships between fitness measures; training load monitoring, well-being, and readiness in team sports;training interventions; complementary strategies for performance (e.g., nutrition, supplementation, psychology, injury preventions, and recovery); and determinants of illness and injuries in players.
    Keywords: football ; load monitoring ; situational variables ; GPS ; sports science ; youth handball players′ characteristics ; RSA test ; anaerobic performance ; playing position characteristics ; asymmetry ; soccer ; strength ; youth ; muscles ; acceleration ; deceleration ; in-season ; non-starters ; pre-season ; starters ; training monotony ; training strain ; ball throwing ; hand size ; arm span ; motor performance ; stretch-shortening cycle ; additional weight ; ability-to-change-direction ; speed ; balance ; repeated change of direction ; autonomic nervous system ; cardiac autonomic ; vagal tone ; adolescents ; training load ; match analysis ; team sports performance ; exercise training ; velocity ; team sport performance ; injury risk screening ; athletes assessment ; landing error score system ; counter movement jump ; team sports ; statistical analysis ; correlation ; monitoring ; RPE ; heart rate ; beach handball ; youth athletes ; training interventions ; fitness assessment ; strength and conditioning ; female ; association football ; performance ; external load ; isoinertial training ; strength training ; vertical jump ; change of direction ability ; high-speed running ; match ; match result ; performance analysis ; technology ; inertial measurement units ; neuromuscular ; repeated jump ; max speed ; Loughborough Intermittent Shuttle Test ; muscle soreness ; maximal isometric contraction strength ; countermovement jump ; Yo-Yo Intermittent Recovery Test level 1 ; soccer constraints ; small-sided games ; athletic performance ; sports training ; internal load ; body symmetry ; ski jumpers ; segmental phase angle ; visceral fat area ; BIA ; winter sports ; nutritional status ; soccer training ; s-RPE ; Hooper index ; match day ; match location ; physiology ; time motion ; notational analysis ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Description: Cardiovascular disease (CVD), including coronary artery disease, heart disease, arrhythmias, and other types of vascular diseases, is one of the leading causes of death around the world. It is estimated that approximately half of the variabilities of CVD appear to be attributed to genetics. Therefore, the other half of them have been attributed to acquired factors, including diet. It is of note that even a genetic predisposition to CVD can be canceled out by a healthy lifestyle. In this regard, it is important to acknowledge that acquired factors, including diet, are causally associated with CVD. Based on these facts, important papers are presented in this Special Issue entitled “The Effect of Diet on Cardiovascular Disease, Heart Disease, and Blood Vessels”.
    Keywords: n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids ; cardiovascular risk estimates ; cardiovascular diseases ; biomarkers ; cardiovascular risk factors ; fish ; n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid ; cardiovascular disease mortality ; meta-analysis ; prospective cohort studies ; body mass index ; obesity ; underweight ; ischemic stroke ; hemorrhagic stroke ; high-density lipoprotein (HDL) ; cholesterol uptake capacity (CUC) ; phospholipids (PL) ; trans-fatty acids (TFA) ; elaidic acid ; lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT) ; aortic stiffness ; fructose ; glucose ; hypertension ; left ventricular diastolic dysfunction ; pulse wave velocity ; renal resistive index ; cardiovascular health ; atrial fibrillation ; Japanese ; sarcopenia ; heart failure ; trimethylamine-N-oxide ; inflammatory mediators ; choline ; L-carnitine ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Description: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global problem with extremely complex epidemiology involving the direct and indirect transmission of antibiotic resistant pathogens and mobile genetic elements between humans, animals, and the environment. AMR is, therefore, recognized as a ‘One Health’ issue. Data that describe AMR prevalence and trends are required to enable the judicious and prudent use of antimicrobials in animals, which has implications both from veterinary and animal welfare aspects as well as from a zoonotic and public health perspective. Horses are a potential reservoir of AMR for humans due to close human–animal contact, as was demonstrated with shared human and horse methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains causing outbreaks in equine hospitals. Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae, considered as clinically and economically important to the AMR burden in human and veterinary medicine, has been reported in both community and clinic equine populations. Strains of Enterobacteriaceae pose a major worldwide threat due to the geographical expansion of ESBL-producing clones as well as the horizontal interspecies dissemination of ESBL-encoding plasmids and genes. In human medicine, ESBL-E infection is associated with increased morbidity, mortality, length of hospital stay, delay of targeted appropriate treatment, and higher costs. These issues also need to be addressed in horses. This Special Issue on AMR in horses encompasses several papers that describe the prevalence, risk factors, and molecular data on MDR bacteria in healthy horses in Canada, Japan, Spain, and Israel, in addition to papers that describe the clinical impact of MDR bacteria in diseased horses in Austria, USA, France and Israel.
    Keywords: equine ; foal ; ESBL-E ; antibiotic resistance ; shedding ; umbilical infection ; risk factors ; healthy horses ; staphylococci ; MSSA ; ST1640 ; lukPQ ; ESBL ; Escherichia coli ; Enterobacteriaceae ; antimicrobial resistance ; CTX-M-1 ; SHV ; farm ; ESBL-E acquisition ; AmpC ; Klebsiella pneumoniae ; antibiotic-resistance ; β-lactamases ; horses ; extended-spectrum β-lactamase ; AmpC β-lactamase ; horse ; multidrug resistance ; beta-lactamase ; cephalosporinase ; microbiota ; North America ; horse pathogens ; epidemiology ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Description: This volume comprises a series of research articles dedicated to the UNESCO 2019 Forum on Education for Sustainable Education and Global Citizenship. Given the imperative of education in sustainable development, especially in developing countries, the volume covers a wide range of topics: the mobility and mental health of international students, reading habits and academic achievements of junior high school students, core competencies of mid-level managers in higher education, adoption of an international publishing standard, legal rights for education and socio-cultural adaptation of ethnic minorities, and, most recently, students’ learning behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic.
    Keywords: international student ; higher education ; sustainability ; student loyalty ; Vietnam ; sustainable education ; internationalization ; international university ; help-seeking ; acculturative stress ; depression ; social connectedness ; Japan ; reading practices ; reading abilities ; junior high school students ; education for sustainable developments ; gender ; STEM ; occupational aspiration ; parental influence ; socioeconomic background ; academic achievement ; quality education ; sustainable development goal 4 ; competency ; heads of department ; mid-level academic managers ; mid-level management ; sustainable development ; interior ethnic boarding school ; inclusive and equitable quality education ; sociocultural adaptation ; latent class analysis ; research ; international publishing ; university ; Delphi method ; socio-economic status ; parental education ; digital literacy ; digital resilience ; Sustainable Development Goal 4 ; digital age ; bayesvl ; educational rights ; ethnic minorities ; sustainable development goals ; multi-cultural education ; learning habit ; school closure ; socioeconomic ; COVID-19 ; SDG4 ; secondary school ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education
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    Description: This book highlights the global concern about the teaching workforce, from recruitment and retention of teachers to the development and quality of teachers in schools. The collection of papers in this book is international in scope, representing a range of research designs (from longitudinal studies using national and international datasets, large-scale surveys, reviews and syntheses of evidence to randomized control trials, value-added models and design-based action research). These papers exemplify the high standard of research in education.
    Keywords: teacher recruitment ; teacher retention ; systematic review ; causal evidence ; interventions ; action research ; drawing robot ; GeomBot ; geometry teaching ; scratch-based programming ; value-added model ; teacher performance evaluation ; teacher accountability ; effectiveness ; contextual predictors ; teacher competence ; student perceptions ; learning mathematics ; college major choice ; K-means ; Seoul Education Longitudinal Study ; assessment for learning ; social cohesion ; citizenship ; sustainable development goals ; teachers ; philosophy for children ; thinking skills ; teaching pedagogy development ; teaching force ; demographic characteristics ; mid-career teacher ; teacher development ; teacher careers ; scoping study ; transfer policy ; rationalisation ; mobility ; retention ; teacher professional development ; professional standards ; professional qualification ; music education ; Kodály approach ; partnership ; music hubs ; workplace mentoring ; close to practice research ; teacher education ; professional development ; remote learning ; rapid review ; n/a ; wastage rate ; attrition ; teachers’ careers ; early career teachers ; initial teacher education ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education
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    Description: Growing evidence supports the important role of nutrition in health and performance. Nutritional interventions, alone or in combination with physical exercise, have proven effective for reducing the incidence of different chronic diseases and their associated risk factors (e.g., obesity, diabetes, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia). A healthy diet also seems to prevent many of the detrimental consequences of aging, notably sarcopenia and frailty. On the other hand, diet has been reported to influence physical performance, with nutrition, including nutritional supplements, being a cornerstone in the armamentarium of athletes. The role of nutrition seems, therefore, wide; however, although research is rapidly growing, controversy and debate still exists as to the optimal nutritional strategies for disease prevention and sports performance enhancement. The present Special Issue aimed to report recent findings on the role of nutrition in disease prevention and sports performance enhancement, as well as to summarize current evidence on these topics.
    Keywords: cardiovascular health ; cardiovascular disease ; aging ; sarcopenia ; microbiota ; physical performance ; sports ; exercise physiology ; muscle damage ; ergogenic ; supplements ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Description: Chapter 1. Theoretical Principles of a New Media and Technology Education. Description: Theoretical approach to the problems addressed in the book. Chapter 2. Outside Training of Spanish University Students of Education for the Didactic Application of Cinema: Formal, Non-Formal, and Informal Perspectives.Description: Study on the effect of training on perceptions of the educational potential of cinema in universities as a teaching instrument.Chapter 3. The Development of the Competency of “Cultural Awareness and Expressions” Using Movie-Induced Tourism as a Didactic Resource. Description: Analysis of the role of film tourism in the development of skills in the cultural sphere.Chapter 4. Assessment of Digital Competencies of University Faculty and Their Conditioning Factors: Case Study in a Technological Adoption Context.Description: Ex post facto methodology for the study of the development of digital competences among university teaching staff. Chapter 5. Tourism and ICT. Bibliometric Study on Digital Literacy in Higher Education.Description: Literature review on digital literacy and tourism in universities. Chapter 6. Portuguese Primary and Secondary Education in Times of COVID-19 Pandemic: An Exploratory Study on Teacher Training and Challenges.Description: Exploratory analysis of ICT teacher training in Portuguese primary and secondary education during the COVID-19 pandemic.
    Keywords: bibliometric ; digital literacy ; digital education ; educational technology ; higher education ; ICT ; tourism ; media education ; movie-induced tourism ; didactic resource ; educational activities ; competence development ; teachers ; training ; technologies ; COVID-19 ; pedagogy ; challenges ; digital competences ; technology adoption ; teacher training ; digital skills ; cinema ; audiovisual media ; preservice teacher training ; university education ; formal education ; non-formal education ; informal education ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education
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    Description: This book focuses on the contemporary challenges faced by rural areas across the globe. These include common efforts to address food production and security; engaging with climate change and the fundamental transformations in everyday practices that this requires; the exodus of young people from rural areas; an ageing farming population; and the growth of rural poverty. The common goal throughout is one of exploring ways in which environmental, economic and social goals need to be addressed in a cohesive way while being cognizant of the diversity of people, environments, economies and traditions that exist across rural space.
    Keywords: family farm ; ageing farmers ; retirement ; succession ; emotions ; decision making ; belonging ; respect ; rural sustainability ; Northern Ireland ; multi-scale scenarios ; participatory scenario planning ; social-ecological system ; poverty alleviation ; land use change ; nature’s contributions to people ; Mozambique ; organics ; viability farm collaboration ; rural exodus ; rural livelihood ; rural migration ; rural youth ; generational renewal ; sustainability ; education ; Hungary ; access to land ; farming traditions ; older farmers ; wellbeing ; identity ; social gerontology ; age-friendly environments ; innovation ; rural development ; quality of life ; migration balance ; Eastern Moravia ; cross-border projects ; smallholder farmer ; input sourcing ; Tanzania ; poverty reduction ; grounded theory ; rural agriculture ; Special Areas of Conservation ; designation ; results-based payments ; farmer participation ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education
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    Description: This Special Issue presents studies on the genotoxicity of nanomaterials. Although nanomaterials provide multiple benefits in a wide range of applications, challenges remain in addressing strong concerns about their risks to the environment and human health. As a result of inconsistencies among published results and diverging conclusions, the understanding of nanomaterial exposure and toxicity remains unclear. Determining whether these materials cause DNA damage—the first step in carcinogenesis—must be a priority in testing. In this book, readers will find recent publications on the genotoxic response to a broad range of nanomaterials, the impact of physico-chemical characteristics, safe-by-design and new developed tools.
    Keywords: graphene oxide ; reduced graphene oxide ; micronucleus ; oxidative stress ; safer-by-design ; tungsten ; nanoparticles ; tritiated particles ; in vitro testing ; cytotoxicity ; micronuclei formation ; DNA damage ; epigenetics ; DNA methylation ; BEAS-2B cells. ; polystyrene nanoparticles ; nanoplastics ; genotoxicity ; Hs27 human fibroblasts ; comet assay ; FPG enzyme ; TiO2NP ; SiO2NP ; ZnONP ; CeO2NP ; AgNP ; multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) ; titanium dioxide nanoparticles ; lincomycin ; human amniotic cells ; in vitro genotoxicity ; apoptosis ; nanotoxicology ; metal oxides ; high throughput screening ; micronucleus assay ; nanomaterial ; aluminum ; oral route ; gut ; liver ; V79 cells ; Hprt ; advanced in vitro model ; hepatotoxicity ; liver spheroids ; 3D culture ; HepG2 ; nongenotoxic silver nanoparticles ; genotoxic ; cytotoxic ; antioxidant activity ; silver ions ; Allium cepa ; metal/coating agent ratio ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-02
    Description: This book is a reprint of the Special Issue "Scientific Reasoning in Science Education: From Global Measures to Fine-Grained Descriptions of Students’ Competencies" published in the journal Education Sciences. It compiles all manuscripts of the special issue.
    Keywords: scientific reasoning ; primary education ; individual differences ; cognition ; assessment ; item features ; item difficulty ; abductive reasoning ; models ; modeling ; model construction ; model application ; modeling competence ; scientific inquiry ; science education ; chemistry ; teacher education ; argumentation ; reasoning ; justifications ; socioscientific issues ; societally denied science ; controversial science issues ; science communication ; nature of science ; preservice teachers ; longitudinal study ; cross-lagged panel ; explanations ; drawings ; earthquakes ; modelling competence ; chemical education ; epistemic cognition ; science discussions ; Quality Talk ; professional knowledge ; scientific reasoning skills ; self-efficacy ; students’ difficulties ; diagnostic competencies ; anomalous data ; balance of nature metaphor ; science teacher education ; pre-service teachers ; person-centered statistical analyses ; latent class analysis ; biological reasoning ; three-tiered assessment ; Assessment of Biological Reasoning ; data reasoning ; statistics education ; numerical cognition ; cognitive development ; number sense ; n/a ; models and modeling ; philosophy of science ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education
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    Description: This reprint focuses on research and practice concerning assessment and evaluation in higher education, crucial processes for the advancement of higher education. The different dimensions and forms of assessment within higher education, the impact of assessment methods on students’ learning processes and approaches to learning are of particular interest. Special attention is given to assessment methods and purposes, assessment rubrics and the assessment of learning outcomes (knowledge and skills). Research on the challenges, strengths, and opportunities of online and virtual assessment, active learning approaches and new pedagogical methodologies, based on student-centred assessment practices, is also explored and discussed in this reprint.
    Keywords: e-learning platform ; PACK ; perceived usefulness ; perceived ease of use ; perceived organizational support and technology self-efficacy ; health professions education ; flipped learning ; learning method ; machine learning ; Random Forest ; selection feature ; orientation ; learning space design ; transactional distance ; student engagement ; learning outcomes ; collaborative learning ; blended learning ; problem-based learning ; interactive group learning ; flipped classroom ; education ; quality ; universities ; Czech Republic ; formative assessment ; summative assessment ; learning ; procrastination ; relational coordination ; student satisfaction ; higher education ; communication ; discriminant analysis ; moodle quizzes ; continuous assessment ; statistical analysis ; physical chemistry ; authentic assessment ; education evaluation ; natural science ; social science ; lecturer ; scientific research ; governance ; management ; higher education institutions ; needs analysis ; psychosocial module development ; psychoeducation ; assertiveness ; social skills ; psychological well-being ; university students in Malaysia ; assessment process ; student experiences ; Active Learning ; maturity model ; engineering education ; sustainability of research ; institutional support ; political and research agendas ; projects dynamics ; assessment of student learning ; multilingualism ; language teaching ; second language acquisition ; CLIL ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education
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    Description: The World Health Organization’s (WHO) END-TB strategy has set the world on course to climb the highest of medical mountains by 2035, with a targeted peak of reductions in TB deaths by 95%, TB cases by 90%, and no burdens of catastrophic expenses on families due to TB. Eliminating TB in the Asia-Pacific region, which has 62% of all estimated TB patients globally, will require innovation, rigorous research, and sustained investment. This special issue connects original research and viewpoints on pertinent approaches for improving TB care and prevention in the Asia-Pacific region.
    Keywords: pediatric TB ; verbal screening ; contact tracing ; resources ; sputum ; health promotion ; operational research ; indigenous population ; multidrug-resistant tuberculosis ; household contact ; screening ; TB diagnosis ; yield ; operations research ; contacts ; contact investigation ; MDR-TB ; public–private mix model ; public–private partnership ; missing cases ; SORT IT ; TB diagnostics ; laboratory methods ; case detection ; Xpert Ultra ; STR ; Bangladesh regimen ; tuberculosis ; post-tuberculosis morbidity and mortality ; TB preventive therapy ; latent TB infection ; Asia Pacific ; rifapentine-isoniazid ; incidence ; household contacts tracing ; End TB ; sustainable development goals ; South-East Asia ; Western Pacific Region ; national TB program ; socio-economic determinants ; diabetes mellitus ; TB-DM ; adverse drug reactions ; unfavourable outcome ; lymph node TB ; bone TB ; TB elimination ; extrapulmonary tuberculosis ; private sector ; intermediary agency ; referral ; notification ; Viet Nam ; active case finding ; community outreach ; Indonesia ; key population ; innovation ; TB REACH ; community health workers ; mobile X-ray screening ; TB ; chest X-ray ; active TB case-finding ; diagnostic algorithm ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Description: This book includes chapters from a range of countries which critically reflect on recent developments in child protection policy and practice. It is a follow-up to ‘Contemporary Developments in Child Protection’ Volumes 1, 2 and 3, which were published by MDPI in 2015. It begins from the premise that the concerns of child protection have broadened considerably in recent years, and that the policies and practices are complex. It also begins from the recognition that child protection policies and practices are themselves shaped by a wide range of social, cultural and political factors, which vary both over time and in different contexts and jurisdictions.
    Keywords: child protection ; predictive analytics ; rights ; social justice ; algorithms ; decision making ; social support ; foster care ; child welfare ; family needs ; content analysis ; care ; contextual safeguarding ; control ; extra-familial harm ; surveillance ; child abuse ; child protection and welfare ; public protection ; family support ; bio-ecological ; networks and networking ; social work ; complexity theory ; disability ; vulnerability ; safeguarding ; child rights ; family inclusion ; co-constructing social work ; practice frameworks ; young people and children ; institutionalization of children deprived of parental care ; de-institutionalization of child care and child protection ; root cause approach ; Kenya ; sport ; child ; athlete ; protection ; Canadian ; safe sport ; group intervention ; child sexual abuse ; child physical abuse ; reports ; child welfare systems ; mandatory reporting laws ; comparative analysis ; cross-jurisdictional analysis ; analysis over time ; agency data ; systems burden ; risk to children ; sustainable development goals ; convention on the rights of the child ; African charter on the rights and welfare of the child ; non-government organisations ; n/a ; child protection system ; participation ; integrity ; autonomy ; historical analysis ; legal analysis ; participant observation ; human rights ; children’s rights ; Switzerland ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Description: The analysis of Big Data in biomedical as well as business and financial research has drawn much attention from researchers worldwide. This book provides a platform for the deep discussion of state-of-the-art statistical methods developed for the analysis of Big Data in these areas. Both applied and theoretical contributions are showcased.
    Keywords: high-dimensional ; nonlocal prior ; strong selection consistency ; estimation consistency ; generalized linear models ; high dimensional predictors ; model selection ; stepwise regression ; deep learning ; financial time series ; causal and dilated convolutional neural networks ; nuisance ; post-selection inference ; missingness mechanism ; regularization ; asymptotic theory ; unconventional likelihood ; high dimensional time-series ; segmentation ; mixture regression ; sparse PCA ; entropy-based robust EM ; information complexity criteria ; high dimension ; multicategory classification ; DWD ; sparse group lasso ; L2-consistency ; proximal algorithm ; abdominal aortic aneurysm ; emulation ; Medicare data ; ensembling ; high-dimensional data ; Lasso ; elastic net ; penalty methods ; prediction ; random subspaces ; ant colony system ; bayesian spatial mixture model ; inverse problem ; nonparamteric boostrap ; EEG/MEG data ; feature representation ; feature fusion ; trend analysis ; text mining ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Description: This reprint encompasses a number of articles that focus on the molecular blueprint of brain tumors. A collection of relevant papers in the rapidly expanding field of brain tumor molecular genetics broadens our knowledge about the biology of brain tumors, and inspires further studies that will improve the diagnosis and clinical management of brain tumors. Due to the great heterogeneity of brain tumors it is important to research and understand every aspect of their initiation, progression and metastasis in order to design better diagnostic and therapeutic approaches for their clinical management and patient benefit.
    Keywords: DVL1 ; PDZ domain ; β-catenin ; Wnt signaling pathway ; intracranial meningioma ; microglia ; glioblastoma ; olfactomedin-like 3 ; TGFβ ; Glioblastoma ; Doublecortin ; DCX ; OLIG2 ; NES ; single cell RNA-seq ; immunohistochemistry ; immunofluorescence ; brain tumours ; brain tumor ; GBM ; cancer stem cell ; BIRC3 ; BMP4 ; stemness ; pediatric glioblastoma ; temozolomide ; NKCC1 ; KCC2 ; EZH2 ; PCNA ; CAM ; cancer ; neurodegeneration ; glioma ; Drosophila ; disease model ; PI3K ; EGFR ; genetics ; schwannoma ; NF2 ; bevacizumab ; VEGF ; SH3PXD2A-HTRA1 fusion ; molecular targeted therapy ; IDH1 mutation ; redox household ; nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase ; NAD+ synthesis ; cancer metabolism ; pentose phosphate pathway ; cell proliferation ; miRNA ; hypoxia ; angiogenesis ; treatment-related changes ; true progression ; pseudoprogression ; radiation necrosis ; biomarkers ; 18F-FET PET ; IDH mutation ; functional precision oncology ; drug sensitivity ; prognostic biomarkers ; systematic review ; meta-analysis ; cancer pathway ; mRNA ; multicriterial analysis ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education
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    Description: Old age is increasingly becoming the focus of research and development in Europe. Concerning orthopaedics and sports medicine, the elderly especially are considered as frail patients who need support to maintain the health of their musculoskeletal systems. For this reason, several interventions regarding physical activity have been investigated in recent years in order to understand whether some programs of physical activity are better than others as conservative treatments for degenerative musculoskeletal pathologies (i.e., osteoarthritis, rotator cuff arthropathy, and lower back pain). Furthermore, several investigations have been carried out to understand the best preoperative and postoperative protocols of physical activity to improve the results of orthopaedic surgery. The aim of this Special Issue was to collect the updated evidence concerning these topics in the form of a collection of systematic reviews of the literature.
    Keywords: aging ; cerebral cortex ; dynapenia ; elderly ; motor unit ; muscle strength ; neural ; neuroplasticity ; sarcopenia ; knee ; hip ; arthroplasty ; physical activity ; prehabilitation ; chronic low back pain ; old aged patients ; physical therapy ; walking ; global postural rehabilitation ; cycling ; hydrotherapy ; yoga ; biomarkers ; noncommunicable diseases ; hypertension ; diabetes ; active exercise ; sport ; land-based ; aquatic ; knee or hip osteoarthritis ; older people ; systematic review ; meta-analysis ; osteoarthritis ; tendinopathies ; hip arthroplasty ; knee arthroplasty ; rehabilitation ; physiotherapy ; caregiver ; orthopedic disease ; caregiver strain ; shoulder ; caregiver stress ; dyads ; replacement ; return to sport ; knee osteoarthritis ; unicompartimental knee arthroplasty ; activity ; physical exercise ; balance ; falls ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Description: The Special Issue papers comprise classified into four categories: The first category includes three papers that examine the practical application of design theory in different contexts. The second category comprises three papers exploring the role of technology in design education. The third category includes three papers that analyze the intersection of design education and cross-cultural communication. The final category encompasses two papers investigating the application of design education in diverse fields. It offered invaluable insights into the latest pedagogical approaches, technologies, and trends in the field of design education. It provided a rich and nuanced view of the challenges and opportunities faced by design educators today. It was an invaluable resource for researchers, educators, and practitioners in the field of design education.
    Keywords: OPOP model ; DIKW pyramid ; creativity and interpretation ; cognition and communication ; design education ; interdisciplinary ; design theory ; design practice ; adaptive development ; cultural ergonomics ; intangible cultural heritage ; preserving and training project ; lacquer art ; Taiwan ; digital learning sheet design ; museum exhibition planning ; informal education ; learning motivation ; learning outcomes ; cultural education ; Taiwanese aboriginal culture ; product innovation ; cultural sustainability ; innovative design ; design-based learning ; 4D design process ; creation of cultural landscape images ; 3D wearable creations ; virtual and reality ; dance experience ; creative dance teaching ; design award ; national design power ; design ranking ; Taiwan design ; Tao ; vessel ; change and comprehensiveness ; design thinking ; cultural and creative design ; teaching model ; open-source ; local culture ; digital models ; 3D printing ; from STEM to STEAM ; cognition ; four universities ; cross-strait ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education
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    Description: The book deals with mycotoxins, their presence in various types of food, and how to prevent their presence in food . In addition to well-known molecules, such as aflatoxins or fumonisins, some contributors have dealt with emerging mycotoxins (e.g., alternaria toxins, botryodiplodin). Readers of the book can also find a new approach to reducing aflatoxins and fumonisins in food. In conclusion, the book presents both new mycotoxins and new information on old mycotoxins.
    Keywords: Atlantic salmon ; zebrafish ; liquid chromatography high-resolution mass spectrometry ; mycotoxins ; phytoestrogens ; plant-based feed ; rice ; sterigmatocystin ; STC ; deoxynivalenol ; DON ; growing season ; azoxystrobin ; fungicide ; Fumonisins ; Fusarium spp. ; food contamination ; health issues ; secondary metabolites ; Aflatoxins ; binding ; food safety ; biocontrol ; food discipline ; ergot alkaloids ; ergochromes ; secalonic acid ; cereals ; tetrahydroxanthones ; Claviceps ; aflatoxin ; mycotoxin ; black soldier fly ; BSFL ; Hermetia illucens ; S9 fraction ; cytochrome P450 ; metabolic conversion ; enzyme induction ; Alternaria mycotoxins ; combinatory effects ; combined toxicity ; co-occurrence ; bioactive compounds ; fungi ; phaseolinone ; LC/MS ; soybean ; charcoal rot disease ; root infection mechanism ; Fusarium species ; toxigenic profile ; mycotoxin migration ; sweet pepper ; fungal disease ; fumonisin ; human exposure ; maize products ; botryodiplodin ; root toxicity ; Macrophomina phaseolina ; hydroponic culture ; AMF1 ; infant formulae ; estimated daily intake ; carcinogenic risk index ; Monterrey (Mexico) ; T-2 toxin ; HT-2 toxin ; deoxynivalenol (DON) ; enniatin B (EnnB) ; size sorting ; unprocessed cereals ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-01
    Description: On 11 March 2020, the World Health Organisation declared novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) an unprecedented global pandemic. Nearly every country across the globe is struggling to reduce the spread of the COVID-19 virus and to limit its health, societal and economic consequences. As a response to that, with almost immediate effect, students, teachers and workers in general and across the globe were thrown into a new scenario of online work and education. In the midst of this emotional climate laden with fear, uncertainty, sadness and anxiety, millions of students all over the world were confined to their homes and the entire educational community had to adapt to a distance education model. The same occured with workers of different disciplines; they have to balance work and life in the same place. Therefore, homes suddenly became schools, universities and workplaces all at the same time. Against this backdrop, this Special Issue focuses on the study, evaluation and analysis of the opportunities the pandemic offers in three related aspects: first, for building an education for sustainable development. Second, for creating decent working conditions. Finally, to enhance health and well-being both at the workplace and at home. Authors from a range of disciplines, such as education, psychology, management, social sciences and other areas related to sustainable development, have contributed with differrent manuscripts. They address the challenges of studying, working and living in times of uncertainty in order to build sustainable development in those areas from theoretical and applied research.
    Keywords: distance learning systems (DLS) ; higher education institutions (HEI) ; work from home (WFH) ; human resource management (HRM) ; COVID-19 ; principal component analysis (PCA) ; emergency remote teaching and learning (ERTL) ; educational consequences ; parents’ perspectives ; Portugal ; preschool education ; basic education ; secondary education ; digital learning ; sustainable education ; systematic literature review ; university education ; representations ; COVID-19 pandemic ; undergraduate students ; online education ; thematic analysis ; education for sustainable development ; mindfulness ; resilience ; academic performance ; education ; medical ; online learning ; motivation ; classroom education ; pandemic management ; schools closed ; health education ; apprenticeship ; digitization ; distance learning ; school development ; academic dropout ; higher education ; SARS-CoV-2 ; pandemic ; digital competency ; technological resources ; primary education ; post-doctoral researcher ; China ; post-doctoral system ; world-class universities ; internationalization ; teaching ; higher education academy (HEA) ; learning ; STEM ; sustainability ; systematic review ; annotated bibliography ; cultural difference ; group ; post-traumatic stress disorder ; psychological distress ; sleep problems ; internet gaming disorder ; medical education ; medical training ; work life ; Peruvian physicians ; depression ; anxiety ; stress ; burnout ; health-related quality of life ; healthcare professionals ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-01
    Description: Increasing global physical activity levels is one of the most important public health goals of the 21st century. Physically active individuals present better sleep patterns, increased wellbeing and quality of life, as well as better physical function and fitness levels. In addition, physical activity might stimulate brain function and improve both cognition and mental health. The risk of many chronic diseases is also reduced in physically active individuals, and physical activity might counteract the detrimental metabolic effects of long sedentary periods. Physical fitness is not only a key marker of health in healthy individuals, but in people with chronic conditions. Compelling evidence indicates that low levels of both cardiorespiratory fitness and muscular strength are associated with an increased risk of morbidity and premature mortality for a variety of causes, including cardiovascular diseases and cancer. Consequently, preserving fitness levels throughout life is a major clinical and public health interest. Exercise interventions represent the most efficient form of physical activity to enhance physical fitness and improve health outcomes at all ages and chronic statuses. However, exercise prescription in many populations is underdeveloped and further insights are needed for practitioners and the research community to understand how exercise should be administered, depending on the health and clinical status of different populations. This Special Issue focuses on the influence of fitness and physical activity and the effects of exercise interventions on human health- and disease-related outcomes. This includes, but is not restricted to, the following article types: Observational studies assessing the association of physical fitness (alone or in combination with other risks/protective factors) with health- and disease-related outcomes. Observational studies assessing the association of physical activity (alone or in combination with other lifestyle behaviors) with health- and disease-related outcomes. This includes studies assessing physical activity through either objective or subjective means. Experimental studies assessing the effects of exercise interventions (alone or in combination with other interventions) on health- and disease-related outcomes across the lifespan. Systematic reviews and meta-analyses on the above-mentioned topics are also welcome.
    Keywords: cardiac rehabilitation ; cardiovascular diseases ; smoking ; weight gain ; university staff ; health-related physical fitness ; cardiovascular disease ; overweight ; obesity ; autonomic nervous system ; exercise ; inflammation ; fatigue ; rheumatic disease ; internally displaced persons ; African circle dance ; stress ; anxiety ; depressive symptoms ; dynamometer ; core muscles ; trunk strength testing ; reference data ; peak torque ; aging ; physical aptitude ; mental health ; cognition ; systematic review ; body mass index ; fitness ; executive control ; event-related potential ; autoimmune disease ; cardiovascular risk ; muscle strength ; metabolism ; lupus ; risk factors ; cancer ; QOL ; martial arts ; clinical trial ; meta-analysis ; physical fitness ; construct validity ; schoolchildren ; chronic low back pain ; exercise therapy ; high intensity training ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-01
    Description: This Special Issue is dedicated to Dr. Patricia Somers (22 April 1949–10 March 2023). Pat was a proud mother, feminist educator, devoted colleague, and beloved mentor for her students. Above all, she advocated for the underserved and minoritized, including investing time in her students who were up against considerable institutional odds. Pat was also a driving force for social justice in the United States, Brazil, and across the world, as her scholarship prioritized giving voice to the voiceless and advocating for racial and gender equity. As an editorial team, we honor and celebrate Dr. Somers' vibrant and impactful life with this Special Issue, in the hopes that future generations of educators follow her lead and promote diversity, equity, and inclusion. Rest in peace and in power, Pat. We will miss you always.
    Keywords: education attainment ; education inequality ; education policy ; education statistics ; &nbsp ; economic globalization ; future of tertiary education ; neoliberal ; social action ; social capital ; sustainability ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History
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    Description: Sex and gender can affect the incidence, prevalence, symptoms, course and response to drug therapy in many illnesses, with sex (the biological side) and gender (the social‒cultural one) being variously interconnected. During the two days of the meeting "Gender Differences in Diabetic Disease" held in Olbia, Italy, on 4 and 5 December 2020, we discussed the various medical, social, ethnic, psychological and anthropological aspects of gender differences to build as broad a picture as possible of how these differences are present and evident in diabetic disease. Type 2 diabetes is the perfect example to justify gender medicine. During the meeting, we also tried to identify the still-unclear points that deserve further studies. This book describes several aspects of gender medicine that are related to diabetes. Physiopathology, drug treatment, sexual and psychological aspects, diabetes complication, migration, burden of working with a chronic disease and aspects related to COVID-19 infection are explored in a gender differentiation way. The authors are from different fields: medical doctors, biologist, psychologist, nurse, pharmacist, anthropologist and so on.
    Keywords: diabetes complications ; type 2 diabetes ; microvascular complications ; female sexual dysfunction ; sexual health ; sexual distress ; diabetes ; hyperglycemia ; type 1 diabetes ; cardiovascular disease ; diabetic retinopathy ; drug therapy in diabetes ; male sexual dysfunction ; anxiety ; depression ; diabulimia ; developmental age ; migration ; low income ; gender ; type 1 ; diabetology ; gender inequality ; healthcare worker ; diabetic patient ; sex-gender differences ; type 2 diabetes mellitus ; therapy ; neuroCovid ; cognitive disorders ; Covid ; long covid ; disexecutive syndrome ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSF Gender studies, gender groups::JBSF1 Gender studies: women and girls::JBSF11 Feminism and feminist theory
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    Description: This book gathers 14 original contributions published in an IJERPH Special Issue that deal with the perception of environmental sounds and how such sounds are likely to affect human quality of life and well-being and the experience of a place. The research focus over the years has been gradually shifting from treating sound simply as “noise” and something that cities should get rid of to a potential “resource” to promote and support community life in public spaces. Three main topics or “needs” to be addressed by researchers and practitioners emerged from this Special Issue: (1) the need to re-think “quietness” in cities as something that goes beyond the mere “pursuit of silence”, (2) the need to integrate additional contextual factors in the characterization and management of urban acoustic environments for public health, and (3) the need to consider the acoustic quality of indoor spaces as opposed to an outdoor-only perspective. The contributions collected in this book will hopefully trigger new questions and inform the agenda of future researchers and practitioners in the environmental acoustics domain.
    Keywords: green space ; greenness ; noise exposure ; noise perception ; soundscape ; environmental sounds ; quietness ; vibrancy ; acoustic environments ; urban sound planning ; environmental noise ; public health ; well-being ; quality of life ; restoration ; quiet areas ; noise abatement ; soundscape design ; landscape planning ; urban planning ; general plan ; sustainability ; acoustic comfort ; inner yard acoustics ; soundscape pleasantness ; sound perception ; virtual room acoustics ; virtual audio ; quality of experience ; irrelevant speech noise ; noise annoyance ; productivity ; mental health ; cross-sectional survey ; open-plan offices ; shared offices ; occupants’ behavior ; restorative effect ; children’s cognitive performance ; classroom soundscape ; sustained attention ; short-term memory ; urban environments ; semiosis model ; square dancing ; public spaces ; acoustic territory ; enjoyment ; appropriateness ; psychological restoration ; emotions ; acoustic environment ; urban open public spaces ; urban design ; stress ; experiment ; virtual reality ; bird song ; noise ; perceived restoration ; quiet area ; urban park ; urban square ; audio-visual interaction ; audio-visual walk ; young people’s psychological response ; orthogonal analysis ; urban parks ; Musikiosk ; soundscape intervention ; democratic soundscape installation ; quality of the urban public experience ; mixed methods study ; pocket park ; physiology ; perceptual attributes ; auditory ; sonic experience ; tranquillity ; garden therapy ; landscape architecture ; Japanese gardens ; autoethnography ; soundscape actions ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Description: This book seeks to support social science researchers who interact with vulnerability and/or sensitivity in the context of their research. Whilst there has been some important debate about the theoretical, methodological and ethical issues of conducting research on sensitive topics, and/or with vulnerable populations, the number of scholarly publications focused solely on these topics is limited and not up to date. The book intends to fill this gap by providing various research experiences, as well as the elements that characterize them. The articles selected for this book intend, first and foremost, to stimulate reflexivity amongst the use of the concepts of sensitive topics and vulnerable groups, and to provide tools that will allow researchers to improve their research practices The book integrates several articles that explore a wide range of dilemmas that, to a certain extent, might allow the reader to access the backstage of this type of research. The reader will find here a rich and fruitful space for theoretical and empirical reflection, where several social science researchers with different backgrounds share their experiences and research paths in a rigorous and creative way.
    Keywords: ethics ; sensitive research ; reflexivity ; qualitative methods ; emotional risk ; qualitative method ; children ; autism spectrum disorders ; methodological challenges ; research ethics ; ethical sensibility ; stereotypes ; stereotyped reasoning ; research with children ; qualitative research ; focus groups ; social research ; visual methods ; sensitive topics ; vulnerable populations ; chronic pain ; medical anthropology ; social housing ; vulnerability ; social suffering ; good intentions ; austerity ; cognitive interviewing ; transgender identity ; survey methods ; gender identity ; sexual identity ; categorization ; disability ; ethnicity ; intersectionality ; relational ethics ; researcher vulnerability ; emotional labor ; homeless people ; maternity care ; healthcare ; doctors ; perinatal center ; suffering ; human embryo in vitro ; infertility ; shadowing ; research methodology ; CYP ; paediatric patients ; interviews ; chronic illness ; brain tumours ; child protection ; child participation ; children’s competence to consent ; parental consent ; research on violence against children ; victimisation studies ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology::JHMC Social and cultural anthropology
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-01
    Description: The World Health Organization recognizes that injuries are the leading cause of death and disability to children after their first birthday. There is also high morbidity associated with injuries sustained in childhood, often affecting people for the rest of their lives. For every child who dies from injury, there are several thousand who require medical care, many who live with varying degrees of disability. Children and adolescents (0–19 years of age) are at increased risk of mortality and morbidity due to injuries such as road traffic, burns, falls, poisoning, drowning, self-harm and interpersonal violence. There are proven ways to prevent many child injuries, yet there are still gaps in our knowledge. By understanding the impact of determinants of health (i.e., the social and economic environment, the physical environment and a person’s individual characteristics and behaviors), effective prevention interventions can be designed and implemented, with a high return on investment. This Special Issue covers an eclectic range of studies, the common goal of which is to reduce the global burden of child injury-related mortality and morbidity.
    Keywords: social determinants ; children ; child-play ; mobile phone ; injury ; supervision ; drowning ; child health ; low-and middle-income country ; India ; preventative medicine ; implementation science ; qualitative research ; musculoskeletal injury ; sports ; exercise ; risk factors ; protective factors ; injury prevention ; water safety ; adolescent ; life jacket ; swimming lessons ; swimming ability ; risk behaviors ; FMSTM ; pubescence ; maturation ; fundamental movement patterns ; functional movement ; gender difference ; self-injurious behavior ; institutionalized child ; oral manifestations ; work ; agriculture ; farm ; transport ; occupational injury ; child ; risk factor ; rurality ; socio-economic ; determinants of health ; road traffic injury ; falls ; poisoning ; violence ; self-harm ; prevention ; intervention ; epidemiology ; force–angle relationship ; isokinetic muscle strength ; muscle–tendon unit ; maximal voluntary contraction ; growth spurt ; water ; safety ; mortality ; policy ; stakeholder ; Global Burden of Disease ; multisector ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-01
    Description: This Special Issue of Philosophies is devoted to dialogue between feminist care ethics and mainstream philosophical figures and concepts. As care ethics has evolved from its origins in the 1980s, it is clear that it does not always fit neatly within traditional philosophical categories. Yet, the philosophical implications of the ethics of care are robust and extend beyond ethics as such, with care theorists positing ontological, epistemological, and political significance to its approach. Despite these implications, and the growing acceptance of care ethics in a variety of academic literatures, it remains a somewhat marginalized philosophical framework. The original contributions to this volume juxtapose care theory with established philosophers and philosophical thought. The goal is to catalyze further intellectual interest and attention in how care enriches philosophy across a variety of subjects. In attending to both the intersections and interstices between care ethics and established philosophical theories and approaches, the contributions in this Special Issue provide a unique intellectual space for dialogue between significant philosophical figures and care ethics, with the aim of enriching both philosophical traditions. Accordingly, this Special Issue will appeal to scholars and practitioners from mainstream philosophy traditions, as well as those engaged with feminist philosophy, care theory, and the ethics of care.
    Keywords: actor-network theory ; Anthropocene ; Bruno Latour ; care ethics ; hesitation ; Gaia ; hiatus ; modes of existence ; relationality ; translation ; John Locke ; toleration ; liberalism ; feminism ; trustworthiness ; civility ; Anna Galeotti ; recognition ; neutrality ; care ; commun world ; plurality ; critical care ethics ; existentialism ; Simone de Beauvoir ; paternalism ; existentialist ethics ; western-centric approaches in care ; transnational feminism ; Slavoj Žižek ; feminist theory ; G.W.F. Hegel ; subjectivity ; vulnerability ; Edith Stein ; personalism ; empathy ; emotions ; caring ; phenomenology ; Jacques Rancière ; Carol Gilligan ; politics ; Fanon ; colonialism ; violence ; harm ; ontology ; attention ; perception ; ethics ; ethics of care ; Merleau-Ponty ; ethical motivation ; the amoralist ; corporeality ; the body ; biopolitics ; deconstruction ; ethics of needs ; interpersonal justification ; contract theory ; care theory ; constructivism ; intersectionality ; women of color feminism ; critical care theory ; the arrow of care map ; John Rawls ; moral philosophy ; Wittgenstein L. ; Diamond C. ; Gilligan C. ; ordinary language philosophy ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology::JHMC Social and cultural anthropology
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-01
    Description: This issue of Children concerns healthcare delivery and research in neonatology. Several articles concern the work of the California Perinatal Quality Care Collaborative, including a history by founder Dr. Jeffrey Gould, and recent quality improvement work. Other articles concern methodological issues in neonatal research and findings of recent clinical studies.
    Keywords: NICU ; perinatal care ; California ; wildfire ; disaster preparedness ; evacuation ; very low birthweight infant ; nasal respiratory support ; s-NIPPV ; NCPAP ; intermittent hypoxia ; neonatal monitoring ; respiratory rate ; clinical alarms ; video recording ; biomedical technology ; collaborative quality improvement ; perinatal healthcare ; neonatology ; neonatal simulation ; simulation ; debriefing ; quality improvement ; collaborative ; neonatal intensive care unit ; in-situ simulation ; patient safety ; body temperature ; hypothermia ; hyperthermia ; neonates ; term ; preterm ; postnatal transition ; oxygenation ; tissue oxygenation ; near-infrared spectroscopy ; infants ; infant ; neonatal intensive care ; health service research ; statistics ; study interpretation ; health care costs ; quality ; value ; neonatal resuscitation ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-02
    Description: Continuous professional development is of great importance if one is to develop quality professional work. This book contains some of the latest research advances related to the field of Physical Education and Sports. In today's globalized world, continuous and permanent education is necessary and essential to complement the initial training and previous experience. In this book, you can find a wide range of works focused on innovative teaching methodologies and psychological variables to take into account to improve classes and training. These studies on the most forward-looking technological advances in physical activity and sports are useful for those who seek to be up-to-date on this type of research. In addition, these studies will be useful to consult regarding current lifestyle, the creation of healthy habits, the promotion of physical activity in one’s free time, and the importance of leading an active life.
    Keywords: teacher psychological control ; psychological need frustration ; emotional intelligence ; meta-cognitive strategies ; physical education ; misbehaviours ; adolescent ; teaching ; secondary school ; multilevel regression models ; enjoyment ; physical activity in nature ; outdoor education ; teenagers ; educational innovation ; digital learning ; experimentation ; learning impact ; didactic benefits ; primary and secondary education ; TGfU ; sport pedagogy ; technique-focused approaches ; tactical approaches ; children ; player development ; sport ; competition ; rules ; technique ; tactics ; self-determination theory ; intrinsic motivation ; basic psychological needs ; physical activity ; need support ; need satisfaction ; motivation ; physical activity promotion ; moral development ; ethical development ; fair play ; sporting behavior ; instructional models ; models-based practice ; skill-drill-game approaches ; curriculum and instruction ; older people ; quality of life ; exercise ; prevention ; falls ; tactical games approach ; direct instruction ; gender ; experience ; anger expression ; personality ; perfectionist efforts ; sports technology ; fitness tests ; schoolchildren ; warm-up ; sporting activities ; cognitive tasks ; inhibition ; working memory ; shifting ; engagement ; disaffection ; invariance ; Mexico ; virtual reality ; aging ; hippocampus ; neuropsychology ; body image ; education ; sustainable sports tourism ; sports for all ; MCDM ; Bayesian BWM ; rough DEMATEL ; Attitudinal Style ; initial teacher training ; teaching role ; transferability of learning ; sexual activity ; posture ; IOC ; kinematics ; WIMU ; perceptual training ; cognitive training ; decision-making ; volleyball ; referee ; referee–players interactions ; handball ; educational practice ; pedagogical function ; youth sport ; HRV ; endurance training ; training performance ; high level athletes ; VO2max ; running ; psychomotor performance ; functional evaluation ; human development ; righting skill ; rising from the floor ; floor-to-stand ; supine rise tasks ; prosocial behavior ; antisocial behavior ; primary school ; structural equation model ; trans-contextual education ; longitudinal design ; university students ; gymnastic skills ; autonomy support ; self-control ; performance ; heart rate variability ; high-level athletes ; maximal oxygen uptake ; satisfaction ; boredom ; secondary education ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-01
    Description: This book covers a wide range of malnutrition manifestations across the globe. Malnutrition in any form has an serious, long-term impact on children’s development, health and well-being. It is an emerging public health problem that needs to be addressed through actions and policies.The Special Issue opens with an overview of global malnutrition data. It is followed by three articles on eating disorders: a systematic review of the correlation between vegetarian diets and eating disorders in adolescents and young adults, a review of the nutritional risks among adolescent athletes with disordered eating, and a systematic review of the neuroimaging findings in adolescents and young adults with anorexia nervosa.The next article is a review on the nutritional status of pediatric cancer patients at diagnosis and its correlations with treatment, clinical outcome and long-term growth and health of survivors.The need for more extensive assessment of children’ nutritional status in developing countries is explored in the next two articles: a presentation of anthropometry measurements among Nepali children living in orphanages and a report on the nutritional status, diet, and intestinal parasites in hosted Saharawi children.The next article focusses on the development of a disease-specific tool for determining malnutrition risk in pediatric and adolescent cystic fibrosis outpatients in Greece. The last two articles examine aspects of childhood obesity in two Mediterranean countries. First, sociodemographic determinants of childhood obesity in Spain are presented. The last article examines the effects of nutrition and physical activity habits and perceptions on adolescents’ Body Mass Index in Greece.We wish to thank everyone who contributed to this project, including the patients and families that participated in the studies presented in this book.
    Keywords: adiposity ; waist circumference ; anthropometry ; children ; socioeconomic factors ; health inequality indicators ; orphanage ; Nepal ; childhood cancer ; pediatric oncology ; nutritional status ; malnutrition ; Sahara ; lactose malabsorption ; celiac disease ; intestinal parasites ; hygiene ; diet ; health ; pulmonary disease ; forced expiratory volume ; pulmonary infection ; nutritional assessment ; screening ; underweight ; pulmonary function ; pancreatic insufficiency ; PERT ; vegetarianism ; vegetarian diets ; eating disorders ; mental health ; adolescents ; young adults ; n/a ; anorexia nervosa ; neuroimaging ; magnetic resonance imaging ; diffusion tensor imaging ; single photon emission computed tomography ; magnetic resonance spectroscopy ; nutrition habits ; nutrition perceptions ; Body Mass Index (BMI) category ; overweight ; obesity ; physical activity habits ; physical activity perceptions ; Greece ; adolescent athletes ; disordered eating ; nutritional risk ; low energy availability ; female athlete triad ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-02
    Description: This book offers insights on the contributions that Sociology of Education, in a broad sense (encompassing the most diverse formal, non-formal and informal processes of education, instruction, schooling and/or socialization), can provide in the analysis of sustainable development in diverse contexts and publics, respecting its paradigmatic plurality.
    Keywords: bibliotherapy ; bibliotherapy education ; social emotional skills ; psychological counselling and guidance students ; tobacco ; alcohol ; physical aggression ; verbal aggression ; impulsivity ; Gramsci ; Weber ; culture ; pleasure ; enchantment/disenchantment ; social change ; Global South ; Education for Sustainable Development ; lifelong learning ; public administration ; digitalisation ; educational system ; sustainability ; labor market ; post-communist era ; Validation ; Questionnaire ; Personal Learning Environment ; Sociology of education ; education for sustainability ; ESD ; teachers ; learning for sustainability ; sociology of education for a sustainable future ; Agenda 2030 ; Sustainable Development Goals ; School Agenda 21 ; Sociology of Education for a sustainable future ; Sociology of Education ; socio-educational intervention ; education ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-02
    Description: The research in this Special Issue is an international collection of studies focusing on the current challenges and possibilities in teacher education. The contributors examine teacher education with theoretical and empirical approaches including both qualitative and quantitative research methods. The studies demonstrate that future teachers need high-level ethical and pedagogical skills to cope with the new challenges in education. With a research-based and holistic approach, we can educate good teachers for tomorrow's schools. Contributors to this collection of eleven articles reflect global issues in teacher education originating from Australia, Estonia, Finland, England, Portugal, and Sweden.
    Keywords: holistic learning ; instrumentalism ; values pedagogy ; teacher education ; Australian education ; feedback ; formative assessment ; general upper secondary education ; Finland ; purpose in life ; purposeful teacher ; nature of science ; science of science ; science ; scientific knowledge ; scientometrics ; prevention of violent extremism through education ; safe space ; dangerous territory ; teachers’ beliefs ; teachers’ skills ; identity ; worldviews ; relevance ; online education ; MOOC ; teachers ; professional development ; mathematics education ; science education ; home–school partnership ; Finnish schools ; encouraging digital feedback ; digital communication ; integrated science education ; interdisciplinary education ; self-efficacy ; teachers’ perceptions ; teacher training ; in-service teachers ; e-portfolio ; learning analytics ; parents’ perspectives ; teachers’ support ; parent–teacher partnerships ; parental engagement ; Portugal ; teacher’s professional agency ; teacher competencies ; learning ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education
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