Challenges of Diabetes Self-Management in Adults Affected by Food Insecurity in a Large Urban Centre of Ontario, Canada by Justine Chan, Margaret DeMelo, Jacqui Gingras, Enza Gucciardi

“…To explore how food insecurity affects individuals’ ability to manage their diabetes, as narrated by participants living in a large, culturally diverse urban centre. …”
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DESCRIPTION OF ELDERLY KNOWLEDGE ABOUT ELDERLY POSYANDU IN TUMENGGUNG BARU TUMENGGUNGAN VILLAGE, LAMONGAN DISTRICT by Ali Sairozi, Rohmad Nur Hariyanto

“…Data collection with questionnaire sheets, data processing techniques used are Coding, Scoring, and Tabulating techniques, Scoring, then adjusted in tabulation and narration.  Results: From the results of the study showed that most (72%) of the elderly had good knowledge about the elderly posyandu and a small percentage (12%) had moderate knowledge and 4 elderly (16%) had moderate knowledge.  …”
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Community hydric monitoring: homegrown knowledge as local and environmental defense in Argentina, Peru and Colombia by Astrid Ulloa, Julieta Godfrid, Gerardo Damonte, Catalina Quiroga, Ana Paula López

“…These exchanges aim to generate counter-narratives about water quality, as well as to develop a defense strategy against mining. …”
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Relationships that promote and threaten family hope during pregnancy and care for high-risk newborns by Bruna Camargos de Lima Ramos, Renata de Oliveira Costa, Lucila Castanheira Nascimento, Patrícia Pinto Braga

“…Data obtained from interviews in thematic oral history allowed the construction of narratives, genograms and ecomaps, which were subjected to deductive thematic analysis procedures. …”
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Validation of the Evidentiary Power of the Confessions Presented in the Prosecution by Seyyed Mohammad Mehdi Sadati, Fazlollah Foroughi, Amin , Jalili

“…It seems that the criminal legislator, relying on evidence such as the narrations that tell about the necessity of confession before the judge, the lack of the place and audience for confession, i.e. the lack of the institution of the prosecution in the judicial cycle of the Islamic judicial system, the institutionalized caution in the criminal policy of Islam in proving crimes, has inclined to the conclusion that To demote non-judicial evidence from "reason" to "judicial evidence". …”
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Need for cognitive closure, political trust, and belief in conspiracy theories during the COVID-19 pandemic by Alexander Jedinger, Lena Masch

“…The need for cognitive closure and general political trust was assessed before the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, while belief in COVID-19 conspiracy theories and specific trust in handling the crisis was fielded during the second wave of the pandemic.ResultsWe find that individuals with a high need for cognitive closure are more likely to accept conspiracy narratives, but the effect size is small. At the same time, pre-pandemic trust and concurrent trust in political and medical institutions are strongly negatively related to conspiracy beliefs. …”
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Dominant Discourses About What It Means to Be “Good” at Mathematics: How High-Achieving Young Women Negotiate Tensions Within Their Evolving STEM Identities by Terrie Galanti, Nancy Holincheck

“…In this investigation, we used a framework of dichotomies within dominant discourses about what it means to be “good” at mathematics to interpret retrospective narratives from a larger phenomenological study of accelerated mathematics course-taking. …”
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Rethinking Gender and Epistemic Injustice: A Comparative Study of Male and Female Breast Cancer Memoirs by Mahua Bhattacharyya, Ajit K Mishra

“…Breast cancer patients can negotiate credibility deficit, identity crisis, and existential crisis caused by epistemic injustice through narrating. Taking from Fricker’s epistemic injustice, later contextualised in formal healthcare by Kidd and Carel, this study considers both the male and the female points of view to identify subtle instances of injustice and ways to overcome it. …”
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OVERCOMING THE CULTURAL DIFFERENCES: PARABLE AS A MEANS OF INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE by Tetyana V. Danylova

“…Owing to its archetypical form, parable becomes one of the most popular narratives illustrating deep and multi-faceted truths that sometimes cannot be expressed by any other way. …”
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Ayuka’s Title of Daichin Khan: Examining Tibetan-Language Sources by Bembya L. Mitruev

“…So, the article introduces a variety of messages dealing with the ruling era of Khan Ayuka and narrating how the latter received the title of Daichin Khan from the then Dalai Lama. …”
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What Drives Innovation and How Its Relevance is Established. A Perspective on Electric Vehicle Promotion in La Rochelle and Gothenburg : 1989-2000 by Marika Rupeka

“…On all three levels by means of motivations, attitudes, vocabularies, and methods corporate cultures and agendas translate into the narratives arguing the relevance of territorial innovation.…”
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Eurocentric Beauty Standards: A Corpus-Assisted Discourse Analysis of Pakistani Skincare Blogs by Memona Mujahid, Salma Kalim

“…The analysis, conducted from the lens of corpus linguistics and Fairclough’s three-dimensional model of discourse, reveals that these blogs predominantly emphasize beauty enhancement and skin-whitening products and narratives, promoting unrealistic expectations and Eurocentric stereotypical beauty standards within Pakistani society at the expense of overall skin health. …”
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Analyzing Instructional Strategies in Science Education: A Dual Approach Combining Systematic Review and Secondary Qualitative Data Analysis by Şeyma Irmak, Duygu Yılmaz Ergül

“…Our findings revealed a diverse array of instructional strategies, encompassing direct instruction, thought experiments, demonstrations, hands-on activities, think-pair-share, peer teaching, laboratory exercises, discussion/questioning techniques, drama, and real-life narratives. The rationales underpinning these strategies were multifaceted, aiming to enhance student motivation, stimulate cognitive development, facilitate collaborative group work, and foster meaningful learning experiences. …”
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Local Perception on Effect of Land Degradation in the Blue Nile River Headwaters by Alelgn Ewuntu Temesgen

“…Descriptive statistics were used to analyze quantitative data while qualitative data were buildup using narration and simple description approaches. The finding showed that all local farmers perceived that land degradation was the main local ecological problem since 2008 in the form of soil erosion, soil nutrient depletion; soil acidity and soil biodiversity loss. …”
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The role of Chinese folk ritual music in biodiversity conservation: an ethnobiological perspective from the Lingnan region by Yibo Liu, Yingjie Song

“…Methods We employed literature review, qualitative fieldwork, and ethnographic analysis, including interviews with local musicians and community members, to investigate how Cantonese Opera and agricultural rituals contribute to ecological sustainability by integrating cultural narratives with environmental stewardship. Results The findings reveal three main ways in which Chinese folk ritual music supports biodiversity conservation: (1) fostering ecological understanding through symbolic representations, such as the carp and water buffalo; (2) promoting sustainable practices, including traditional farming techniques and the conservation of wetland ecosystems; and (3) enhancing community cohesion and the transmission of ecological values across generations. …”
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“They Threw Her in with the Prostitutes!”: Negotiating Respectability between the Space of Prison and the Place of Woman in Egypt (1943–1959) by Hannah Elsisi

“…Still, echoes of certain ‘special struggles’ permeate the narratives of woman political prisoners, henceforth mu‘taqalāt: how they sought to reconcile their experience of imprisonment with personal and public constructions of their selves as hardworking students, doting mothers, dutiful wives, obedient daughters and respectable middle-class women are all underlying themes running throughout their testimonies. …”
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The prevalence of chronic kidney disease in people with severe mental illness: A systematic review protocol. by Claire Carswell, Kate Bramham, Joseph Chilcot, Rowena Jacobs, David Osborn, Najma Siddiqi

“…Data from the included studies will be narratively synthesised. Meta-analyses will be conducted using random effects models to examine the prevalence and incidence of CKD among people with SMI.…”
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Values Beyond Ownership: Rethinking Cultural and Civilian Uses of Heritage within International Humanitarian Law by Diogo Machado

“…In this sense, overemphasizing ownership rights can result in fragmentation, where cultural items are dispersed among private collectors rather than being curated to contribute to the communal narratives surrounding the conflict in which they were pillaged or misappropriated. …”
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What is the Role of Trust in Peer Support Schemes for Underrepresented Students? by Claire Hamshire, Mimi Benjamin, Alan Soong Swee Kit

“…Using three case studies, the study explored and compared peer support leaders’ narratives about their experiences at three universities: one in the United Kingdom (UK), one in the United States (USA), and the other in Singapore. …”
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Processing Technology Based on Radar Signal Design and Classification by Jianping Ou, Jun Zhang, Ronghui Zhan

“…Radar signal classification method and related influencing factors are also contrasted and narrated. Radar signal processing technology is described in detail including multidisciplinary technology synthesis. …”
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