Africa between East and West: Searching for its own path. Book review of ‘La Russie face aux occidentaux en Afrique centrale: Pour un arrimage des Africains aux enjeux de puissance... by A. V. Nefedov

“…Edzimbi, Russian foreign policy in Central Africa is rather ambiguous: on the one hand, Russia counterbalances the influence of the United States and France, but, on the other hand, it pursues its own pragmatic goals and in this sense differs little from other leading powers. …”
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The Dynamics of Iran-China “New” Strategic Cooperation by Emrah Yıldırımçakar

“…It has other dimensions such as seeking new strategies to minimize the domination of the United States in Central Asia and the Middle East to ensure the efficient operation of their future political, economic, and strategic policies. …”
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Moda e economia criativa: políticas culturais no Brasil contemporâneo by Heloisa Helena de Oliveira Santos

“…This reflection led to a rapprochement with the discussions taking place at the international and especially supranational level – centrally in the agencies associated with the United Nations – on the creative economy: the area has gained ground in Brazil and sectors which hitherto were not considered as part of national cultural poli- cies became part of them. …”
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U.S. plans to internationalize the containment of the USSR in the Balkans in the first half of the 1950s by A. A. Kalinin

“…The analysis of American policy in the Balkans made it possible to contribute to the study of the means and methods used by the United States to internationalize military conflicts in various regions of the world in the mid-twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.…”
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Women’s Role in Violence and UN Women, Peace, and Security Agenda by Çağlayan Başer

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Can integrated care interventions strengthen primary care and improve outcomes for patients with chronic diseases? A systematic review and meta-analysis by Yuqi Zhang, Jonathan Stokes, Laura Anselmi, Peter Bower, Jin Xu

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Institutionalization of Public-Private Partnership: Global Experiences and the Basic Outlines of a Proposal for Slovenia by Mojmir Mrak

“…The institutional structure would be composed of three institutions: (i) central PPP unit responsible, first, for horizontal coordination of all PPP policies in the country, and second, for implementation of PPP projects in all those areas where sectoral PPP units would not be created, (ii) very limited number of sectoral PPP units (probably 1 to 2) that would be responsible for implementation of PPP projects in their respective sectors, and (iii) advisory board that would advise the central PPP unit in designing the most complex segments of the PPP policies in the country and would provide a platform for professional discussion and for communication with the public at large on a wide variety of PPP issues. …”
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One Nudge Can Be Enough:Reducing Cigarette ButtLittering in Public Areas by Artsiom Klunin, Matúš Sloboda, Emília Sičáková-Beblavá, Patrik Pavlovský

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Dominant Discourses and Teachers' Comparative Sensemaking through Internationally Sited Professional Development Experience by Emily W. Anderson

“…Abstract The United Arab Emirates' education policy agenda is focused on a singular goal: to be one of the top 20 countries in PISA 2022. …”
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Amalgamation and Local Finance: A Case Study of Ukraine by Glendal Wright, Sergii Slukhai, Bohdan Yakymchuk

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Fatigue, pain and faecal incontinence in adult inflammatory bowel disease patients and the unmet need: a national cross-sectional survey by Ailsa Hart, Laura Miller, Fionn Cléirigh Büttner, Thomas Hamborg, Sonia Saxena, Richard C. G. Pollok, Imogen Stagg, Vari Wileman, Qasim Aziz, Wladyslawa Czuber-Dochan, Lesley Dibley, Borislava Mihaylova, Rona Moss-Morris, Chris Roukas, Christine Norton

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Prevalence, aetiology, and service mapping of dementia in rural Uganda. Part of DEPEND Uganda (Dementia Epidemiology, unmet Need and co-Developing Solutions in Uganda). [version 2;... by Joseph Mugisha, Nicholas J Ashton, Claire J Steves, Racheal Alinaitwe, Josephine Prynn, Tunde Peto, Beatrice Kimono, Martin Prince

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Assessing vulnerability and climate risk to agriculture for developing resilient farming strategies in the Ganges Delta by Uttam Kumar Mandal, Fazlul Karim, Yingying Yu, Amit Ghosh, Taslima Zahan, Sonali Mallick, Mohammad Kamruzzaman, Priya Lal Chandra Paul, Mohammed Mainuddin

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Droits fonciers collectifs et gouvernance des ressources naturelles dans le Bushi, en phase post-conflits by Paulin Polepole, Jean Cizungu, Godefroid Muzalia, Wenceslas Busane

“…The un-ended wars occurring within the central African Great Lakes Region beard strong negative impacts particlulary on collective natural resources. …”
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Protocol for an intervention development and pilot implementation evaluation study of an e-health solution to improve newborn care quality and survival in two low-resource settings... by Hassan Haghparast-Bidgoli, Michelle Heys, Caroline Crehan, Erin Kesler, Monica Lakhanpaul, Emma Wilson, Fabiana Lorencatto, Felicity Fitzgerald, Mario Cortina Borja, Msandeni Chiume, Hannah Gannon, Simbarashe Chimhuya, Gwendoline Chimhini, Tim Hull-Bailey, Tarisai Chiyaka, Yali Sassoon, Deliwe Nkhoma, Nushrat Khan, Alexander G. Stevenson, Kristina Curtis

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Complejizando el “retorno productivo”. Mujeres y hombres ante el regreso a Ecuador desde España by Cristina Vega

“…The dynamic articulation of these elements in migration processes must take into account class, gender and age differences, as well as the composition of the family unit.…”
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ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE MUKHTAR INSTITUTION IN CITY CENTERS IN TERMS OF PUBLIC ECONOMY IN TURKEY by Arzu Kızılkaya, Alparslan Uğur

“…The mukhtar institution, which is the closest point of the local government to the people and acts as a bridge between the people and the central-local government, has become an important unit. …”
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Fractures in sub-Saharan Africa: epidemiology, economic impact and ethnography (Fractures-E3): study protocol [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] by Christopher Grundy, Simon Matthew Graham, Hannah Wilson, Samuel Hawley, Kebba Marenah, Tadios Manyanga, James Masters, Bintou Trawally, Munyardardzi Ndekwere, Prudance Mushayavanhu, Mkhululi Lukhele, Rachael Gooberman-Hill, Farhanah Paruk, Kate A. Ward, Matthew Costa, Celia L. Gregson, Rashida A. Ferrand, Sarah Drew, Anya Burton, Landing M. Jarjou, Bilkish Cassim, Nyashadzaishe Mafirakureva, Sian Noble

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Retracted: Impact of Green Financing on Carbon Drifts to Mitigate Climate Change: Mediating Role of Energy Efficiency by Lei Chang, Jianhe Wang, Ziman Xiang, Hongda Liu

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Analyse spatiale des violences faites aux femmes au sein du couple dans la ville de Toulouse by Ryan Toutin, Norbert Telmon, Frederic Savall

“…Because forensic medicine units play a central role in the care of these women, using the large quantity of available data together with innovative methods of spatial epidemiology would help to better understand the mechanisms at play, in order to facilitate the implementation of social, medical and environmental policies aiming to combat violence of this kind.…”
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