Wanneer jongmense hoop verloor: 'n pastorale perspektief op die selfmoordkontemplerende adolessent by A. R. Brunsdon, J. Janse van Rensburg

“… Suicide among adolescents is escalating in Western societies. It is surmised that the development towards adolescence as well as the fast-changing living environment of adolescents in South Africa are conducive to the hopelessness and despair among young people contemplating suicide. …”
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The antinomian framework of Western and non-Western democracies—from theory to application by Oliver Fernando Hidalgo

“…The result is a theory of popular sovereignty that seeks to grasp and combine Western and non-Western conceptions of democracy in a balanced way and is based on a genealogical and comparative perspective of the history of political ideas in the global North and South. In a second step, the theory is then tested using a few selected examples (Confucian democracy, Islamic democracy, African democracy).…”
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Differential expression of circulating microRNAs in lactating Holstein and Jersey cows exposed to heat stress by Jihwan Lee, Doosan Kim, Byeonghwi Lim, Gyeonglim Ryu, Hyeonguk Baek, Joohwan Kim, Seungmin Ha, Sangbum Kim, Seunghwan Lee, Taejeong Choi, Inchul Choi

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Large‐Vessel Occlusion Stroke Knowledge and Training for Stroke Severity Assessment Among Emergency Medical Services Personnel in the United States by Kaiz S. Asif, Robin Novakovic, Thanh N. Nguyen, Santiago Ortega‐Gutierrez, Youngran Kim, Amanda Jagolino‐Cole, Sushanth Aroor, Alicia Castonguay, Prateek Kumar, Ashutosh P. Jhadav, Dileep Yavagal, May Nour, Gabor Toth, Maxim Mokin, Sunil A. Sheth, Mouhammad A. Jumaa, Alhamza Al‐bayati, Mohamed Teleb, Ossama Y. Mansour, Shashvat M. Desai, Joshua Hartman, David S. Liebeskind, Ameer E. Hassan, Brijesh P. Mehta

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Role of Intravitreal Antivascular Endothelial Growth Factor Injections for Choroidal Neovascularization due to Choroidal Osteoma by Ahmad M. Mansour, J. Fernando Arevalo, Eman Al Kahtani, Hernando Zegarra, Emad Abboud, Rajiv Anand, Hamid Ahmadieh, Robert A. Sisk, Salman Mirza, Samuray Tuncer, Amparo Navea Tejerina, Jorge Mataix, Francisco J. Ascaso, Jose S. Pulido, Rainer Guthoff, Winfried Goebel, Young Jung Roh, Alay S. Banker, Ronald C. Gentile, Isabel Alonso Martinez, Rodney Morris, Neeraj Panday, Park Jung Min, Emilie Mercé, Timothy Y. Y. Lai, Vicky Massoud, Nicola G. Ghazi

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No prediction without prevention: A global qualitative study of attitudes toward using a prediction tool for risk of developing depression during adolescence by Brandon A. Kohrt, Syed Shabab Wahid, Katherine Ottman, Abigail Burgess, Anna Viduani, Thais Martini, Silvia Benetti, Olufisayo Momodu, Jyoti Bohara, Vibha Neupane, Kamal Gautam, Abiodun Adewuya, Valeria Mondelli, Christian Kieling, Helen L. Fisher

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What are the barriers to the diagnosis and management of chronic respiratory disease in sub-Saharan Africa? A qualitative study with healthcare workers, national and regional polic... by Angela Obasi, Rachel Tolhurst, Kingsley Rex Chikaphupha, Miriam Taegtmeyer, Kevin Mortimer, Louis Niessen, Maia Lesosky, Jahangir Khan, William Worodria, Jamie Rylance, Lindsay Zurba, Imelda Bates, Stellah G Mpagama, Elizabeth Henry Shayo, Rose Oronje, Emmanuel Addo-Yobo, Brian Allwood, Hastings Banda, Amsalu Binegdie, Adegoke Falade, Bertrand Mbatchou, Beatrice Mutayoba, Nyanda Elias Ntinginya, Heather Zar, Eliya Zulu, Helen Meme, Uzochukwu Egere, Asma Elsony, Martha Chinouya, S Bertel Squire, Stephen Mulupi, Irene Ayakaka, Nicole Kozak, Elhafiz Abdalla, Rashid Osman

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Enkele aspekte van die kommunikasie van verkeersveiligheid aan kinders in Suid-Afrika by H.J. Groenewald, E. Bornman

“… THE communication of current affairs like road safety in the mass media create some problems in multicultural societies like South Africa. In order to evaluate the campaigns in the mass media and the schools during Road Safety Year 1984, two surveys among Black, Coloured, Indian and White children between the ages of 10 and 17 years were undertaken by the HSRC in cooperation with The National Road Safety Council. …”
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Analysis of equity in the distribution of human resources and hospital beds and its association with the COVID-19 mortality rate: a case of Iran by Habib Jalilian, Seyed Mohammad Riahi, Somayeh Heydari, Masoomeh Taji

“…Abstract Background and objective Equitable distribution of health resources is important to achieving equity, guaranteeing access to healthcare services, and improving societies’ health status. This study aimed to examine equity in the distribution of health resources and its association with the mortality caused by COVID-19 in South Khorasan province, east Iran. …”
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Orphans in Mediterranean antiquity and early Christianity by J. T. Fitzgerald

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Covid-19, racism and the ‘state of exception’? A theological ethical engagement with identity and human rights in an age of ‘Corona’ and beyond by D. Forster

“…In the United States of America, Brazil, and South Africa, it took the form of problematic political theologies. …”
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L'environnement socio-spatial comme facteur d'émergence des maladies infectieuses by François Taglioni, Jean-Sébastien Dehecq

“…Among the large amount of likely hazards in the South West of the Indian Ocean region (hurricanes, torrential rains, tsunamis, infectious diseases …), some are more devastating and present than others. …”
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Listening to The Reluctant Fundamentalist: by Labib Mahmud

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Social Media: The New Frontier for Human Resource Management in Asia by Ismi Rajiani, Deasy Arisanty, I Gede Riana

“…This article provides a comprehensive literature review on the use of social media in HRM in Asian societies. The review analyzes 590 studies published between 2013 and 2023, following the PRISMA protocol for systematic reviews and using VOSviewer. …”
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Potential of long-term satellite observations and reanalysis products for characterising soil drying: trends and drought events by M. Hirschi, P. Stradiotti, B. Crezee, B. Crezee, W. Dorigo, S. I. Seneviratne

“…<p>Soil drying has multiple adverse impacts on the environment, society, and economy. Thus, it is crucial to monitor and characterise related drought events and to understand how underlying geophysical trends may affect them. …”
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Advancing poliovirus eradication: lessons learned from piloting direct molecular detection of polioviruses in high-risk and priority geographies by Paula L. Marcet, Brandon Short, Ashley Deas, Hong Sun, Chelsea Harrington, Shahzad Shaukat, Muhammad Masroor Alam, Marycelin Baba, Adedayo Faneye, Prossy Namuwulya, Lea Necitas Apostol, Tamer Elshaarawy, John Kofi Odoom, Peter Borus, Shelina Moonsamy, Yogolelo Riziki, Marie Claire Endegue Zanga, Mesfin Tefera, Anfumbom K. W. Kfutwah, Salmaan Sharif, Varja Grabovac, Cara C. Burns, Nancy Gerloff

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Functional assessment of the glycoproteins of a novel Hendra virus variant reveals contrasting fusogenic capacities of the receptor-binding and fusion glycoproteins by Andrew Z. Ma, Yao Yu Yeo, Jean F. Lee, Colin M. Kim, Shahrzad Ezzatpour, Carolina Menchaca, Viraj Upadhye, Edward J. Annand, John-Sebastian Eden, Raina K. Plowright, Alison J. Peel, David W. Buchholz, Hector C. Aguilar

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The Influence of Migration Timing and Local Conditions on Reproductive Timing in Arctic‐Breeding Birds by W. B. English, B. Lagassé, S. Brown, M. Boldenow, J. Burger, B. Casler, A. D. Dey, S. Feigin, S. Freeman, H. R. Gates, K. E. Iaquinto, S. Koch, J. F. Lamarre, R. B. Lanctot, C. Latty, V. Loverti, L. McKinnon, D. Newstead, L. Niles, E. Nol, D. Payer, R. Porter, J. Rausch, S. T. Saalfeld, F. Sanders, N. R. Senner, S. Schulte, K. Sowl, B. Winn, L. Wright, M. B. Wunder, P. A. Smith

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Digital communication and agency by Jakub Siwak

“…Despite such developments, in my experience of lecturing digital communication to students at a South African university, there is a lack of awareness of how the technical infrastructures that makes up digital communication can play a role in potentially negating our agency when using digital forms of communication. …”
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Becoming a Caregiver: The Role of the Environment in the Process of Children Becoming Responsible for Others by Carolina Remorini

“…To gain an insight into how children develop sophisticated and ecologically relevant skills to become autonomous and responsible for the care of others within the context of environmental interdependence, we present and analyze a cultural practice that is salient to the identity and way of life in rural communities of the Andean region in South America: becoming a shepherd. Considering the aforementioned findings, it can be posited that being able to care for others represents a significant developmental milestone. …”
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