QuADRANT: a study on uptake and implementation of clinical audit of medical radiological procedures in Europe—expert recommendations for improvement, endorsed by the ESR by David C. Howlett, Adrian P. Brady, Monika Hierath, Jonathan Clark, Wolfgang Wadsak, Francesco Giammarile, Núria Jornet, Mary Coffey

“…Work is needed to improve dissemination of information on the legislative requirements relating to clinical audit in the BSSD and in relation to inspection processes to ensure these include clinical audit and that they encompass all clinics and specialties involved in medical applications using ionising radiation. …”
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Implementation of the Nationwide Electronic Health Record System in Serbia: Challenges, Lessons Learned, and Early Outcomes by Berislav Vekić, Filip Pilipović, Viktorija Dragojević-Simić, Rastko Živić, Dragče Radovanović, Nemanja Rančić

“…The significant milestones were the achievement of quick legislative changes, the hiring of a professional team of experts in the field, the provision of timely and appropriate information and training to prospective users, the close collaboration between the implementation team and the Ministry of Health and mutual understanding of the aims and expectations, and the flexibility in accepting the evolving nature of the process, goals, and the system model. …”
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Critical Analysis of Stakeholders in the Municipality of Tarija, Bolivia, in Search of Strategies for Adequate Water Governance to Implement Reverse Osmosis as an Alternative for G... by Esteban Manuel Villena-Martínez, Paola Andrea Alvizuri-Tintaya, Vanesa Gladys Lo-Iacono-Ferreira, Jaime Lora-García, Juan Ignacio Torregrosa-López, Lorena Sánchez Barrero, Alejandra Leigue Fernández, Paul D’Abzac

“…Our analysis of social networks showed an important polarization in the power of decision makers, with municipalities and legislative entities being those that decide on public investments. …”
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Evaluation of Bisphenol A in Pregnant Women from 10 Caribbean Countries by Martin S. Forde, Suzanne Côté, Elhadji A. Laouan Sidi, Éric Gaudreau, Pierre Ayotte

“…This first biomonitoring survey of BPA concentration levels in maternal urine samples taken from Caribbean countries clearly points to the need for Caribbean governments and public health officials to first engage in legislative and regulatory efforts to ban or minimize the importation and use of BPA products used the Caribbean and, second, to continue to conduct biomonitoring surveys so as to ensure that these laws and regulations are indeed leading to a decrease of BPA concentrations in Caribbean populations.…”
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Exploring hospitals’ functional preparedness effective factors in response to disasters: a qualitative study in a lower middle-income country by Behrouz Samei, Javad Babaie, Jafar Sadegh Tabrizi, Homayoun Sadeghi-bazargani, Saber Azami Aghdash, Naser Derakhshani, Ramin Rezapour

“…The main categories were: 1- leadership, command, and coordination (4 subcategories); 2- risk assessment (3 subcategories); 3- legislating and developing protocols, guidelines, and programs (3 subcategories); 4- estimating and storing the necessary supplies and equipment (3 subcategories); 5- human resource management (4 subcategories); 6- education, training, and development of staff (6 subcategories); 7- vital routes and facilities (3 subcategories); 8- communication (3 subcategories); 9- security, safety and locating of safe zones (3 subcategories); 10- underlying disaster risk factors (2 subcategories). …”
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Post-Disaster Temporary Shelter Area Selection and Planning by Using Delphi Method: Izmir/Seferihisar Case by Hande Dayanır, Ali Kemal Çınar, Yenal Akgün, Özşen Çorumluoğlu

“…As another important gap, convenience of the post-disaster temporary shelter areas suggested by AFAD for the province of Izmir has not been yet evaluated according to the national and international legislations. In order to meet these gaps, the first aim of this study is to compile, group, define and rank the criteria for the site selection and planning of post-disaster temporary shelter areas using Delphi method. …”
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Formation of digital competence in higher education students as a basis for the transformation of education of the future by Alina Ostanina, Olena Bazyl, Olha Tsviakh, Natela Dovzhuk

“…Although the digitalization of education is active in Ukraine, but the study highlights the possibilities of its development: improving the legislative framework, state support for the implementation of digital products, the development of digital educational content, the development of innovative material and technical base, etc. …”
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Application of artificial intelligence in the assessment of thyroid eye disease (TED) - a scoping review by Chiaw-Ling Chng, Kaiping Zheng, Ann Kerwen Kwee, Ming-Han Hugo Lee, Daniel Ting, Chen Pong Wong, Guoyu Hu, Beng Chin Ooi, Si Wei Kheok

“…Moving forward, limitations and challenges inherent to machine learning should be addressed with improved standardized guidance around study design, reporting, and legislative framework.…”
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Safety of Nanoclay/Spring Water Hydrogels: Assessment and Mobility of Hazardous Elements by Fátima García-Villén, Rita Sánchez-Espejo, Ana Borrego-Sánchez, Pilar Cerezo, Luana Perioli, César Viseras

“…This matter is of special significance for those countries and regions where the directives, guidelines, or legislations, which prescribe the rules for the application of some products is quite selective or incomplete. …”
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Formalizing Data Deletion in the Context of the Right to Be Forgotten by Goldwasser, Shafrira, Vasudevan, Prashant

“…The right of an individual to request the deletion of their personal data by an entity that might be storing it – referred to as the right to be forgotten – has been explicitly recognized, legislated, and exercised in several jurisdictions across the world, including the European Union, Argentina, and California. …”
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Riparian buffers act as microclimatic refugia in oil palm landscapes by Williamson, Joseph, Slade, Eleanor M., Luke, Sarah H., Swinfield, Tom, Chung, Arthur Y. C., Coomes, David A., Heroin, Herry, Jucker, Tommaso, Lewis, Owen T., Vairappan, Charles S., Rossiter, Stephen J., Struebig, Matthew J.

“…Synthesis and applications. Widely legislated riparian buffer widths of 20–30 m each side of a river may provide drier and less humid microclimatic conditions than continuous forest. …”
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Assessment of atmospheric pollutant emissions with maritime energy strategies using bayesian simulations and time series forecasting by Liu, Jiahui, Duru, Okan, Law, Adrian Wing-Keung

“…To address the technical need, a novel approach is developed in this study that can incorporate the strategic implementation of fuel choices and quantify their adequacy in meeting future environmental pollution legislations for ship emissions. The core algorithm in this approach is based on probabilistic simulations with a large sample size of ship movement in the designated port area, derived using a Bayesian ship traffic generator from existing real activity data. …”
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Considerations for modelling a broad food tax in the Philippines and other low-income and middle-income countries by Curtis, Christine Johnson, Marklund, Matti, Saxena, Akshar, Goyena, Eva, Desnacido, Josie P., Koon, Adam D., Warren, Bethany, Cobb, Laura K., Henry, Megan E, Appel, Lawrence J., Angeles-Agdeppa, Imelda

“…Designing these policies and guiding them through the legislative process requires evidence. Equity-oriented cost-effectiveness analyses that estimate the distribution of potential health and economic gains can provide this critical evidence. …”
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Riparian buffers act as microclimatic refugia in oil palm landscapes by Williamson, Joseph, Slade, Eleanor M., Luke, Sarah H., Swinfield, Tom, Chung, Arthur Y. C., Coomes, David A., Heroin, Herry, Jucker, Tommaso, Lewis, Owen T., Charles Santhanaraju Vairappan, Rossiter, Stephen J., Struebig, Matthew J.

“…Synthesis and applications. Widely legislated riparian buffer widths of 20–30 m each side of a river may provide drier and less humid microclimatic conditions than continuous forest. …”
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A Case Study on Ranhill Water Services and Syarikat Air Negeri Sembilan in Combating the Non-Revenue Water Problem in Johor and Negeri Sembilan by Bee, Chuan Sia, Fernandez, Angelina Anne, Chong, Shyue Chuan, Falahat, Mohammad, Kai Sia, Bik

“…Our research questions are what is non-revenue water, what are the institutions governing non-revenue water in Malaysia, what are the legislations and cases of non-revenue water in Malaysia and how do we overcome non-revenue water in Malaysia based on findings from Johor and Negeri Sembilan. …”
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Getting involved: Uganda cancer society´s efforts to build strategic partnerships for tobacco tax increments and strong tobacco industry monitoring by Evelyn Angiji, Paul Ebusu

“…Preliminary assessment of media posts indicates that a majority of media content favors the tobacco industry and most of it is in line with legislative interference. Conclusions and key recommendations UCS believes that its efforts will push government to adopt higher tobacco taxes and establish mechanisms such as a strict code of conduct to deter government officials from working with tobacco industry.…”
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Government Debt of Ukraine: The Challenges and Threats for the Economy by Tretiak Kateryna V., Klymash Nataliia I., Rohanova Hanna O.

“…Thus, given the complexity and diversity of the definition, the legislator cites the interpretation of debt from the standpoint of financial relations between the borrower and the lender. …”
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Current Legal Issues in Crowdfunding by Thomas Neumann

“…The number of investors engaged in crowdfunding increases, and so too does the number of legislative initiatives and amount of research attention devoted to it. …”
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Factors affecting French rabbit farmers’ adoption of pro-welfare innovations by Pierre Chiron, Antoine Doré, Laurence Fortun Lamothe

“…Consumers are increasingly animal welfare-conscious and critical of indoor caged housing systems such as those used in rabbit farming, and Europe has committed to legislate a ban on caged animal farming. Research has evidenced several technical and economic drivers of system change or lock-in in the livestock sector. …”
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Modernisation of the historical memory and national identity in the Republic of Kazakhstan: a means of the formation and translation by Klyuchareva V.V., Korusenko S.N.

“…The state holidays are approved at the legislative level; the textbooks on the history of Kazakhstan are continuously developed, the state programs are aimed at studying the historical and cultural heritage. …”
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