Financial stability of Ukraine's economy during the war and post-war periods: challenges and drivers of recovery by Maksym Zhytar

“…It is noted that since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine, our country has lost significant human resources and witnessed the destruction of critical, industrial and social structures. The hostilities continue, but the belief in victory prompts scholars and practitioners to discuss the formats of reconstruction and modernization of the country after the war. …”
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Fighting Discrimination through Sport? Evaluating Sport-Based Workshops in Irish Schools by Louis Moustakas, Lisa Kalina

“…This contrasts strongly with literature on anti-discrimination education, which recognises a need to reflect on privilege and social structures while also developing clear strategies to address discrimination. …”
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How to Reduce Mental Health Burden in Health Care Workers During COVID-19?–A Scoping Review of Guideline Recommendations by Theresa Halms, Theresa Halms, Martina Strasser, Miriam Kunz, Alkomiet Hasan

“…Across all articles, the guidelines and recommendations could be clustered into four main categories: “Social/structural support,” “Work environment,” “Communication/Information,” “Mental health support.” …”
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Beyond Adaptation: Decolonizing Approaches to Coping With Oppression by Nia L. Phillips, Glenn Adams, Phia S. Salter

“…Conventional prescriptions of mainstream social psychological science emphasize the idea of coping with oppression—whether via emotional management strategies that emphasize denial or disengagement; problem-focused strategies that emphasize compensation, self-efficacy, or skills training; or collective strategies that emphasize emotional support—in ways that promote adaptation to, rather than transformation of, oppressive social structures. Following a brief review of the literature on coping with racism and oppression, we present an alternative model rooted in perspectives of liberation psychology (Martín-Baró, 1994). …”
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Exploring the Major Trends and Emerging Themes of Artificial Intelligence in the Scientific Leading Journals amidst the COVID-19 Era by Mohammad Soliman, Tarek Fatnassi, Islam Elgammal, Ronnie Figueiredo

“…The findings depict the major trends, conceptual and social structures, and key themes of AI leading journals’ publications during the given period. …”
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Ideological representations of women in Jordanian folk proverbs from the perspective of cultural semiotics by Nisreen N. Al-Khawaldeh, Alaeddin A. Banikalef, Luqman M. Rababah, Ali F. Khawaldeh

“…They also show the immense significance of such proverbs as a social discourse that has been long used for perpetuating gendered roles and constructing and interpreting related realities, thus affecting social structures and relationships. The inferiority of women constitutes the basis of their assigned roles and responsibilities in various life domains. …”
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An Exploratory Study of Crime: Examining Lived Experiences of Crime through Socioeconomic, Demographic, and Physical Characteristics by Christopher Chimaobi Onyeneke, Aly H. Karam

“…This research focuses on the urban social structural theory of social disorganization, to investigate how socioeconomic, demographic, and physical characteristics affect criminal behaviour. …”
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Farmland under urbanization pressure: conversion motivation among Norwegian landowners by Kristine Lien Skog, Hilde Bjørkhaug

“…Based on a survey among owners of farmland in Norway, we found significant correlations between social structures and landowners’ motivation for converting farmland, namely family understanding and willingness of other local landowners to convert their land. …”
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Geneva. An Urban Sociodemographic Database by Michel Oris, Olivier Perroux, Grazyna Ryczkowska, Reto Schumacher, Adrien Remund, Gilbert Ritschard

“…Combined with qualitative information extracted from the archives of public administrations and the National Protestant Church, as well as from newspapers, these databases were used to study the transformation of a medium-sized European city, sociopolitical tensions embedded in demographic and social structures, and the impact of the immigrants who made the 'Calvinist Rome' a religiously mixed city. …”
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The Effect of Architectural Architecture on Promoting Place of Love in Rural Settlements (Case Study: Karadeh Village of Mashhad) by Ali Akbar Anabestani, Amin Faal Jalali

“…The sense of belonging to the place is one of the emotional and emotional reactions of the human to the environment that links one to the place and forms the identity of the person and the place. the kind of architecture of rural housing and their style with social structures, their special economic as distinct regions of cities and can form a sense of belonging to their residents and their identity. the purpose of this study is to investigate the assumption that architectural style in rural environments can lead to an increase in sentiment and dependence on location. …”
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‘There’s no future here’: The time and place of children’s migration aspirations in Peru by Crivello, G

“…The paper uses a biographical approach that sees migration as part of individual biographies as well as social structures and life course processes. The aim is to deepen understanding of the social contexts in which aspirations for and by children are generated, paying close attention to family migration histories, dynamic household contexts, and children’s migration networks. …”

Pandemic fatigue: a challenge in combatting against covid-19 by Mohd Rohaizat Hassan, Syed Sharizman Syed Abdul Rahim, Mohammad Saffree Jeffree

“…It is a natural and expected reaction to sustained and unresolved adversity in people’s lives, evolving gradually over time and affected by several emotions, experiences, and perceptions as well as the cultural, social, structural, and legislative environment (WHO, 2020).…”
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Becoming "Unknowing" and "Inexpert" by Stella Hadjineophytou

“…This is summarised by considering the power of language to affect the unconscious perceptions, choices, and actions of music therapists, leading to collusion between music therapists and inherently ableist social structures. The second half of this article presents the author’s introspective journey of consciously changing language, shifting perceptions, and subverting power imbalances in music therapy sessions with Kirsty, a young woman with autism attending sessions for her mental health. …”
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Young skeptics: exploring the perceptions of virtual worlds and the metaverse in generations Y and Z by Oliver Korn, Matteo Zallio, Benjamin Schnitzer

“…The Metaverse, a transformation of the internet by XR-technologies progressively blending the digital and physical world, is already changing our social structures. The success of VR-headsets like Quest has made both virtual worlds and the “metaverse” ubiquitous. …”
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Labor Mobility, Gender Order and Family: Illustrated by the Example of the Karakachans in Bulgaria by Nacho Dimitrov

“…A direct result of the Karakachani’s labor mobility is periodic family separation for a certain time, which causes particular transformations in their social structures, and hence in the family life of labor migrants. …”
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Surgical Care under COVID-19 Pandemic Conditions (Literature Review) by M. V. Timerbulatov, R. R. Garaev, Sh. V. Timerbulatov, A. A. Bakirov, A. R. Gafarova

“…Since March 2020, when COVID-19 pandemic was declared by WHO, the new coronavirus infection has spread widely around the world, claiming many lives and destroying the economies, social structures, and various aspects of people’s lives. …”
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THE FEASIBILITY OF RURAL TOURISM IN FOSTERING REAL SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN HOST COMMUNITIES by Trisetia WIJIJAYANTI, Norlida Hanim Mohd SALLEH, Noor Azuan HASHIM, Mohd Nasir MOHD SAUKANI, Norlaila ABU BAKAR

“…To be a viab le development strategy for rural areas, it is crucial to harmonize the local communities’ economies, social structures, cultures, environme nts, identities, and values. …”
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Multi-Actor Partnerships for Agricultural Interactive Innovation: Findings from 17 Case Studies in Europe by Susana B. Guerrero-Ocampo, José M. Díaz-Puente, Juan Felipe Nuñez Espinoza

“…This paper studies the social structures of multi-actor partnerships involved in interactive innovation processes in agricultural innovation systems, analysing the type of actors involved and the roles they play in the innovation process. …”
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Processes of land appropriation for large-scale oil palm development in West Kalimantan, Indonesia by Albert Hasudungan, Jeffrey Neilson

“…Yet, informal modes of organisation, centred on the traditional longhouse social structures, also collide with the powers of exclusion, to produce sites of resistance.…”
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SOCIALLY-ENGINEERING ACTIVITY IN THE INFORMATION EPOCH by L. F. Matronina, A. N. Agafonov

“…Conceptual analysis of contemporary approaches to social engineering undertaken by the authors showed that despite the discrepancies it should be considered as the direction of scientific research, on one hand, and as one of the leading mechanisms of transformation of social structures and social institutions, on the other hand. …”
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