Editorial Vol 2 - issue 2 by Yngve Nordkvelle

“…By accident or serendipity it is all of a sudden applied to some other function. …”
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Integration, effectiveness and costs of different models of primary health care provision for people who are homeless: an evaluation study by Crane Maureen, Joly Louise, Daly Blánaid JM, Gage Heather, Manthorpe Jill, Cetrano Gaia, Ford Chris, Williams Peter

“…This applied to all Health Service Models, suggesting a failure at times by staff to identify or record these problems. …”
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Green–blue space exposure changes and impact on individual-level well-being and mental health: a population-wide dynamic longitudinal panel study with linked survey data by Rebecca S Geary, Daniel A Thompson, Joanne K Garrett, Amy Mizen, Francis M Rowney, Jiao Song, Mathew P White, Rebecca Lovell, Alan Watkins, Ronan A Lyons, Susan Williams, Gareth Stratton, Ashley Akbari, Sarah C Parker, Mark J Nieuwenhuijsen, James White, Benedict W Wheeler, Richard Fry, Dialechti Tsimpida, Sarah E Rodgers

“…Plain language summary We investigated whether people who live near or visit green (parks, woodlands) and blue (riversides, beaches) spaces have fewer common mental health disorders (anxiety or depression), and better well-being. …”
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Optimization of guanosine-based hydrogels with boric acid derivatives for enhanced long-term stability and cell survival by Maria Merino-Gómez, Maria Godoy-Gallardo, Mathias Wendner, Miguel A. Mateos-Timoneda, F. Javier Gil, F. Javier Gil, Roman A. Perez

“…Tissue defects can lead to serious health problems and often require grafts or transplants to repair damaged soft tissues. …”
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The psychological impact, risk factors and coping strategies to COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare workers in the sub-Saharan Africa: a narrative review of existing literature by Freddy Wathum Drinkwater Oyat, Johnson Nyeko Oloya, Pamela Atim, Eric Nzirakaindi Ikoona, Judith Aloyo, David Lagoro Kitara

“…We obtained all articles published between March 2020 and April 2022 relevant to the subject of review and met pre-defined eligibility criteria. …”
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Wolf creek XVII part 4: Amplifying lay-rescuer response by Katie N. Dainty, Yih Yng Ng, Pin Pin Pek, Rudolph W. Koster, Marcus Eng Hock Ong

“…Conclusion: Future research in lay rescuer response should incorporate technology innovations, understand the “humanity” of the situation, leverage implementation science and systems thinking to save lives. This will require the field of resuscitation to engage with scholars outside our traditional ranks and to be open to new ways of thinking about old problems.…”
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Impact of COVID-19 on the mental health of older adults, people with dementia, and carers in lower- and middle-income countries: An international qualitative study by L. Ssenyonjo, I. Ddumba

“… Introduction The Covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated mental health problems in many countries, yet little evidence has focused on older adults. …”
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Depression and health-related quality of life of patients with type 2 diabetes attending tertiary level hospitals in Dhaka, Bangladesh by Manish K. Namdeo, Sarita Verma, Rajat Das Gupta, Rubana Islam, Shaila Nazneen, Lal B. Rawal

“…T2DM and depression comorbid conditions adversely affect Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) and management of T2DM. In this study, we assessed depression and HRQOL among patients with T2DM in Dhaka, Bangladesh. …”
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Time and Architecture by Massimo Lauria, Riccardo Pollo

“…In recent days, humanity has experienced a new dimension of time, that of the pandemic. A time that we perceived suspended and widened. Inversely proportional to the contraction of space that has suddenly become insufficient due to the confinement at home and to sharing living and working in a single environment. …”
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Ervaringskennis en dilemma’s van professionals in preventief en omgevingsgericht werken met ouders en kinderen by Jeannette Doornenbal, Annelies Kassenberg, Louis Polstra, Charlotte Wekker

“…In order to provide further depth to our observations, we conducted interviews with all 12 youth professionals. …”
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<title language="por">Nível de adaptação baseado no modelo de Roy em mães de crianças portadores de Síndrome de Down Mothers with Down syndrome children and their psychosocial leve... by Allyne Nóbrega Fortes, Marcos Venícios de Oliveira Lopes

“…In the Interdependence mode 10 participants existed attained integrated level, 3 participants showed compensatory level, and any case of commited level of adaptation was registered. Conclusions: We verify that all the participants were living a general compensatory adaptation level, whereas any case of completely integrated or commited level was observed.…”
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Towards FAIR Paleomagnetic Data Management Through Paleomagnetism.org 2.0 by M. R. Koymans, D. J. J. vanHinsbergen, D. Pastor‐Galán, B. Vaes, C. G. Langereis

“…The application now facilitates a workflow that aligns with FAIR guidelines by documenting data provenance. All data analyzed through the application are easily submitted to a public data library that distributes data and results through an HTTPS web service that lives up to modern data management standards.…”
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A Review on Medicinal Plants Having Anticancer Properties of Northeast India and Associated Endophytic Microbes and their Future in Medicinal Science by Sanjib Kalita, Anindita Sarma, Ankur Hazarika, Satarupa Hazarika, Saranga Pani Saikia, Dibyajyoti Kalita

“…It is very common to have different side effects of modern synthetic medicines; hence now-a-days importance of herbal medicines due to no or least side effects increases all parts of the world. But the major problems of using herbal medicines are that plants can produce very limited amount of medicinally important bioactive metabolites and they have very long growth periods. …”
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Religion, Conflict and the Asian Theology of Harmony by Pablito Jr Baybado

“…The theology harmony transcends religious identity and the priority of the other, and considers acceptance and engagement of the “we”-as a diverse people living together as the very constitution of the involved parties in the interreligious dialogue. …”
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Difficulties in Adapting at School Among Nepalese Immigrant Children in Japan by Ratna Shila Banstola PhD, Sachiko Inoue PhD

“…There were problems with school meals as well, and parents expressed concern over a lack of academic assistance. …”
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How Useful Is a Distributed Ledger for Tracking and Tracing in Supply Chains? A Systems Thinking Approach by Christian Straubert, Eric Sucky

“…Based on these two foundations, we discuss the usefulness of blockchain technology and, more generally, DLT for T&T in supply chains. …”
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BIOPOLÍTICA E ANTROPOTECNOLOGIA NA FILOSOFIA DE MICHEL FOUCAULT by Wandeílson Silva de Miranda

“…Foucault showed how the policies about the life began to determine and scrutnize the life through the medicalization of all their aspects. Thus, we can realize the intimate relatonship between biopolitics and new possibilites ofered by biotechnology that posing on a new threshold fundamental problems related to the destiny of our own species. …”
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Informant-based questionnaire for early detection of cognitive disorders in the olders in Kazakhstan by Assel Tukinova, Gulnar Shalgumbayeva, Zhanna Mussabekova

“…Social isolation, on the other hand, can lead to apathy, withdrawal, depression, and a greater likelihood of cognitive impairment. We also found that place of residence (p&lt;0.001) and living conditions (p=0.002), may also influence the early formation of cognitive dysfunctions. …”
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A theological pastoral perspective to prayer ministry in Nigeria by Favour C. Uroko, Blessing Okponung, Attah Ngozika

“…Religion has been so commercialised and commoditised to the extent that we now have “prayer consultants and contractors” whose task is to assist spiritually “weak” people to fast and pray for divine solutions to their problems. …”
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In Assessing the Potential Synergy between the Historical-Cultural Metropolis of Tabriz by Mohamadreza Pourmohammadi, Arezou Shafaaty, Kiumars Maleky

“…By the horizontal spread and development of the city, sometimes the natural constraints face cost increases in utilities. If we add the number of aged residents tissue to the above number, probably about half of the population is poor under rough living conditions. …”
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