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Multi-Sector Collaboration to Promote Healthy Ageing: A Comparative Case Study of National Policy Responses in the Western Pacific Region

This study investigates how national policies in nine Western Pacific countries—China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, and Cambodia—promote healthy ageing through multi-sector collaboration. The objective is to identify common patterns and country-specific features in the governance and organization of collaborative efforts. Using comparative case study an

Change Agency and the Capability Approach : Regional Development and Well-Being on the Edge

The many challenges of our time call for changes in regional economies, increasingly motivating scholars to dive deep into the mechanisms and possibilities for delivering such change. However, the link between regional change and people’s well-being has often been neglected, assuming that new job opportunities, green industrial path development, or higher-value economic activities are inherently g

Barbara Czarniawska : At home in translation

Some get lost in translation; Barbara Czarniawska was at home in it. Early in my career, she helped me translate my vague sense that organizational performances were stories into the more precise concept of narratives which, allowed me to connect organizational studies with literary theory. Through her teaching, notably her course <em>From Field to Desk</em>, she guided

Towards studying the developmental consequences of regional industrial path development

A major reason for the great interest in regional industrial path development (RIPD) is the associated hopes for positive regional development outcomes. However, up to now we know surprisingly little about the often mixed economic, social and ecological effects of RIPD for regions. Existing studies on RIPD tend not to link to these outcomes. This special collection aims to improve our understandin

Search for heavy right-handed Majorana neutrinos in the decay of top quarks produced in proton-proton collisions at (Formula Presented) with the ATLAS detector

A search for heavy right-handed Majorana neutrinos is performed with the ATLAS detector at the CERN Large Hadron Collider, using the (Formula Presented) of proton-proton collision data at (Formula Presented) collected during Run 2. This search targets (Formula Presented) production, in which both top quarks decay into a bottom quark and a (Formula Presented) boson, where one of the (Formula Presen

Disentangling Sources of Momentum Fluctuations in (Formula presented) and (Formula presented) Collisions with the ATLAS Detector

High-energy nuclear collisions create a quark-gluon plasma, whose initial condition and subsequent expansion vary from event to event, impacting the distribution of the eventwise average transverse momentum [(Formula presented)]. Disentangling the contributions from fluctuations in the nuclear overlap size (geometrical component) and other sources at a fixed size (intrinsic component) remains a ch

System-of-Systems Thinking for Complexity and Innovation : A Study Based on the Trajectory of Systems Thinking

Complexity and innovation are emerging as fundamental issues for the future of human life and society. To deal with them, different versions of systems thinking have been proposed. However, System-of-Systems (SoS) thinking, based on the biperspectival principle and human reflexivity, has not yet been clearly recognized. The unclear distinction between ‘systems’ and ‘SoS’ thinking often results in

Mapping the solution space for local adaptation under global change : An test of concept for the Vietnamese Mekong delta

Current and projected environmental changes are complex and unprecedented in the context of modern societies. Effective adaptation strategies must consider constraining and enabling factors from both physical and societal aspects, as well as associated uncertainties at different points in time. Here we present a multidisciplinary method to quantify the solution space for individual adaptation meas

Schistosome species, parasite development, and co-infection combinations determine microbiome dynamics in the snail Biomphalaria glabrata

Background: Schistosomiasis is a snail-borne disease affecting over 200 million people worldwide. Despite dedicated control efforts and effective diagnostic tools, schistosomiasis remains prevalent. Novel and sustainable control measures are urgently needed. Bacteria might offer such a solution as links between bacteria, disease resistance and transmission potential of intermediate hosts have been

Mandible Movements in Japanese : A Comparative Study with Mandarin Speakers

This study analyzed Japanese mandible movements using a recently developed technique, the MARRYS helmet [Gudmundsson et al., Interspeech (2024)]. Data were collected from 9 first language and 10 second language (Mandarin Chinese) speakers of Japanese. The speech materials included three sentences composed entirely of /a/ vowels, one neutral sentence and three focus sentences with emphasis on diffe

Revision of the European species of the subgenus Neocheilosia Barkalov (Diptera, Syrphidae: Cheilosia)

The European species of the Cheilosia subgen. Neocheilosia Barkalov, 1983 (Diptera,Syrphidae) are revised. The identities of Cheilosia morio (Zetterstedt, 1838) and of its synonyms are reviewed, and C. scanica Ringdahl, 1937 is established as a junior synonym of C. morio. Cheilosia luteicornis (Zetterstedt, 1838) is re-installed as the name for C. morio of authors pro parte, not Zetterstedt. Cheil

Sexual dimorphism in zebrafish liver proteins and implications for hepatic regeneration and diseases

The liver is a central metabolic hub, performing vital functions such as bile production, protein, carbohydrate, lipid and drug metabolism, detoxification of xenobiotics, and the synthesis of essential biomolecules for reproduction, and also shows regenerative capability. Several of these functions can be affected by sexual dimorphisms with important consequences. In this study we used high-throug

A perspective on the interpretability of poverty maps derived from Earth Observation

The use of Earth Observation Data and Machine Learning models to generate gridded micro-level poverty maps has increased in recent years, with several high-profile publications. producing some compelling results. Poverty alleviation remains one of the most critical global challenges. Earth Observation (EO) technologies represent a promising avenue to enhance our ability to address poverty through

A prospective study of predictors of return to work after surgery for ulnar nerve entrapment

Ulnar nerve entrapment at the elbow (UNE) is the second most common compression neuropathy in the upper limb. Immediate return-to-work (RTW) after surgery is seldom possible due to restrictions and recovery demands. We aimed to explore RTW after UNE surgery and investigate factors contributing to variations. A prospective study with patients undergoing primary UNE surgery was conducted. Treatment

Accurate prediction of substitution rates at protein sites with a mutation-selection model

The pattern of substitutions at sites in proteins provides invaluable information about their biophysical and functional importance and what selection pressures are acting at individual sites. Amino acid site rates are typically estimated using phenomenological models where sequence variability is described by rate factors that scale the overall substitution rate in a protein to sites. In this stu