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Africa has always been among the top geopolitical priorities for the EU due to the continent’s close geographical proximity and long-standing economic ties. The agro-food trade between the EU27 and Africa is extremely important for both subject...

The increasing urgency of global sustainability challenges has elevated the role of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as benchmarks for both academic research and policy development. Within the European Union, measuring how nati...

Background: The logistics sector is the backbone of today’s global trade, and is vital for the continuity of goods and services. The sector is gaining increased importance as logistics operate under the extreme conditions the world is passing t...

This paper examines the relationship between tourism flows and gender equality in the 27 member states of the European Union (EU27). Drawing on a labor market and structural change perspective, we argue that tourism, as a labor-intensive and female-i...

Economic activities are directly supported by the natural environment, and in this context, it has become crucial to analyse the phenomenon of decoupling economic growth from environmental degradation. The negative effects of economic activities on t...

This study analyses the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) in enterprises in Slovakia in comparison with the EU27 and examines its relationship with labour productivity from the perspective of long-term economic sustainability. Using harmonised...

In large urban agglomerations, various logistical problems arise due to high population density and deficient transport infrastructure. City logistics involves the efficient distribution of freight transport in urban areas and approaches to mitigate...

This study examines the temporal evolution of low-carbon energy production in the European Union (EU27) using annual data for 1990–2022, focusing on the dynamic interaction between nuclear, renewable, and biofuel production at the EU aggregate...

This study quantifies the decarbonisation potential of enhanced material circularity in the EU27 over the 2015–2022 period by integrating material flow data with elasticity-based emissions modelling. Using panel regression and logarithmic mean...

This study critically examines the sectoral dynamics of renewable energy (RE) adoption across the EU-27 from 1990 to 2023, addressing the persistent gap between electricity generation and end-use sectors. Utilizing Eurostat energy balance data, the r...

Impedance-type humidity sensors based on EuCl₂, Eu₂O₃ and EuCl₂/Eu₂O₃ blend films were fabricated. The electrical properties of the pure EuCl₂ and Eu₂O₃ films and EuCl₂/Eu₂O₃ blend film that was blended with different amounts of EuCl₂ were investigat...

The study of the relationship between human economic activity and the state of the environment in recent decades is reflected, among others, in the study of the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) hypothesis. Numerous attempts have been made to examine...

Carbon pricing is jurisdictional, while proof-of-work cryptocurrency mining is a highly mobile electricity load. We examine whether daily power-sector emissions display a cross-regional and distributional pattern consistent with short-run emissions d...

Endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) has greater spatial resolution than other diagnostic imaging modalities. In addition, if gallbladder lesions are found and gallbladder cancer is suspected, EUS is an indispensable modality, enabling detailed tests for...

For this work, europium monosulfide (EuS) powders were prepared by sulfurizing Eu₂O₃ powder with CS₂ gas. The synthesized EuS powders were sintered by SPS at temperatures in the 800–1600 °C range for 0.33–1 h at 50 MPa under vacuum co...

Health literacy refers to the competencies of individuals and the general population to navigate all the areas of health care, making health decisions. Health professionals need a set of skills and information to adapt to people’s health litera...

Europium-doped magnesium tellurite glasses were prepared using melt quenching techniques and attenuated total reflection (ATR) spectroscopy was used to study the glass structure. The glass transition temperature increased with increasing MgO content....

This article explains why the European Union has not replicated Central and Eastern Europe’s (CEE) transformation in the Western Balkans (WB6). Drawing on the original External Incentives Model (EIM) conditions, the article argues that a differ...

We present the results of a study of europium-grafted detonation nanodiamond using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR), and photoluminescence techniques. The material was pre...

The indications for biliary drainage in cases of pancreatic head tumors with biliary obstruction are well established. ERCP with stent placement has long been the gold standard technique, outperforming surgery or percutaneous drainage. However, in ca...

Eu₂SmSbO₇ and ZnBiEuO₄ were synthesized for the first time using the hydrothermal method. Eu₂SmSbO₇/ZnBiEuO₄ heterojunction photocatalyst (EZHP) was synthesized for the first time using the solvothermal method. The crystal cell parameter of Eu₂SmSbO₇...

Synthesizing phosphors with high performance is still a necessary work for phosphor-converted white light-emitting diodes (W-LEDs). In this paper, three series of CaAlSiN₃:Eu²⁺ (denoted as CASN:Eu²⁺) phosphors using Eu₂O₃, EuN and EuB₆ as raw materia...

Digital government is widely regarded as a catalyst for sustainable development, yet the mechanisms by which e-government adoption translates into progress on the SDGs remain poorly understood, particularly in high-income contexts where governance is...

The application of Mössbauer spectroscopy to luminescent materials is described. Many solids doped with europium are luminescent, i.e., when irradiated with light they emit light of a longer wavelength. These materials therefore have practical a...

The EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), which is regarded as the EU’s key policy tool to address carbon leakage, might have a non-negligible impact on China’s exports, as China is an important trading partner for the EU’s...

This article examines the impact of the EU Directive on the recognition of professional qualifications (2005/36/EC) on the development and strengthening of midwifery in countries that joined the European Union in recent decades, with a particular foc...

A small tumor size may impact the diagnostic performance of endoscopic ultrasound-guided tissue acquisition (EUS-TA) for diagnosing solid pancreatic lesions (SPLs). We aimed to compare the diagnostic yield of EUS-guided fine-needle aspiration (FNA) a...

Although endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) is useful in the differential diagnosis of solid pancreatic lesions, lymph nodes, and liver lesions, inadequate sampling may result in an incorrect pathological diagnosis. The acc...

Sufficient supplies of critical raw materials (CRMs) for rapidly developing technologies, e.g., Li-ion batteries, wind turbines, photovoltaics, digitization, etc., have become one of the main economic challenges for the EU. Due to growing import depe...

A safe asset is of high credit quality, retains its value in difficult times, and is traded in liquid markets. We show that bonds issued by the European Union (EU) are widely considered to be of high credit quality, and that their yield spread over G...

Structural and photoluminescence studies were carried out on Eu-doped Y₂O_3−xS_x thin films grown by atomic layer deposition at 300 °C. (CH₃Cp)₃Y, H₂O, and H₂S were used as yttrium, oxygen, and sulfur precursors, respectively, while Eu(thd)₃...

The electric power sector plays a central role in changing the EU’s energy landscape and establishing Europe as the first climate-neutral continent in the world. This paper investigates fundamental shifts in the EU’s electric power sector...

This article explores how the European Union (EU) promotes gender equality beyond its borders, situating the analysis within broader debates on external Europeanization and normative power. While most studies have examined the domestic impact of EU p...

The vision of a unified European HTA is by no means a new endeavor. At its core are the publicly declared ambitions to harmonize assessments of clinical data within the EU and avoid the duplication of efforts. Not surprisingly, these ambitions are pu...

In this paper we describe the results of the influence of temperature in the range of 280–340 K on the luminescence of bimetallic Eu/Tb complexes with N-heterocyclic ligand L based on 2,2′-bipyridyldicarboxylic acid in acetonitrile. The e...

Gastric cancer remains the fourth leading cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide. Advanced disease is associated with a poor prognosis, emphasizing the critical importance of early diagnosis through endoscopy. In addition to prognosis, disease e...

To ensure sustainable development, there is not only a need to re-think how the economic playing field is structured, but also the regulatory system that governs it. Business and finance law reforms will represent a crucial element of such a transiti...

In recent times, the CJEU has started to develop its judicial response to the “rule of law crisis” in some Member States. On the one hand, this new trend has emerged also as a reaction to some national reforms concerning asylum and migrat...

The monitoring of the European bioeconomy is hampered by a lack of statistics on emergent and partially bio-based sectors. In this study, we complete the picture of the bioeconomy in the European Union (EU) by first estimating a set of socioeconomic...

Endoscopic ultrasound guided—pancreatic duct drainage (EUS- PDD) is one of the most technically challenging procedures for the interventional endoscopist. The most common indications for EUS- PDD are patients with main pancreatic duct obstructi...

With the European Union (EU) Health Technology Assessment (HTA) regulation, Joint Clinical Assessments (JCA) are now required for oncological and advanced therapy medicinal products. The JCA assessment scope is determined through the PICO framework (...

This study evaluates operational decarbonisation options for container vessels operating under the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) and FuelEU Maritime. This study analyses a 5000 TEU post-Panamax container vessel on the Rotterdam&nda...

There is a close and important relationship between environmental pollution and public health, and environmental pollution has an important impact on the public health. This study employed the two-stage meta-frontier dynamic network data envelopment...

Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) under endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) guidance has been developed and utilized over the last decade to provide the loco-regional treatment of solid and cystic pancreatic neoplastic lesions. The advantage of this approach rel...

Every system that manages or assesses biodiversity rests on a simplification of its complexity. The simplification of biodiversity is debatable and difficult; even, for example, regarding the elements on which the assessment and management should foc...

The paper aims to assess the dynamics of production and income in Polish agriculture against the agriculture in the entire EU and estimate the trade-related effects of participation in the Single European Market over the 20 years of Poland’s EU...

According to conclusions agreed to in the 1995 Report of the World Summit for Social Development and the 2015 Sustainable Development Summit, seventeen sustainable development goals (SDGs) have been ratified and published as the 2030 Agenda for Susta...

The spectroscopic properties of Eu³⁺ doped Bi₁₂GeO₂₀ (BGO) sillenite bulk crystals that were grown by the low-thermal-gradient Czochralski technique (LTG Cz) were investigated. The absorption spectra and the emission properties have been measured at...

This article examines the extent to which the inclusion of the European Union (EU) Charter of Fundamental Rights in the Treaty of Lisbon, which gives legal force to socio-economic rights as well as civil and political rights, will succeed in helping...

Food security is a core global sustainability challenge and priority of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Events like COVID-19, extreme weather, and global conflicts have significantly impacted food prices, as evidenced by the FAO food price inde...