There are numerous studies and publications about sustainable agriculture. Many papers argue that sustainable agriculture is necessary, and analyze how this goal could be achieved. At the same time, studies question the sustainability of agriculture....
21 April 2021
Despite the increasing burden of mental disorders, a lot of people worldwide suffer a gap in receiving necessary care in these countries. To close this gap, the WHO has developed mhGAP training modules aimed at scaling up mental health and substance...
This study revisits the globalisation–sustainability nexus by focusing on the divergence between formal policy commitments and realised integration. While the 2030 Agenda assumes coherence across the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDG...
Background/Objectives: Micronutrient deficiencies are common in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and contribute to anemia, impaired wound healing, neurologic injury, and adverse disease outcomes. Major societies, including ESPEN, ACG, and ECCO, recom...
Background/Objectives: Periodontitis, the sixth most prevalent disease worldwide, affects over 740 million people and disproportionately burdens transitional economies. Although artificial intelligence (AI)—including deep learning (DL) and mach...
Green public procurement (GPP) is a key policy instrument for promoting sustainable production and consumption, yet its implementation performance as a multidimensional public-sector decision process remains insufficiently assessed. Existing studies...
Much of the discourse around FinTech regulation focuses on whether legal frameworks adequately facilitate private-sector innovation. This article argues that the more consequential and underexamined question is whether enacted frameworks are operatio...
The case for early vasopressor initiation in septic shock has been argued in detail in physiologic reviews and randomized trials. The evidence base is no longer the limiting factor. What remains limiting is delivery. Across most U.S. emergency depart...
1 December 2023
The objectives set in the European Green Deal constitute the starting point of this review, which then focuses on the current implementation gap between agro-industrial wastes as resources for large-scale bioprocesses (e.g., baker’s yeast, bioe...
South Africa possesses substantial bioenergy potential derived from agricultural residues, forestry by-products, municipal organic waste, wastewater sludge, and dedicated energy crops, positioning bioenergy as a potentially important contributor to t...
In recent years, technologically advanced high-throughput techniques have been developed that replace, reduce or refine animal use in vaccine quality control tests. Following validation, these tests are slowly being accepted for use by international...
30 November 2024
Background: Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are a major risk factor for mental disorders in children. Parenting interventions can mitigate the impact of family-level ACEs and subsequently improve young people’s mental health. However, a su...
As the climate crisis intensifies, the urgency of climate adaptation is becoming increasingly evident, if not imperative. Adaptation efforts often fall short in implementation, revealing a critical gap in climate-responsive planning. This study inves...
The promise-implementation gap is a particularly salient feature in promoting individuals’ pro-environmental behavior (PEB). Many individuals are becoming aware that their past behavior has not actually been in line with the norms they have mad...
Well-managed and connected protected area networks are needed to combat the 6th mass extinction, yet the implementation of plans intended to secure landscape connectivity remains insufficient. The failure to translate planning efforts into effective...
The 2021 Global Tuberculosis (TB) report shows slow progress towards closing the pediatric TB detection gap and improving the TB preventive treatment (TPT) coverage among child and adolescent contacts. This review presents the current knowledge aroun...
The integration of artificial intelligence into education has driven growing interest in predicting student learning styles and developing recommendation systems that personalize learning pathways. While previous reviews examined these domains, most...
Despite the availability of evidence-based guidelines, antibiotics for cellulitis remain inappropriately prescribed. This evidence–practice gap is more evident in low-resource settings, such as rural hospitals. This implementation study developed and...
Kazakhstan’s 2025 Water Code aims to institutionalize Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM), but its success is threatened by a persistent “implementation gap” between policy requirements and the workforce’s practical c...
Background: Artificial intelligence (AI) has demonstrated remarkable diagnostic accuracy in controlled clinical trials, sometimes rivaling or even surpassing experienced clinicians. However, AI’s real-world effectiveness is frequently diminishe...
Tobacco use remains a leading preventable cause of morbidity and mortality, with pharmacotherapy and counseling recognized as effective cessation aids. Yet, the potential role of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians in tobacco cessation services is u...
The energy consumption in the construction industry, including the building sector, accounts for about 37–40% of the total national energy consumption in Vietnam. This study aims to perform a comprehensive review of energy efficiency policies a...
21 December 2015
Objectives: To take inventory of the current state of affairs of Market Access Launch Excellence in the life sciences industry. To identify key gaps and challenges for Market Access (MA) and discuss how they can be addressed. To generate a baseline f...
Hydrogen has emerged as a strategic energy vector for hard-to-electrify sectors, including maritime and inland waterway transport. However, important gaps remain between hydrogen policy frameworks and the practical conditions required for implementat...
Although smart-city benchmarking has produced many indices and rankings, cities still lack a practical way to assess whether successful initiatives can be transferred across institutional contexts and converted into implementable urban roadmaps. In t...
Green Infrastructure (GI) is crucial for urban climate adaptation, providing ecosystem services like mitigating the urban heat island effect and enhancing stormwater management, alongside benefits for public health and biodiversity. Effective GI impl...
31 May 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic has further aggravated the burden of mental health and presents an opportunity for public health research to focus on evidence-based interventions appropriate for populations residing in resource-constrained, post-conflict setti...
26 February 2021
The increasing threats from biological agents have become a concern in laboratories, and emerging infectious diseases have demanded increased awareness and preparedness of laboratory facilities. Bio-risk assessment is needed to provide a framework fo...
Lithium-ion battery (LIB) recycling has become a key area where sustainability goals and circular economy ambitions meet practical challenges. While research often focuses on regulatory or technological solutions, real progress depends on stakeholder...
Background/Objectives: Discharging patients after hospitalization for an acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a critical transition in care associated with a high risk of early readmission. This survey aimed to descri...
Implementation remains a central challenge in urban policy, yet the knowledge formats designed to bridge the gap between policy goals and on-the-ground delivery remain under-examined. This study treats 250 UN-Habitat Best Practice reports not as proo...
Perioperative pulmonary and respiratory complications (PPRCs) result in increased morbidity, mortality, and healthcare costs. Recent research has focused on employing artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to predict and analyze PPRCs usin...
National and international frameworks provide strategic direction for antimicrobial stewardship (AMS), while their translation into operational practice remains inconsistent. Building on ARCO Step I findings, this study aimed to establish an interreg...
Türkiye’s forest governance exhibits a persistent policy–implementation gap rooted in a governance paradox: while the Ecosystem-Based Functional Planning (EBFP) system promotes ecological integrity and adaptive management, the founda...
While global climate adaptation goals are well-established, their translation into neighborhood-scale spatial reality remains underexplored, creating a critical knowledge gap regarding the social acceptability of specific interventions. This study ad...
Many Korean local governments have enacted ordinances that enable resident participation in the supervision of public construction projects, yet an implementation gap persists between the legal framework and actual engagement. This study thus examine...
Background: Guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) is recommended after acute myocardial infarction (AMI), particularly in patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction, yet real-world implementation remains suboptimal. Whether greater early...
Satellite remote sensing has now become a unique tool for continuous and predictable monitoring of geosystems at various scales, observing the dynamics of different geophysical parameters of the environment. One of the essential problems with most sa...
Academic libraries have assumed expansive research data management (RDM) responsibilities, yet persistent dataset underutilisation suggests systemic disconnects between services and researcher needs. This scoping review applied a three-dimensional di...
12 February 2025
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a significant public health concern, ranking third in incidence and second in mortality worldwide. Despite rising CRC incidence rates in the Arab world, understanding of trends and patterns in CRC screening research remains...
Picky eating is one of the most frequent feeding problems in childhood and is often dismissed as a normal developmental phase. Despite a steadily expanding body of research, uncertainty persists regarding its clinical relevance, assessment, and manag...
Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) is a core element of UNESCO’s Sustainable Development Goal (SDGs) Target 4.7, which seeks to ensure that all learners acquire the knowledge and skills needed to promote sustainable development through...
Fractional-order proportional–integral–derivative (FOPID) control offers additional tuning freedom, but a controller selected in an ideal or averaged model may not remain preferable after circuit realization and switching-level evaluation...
Hypertension represents a major modifiable cardiovascular risk factor with increasing global prevalence. While numerous prognostic models for incident hypertension have been developed, their clinical implementation remains limited, suggesting a gap b...
The rapid evolution of the Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) architecture and the exponential growth in specification complexity create significant barriers for researchers translating 5G standards into practical implementations. Existing evaluation...
The advent of the novel Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has fuelled technological innovation and led to the increased research on development and deployment of new diagnostics for use at point-of-care (POC) [...]
15 February 2022
A supportive environment with nurturing caregivers is essential for the healthy development of children. For children who have been exposed to extreme stress, such as humanitarian contexts, the need for strong, healthy, nurturing caregiver relationsh...
The Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) is a system for classifying and labelling chemicals according to their intrinsic hazardous properties. The GHS is one of the cornerstones of sound chemicals management,...
Habitat fragmentation affects flying squirrels despite their ability to cross canopy gaps. If unable to cross gaps, flying squirrels may suffer from limited access to appropriate resources, inbreeding depression, and even extirpation. North American...
Sustainability is now central to corporate legitimacy; yet, its implementation remains uneven—particularly in emerging and fragile institutional contexts characterized by weak enforcement, shifting stakeholder expectations, and fragmented gover...
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