Global migration and labour market pressures have increased transnational mobility in social work, as practitioners move across borders to meet workforce demand. This paper examines how professional regulation interacts with workforce shortages and t...
Skill shortages have become obvious in many European countries during the last few years, when specific sectors required more skilled personnel. In this article, we analyse the ongoing discussion regarding whether skill shortages can be addressed by...
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...
The insulation condition of HVDC grids consisting of cable systems, GIS, and converters should be monitored by partial discharge (PD) analysers using artificial intelligence (AI) tools for efficient insulation diagnosis. Although there are many exper...
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was established in 1967 to promote the integration and creation of new opportunities for citizens of ASEAN member countries. ASEAN member countries have signed mutual recognition agreements on servic...
With the development of the Internet of Things (IoT) and virtual reality (VR) technology, the demand for high-precision gesture intelligent analysis of a human–machine interaction module for IoT–VR systems is increasing. Therefore, random...
At the turn of the century European higher education policy became twin-track. The Bologna Process was launched and ran alongside developments in European legislation. Both tracks displayed a preoccupation with competences, in relation both to citize...
The recognition of transversal skills from job ads is important for ensuring a proper match between potential candidates and the requirements formulated in job ad texts. We contribute to understanding and interpreting job ad phrasings in two signific...
Immunotherapy using immune checkpoints inhibitors has become the standard treatment for first and second line therapy in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). However, proper predictive factors allowing precise qualification of NSCLC pati...
Registered nurses in the operating room require specialized competencies that surpass basic educational training. Existing national and international documents attempt to outline these competencies but often lack comprehensive details. To address thi...
The study of the mechanisms underlying the perception of visual information, as well as the speed and adequacy of its processing, is of practical interest to martial artists. This study aims to develop and validate a methodology for assessing spatial...
Policy-led professionalisation in Hong Kong early childhood education (ECE) has strengthened qualification requirements and quality assurance, yet qualified graduates’ views of career viability remain insufficiently understood. This study exami...
To address the issues of a low single-seed qualification index and a high missed-seeding index in the process of leafy vegetable plug seedling sowing, this study proposes a lightweight seeding performance detection model named VS-YOLO based on YOLO11...
The European Specialist Nurses Organization (ESNO), after a series of congresses in Brussels, organised its 6th International Congress in Milan, Italy. The ESNO Congress 2024 focused on “The Specialist Nurse in European Healthcare 2030”,...
This research examines the effect that political experience has on the success of female gubernatorial candidates by analyzing the female vs. male gubernatorial elections from 1976–2014. The study questions whether prior statewide political office ex...
12 November 2021
Background: Following a medical habilitation or equivalent qualification after continuous scientific activity, one can apply for a position as an adjunct professor (außerplanmäßige Professur). The medical faculties in Germany have issued regulations...
Engineering education accreditation (EEA) is the internationally accepted engineering education quality guarantee system, and it is the important foundation of international mutual recognition for engineering education and qualifications. First, in c...
Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S) can adversely affect athletes’ health and performance. Coaches in individual sports may help recognize warning signs and facilitate referrals, yet their awareness remains understudied, especially amon...
During the manufacturing of surgical forceps, the flashes of the blanks need to be removed. Manual production has problems such as high labor intensity, low efficiency, and high-risk factors. To solve this problem and realize fully automatic resectio...
The development of situation-specific skills in prospective physical education (PE) teachers is crucial for effective inclusive PE. While research emphasizes the need for such competencies, there is a gap in understanding how school internships contr...
Background/Objectives: This survey examined referral decisions, the recognition and screening of warning features (red flags) of serious disease, regulatory interpretations, and barriers to direct-access physical therapy in Saudi Arabia. Methods: An...
Maternal, infant, and young child nutrition (MIYCN) is important for health, survival, productivity, and development. Knowledgeable, skilled health workers are vital to provide quality care, improve health outcomes, and meet global nutrition targets....
1 December 2020
The fitness sector is an essential player in the promotion of physical activity and healthy behaviour in Europe. However, the sector is confronted with numerous socio-demographic trends that will shape its ability to be financially successful and con...
This research is situated within the Irish tertiary educational space between Higher Education and Further Education and Training. This research is set in the Literacy Development Centre (LDC), South-East Technological University (SETU), the Higher E...
This study focuses on what Japan’s Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (ICRRA) calls ‘Special Permission to Stay’ (zairyū tokubetsu kyoka) on humanitarian grounds (SPS), and evaluates the extent to which SPS provides effective internation...
The purpose of this research is to solve the university course timetabling problem (UCTP) that consists of designing a schedule of the courses to be offered in one academic period based on students’ demand, faculty composition and institutional const...
With the aging society in Germany, the demand for informal care in private households is rising. This has led to a growing market for digital platforms that broker informal care services. Research shows that workers in elderly care, as a sub-sector o...
12 July 2026
Background: Highly educated migrants in Norway often experience prolonged delays before accessing employment that matches their qualifications. During this period, many participate in compulsory education or language training, or work in jobs unrelat...
To preserve economic and social sustainability, countries impacted by international migration must prepare for the challenges that influx will bring to their societies, whether it be to their labor markets or their local, regional and national cultur...
Modern aerospace vehicles operate under complex multiaxial dynamic environments throughout service, including multidirectional coupled shock, random vibration, harmonic vibration, and aeroelastic excitation. While conventional sequential uniaxial tes...
The construction industry relies on the Internet of Things (IoT) and wearable technologies to enhance workplace safety. This research investigates the use of IoT and wearable technology among Saudi Arabian construction sector employees, analyzing the...
The expanding role of technology assessment in telemedicine is the focus of this study. An umbrella review has been proposed to delve into emerging themes within telemedicine technology assessment by scrutinizing systematic reviews gathered from PubM...
Misinterpreting maps can have serious consequences, especially in situations requiring quick decisions like using car navigation systems. Studies indicate that a map reader’s experience is crucial for understanding maps, but factors such as age...
Buddhist Sunday schools were modeled on the Christian Sunday school, a form of religious education that emerged in late eighteenth-century Britain to provide literacy and moral instruction for impoverished children. Following the Meiji Restoration, J...
European public procurement of construction works has been open to competition across Member States for three decades, yet cross-border award shares remain low. This paper separates two quantities the standard statistic confounds: whether a cross-bor...
14 May 2021
The asbestos victim relief schemes were introduced to resolve the issue of victims of asbestos-related diseases not receiving compensation through conventional legal orders. This article seeks to derive the differences and commonalities of various as...
Nanomedicine has yielded clinically useful platforms, including liposomes, albumin-bound nanoparticles, and lipid nanoparticles; yet, many systems translate poorly because of nonspecific biodistribution, limited target-site accumulation, inefficient...
Foreign language teaching enjoyment (FLTE) has emerged as an important construct in positive psychology and language teacher education, yet evidence from Arab educational contexts remains limited. This mixed-methods study investigated FLTE among 101...
Basic Oxygen Furnace (BOF) steelmaking is an important way for steel production. Correctly recognizing different blowing periods and abnormal refining states is significant to ensure normal production process, while accurately predicting the end-poin...
The joint activities of memorising and reciting the Arabic Qur’an are deeply embedded within Islamic tradition, culture and educational practice. Despite this, for many western non-Muslims, particularly those engaged in educational activity the...
This study focuses on migrant women and their civic participation in civil society organizations and/or immigrant associations. Despite women’s migration having a long global history and being of academic interest, extensive knowledge of this s...
Spanish film director Pedro Almodóvar has been detected early on by film critics as a Baroque filmmaker, a qualification to which he has agreed in interviews. This promotion of his style is certainly questionable as the word ‘Baroque&rsq...
Three-dimensional models of large-scale transmission lines are essential for grid visualization, patrol planning, and emergency simulation. Long-distance high-voltage lines often traverse complex terrain and cover vast areas, yet current UAV-based so...
Background: Physicians and nurses can contribute to oral health promotion and the recognition of conditions requiring dental assessment, but their preparation for these roles may be limited. This study assessed oral health knowledge, perceptions, sel...
Background/Objectives: The NANDA International, Inc., (NANDA-I) diagnostic classification is the most widely used standardized nursing language internationally. The EVALUAN-I tool was developed to evaluate the NANDA-I diagnostic classification. The a...
Automated production plays a vital role in the long-term development of industrial enterprises, and automated production has high requirements for defect detection of industrial parts. In this study, we construct a complex atom network based on Swin...
Residual stresses (RS) in hot forging severely degrade the machining accuracy and stability of super alloy parts. This is the main reason for deformation during subsequent mechanical machining. RS need recognition, as well as the microstructure and p...
30 November 2022
Introduction: The experience of a second victim phenomenon after an event plays a significant role in health care providers’ well-being. Untreated; it may lead to severe harm to victims and their families; other patients; hospitals; and society...
This article examines how institutional arrangements shape exploitative labour conditions among highly skilled international professionals, challenging prevailing assumptions that labour exploitation primarily affects low-skilled or irregular workers...
Physical activity supports prevention and chronic disease management, but the effective delivery of exercise programmes requires clearly defined responsibilities, access arrangements, including professional referral, delivery standards, and financing...
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