Tadele Emagneneh, Chalie Mulugeta, Betelhem Ejigu
et al.
BackgroundDespite the availability of vaccination and early treatment, cervical cancer remains a significant public health concern globally, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa, where access to screening and treatment is often limited.MethodsIn this study, researchers conducted a survey of four international databases—Medline/PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, and Henare—along with Google Scholar to search for gray literature. The keywords used for searching the international databases included “Uterine Cervical Neoplasms [Mesh],” “Survival OR Survival Analysis OR Survival Rate,” and “Sub-Saharan countries” (including the names of specific countries). Six researchers independently screened and extracted data from the articles. All studies published in English were included without restriction and assessed for quality using the adapted Newcastle–Ottawa Scale for cohort and cross-sectional studies. The results of this systematic review were reported in accordance with the PRISMA checklist.ResultsOut of the 2,180 articles initially identified, 23 were deemed eligible and reported on the survival status of patients with cervical cancer in Sub-Saharan Africa. This study assessed the multi-year survival rates (1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 years) of patients with cervical cancer. Based on the random-effects model, the overall pooled 1-year survival was 65.0% [95% confidence interval (CI), 52–78] with I² = 99.31 and p-value < 0.001. The 2-year survival rate was 60% (95% CI, 46–74) with I² = 99.12 and p-value < 0.001, the 3-year survival was 48% (95% CI, 35–62) with I² = 98.45 and p-value < 0.001, the 4-year survival was 42.9% (95% CI, 32.7–53.1) with I² = 96.80 and p-value < 0.001, and the 5-year survival was 35% (95% CI, 27–44) with I² = 98.74 and p-value < 0.001.ConclusionsThis systematic review and meta-analysis found that the survival rates for patients with cervical cancer in Sub-Saharan Africa are much lower than the global averages. The results show that the 5-year survival rate can be as low as 35%, highlighting serious challenges in managing cervical cancer in this region. To address this issue, collaboration among governments, healthcare providers, and international organizations is essential to enhance the availability and quality of care. Future research should focus on developing effective early detection and treatment strategies and monitoring long-term survival outcomes.
Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens
A feature of modern diasporas is the creation of institutions capable of effectively pursuing the political interests they define. In this context, the Armenian Diaspora draws attention because of its high level of organization and political
lobbying. The Armenian National Committees formed by it function in many countries of the globe, and their activities are focused on influencing both their own diasporic communities and their relations with the states of residence. In the popular view, they appear as grassroots and representative organizations of Armenian communities in the diaspora, representing the interests they formulate. The purpose of the paper is to recognize the peculiarities of the Armenian National Committees as a global network of ethnic political organizations. The main thesis of the paper is that the Committees constitute a transnational and network instrument for the coordination of activities and the realization of interests defined as national, by the Armenian diaspora political
party: Armenian Revolutionary Union Dashnaktsutyun. The paper adopts the following research questions: 1) What are the organizational peculiarities of the Committees?, 2) What are the areas of their functioning and influence?, 3) What needs, values and interests do they articulate and pursue? In order to answer these questions, an analysis of Polish and English-language scholarly literature on the political activity of the Armenian Diaspora and the communications and content published by the Committees and their official bodies, as well as the activities they carry out in the public space, was conducted.
Augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) have emerged as transformative technologies in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) education, offering immersive, adaptive environments that enhance learner engagement, retention, and motivation. This systematic review synthesized 48 peer-reviewed studies published between 2019 and 2024 to examine AR/VR applications, implementation strategies, challenges, and learning outcomes within EFL contexts. The researchers established inclusion criteria—English language studies published from 2019 onward in Scopus-indexed language teaching and learning journals, fully accessible online, and thematically aligned with research objectives—and applied exclusion criteria to studies that were non-English, dated before 2019, restricted in access, or published in low-impact or non-verified outlets. Data from the selected articles were imported into MAXQDA 24 for qualitative coding, yielding 64 open codes that were consolidated into 12 axial codes and further synthesized into six overarching themes: learner engagement, integration strategies, implementation practices, learner perceptions, adoption challenges, and language acquisition outcomes. Findings indicate AR/VR interventions significantly bolster engagement and linguistic competence when embedded within pedagogically sound frameworks, although technical constraints, cost considerations, and teacher readiness can hinder adoption. Educators should design scalable, user-friendly experiences and invest in targeted professional development to optimize outcomes. This review advances our understanding of AR/VR’s pedagogical potential in EFL settings by highlighting evidence-based practices and persistent challenges. It offers actionable recommendations for future research.
Hilde Hofslundsengen, Lisbeth Ljosdal Skreland, Marit Bøe
et al.
Doktoravhandlinger er sentrale forskningsbidrag som kan videreutvikle kunnskap for barnehagefeltet. Hensikten med denne litteraturgjennomgangen er å få oversikt over trender innen barnehageforskning. Mer presist, hvilke metodiske tilnærminger som har blitt brukt i doktoravhandlinger og hvilke temaer som har blitt prioritert. Vi søkte i Cristin etter doktoravhandlinger, og supplert med Google-søk og snøballmetoden. Det endelige utvalget bestod av 109 avhandlinger. Mellom 9 og 11 avhandlinger har blitt godkjent årlig i perioden, hvorav flesteparten av avhandlingene har vært artikkelbaserte. Resultatene viste at kvalitativt design ble brukt i 78 av avhandlingene, med observasjon og intervju som typiske datainnsamlingsmetoder. Kvantitativt design ble brukt i 17 avhandlinger og flermetodisk design i 14. Utvalget var oftest barnehagelærer (88) og/eller barnehagebarn (77). Flesteparten av doktorandene (96) var kvinner. Rundt halvparten (59) av doktorandene hadde selv barnehagelærerutdanning, noe som tyder på at mye av avhandlingsarbeidet har et innenfra-perspektiv. Vi identifiserte 13 temaer, hvor fagområder fra rammeplanen som forskningsfokus, overordnet profesjonspraksis og inkludering, mangfold og spesialpedagogikk var hyppigst undersøkt, mens temaene vitenskapelige metoder og barnehagelærerutdanningen var minst undersøkt. Samlet etterlyses økt metodevariasjon og flere studier hvor de yngste barna, foreldre og/eller styrerne inngår i utvalget.
ENGLISH ABSTRACT
Research Trends in Norwegian Doctoral Theses within the ECEC Field: A Literature Review from 2012 to 2022
Doctoral theses are central research contributions that can develop new and improved knowledge for the field of early childhood education and care (ECEC). Hence, this literature review aims to get an overview of trends in ECEC research. More precisely, we have investigated which methodological approaches have been used in doctoral theses in Norway and what research themes have been prioritized. We searched Cristin for doctoral dissertations, supplemented by Google searches and the snowball method. The final selection consisted of 109 theses. Between 9 and 11 theses have been approved annually during the period, most of which were article-based. The results showed that qualitative design was used in 78 of the theses, with observation and interview as typical data collection methods. A quantitative design was used in 17 theses and a multi-method design in 14. The participants were most often ECEC teachers (88) and/or ECEC children (77). Most of the doctoral students (96) were female. Around half (59) of the doctoral students had ECEC teacher training (bachelor’s degree), suggesting that much of the dissertation work has an inside perspective. We identified 13 themes across the included thesis, where subject areas from the framework plan as research focus, general professional practice, and inclusion, diversity, and special needs education were the most frequently investigated, while the themes scientific methods and ECEC teacher training were the least investigated. There is a call for increased method variation and more studies where the youngest children, parents, and/or managers are included as participants in the research.
Disability has an omnipresence in our daily lives, from our encounters with people with disabilities in real-life experiences to encountering them in novels, movies, and video games. After the Vietnam War was pursued by movements like Civil Rights and social discourses revolving around race, gender, and sexuality gained momentum in the 1970s, there was an urge for a civil rights-based model for disability. Previously, disability was considered a physical or mental deviance in the individual, an affliction to be cured or eliminated. This medical model gave its place to a social model, in which the social, political, and cultural environment rendered people with impairments disabled. Recently, some theorists have denounced drawing lines between the social and medical models and instead propose a liminal cultural model, believing that this mixed paradigm is the only model that does justice to the lived experiences of people with disabilities. The present study aims at analyzing John Steinbeck’s novella, Of Mice and Men. It investigates how Lennie, a person with a cognitive disability, is treated and the challenges he faces, grounded on Garland-Thomson’s cultural theorization of disability through three concepts of feminism, otherness, and disability.
Background: Postpartum depression is a frequent health problem for women during the postpartum period and contribute to maternal morbidity and mortality. Postpartum depression continues to rise with the estimated prevalence in Indonesia is 11.76% in 2021. Kangaroo Mother Care is care for premature babies with skin-to-skin contact between the mother and the baby. Kangaroo Mother Care has been utilized as a non-pharmacological intervention to prevent and reduce the risk of postpartum depression. The aim of the research is to assess the possibility of using Kangaroo Mother Care to reduce the risk of postpartum depression. Method: This was a systematic review study reported in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses statement. Literature was searched in PubMed, Science Direct, Scopus, Sage, and Scilit databases with criteria; article published in 2014–2023, published in English and open access, original research articles, includes postpartum mothers as subjects, includes discussion on the impact of Kangaroo Mother Care on postpartum depression. Exclusion criteria are duplicate articles and articles with titles that do not match the discussion. Result: Six articles that met the inclusion criteria were used in this study. Research and studies were conducted in Indonesia, Spain, and 2 studies in Iran and India. Five studies found that postpartum mothers who carried out Kangaroo Mother Care showed reduction in the risk of postpartum depression, while one study showed the opposite results. Conclusion: Kangaroo Mother Care is effective in reducing postpartum depression in postpartum mothers.
Khaldoon T. Falih, Duaa Hamid Ali, Ahmed Hasoon
et al.
The resolution of environmental issues and problems is contingent on the actions and behaviors of citizens. In this regard, environmental citizenship is of particular significance due to the commitment and accountability of individuals toward problems. The current study examined the level of environmental citizenship and its role in addressing climate change-related problems in Amedi City, Iraq. The statistical population of this study consisted of 11,000 people from the city, and a simple random sampling technique was used to select 420 individuals as a statistical sample. A questionnaire was used to collect the necessary data, and its validity and dependability were also evaluated. SPSS 23 was utilized to verify the results. The findings indicated that citizens' commitment to the environment and addressing one of the environmental crises, i.e., climate change, is adequate (4.02). According to demographic variables, citizens' commitment to addressing the climate change adverse and harmful effects was investigated. The results of the ANOVA test indicated that neither gender (F = 1.26) nor age (F = 4.53) has a significant relationship with environmental citizenship (P > 0.01). In contrast, there was a significant relationship between the level of education (F = 43.49) along with socioeconomic status (F = 24.17), and environmental citizenship (P < 0.01). Also, according to the independent t-test, only spatial connection exhibited a significant relationship among the environmental citizenship parameters (P < 0.01), including spatial connection (T = 5.12) and local message framework (T = 0.86). In conclusion, it was determined that effective policymaking could increase people's commitment and sense of responsibility toward environmental consequences.
The purpose of this descriptive research study is to find out the perceptions of students and
teachers about the problems and challenges in learning and teaching of English language in
Madrassas located in urban area of District Mardan. The main objectives of the study are to
assess the attitude of both the students and teachers towards English language; to find out the
required facilities for the teaching and learning of English and to put forward the
recommendations of the students and teachers for the eradication of the problems and challenges
to English language learning and teaching in Madrassas. The population of the research study
consist of all Madrassas and all male students and teachers in Urban Madrassas in District
Mardan. The researchers use convenient sample for the selection of Madrassas. Selection of
students is based on thirty percent proportionate sample; while teachers are selected on the basis
of hundred percent proportionate samples accordingly. Two separate questionnaires are the
instrument for data collection. The questionnaires comprised on both closed and open ended
items. The collected data were analyzed using percentage and thematic analysis. Findings of the
study revealed that there are no proper facilities for the teaching of English language. The results
of this research study may be helpful for the policy makers to emphasize more on the importance
of English language learning in Madrassas across Pakistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in
particular.
English literature, Language. Linguistic theory. Comparative grammar
OBJECTIVE This guideline summarizes the quality of the evidence to date and provides a reasonable approach to the diagnosis, evaluation and treatment of the hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP). EVIDENCE The literature reviewed included the previous Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC) HDP guidelines from 2008 and their reference lists, and an update from 2006. Medline, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR), Cochrane Central Registry of Controlled Trials (CCRCT) and Database of Abstracts and Reviews of Effects (DARE) were searched for literature published between January 2006 and March 2012. Articles were restricted to those published in French or English. Recommendations were evaluated using the criteria of the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care and GRADE.
This paper deals with how English literature can help EFL learners acquire English like ESL speakers. EFL learners usually learn English by learning its vocabulary and grammatical rules from books. ESL speakers, on the other hand, pick up the grammatical rules and vocabulary of English by directly getting into the environment where English is the medium of communication and acquire the language like the native. ESL speakers can speak English with native-like fluency and express their ideas in English like the native, but EFL learners, despite being capable of writing and speaking grammatically correct English, most often fail to speak with native-like fluency. Words seem to get stuck in their throats, and they often fumble and falter when speaking because their vocabulary remains poor in content. Nor can they express the true spirit of their ideas in their cultivated, grammatical English because they learn it in isolation without seeing how a native uses it. This paper argues that by studying English literature, EFL learners can grow awareness of the culture of the English and see how the English speak, feel, dream, and express their heart in English, and thus they can learn English like ESL speakers.
BackgroundThere is an extensive body of literature on health system quality reporting that has yet to be characterized. Scoping is a novel methodology for systematically assessing the breadth of a body of literature in a particular research area. Our objectives were to showcase the scoping review methodology in the review of health system quality reporting, and to report on the extent of the literature in this area.MethodsA scoping review was performed based on the York methodology outlined by Arksey and O'Malley from the University of York, United Kingdom. We searched 14 peer reviewed and grey literature databases limiting the search to English language and non-English language articles with English abstracts published between 1980 and June 2006 with an update to November 2008. We also searched specific websites, reference lists, and key journals for relevant material and solicited input from key stakeholders. Inclusion/exclusion criteria were applied to select relevant material and qualitative information was charted from the selected literature.ResultsA total of 10,102 articles were identified from searching the literature databases, 821 were deemed relevant to our scoping review. An additional 401 were identified from updates, website searching, references lists, key journals, and stakeholder suggestions for a total of 1,222 included articles. These were categorized and catalogued according to the inclusion criteria, and further subcategories were identified through the charting process. Topic areas represented by this review included the effectiveness of health system report cards (n = 194 articles), methodological issues in their development (n = 815 articles), stakeholder views on report cards (n = 144 articles), and ethical considerations around their development (n = 69 articles).ConclusionsThe scoping review methodology has permitted us to characterize and catalogue the extensive body of literature pertaining to health system report cards. The resulting literature repository that our review has created can be of use to researchers and health system stakeholders interested in the topic of health system quality measurement and reporting.