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Public Policy for Democracy.

David S. Meyer, Helen Ingram, Steven Rathgeb Smith • Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews (1994)

A fundamental rethinking is under way about the roles of government, citizens, and community organizations in public policy. Can government be reconstructed to make public policies more responsive to citizens and thus more effective? This c...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2074276

Evaluating language policy implementation in South African higher education - three decades of progress and challenges: A scoping review protocol.

Silingene Joyce Ngcobo, Tracy Zhandire, Zamasomi Meyiwa Luvuno, Wilbroda Hlolisile Chiya et al. • PLoS ONE (2025)

BackgroundSouth Africa's higher education institutions (HEIs) continue to face challenges in implementing inclusive language policies that integrate indigenous African languages into academic settings, even three decades after apartheid. Hi...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0322322

Bachelor's Degree in Rural Education: a bibliographic review on emancipatory public policies

Catiane Cinelli, Solange Struwka • Revista Brasileira de Educação do Campo (2025)

This text is based on a postdoctoral research entitled "O protagonismo das mulheres no curso de Licenciatura em Educação do Campo (LEDOC) da Universidade Federal de Rondônia (UNIR)". The objectives were: to historicize the context of resear...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.70860/ufnt.rbec.e19212

Lessons Learned from Developing a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) to Support Citizen Scientists in Africa

Fiona Preston-Whyte, Toshka Barnardo, Danica Marlin, Tanna Hewett et al. • Southern African Journal of Environmental Education (2025)

Data gaps limit solutions and policy development for environmental issues. Citizen science offers a possible solution to reduce data gaps at a limited cost while enhancing environmental education (EE). While highly effective in the latter, ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.4314/sajee.v41SI1.04

Institutional and Social Issues Surrounding Genetic Counselors in Japan: Current Challenges and Implications for the Global Community

Yayoi Aizawa, Atsushi Watanabe, Atsushi Watanabe, Kazuto Kato • Frontiers in Genetics (2021)

In recent years, genetic counseling has started playing a major role in the field of genomic medicine. There are currently about 7,000 genetic counselors in more than 28 countries, with 267 certified genetic counselors in Japan alone (about...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2021.646177

Reframing Public Policy

Frank Fischer (2003)

Abstract In recent years a set of new ‘postempiricist’ approaches to public policy, drawing on discursive analysis and participatory deliberative practices, have come to challenge the dominant technocratic, empiricist models in policy analy...

OPENALEX Open Access DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/019924264x.001.0001

Editorial

Bulent Cavas • Science Education International (2026)

Dear Readers, The September 2026 issue of Science Education International presents 11 original research articles authored by scholars from 11 countries, including Germany, Slovenia and Italy, Finland and South Africa, Brazil, Chile and Arge...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.33828/sei.v37.i4.e

A Systematic Review of Deep Learning Approaches for Information Disorder Detection on Social Media: The Context of Misinformation, Disinformation, and Mal-information

Andualem Woldegiorgis, Mohammed Abebe, Durga Prasad Sharma, Worku Jimma • International Journal of Emerging Research in Engineering, Science, and Management (2026)

Social media platforms have become powerful tools for communication, information exchange, networking, and community building. However, their widespread use has facilitated the proliferation of misinformation, disinformation, and mal-inform...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.58482/ijeresm.v5i2.3

Digital Maturity Assessment and Conceptualization: Manufacturing Companies Perspective

Mohammadreza Sheikhattar, Hassan Yeganeh, Atefeh Farazmand • International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Research (2025)

Production is a key component of every nation’s economy, yet the manufacturing sector faces major challenges and opportunities due to rapid digital transformation. Many companies have not fully adapted to these technological shifts, limitin...

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The importance of reproductive health education for elementary school children: Long-term benefits and challenges in implementation - A literature review

Musthamin Balumbi, Stang Stang, Suriah Suriah, Syarifuddin Syarif et al. • Journal of Education and Health Promotion (2025)

Reproductive health education at the primary school level is a controversial topic. Although some recognize its importance in providing accurate information about the body and development, others raise concerns about cultural sensitivities ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_861_24

Classification and Techno-Economic Analysis of Different Types of Cryptocurrencies from the Perspective of the Macro Framework of the Monetary System in Islamic Economy

Mohammad Reza Keshavarzi, Mohsen Rezaei Sadrabadi • تحقیقات مالی اسلامی (پیوسته) (2022)

In recent years, with the definition and expansion of a new phenomenon called cryptocurrencies, we have witnessed scientific discussions and challenges in the field of accurate thematics of this phenomenon and the jurisprudential and religi...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.30497/ifr.2023.243231.1722

Two Sides of the Same Coin—Mechanistic Insight, Diagnostic Application and Therapeutic Translation of Bacterial and Host‐Derived Extracellular Vesicles

Philipp Arnold, Fanni Annamária Boros, Jochen Mattner, Gerald Seidel et al. • Journal of Extracellular Biology (2025)

ABSTRACT Extracellular vesicles (EVs) have gained increasing attention in recent years due to their pivotal role in both health and disease. Emerging from both eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells, EVs serve as essential mediators of intercellu...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1002/jex2.70093

Overview of Compressed Sensing: Sensing Model, Reconstruction Algorithm, and Its Applications

Lixiang Li, Yuan Fang, Liwei Liu, Haipeng Peng et al. • Applied Sciences (2020)

With the development of intelligent networks such as the Internet of Things, network scales are becoming increasingly larger, and network environments increasingly complex, which brings a great challenge to network communication. The issues...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/app10175909

Clinical Impact of Patient-Specific 3D Models in Neonatal Surgery: A Case-Based Review of Applications and Future Directions

Oscar Girón-Vallejo, Bernardo Garcia-Nuñez, Isidoro Narbona-Arias, Alexander Siles-Hinojosa et al. • Children (2025)

Three-dimensional (3D) modeling and printing technologies are increasingly used in pediatric surgery, offering improved anatomical visualization, surgical planning, and personalized approaches to complex conditions. Compared to standard ima...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/children12091202

Video Recording of Patient-Clinician Interactions in Health Education: Scoping Review

Mariana Morgado, Yago Leira, Tiago Leitão, José João Mendes et al. • JMIR Medical Education (2026)

Abstract BackgroundVideo recordings of patient-clinician interactions (PCIs) have become an integral tool in health professions education, with authentic opportunities to enhance clinical communication and decision-making skills...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.2196/70324

Primary health care challenge for nursing professionals: a narrative review

Erika Yurley Duran-Niño, María Stella Campos de Aldana, Ligia Betty Arboleda de Pérez • Revista de Saúde Pública (2021)

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE Carry out a narrative review of scientific literature on nursing professionals training in primary health care (PHC), which allows us to know the challenges facing the renewal of this strategy. METHODS Review of the l...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.11606/s1518-8787.2021055002719

CAFs activated by YAP1 upregulate cancer matrix stiffness to mediate hepatocellular carcinoma progression

Wei Yan, Guo-hui Xiao, Li-juan Wang, Yan Zhou et al. • Journal of Translational Medicine (2025)

Abstract Background The stiffness of the matrix is closely related to the progression of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Although direct targeting of stromal rigidity in HCC remains a clinical challenge, cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs)...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12967-025-06325-5