World Vision, a child-focused Christian organisation, seeks every child to experience God’s love, and that their perspectives contribute to theological reflection and practice. We adopted a child-participation approach, centring their voices to enrich theological reflection and programmatic development. In-depth interviews with 658 children across Bolivia, Senegal, Lesotho, Uganda, Albania, Iraq, Sri Lanka, and Thailand, reflected lived experiences of love, God’s love, and hope. The importance of human connectivity, helping children feel loved and grow in hope emerged as the overarching theme. 7 Christian theologians constructed theological understanding of how the transformative power of God’s love leads to hope, expressed through six measurable “signs of hope” rooted in Biblical doctrine and informed by the children’s voices. The child-informed, child-centred, child-relevant approach, offers theological depth, strategic programmatic direction, and a practical measurement tool. This article outlines methodology, theological insights, and implications for integrating child-voice into Christian development work, furthering practical theology and child-focused practice.

This review[1] engages Philip Fountain’s The Service of Faith: An Ethnography of Mennonites and Development as a significant contribution to contemporary conversations on Christian relief and development practice. Drawing on nearly two decades of experience in grassroots development and humanitarian response in Indonesia, the reviewer approaches Fountain’s ethnography through a theological hermeneutic attentive to recurring motifs that shape moral imagination and institutional practice. The review affirms Fountain’s analysis of how the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) negotiated faith, identity, and development amid interfaith, postcolonial, and donor-driven pressures, with particular attention to translation as a guiding metaphor. At the same time, it raises critical questions about the ethical sufficiency of guesthood as a dominant image for Christian presence. In dialogue with biblical theology and missiological scholarship, the review proposes neighboring—understood through an incarnational account of translation—as a more theologically grounded and ethically demanding framework for Christian development work that sustains accountability, vulnerability, and long-term commitment. [1] This review article, written by Lindy Backues, is almost identical to the one published in the On Knowing Humanity Journal under the title “Beyond ‘Guesthood’: ‘Translation,’ ‘Traveling,’ and ‘Neighboring’ as Animators of Authentic Christian Development” (Volume 10, Issue 1, January 2026, https://doi.org/10.62141/okh.v10i1.244). See Philip Fountain’s response in this issue.

Language support is a key part of China's poverty alleviation and national development work. Its main goal is to improve the language abilities of vulnerable people in less developed areas. Better language skills help these people communicate better. They can take part in social activities. They can create more economic value.This method brings many social and economic benefits. It provides more job opportunities for disadvantaged people. It helps them make more money. It makes different social groups more united.This work follows the idea of comprehensive development. Improving language skills is an important way to reduce poverty. It helps individuals and regions get rid of poverty more quickly. It develops the study of language economics. It increases the areas of related research. It improves the modern level of language management. Language poverty alleviation has special features that fit China's situation.Many scholars have carried out research after the founding of the People's Republic of China. They got many useful results in language poverty alleviation.

Feasibility of preoperative patient self-assessed frailty: a single-centre pilot study.

How to enhance continuity of strategic sustainable development work in municipalities and regions – findings from Sweden and Finland

ABSTRACT Transport investments generate benefits that extend well beyond mobility, yet canonical cost–benefit analysis (CBA) remains dominated by travel-time savings. This paper advocates the use of real-estate value uplift as an alternative approach to quantify project benefits, arguing that increased accessibility commands a locational premium. We use a targeted systematic search to identify empirical studies that both quantify the real-estate capitalisation effect and apply it within transport appraisal. Across the fourteen studies identified, the ex post appraisals largely use difference-in-differences for causal inference, yet applicability to ex ante appraisal is ambiguous; the ex ante studies rely on cross-sectional models with limited efforts to address endogeneity. Once capitalisation effects are quantified, appraisal applications are demonstrative, aggregating property value changes while neglecting externalities, supply-side responses, and the validity of model assumptions; many report uplift magnitudes exceeding direct user benefits. We thus outline a framework and research agenda for real-estate-based transport appraisal, incorporating key elements of benefit transfer, the supply and demand of floorspace, agglomeration, hedonic price model design, and value capture. Further theoretical development and empirical work, particularly focussed on causality, transfers, and land use supply shocks, are needed to build confidence for broader adoption within CBA practice.

Employee job satisfaction will rise if a nice and secure physical workspace is provided, along with appropriate discipline. Based on data on employee absences, delays, and early departures of employees of the Production Department of PT. KLM Bandung City is still relatively high, and if this is not considered, it will cause losses for the company. The purpose of this study is to ascertain the partial and simultaneous effects of discipline development and the physical work environment on the job satisfaction of PT. KLM Bandung City's Production Department personnel. Quantitative descriptive and associative analytic techniques are used in this study's quantitative methodology. All 34 employees of PT. KLM Bandung City's Production Department make up the population characteristics utilized. The findings of this study demonstrate that the physical work environment has a good impact on employee job satisfaction and that disciplinary coaching has a high affect.

This study aims to determine the effects of independent variables on dependent variables by examining the relationships between compensation, work-life balance, performance recognition, career development opportunities, work environment, and job satisfaction of employees at Aspiro Solutions Sdn Bhd. It also aims to demonstrate to managers, regular employees, and supervisors the value that Aspiro Solutions Sdn Bhd employees place on things like compensation, work-life balance, performance recognition, career development opportunities, and the work environment. The findings of this study indicate that Aspiro Solutions Sdn Bhd organization now has a better understanding of their regular employees, managers, and supervisors’ level of job satisfaction. To increase the job satisfaction of their employees, Aspiro Solutions Sdn Bhd placed a lot of attention on the importance of these independent variables (compensation, work-life balance, performance recognition, career development opportunities, and work environment).

The expansion of Internet of Things (IoT) devices in domestic smart homes has created new conveniences but also significant security risks. Insecure firmware, weak authentication and weak encryption leave households exposed to privacy breaches, data leakage and systemic attacks. Although research has addressed several challenges, contributions remain fragmented and difficult for non-technical users to apply. This work addresses the following research question: How can a theoretical framework be developed to enable automated vulnerability scanning and prioritisation for non-technical users in domestic IoT environments? A Systematic Literature Review of 40 peer-reviewed studies, conducted under PRISMA 2020 guidelines, identified four structural gaps: dispersed vulnerability knowledge, fragmented scanning approaches, over-reliance on technical severity in prioritisation and weak protocol standardisation. The paper introduces a four-module framework: a Vulnerability Knowledge Base, an Automated Scanning Engine, a Context-Aware Prioritisation Module and a Standardisation and Interoperability Layer. The framework advances knowledge by integrating previously siloed approaches into a layered and iterative artefact tailored to households. While limited to conceptual evaluation, the framework establishes a foundation for future work in prototype development, household usability studies and empirical validation. By addressing fragmented evidence with a coherent and adaptive design, the study contributes to both academic understanding and practical resilience, offering a pathway toward more secure and trustworthy domestic IoT ecosystems.

In 2019, Bristol Veterinary School launched a 4-year Accelerated Graduate Entry Programme (AGEP) leading to Bachelor of Veterinary Science (BVSc) qualification. The new programme focuses on small-group, facilitated seven-step case-based learning (CBL). The CBL approach was built on previous experience with whole-class CBL in the existing 5-year BVSc curriculum. This article summarizes the challenges of managing a significant curriculum change with implementation of the new CBL format and describes the results of four projects: investigating design of physical and digital spaces; evaluating CBL in partnership with students; determining the support required for faculty and students to enable improved delivery of CBL; and student reflections on CBL. Communication among students was enhanced in teaching rooms by arranging furniture to enable easy visual contact and the ability to connect laptops to a large display screen. Students valued multimedia online case resources released in advance. Informal team-building sessions were suggested by students and implemented with the aim of developing cohesion within groups and overcoming some of the identified challenges of groupwork. Equitable distribution of workload was a key challenge identified by students alongside some of the difficulties with ensuring engagement when teaching was moved online unexpectedly due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Measures to assist students with workload distribution and additional training for students and faculty were implemented alongside processes for managing challenging groupwork dynamics. Working in partnership with students to evaluate CBL led to adoption of a co-creation model for subsequent curriculum development work and enabled greater insight into the student experience.

The idea of gender equality, as used by the UN, the World Bank and generally in development work in the global South, is rooted in mainstream Western conceptions of gender in terms of male dominance/female subordination, often with gendered fields of action: men dealing with money, women with care. In this context ’gender equality’ is understood as women entering into male domains of wage work and money, much less in terms of men taking over tasks of care. With a point of departure in the author’s confrontation in matrilineal northern Mozambique with very different ideas and norms regarding relations between women and men, the paper follows two different lines of investigation: the first line of investigation looks into decolonial conceptions of gender as developed by African feminist thinkers Ifi Amadiume and Oyèrónké Oyèwùmi, later picked up by Latin American philosopher Maria Lugones in her concept: ‘the coloniality of gender’. The other line of investigation looks into the historical background for Western conceptions of gender, including the decisive impacts of emerging capitalism and philosophy of modernity/Enlightenment, coinciding with extensive witch hunts. Gendered implications of the Western move from ‘tradition’ to ‘modernity’ are discussed, including critique of mainstream ideas of gender equality.

Low employee commitment remains a critical challenge in human resource management across various organizations. This study aims to explore how employees perceive work motivation and how these perceptions shape organizational commitment from the perspective of employee experiences. A qualitative descriptive approach was employed, involving active employees as research participants. Data were collected through in-depth interviews and document analysis. The data were analyzed using thematic analysis, supported by source triangulation to ensure credibility. The findings reveal that work motivation is perceived as a personal and dynamic drive shaped by a combination of intrinsic and extrinsic factors. Intrinsic motivation, including meaningful work, recognition, and opportunities for personal development, plays a dominant role in fostering affective organizational commitment. In contrast, extrinsic motivation tends to produce more pragmatic and short-term forms of commitment. These results highlight the importance of managing meaningful work experiences to strengthen sustainable organizational commitment.

The publication was prepared for the 130 th anniversary of the specialty and is intended to recall the contribution of pioneers to the development of modern radiation diagnostics. Moisey Isaakovich Goldstein (1894–1974) was a Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, organizer of the first Department of Roentgenology and Radiology in Kazan, and founder of the Kazan School of Radiologists. This article provides a comprehensive analysis of his role in improving radiological diagnostics and radiotherapeutic approaches in Russia during the 20 th century. Based on archival documents, biographical sketches, publications by M.I. Goldstein, colleagues’ recollections, and official republican and federal sources, the key stages of the scientist’s professional formation are examined: from epidemiological work in Chistopol in the early post-revolutionary years to the establishment of the first X-ray office and the introduction of radiotherapeutic methods in obstetric-gynecological and dermatological practice. His pedagogical legacy is demonstrated: the formation of the educational process, engagement of students in research work, supervision of candidate and doctoral dissertations, and mentoring a number of leading radiologists. Special attention is payed to the establishment of the Department of Roentgenology and Radiology at the Kazan Medical Institute in 1953 and the creation of the Kazan School of Radiologists, as well as to the significance of M.I. Goldstein’s work for the subsequent development of this direction. The main factors ensuring continuity and stability of the tradition are identified: a systematic approach to training, introduction of innovations in diagnostics and therapy, and attention to radiobiological aspects. The obtained results underscore the historical value of Professor Goldstein’s scientific activities and his role in shaping domestic radiology.

The position of China in South Asia has changed into preferences molding rather than commanding. The nation is employing joint structures, development efforts, training of administrators and specific publicity to make it attractive to the regional governments. This is slowly transforming local bureaucratic practices, directions of policy, and leadership into a way that fits the Chinese way of developing. The region where such an approach has easily rooted is South Asia because the governments of this region have been facing institutional challenges, in addition to seeking external support in order to realize economic growth, political stability, and increased regional integration. In Pakistan, this trend is concentrated in the middle-point, and in this case, the CPEC structures, the existing security relationships, and the diplomatic consultations of the seniors placed a conducive platform of Chinese administrative power. This paper is a discussion of how these interactions can lead to common development priorities, administrative skills transfer, and changes in the manner in which regional diplomacies operate. The analysis is informed by qualitative approaches that are guided by the Soft Power Theory and the Governance Theory. The results point out that the three most crucial aspects are symmetric engagement, strong institutions, and steady strategic planning. Essentially, soft governance in China presents the South Asian states with an actual outlet through which they can consolidate their institutions, perfect administrative processes, and development work with more confidence and clarity.

Support staff in research laboratories are essential to scientific work; however, turnover rates (median 16.2%) are seen as significant challenges to research continuity and retention of organizational knowledge. The study explores organizational factors that impact retention intention among research laboratory support staff with theoretical perspectives from job embeddedness. A survey study was carried out among 286 research laboratory support staff recruited from 15 research institutions. Multiple regression analysis was employed to assess the predictive values of career development opportunities, leadership support, work recognition, compensation satisfaction, and work environment on retention intention. The results showed that the regression equation accounted for 58.3% of retention intention variability (F = 42.35, p < 0.001). Career development opportunities had the strongest predictive value (β = 0.35, p < 0.001), followed by leadership support (β = 0.28, p < 0.001), work recognition (β = 0.22, p < 0.001), work environment (β = 0.18, p < 0.001), and compensation satisfaction (β = 0.15, p < 0.01). Correlation analysis suggested that there are significant positive relationships (r = 0.38-0.52, p < 0.001) between all organizational factors and retention intention. The empirical evidence highlights that 'career development opportunities' are the most significant factors that need to be addressed to retain research laboratory support staff. Laboratory administrators should focus on making concerted efforts to improve defined research career development opportunities, improve organizational leadership support structures, and implement recognition processes to improve research workforce retention.

The financial industry is one of the many economic sectors that make a huge contribution to a country’s GDP (Gross Domestic Product). Financing companies are among its contributors; hence, they need top performance to secure their position as a national benefactor. This study revolves around performance management inside a division of one of Indonesia’s top financing companies, PT XYZ. Performance management itself relies on several indicators, including leadership, environment, motivation, engagement, and satisfaction. Thus, this study aims to explain which indicators affect employees’ performance the most. This study used data gathered from 90 people in the Commercial Business Division; data collection was done using Google Forms, and analysis was conducted through the SEM-PLS method. The results of this study confirm how each of the aforementioned indicators affects employees’ performance. Moreover, work motivation was the only indicator with the slightest impact on employees’ performance in PT XYZ’s Commercial Business Division. The implications of the findings suggest that performance improvement in this division can be optimized through an integrated approach that emphasizes enhancing leadership capacity and fostering a more collaborative work environment, rather than relying solely on short-term motivational incentives. These findings provide a basis for management to design more effective leadership development programs and work environment policies that support sustained work engagement and job satisfaction.

ABSTRACT There is growing engagement with “relational” approaches to community development work - interventions that give practical or even metaphysical primacy to relations and processes over identities and outcomes. But what more can we say about the nature and efficacy of such approaches? CLARISSA SP+ and WorkFREE were two major relational community development intervention and research projects that took place in Bangladesh and India respectively. In this article, I compare the experiences and perspectives of participants in CLARISSA SP+ and WorkFREE to learn more about the nature and efficacy of relational community development. My findings reveal how these projects served to meet participants’ individual and collective psychological and material needs and highlight the transformative power of unconditionality. Whilst my overall findings support the case for advancing relational approaches to community development work, I conclude that more work must be done on theoretical and operational refinement and systematic evaluation.

This study aims to determine how Career Development and Human Resource Planning partially and simultaneously influence Employee Work Productivity at PT Ansaf Inti Resources Negeri Agung Merapi Barat, Lahat Regency. The sample size for this study was 62 respondents. The sampling method used was incidental sampling. This quantitative study employed multiple linear regression analysis, processed using SPSS, resulting in a regression equation . The results of this study indicate a significant effect between Career Development and Employee Work Productivity at PT Ansaf Inti Resources Negeri Agung Merapi Barat, Lahat Regency. The F-test indicates that Career Development and Human Resource Planning simultaneously influence Employee Work Productivity at PT Ansaf Inti Resources Negeri Agung Merapi Barat, Lahat Regency.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly evolving from a supportive technology into a foundational layer of modern software development and digital work environments. This paper explores how AI will transform the daily professional life of technology practitioners—including software engineers, UI/UX designers, architects, and project managers—over the next five years. It examines the integration of AI-driven assistants into coding workflows, design systems, project management, and continuous learning, highlighting a shift from manual, task-oriented work to idea-driven, strategic collaboration with intelligent systems. The study discusses the emergence of AI as a co-pilot in software development, capable of autonomous code generation, refactoring, testing, and security enforcement, while simultaneously reshaping design practices through adaptive user interfaces and automated usability testing. Additionally, the paper analyzes the role of AI in organizational coordination, personalized skill development, and ethical decision-making, emphasizing the need for human oversight and value alignment. Rather than replacing technology professionals, AI is positioned as an augmentative force that enhances creativity, productivity, and decision quality. The paper concludes that successful future tech professionals will be those who adapt to AI-augmented workflows and focus on higher-order problem solving, ethical governance, and human-centered innovation.

This article reviews the process of forming the theoretical foundations of the dynamic reaction principle (DRP) in artillery design in the Soviet Union during the 1920s - 1930s and clarifies the content of the development work on this topic. The relevance of this study is due to the fact that during this period, DRP occupied a prominent place in scientific and technical artillery investigations in the USSR, and most often it is associated with the name of L.V. Kurchevsky, who developed recoilless guns. Interest in his person and work has been preserved in modern historical literature. However, the development of similar weapons in other scientific institutions remained in the shadows of OKB-1 headed by Kurchevsky at the time The identification of the main directions and stages of scientific research in the field of artillery guns based on the dynamoreactive principle led to the need to clarify the list of organizations that, along with Kurchevsky, were involved in similar projects. For the first time, this article highlights the activities of the Artillery Research Institute (Leningrad) and the employees of the Leningrad Artillery Academy, and also provides new information on the work of the engineering bureau of Kondakov in this area. To solve the problem of research, it was necessary to consult the materials from state and departmental archives at federal and regional levels. The source base for research consists of materials from the State Archive of the Russian Federation, the Russian State Military Archive, and the Central State Historical Archive of St. Petersburg, the Scientific Archive of the Military Historical Museum of Artillery, Engineers and Signal Corps. As a result of the research, documents containing a theoretical justification for the dynamoreactive principle at various stages of its development with respect to artillery guns have been identified. This allowed us to examine the polemic between L.V. Kurchevsky and V.E. Sluchotsky, as well as the opinion of Professor I.P. Grave. A conclusion is drawn regarding the greater persuasiveness of Kurchevsky's theoretical calculations and the need to reconsider the current approach to the history of dynamoreactivity theory development. The importance of the development work of Kondakov's Design Bureau is clarified, along with a conclusion about the characteristics of his designs and the specific aspects of this bureau's work as one of several schools of thought in the field of recoilless gun design