The global economy and societies around the world are facing a once-in-a-lifetime situation, as two major developments are underway and becoming collinear. On the one hand, financial markets are rapidly entering the era ...

In the emerging era of artificial intelligence (AI), it is reasonable to assume that the rapid development and commercialisation of revolutionary AI technologies will ultimately lead to their adoption by criminals and ...

The Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute has stressed the need to enhance international cooperation mechanisms, in order to effectively and expeditiously identify, trace, freeze and confiscate assets derived ...

Μολονότι το ισχύον νομικό πλαίσιο που διέπει τα οργανωμένα ταξίδια, ήτοι η Οδηγία (ΕΕ) 2015/2302 για τα οργανωμένα ταξίδια και τους συνδεδεμένους ταξιδιωτικούς διακανονισμούς, επέφερε αρκετά οφέλη όσον αφορά στην ορθή ...

The increasing integration of digital technologies into daily life, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic, has raised concerns about internet and social media addictions and their potential impact on mental health. ...

Conspiracy theories flourish during periods of crisis. One way to counteract the believability of conspiracy theories is trust in science and knowledge about the “perceived threat”, such as the SARS-CoV-2 virus. A total ...

Understanding how children comprehend text by forming links between sentences has been the focus of research for decades. Such research has consistently shown that children use anaphors and resolve ambiguities in a ...

Domestic violence against women is defined as harmful behavior that occurs within a home and it involves aggressive and violent conduct towards women. Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, and following the ...

The rise in smartphone use and the resulting dependence has led to the emergence of nomophobia, a term describing the anxiety or discomfort experienced when individuals are without their mobile phones. This study aimed to ...

Secondary education is the second stage of formal education and traditionally begins after primary school, usually about age 11 to 13. The COVID-19 pandemic caused immeasurable changes to the educational system which ...

Today, many individuals read the daily news from social media platforms. Research has shown that news with negative valence might influence the well-being of individuals. Existing research that examined the impact of ...

COVID-19 reminded us of the importance of vaccinating for successfully overcoming health-related crises. Yet, vaccine hesitancy is still present. This study examined the impacts of conspiracy theories, perceived risk, ...

In this entry, trust in science is defined as the reliance, confidence, and dependence on science to understand scientific information. With the outbreak of, and the uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, turning ...

Access to clean cooking energy remains a significant challenge globally, particularly in regions such as Sub-Saharan Africa, the Pacific Islands, and South Asia, where urban and rural disparities are most pronounced. In ...

This research was conducted to examine the extent to which teachers’ self-efficacy affects their well-being following the COVID-19 pandemic. The originality of the research lies in the fact that there are not enough ...

Further to its US source culture, the systemic construct of differentiation of self (DoS) has been empirically validated in China, Cyprus, Iran, Italy, Spain, and Turkey. DoS has consistently correlated with various ...

This research examines the role of instructors and simulation coordinators in implementing simulations in courses, the division of their responsibilities, the importance of training, and the integration of simulation ...

International economic relations are increasingly shaping the trajectory of global tourism, with profound implications for sustainability and environmental management. Economic partnerships, trade agreements, foreign i ...

Energy security has become a pressing issue in the European Union (EU), particularly due to geopolitical turbulence and supply chain disruptions. The continuous crises and the recent Russian invasion of Ukraine have ...