This article critically examines the legislative journey and implications of Albania's Sex Offender Registry Law 62/2023, shedding light on the disconnection between scientific research and public policy formulation. Tracing the historical origins of sex offender registries and contrasting various international models, the study underscores the lack of alignment between the approved law and established research findings. The article highlights the overestimation and misrepresentation of statistical data, the shortcomings in the legislative process, and the absence of a transparent, evidence-based approach. The law's failure to materialize the intended registry within the stipulated timeframe and the inherent limitations of the approved model further emphasize the challenges in creating effective legislation. The findings not only critique the flaws in Law 62/2023 but also reflect broader concerns about utilizing scientific research in shaping legal frameworks, underscoring the need for a more informed and evidence-driven approach to policymaking.

This study focuses on novice teachers of basic education with a specialisation in mathematics and their first and important stage of professional insertion. It is widely known that the first years of teaching is a challenging and complex process, where the processes of accompaniment have very little effective space in educational environments in Latin America and in other latitudes, causing uncertainties and tensions to the recent graduate that affects the first educational practices as a new teacher. From a qualitative paradigm and using a case study, the transcripts of interviews and documents were analysed in order to deepen the contextualisation of each participant, with the aim of finding out what didactic difficulties exist in the novice mathematics teacher at primary level. The first results offer an inductive categorisation of difficulties, identifying them as cross-cutting themes in initial teacher training. Furthermore, it is identified that the difficulties are found in the training plans, showing that it is necessary to carry out a permanent monitoring of initial training in order to have better prepared mathematics teachers at primary level.

Technology for teaching and learning in engineering is assessed in this study on specific variables related to graduate attributes, assessment, technology use and student performance in open distance education. The results revealed the consistency of the variable measurements. Technology was shown to be very satisfactory for all variables, which displayed generally some degree of acceptable correlation. Hence, the variables under investigation were consistently interrelated and correlated when considering technology as common element to the variables. The use of software or other technological tools were also shown to be satisfactory in the context of school of Engineering, University of South Africa.

This paper explores the nexus between sustainable business models, education and technology, addressing pressing challenges in economic, social, and environmental spheres. On one hand, education is identified as a key tool for fostering sustainability principles and essential skills for future managers; on the other, businesses, particularly through sustainable business models (SBMs) and evolving digital platforms, play a pivotal role in advancing sustainability goals.

The research answer to the need for sustainable development examining the potential of educational business games, blending entertainment and education to engage the 'gamer generation' actively. Considering the growing literature upon sustainable entrepreneurship and business models, the objective of the paper is to implement a digital business game for sustainability education designed to teach high school students how to implement an entrepreneurial activity through a sustainable business model. This study contributes to understanding sustainable business practices and innovative educational approaches, aligning with the global imperative for a sustainable future. In the end of the manuscript some prelaminar result of the game testing phase are presented.

Mathematical modelling and ethnomathematics are currently two topics that generate great interest in the research area of mathematics education, which is reflected in the growing number of scientific studies that deal with those topics in the last 10 years. Also, with the incorporation of modelling in the curriculum from a socio-cultural perspective and the need to incorporate mathematical modelling in initial teacher training, the aim of this research proposal is to show the ethnomodels of chess players, which can be incorporated into initial teacher training, in such a way as to broaden the teaching processes in the classroom. The methodology used will be a qualitative-ethnographic approach, developed in three stages: selection of the chess players, application of semi-structured interviews and thematic analysis of the data. It is expected to find some ethnomodels related to the precondition in the activity developed by the chess players, and thus, to propose learning situations that can be incorporated into the initial teacher training.

The Markov chain (MC) technique is used preliminarily in the evaluation of the ranking of selected institutions of higher learning of South Africa. The data related to Scimago is used to illustrate the practical implication of MC. A random selection of universities was conducted for applying the MC technique., i.e., a middle and a bottom performing universities are selected. Different states were defined to carry out the estimation of the steady state of the Markov Chain to predict theoretically the future state of their rankings. These preliminary results showed that the former had 2 states with probability distributions of (0, 1) respectively, whereas the latter had 5 states with probability distribution of (0.892, 0.035, 0.035, 0.035, 0.01). This approach could be replicated to the rest of institutions of higher learning and considering other ranking metrics.

This systematic literature review focuses on the digitalization theme and its associated risks, particularly cyber risks. Conducted through a comprehensive exploration of the Scopus database over two decades, employing keywords such as "digitalization," "digitization," and "digital risks," this research aimed to understand the evolution of terminology and scholarly discourse in this domain. The investigation initially targeted "digital risks" but shifted towards keywords like "cyber risks," "cybersecurity," and "cyber resilience" to reflect the changing landscape. The review traces the origins of the often-employed keyword "industry 4.0" and its impact on research interests, prompting a focus on more recent publications due to the rapid pace of development in the field. The study follows a structured process for systematic literature review, providing insights into researchers' perceptions, challenges, and approaches in addressing cyber risks and related concepts. Each section of the study offers a concise overview based on the findings in published articles, contributing to a deeper understanding of cyber risks across interdisciplinary perspectives.

Cell shape is related to cell function. For the purpose of cell sorting based on shape, a channel with diagonal grooves on the bottom was designed. A cell suspension was poured into a channel created by micromachining, and cell sorting according to shape was confirmed. Experimental results shows that smaller and more elongated cells undergo a larger shift perpendicular to the mainstream direction during passing over the groove. Diagonal bottom grooves in a microchannel are effective for cell sorting.

Postpartum is a vulnerable period for women's health, and postpartum mental health issues, including postpartum depression, are growing concerns. Despite the increased awareness of mental health, several factors hinder women from seeking help for mental health concerns during the postpartum period. Hence, this qualitative study used the World Health Organization’s Social Determinants of Health Framework to examine the structural and intermediary determinants that shape women’s help-seeking behaviors regarding mental health during the postpartum period. A thematic analysis of interviews with 12 new mothers revealed that the structural determinants of help-seeking behaviors for postpartum mental health include employment status and working conditions as enablers and social perceptions of mental health, societal expectations of motherhood, and financial capabilities as barriers. This study also showed that intermediary determinants that enable help-seeking for postpartum mental health include effective communication, familiarity, informational support, perceptions of formal sources of help, and the severity of the situation. Conversely, hindrances include gaps in communication, inadequate emotional support, fear of being misunderstood, being gossiped about, and being a burden, belief in the responsibilities associated with motherhood, and belief in self-reliance. These findings can be used to develop initiatives to promote postpartum mental health.

With the vast spread of automation, the significant demand for communication services, the addition of IoT to the Internet, and the corresponding increase and sophistication in malicious attacks utilizing system vulnerabilities to penetrate systems. Identification and authentication are heavily used in every access trial for electronic resources and communication networks. The traditional approach to coping with such challenges is using passwords, encryption, Secure ID, Firewall, Etc. More safety methods use Biometrics, which suffer from spoofing. The access control market is a fast-growing and highly volatile market that poses significant challenges for investors seeking to make secured decisions. As the market continues to evolve and become more mainstream, there is a growing demand for new identification and authentication technologies. This paper proposes expanding the number of features extracted from a 3D image, with unique features evolved during the generation of the 3D image of the prospect at the access control stage. Experiments support the proposed approach.