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Labor supply response of women across the divorce process and the moderating role of children

Elsevier, Advances in Life Course Research, Volume 65, September 2025
This study examines how women in Germany adjust their labor supply before, during, and after divorce, finding that mothers increase and sustain higher work hours as a key economic coping strategy. Childless women show minimal changes, highlighting the significant role of children’s presence and age in shaping women’s labor responses to divorce.
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SDG:

Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth

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Gender equality and women's empowerment, Europe

Rushed into adulthood: Child marriage and women's work-family life courses in Egypt

Elsevier, Advances in Life Course Research, Volume 65, September 2025
This study examines how child marriage shapes the work and family life trajectories of Egyptian women, revealing that early marriage leads to early fertility and limited labor force participation, especially in the public sector. It highlights the complex roles of education and childbirth timing in influencing these trajectories and calls for a deeper understanding of “accelerated adulthood” in the Global South.
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SDG:

Goal 5: Gender equality; Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth

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Gender equality and women's empowerment; Education, Africa

Modeling women cyclists' perceived security: A comparison of machine learning techniques

Elsevier, Results in Engineering, Volume 27, September 2025
The authors explore the currently limited application of advanced machine learning techniques for modelling women cyclists' security concerns. Through data collected via a virtual reality-based bicycle experimental system, the study findings provide actionable insights for urban planners and cycling service providers to enhance security in urban cycling environments.
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SDG:

Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities

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Sustainable transport; Gender equality and women's empowerment, Global

Notations for neurodiverse learners

Elsevier,

Journal of Mathematical Behavior, Volume 79, September 2025

Notations are fundamental in mathematics and related fields, but their design has overlooked the diverse needs of different users. Recent insights into neurodiversity highlight how certain design choices can either hinder or facilitate comprehension for neurodiverse students.
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SDG:

Goal 4: Quality education; Goal 10: Reduced inequalities

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Education, North America

Is video modeling with small group instruction effective? Teaching the skills of using waste materials to individuals with multiple disabilities

Elsevier,

Thinking Skills and Creativity, Volume 57, September 2025

This study examined the effectiveness of video modeling combined with small group instruction to teach leisure skills using waste materials to three individuals with multiple disabilities.
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SDG:

Goal 4: Quality education; Goal 10: Reduced inequalities

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Education, Middle East

Realizing the right to education for all: Approaches to removing barriers based on gender, disability, and socioeconomic status in 193 countries

Elsevier,

International Journal of Educational Development, Volume 117, September 2025

This article analyses over 1,200 legal and policy documents from 193 countries to assess global efforts toward educational equity, focusing on barriers related to income, disability, gender, and discrimination. It reveals significant gaps, including tuition fees before secondary school, lack of protections against sexual harassment and disability discrimination, and limited provisions for inclusive education.
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SDG:

Goal 4: Quality education; Goal 10: Reduced inequalities

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Health and wellbeing; Education; Diversity and inclusion, Global

Understanding the role of school experiences in the wellbeing of girls, SEN and low SES students: A self-determination theory approach

Elsevier,

Studies in Educational Evaluation, Volume 86, September 2025

This study explores how students’ autonomy, competence, and relatedness at school relate to their wellbeing, focusing on girls, students with special educational needs (SEN), and low socioeconomic status (SES) students
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SDG:

Goal 4: Quality education; Goal 5: Gender equality; Goal 10: Reduced inequalities

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Diversity and inclusion; Education; Health and wellbeing, Europe

Association Between Thyroid Dysfunction and Alzheimer's Disease: Insights From the U.S. Mortality Database

Elsevier,

Endocrine Practice

Volume 31, Issue 9, Supplement, September 2025, Page S193

 

Evidence from preclinical research suggests that dysfunction in thyroid hormones may increase ?-amyloid levels and tau phosphorylation, 2 hallmark features of Alzheimer's Disease(AD). This study showed a strong association between hypothyroidism and AD mortality.

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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being

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Health and wellbeing, Global

RELX Environmental Challenge 2025 shortlist announced

A youn g child watching anothether child demonstrating the use of a water filter
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RELX Environmental Challenge 2025: four shortlisted projects to bring safe water and sanitation to communities around the world

The RELX Environmental Challenge 2025 shortlist features four innovative projects that provide sustainable access to safe water and improved sanitation.  The RELX Environmental Challenge prioritises replicable, scalable, sustainable and innovative solutions. They must also have practical applicability and involve local communities and other key stakeholders.

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SDG:

Goal 5: Gender equality; Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation

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Sustainable Water Management; Water and sanitation; Water; Water Resource Management, Global

Learning by writing: The influence of handwriting and typing on novel word learning in typically developing readers and readers with dyslexia

Elsevier,

Learning and Instruction, Volume 98, August 2025

This article focuses on whether handwriting and typing contribute differentially to lexical acquisition within the alphabetic system, providing distinct sensorimotor experiences for words through different motor actions and consequent attentional and time constraints in producing letters. We examined a sample of middle school students with reading and spelling disabilities alongside age-matched peers with typical development.
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SDG:

Goal 4: Quality education; Goal 10: Reduced inequalities

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Education, Global

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