The Home and the World: Analysing Socio-Spatial Dynamics and Identity-Formation in Indian Picturebooks by Aditi Bhardwaj, Devjani Ray

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Teaching history: pedagogical practices and complexities in upper secondary schools of Ethiopia by Sisay Awgichew Wondemtegegn, Enguday Ademe Mekonnen

“…Furthermore, interview respondents revealed that phrases incorporated in the Ethiopian history publications such as ‘Assimilation’, ‘Amharanisation’, ‘Colonization’, ‘Restoration’, and ‘Oromization’ are politically motivated discourse than academic concepts and they create complexities in the Ethiopian historical narratives. …”
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The Sunk Cost and the Real Option Pricing Model by Songsong Li, Yinglong Zhang, Xuefeng Wang

“…Although the academic literature on real options has grown enormously over the past three decades, hitherto an accurate real option pricing model has not been developed for investment decision analyses. …”
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Modeling and Simulation of Project Management through the PMBOK® Standard Using Complex Networks by Luz Stella Cardona-Meza, Gerard Olivar-Tost

“…Discussion about project management, in both the academic literature and industry, is predominantly based on theories of control, many of which have been developed since the 1950s. …”
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Comparison of Disk Diffusion and Etest Methods to Determine the Susceptibility of Staphylococcus aureus Circulating in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to Fusidic Acid by Ali M. Somily, David R. Peaper, Elijah Paintsil, Thomas S. Murray

“…The purpose of this study was to determine the correlation between disk diffusion and Etest determined MIC susceptibility results in clinical isolates of S. aureus from a large academic hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Our data demonstrate excellent correlation between Etest determined MIC and disk diffusion susceptibility data, using either previously proposed zone sizes of ≥21 mm as susceptible and ≤18 mm as resistant or the EUCAST recommended zone size of ≤24 mm for resistance, in an area with relatively high rates of fusidic acid resistance.…”
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Early Adaption of Assessments Using Generative Artificial Intelligence and the Impact on Student Learning: A Case Study by Ling Wang, Shengchen Li, Yue Chen

“…At the same time, it has raised many questions for academic staff, emphasizing the wider impact on learning and teaching that GenAI brings. …”
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South African Rheumatism and Arthritis Association 2024 guidelines for the management of peripheral spondyloarthritis by R Benitha, A B Maharaj, K Makan, J Potts, A Lai, R Carter, M van Dam, B Hodkinson

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The critical role of primary care clinicians in the early detection of ocular surface squamous neoplasia by Leendert Dekker, Jan F. Olivier, Klaus von Pressentin

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Shaping the Future of “Cardio-Kidney-Metabolic” Health: Insights From The Texas Heart Institute's 2024 Cardiometabolic Syndrome Conference by Arjun Raghuram, Keri Sprung, MBA, Stephanie Coulter, MD, Joseph G. Rogers, MD

“…At the Texas Heart Institute's 2024 Cardiometabolic Syndrome Conference, held on August 23, 2024, experts from diverse academic fields spoke about novel initiatives for addressing the worsening projections for cardiometabolic syndrome. …”
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The Application of Machine Learning for Creating a Typology of Universities' Financial Models by I. A. Khodachek, D. V. Minaev, A. V. Zinkovskaya, E. B. Yablokov

“…Large-scale national initiatives aimed at enhancing human potential and academic excellence, such as Project 5-100, university-industry consortia, world class research center programs as well as the Priority-2030 program, require relevant financial and management accounting tools enabling appropriate analyses of universities’ contribution to national scientific policy implementation. …”
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The Notion of “Philosophy as a Way of Life”: Ambiguities and Open Questions by Eli Kramer, Marta Faustino, Hélder Telo

“…Particularly proliferous in the areas of metaphilosophy and the history of philosophy, PWL has also been applied to a wide variety of knowledge domains beyond the academic world. Ever more prominent in contemporary debates, PWL has become a banner under which a very diversified work is being developed by scholars with originally very different areas of research and expertise, who gather under PWL by their dissatisfaction with what has become of philosophy (an abstract and purely theoretical undertaking) and their hopes about what philosophy can be (a way of thinking about and transforming one’s life). …”
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The shadow side of occupational therapy: Necropower, state racism and colonialism by Pier-Luc Turcotte, Dave Holmes

“…To prevent the recurrence of these injustices, history must be unveiled and occupational therapists urged to come to terms with their own involvement and responsibility.Objective and Method Utilising Achille Mbembe’s concept of necropolitics, this academic essay blends select historical and philosophical perspectives to explore occupational therapy’s concealed role in manifestations of institutionalised violence.Results By examining its roles in World War II and France’s colonisation of Algeria, we make visible the development of occupational therapy’s distinct ‘shadow side’. …”
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Langston Hughes chez Pierre Seghers : récit d’un engagement poétique by Annick Ettlin

“…Although the Harlem Renaissance considerably influenced the poets of the “negritude” movement, its editorial and academic reception among French writers and readers has been quite confidential. …”
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Different Aspects of Weed Management in Maize (Zea mays L.): A Brief Review by Neelam Sharma, Manisha Rayamajhi

“…In contrast to various weed management strategies, a significant gain in the academic attention of biological control methods can be reckoned from reports over the past few years. …”
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Political discourse, military and securitization of health nexus: contemporary security challenges and the military role in public health security by Vanja Rokvić, Vladimir Ajzenhamer

“…The analysis of the political and academic discourse has found that with regard to security the most important health challenges are considered the occurrence and spread of infectious diseases, especially HIV/AIDS, and the ability to make use of biological agents as weapons. …”
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Effectiveness of Video Self-Modeling on Hope and Daily Activities of Indonesian Youth by Nur'aini Azizah, Peter Dowrick, Tri Lestari

“…As many as 5 participants from Indonesia were selected based on pre-screening hope scale scores, specifically those showing low domain points about activities associated with family, romantic, social, academic, work, or leisure time. The data were analyzed using visual inspection by comparing scores before and after VSM intervention. …”
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Learning models innovation in industrial revolution 4.0 era by Metsa Fajrianti Kusumah Suwandi, Muhammad Alfat

“…In anticipating the rapid transformation that is taking place, education must always develop its competence and academic innovation. This study aims to analyze the education that occurs, the learning models used, as well as the innovative curriculum set in the era of the Industrial Revolution 4.0. …”
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The impact of artificial intelligence on business performance: a bibliometric analysis of publication trends by Rachid ZIKY, Hicham BAHIDA, Ahmed ABRIANE

“…The central research question investigates how AI influences business performance and examines research dynamics and academic collaborations in this field. Employing a systematic quantitative literature review (SQLR) complemented by bibliometric analysis using VOSviewer software, the study utilized the Scopus database. …”
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International trade in educational services in the conditions of digital transformation by A. M. Kanunnikova

“…It was revealed that one of the key areas of development is the digitalization of the global education market. Digital academic mobility has been gaining popularity in recent years, especially in the conditions created by the Covid-19 pandemic. …”
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The Reversed Canvas: A Topos of Conflict Between Commercial and Aesthetic Values in Nineteenth-Century Paris and London by Richard Read

“…This chapter concerns the double valency of commercial and aesthetic values in reversed paintings depicted in nineteenth-century French and British paintings and cartoons of academic juries. My concern is not with actual backs of paintings, but with representations of them on the rectos of actual paintings, of which the best-known example is probably the huge canvas back in Diego Velázquez’s Las Meninas (1656). …”
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