Challenges in normative conceptualisation by Siyasanga M. Tyali

“…Drawing on theories about the decoloniality of knowledge, this paper argues that new trends that are emerging within the technological space, as well as community of reception dynamics, forces the academic, research and policy fraternity to re-look the conceptual understanding of the community radio sector of South Africa. …”
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Assessing Algorithmic Thinking Skills in Relation to Gender in Early Childhood by Kalliopi Kanaki, Michail Kalogiannakis

“…Considering the global phenomenon of gender stereotypes with regards to the academic and professional orientation in STEM fields, we focused on investigating the level of students’ algorithmic thinking skills by gender in early childhood. …”
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On the Readiness of Scientific Data Papers for a Fair and Transparent Use in Machine Learning by Joan Giner-Miguelez, Abel Gómez, Jordi Cabot

“…Besides, data-sharing practices in many scientific domains have evolved in recent years for reproducibility purposes. In this sense, academic institutions’ adoption of these practices has encouraged researchers to publish their data and technical documentation in peer-reviewed publications such as data papers. …”
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A novel class of fourth-order derivative-free iterative methods to obtain multiple zeros and their basins of attraction by Munish Kansal, Vanita Sharma, Litika Rani, Lorentz Jäntschi

“…Finally, we have included a range of problems like Planck's radiation law, the Van der Waals equation, the trajectory of an electron, and a few academic problems. Numerical analyses were performed and compared with other existing algorithms to verify the efficacy and applicability of the proposed techniques.…”
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INTERACTION EFFECTS OF NITROGEN, PHOSPHORUS, AND ZINC FERTILIZATION ON GROWTH, YIELD, AND NUTRIENT CONTENTS OF LOWLAND RICE VARIETIES by Olanrewaju Emmanuel Oni, Nurudeen Adeyemi, Samuel Osunleti, Olanrewaju Ologunde, Ayodamola Fagoroye

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Channels of Iranian pastoral nomads on the YouTube network: Video narratives of the life of the Lori (Lur) Bakhtiari tribal people and ethnic group by Gorunović Gordana

“…Observing the films of Iranian videographers who themselves belong to the culture of Lor Bakhtiari was the reason for the anthropologist to start getting acquainted with academic ethnology and anthropology in Iran, which belongs to those national traditions of the discipline that are located on the periphery of the world’s main, predominantly Western, centers of socio-cultural anthropology.…”
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Employees’ perceptions of the fairness of AI-based performance prediction features by Khalid Majrashi

“…This study examined 306 employees’ perspectives on the fairness of 31 predictive features in five categories: demographic, academic, work-related, cognitive abilities and personality traits, and professional development and certification. …”
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Development and Validation of the Interpreting Learning Engagement Scale (ILES) by Wenting Yu, Chenggang Wu

“…Recognizing the crucial role of learning engagement in academic success and the acquisition of interpreting skills, which demands considerable cognitive effort and active involvement, this research addresses the gap in empirical studies on engagement within the field of interpreting. …”
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The Effect of STEM Applications on the Scientific Creativity of 9th-Grade Students by Seyide Eroglu, Oktay Bektas

“…The study lasted 12 weeks during the first semester of the 2016-2017 academic year. The sample of the study consists of 133 ninth-grade high school students. …”
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Ocular manifestations of COVID-19 by Sandra Saray Quignón Santana, Osbel Alfonso Sánchez, Sandra Alfonso Quignón, Talía Alfonso Quignón

“…A bibliographic search was carried out in the Pubmed, Infomed, SciELO and academic Google databases, of articles in Spanish and English, which included new information related to the disease and its impact on eye health. …”
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Influencing Holistic Health Policy by Erica Bell

“…Second, it outlines some of the key practices for delivering sound evidence for health policy, in ways that highlight the salient differences between doing research for holistic health policy, and doing academic research in health. The paper concludes with directions for developing better evidence for holistic health policy-making that question the assumptions of quality which often inform elite funding agencies, calling for their diversification.…”
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Bullying in adolescence by Marioly Ruiz Hernandez, Honey Turiño Matamoros, Yanara Calzada Urquiola, Laura Magda López Angulo, Daniela de la Caridad Cedeño Díaz

“…Adolescents who are or were subject to bullying often have problems sleeping, eating, and focusing. Their academic performance can be negatively affected because they are angry, scared, and unmotivated. …”
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The Good, The Bad and The Legacy of Kwaito by Madimabe G. Mapaya, Thulani G. Zulu

“…This highlights a gap between academic and journalistic accounts and the personal experiences of those deeply involved in the kwaito culture. …”
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Outcomes of Neonatal Candidiasis: The Impact of Delayed Initiation of Antifungal Therapy by Heather Cahan, Jaime G. Deville

“…To determine the outcomes of invasive neonatal candidiasis before institution of routine antifungal prophylaxis, we conducted a retrospective review of cases of invasive candidiasis in newborns in a referral-based neonatal intensive care unit located in a single tertiary academic center between January 1998 and December 2002. …”
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Anatomy of Complex System Research by Yang Wang, Xinyue Wang

“…However, the way complex system research connects to other academic fields is much less well understood, with only anecdotal evidence. …”
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Correlational Relationships between Various International Rankings for Higher Education Institutions by V. A. Gaisenok, O. A. Naumovich, V. V. Samokhval

“…Data on the number of the participants in the World Rankings has been presented for the Webometrics Ranking of World Universities (WRWU), Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), Times Higher Education (THE), U-Multirank, Round University Ranking (RUR), the Moscow International Rating “Three University Missions”, SCImago Institutions Rankings (SIR).The correlations have been studied by the methods of mathematical statistics for the results of the Moscow International Rating “Three University Missions” and the RUR, QS, THE, and the WRWU rankings; of the QS rankings with THE and the WRWU rankings, as well as for the two WRWU rankings published in January 2018 and July 2017. …”
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Scholarly use of information: graduate students' information seeking behaviour by C. George, A. Bright, T. Hurlbert, E.C. Linke, G. St. Clair, J. Stein

“…They can take a lead by working with academic staff to guide students.…”
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The role of strategic learning skills in the dropout from sport in adolescence by Carla Consoni

“…These skills, learned in the school context, are functional to academic careers, sports, and the wider fields of life. …”
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Correlation between the built environment and sociology: A critical review of residential segregation and social housing policy in Iran by Armita Khalatbari LIMAKI

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Simple Sources for Complex Problems. Where Did Californians Come From in 1940? by Myron P. Gutmann

“…Migration to California is one of the persistent refrains encountered in both popular and academic works about the history of the 1930s. The reason for this is simple. …”
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