A Criticism and Pathology Record of “Nafthat ol-Masdoor”-Related Research (Until the End of 1399 Sh) by Sarah Zabihi, Mohammad Ali Khazanehdarloo

“…The authors, while enumerating the structural errors of the articles that are closely related to each other, suggest some solutions such as turning to meta-critique, meta-study, meta-discourse, and the fields of scientometrics at the end of the research.…”
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Analysing individual racism portrayal in Hanna Alkaf’s novel The Weight of Our Sky by Shue Wenn Yeoh, Mansour Amini, Kam-Fong Lee, Hu Oumeng

“…The coping mechanisms and resolution of conflicts within the narrative emphasize personal triumph rather than a comprehensive social critique. This study acknowledges the novel’s strengths, including its sensitive portrayal of mental health and cultural elements, concluding that the work serves as a powerful educational tool offering valuable lessons in perseverance, problem-solving, and conflict resolution.…”
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The Dweller on the Threshold: Whiteness, the Family and the End of Classical Cinema by Conall Cash

“…Through a discussion of two key American films of the 1940s and 1950s – Alfred Hitchcock's Shadow of a Doubt (1943) and John Ford's The Searchers (1956) – this article situates the breakdown of classical cinema, or what Gilles Deleuze calls the “crisis of the action-image”, in relation to the critique of whiteness and the family. Focusing on the figure of the “dweller on the threshold” within these two films, the article shows how this individual's deprivation of action is tied to their status simultaneously as protective of and estranged from the white family. …”
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The Symbolic-Compliance Gap and Public Perceptions of Sharia Law Enforcement in Aceh, Indonesia: Insights from Becak Drivers by Maskur, Irman, Lukmanul Hakim

“…While many participants view the law as a representation of public discipline and Aceh's religious heritage, they frequently critique it as being largely symbolic and ineffective in fostering genuine moral transformation. …”
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Uncertainty Estimation in Unsupervised MR-CT Synthesis of Scoliotic Spines by Enamundram Naga Karthik, Farida Cheriet, Catherine Laporte

“…In unsupervised learning tasks, where expert labels are unavailable, it becomes ever more important to critique the model through uncertainties. This paper presents a proof-of-concept for generalizing the aleatoric and epistemic uncertainties in unsupervised MR-CT synthesis of scoliotic spines. …”
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Review of Firebrand’s Methodological Anarchism in Theory against Method: Designing the Anarchist Theory of Knowledge by Mohammad Nejadiran, Rozhan Hesam Ghazi

“…The views of scientific philosophers such as Popper, Cohen, and Lakatos provided the basis for the emergence of more radical critiques of the classical stream of the philosophy of science. …”
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Relationship with place: a transformative and sustainable pedagogy for the planet by Julie Singleton

“…Although place-based education can be applied in any community and educational setting, I offer my own cultural perspective as an American with a critique of the consumer culture of the place in which I reside and the effect of rigid institutions on eco-values. …”
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Challenges in nature-based health and therapy research and critical considerations for application in musculoskeletal health by Richard Doran-Sherlock, Payal Sood, Nicole Anne Struthers, Filip Maric

“…In this perspective, we outline a critique of NBHT literature and offer positive suggestions for how better-quality research can be conducted and implemented by focusing on local environmental, social, and political factors. …”
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Crown Fossils by Frédéric Bigras-Burrogano, Jordan B. Kinder

“…Applying institutional critique to the museum, we show how artistic practice can help to excavate buried power relations that condition the extractive museum, like the Royal Tyrrell, named after geologist, Joseph Burr Tyrrell, who discovered the Albertasaurus during an expedition of the Geological Survey of Canada. …”
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Gridlocked Streets or Simply Disinterested? Urban Youth and Unconventional Political Participation in Zimbabwe’s Second Republic by Octavious Masunda

“…While internet participation offers a space to the largely digitally savvy youth for critique and dialogue, it often fails to translate into tangible policy changes or meaningful impact, highlighting a sense of futility among the youth. …”
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Towards Sustainable Preservation: Revitalising Indigenous African Instruments and Craftsmanship by Ntshengedzeni Evans Netshivhambe

“…The purpose of the research is to critique the prevalence of the long-prevailing academic approaches employed by Western scholars in African music studies, particularly their failure to emphasise the preservation, modification, and integration of indigenous African instruments in educational settings. …”
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Coming Down the Mountain: Text and Counter-text in Rick Bass’s Caribou Rising by Yves-Charles Grandjeat

“…Le récit de quête initiatique est miné par une ironie profonde que manifestent l’échec de la quête initiale, l’affichage d’une réflexivité critique, et le recours systématique à des comparaisons aberrantes renvoyant le lecteur, loin de toute communion mystique avec la nature, à l’atelier où se fabrique le texte…”
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Kantian and Anti-Kantian Philosophy of Language by Igor A. Mikhailov

“…It is shown that the fairly systematic critique of the Kant­ian approach by Johann Georg Hamann and Johann Gottfried Herder falls short of proposing an alternative philosophical system because, having a religious foundation, it does not offer a complete grounding of knowledge. …”
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HAYDENO WHITE’O NARATYVISTINIO-TROPOLOGINIO PROJEKTO RECEPCIJA IR KRITIKA by Vytautas Žemgulis

“…Prasminiai žodžiai: tropologija, naratyvas, įsiužetinimas, figūratyvinė kalba, pažodinė kalba. THE RECEPTION AND CRITIQUE OF HAYDEN WHITE’S NARRATIVISTIC-TROPOLOGICAL PROJECT Vytautas Žemgulis  Summary An American philosopher and historian of culture H. …”
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HAYDENO WHITE’O NARATYVISTINIO-TROPOLOGINIO PROJEKTO RECEPCIJA IR KRITIKA by Vytautas Žemgulis

“…Prasminiai žodžiai: tropologija, naratyvas, įsiužetinimas, figūratyvinė kalba, pažodinė kalba. THE RECEPTION AND CRITIQUE OF HAYDEN WHITE’S NARRATIVISTIC-TROPOLOGICAL PROJECT Vytautas Žemgulis  Summary An American philosopher and historian of culture H. …”
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Observation as a Tool for Historian: A Critical Analysis of James Elkins’ Theories in the book How to Use Your Eyes by Jamal Arabzadeh

“…This research is a critique of “How to use your eyes” by James Elkins. …”
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Raising aluminum foil fists: how to speak about anger in transplant medicine by Alexandra Vieux Frankel, Eva-Marie Stern

“…Using arts-based sensory ethnographic interviews with 27 participants, this paper draws on affect theory to understand how transplant recipients critique and protest curative imaginaries while also upholding them. …”
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Entrevue avec Robert Sévigny by Jacques Rhéaume

“…Enfin, en examinant les transformations sociales majeures que nous connaissons dans nos sociétés occidentales et dans le monde, une réflexion critique s’impose sur le développement actuel et futur d’une approche clinique en sociologie, et plus largement, en sciences humaines et sociales. …”
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Projecting Politics: The Grapes of Wrath by Stephen J. Whitfield

“…Mais cet essai montre combien les idées politiques de ces œuvres jumelées sont en réalité difficiles à saisir et combien il est hasardeux de définir, quel que soit l’effort rétrospectif, la critique que Steinbeck et Ford ont proposée dans leur version des Raisins de la colère, une œuvre inoubliable, déchirante mais ambiguë sur le plan politique.…”
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Review and Criticism of From Secular Science to Religious Science by Khosrow Bagheri Noaparast

“…Using the methods of internal and external critique, this article argues that in spite of the author’s attention to the relationship between science and metaphysics, he has not been successful in the exploration of this relationship. …”
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