How long does carbon stay in a near-pristine central Amazon forest? An empirical estimate with radiocarbon by I. Chanca, I. Chanca, I. Chanca, I. Levin, S. Trumbore, K. Macario, K. Macario, K. Macario, J. Lavric, J. Lavric, C. A. Quesada, A. Carioca de Araújo, C. Quaresma Dias Júnior, H. van Asperen, S. Hammer, C. A. Sierra

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The Profit-Sharing System in Financing Islamic Banking by Danial Syah, Gema Rahmadani

“…The article aims to explain in general, the principles of sharia financing business activities include justice ('adl), balance (tawazun), kemashlahatan (maslahah), universalism (alamiyah), and do not contain gharar, maisir, usury, zhulm, risywah, and other haram objects. …”
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Integration of Artificial Intelligence in Completing Final Projects as a Form of Student Independence and Creativity by Adi Wibowo, Ida Faridah

“…This study uses a qualitative approach with a multi-case case study design in two Islamic religious universities. Data was collected through in-depth interviews with several lecturers and students and top management as informants, observations, and documentation analysis, which were then analyzed using data reduction techniques and inductive conclusions drawn. …”
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Mechanical Properties of Surface-Charged Poly(Methyl Methacrylate) as Denture Resins by Sang E. Park, Maggie Chao, P. A. Raj

“…A 3-point flexural test using the Instron Universal Testing Machine (Instron Corp.) measured force-deflection curves and a complete stress versus strain history to calculate the transverse strength, transverse deflection, flexural strength, and modulus of elasticity. …”
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Theoretical considerations on the pedagogical competencies of Imaging and Medical Radiophysics teachers by Fernando Machado Acuña, Geovanis Olivares Paizan, Marhyam Solano Pérez, Susel Moll Varela

“…Introduction: the permanent training of teachers constitutes a constant challenge for universities. Cuban medical education demands the development of pedagogical skills in correspondence with the global panorama. …”
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Determinants of Generation Z Green Investment Interest: The Role of Social Media Platforms as Moderating Variables by Priyanti Dewi Nilasari, Fitriyah Fitriyah

“…The study used quantitative methods with Cochran's Formula technique to identify a subset of 100 respondents from Within the study from four state universities in Malang City. Structural Equation Modeling-Partial Least Square is the test tool used in this study The significance between independent variables on green investment interest in Generation Z in Malang City was estimated through WrapPLS 7.0 software. …”
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Student Engagement Dataset (SED): An Online Learning Activity Dataset by M. S. S. Kassim, Z. H. Azizul, A. A. H. Ahmad Fuaad

“…To this end, a student-centric dataset was constructed by extracting data from Universiti Malaya’s Moodle-based Virtual Learning Environment (VLE), which serves approximately 25,000 students annually. …”
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Call and Response by Jesse Foster Honsa

“…While London's housing crisis is today universally accepted according to experts' statistics, it is rarely addressed on popular aesthetic grounds. …”
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Learning context invariant representations for EEG data by Thibault de Surrel

“…Unfortunately, EEGs are subject to a lot of variability, making it difficult to build a universal BCI. The goal of my PhD is to understand and tackle these variabilities. …”
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Probati auctores by Christoph H. F. Meyer

“…On the one hand there was an interest in a universal and »Roman« view of canon law, on the other hand the Roman Curia used the probati auctores as a means of influencing the process of opinion-formation in canon law. …”
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Behaviour of Clinical, Anthropometric and Laboratory Variables in Patients with Metabolic Syndrome by Madelaine Hernández Tamayo, Pedro Enrique Miguel Soca, Mildre María Marrero Hidalgo, Luz María Pérez López, Idania Peña Pérez, Mayelín Rivas Estévez

“…The sample included 161 patients selected at random in different research stages from a universe including all the patients who attended six different consultations in Urbano Noris municipality, Holguín, from September 2008 to June 2009. …”
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Developing participatory tourism in Milan, Italy by Chiara Rabbiosi

“…Piacere, Milano (Milano, nice to meet you) was launched in 2015, while the city was hosting the Universal Exhibition position, and consists of coordinating Milanese residents willing to invite a tourist for dinner or to take them on a walk for free. …”
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Detailed biogeographical mapping as a useful novel tool for the conservation of endemic taxa: a case of study for Iberian orchids [version 2; peer review: 2 approved] by Angel Penas, Alejandro González-Pérez, Raquel Alonso-Redondo, Norma Yolanda Ochoa-Ramos, Aitor Álvarez-Santacoloma, Sara del Río, Giovanni-Breogán Ferreiro-Lera

“…In order to assign the correct biogeographical epithet to each taxon, a set of rules and criteria was developed to ensure an objective, simple and universal classification based on the species' distribution areas. …”
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Digital Texts in Practice by Christian Wittern

“…In this paper, I will look back at these developments, first to recount some of the history, albeit from a strictly personal perspective, but also to take stock of the situation and consider where we are now, how we got there, and what remains to be done to realize the dream of the universal digital text, easily shared and annotated, but still tractable, verifiable, and authoritative.…”
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El deber ser y el ser de la política de la filosofía política a la ciencia política by Rosendo Bolívar Meza

“…No sólo ha fascinado a quienes la han practicado, sino que su estudio ha llenado innumerables volúmenes de la producción intelectual universal. Poco a poco el estudio de los fenómenos políticos se ha ido afinando, de manera tal que en la época contemporánea se puede hacer una clara distinción entre filosofía política (el deber ser de la polítoica) y ciencia política (la política tal cual es. …”
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Application of the Healthy Eating Index in a multicultural population: introduction of Adaptive Component Scoring by David L. Katz, Lauren Q. Rhee, Dina L. Aronson

“…In this context, we introduce and explain Adaptive Component Scoring as applied to the Healthy Eating Index in the service of advancing fair and universal diet quality scoring. Implications for nutrition research and food-as-medicine initiatives are briefly enumerated.…”
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High-Resolution Ex-Vivo Imaging of Retina with a Laptop-Based Portable Endoscope by Yanni Ge, Kai Jin, Yao Wang, Yufeng Xu, Haitong Lu, Juan Ye

“…The portable endoscope consisted of a probe, an illumination system, a high-resolution camera module, and a universal serial bus (USB). It was connected to a laptop and applied for intraocular imaging of porcine eyes in vitro. …”
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O ato infracional no discurso do Estatuto da Criança e do Adolescente brasileiros by JulIana Bartijotto, Leda Verdiani Tfouni, Fabio Scorsolini-Comin

“…Este estudio intenta presentar una reflexión acerca del acto infractor utilizando como fuentes el Estatuto del Niño y del Adolescente (ECA) y el Código de Menores -los dos en el ámbito brasileño- y la Declaración Universal de Derechos Humanos, bajo la perspectiva teórica y metodológica del Análisis del Discurso centrada en Pêcheux y del Psicoanálisis según Lacan. …”
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الأسالیب والتقنیات المستخدمة فى تصمیم المواقع الالکترونیة المحمولة : دراسة تقییمیة لتصمیمات مواقع المکتبات المصریة المتاحة على الشبکة العنکبوتیة العالمیة... by د. أحمد حسین بکر المصرى

“…The study revealed that(32) websites are available for Egyptian libraries that are not accessible via theweb and that (59%) of them are configured to browse and display their contentsin a compatible way with mobile devices.The study concluded with several Recommendations addressed to thedesigners and developers of Egyptian library web sites, scientific departments forlibrary and information studies in Egyptian universities, and finally the EgyptianAssociation for Library and Information (ELA) as the institution for thedevelopment sector of libraries and information in Egypt.…”
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Large language models for causal hypothesis generation in science by Kai-Hendrik Cohrs, Emiliano Diaz, Vasileios Sitokonstantinou, Gherardo Varando, Gustau Camps-Valls

“…Our goals include formalizing LLMs as probabilistic imperfect experts, developing adaptive methods for causal hypothesis generation, and establishing universal benchmarks for comprehensive comparisons. …”
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