The Benefit of Biodiversity – Polemic View of Environmental, Social and Ethical Aspects of Czech Philosophers and Environmentalists by Jan Lípa, Ladislav Rozenský, Petr Ondrušák, Josef Dolista

“…Humankind does not live in harmony with nature but uses its culture to deplete natural resources in the false belief that man is no longer a part of nature. Environmentalists and philosophers agree on the need for a turnaround to save the environment, maintaining, biodiversity, and life on Earth. …”
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Mobile language app learners’ self-efficacy increases after using generative AI by Audrey K. Kittredge, Elise W. M. Hopman, Ben Reuveni, Danielle Dionne, Cassie Freeman, Xiangying Jiang

“…IntroductionAlthough generative artificial intelligence (AI) is ubiquitous, there is little research on how it supports self-efficacy (learners’ belief that they can perform at a particular level on a specific task). …”
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Theorising unconventional climate advocates and their relationship to the environmental movement by R. M. Colvin, Robyn E. Gulliver, Xiongzhi Wang, Ajay Adhikari, Sarah J. Boddington, Kelly S. Fielding, Winnifred R. Louis

“…However, there remain important holdout constituencies that theory and evidence suggest are less likely to be persuaded by environmentalists, especially constituencies associated with resources and economic production, rural and regional areas, masculine norms, and conservative belief systems and politics. Emerging from these holdout constituencies, though, are some novel advocates for climate action. …”
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Group-based siamese self-supervised learning by Zhongnian Li, Jiayu Wang, Qingcong Geng, Xinzheng Xu

“…Traditional methods tended to focus on embedding distortion-invariant in single-view features. However, our belief was that a better representation can be achieved by creating a group of features derived from multiple views. …”
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Perceptions of diabetic retinopathy patients on the management of diabetic retinopathy (DR) in South Tarawa, Kiribati: A qualitative study. by Teuota Angirerei-Farran, Masoud Mohammadnezhad, Kal Alnababatah, Mosese Salusalu

“…Poor health education, in-availability and lack of access to eye care services, patient belief, and healthcare system issues were identified as the most crucial contributing barriers. …”
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Postmaterialism in Innovation and Religious Faith by Elżbieta Wojnicka-Sycz

“…Material and methods Worlds Value Survey and OECD data were analyzed to explore the relationship between postmaterialism, religious belief, and innovation. The methods used were contingency tables and tests of significance for differences in proportions, and logit models Results The results show that Christian religion is associated with postmaterialist attitudes and work connected with innovation processes. …”
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AN ANALYSIS OF FAMILY MEDICINE MEDICAL SPECIALTY THESES ON VIOLENCE IN HEALTH: A CONTENT ANALYSIS by Pınar Gürsoy Güven

“…The reason for not filing a complaint was the lack of belief that results would be obtained. The most common impact of violence on health workers was anger and resentment. …”
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The Mercosur-European Union agreements seen from the perspective of Argentina’s foreign policy by Alejandro Cesar Simonoff

“…Instead, a new approach was adopted, based on the belief that free trade would promote enhanced economic growth. …”
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A new approach to the ecotourism potential of Yusufeli district within the framework of AHP-SWOT by İnci Zeynep Yılmaz, Ufuk Demirci

“…According to the results of the study, while the strengths of Yusufeli district are the presence of places with magnificent natural beauty, the presence of places that will serve the belief and cultural heritage with historical importance and the presence of places based on river tourism (rafting, canoeing, boat tours, etc.) (33.3%); the weakest aspect is lack of activities for activities such as accommodation, pensions, restaurants, tour trips, etc. due to the relocation to a new settlement and the lack of related promotions (59.4%). …”
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Reputation Detection for Information Diffusion in Social Network Systems by Yifeng Zhou, Fang Yu

“…The main idea is that the positive (or negative) observation of an information diffusion process increases (or decreases) the belief of the corresponding diffusion path, which further increases (or decreases) the reputation of each involved agent. …”
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Specific PCR Primers Based on Cytochrome-b Gene for Molecular Detection of Javan Mongoose (Herpestes javanicus) by Sena Adi Subrata, Subeno Subeno, Atus Syahbudin

“…It is believed that its occurrence controls prey populations including some pest species. However, the belief is an anecdote because of lacking supportive data. …”
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Development of E-learning and Reflections of the Internet on the Process of Education: A Case Study at Gazi University by Mehmet Toplu, Şahin Gökçearslan

“…According to the results of the research, it was determined that the students’ belief in their self-efficacy in the educational use of the Internet was at medium level. …”
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The impact of medieval Armenian national-liberation eschatology on the psychology of the masses and military-political projects of the 16th and 18th centuries by A.M. Ayvazyan

“…It seems that the national belief in the tenets of the legend was a kind of adaptive mechanism for the ethno-psychological self-defense and survival of the Armenian people. …”
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End of Life: A Family Narrative by Helen K. Black, Miriam S. Moss, Robert L. Rubinstein, Sidney Z. Moss

“…Three general themes emerged: (1) how the family imputes meaning to the end of life, (2) changes in the roles of family members, and (3) the family's ways of coping with the death, particularly through their belief system. A key finding is that the meaning family members find in their loved one's death is tied to the context of his death (how and where he died), their perception of his quality of life as a whole, and their philosophical, religious, and spiritual beliefs about life, death, and the afterlife that are already in place.…”
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Health Anxiety in Panic Disorder, Somatization Disorder and Hypochondriasis by Özgün Karaer KARAPIÇAK, Selçuk ASLAN, Çisem UTKU

“…Severe health anxiety is also named as hypochondriasis. Belief of having a disease due to the misinterpretation of physical symptoms is also seen in panic disorder and somatization disorder. …”
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Het die Reformasie die leer gered en aanbidding verloor? by B. Spoelstra

“…It asserts that this may be true in a tradition in the wake of Zwingli’s reformation, and concludes that liturgy must be subservient to what the congregation believes (doctrine) otherwise liturgy impedes on religious and sacramental belief and experience. Afrikaans Churches inherited doctrine and liturgy from the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands who followed the liturgical concepts of Zwingli. …”
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Potential risks to the National Health Service (NHS) of a Post-Brexit US Trade Deal by Louise Dalingwater

“…At the very heart of the pro-Brexit narrative, currently supported by Eurosceptic politicians such as Boris Johnson, Michael Gove and David Davis, and Conservative think tanks including the Institute of Economic Affairs and Adam Smith’s Institute, is the belief that breaking European ties will enable Britain to reunite with the Anglosphere and notably its treasured ally, the United States. …”
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African Socialism, the Economy of Affection, and a Concern for Foreign Affairs by Prolific S. Mataruse

“…This paper uses excerpts from the vast archive of Nyerere’s speeches to reflect on how he subversively defined the Global South to implement African socialism, an economy based on interconnectedness and compassion, and a belief that Africa has to be concerned with foreign affairs. …”
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Urban Land Grabbing: Analyzing Zones for Community Uses in Hong Kong by Mark Hansley Chua, Lawrence Wai Chung Lai

“…This study, as a contribution to the research on urban land grabbing (grabs) as a global phenomenon, seeks to evaluate the populist belief that developers swallow up urban land originally zoned for community purposes under Government, Institution and Community (GIC) zoning, thus depriving communities of space for their own benefit. …”
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The Influence of Lunar Phases on Complications in Cataract Surgery: An Analysis of 16,965 Patients by Eva-Maria Faschinger, Pia Veronika Vécsei-Marlovits, Dieter Franz Rabensteiner, Birgit Weingessel

“…Purpose. Popular beliefs exert an impact of lunar phases on elective surgery. …”
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