Teachers’ research training in Medical Sciences by Liyipsi Abreu Martín, Arturo Prudencio Puga García, Eduardo Veloso Pérez, Yennia Coca Pérez, Ignacia Rodríguez Estévez, Milayda Victoria Rodríguez Soto

“…In the attitudinal dimension, teachers stand out in the effective category (36.3%); in the cognitive and procedural dimension, they do not indicate ineffectiveness for knowledge management and development of research skills; in the total analysis of the result, the acceptable category predominates (59.0%).…”
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Use of screens, books and adults' interactions on toddler's language and motor skills: A cross-cultural study among 19 Latin American countries from different SES. by Lucas G Gago-Galvagno, Angel M Elgier, Angel J Tabullo, Edson J Huaire-Inacio, Angela M Herrera-Alvarez, Carmen Zambrano-Villalba, Frania R López, Emmanuel Herrera-González, Olivia Morán-Núñez, Neyra J Ochoa-Vega, Chrissie Ferreira de Carvalho, Rosario Spencer, Juan José Giraldo-Huertas, Perla Del Carpio, Erika Robles, Carla Fernández, Silvia Requena, Pilar Rodríguez, Yoysy Rondón, Alexis L Ruiz, Ada Tibisay-Echenique, Gris Hidalgo, Carlos R Hernández, Mirna Lacayo, Esther Angeriz, Gabriela Etchebehere, Fernando José Mena, Delia Magaña de Ávila, Susana C Azzollini, Stephanie E Miller

“…Children's screen use is ubiquitous, with toddlers in particular demonstrating increases after the pandemic and negative associations with cognitive abilities. Thus, the objective of this cross-cultural study was to broaden and deepen existing results by describing Latin American toddlers' screen use and its association with parental reports of language skills, developmental milestones, and sociodemographic variables. …”
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Hypocalcaemic cardiomyopathy: a description of two cases and a literature review by Martin Válek, Lenka Roblová, Ivan Raška Jr., Dita Schaffelhoferová, Tomáš Paleček

“…Generally, the most common complications of hypoparathyroidism and/or hypocalcaemia are cerebral calcifications, cognitive deficit, and cataracts. Once calcium supplementation is administered, the disease has a good prognosis and, in most individuals, a significant improvement (21%) or even normalization (74%) of the left ventricular systolic function occurs.…”
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Structural Brain Changes Associated with Overweight and Obesity by Erick Gómez-Apo, Alejandra Mondragón-Maya, Martina Ferrari-Díaz, Juan Silva-Pereyra

“…Neuroinflammation in neurodegenerative diseases (such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases) may be similar to that in metabolic diseases induced by malnutrition. Poor cognitive performance, mainly in executive functions, in individuals with obesity is also discussed. …”
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Household farms facing barriers in indigenous knowledge-based adaptation to extreme climatic events — Evidence from the Huangshui Basin by Hailin Zhang, Jinyan Zhan, Zheng Yang, Huihui Wang, Naikang Xu, Chunyue Bai, Yufei He, Yuhan Cao

“…To better identify different barriers, this paper examines natural, economic, cognitive, and technical barriers. A total of 17 indicators were selected to comprehensively evaluate the degree of barriers to crops adaptation in response to ECEs. …”
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Exploring influencing factors of healthy lifestyles in rural area among older adults with diabetes based on socioecological model by Yudong Miao, Xinran Li, Zhanlei Shen, Dongfang Zhu, Junwen Bai, Jingbao Zhang, Ruizhe Ren, Dan Guo, Clifford Silver Tarimo, Jinxin Cui, Mingyue Zhen, Jiajia Zhang, Yalin Song

“…Higher HLS were positively associated with being female, better cognitive competence, greater social engagement, and unemployment. …”
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Effect of Task Specific Exercises, Gait Training, and Visual Biofeedback on Equinovarus Gait among Individuals with Stroke: Randomized Controlled Study by Mohamed Elsayed Khallaf, Ahmed Maher Gabr, Eman Elsayed Fayed

“…All the patients were at stage 4 of motor recovery of foot according to Chedoke-McMaster Stroke Assessment without any cognitive dysfunction. E-med pedography was used to measure contact time, as well as force underneath hind and forefoot during walking. …”
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Unveiling the biological effects of radio-frequency and extremely-low frequency electromagnetic fields on the central nervous system performance by Ramin Eskandani, Mohammad Ismail Zibaii

“…However, it is noteworthy that certain reports have suggested that RF-EMR exposure may confer cognitive benefits for various conditions and disorders. …”
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Effect of written corrective feedback in research writing competence of non-education students by Michelle Joy Gutierrez, Sheila Mae Dabu, Alcera Mary Joy, Nest Lene Banogon, Janice R. Carambas

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Hackathon: Definition, Practice and Perspectives of Use in Higher Education by N. V. Grechushkina, E. A. Arefieva

“…Introducing educational hackathons in the event plan of an educational organization make it possible to solve educational and career-oriented tasks, activate heuristic and creative cognitive activity of students. The analysis and evaluation of the hackathons impact on professionalization, academic motivation and educational achievements of students are promising areas of research on the problem of using hackathons in the educational process of higher education.…”
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From the Competence Model of a Specialist Engineer to STEAM Education, or … Going Ahead to the Past? by N. G. Bagdasaryan, R. M. Petruneva, V. D. Vasilyeva

“…Cognitive and value dissonances of the modern world, as well as the shifting balance in the “Technology-nature-society-man” system cause the need to rethink key development strategies, determine the guidelines that education should be guided by in order to be able to respond to the growing global challenges of modernity. …”
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Neuropathological contributions to grey matter atrophy and white matter hyperintensities in amnestic dementia by Diana Ortega-Cruz, Alberto Rabano, Bryan A. Strange

“…Abstract Background Dementia patients commonly present multiple neuropathologies, worsening cognitive function, yet structural neuroimaging signatures of dementia have not been positioned in the context of combined pathology. …”
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Systematic optimization and evaluation of a Dutch sexual health intervention: Role model stories for chlamydia prevention, testing, and treatment by Gido Metz, Rosa RLC Thielmann, Hanneke Roosjen, Sarah E. Stutterheim, Rik Crutzen

“…Method The experiences of 10 young individuals served as the basis of role model stories using the behavior change principle modeling based on social cognitive theory. These stories aimed to motivate young individuals to undergo sexually transmitted infection testing, use condoms, and notify sexual partners. …”
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The History of Natural Sciences as a component of the hidden curriculum by S. Yu. Kryzhanovskaya, Ya. V. Bulgakova, A. I. Filipchenko

“…Secondly, the use of historical facts during lectures and classes performs more cognitive (including the development of critical thinking) than educational functions (including the formation of socio-cultural identity and citizenship), which can be associated with varying degrees of their implicitness. …”
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The Archive of University Science as the Core of Research Education in Russia: the Motivational Potential of Social Software by I. O. Shchedrina, B. I. Pruzhinin, T. G. Shchedrina

“…This approach, according  to  the  authors,  makes  it  possible  to  reveal  in  a  new  way  the  educational  and  pedagogical  potential  of  social  software,  which  today  attracts  the  attention,  first  of  all,  of  sociologists,  political scientists, and economists, who only partially touch upon its cognitive parameters. Meanwhile, appeal to the epistemological dimension of social software allows us to emphasize characteristics that significantly expand the scope of its application, and in particular, the characteristics that open up an additional opportunity to quite effectively motivate students for self-education, for an inherently creative understanding of knowledge as a sociocultural value. …”
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Impact of Multiple-choice and Essay-based Assessments on Academic Performance and Stress Levels among Medical Students: A Cross-sectional Study by Tanya Chauhan, Shazia Hasan, Gyan Vardhan, Shubham Jhanwar, Gita Negi, Manisha Bisht, Shailendra Handu

“…Assessment tools in medical education vary based on the skills being evaluated, with written formats such as multiple-choice questions (MCQs) and essay-based questions (EBQs) used for cognitive assessments. This study compares MBBS students’ performance and stress levels in pharmacology examinations using MCQs and EBQs. …”
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EDUCATIONAL COMPETENCE: THE ESSENCE AND PEDAGOGICAL MODEL OF FORMATION IN THE CONTEXT OF LIFELONG EDUCATION by N. A. Rybakina

“…The invariant structure of the theoretical construct “educational competence” is described and proved; this structure is considered as a basic unit of lifelong education and, under the unitary approach, provides consistent personal, cultural and professional development of a student at school, higher education institution and centers for additional education. Cognitive, social and reflexive components of educational competence integrated in the continuous educational process serve as an efficient tool for successful competence development required by Federal State Educational Standards. …”
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Impact of type 2 diabetes mellitus on results in the animal naming test in patients with and without liver cirrhosis. by Eva Maria Schleicher, Julia Tuchscher, Matthias Weber, Peter Robert Galle, Marcus-Alexander Wörns, Simon Johannes Gairing, Christian Labenz

“…<h4>Introduction and objectives</h4>Diabetes mellitus is a common comorbidity in patients with cirrhosis and is associated with the development of hepatic encephalopathy (HE) and cognitive dysfunction. The simplified Animal Naming Test (S-ANT1) has been established for detecting minimal HE (MHE). …”
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Gameization of Educational Process in the Assessments of Students and Teachers by V. A. Sagaidak, A. L. Kuzevanova, A. N. Kapshuk

“…The disordered nature of the gameization of educational process revealed by the results of the study reflects the general trends of educational organizations and conditioned by the low level of motivational, cognitive, organizational and methodological readiness of teachers to carry out such innovative activities. …”
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Effects of Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality in Martial Arts Sports on Students’ Physical and Mental Health by JingGang Li, XiaoShuang Wang, LiJun Wang, Hyoungkil Kang

“…Through in-depth research on artificial intelligence and virtual reality technology, this paper shows that artificial intelligence and virtual reality martial arts sports can increase the lung capacity of boys by about 14% and girls by 16%; the effect on physical fitness can increase the lower body strength of boys by 3% and the flexibility of girls by 30%; as for the impact on mental health, it can be concluded that the emotional and cognitive dimensions of boys and girls have increased by about 19% compared with the previous values.…”
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