What Is Happening Here?: An Auto-Ethnographic Account of an Emerging Woman Academic’s Entry into the Academy in South Africa by Nokulunga Shabalala

“… This paper offers a critical auto-ethnographic account about navigating entry into the academy as an emerging woman academic. …”
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Narratives of an exodus by Elhadj Ould Brahim

“…Ultimately, it reveals how Mauritanian migrants navigate and resist both physical and symbolic walls, transforming their journey into an act of defiance that subverts the dominant discourses surrounding migration and power.…”
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Designing Emotional and Intuitive Sounds for Tech: Insights From Psychoacoustics by Anjali Bhatara, Xavier Dartis, David Morizet, Sébastien Romagny

“…User interface (UI) sounds communicate information and guide users as they navigate an interface. Research exploring the direct links between these sounds’ physical characteristics and their communicative power is lacking. …”
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Cosmetic Surgery and the Christian Body: Comparative Ethical Reflections from Orthodox and Catholic Traditions by Angelos Mavropoulos

“…The analysis highlights the ways in which each tradition navigates concerns related to vanity, identity, and the pursuit of physical perfection, offering insights into their shared values as well as their distinct perspectives. …”
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Systemic Barriers and Unfairness: Access to Justice in Zimbabwe and Beyond by Wesley Maraire

“…This is because the formal justice system is marred with obstacles that either prevent people from entering and navigating the system or impede them from obtaining outcomes that are aligned with their normative conceptions of justice. …”
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Goal-line oracles: Exploring accuracy of wisdom of the crowd for football predictions. by Jens Koed Madsen

“…These findings underscore the nuanced dynamics of football prediction and highlight the utility of collective wisdom in navigating its complexities. Overall, this study contributes insights into crowd prediction dynamics and underscores its potential in football analytics, shedding light on its implications for decision-making and understanding group behaviour in sports forecasting contexts.…”
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Harmony in Health: A Narrative Review Exploring the Interplay of Mind, Body, and Diabetes with a Special Emphasis on Emotional Stress by Jayakrishnan Balakrishnanpillai, Jothydev Kesavadev, Banshi Saboo

“…Evidence-based strategies and interventions designed to empower individuals with diabetes in effectively navigating emotional stressors. This review aims to offer a holistic perspective on the intricate dynamics between the mind, body, and diabetes, shedding light on the significance of addressing emotional stress as an integral component of comprehensive diabetes care. …”
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Fatigue Analysis for Shaft of Inland River Ship Under Ice Load by Kai Yang, Guoqing Feng

“…Inland river ships navigating in an ice area cannot avoid contact between the propeller and ice block. …”
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Indonesia’s South China Sea Policy under Joko Widodo: Building Credibility in Indo-Pacific Geostrategic Circuit by Rafyoga Jehan Pratama Irsadanar

“…This research argues that Indonesia’s bolder and more institutionalized security policy in navigating South China Sea stand-offs aims to build its credibility of threat in Indo-Pacific circuit. …”
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The “Daily Digital”: (Re)imagining Technology in Home-Based Women’s Gig Work in Egypt. by Laila Mourad

“…Based on fieldwork conducted in Egypt in 2022 and 2023 with 25 home-based online food vendors, I demonstrate how women gig workers use their socially reproductive knowledges and relationalities to transform technology into a versatile tool for navigating and overcoming structural, material and social barriers, while (re)claiming and redefining their agency and mobility. …”
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Islam and Scholarship Tradition: Historical Trajectories and Future Challenges of Modernity by Mohammad Fadel

“…In this regard, this paper aims to address the question of what the modern challenges are, how Islam and Muslims deal with them, and what aspects of Islamic tradition that can be adopted to navigate multiple challenges of modernity. Through a critical reading of contemporary studies on religion and modernity and an analysis of Islamic scholarship and legal tradition, this paper argues that Islamic traditional scholarships provide Muslims with reliable tools to address challenges of modernity through the spirit of epistemic responsibility, Islamic virtues which includes honesty, respect for evidence, and acting for the benefit of others, civic virtue, and critical thinking skills.…”
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School Leadership and the Civic Nationalist Turn: towards a typology of leadership styles employed by Head Teachers in their enactment of the Prevent Duty and the promotion of fund... by Hazel Bryan, Lynn Revell

“…Drawing on literature from school leadership, this research engages with head teachers in schools in England to explore the leadership styles they employ when enacting the requirements of the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 (Home Office, 2015) and the Teachers’ Standards (DfE, 2012) and navigating the civic nationalist turn. …”
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Electromagnetically Driven Robot for Multipurpose Applications by Abdulrahman Alrumayh, Khaled Alhassoon, Fahd Alsaleem, Mahmoud Shaban, Fahad Nasser Alsunaydih

“…Traditional continuum robots, while effective in navigating constrained environments, often face limitations in actuation methods, such as wire-based systems or pre-curved tubes. …”
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Storylines from Newcomers’ Perspectives: The Complexities of Learning Mathematics in a Norwegian Introductory Class by Shanthi Gretta Pasanha, Annica Andersson, Beth Herbel-Eisenmann, Anita Movik Simensen

“…We recommend listening to newcomers’ perspectives of their experiences and recognizing the strengths they bring to the classroom to understand how they navigate their situation while learning mathematics in multilingual mathematics learning settings.…”
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Ship Target Detection Algorithm Based on Improved YOLOv3 for Maritime Image by Dehai Chen, Shiru Sun, Zhijun Lei, Heng Shao, Yuzhao Wang

“…The feature attention module was constructed by introducing the attention mechanism, which was embedded in Darknet-53 for feature recalibration, which improved the feature extraction ability of the model in the complex navigable background. For the problem of insufficient semantic information of low-level features in the feature fusion process, a feature enhancement module was constructed and applied to the feature fusion part to enhance the receptive field size of the corresponding feature layer and the correlation degree of feature extraction network. …”
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Underwater Sonar Signals Recognition by Incremental Data Stream Mining with Conflict Analysis by Simon Fong, Suash Deb, Raymond Wong, Guangmin Sun

“…In military, sonar signals are used in lieu of visuals to navigate underwater and/or locate enemy submarines in proximity. …”
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TAUHID-BASED SELF-HEALING AS AN EFFORT TO OVERCOME NON-SUICIDAL SELF-INJURY: A STUDY ON THE STORY OF PROPHET YUSUF IN THE QUR'AN by Nunung Lasmana, Muhammad Yanuar Winata

“…While some individuals are able to navigate these difficulties successfully, others may struggle, leading to prolonged mental stress. …”
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Machine learning for medical image classification by Gazi Husain, Jonathan Mayer, Molly Bekbolatova, Prince Vathappallil, Mihir Matalia, Milan Toma

“…It highlights the intricate process involved in selecting the most suitable ML algorithm for predicting specific medical conditions, emphasizing the critical role of real-world data in testing and validation. It navigates through various ML methods utilized in healthcare, including Supervised Learning, Unsupervised Learning, Self-Supervised Learning, Deep Neural Networks, Reinforcement Learning, and Ensemble Methods. …”
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Autonomous Bus Fleet Control Using Multiagent Reinforcement Learning by Sung-Jung Wang, S. K. Jason Chang

“…However, autonomous buses must learn to navigate the city efficiently to be integrated into public transport systems. …”
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Decoding systemic risks across commodities and emerging market stock markets by Fahmi Ghallabi, Ahmed Ghorbel, Sitara Karim

“…These findings provide valuable guidance for portfolio managers in navigating volatile markets.…”
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