Breaking barriers in STEAM education: Analyzing competence acquisition through project-based learning in a European context by Paula García-Llamas, Angela Taboada, Patricia Sanz-Chumillas, Luísa Lopes Pereira, Roberto Baelo Álvarez

“…Data was collected through questionnaires across four domains: expectations and motivation, self-perception, competence acquisition, and satisfaction. …”
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The Total Defense Concept as the Embodiment of Sweden’s Strategic Culture by N. E. Belukhin, V. V. Vorotnikov, S. Y. Dianina

“…«Total defence» remains staple in the Swedish defence planning and the perception of risks to national security, but has not yet received sufficient attention from Russian researchers. …”
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METHAPHYSICS OF DEATH PENALTY by V. E. Gromov

“…The author applies an approach of dialectic reflection being guided by the perception of unity, relativeness and complementarity of evil and good striving to determine efficient way of resolving their contradictions in the context of moral progress of the society. …”
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XCF-LSTMSATNet: A Classification Approach for EEG Signals Evoked by Dynamic Random Dot Stereograms by Tingting Zhang, Xu Yan, Xin Chen, Yi Mao

“…Stereovision is the visual perception of depth derived from the integration of two slightly different images from each eye, enabling understanding of the three-dimensional space. …”
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Current status and perceived challenges of collaborative research in a leading pharmacy college in Iraq: a qualitative study by Ehab Mudher Mikhael, Ali Azeez Al-Jumaili, Mohammed Yawuz Jamal, Zahraa Duraid Abdulazeez

“…This study aimed to explore the perception and experience of academic pharmacists regarding research collaboration. …”
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Endoscopic ultrasonography-based intratumoral and peritumoral machine learning ultrasomics model for predicting the pathological grading of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors by Shuangyang Mo, Cheng Huang, Yingwei Wang, Shanyu Qin

“…A machine learning algorithm, namely multilayer perception (MLP), was employed to construct prediction models using only the nonzero coefficient features and retained clinical features, respectively. …”
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IMViT: Adjacency Matrix-Based Lightweight Plain Vision Transformer by Qihao Chen, Yunfeng Yan, Xianbo Wang, Jishen Peng

“…., multi-scale feature preparatory stages and multi-scale feature perception stages, where the first stage uses the lightweight multi-branch structure to extract multi-scale features, and the second stage leverages the non-hierarchical networks to learn semantic information for downstream tasks. …”
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The impact of vaccine access difficulties on HPV vaccine intention and uptake among female university students in China by Weiyi Wang

“…This study analyzed the overall perception of access difficulties to HPV vaccines, as well as three specific vaccine access difficulties, and examined their influencing factors among female university students in China. …”
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Sensory substitution and augmentation techniques in cerebral visual impairment: a discussion of lived experiences by Stephanie L. Duesing, Katie Lane-Karnas, Sebastian James Adam Duesing, Mae Lane-Karnas, Nai Y, Arvind Chandna, Arvind Chandna

“…Efforts to improve visual perception ability and understanding of the visual world, both effective and ineffective, were made through traditional, professionally administered vision therapy, self-taught coping strategies, and from intensive arts participation. …”
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Justification for Interference? The Role of the Monroe Doctrine in the Stigmatization and Legitimation of Intervention in the US Foreign Policy in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries by I. A. Istomin

“…Special attention is paid to the so-called Roosevelt Corollary, since it allows one to better understand the specifics of the US leaders’ perception of the Monroe Doctrine and to separate them from the distortions and stereotypes formed during the ensuing public debates and uncritically replicated in many academic studies. …”
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The Life Experiences of Loss and Grieving for Indonesian Wives Who Had Lost Their Husbands Because of a Critical Illness: A Case Study by Priambodo AP, Hidayati NO, Nuraeni A

“…There is a more profound understanding of grief in men than in women.Purpose: The study aims to understand widows’ perception, experience, and meaning of loss and grieving.Methods: A case report reviewed the life experiences of loss and grieving of Indonesian wife who had lost their husbands because of a critical illness. …”
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ANTHROPOLOGY OF VISUAL SELF-OBJECTIFICATION OF THE PAINTER (BASED ON WORKS BY ARTEMISIA GENTILESCHI) by O. M. Goncharova

“…The artworks by Artemisia Gentileschi in diachronic deployment can be seen as the painter’s self-objectification, which traces the evolution of self-expression from a person with traditional self-perception by social gender stereotypes (1610) to the phenomenon of personal life, which will determine further evolution of her self-identification (rape in 1611) and extirpation of sense of shame through virtual revenge (self-expression in the cycle of Judith), repentance (cycle of Mary Magdalene), guilt (cycle of Lucretia), and formation of component of the painter’s identity as exemption from social gender prejudices and stereotypes on roles and standards of behavior socially assigned to women (cycle of Susanna).…”
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SEARCHING FOR THE TRUE SELF: THE WAY OF NONDUAL WISDOM by T. V. Danylova

“…Human integration into the cosmic body of the universe transforms their perception of the world. Returning to the world of space, time, and causation, being unable to escape the world of differentiation, individuals face a new dilemma. …”
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Biodiversity Change in Cultural Landscapes—The Rural Hotspot Hypothesis by Carsten Neumann, Robert Behling, Gabriele Weiss

“…We give an example on the use of satellite time series to remotely map rural backyard habitats and reveal significant spatiotemporal trends induced by small‐scale human behavior that may lead to a new socioecological perception and stimulate actions to shape ecological dynamics emerging from the backyards of human settlements.…”
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Parental wellbeing, parenting, and child mental health in families with young children in Arghakhanchi, Nepal by Sirjana Adhikari, Hari Rana³, Mahesh Prasad Joshi, Sabrina Cheng, Theresa Castillo, Keng-Yen Huang

“…Conclusion The results partially support the mediational model that Nepali parents’ well-being (especially in mental health symptoms, social support, and perception of family’s social class domains) is associated with less optimal parenting and, in turn, greater child mental health problems and lower social competence. …”
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Novel Osteo Refurbishment Method and Choice of Colouring Materials for Anatomy Specimens by Dibakar BORTHAKUR, Rajesh KUMAR, Neerja RANI, Rima DADA

“…The aims of this study were: (1) weigh up the two commonly used coloring materials in anatomy viz. acrylic paint and nail polish; and (2) to assess the perception of anatomy students towards a Novel Osteo Refurbishment Method (NORM) for restoration of partially damaged osteology specimens. …”
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Consumer acceptance of protein beverage ingredients: Less is more by D. Rovai, M.E. Watson, D.M. Barbano, M.A. Drake

“…Our objective was to determine consumer perception of ingredients in protein beverages. An online survey was conducted with protein beverage consumers (n = 405). …”
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Impact of the COVID-19 vaccination on confusion around vaccination in general: A longitudinal study on a university population over 18 months. by Marine Paridans, Justine Monseur, Nicolas Gillain, Eddy Husson, Gilles Darcis, Claude Saegerman, Laurent Gillet, Fabrice Bureau, Anne-Françoise Donneau, Michèle Guillaume, Benoit Pétré

“…The determinants causing confusion at both times and regarding change were self-perception, health literacy, past vaccination experiences and COVID-19 related factors (COVID-19 vaccination intention and trust in source of information at Time 1; preferred source of information, trust in vaccine producers and conspiratorial beliefs at Time 2; trust in vaccine producers for change). …”
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Design dimensions of electrocutaneous warning stimulation patterns in workplace safety devices. by Eva-Maria Dölker, Stephan Lau, Maria Anne Bernhard, Jens Haueisen

“…Using biphasic rectangular current pulses on the upper right arm of 81 healthy participants, they evaluated temporal perception with varying intervals, ranging from 200 ms down to 0.5 ms, categorizing it as 'Individual pulses', 'Pulsating', 'Vibrating', or 'Continuous'. …”
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Hikaya as a literary genre (based on A. Eniki's literary works of the 1940s–1960s) by V.R. Amineva

“…The narration is, as a rule, focused on one character and one event of their personal life which causes fundamental changes in their thinking, attitude, and world perception. The distinctive feature of poetics is a particular type of subjective architectonics (the story is narrated on behalf of the character, who is similar to a lyrical subject, or such a method of creating the sphere of the character is used as substituted direct speech, in which the proximity of the character to the author is emphasized). …”
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