A Computational Turn in Policy Process Studies: Coevolving Network Dynamics of Policy Change by Maxime Stauffer, Isaak Mengesha, Konrad Seifert, Igor Krawczuk, Jens Fischer, Giovanna Di Marzo Serugendo

“…Implicitly or explicitly, scholars have employed complexity theory to examine the intricate dynamics of collective action in political contexts. …”
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Foundation of Interval-Valued Intuitionistic Fuzzy Limit and Differential Theory and an Application to Continuous Data by Zhenghai Ai, Xiaoqin Shu, Zeshui Xu

“…Moreover, there is quite a lot of literature on IVIFNs; however, the scholars did not reveal the relationships between IFNs and the IVIFNs. …”
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Navigating the ChatGPT Theological Terrain: Considerations for Graduate Theology Students by Mahlon Nyongesa Juma

“…This study attempts to address the latter issue through these research questions: Can graduate theology scholars use ChatGPT for their publications? What are the advantages and drawbacks of using ChatGPT in scholarly publications for graduate Theology students? …”
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Bhavana, an Ayurvedic Pharmaceutical Method and a Versatile Drug Delivery Platform to Prepare Potentiated Micro-Nano-Sized Drugs: Core Concept and Its Current Relevance by Rohit Sharma, Prashant Bedarkar, Deepak Timalsina, Anand Chaudhary, Pradeep Kumar Prajapati

“…Scholars of ancient Ayurveda (Indian system of medicine) were extremely reasonable and had strong scientific rationality in fundamental concepts, which are also applied to drug manufacture and therapy. …”
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THE FRENCH POLICY TOWARDS ETHNIC MINORITIES IN THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS by Nguyễn Văn Bắc

“…The Central Highlands held special attraction, not only to colonial rulers, but also to scholars of various academic areas because of its important strategic location, abundant resources, and ethnic diversity. …”
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Why Severability? A New Theory of the Effect of Invalid Treaty Reservations by Ulf Linderfalk

“…Neither have any of the human rights scholars written about the issue. This article fills this critical gap. …”
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Privacy virtualisation as an element of the new gender order by A. V. Shvetsova

“…They have in common is the concern of scholars about the substitution of real interpersonal relationships by virtual ones, the blurring of boundaries between these life layers with the social loneliness growth. …”
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A Method for Improving the Accuracy of Link Prediction Algorithms by Jie Li, Xiyang Peng, Jian Wang, Na Zhao

“…Recommending new friend relationships through accurate link prediction is one of the important factors in the evolution, development, and popularization of social networks. At present, scholars have proposed many link prediction algorithms based on the similarity of local information and random walks. …”
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Ethnomethodology and the study of online communities

“…Drawing from the authors&#146; current research programs, this essay explores the basic dimensions of online communities and the concomitant need for scholars to rethink the assumptions that undergrid historic paradigms about the nature of social interaction, social bonding, and empirical experience (<a href="#cer">Cerulo, 1997</a>). …”
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NORTHERN IRISH ADOLESCENTS’ ATTITUDES TOWARDS LEARNING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE: WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM THEM? by Udi Samanhudi

“… Over the last few decades, scholars concerned with language and education have studied the relationship between adolescents’ attitudes and foreign language learning. …”
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Review of Culture in Construction Projects: Status Quo and Challenges by Jin Li

“…Most of the current research studies use quantitative methods such as questionnaire surveys to explore culture in construction. In addition, scholars have called for exploring the formation of culture in construction which will help managers develop an appropriate culture within the project organisation, particularly in mega projects. …”
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FOR GOLD AND THE BLESSING OF GOD: THE RATIONAL CHOICE FOR USING THE RABU WEKASAN AMULET IN THE EAST JAVANESE MUSLIM COMMUNITY by Devi Suci Windariyah, Maskud

“…Several scholars have different opinions regarding the law of the Rabu Wekasan amulet that lives in the Javanese Muslim community. …”
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TQM implementation for enhancement of product and service quality: a review on developments and latest trends by Shailendra Pawanr, Pallab Sarmah, Kapil Gupta

“…The article not only aims to fill the gap where there is a scarcity of a recent review article analyzing and highlighting the developments and latest trends in TQM implementation for product and service quality enhancement but also to encourage the researchers, scholars, and engineers to conduct research and development in this domain to establish the field further.…”
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Optimization of the Intelligent Sports Health Management System Based on Big Data Technology and Internet of Things by Jian Dang

“…Therefore, the construction of such a scientific and effective system has gradually attracted the attention of scholars, which is of great significance to realizing people’s scientific and personalized physical fitness. …”
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Three Waves of Populism in Latin America by O. V. Varentsova

“…Contemporary political regimes in Venezuela and Bolivia led by late Hugo Châvez (now by his successor Nicolas Maduro) and Evo Morales are considered by foreign and Russian scholars as part of the third wave of populism. In the 20th century Latin America already witnessed two waves of populism which coincided with significant political transitions, namely a transition from oligarchy to mass politics accompanied by implementation of import substitution industrialization policies, and a transition from authoritarian rule to democracy during the third wave of democratization which triggered neoliberal reforms inspired by Washington Consensus. …”
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Development of a New Curriculum in a Positive Youth Development Program: The Project P.A.T.H.S. in Hong Kong by Daniel T. L. Shek, Hing Keung Ma, Rachel C. F. Sun

“…The Tier 1 Program of the original phase of the Project P.A.T.H.S. is a universal positive youth development program for students in Secondary 1 to Secondary 3 with the curricula developed by a research team comprising scholars in different disciplines (e.g., social work, psychology, and education). …”
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A qualitative study on the impact of globalisation on public relations practice in Ghana by Albert Anani-Bossman, Michael Bruce

“…Moreover, it is time for African PR scholars to make a significant contribution to this discussion from an African perspective. …”
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Regional Kitsch by Max Ryynänen

“…There is a difference between regional kitsch, anchored to regions and broader geographical wholes, and the type of ‘urban’ kitsch, which scholars have been discussing more, i.e. kitsch that presents kitschified versions of famous statues and architecture, objects that represent their cities (e.g. …”
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Impurity, Moral Substantiality, and Social Control: A Gender Perspective by Alice Van den Bogaert

“…This work is grounded in anthropology, though it may be of interest to scholars from other disciplines. Impurity has been highlighted by numerous authors in ethnographic and theoretical texts, but a comparison of these various works indicates a lack of theoretical development. …”
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African Approaches to Intellectual Property: Intellectual Property, Development and the Contested Meanings of Decolonisation by Ntokozo Dladla

“…This article attempts to trace the evolution of its usage in the work of two prominent IP scholars, Ruth L. Okediji and Caroline B. Ncube. I argue that in the work of Okediji, the term is used to renew the radical debates of the 1970s on the right to development in order to undo international law and IP’s imperialist correlates. …”
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