Can’t Help Lovin’:David Chidester’s Pop Culture Colonialism by Kathryn Lofton

“…West and Smith offer an opportunity to argue the connection between these two strands of scholarly observance, showing the fractal effects of colonialism in Africa on the preferences of pop culture consumption in America.The attraction to West’s unlikability is the other side of the easy adorationfor Jordan Smith: like those colonists who gave religion to those colonized subjects they dominated, pop consumers refuse to admit their intimate and needful connection to those idols who resist theircontrol. …”
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Open access to scientific publications - an analysis of the barriers to change by Professor Bo-Christer Björk

“…Despite widespread agreement among academics that OA would be the optimal distribution mode for publicly financed research results, OA channels still constitute only a marginal phenomenon in the global scholarly communication system. This paper discusses, in view of the experiences of the last ten years, the many barriers hindering a rapid proliferation of Open Access. …”
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Unpacking Legal Accountability: The Case of the European Central Bank by Mark Dawson, Ana Bobić

“…Although the term “legal accountability” increasingly appears in scholarly discourse surrounding the European Central Bank (ECB), it is under-theorised. …”
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Etymological and Jurisprudential Analysis of Bughah by Yusri Mohamad Ramli

“…In conclusion, the understanding and process of dealing with bughah in Islamic scholarly tradition is quite a beauty. Bughah is the violence of citizens upon their leader. …”
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The role of diffusion-weighted MRI in the evaluation of imaging for prostate carcinoma: A systematic review by Komal Mishra, Asish Pavanan, Pratapsingh Hanumansingh Parihar

“…Methodology and Results: Publicly available English databases, such as PubMed and Google Scholar, were searched until 2020. We reviewed 965 research articles, and 10 were selected based on inclusion and exclusion criteria. …”
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Post-immersive Listening: Perspectives on the Mediation of Sonic Environments by Budhaditya Chattopadhyay

“…Their dialogue embodies a spirit of camaraderie, underscoring the value of interdisciplinary exchanges in nurturing knowledge and understanding across artistic and scholarly domains. …”
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Digital Technology Adoption in the Agriculture Sector: Challenges and Complexities in Africa by David Mhlanga, Emmanuel Ndhlovu

“…This is a problem that can have huge scholarly and policy implications and therefore needs to be addressed, at least at an academic level. …”
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Effects of multiples hormones on intraocular pressure: A narrative review by Ameenah A. Alkhaldi, Hanan G. Jamjoom, Sarah Alessa, Roaya Ayed Alsulami

“…The study was conducted based on a literature review obtained from Google Scholar spanning from 1980 to 2023. All selected literature directly or indirectly explored the relationship between hormones and IOP in animals or humans.…”
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Among ICU Survivors by Roshna Vadakkedath, Sherin Susan Thomas

“…A literature review was done across PubMed Google scholar SCOPUS. ICU survivors post-traumatic stress disorder were the keywords used for the search. …”
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Deepfake Dilemmas: Imagine Tomorrow’s Surveillance Society through Three Scenarios by Fatma Doğan Akkaya

“…This analysis highlights the ethical dilemmas surrounding deepfakes, particularly in relation to mass surveillance, digital self-control, and resistance movements. Contributing to scholarly discourse, the study underscores the need for proactive social and ethical frameworks to navigate the evolving deepfake landscape and highlights the importance of ongoing research for the responsible development and use of this powerful technology.…”
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سمات الأنا الشعرية الأنثوية الحداثية بين روضة الحاج وفروغ فرخزاد (مقدمة نقدية نفسية مقارنة) by Baraa Khaled Hilal

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Teamwork Makes the Dream Work: Scaling Up Effective Peer Feedback in a Large-enrollment Project-based Course by Logan Paul, Alexis Peirce Caudell

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A Reflection on the Current State of Active Learning Research by Amedee Marchand Martella, Darryl Schneider

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The Body in New Age from the Perspective of the Subtle Body: The Example of the Source Breathwork Community by Katre Koppel

“…The concept of the subtle body as a scholarly tool is applied in the analysis of fieldwork data collected between 2011 and 2013 in Estonia. …”
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جماليات الإيقاع الصوتي في موشحات ابن الصباغ الجذامي by Ghassan Abdulmajeed, Muti ur Rehman Saghir Ahmad

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Virtual Simulation-Based Training and Person-Centered Care by Christen Page, Morgan Blaydes, Leah Simpkins, Casey Humphrey, Kellie Ellis

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Towards Deep Learning in Online Courses: A Case Study in Cross-Pollinating Universal Design for Learning and Dialogic Teaching by Qiongli Zhu, Sarfaroz Niyozov

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Digital Texts in Practice by Christian Wittern

“…This requirement includes use of texts for reading, translating, annotating, quoting, and publishing, thus integrating with the whole of the scholarly workflow. At that time theories of electronic texts started to appear and the Text Encoding Initiative had already begun to create a common text model and interchange specification, based mainly on European languages. …”
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سمات الأنا الشعرية الأنثوية الحداثية بين روضة الحاج وفروغ فرخزاد (مقدمة نقدية نفسية مقارنة) by Baraa Khaled Hilal

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EMMANUEL DE MARTONNE ET LA NAISSANCE DE LA GRANDE ROUMANIE by GAVIN BOWD

“…Enamoured of a landscape and a people, this eminent scholar will serve the cause of ‘Greater Romania’ : firstly as a supporter of Romanian intervention in the European conflict, then as a ‘drawer of frontiers’ at the Versailles Peace Conference. …”
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