Enhancing Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) performance: Analyzing the role of human resource practices in Sri Lanka's telecommunication industry through Lewin's change management... by S H N Pubodhya, Wasantha Rajapakshe

“…This study explores the integration of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) education in Sri Lanka, utilizing the Health Belief Model (HBM) to predict the perceived quality of SRH education among non-state undergraduate students. In many Asian countries, including Sri Lanka, cultural resistance and skepticism often challenge SRH education initiatives. …”
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Art Education Experiences in Unified Classrooms: A Phenomenological Study by Ünal Bastaban, Ela Kurnaz

“…In addition, it was also among the results that art education in unified classrooms is an important impact factor in terms of social, cognitive, kinetic and artistic sense in terms of being an individual for students and coping with life dynamics. This situation shows that art can be used as an important influence factor in the construction of individual and life. …”
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Employee Performance Evaluation Using A New Preferential Voting Process by Mehdi Soltanifar, Seyed Abdullah Heidariyeh

“…Questionnaires designed based on the opinions of twenty-five organization staff, three senior managers, ten professors with university experience, and ten active and selected university students (48 people in a 360-degree structure) are completed. …”
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Polymorphisms of Leptin (-2548 G/A) and Leptin Receptor (Q223R) Genes in Iranian Women with Breast Cancer by Reza Mahmoudi, Bahareh Noori Alavicheh, Mohammad Amin Nazer Mozaffari, Mohammad Fararouei, Mohsen Nikseresht

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Relative complexity in a model of word difficulty: The role of loanwords in vocabulary size tests by Derek Canning, Stuart McLean, Joseph Vitta

“…Vocabulary Size Test (VST) scores of 2,999 L1 Japanese university students were converted to logit scores to determine the word-learning difficulty of 80 target words. …”
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The role of temporary architecture in the historical environment: Baghdad city/historic Saray axis—A case study by Mahmood Hussein Al-Musawi, Safaaaldeen Hussein Ali

“…This conceptual framework was applied to the historical Saray axis in Baghdad, Iraq, to measure temporary interventions in projects designed by final-year architecture students. These interventions aimed to enhance the historical environment through the addition and restoration of missing parts using contemporary temporary structures. …”
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Examining the impact of a strength-based program to enhance teacher-trainees’ critical thinking abilities: a pilot study by Divya Surendran Nair, Seema Bhandare

“…In education, positive psychology studies often center on students’ well-being, attention spans and academic success, aligning with wellness programs. …”
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Prevalence of Human Intestinal Parasitic Infections and Associated Risk Factors among School Children in Hakim District, Harari Regional State, Eastern Ethiopia by Eshetu Mekonnen, Nuredin Sadik

“…Results. Out of 333 students screened, 96 (28.8%) tested positive for one or more intestinal parasites. …”
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A Comparison of Lower Dental Arch Changes Using Two Types of Space Regainers: A Removable Appliance with a Distalizing Screw and a Fixed Double-Banded Appliance by Shabnam Enteghad, Farzaneh Golfeshan, Ahmadreza Sardarian, Hooman Navaei

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Self-Healing Therapy for Body-focused Social Anxiety and Body Management in Adolescent Females with Body Image Concerns by Fatemeh Masoudizadeh, Fariba Hafezi, Sahar Safarzadeh, Zahra Dasht Bozorgi

“…The study population consisted of all female high school students with body image concerns in Ahvaz in 2023. …”
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SCRIVERE IN ITALIANO L2 IN PROSPETTIVA PRAGMATICA E FUNZIONALE: UN LABORATORIO PER APPRENDENTI DI LIVELLO AVANZATO. IL CASO DEL TIPO TESTUALE DESCRITTIVO by Fabiana Cupido

“…For this purpose, in the article the activities concerning descriptive text proposed to the participants are analysed as an example: firstly, the contribution presents the ways and the techniques employed to guide students  through an analysis of the distinctive features of descriptive text, using real texts provided as models; secondly, some cases of reuse of such features in texts written by the learners in the context of the laboratory are examined. …”
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TE TO TÉ? COSTRUIRE E CONDIVIDERE L’ESPERIENZA LINGUISTICA by Cecilia Varcasia, Emanuela Atz

“…The activities have been taking place from school year 2018-19 in a comprehensive school in South Tyrol, Italy, in a context of endogenous (subjects taught in Italian and German) and exogenous multilingualism (the students’ heritage languages). The materials show a path of knowledge organization through spontaneous metalinguistic reflections in a multilingual context. …”
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Pengembangan panduan konseling kognitif behavioral teknik self management untuk meningkatkan motivasi belajar siswa di sekolah menengah pertama by Cokorda Oka Wibhawa Putra, Nyoman Dantes, Kadek Ari Dwi Arwati

“…The product developed is Cognitive Behavioral Counseling Guide to Self Management Techniques to Increase Students' Learning Motivation in Class VII. This handbook is designed to assist counseling teachers in providing counseling services in schools, especially in overcoming the problem of low learning motivation in class VII studeints. …”
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IELTS and TOEFL Applicants’ Self-assessment and Actual Test Performance: A Mixed-Methods Study of Relationship and Variation by Reza Rezvani, Farshad Khadivikia

“…Recent research on self-assessment (SA) has primarily dealt with its relationship with students’ scores. However, few studies have systematically explored SA in language proficiency tests. …”
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Parental Reported Bullying among Saudi Schoolchildren: Its Forms, Effect on Academic Abilities, and Associated Sociodemographic, Physical, and Dentofacial Features by Raghad S. Alabdulrazaq, Sanaa N. Al-Haj Ali

“…The prevalence of bullying, mainly in a physical form, was high among Saudi schoolchildren, with a negative influence on students’ academic abilities. Problems related to teeth, in particular, which can be treated, were targets, mainly for boys and the youngest schoolchildren. …”
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Forest Pedagogy towards the Problem of Polish Educational Monoculture: Projective Pilot Studies by Michał Paluch

“…A symbolic illustration of the last phenomenon are the findings of a qualitative pilot study in which two groups of students completing a Forest Pedagogy course were asked to design a forest kindergarten. …”
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Features of social intelligence of cadets trained in institutions of higher education with specific learning conditions by S. V. Kharchenko

“…It has been noted that the data on the development of the abilities of students’ social intelligence during their studies in higher education institutions, which are presented in the literature, are ambiguous and need to be clarified. …”
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EFFECT OF MATERNAL FOLIC ACID/IRON INTAKEON THE WEIGHT OF NEWBORNS IN OBSTETRIC WARD OFTERTIARY CARE HOSPITALS OF PUNJAB by Tahira Raza

“…A verbal consent was obtained before collecting data and the questionnaires were filled by the students. Majority of the 300 females (68.1%) who have been questioned during the study were between 22–30 years of age (selected range was 17–44 years) while the mean age was 28.5 years. …”
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Defining competence profiles in obstetrics and gynecology using the modified requirement tracking questionnaire by Baptiste Tarasi, Viktor Oubaid, David Baud

“…In addition, such a profile could help medical students to decide on a professional specialization at a very early stage by comparing their personal competence profile with the one in the field or with their mentors.…”
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PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED BY FEMALE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS IN TURKEY by İhsan Topcu, Oksana Manolova Yalçin, Orhan Cingöz, Sare Akkaya

“…It is found that the majority of the participants do not have problems with teachers and students. Yet, some female principals had problems with female teachers due to jealousy, envy and exclusion, and some of them had problems with male teachers due to gender-based prejudice and not accepting women as principals. …”
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