Older Adults’ Safety and Security Online: A Post-Pandemic Exploration of Attitudes and Behaviors by Edgar Pacheco

“… Older adults’ growing use of the internet and related technologies, further accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, has prompted not only a critical examination of their behaviors and attitudes about online threats but also a greater understanding of the roles of specific characteristics within this population group. Based on survey data and using descriptive and inferential statistics, this empirical study delves into this matter. …”
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The influence of gender disparities on high school students’ mathematics performance by Florence Christianah Awoniyi, Ebenezer Kwame Brenya, Richard Kyere Asomah, Phyllis Bernice Kwarteng Donkor

“…A total of 311 students were sampled using stratification approach. The analysis of the data was achieved using means, standard deviation and paired sample t-test. …”
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Tecomella undulata under threat: The impact of climate change on the distribution of a valuable tree species using a machine learning model. by Ehsan Ghafouri, Gholamabbas Ghanbarian, Artemi Cerdà, Saeideh Ghafouri

“…MaxEnt model, built using 44 occurrence points and environmental data including bioclimatic factors and Digital Elevation Model (DEM), demonstrated an impressive Area Under the Curve (AUC) value of around 0.91 and a True Skill Statistic (TSS) value of 0.79, indicating excellent predictive performance. …”
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The Multifaceted Landscape of Healthcare-Associated Infections Caused by Carbapenem-Resistant <i>Acinetobacter baumannii</i> by Alessandro Russo, Francesca Serapide

“…An important role is represented by cefiderocol and data from real-world evidence. The aim of this narrative review is to discuss the main topics of CRAB infection and strategies for prevention, management, and therapy.…”
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Evolving Camouflages: A User-Centric AI Approach for Game Aesthetics by Rasmus Ploug, Emil Rimer, Anthon Kristian Skov Petersen, Marco Scirea, Joseph Alexander Brown

“…The result is an evaluation of gathered data showing user tendencies and how they engage with the system. …”
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Beyond the boardroom: design thinking and leadership for value creation in business ecosystem by Arushi Bathla, Ginni Chawla, Ashish Gupta, Mahrane Hofaidhllaoui

“…This study aims to bridge this gap by employing a stringent data extraction process using Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) guidelines to conduct a rigorous systematic review process, including titles, abstract, and keywords analysis, backward–forward chaining, and strict quality evaluations. …”
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How Does Land Finance Influence Vegetation Dynamics in China? by Siqi Yan, Jian Wang

“…This study applies fixed effects models and an instrumental variable approach to examine the impact of land finance on vegetation status and mechanisms of influence, using data for 286 Chinese cities between 2011 and 2022. …”
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Legal Aspects of Telemedicine and Prevention of Malpractice Risks by Fatihana Nasution, Aji Lukman Ibrahim

“…The study employs a normative juridical method with a statutory and conceptual approach. Secondary data is utilised, including primary (legislation), secondary (literature reviews), and tertiary legal materials (dictionaries) relevant to telemedicine and its legal implications. …”
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I Igniting Lerning: How Leadership and Teaching Prowess Transform Primary Schools in Pedurungan, Semarang by Afina Sulistyahati, Kusumaningsih, W, Nurkolis

“…Employing a quantitative, explanatory research design, the study involved 389 elementary school teachers, from whom a sample of 197 was designated using the Slovin formula and proportional random sampling. Data were collected via questionnaires and analyzed using multiple linear regression. …”
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Evaluating different translation methods: a case study of Chinese graduate students in an MTI program by Tingting Lei, Jeroen van de Weijer

“…The results have implications for translation training and the further development of MT research.…”
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Uniform Title in Theory and in Slovenian and Croatian Cataloguing Practice by Marija Petek

“…Originality/practical implications:  Presenting development of the uniform title from the very beginning up to now and the first research on the uniform title in COBISS. …”
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Enhancing online reviews: exploring the impact of characteristic-based review system on customer engagement for offline sellers by Kyeongmin Yum, Byungjoon Yoo

“…This study uses a quasi-experimental approach, the difference-in-differences method, to investigate actual data collected from a map-based platform in South Korea. …”
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EFL Learners’ and Teachers’ Perceptions toward Corrective Feedback and Collaborative Writing: A Mixed-Methods Study by Maryam Soleimani, Zahra Aghazadeh

“…To supplement the quantitative data at the end of the study, semi-structured interviews were conducted with the participants. …”
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Managers and Leaders in Need of Entrepreneurial Competences by Agnieszka Postuła, Julita Majczyk

“…The study used the principles of the grounded theory approach for analysing data and is based on the results of longitudinal research. …”
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Robustness to Modeling Errors in Risk-Sensitive Markov Decision Problems With Markov Risk Measures by Shiping Shao, Abhishek Gupta

“…A direct consequence of this result is that an optimal policy under a specific parameter remains near-optimal if the parameter is perturbed slightly. Implications of the results for data-driven decision-making, decision-making with preference uncertainty, and systems with changing noise distributions are discussed.…”
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Resource mobilization service at the General Hospital of Tien Giang Center, Vietnam: The demands of in-patients with diabetes and cardiovascular disease by Vu Thu Trang, Nguyen Hanh Dung, Tran Ngoc Yen, Nguyen Thi Phuong, Pham Tien Nam

“…Additionally, this study used 8 in-depth interviews to collect data. The study results showed that in-patients with diabetes and cardiovascular disease had a high demand for resource mobilization services (over 90%). …”
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The Nation or The Leader? Exploring the Effect of Framing in News Coverage of International Conflicts by Shu Wang, Xilin Li, Chengyue Huang, Christopher K. Hsee

“…Five studies, conducted during the 2022 Russia-Ukraine Conflict and involving both field and experimental data, find that readers of nation-framed news about the conflict had worse impressions of the people in the associated nation (Russians) than readers of the corresponding leader-framed version. …”
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Identification of Writing Strategies in Educational Assessments with an Unsupervised Learning Measurement Framework by Cheng Tang, Jiawei Xiong, George Engelhard

“…An empirical example is presented to demonstrate the performance of the framework. The data comprise 430 Grade 8 examinees’ responses to English Language Arts (ELA) assessments in the United States. …”
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An appraisal of the safe schools initiative and its impact on girl-child education and national development by Ahmed Ladi Ibrahim, Muhammed Sultan Ibrahim

“…This study examines the Safe Schools Initiative, focusing on its impact on girl-child education and its broader implications for national development in Nigeria. Utilizing a qualitative research design, the study analyses secondary data from journals, textbooks, reports, newspapers and other internet materials through content analysis. …”
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The influence of formative assessment on academic performance: exploring the role of teachers’ emotional support by Junsheng Wu, Xin Yu

“…Several limitations of this study are discussed (e.g., cross-sectional design, cultural constraints, and reliance on self-reported data).…”
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