How do higher education staff understand the terms hybrid, hyflex and blended learning? Choice, modality and uncertainty by Emily Nordmann, Barbora Hronska, Jill R.D. MacKay

“…Our results underscore the need for clearer terminology and for all stakeholders to provide maximally descriptive definitions. The use of any broad category term should be accompanied by a specific definition that at minimum describes choice and modality, but where best practice would be to encompass additional information based on existing frameworks.…”
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US withdrawal from Afghanistan; Reflection of Rebalancing Strategy by Fatemeh Soleimani pourlak

“…The research method is descriptive-analytical and explains the reflection of the US rebalancing on withdrawal from Afghanistan in the framework of structuralism approach and the theory of aggressive neorealism.…”
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Political Order and Nomadic Life in Iran: From the Afsharid Period to the End of the Qajar Dynasty by Shahram Gholami, Siavash Gholipour

“…The methodology utilized in this study was descriptive-analytical, employing documentary data collection techniques. …”
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Interpretation of complexity for spherically symmetric fluid composition within the context of modified gravity theory by A. Rehman, Tayyab Naseer, Baiju Dayanandan

“…Regardless of the adequate descriptions of complexity in distinct alternative gravity theories, its elaboration in the framework of f(R,Lm,T) theory remains uncertain. …”
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The Products of Aziz Gardi and their Reflect Ions in Academic Research: for Example, Doctoral thesis of the Kurdish Literature Field of the University of Salahaddin (1996-2023) by Pshtiwan Asaad Kareem, Shakawan Farhad Mohammed

“… Scientific production and its  reuse as a source in other scientific works are important and  valuable. …”
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Modifications to the National Early Warning Score: a scoping review protocol by Chris Plummer, Edward Meinert, Ananya Ananthakrishnan, Madison Milne-Ives, Victoria Riccalton, Lynsey Threlfall, Cen Cong

“…The analysis will be descriptive to provide a summary of modifications identified and their influence on the predictive accuracy of NEWS/NEWS 2.Ethics and dissemination Ethical approval is not required as data will be obtained from already published sources. …”
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Evaluation of health recommender systems: a scoping review protocol by Rohit Shankar, Edward Meinert, Ananya Ananthakrishnan, Madison Milne-Ives

“…After using EndNote 21 for initial screening, two independent reviewers will screen the titles, abstracts and full texts of the references, and then extract data from included studies related to the recommender system characteristics, evaluation design and evaluation findings into a predetermined form. A descriptive analysis will be conducted to provide an overview of the literature; key themes and gaps in the literature will be discussed.Ethics and dissemination Ethical approval is not required as data will be obtained from already published sources. …”
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War and its impact on farmers' crop and livestock productivity in south Wollo zone, northeastern Ethiopia by Aleme Asresie, Ali Seid, Seid Hussen Muhie, Seid Hassen

“…Data were gathered through questionnaires, key informant interviews and focus group discussions, utilizing both primary and secondary sources. Quantitative data were analyzed using SAS software, while qualitative data were analyzed descriptively and narratively. …”
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The Impact of Social Capital on Sustainable Development of Agriculture in Rural Areas (Case Study: Kermanshah Province Villages) by Vakil Haidari Sareban, Sohyla Bakhtar, Mina Ziarati

“…The agriculture part is one of the main sources of employment providing income whose sustainability causes the rural economics and environmental sustainable within the agricultural systems and rural communities. …”
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Exploring the Internet of Things adoption in the Fourth Industrial Revolution: a comprehensive scientometric analysis by Diana Teresa Parra-Sánchez

“…Design/methodology/approach – Utilising data sourced from Scopus and analysed through CiteSpace, this research encompasses documents from 2018 to early 2024. …”
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Content Monetisation in the Digital Age: A Maqāṣid Sharī'ah Study of Youtube, Tiktok, and Facebook Revenues by Arisman Arisman, Rahman Rahman

“…Thus, content monetisation is acceptable within the framework of maqāṣid sharī'ah as long as it meets the established ethical and legal criteria. …”
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Government Collaboration Model in Plastic Waste Management as an Effort to Protect Indonesia’s Marine Environment by Ria Tri Vinata, Masitha Tismananda Kumala

“…This research uses a descriptive and explanatory approach through the study of documents on regulations such as Law No. 32 of 2014 concerning Marine Affairs, Law No. 17 of 2008 concerning Shipping, Presidential Regulation No. 83 of 2018, and international cooperation documents. …”

Analysis of Subtitle Translation In Home Sweet Loan Movie: Unit Shift and Readability of Intimate Dialogues by Khairunnisa' Mardhiyah, Fanny Puji Rakhmi, Septina Indrayani

“…This research examines the impact of unit shifts in translating intimate dialogues from Indonesian to English subtitles in Home Sweet Loan (2024), on readability and emotional nuances. Using a descriptive qualitative approach with content analysis, this research applies Catford’s (1965) theory of translation shifts focusing on unit shift, Joos’s (1967) language styles framework containing intimate language style, and Nababan et al.’s (2012) on readability assessment to evaluate the data sourced from official Netflix subtitles. …”
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Identification of Suitable Villages for Agritourism Development (A Case Study of Semirom County) by Narges Vazin, Ali Sadeghi, Zahra Barati

“…One of the key challenges in locating suitable areas for agritourism development is providing a framework and appropriate techniques for evaluating the suitability of a location for this type of tourism. …”
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Investigating the relationship between human capital and innovation with the mediating role of knowledge sharing and social media networking in iranian creative companies by Hashem Atapour, Afshin Hamdipour, Sahar Safipour

“…The collected data were analyzed using SPSS and SmartPLS software, facilitating both descriptive and path analysis.Findings: The descriptive analysis revealed that the research data adhered to normal distribution parameters. …”
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A metadata schema to standardize non-thermal plasma decontamination parameters in food-related applications by George Pampoukis, Thomas Weihe, Robert Wagner, Markus Μ. Becker, Yijiao Yao, Masja N. Nierop Groot, Uta Schnabel

“…The metadata schema is implemented as an extension to Plasma-MDS, a metadata schema for plasma science, and aims to apply the FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable) data principles to food-related applications. The framework highlights relevant parameters related to the plasma source, the medium in which the plasma is ignited, the target (food-, and microbial-related parameters) treated with the plasma, and the diagnostic methods used to investigate these properties. …”
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Evaluation of Communicable Diseases Surveillance System Structure in Mosul City by Yasir M. Younus, Mohammed F. Khalifa

“… Background: One of the most important global public health issues and it is a major source of death for many people around the world. …”
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Observations Regarding Expanded Verbal Adverbials with the Meaning of Intention Accompanied by the Postposition İçi̇n (for, in Order To) by Edina Solak, Mirza Bašić, Asja Mešić

“…The analysis is divided into three parts and it is based on descriptive analytics as well as contrastive approach. …”
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APEX: an automated cloud-native material property explorer by Zhuoyuan Li, Tongqi Wen, Yuzhi Zhang, Xinzijian Liu, Chengqian Zhang, A. S. L. Subrahmanyam Pattamatta, Xiaoguo Gong, Beilin Ye, Han Wang, Linfeng Zhang, David J. Srolovitz

“…It is designed for expert and non-specialist users, lowering the barrier to entry for interdisciplinary research within an “AI for Materials” framework. We describe the foundation and use of APEX, as well as provide two examples of its application to properties of titanium and 179 metals and alloys for a wide-range of bonding descriptions.…”
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Environmental impacts of plastic waste management practices in urban suburbs areas of Zimbabwe by Steven Jerie, Amato Chireshe, Tapiwa Shabani, Takunda Shabani, Pure Maswoswere, Olivia C. Mudyazhezha, Chengetai Mashiringwani, Lloyd Mangwandi

“…Hence, the study recommends a sustainable plastic waste management framework which supports integrated approach and circular economy.…”
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