Navigating the potential and pitfalls of large language models in patient-centered medication guidance and self-decision support by Serhat Aydin, Mert Karabacak, Victoria Vlachos, Konstantinos Margetis

“…These artificial intelligence (AI)-driven tools can generate comprehensive responses about drug interactions, side effects, and emergency care protocols, potentially enhancing patient autonomy in medication decisions. However, significant challenges exist, including the risk of misinformation and the complexity of providing accurate drug information without access to individual patient data. …”
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Chosen Aspects of Psychiatric Confidentiality in the Jurisprudence of the Supreme Court by Paweł Górski

“…The Court’s rulings also emphasize the autonomy of psychiatric experts and the need to trust their professional competence, noting various aspects related to the evaluation of their work. …”
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Development of The Paternalist Leadership Behavior Scale of School Principals: Validity and Reliability Study by İnayet Aydın, Ahmet Saylık

“…Although the concept of studies aimed at determining the dimensions of paternalist leadership has generally limited to benevolent, morality and authoritarianism, it is stated that paternal approaches are essentially exploitative, have some limitations on autonomy, contain some kind of interventionism, find the beneficiary insufficient, and mask the authoritarianism with the compassion and love of the father. …”
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Witchery as Tribal Primary Ethos: Negotiations and Resistance in Select Literary Representations by Saru Sachdeva, Rekha Rani

“…It argues that Indian tribal women no longer view witchcraft merely as a negative gender stereotype but rather as a means to assert their rights, celebrate their autonomy, and navigate the complexities of a mystical belief system. …”
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THE EFFECTS OF INTRINSIC ASPECTS OF WORK ON EMPLOYEE WELL-BEING by Simona DUMITRIU, Andreea Teodora AL-FLOAREI, Mihai-Alexandru ȘTEFĂNESCU-DRAGOTĂ, Silviu - Mihai NIȚU-GRANZULEA

“…The findings reveal that organizational motivation, interest in the profession, and recognition of effort are the most significant contributors to employee well-being, while other aspects, such as autonomy and task satisfaction, exert less influence. …”

Belarus’ Sovereignty in Question: Assessing its de facto Sovereign Status in the Shadow of Russia by Arūnas Molis, Sara Pastorello

“…While sovereign states exercise full autonomy and control over their affairs, satellite states often find themselves in a subordinate position, heavily influenced or even dominated by external powers. …”
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Gagauz Identity in the Post-Soviet Period by Nesibe Ayşe Sağlam, Yusuf Adıgüzel

“…Contrary to expectations, there is clear evidence that the Gagauz identity has begun to erode rather than strengthen in the post-autonomy period. We found their perception of Russian as their mother tongue besides their ethnic language has weakened Gagauz and the proliferation of mixed marriages leads to an erosion in their ethnic identity. …”
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Empowering pastoralist women through social innovations in Somali and Afar regions of Ethiopia by Tafesse Matewos, Melisew Dejene, Semeredin Yimer

“…The data analysis has shown that the SIs have contributed to women's empowerment by building knowledge, skills, and financial autonomy for women in the study area. Besides, the findings have also revealed a statistically significant association between women's empowerment and their participation in social innovations. …”
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Models of involvement of indigenous peoples in political decision making processes by Margarita V. Bukovska

“…The conclusion is that the most popular such models include the allocation of quotas in government bodies, creation of representative and consultative bodies, consultations with government agencies, as well as granting them territorial and non-territorial autonomy. It is emphasized that even in democratic countries, indigenous peoples still face difficulties in influencing politics and that the creation of special models is not always a guarantee of their full participation in political decision-making processes. …”
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Ethnicity in Censuses as an Instrument of Institutional Change: Theoretical Aspect by Mariya V. Nazukina

“…The key practices of instrumental solutions in this regard are related to the reforms of the administrative-territorial division, the system of government, the granting of autonomy, as well as various preferences.…”
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Ethical Considerations of Influencing Behavior Using Computer Technology by Michael Bailey, Richard Hill, Albert Brown

“…Even when the purpose of this influence is positive, the damage that is done to the user's autonomy makes these technologies morally reprehensible. …”
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Interpretative phenomenological analysis of guidance advocates’ online counseling experiences by Amabel Tangco-Siason, Rex S. Paulino

“…Among these variables are: (i) discourse that mirrors the exchanges between a counselor and a client; (ii) framework, which includes OC dynamics and changing communication requirements; and (iii) learner autonomy, which stands for the involvement of clients in online learning.DiscussionA community-based framework for developing students is formed by these variables. …”
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What we talk about when we talk about decentralization? Insights from post-revolution Tunisia by Lana Salman

“…At stake in this comparison are two discourses of decentralization that call forth diverging development models: one model focuses on the financial, administrative and political autonomy of municipalities from the central government, while the other calls for reparations and a desire for a state that restores past injustices. …”
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Perfectionism and rational-emotive behaviour as a motivational policy for human resource management by Yu. A. Filyasova

“…Employees who find themselves in a corporate perfectionist culture have the advantage of achieving a high autonomy level due to developing integrative abilities for regulating social actions. …”
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Vilnius as a Center of the Jewish Bund by Arūnas Vyšniauskas

“…While coming out for cultural and national autonomy of the Jews, however, Jewish Social Democrats of Vilnius remained supporters of the state integrity of the Russian Empire. …”
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Contraceptive care post-Dobbs: A qualitative study of clinic staff perspectives by Alicia VandeVusse, Jennifer Mueller, Octavia Mulhern, Sidney Cech

“…Access to contraception is an essential component of reproductive autonomy. Abortion restrictions such as those introduced in some states following the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision have spillover effects on broader sexual and reproductive health service provision, such as contraceptive services. …”
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The Potentials and Limitations of Agent-Based Models for Urban Digital Twins: Insights From a Surveillance and Behavioral Nudging Simulation by Sarah Shtaierman, Catarina Fontes, Christoph Lütge

“…Moreover, we use the simulation to reflect upon the potentials and limitations of integrating agent-based models into urban digital twins and emphasize the imminent risks for individuals and democratic societies of employing a ubiquitous surveillance apparatus endowed with the autonomy to trigger actuators.…”
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Delegitimizing, corruptive crises by Ángel R. Oquendo

“…The concept may describe a situation in which these collectivities must, at the outset, transition from an instrumental to a reflexive construction of legitimacy norms, such as autonomy, legality, and equality, in order effectively to regenerate a corrupt bureaucracy and, thereafter, struggle to recognize themselves after the changeover. …”
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The use of technical vision in flexible production systems to determine coordinates of randomly located objects by K. V. Averkov, D. S. Makashin

“…In modern mechanical engineering, tasks of this kind are quite relevant, they make it possible to increase the autonomy of flexible production systems and make production safer.…”
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La Inserción internacional de Suramérica: la apuesta por la Unasur by Carlos Alberto Chaves García

“…De igual manera la nueva experiencia de cohesión regional, responde a la proyección de los intereses geoestratégicos de Argentina, Brasil y Venezuela, como expresión de la competencia por el liderazgo de dicho esquema de cooperación e integración regional.AbstractSouth American space is currently undergoing a series of transformations that are political, ideological, economic, and social in nature, which point to the development of greater levels of regional autonomy in terms of international insertion. The creation and launch of the Union of South American Nations (Unasur) is the most recent institutional expression of this new attempt at the integration of South American countries, which seeks to articulate the distinct regional agendas proposed by the region’s governments in recent years. …”
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