Cosmotechnologies of Community and Collaboration in Vandana Singh’s Speculative Architectures by Joel P.W. Letkemann

“…This essay considers architectural cosmotechnology through discourses in global speculative fiction (SF), fictions proceeding from different ways of understanding and being in the world, to explore the future implications of these fictions for architecture and other technological practices in contrast to the hegemony of global modernism – what I have called cosmotechnologies of community and collaboration. …”
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Human-machine interactions with clinical phrase prediction system, aligning with Zipf's least effort principle? by Jamil Zaghir, Mina Bjelogrlic, Jean-Philippe Goldman, Julien Ehrsam, Christophe Gaudet-Blavignac, Christian Lovis

“…The essence of language and its evolutionary determinants have long been research subjects with multifaceted explorations. This work reports on a large-scale observational study focused on the language use of clinicians interacting with a phrase prediction system in a clinical setting. …”
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The Older Gamer in Games Studies: Marginalised or Idealised? by Wu Huan, Guo Chen

“…Instead, researchers need to explore the original motivation of ageing people or people with disability to play video games, the sociocultural environment in which they are exposed to games and the specific social conditions under which games affect them.…”
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Czy pojawienie się technologii informacyjno-komunikacyjnych w klasie szkolnej oznacza zmianę praktyk nauczania i uczenia się? by Lucyna Kopciewicz

“…The design of teaching and learning with tablet technology was explored using the didactical design framework. This perspective focuses on both teachers’ practices and students’ learning activities in the classroom and how tablet technology is integrated into teaching and learning practices. …”
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Nordic Exceptionalism? How Scandinavian Border and Coast Guards Rationalize Their Participation in Frontex Operations by Eline Waerp

“…Nordic exceptionalism refers to the interviewees’ perception of higher moral standards and stronger work ethic in the Nordic countries vis-à-vis in the Southern, Central, and Eastern European countries. The paper explores how the Scandinavian border and coast guards’ belief that refugees and migrants would be worse off if they were not present at sea rationalizes their participation in Frontex operations, despite their concerns regarding poor fundamental rights protections. …”
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Negative emotions, projection bias, and the vote choice in South Korea by Kiyoung Chang, Jeeyoung Park

“…While it is well established that competence shocks, such as corruption scandals, influence voters’ affective attachment to political elites and their perceived capacity to address social issues, this study explores how such shocks may also lead voters to perceive some candidates as more ideologically extreme. …”
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Playing the Game, or Not: Reframing Understandings of Children’s Digital Play by Magladry Madison, Willson Michele

“…This paper is a call for an exploration of what and how children’s digital gaming looks like from a child’s perspective and for a reframing of understanding children’s digital play as a result.…”
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Effects of climate warming and precipitation change on the relationship between plant diversity and community productivity and its stability in grassland by A Wang1, 2, 2, 2, 2, LÜ Wangwang, SUN Jianping, LI Bowen, WANG Shiping

“…Second, we provide a detailed overview of recent studies on the relationship between plant diversity and productivity and its stability in response to climate warming and changing precipitation, based on field experiments and other methods. Finally, we explore how dynamic changes in plant species composition play a crucial role in regulating the stability of community productivity. …”
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Professors Call it Cheating, Students Call it Teamwork by Jeffrey Walsh, Jessie Krienert, Kevin Cannon, Samuel Honan

“…Academic dishonesty in higher education is a persistent concern emphasized and extensively explored in traditional face-to-face courses, less so in online learning environments. …”
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Propagation of interspecies sexual behaviour between Japanese macaques and Sika deer: First evidence by Sueur Cédric, Oshima Atsuyuki, Pelé Marie

“…We categorised this rare behaviour as a case of reproductive interference and explored hypotheses regarding its functionality. While some suggest nutritional benefits for the deer, others propose learning, incomplete species recognition, or mate deprivation hypotheses. …”
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ASSESSING THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF TERRORISM ON INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS (IDPS) IN NIGERIA by ``ABDULHAMEED KUNLE ALABA, ELIJAH BABASOLA AFOLABI AGBAJE

“… This study investigates the economic disparities between on-camp and off-camp Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Nigeria, a gap under-explored in existing research on terrorism-induced displacement. …”
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Sharing talk, sharing cognition: philosophy with children as the basis for productive classroom interaction by Laura Kerslake, Sarah Rimmington

“…We then examine the relationship between thought and language in a pedagogical context by drawing on the practice of philosophy with children in the classroom, identifying key skills which are important in the development of meaningful classroom interaction, connecting this to philosophy with children practice. We go on to explore the consequences of educational attainment for those children who enter school with impoverished language, referring to a number of key studies, including our own, which highlight the detrimental effects not only on children’s outcomes at school, but also their ability to become equal inhabitants of a linguistic space. …”
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Class-aware feature attention-based semantic segmentation on hyperspectral images. by Prabu Sevugan, Venkatesan Rudhrakoti, Tai-Hoon Kim, Megala Gunasekaran, Swarnalatha Purushotham, Ravikumar Chinthaginjala, Irfan Ahmad, Kumar A

“…This research explores an innovative approach to segment hyperspectral images. …”
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A diachronic study on the treatment of culture-bound words in Chinese-English Dictionaries (1819–2014): A case study of confucian terms by Jinyan Li

“…The purpose of this study is threefold: i) to understand the lexicographic practice of Chinese-English dictionaries in their treatment of culture-bound words (Confucian terms); ii) to explore the diachronic changes in bilingual dictionaries at the macrostructural and microstructural levels; and iii) to investigate the user-friendly features of bilingual dictionaries. …”
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The End of Bias: A Beginning: The Science and Practice of Overcoming Unconscious Bias by Keaton West Hernandez Hernandez

“…The book is structured into three parts: How Bias Works, Changing Minds, and Making It Last. Part 1 explores the historical and psychological foundations of bias, emphasizing its cumulative nature. …”
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Conservation refugees and environmental dispossession in 21st century critical Geography by Scott William Hoefle

“… This study explores the relevance of the concepts of conservation refugees and environmental dispossession for steering a middle course between unjust bio-centric conservation and anti-environmentalism of extreme right “populism”. …”
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Challenges and solutions for the implementation of computer-based test learning evaluation at SMKN 2 Bandung by Azzahra Putri Imanda, Dea Apriliyani, Dewi Allyya Suci Putri Anjani

“…This article explores the implementation of Computer-Based Testing (CBT) as a summative assessment method at SMK Negeri 2 Bandung, aiming for success and sustained benefits in the Indonesian education system. …”
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Скандал в эго-документах позднесоветских писателей: попытка “насыщенного описания” by Maria Mayofis

“… The article explores the nuanced meanings of ‘scandal’ within the late Soviet writers’ milieu. …”
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Remote cooling of spin-ensembles through a spin-mechanical hybrid interface by Yang Wang, Durga Bhaktavatsala Rao Dasari, Jörg Wrachtrup

“…In the presence of weak dispersive coupling between the spins and the oscillator, cooling of the oscillator and the ensemble spins can be achieved by exploiting the feedback from frequent measurements of the single-probe spin. We explore the parameter regimes necessary to cool the ensemble, the oscillator, or both to their thermal ground states. …”
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THE YOUNG LEARNERS’ PERCEPTION TOWARDS ENGLISH INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES USING VIRTUAL PLATFORMS by Purwanti Taman, Sukma Septian Nasution, Tommy Hastomo, Nur Najibah Sukmawati, Laksmy Ady Kusumoriny

“… The popularity of virtual-learning platforms as an alternative for instructional practices during the pandemic is rocketing yet students’ perceptions to the implementation are not optimally gauged especially to young learners. This study explores the students’ perception towards learning English using two popular virtual platforms during Covid-19 pandemic. …”
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