Student evaluations: Pedagogical tools, or weapons of choice? by Warwick Fisher, John Orr, John Page, Alessandro Pelizzon, Helen Walsh

“…We argue that SETs need to be seen in context, as part of a wider and more pedagogically informed measure of good teaching. …”
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A Qualitative Study of Digital Religious Influence: Perspectives from Christian, Hindu, and Muslim Gen Y and Gen Z in Mumbai, India by Clyde Anieldath Missier

“…In this context, accrued social capital can help individuals develop resilience or resistance to online disinformation, hate speech, and radicalization. …”
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Veblen 2.0: Neoliberal Games of Social Capital and the Attention Economy as Conspicuous Consumption by Kane Xavier Faucher

“…Such a discussion must be set in the current context of the normative frame of neoliberal ideology which champions the values of the entrepreneurial self, devolved competitiveness as a form of - in this case social rather than strictly economic - neo-Darwinism, and the touted virtues of speed and connectivity. …”
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THE THE INFORMATION FIELD OF THE MODERN POLITICAL CARNIVAL (THE PROBLEM OF COGNITIVE SECURITY) by P. L. Karabushchenko

“…The new historical context within which the current generation of political elites exists can be conditionally characterized as a political carnival, and the dominant political culture as a carnival of political culture. …”
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Fiscal regimes and debt sustainability in Colombia by Carlos Andrés Zapata-Quimbayo, Raúl-Alberto Chamorro-Narváez

“…Although we find evidence of asymmetric behaviour in fiscal responses and the presence of pro-cyclical fiscal policy, Colombia’s long-term fiscal sustainability is verified based on a globally-based fiscal sustainability test. In this context, the government reacts appropriately to increases in debt only in the sustainable regime, but the fiscal response is sufficiently robust to stabilise public debt throughout the entire period. …”
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Les statistiques localisées au Brésil : un kaléidoscope de catégories de territoires by Cathy Chatel, Maria Encarnação Beltrão Sposito

“…This translates into difficulties in understanding and using aggregated population data on official spatial and urban categories. The avatars of the current situation are symptomatic of the paradigm of complexity that increasingly influences the quantitative approach in the social sciences and more generally reflects a break between citizens, policies and the logic of experts. …”
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Exacerbating, alleviating, or overcoming? Exploring the nexus between artificial intelligence and the crisis of democracy by Francesco Nasi

“…Thirdly, AI could overcome this crisis by paving the way for new forms of government beyond the current representative systems. If AI will exacerbate, alleviate, or overcome the crisis of democracy will depend not just on AI itself, but rather on the complex sociotechnical relationship between technology and the cultural, social, economic, legal, and political context in which it is developed. …”
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Symptom palliation in patients with bone metastases treated with radiotherapy by Kartick Rastogi, Shivani Gupta, Sandeep Bhaskar, Aseem-Rai Bhatnagar, Subhash-Chand Bairwa, Sandeep Jain

“…The 8 Gy single-fraction schedule was associated with maximum relief in insomnia and decrease in analgesic requirement. Conclusion: The current institutional protocol of weekly hypofractionated palliative RT of 6.25 Gy per fraction up to a maximum of four fractions given on Saturday has shown results comparable with other schedules with well tolerance and achievement of acceptable symptom palliation. …”
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The ageing of people living with cystic fibrosis: what to expect now? by Almudena Felipe Montiel, Antonio Álvarez Fernández, Mario Culebras Amigo, Letizia Traversi, David Clofent Alarcón, Karina Loor Reyes, Eva Polverino

“…However, the prolonged life expectancy is accompanied by an increasing burden of age-related comorbidities, especially in the context of chronic disease. …”
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Effects of rotational forces, and thermal diffusion on unsteady magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) flow of a viscoelastic fluid through porous media with isothermal inclined plates by Amjad Ali Pasha, Mohammed K. Al Mesfer, M.W Kareem, Raghunath Kodi, Mohd Danish, Shanawaz Patil, Ramachandra Reddy Vaddemani

“…The findings reveal that the fluid’s resultant velocity increases with higher Soret parameters across the fluid region, while the opposite trend is observed with an increase in both the aligned magnetic field and magnetic field intensity. …”
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Brain Structural Correlates of EEG Network Hyperexcitability, Symptom Severity, Attention, and Memory in Borderline Personality Disorder by Andrea Schlump, Bernd Feige, Swantje Matthies, Katharina von Zedtwitz, Isabelle Matteit, Thomas Lange, Kathrin Nickel, Katharina Domschke, Marco Reisert, Alexander Rau, Markus Heinrichs, Dominique Endres, Ludger Tebartz van Elst, Simon Maier

“…<b>Introduction</b>: Previous neuroimaging studies have reported structural brain alterations and local network hyperexcitability in terms of increased slow-wave electroencephalography (EEG) activity in patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD). …”
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Game theory analysis of operational decision-making in green supply chain: The impact of consumer preferences by Shi Ruomeng

“…In the current global context of increasing emphasis on sustainable development, high carbon emissions and resource waste in traditional supply chains have become critical factors affecting supply chain efficiency. …”
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Climate variability off Africa's southern Cape over the past 260&thinsp;000 years by K. Purcell, K. Purcell, K. Purcell, M. H. Simon, M. H. Simon, M. H. Simon, E. J. Pryor, E. J. Pryor, S. J. Armitage, S. J. Armitage, H. J. L. van der Lubbe, E. Jansen, E. Jansen, E. Jansen

“…Finally, the data from core MD20-3592 can provide a climatic context for archaeological evidence in South Africa during the MSA.…”
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Energetische upgrading van Nederlandse Wederopbouw flats by Frits Schultheiss

“…The theoretical relevance is to increase scientific knowledge in the field of energetic and circular upgrading. …”
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European Green Deal and Energy Crisis in EU by PETRE PRISECARU

“…We will also discuss the impact of energy liberalization process on Romania given the fact that although this country was badly affected by the energy liberalization process resumed in 2021 and also by energy crisis will continue to develop renewable energy capacities which will increase moderately in the current decade, especially wind and photovoltaic ones.…”
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Advancing Fair Division in Overseas Farmland Investment via Shapley Value by Chuan Yang, Meng Du, Xinhai Lu

“…Currently, a global hunger and malnutrition crisis is spreading throughout various regions worldwide. …”
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OPPORTUNITIES IN ORGANIC BREEDING OF CAPON POULTRY AND SUSTAINABLE FARM MANAGEMENT by Elena BONCIU

“…The breeding of capons represents an opportunity for Romanian farmers who want a profitable business, especially since currently, in Romania, the number of such micro-farms is very limited.…”
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The Dilemma of Cross-Border Data Flow Governance in the AIGC Era and the Game of Rules in International Relations by Lv Zhengge

“…With the rapid development of AIGC (Artificial Intelligence Generated Content) technology, global cross-border data flows have shown unprecedented growth trends in scale, speed, and complexity. However, the increase in cross-border data flows has also brought about severe governance challenges, especially in areas such as data privacy, data sovereignty, and national security, which are becoming increasingly prominent. …”
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Allies in the Making: India’s Strategic Partnerships in the Indo-Pacific Strategy by HSIAO-CHEN LIN

“…This research explores and analyzes India’s evolving strategic partnerships in the Indo-Pacific region, particularly in the context of increasing Chinese assertiveness and global geopolitical shifts. …”
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Networked Control of a Small Drone Resilient to Cyber Attacks by Octavian Ștefan, Alexandru Codrean

“…Moreover, in some applications like small UAVs, the safety and integrity of the system and its surroundings are highly susceptible to cyberattacks. In this context, the current paper proposes a resilient networked control approach. …”
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