New methods, old questions: advancing the study of unconscious perception by Mikel Jimenez, Antonio Prieto, Pedro R. Montoro, José Antonio Hinojosa, José Antonio Hinojosa, José Antonio Hinojosa, Markus Kiefer

“…In this review, we will discuss some of the most relevant challenges researchers have faced in demonstrating unconscious perception, and examine how different measures of awareness (e.g., objective vs. subjective) yield different awareness thresholds—often leading to two alternative approaches to demonstrating unconscious perception. …”
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The portrait of Dorian Gray: spontaneous expression of happiness is an invariant kinematic marker by Elisa Straulino, Elisa Straulino, Cristina Scarpazza, Cristina Scarpazza, Alessio Miolla, Andrea Spoto, Sonia Betti, Luisa Sartori, Luisa Sartori

“…To assess spontaneous expressions of happiness, we presented video clips extracted from comedies showing hilarious scenes (Emotional Induction, Experiment 1) or videoclips showing smiling faces (Motor Contagion, Experiment 2). To induce posed expressions, we adopted the classic image of posed happiness from Ekman’s dataset. …”
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The resistance of res judicata to the violation of the principle of penal legalty by Manfredi Bontempelli

“…The thesis of the jurisprudence and of a part of the Italian doctrine, according to which the penal judgment should “surrender” in the face of violations of fundamental rights ascertained by EDU Court, and of constitutional guarantees as a result of interventions by the Constitutional Court, must be subjected to careful evaluation. …”
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Understanding the utilization of preventive health services for non-communicable diseases: a qualitative study with community members and family physicians by Şükran Peker, Ahmet Topuzoğlu, Seyhan Hıdıroğlu, Özlem Tanrıöver

“…Methods This qualitative study involved in-depth, face-to-face interviews with 29 participants selected through criterion sampling. …”
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Women’s Choice to Deliver at Home: Understanding the Psychosocial and Cultural Factors Influencing Birthing Choices for Unskilled Home Delivery among Women in Southwestern Uganda by Esther C. Atukunda, Godfrey R. Mugyenyi, Celestino Obua, Angella Musiimenta, Edgar Agaba, Josephine N. Najjuma, Norma C. Ware, Lynn T. Matthews

“…We conducted in-depth qualitative face-to-face interviews with 30 purposively selected women between December 2018 and March 2019 to include adult women who delivered from their homes and health facility within the past three months. …”
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Analyzing the Impact of the Presence of Foreign Tourists in Religious Places on Their Attitude Towards Shiism by Marziyeh Farshiddost, Behrooz Badkoo, Mohamad Ghasemisiani

“…The current research is descriptive-analytical with qualitative method and face-to-face interviews. The statistical population of the research included non-Muslim foreign tourists visiting the Holy Shrine of Ali Bin Hamza. …”
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SORA: Energy-Efficient Resource Allocation in Open Radio Access Network With Online Learning by Aerman Tuerxun, Akihiro Nakao

“…However, its widespread adoption faces challenges due to the complexity of configuration choices, which can significantly affect both network performance and energy efficiency. …”
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The Role of Youth Schools in Applying Travis Hirschi’s Social Control Theory by Radvilė Maskuliūnaitė

“…By analyzing the results of the research and using the principle of the axial coding, the categories, according to their areas, were split into the first and second level subcategories. …”
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Empowering Postdoctoral Scholars: Insights From Library Focus Groups by Lena Bohman, Marla I Hertz, Regina Vitiello

“…The qualitative analysis employed an iterative coding process to explore several themes: self-proclaimed needs to succeed during postdoctoral training; perceptions of library offerings, including space, services, and collections; and barriers to success.  …”
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A new framework for cortico-striatal plasticity: behavioural theory meets in vitro data at the reinforcement-action interface. by Kevin N Gurney, Mark D Humphries, Peter Redgrave

“…Much evidence suggests that this occurs when phasic dopamine, acting as a reinforcement prediction error, gates plasticity at cortico-striatal synapses, and thereby changes the future likelihood of selecting the action(s) coded by striatal neurons. But this hypothesis faces serious challenges. …”
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Exploiting Extrinsic Information for Serial MAP Detection by Utilizing Estimator in Holographic Data Storage Systems by Thien An Nguyen, Jaejin Lee

“…For signal processing, HDS faces two major challenges: inter-page interference (IPI) and two-dimensional (2D) interference. …”
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Cloning and assessment of cold resistance in the transcription factor PhIPT5 from Populus hopeiensis by Qi Zhang, Tiantian Bi, Ning Wang, Jinling Dai, Yue Bai

“…Abstract Background Populus hopeiensis, a significant afforestation species, faces substantial growth constraints due to cold stress. …”
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Complete mitogenome of the critically endangered Asian king vulture (Sarcogyps calvus) (Aves, Accipitriformes, Accipitridae): evolutionary insights and comparative analysis by Wannapol Buthasane, Sithichoke Tangphatsornruang, Piroon Jenjaroenpun, Thidathip Wongsurawat, Saowaphang Sanannu, Vorasuk Shotelersuk, Gunnaporn Suriyaphol

“…The Asian king vulture (Sarcogyps calvus), also known as the red-headed vulture, is an Old World vulture (Gypini) facing severe population declines. This study aimed to assemble the complete mitogenome of S. calvus, explore its phylogenetic relationships, estimate divergence times, and examine genetic distances and amino acid substitutions. …”
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Woman or surgeon – Not both: Perceptions of support, enablers and barriers in general surgery by Kelda M.O. Sheridan, Naomi D. Quinton

“…Introduction: The General Surgery (GS) educational community of practice faces crisis. Recruitment is challenged by cultural norms of postponing post-foundation training; and retention with perceptions of elitism, discrimination and inflexibility (UK Shape of Training Steering Group, 2017; Kennedy, 2021) [1,45]. …”
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A path to resilience and social integration: motivations of international student volunteers during the COVID-19 lockdown in Wuhan by Meraj Malakouti, Asma Khaleel Abdallah, Ahmed Alkaabi

“…The January 2020 lockdown in Wuhan, China, profoundly impacted residents’ daily lives, particularly international students who faced restrictions within their campuses and dormitories. …”
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Identifying the Challenges of the Processes of Introducing and Commercializing Domestic Medical Equipment to the Market by Shahnaz Seyedi Dolatabad, Hessam Zandhessami, Hamed Afshari, Shirin Jalalinia

“…Conclusion: The research results showed that the process faces major challenges such as complexity of implementation steps, time-consuming nature, high costs, lack of transparency, and lack of coordination between regulatory agencies. …”
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Financial reporting challenges of small- and medium-capitalisation JSE-listed companies by Leigh Brookes, Kayleigh Burnham, Wayne van Zijl, Warren Maroun

“…Purpose: The purpose of this article is to explore the financial reporting challenges faced by small- and middle-capitalisation (small- and mid-cap) companies listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. …”
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Presenting the Model of Effective Factors on Smart Governance in the Country by Ghaem Gheiravani, Mohammad Montazeri, Shams Sadat Zahedi

“…In the qualitative part, the fuzzy Delphi method was used, and the data from the interviews were coded and analyzed in the three main stages of open coding; axial coding; and selective coding, and SmartPLS 3 software was used in the quantitative part of factor analysis, and SPSS 22 software was used for analysis. …”
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Linguistic and cultural features of assessing a person’s appearance in Arabic and Russian by S.N. Gasanova, S.N. Magomedova

“…The analysis of the linguistic material allows us to conclude that the national and cultural specifics of the perception of a person's appearance are most clearly manifested in phraseological units characterizing the portrait features of the face, as well as the proportions of the body. Universal images containing an assessment of appearance, as well as specific representations and stereotypes related to the subject, plant, zoonymic, religious, etc. are revealed. cultural codes that reflect the linguistic and cultural characteristics of the assessment of a person's appearance by native speakers of these languages.…”
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CASE ANALYSIS OF RATNA SARUMPAET IN SPREADING FAKE NEWS FROM CRIMINAL LIABILITY PERSPECTIVE by Wiend Sakti Myharto

“… Ratna Sarumpaet lied to the public and to herself as if she was being mistreated by someone else which caused her face to become bruised. It was later discovered that it was the effect of plastic surgery. …”
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