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While decolonial perspectives have continuously been discussed in contemporary academic discourse in Social Work in the last two decades, yet, the complex legacies of colonialism are often left unreflected within methodological and pedagogical conceptualizations in Social Work (Harms-Smith and Rasool, 2020; Tamburro, 2013; Kleibl et al., 2020; Harm...

This chapter investigates plans for utilising artificial brainpower (simulated intelligence) in advanced education to upgrade instruction, learning, research, and authoritative cycles. It involves the use of artificial intelligence, including custom-ised growth opportunities, versatile learning frameworks, virtual mentoring, and computer-based inte...

This chapter examines the history of philosophy of psychology and philosophy of psychiatry as subfields of philosophy of science that emerged in the late twentieth and early twenty-first century. The chapter also surveys related literatures that developed in psychology and psychiatry. Philosophy of psychology (or philosophy of cognitive science) ha...

This paper shows a mechanical manufactured design test for a water tank level control system. The purpose of this mechanical controller is to maintain the water level in the tank at the desired level as the process operator wish according to the manufacturing process requirements. That means the process operator as the observer have the ability to...

Federated learning (FL) is an emerging approach to distributed learning from decentralized data, designed with privacy concerns in mind. FL has been successfully applied in several fields, such as the internet of things (IoT), human activity recognition (HAR), and natural language processing (NLP), showing remarkable results. However, the developme...

Dear Colleagues, The latest agreements from the 28th Conference of the Parties focus on reducing fossil fuel consumption and greenhouse gas releases. With these goals in mind, electric drives can be considered as an extended solution to reduce energy consumption, with a notable decrease in emissions. This trend promotes the adoption of electric dr...

All punishments are based on the same proposition i.e. there must be a penalty for wrongdoing. There are two main reasons for inflicting the punishment. One is the belief that it is both right and just that a person who has done wrong should suffer for it; the other is the belief that inflicting punishment on wrongdoers discourages other from doing...

Edible electronics present a blossoming path to a greener and eco-friendly future for electronics, whilst being biocompatible with living beings. With this characteristic, edible electronics has been recently proposed for the design and fabrication of edible and digestible sensors. More precisely, it has become a strong and sustainable candidate fo...

The transition from medical education to clinical practice is often marked by significant uncertainty for new medical graduates. This uncertainty stems from a variety of factors, including the complexity of real-world patient care, the application of theoretical knowledge to practical scenarios, and the emotional and psychological weight of clinica...

Since teachers' perceptions of work engagement can strongly shape their engagement level, it is imperative to explore how teachers perceive this construct and its associated dimensions. With this in mind, some researchers have evaluated teachers' beliefs and attitudes towards this notion. Notwithstanding this, to the authors' knowledge, no study ha...

This is a book about the mindlessness of AI, which is preventing the achievement of human-level intelligence in machines. Essentially the problem arises from the limited scope of expertise possessed by researchers in the AI industry. While the existing expertise in computer science and neuroscience is essential, it is not sufficient for the develop...

While a lot of attention has been focussed on mesmeric and hypnotic phenomena in Europe and Britain, little is known of their history in other parts of the world during the same period. One intriguing case study is that of Dr. James Esdaile (1808–1859), an Edinburgh-trained Scottish surgeon who spent 20 years practising in British India. In the las...

The main goal of this study was to examine how the both internal and external factors (IEF) affect hotels adoption to 3D food printing technology. Furthermore, the study aimed to do an empirical investigation into the possible mediating role of hotels adoption to 3D-printed food (3DPF) between (IEF) and the purchasing behavior of customers (PBC) in...

21st-century education emphasizes technology adaptation and high-level thinking skills, including the development of high-level thinking that puts high pressure on students' mental health and social skills. This study used a one-group pre-post design to test the effect of the jigsaw learning model on students' mental health and social skills in tae...

Negotiation excellence is fundamentally rooted in the art of influence and the ability to win hearts and minds, which is achieved through effective communication and strategic interaction. The negotiation process serves as a vital tool for resolving conflicts and achieving personal and professional goals, emphasizing the importance of articulating...

The known laws of the so-called physical universe will likely have to be significantly revised toaccommodate the “nonphysical” in a comprehensive description of Nature. Keywords: consciousness, feeling, mind, brain, physics, S-Theory (PDF) On the Nature of the Nature of Consciousness. Available from: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/38628...

Subconscious Energy Healing Therapy (SEHT) is a growing practice that taps into the power of the subconscious mind to address emotional, psychological, and relational blockages that affect relationships. In relationship counselling, SEHT provides a unique framework for healing by focusing on the energetic connections between partners and the deep-r...

Children grow up surrounded by computers, encountering them at home, in school, and in virtually all aspects of their lives. This raises crucial questions: How do children perceive the difference between humans and computers? What preconceptions do they hold? The existing literature is limited, mainly describing children's preconceptions about huma...

In the quiet expanse of rural Kansas, where the plains stretch endlessly under star-filled skies, the nighttime stillness is a way of life. But one night, that tranquility is broken by a faint, red glow on the horizon—an eerie, otherworldly light that illuminates the clouds without sound or warning. It isn’t the flicker of a fire or the comforting...

This letter reflects on the extraordinary convergence of scientific minds in the early 1900s, which led to groundbreaking discoveries in physics and beyond. It examines the unique cultural and systemic conditions that fostered such creativity, contrasting them with the challenges faced by modern science, such as hyper-specialization and the dominan...

Fitness Qigong is an important part of Chinese history and culture, and is one of the traditional intangible cultural heritage projects. In recent years, the mental health issues of college students have become a focus of attention in universities. Fitness Qigong is different from other sports programs in that it emphasizes the combination of movem...

Becoming an effective policy brief writer involves understanding the unique needs of policymakers and the essential components of a well-structured brief. A policy brief should succinctly summarize a policy issue, provide evidence-based analysis, and offer actionable recommendations tailored to the audience's context and the specific stage of the p...

Purpose The phenomenon of avoidable care transitions has received increasing attention over the last decades due to its frequency and associated burden for the patients and the healthcare system. A number of assessment tools to identify avoidable transitions have been designed and implemented. The selection of the most appropriate tool appears to b...

A filozófiai és a tudomány nagy hagyománya a valóság megértésének folyamatát a releváns tárgyi területeken törvények meghatározásának lépéseiben végezte el. Ez a megállapítás tudományelméletileg természetesen egyszerűsítő, mégsem megy el a lényeg mellett. A törvény a működő folyamatok végső összefüggéseit nem egyszer egzakt formában volt képes leír...

In the 20th century, comparative literature and cognitive poetics came into contact with classical Indian literary theory, based on a systematic classification of the states of mind manifested as the aesthetic experience of emotion (rasa) in the viewer or listener, actualized through the suggestiveness (dhvani) of the text. This paper proposes a cr...

This research aims to describe the implementation of Securities Crowdfunding (SSC) in Indonesia from the perspective of Maqāṣid al-Sharī'ah. A descriptive-qualitative method is employed using library research and content analysis techniques. The results show that the implementation of SSC in Indonesia is in line with and has a meeting point with th...

This paper addresses the problem of patriarchy in Hegel’s Philosophy of Right by focusing on his conceptualization of family life. The question is not whether the social order envisaged by Hegel is patriarchal or not: his account of the domestic relations between the sexes, in the first place, leaves no doubt about the fact that what he has in mind...

The advent of generative artificial intelligence, exemplified by ChatGPT, has infused new vitality into the ideological and political education of college students through its formidable generative capabilities. However, it has also imparted impacts on their values across multiple dimensions. In the backdrop of the widespread adoption of generative...

This study aims at shedding light on women’s exploitation and liberation at the same time in Atwood’s “Helen of Troy Does Countertop Dancing.” It is divided into an introduction and five other sections and a conclusion. The introduction introduces the reader to the world of myth and how they participate in framing the mind of the primitive man conc...

Signals that inform prospective receivers of potential contingencies associated with the signaler or its environment may be innate, or may rely upon repeated association between signal production and a context relevant to the receiver, or theory of mind, such that signalers and/or receivers infer the state or contextual situation communicative part...

John McDowell and Wilfrid Sellars respectively intend to develop a conception of the relationship between mind and world that must subvert a fundamental dilemma between the Myth of the Given and Coherentism: both are committed to the “transcendental task” of accounting for the way in which conceptual activity is directed towards a reality that is n...

Doing philosophy as a kind of dialogue with one's deeper self or inner mind.

This study explores how K–12 history curricula across Canada currently address—and may better address in future—decolonizing imperatives. Following a consideration of the limitations and strengths of curricula in this regard, the article identifies five recommendations for (re)designing history and social studies curricula with decolonizing goals i...

When I think about psychedelics, I find it handy to think about their idea-context. Of course, ideas about psychedelics exist in any number of contexts, but one I find particularly helpful is the idea I call "neurosingularlity," particularly the "Neurosingularity Project." The Neurosingularity Project is the discovery, construction, and development...

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"Overcoming Exam Anxiety: A Step-by-Step Guide for Students" is a comprehensive resource designed to help students manage and conquer the overwhelming stress and anxiety that often accompanies exams. Drawing on practical strategies, this book takes a holistic approach to exam preparation, focusing not only on study techniques but also on mental and...

This study aims to acknowledge whether there is a relationship between democracy and safety parameters through democratic country categories. For this purpose, this study compares the averages of the four subgroups. These four subgroups are full democracy, flawed democracy, hybrid regime, and authoritarian regime subgroups. The study's conceptual f...

Lotmanian semiotics comprises a complex and wide-encompassing system for understanding meaning-making in culture and cultural dynamics more generally. Its complexity is compounded by Lotman’s historically and artistically minded orientation. In this paper we propose a brief rereading of a particular aspect of Lotmanian theory – what we will term Lo...

CONSIDERING STRESS FUL LIFE MENTAL HEALTH IS MOST IMPORTANT ALONG WITH PHYSICAL HEALTH. DIET AND EXERCISE ARE TWO MAIN COMPONETNT AMONGST IT. WE HERE DO THE CONCEPTUAL STUDY ABOUT DIET WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO HEALTHY MIND. ANCIENT AYURVEDA TEXT HELP US LOST TO PUT IT TOGETHOR.

In the journal Nuova Secondaria Ricerca (XLII, n. 2, October 2024), my article titled "When Respect for Authority and Those Who Represent It Is Lacking" has been published. The paper begins with an analysis of a well-known episode of dissent directed at an authority figure, then explores the distinction between the "what" and the "how" in educatio...

The purpose of this study was to examine which early childhood (EC) teachers’ qualifications (i.e., degree, major, and teaching experience) are linked to teachers’ Metacognitive Awareness (MA) and science teaching efficacy, and to investigate the relation among EC teachers’ MA components and science teaching efficacy. A total of 153 Head Start teac...

Liberation of Mind in Spinoza - Text published in the book "Mental Health and Human Well-Being: Psycho-Social and Philosophical Perspective", edited by Prof. Anu Kandhari and by Dr. Priyanka Mahajan for the Department of Philosophy of the Hindu College, Amritsar, Punjab, India (Saptrishi Publication - www.saptrishipublication.com - Chandigarh, Indi...

Parkinsonism is a clinical syndrome characterized by akinesia/bradykinesia, muscle rigidity, resting tremor, and postural instability. Within the group of parkinsonisms is Parkinson’s disease, also known as neurodegenerative parkinsonian syndrome. The group of atypical parkinsonisms was established due to the existence of sporadic parkinsonisms tha...

Accademia Platonica di Firenze.Byzantium and relationships with East and West. Renaissance Quarterly.

The changes undergone by the tourism industry in the past four years have dramatically affected its way of doing business and communicating with customers. A trend in this process is the penetration of digital technologies and their use as a communication channel and tool of influence. A new way of interacting with tourists has arisen, accompanied...

The mind-body problem remains a key issue in the philosophy of mind. This paper explores how out-of-body experiences may shed light on the relationship between the mind and body. We examine four interpretations of what OBEs may reveal. First, OBEs may result from neural or sensory dysfunction and thus be seen as products of brain activity. Accordin...

The objective of the current study was to examine the effect of one-session mindfulness on mind wandering, and to assess whether the duration or intervals of the Sustained Attention to Response Task (SART) influence this effect. Fifty-six undergraduate students were randomly assigned to either a Mindfulness Meditation Group (MMG) or a Controlled Gr...

This chapter explores the possibility of integrating the enactive and the Free Energy Principle’s (FEP) approaches to life and mind. Both frameworks have been linked to the life-mind continuity thesis, but recent debates challenge their potential integration. Critics argue that the enactive approach, rooted in autopoiesis theory, has an internalist...

In recent years, the term "mind hacking" has moved from the realm of science fiction to the cutting edge of cognitive science and cybersecurity. From neuroscientific advancements to artificial intelligence (AI) applications, the potential to influence, manipulate, or even "hack" the human mind is rapidly becoming a tangible reality.

The datafication of law is requiring a reconsideration of approaches to legal research and education. The academy is in an uncomfortable place, with new disciplines claiming to have analytical tools to offer and to be able to replace some or all of the traditional work of lawyers and teachers. This symposium provides an opportunity for reflection a...

The study examines the role of the ideal of motherhood and female emancipation in the development of social work, with a particular focus on the United States. Utilizing qualitative research methods, including contemporary literature reviews, historical analysis, and document review, the study explores the institutionalization process of social wor...

AI systems are often complex and they have ethical consequences. We propose careful modeling of the related agents and their ethical concerns for the design of acceptable AI systems. We have worked on an example case of shopping mall security, and we will exemplify our ideas with our case study. Our modeling is based on BDI (belief-desire-intention...

Land reclamation is the process by which any organization or governing body legally acquires land area and wooded area, either by clearing or by converting an unproductive waste, fallow, or unauthorized land for any economic or societal development reasons. The process of reclaiming land involves reclaiming seabed for new land. The most basic techn...

La ville comme un espace urbain et une unité territoriale revêt une importance dans la vie de tout à chacun, et constitue un réseau complexe de relations. Notre étude a montré l'importance du rôle du citoyen comme principale partenaire. Les différents organismes se doivent de répondre aux attentes des citoyens et l'épanouissement de leurs habitants...

Background/Objectives: This study examined the association between adherence to the Mediterranean dietary approaches to stop hypertension Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay (MIND) diet, its components, and recurrent depressive symptoms (DepSs). Methods: The analyses included 4824 participants (73% men, mean age = 61; SD = 5.9) from the Britis...

This paper examines the intersection of mindfulness practices and art therapy, particularly how combining these approaches can alleviate stress and enhance emotional regulation. Art creation, when approached mindfully, encourages presence, openness, and emotional release, which helps reduce the mental and physiological impact of chronic stress. By...

Trauma survivors are more likely than others to use cannabis, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) commonly co-occurs with cannabis use disorder. Automatic memory associations between trauma reminders and cannabis use have been suggested as contributing mechanisms. These associations can be studied experimentally by manipulating trauma cue expo...

New research expands the linguistic understanding of dialect contact in specific communities and individuals Dialect contact occurs whenever speakers of mutually intelligible language varieties interact. Many linguists are interested in the outcome of such contact—how it leads people and languages to vary and change, and what such patterns can rev...

The content of any educational process must be progressive and derive from the primary goal of forming, teaching, and educating the essential abilities, capacities, and skills for the future specialist, as well as the value system, guided not by the level and requirements of the educational sector but by the educational system. In other words, the...

Background Despite efforts to improve undergraduate clinical pharmacology & therapeutics (CPT) education, prescribing errors are still made regularly. To improve CPT education and daily prescribing, it is crucial to understand how therapeutic reasoning works. Therefore, the aim of this study was to gain insight into the therapeutic reasoning proces...

The reduced density matrix that characterises the state of an open quantum system is a projection from the full density matrix of the quantum system and its environment, and there are many full density matrices consistent with a given reduced version. Without a specification of relevant details of the environment, the time evolution of a reduced de...

This paper examines the importance of aesthetics in the design of medical devices, examining how aesthetic considerations contribute to improved usability, patient acceptance, and emotional well-being. Medical device manufacturers have increasingly integrated aesthetic elements that go beyond functionality to foster a personal connection between de...

Designers used to brainstorm product ideas from their own ingenuity and experiences. Today’s generative AI uses algorithms to create unique, cutting-edge designs, revolutionizing the design process. With generative AI, designers may enter criteria and limitations into algorithms to generate a variety of design possibilities. These ideas may combine...

Abstract The representation of religious theme has greatly influenced Safi’s poems, especially Quran, Islam’s prime source, has affected the poet’s mind set obviously. This study shows the intertextuality of Quran in Safi’s poems from different directions. In his poems, Quran’s texts have been used for several themes and purposes. The poet, through...

As a matter of fact, machine learning (ML) has become a cornerstone in modern science and engineering, evolving from early algorithms like the perceptron to sophisticated deep learning models. The rise of distributed machine learning (DML) has enabled scalable, privacy-preserving analysis of large healthcare datasets in recent years. With this in m...

Well, a great nation not only follows their great leaders but they also protect them. But how would you know what a great leader is? Well, I shall just put some You Tube Videos, and you should only read the coming text after watching these videos, and honestly tell you self what did you think about them. Well, I just wrote these sentences on Medium...

Many social ills can be modelled as a public bad. In such scenarios, private benefit is often immediate while the public damage takes some time to materialize. In this experiment, we investigate the behavioral effects caused by such delays in the realization of collective harm. By manipulating the weight with which the damages caused by group contr...

This paper presents an ecocritical analysis of William Carlos Williams’ Spring and All, a modernist poem that encapsulates the essence of ecological renewal and the human-nature relationship. Through close reading, it reveals the poem’s portrayal of nature’s resilience and the cyclical processes of life, symbolized by the transition from winter to...

As a matter of fact, with the exponential growth of data, machine learning (ML) techniques have increasingly relied on distributed and parallel computing to handle large-scale problems. With this in mind, this paper provides a comparative analysis of distributed and parallel machine learning methodologies, focusing on their efficiency and effective...

Schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SSD) are characterized by atypical brain maturation, including reduced structural similarity between regions. However, the maturational and neurobiological underpinnings of the complex interactions between abnormal development and network reorganization remain poorly characterized. Using structural MRI data from 19...

Counselling is a method that binds together the Counselee and the Counsellor in an interactive discussion to explore the issue in hand and allows the Client to arrive at some decisions in life that he needs to make for his well-being. Yogic counselling on the other hand is called as Sakha Samvad, Sakha meaning a friend and Samvad meaning a meaningf...

Populism is one of the most discussed topics in political theory. Nonetheless, much work remains to be done in order to understand populism in historical context. To what extent is contemporary populism a distinctively modern phenomenon? To what extent does it have roots and precedents in earlier periods of political history? And how can studying p...

Introduction: Gender violence by a partner is a reality that has been addressed in recent decades. Accessing to this population can be a challenging issue for the researcher, due to there are only sample frames of women who have reported violence, losing sight of those who have been victims but due to various personal, social, cultural circumstance...

In all its forms art represents the mind of its creator. This is no less true in treatment of psychological and neurological disorders than it is in the analysis of established artists such as Zlatyu Boyadzhiev and Willem de Kooning. The major areas of this research in creativity have centered on neurological disorders, especially with stroke or fr...

In Scotland, for hundreds of years, juries have chosen between three criminal verdicts: “guilty,” “not guilty,” and “not proven.” The “not proven” verdict’s legal meaning remains mysterious. In this article, I aim to describe and solve the problem. Applying modern ideas about standards of proof to the intellectual history of “not proven” yields eig...

Background and Objectives: For persons with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), the accompanying systemic inflammatory conditions often insidiously damage extra-glandular organs, causing poor outcomes. Despite evidence manifesting the application of rehabilitation services (RSs), the association between RSs use and changes in the inflammatory response among...

Ageing refers to a comprehensive, multidimensional, and continuous process of growing older. This process starts from the beginning of the birth and continues till the death of a human being. This paper considers biological, psychological and social perspectives in the ageing context. To know about the physiological, mental and social changes that...

Making the choice of individuals to choose a career in self-employment is critical as an entrepreneur contributing to a county's economy. Entrepreneurship as a choice is influenced by many contemporaneous variables such as household wealth, gender, spouse's education, family composition, along with health. This paper examined the mothers' influence...

The release of a free generative artificial intelligence (GAI), ChatGPT, in November 2022 has opened up numerous opportunities for students with disabilities in higher education. While the transformative impact of GAI on teaching and learning in general is being debated intensively, little attention has been given to its potential for fostering or...

Hamstring tightness is not unusual problem in humans because of their running patterns or posturing and shortage of sports. The bodybuilders who have low probabilities of emotional distress they have lower hamstring tightness that lower the dangers for musculoskeletal muscle injuries. Muscle tightness can also cause by emotional traumatic experi...

Remote learning settings require students to self-regulate their behavioral, affective, and cognitive processes, including preventing mind wandering. Such engagement in task-unrelated thoughts has a negative impact on learning outcomes and can occur with or without students’ awareness of it. However, research on the meta-awareness of mind wandering...

Comprehensible communication is critical for social functioning and well-being. In psychopathology, incoherent discourse is assumed to reflect disorganized thinking, which is classically linked to psychotic disorders. However, people do not express everything that comes to mind, rendering inferences from discourse to the underlying structure of tho...

In general, integer order differential equations fall short of adequately describing a range of phenomena in many disciplines of science and engineering when compared to fractional order differential equations. In the context of the Caputo fractional derivative, this study examines the nonlinear fractional order foam drainage problem as well as the...

One of the goals of teaching mathematics is to develop mathematical thinking among students and to be able to identify, where mathematics is applicable in the real world. To inculcate mathematical thinking among students, it is necessary to involve mathematical thinking activities as a prominent part of their education. And if teachers are to encou...

As life expectancy rises and modern lifestyles improve, there is an increasing focus on health, disease prevention, and enhancing physical appearance. Consumers are more aware of the benefits of natural ingredients in healthcare products while also being mindful of sustainability challenges. Consequently, marine bioactive compounds have gained popu...

Laksam Pourashava is the home of Pir Mashaikh, pious persons, Gazi Saheb, Dakatiya River, and the birthplace of Nawab Faizunnecha Chowdhurani, a pioneer of female education. It has been established as an important commercial city in the country for a long time. The major railway junction of the country is located here. Once upon a time, there wa...

This research analyzes the relationship between political stability, renewable energy utilization, economic progress, and tourism in Indonesia from 1990 to 2020. We employ advanced econometric techniques, including the Fourier Bootstrap Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) approach and Fourier Toda-Yamamoto causality testing, to ensure the robustn...

Intramuscular application of BoTX has been used to treat muscle hyperactivity (e.g. spasticity and dystonia) in patients with certain neuromuscular disorders. Although, innervation zone (IZ)- targeted and ultrasound-guided injections are generally recommended to increase the effectiveness of the toxin, a specific and detailed injection technique ha...

The purpose of this paper is to explain the differences in perspectives on the human soul between scholastic philosophy and Neo-Confucianism through an analysis of Shin Hudam’s criticism on Lingyan Lishao, a work authored by Sambiasi in 1624. Shin Hu-dam, a prominent figure in the Gongseo school in late Choson, rejected the notion of the soul as a...

Background: The hospitalization of a neonate is stressful for the mother and all family members Severe stress can affect mother–baby relationship and thus affect newborn development subsequently. The parent-infant bonding process during the newborn period establishes the foundation a lifelong relationship. This process is affected when the newborn...

With the rapid development of the internet, short video platforms have become an important battleground for marketing in the new era due to their unique charm and broad audience base. Female college students, as a significant part of short video users, have consumption patterns and preferences that directly affect short video marketing strategies....

Difficulty is an under-appreciated but powerful motivational force. As outlined by identity-based motivation (IBM) theory, a social cognition theory of self, self-regulation, and goal pursuit, people prefer to act (action-readiness) and understand their experiences (procedural-readiness) in ways that fit who they are (identity-congruence). IBM also...

This paper tries to fathom the pain of being rejected and outcast by Dalits in the society which is equally belongs to them. Interestingly Dalits are not foreigner in the Hindu society. At the same time, they have not done any harm to any upper cast in India. Still they met with utmost hatred and disrespect by other members of the society. One cann...