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This timely book explores the challenges facing universities and individual scholars through an examination of the history and theory underlying the concept of academic freedom. Freedom of speech is widely viewed as a central attribute of contemporary liberal democracies and within limits — differing opinions can be articulated in public without f...

Current age is the age of buzzwords. Media supports respective usage. Definitions of the words are important in every sector whit particular emphasis on entrepreneurship, startup, sustainability and environment. Entrepreneurship has to be seen as the transformative function of executed ideas. And startups as one of its extractions. The paper provid...

The first edition of this book was published in 2018 with the aim of providing holistic and comprehensive material on the Internet of Things (IoT). The book has become a reference for various researchers and professional ICT practitioners. Some universities around the world, including those in Europe and North America, are also using this book as c...

This article investigates the underexplored phenomenon of technology transfer office (TTO) bypassing in academic entrepreneurship. While TTOs are established to centralize and support intellectual property-based commercialization, a significant portion of entrepreneurial projects avoid the TTO. Relying on both economic (transaction cost theory) and...

This study rigorously evaluates a mental health assessment tool for college students, grounded in the dual-continua model, which uniquely captures both positive (psychological well-being) and negative (psychological distress) mental health dimensions. Employing a sample of 312 students evenly split by gender, the research meticulously tested the to...

Help-seeking is a critical aspect of learning and problem-solving for computing students. Recent research has shown that many students are aware of generative AI (GenAI) tools; however, there are gaps in the extent and effectiveness of how students use them. With over two years of widespread GenAI usage, it is crucial to understand whether students...

Objectives: This study aims to explore the levels and nature of relationships between mindfulness, psychological resilience, and psychological hardiness among Jordanian university students. Furthermore, it investigates the predictors of mindfulness, using psychological resilience, psychological hardiness, and sociodemographic variables including ge...

Combining theory and case studies, this book explores the factors that influence the academic success of international students in China. It emphasizes the importance of cultural understanding and tailored support systems in improving academic outcomes. The authors utilize the Social Cognitive Theory (SCT) to examine how students' academic outcome...

Despite their crucial role in supplying heat and power to universities, industries, and healthcare facilities, many steam-based district heating systems (DHS) still rely on outdated control methods. Among these, multi-central plant DHS are particularly challenging due to the complexities of coordinating multiple plants, optimizing load distribution...

One of the persistent problems faced by the university education system is the dropout rate. The main aim of this research was to identify the profile characteristics of those students who drop out of their studies, seeking in-depth knowledge of the reality behind the issue. The responses to a questionnaire of 149,837 students from three Spanish un...

Education plays an important role in shaping the quality of human resources in the digitalization era. The challenge in the digitalization era is how to increase student learning motivation with digital learning solutions through technology. The Faculty of Engineering, Yogyakarta State University, needs a way to improve and prepare student competen...

تستضيف القاهرة – جمهورية مصر العربية المؤتمر العلمي الدولي بعنوان “توظيف أدوات الذكاء الاصطناعي في البحث العلمي”، والذي تنظمه جامعة النور وجامعة الموصل, حيث تتمثل جامعة الموصل بكليات الإدارة والاقتصاد والتربية للعلوم الإنسانية والتربية للعلوم الصرفة والاداب، بينما تتمثل جامعة النور بكليات التربية والاداب والتقنيات الادارية. وذلك للمدة من 26إلى 27 ي...

The conference is a collaborative effort between the Committee for junior scholars in Military History of the Italian Society of Military History (SISM), various Italian Universities, and research centres. The event is aimed at PhD students and junior scholars who have completed their PhD within the past three years. It welcomes individuals from di...

Nucleation and growth are studied in a system that undergoes diffusion-controlled condensation under gradual changes in parameters, such as cooling. It is demonstrated that when the Gibbs–Thompson effect becomes negligible, the system falls into a universal regime. i.e., the final droplet size distribution remains invariant under certain rescaling...

Generative artificial intelligence has emerged as a powerful technological innovation that is exerting a sweeping influence in the education sector. The rapid diffusion of ChatGPT in universities worldwide presents both opportunities and challenges to higher education policy and administration. This study seeks to examine students' behavioral and p...

Community Service (CS) is one of the main pillars of the tridharma of higher education, aiming to apply science and technology to provide direct benefits to society. The implementation of CS in Lam Isek Village, Peukan Bada District, Aceh Besar, focuses on skills training in sewing, making instant ginger powder, and making dragon fruit syrup. This...

This study emphasizes the importance of adopting a Smart Green Education System in universities to foster sustainability and enhance the quality of education. By utilizing renewable energy, digitizing resources, and promoting environmental awareness, institutions can lead the way in sustainable development. The anticipated outcomes highlight the po...

This study emphasizes the importance of adopting a Smart Green Education System in universities to foster sustainability and enhance the quality of education. Institutions can lead the way in sustainable development by utilizing renewable energy, digitizing resources, and promoting environmental awareness. The anticipated outcomes highlight the pot...

The mental health of students is an issue of concern worldwide. At the tertiary level, students face several stresses, including academic stress. Frequent changes in curriculum and examination systems put pressure on students' mental health. In this study, we aim to explore the relationship between mental health and academic stress. The study is co...

Background: Mastering a surgical procedure requires acquiring technical and cognitive skills of a surgical procedure. The traditional teaching method emphasises the technical over cognitive skills of a surgical procedure. This study compared the effectiveness of the digital teaching method and the traditional one in teaching surgical procedure -cog...

The man has thrust for knowledge in all over the world. The regular habit of reading makes the people satisfy. The libraries have played an important role in the lives of those who wish to gain and spread knowledge. The British also developed various libraries in Indo-Pakistan sub-continent. Quetta, Lahore and Karachi are the cities where libraries...

This study aims to explore the differences in academic passion among university teachers in different types of positions and to verify whether the classification evaluation system advocated by the Ministry of Education of China can effectively identify the academic passion levels of teachers. A questionnaire survey yielded 373 valid responses from...

Resumen: El objetivo de esta investigación de campo, cuantitativa a nivel descriptivo es analizar la dimensión Estética de la competencia mediática en 2,158 usuarios de redes sociales, de tres universidades (Bolivia, Colombia y Ecuador). Se desarrolló y validó una escala de medición ad hoc. Los usuarios tienden a tener nivel medio de competencia me...

This essay analyzes the potential impact at Iraqi universities on the retirement of senior scientists (professors and their equivalent ranks). The essay started with the scientific cadre in 2003, and the scientific age of professors, and it highlights that the largest demography will retire between 2025 and 2032. 54% of professors are expected to r...

A key aspect of teaching expertise involves navigating the emotional labor required to build positive relationships with students, administrators, parents, and other educational stakeholders. Yet, reflective practices in teacher education often focus on curricular design and delivery with less focus on how teachers manage emotional demands while pr...

1. "Integration" in colleges and universities is the antidote to the negative effects associated with "loosely coupled" systems and silos and pigeonholes. 2. While student completion outcomes remain a priority for colleges and universities, independent and disjointed-while well-intentioned-efforts will not generate the comprehensive and sustainable...

This study examines the implementation of Total Quality Management (TQM) practices in higher education institutions (HEIs) in Uzbekistan, focusing on the relationship between soft and hard quality management (QM) practices. The research aims to understand how soft practices-such as leadership, student focus, supplier management, and strategic plann...

Purpose We aimed to measure the variation in researchers’ knowledge and attitudes towards bibliometric indicators. The focus is on mapping the heterogeneity of this metric-wiseness within and between disciplines. Design/methodology/approach An exploratory survey is administered to researchers at the Sapienza University of Rome, one of Europe’s old...

The quality of educational service is defined as the degree to which the educational process meets the expectations and needs of students and society. In this work, the quality of educational services was evaluated through the measurement of satisfaction in students of university centers. The study was instrumental and 1000 students from two univer...

Entrepreneurship is an essential driver of economic development, fostering innovation, job creation, and business growth. Universities play a crucial role in nurturing entrepreneurial capacity among students, making it imperative to identify and understand the factors influencing this capacity. This study investigates the determinants of entreprene...

In the past few decades, any type of organization, from factories to government organizations, the banking sector, or educational institutions concentrates on increasing profit margins. To achieve this, one of the key factors is to achieve maximum output with minimum resources (input). Therefore, having an optimal plan to apply the resources has be...

HEB, ırk, cinsiyet, din ve siyasi görüş ayrımı gözetilmeksizin bütün insanların eşit ve özgür olduklarını ve bu hukuksal değerlerin insan onuru-na dayandığını ilan etmektedir. Beyannamenin evrensel hak ve özgürlükleri ilan ettiği 1948 yılından bu yana, doktrinde insan haklarının gerçekten ev-rensel olup olamayacağı sorusu üzerinden bir tartışma yür...

South Africa has enjoyed post-apartheid democratic freedom for thirty years. However, three decades after apartheid's legal end, institutions of higher learning still grapple with a significant crisis of student attrition. Approximately 25% of South African students drop out annually without completing their degree or academic year. According to th...

Based on grounded theory, this study examines the academic adaptation stress experienced by Chinese international students in Thailand, with a comparative analysis across master's and doctoral students, as well as students from different universities. The study categorizes the sources of academic adaptation stress and draws the following key conclu...

The green façade systems can be considered as an effective way to create sustainable building design through improving building thermal performance. The significant temperature decrease can significantly decrease the building temperature and enhancing energy efficiency for cooling load. An experimental study of the vertical greenery system was cond...

Presentation of scientists (not only) from the field of media and communication studies using an adequately chosen communication tool leads to increased awareness of the academic environment. Authenticity and humanity that academics can bring through appropriate communication platforms in the form of selected social media can meet audience expectat...

Objective: The study aimed to identify the mediating role of strategic intelligence in the relationship between administrative creativity and decision-making styles in Jordanian universities. Method: To achieve the study's goal, the predictive descriptive approach was used through the design of a research tool that included three main axes: strateg...

This study seeks to understand, through their talk about crime, the meaning that young people in northern Mexico give to the presence of drug trafficking in their communities, its interrelation with other crimes, and the psychosocial impact on their daily lives. A total of 48 group interviews were carried out with young people in junior high, high...

Promoting the digital transformation of education is a crucial move in implementing the strategies of rejuvenating the country through science and education, building a strong nation through talent, and driving development through innovation. The essence of the educational model for digital innovation and entrepreneurship is the integration of 'the...

Background and aims Stigma is considered a significant barrier to help-seeking and it is more prominent in medical students. Studies exploring stigma and its impact on Attitude Towards Seeking Professional Psychiatric Help (ATSPPH) among medical students in Jordanian universities are scarce. In this paper, we aim to assess the level of stigma among...

Writing is a pivotal skill in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) education, particularly in university settings where students are expected to produce academic texts. The approaches to teaching writing in Saudi universities, however, have often been based on traditional methodologies that focus on "learning to write" rather than "writing to learn....

Lecturers' work effectiveness has a very important role in the current era because it is directly related to the quality of higher education which is one of the keys to successful human resource development. This study seeks to uncover the complex mechanisms underlying the relationship between organizational commitment, work motivation, organizatio...

Printed Circuit Board (PCB) design reconstruction is essential for addressing part obsolescence, intellectual property recovery, compliance, quality assurance, and enhancing national capabilities. Traditional methods for PCB design extraction, both non-geometry-based and geometry-based, have limitations in accuracy, efficiency, and scalability. Thi...

The aim of this paper is to map research on metaphor in business translation in Spain and examine whether it is ahead of or lagging behind such research in other countries. Following a bibliometric analysis, we compare publications on the topic by Spanish and international authors. There are three steps involved: (1) finding publications on metapho...

Background As the pace of economic development slows, college students are facing an increasingly challenging employment landscape. For instance, the expansion of higher education has led to a swell in the number of job seekers, which has in turn intensified competition. Given the limited job opportunities, it’s understandable that many college stu...

Background Compared to ordinary student in the same age group, nursing students experience notably higher rates of depression and anxiety. Negative life events (NLEs) and resilience were recognized as risk factors and protective factors, respectively. There is little literature on the complex interaction of these factors among nursing students. Ob...

Higher Education means Tertiary Education, which is under taken in colleges and universities. More girls are going to school, and are growing up healthier and better equipped to realize their potential. There are a large number of problems that women students face in developing their career potential. Education is a landmark of women empowerment be...

abstract The study aimed to know the reality of recruitment, selection and appointment policies and the challenges of the quality of work in universities. The importance of the study stems from the fact that it benefits senior management in universities in identifying the reality of recruitment, selection and appointment policies, and the extent of...

This study discusses the application of service-learning theory in social practice in Chinese universities. By analyzing two typical case studies from Nankai University and Sichuan University, it reveals the ways of applying service-learning theory in Chinese university social practice, the implementation path and its positive effects on college st...

The proposed New York Health Program would establish a single-payer health insurance system for the state, providing comprehensive healthcare coverage to all residents. This would be in place of private health insurance, and to pay for the program, it would instate a progressive payroll tax. While laudable in their intent for equity and universalit...

Virtual reality (VR) is an effective technology when applied to higher education. A fruitful line of research is the study of the reception of VR by the agents involved, especially professors. This provides keys to help universities and countries, especially developing ones, in the process of digital integration. In this work, a quantitative analys...

Background The aim of this study was to investigate how facilitators approach and use nursing students’ mistakes in simulation-based training as learning resources in the simulation debriefing phase. Facilitators are responsible for raising students’ awareness of their performances during the debriefing and facilitating reflections on their perform...

The energy conversion efficiency of battery electric vehicles (BEVs), which is an essential index in the development of motor systems, remains unknown during real driving. This paper presents a calculation method of the tractive power and energy conversion efficiency of BEVs during driving. The progress of the global navigation satellite system (GN...

Objective The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of perceived organizational fairness, organizational identity, and trust on the intrinsic motivation for the professional development of university teachers. In addition, this study aims to verify the mediating role of organizational identity and trust. Method This study adopts a qu...

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This study examines the interplay between humble teacher leadership and student creative process engagement, grounded in Social Exchange Theory and Self-Determination Theory. Additionally, it analyzes the sequential mediating roles of student trust and psychological empowerment, as well as the moderating effect of proactive personality. Data were c...

Everyone faces problem in today's environment for a variety of known and unknown causes, and there is no way to avoid it. The old adage "work is health" is no longer applicable as people are under pressure from both external and internal sources. Work-life balance should be regularly watched and analyzed because it can have negative effects on one'...

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We employ the SU(n)_k Wess-Zumino-Witten (WZW) model in conformal field theory to construct lattice wave functions in both one and two dimensions. It is unveiled that these wave functions can be reinterpreted as parton states, which enables efficient conversion to matrix product states such that many physical properties can be evaluated directly. I...

Service Dominant Logic (SDL) proposes value creation as a process based on service, the success of which ultimately depends on employees’ service orientation. Given that universities are the nest of future employees, and the latest World Economic Forum Future of Jobs Report highlights skills such as empathy and active listening, leadership and soci...

In educational institutions, much attention is paid to educational, physical education and health work, focusing on optimizing and maintaining the health of students. And such an aspect of influence on the formation of health-preserving competence of children as the health and psychophysical state of the teacher himself is underestimated. However,...

Plant phylogenetics has been revolutionised in the genomic era, with target capture acting as the primary workhorse of most recent research in the new field of phylogenomics. Target capture (aka Hyb-Seq) allows researchers to sequence hundreds of genomic regions (loci) of their choosing, at relatively low cost per sample, from which to derive phylo...

1 Literature recognizes that labour market presents particularities that lead to imperfection in the formation of the demand and supply of competences. Also, in late years, many companies have more and more cross-border operations and are looking for employees that have skills and abilities that give them the ability to perform in a globalized envi...

The article is devoted to the issue of using generative AI in the higher education system of the Russian Federation. The relevance of this issue is due to the avalanche-like growth in the use of generation by students and postgraduates in the 2023/24 academic year, the heated discussions that arose in this regard within universities, a series of pu...

Background and importance The emergency department (ED) is a hectic place, where many critically ill patients are treated. For residents working in the ED, this environment may be demanding. Objectives The aim of this study was to investigate the [1] cognitive load experienced by residents working in the ED, and [2] differences in cognitive load d...

Objective: The objective of this study is to investigate the consumption of electronic cigarettes in university students in El Salvador. Theoretical framework: Electronic cigarettes heat a liquid that allows them to generate aerosol and be inhaled by their consumers. The liquid used for these devices contains nicotine, which is a highly addictive s...

Background: Road safety is a major concern, with annual road injuries causing 1.19 million deaths and 50 million physical injuries. Localized studies in each country can lead to informed decisions based on scientific evidence, reducing the severity of traffic accidents. Objectives: This study aims to prevent accidents and incidents in alignment wit...

Lepton flavor universality violations in semileptonic $b \to c$ transitions have garnered attention over a decade. For $R_{H_c}={\rm{BR}}(H_b\to H_c \tau\bar\nu_\tau)/{\rm{BR}}(H_b\to H_c \ell\bar\nu_\ell)$ with $\ell$ being $e,\, \mu$, a sum rule among $R_{D}$ $R_{D^*}$ and $R_{\Lambda_c}$ was proposed to check consistency in the experimental resu...

In the corner reflector jamming scenario, the ship target and the corner reflector array have different degrees of defocusing in the synthetic aperture radar (SAR) image due to their complex motions, which is unfavorable to the subsequent target recognition. In this manuscript, we propose an imaging method for marine targets based on time–frequency...

The current global academic system, rooted in a reductionist, materialist and westernized worldview, reflects the modern industrial era in which it took shape and is therefore ill-equipped to address the complex challenges of today’s polycrisis. This viewpoint offers a vision for a complementary system aimed at filling this gap, one grounded on an...

Water management is a significant component of ensuring the pursuit of sustainable goals in an organization. Universities are known actors committed to developing responsible behaviors in students, including water consumption. The present research investigates the changes in student water-related behaviors in campus living, due to an information an...

Introduction The role of non-formal educational professionals has implications for the growth and development of the children they interact with. This group of professionals includes university students who volunteer their time in educational and youth-service organizations. Methods In this collective case study, we utilized Cultural-Historical Ac...

Background Reproductive health issues remain a serious concern, especially for university students. The problem occurs due to a lack of knowledge about three primary threats to adolescent reproductive health, namely, sexuality, HIV / AIDS, and drug abuse, which will affect the attitudes and practices that university students will adopt related to r...

Hepatitis B (Hep B) remains a critical public health issue globally, particularly in Tibet, where vaccination rates and influencing factors among college students are yet understudied. This study applies a cross-sectional design to investigate the Hep B vaccination rate among 1,126 college students in Tibet and utilizes the expanded theory of plann...

Objectives: The study aims to examine the attitudes of criminology students toward the use of alternatives to custodial sentences and their impact on reducing crime. Jordan serves as the model for this research, focusing on the perspectives of students from specific universities within the country. Methods: A descriptive analytical approach was ado...

The purpose of this article is to reflect on and theorise collaborative research practices. Research–practice collaborations are widely recognised and encouraged by means of university strategies, policy intentions, and funding requirements. One way to provide for and strengthen collaborative research in education is to form long-term partnerships...

Arctic amplification of climate change has resulted in increased coastal hazards impacts to remote rural coastal communities in Alaska where conducting research can be difficult, requiring alternate methods for measuring change. The pilot program, Stakes for Stakeholders, was initially planned to be funded from 2016-2018. Upon project completion th...

The authors studied possibilities of using modern technologies in the process of teaching the discipline «Fundamentals of health and safety», identified specific factors for optimizing the mastery of the discipline in higher education in the context of digitalization of education. 339 students from the 1st to the 4th year of education who finished...

Abstract The study investigated how innovative financial resource mobilisation projects/programmes improved the financial sustainability of Zimbabwe's public universities. Correlation and survey research designs guided by positivist research theory were utilised. The unit of analysis was limited to six public universities in Zimbabwe. Two hundred a...

The construction of teacher ethics in colleges and universities is the core task of the development of socialist education with Chinese characteristics in the new era, and the frequent problems of teacher ethics in colleges and universities have increasingly become a topic of concern for the whole society. In the context of the rule of law, it is f...

This study aims to analyze the potential risks of workplace accidents in the Energy Center Department of PT. Indo Bharat Rayon using the Job Safety Analysis (JSA) and Hazard Identification Assessment of Risk and Opportunities (HIARO) methods. The research identifies the risks faced by employees, assesses the impact of these risks, and provides appr...