Important mathematical competences for students in the age of generative artificial intelligence: proof comprehension and evaluation, and ChatGPT by Stylianides, AJ, Stylianides, GJ

“…The rapid growth and popularity of generative artificial intelligence has influenced all aspects of life and education, including mathematics education. …”

Disciplining the state: virtue, violence, and state-making in modern China by Thornton, P

“…During each period, central authorities introduced—not without resistance—institutional change designed to extend the reach of central control over local political life. The successes and failures of state-building in each case rested largely upon the ability of each regime to construct itself as an autonomous moral agent both separate from and embedded in an imagined political community. …”

Ex vivo expansion and genetic manipulation of mouse hematopoietic stem cells in polyvinyl alcohol-based cultures by Khoo, HM, Meaker, GA, Wilkinson, AC

“…Self-renewing multipotent hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) are an important cell type due to their abilities to support hematopoiesis throughout life and reconstitute the entire blood system following transplantation. …”

A surface transporter family conveys the trypanosome differentiation signal by Dean, S, Marchetti, R, Kirk, K, Matthews, KR

“…The parasites causing African sleeping sickness respond to citrate or cis-aconitate (CCA) to initiate life-cycle development when transmitted to their tsetse fly vector. …”

Rationale and concerns for using JAK inhibitors in axial spondyloarthritis by Ahmed, S, Yesudian, R, Ubaide, H, Coates, LC

“…Axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) is a lifelong disease that has a significant impact on quality of life. It is initially manifested by inflammatory back pain and can be associated with inflammation in other body parts, such as the eyes, bowel and skin. …”

Reading and translating with scripture - a study of textual growth in the Enochic theophany in the Book of the Watchers 1:1-9 by McCarron, A

“…Rather than dismissing these shifts and developments in the text as ‘corruptive’ or ‘degenerative’ features in the history and life of the Enochic theophany, the methodology employed in this project envisages them as vital and generative features that reveal how the text was read, interpreted, and re-signified as it was translated and transmitted. …”

Addressing Factors that Impact Sexual Well-Being and Intimacy in IBD Patients by Elias, S, Nandi, N, Fourie, S, Grover, L, Newman, KL

“…Recent Findings: Recent clinical surveys of practicing gastroenterologists document that clinicians should routinely address sexual health when addressing patient reported outcomes but very few actually make direct inquiry or suggest management into this important aspect of human life. Example ‘patter’ are suggested to clinicians to demonstrate how to introduce the subject of sexual intimacy and well-being and engender patient trust on this sensitive topic. …”

Can robotic AI systems be virtuous and why does this matter? by Constantinescu, M, Crisp, R

“…The growing use of social robots in times of isolation refocuses ethical concerns for Human–Robot Interaction and its implications for social, emotional, and moral life. In this article we raise a virtue-ethics-based concern regarding deployment of social robots relying on deep learning AI and ask whether they may be endowed with ethical virtue, enabling us to speak of “virtuous robotic AI systems”. …”

Navigating the real world: a grounded theory-based exploration of autistic adolescents identity formation in Marcelo in the real world by Yang, Shuo, Mani, Manimangai, Omar, Noritah

“…By using the grounded theory and drawing on ideas from disability studies and social identity theory, the research demonstrates that parental guidance, encouragement and normal treatment of friends, and exposure to conflicts and contradictions are the most significant factors and can help autistic adolescents understand social life, improve social competence, and obtain power and control in social relations, promoting positive identity formation. …”
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Influence of socioeconomic activities on house form and settlement patterns among the Tiv people of central Nigeria by Aule, Thomas Terna, Abdul Majid, Roshida, Mohd. Jusan, Mahmud

“…More studies are required to reveal the sociocultural values of Nigerian Indigenous housing for sustainable development of their built environments and way of life.…”

A Single Period Deterministic Inventory Routing Model for Solving Problems in the Agriculture Industry by Muhammad Khodri Harahap, Afif Zuhri, Abdul Rahim, Mohd Kamarul Irwan

“…This research proposed an optimisation model to present the actual problem that happened in a real-life situation. The simulation of the transportation problem was developed using an algebraic modelling language which is called a mathematical programming language (AMPL) to determine an optimal solution. …”
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Novel method of probe design for characterising unclassified microbial taxa in wastewater by Tan, Shi Ming

“…One apparent advantage is the broadening of our knowledge on the prokaryotic tree of life, which can subsequently lead to the design of more accurate PCR primers and FISH probes. …”
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Ethics in Psychotherapy and Counseling : A Practical Guide / by Pope, Kenneth S., author 287698, Vasquez, Melba J. T., (Jean Trinidad), author 325278, Chavez-Dueñas, Nayeli Y., author 655194, Adames, Hector Y., author 655196, John Wiley & Sons (Online service) 647106

“…Once referred to as the "conscience of psychology," this must-read book also includes: A thorough introduction to the foundations of psychotherapeutic ethics, including ethics in real life, ethics in theories and codes, cultural context, ethical decision making, and moral courage; An exploration of common sources of ethical problems and pitfalls, including: pseudoscience, ethical fallacies, ethical judgement errors, language and rationalizations; Practical discussions of special topics in ethics, including informed consent and informed refusal, using strategies for self-care, responding to ethics, licensing, and malpractice complaints, and confidentiality; In-depth examination of timely issues, including sexual attraction to patients, digital therapy, and responding to suicidal risk. …”
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Project Management in the Construction Industry : From Concept to Completion / by Mubarak, Saleh A., author 451381, John Wiley & Sons (Online service) 647106

“…Written by a longtime professional and author with diversified and international experience in academia and industry, Project Management in the Construction Industry covers sample topics such as: Project life cycle and organization, covering why and how projects are initiated and pure project versus functional management; Scope management, covering the decision making process, scope creep versus progressive elaboration, and cost of change versus time; The planning phase, covering delivery methods and contract types, priorities, feasibility studies, and the “go” decision; Project budgeting, financing, and cost management, covering direct versus indirect cost, classes and purposes of estimates, bonds and insurance, and the CSI MasterFormat. …”
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Isotopes as a Tool for Exploring Exoplanet Atmospheres by Glidden, Ana

“…While the search for signs of life has focused on terrestrial planets around M dwarf stars, an unambiguous detection of life—including through isotopologues—on a rocky world will likely remain out of reach in the JWST era. …”
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inPhocus: current state and challenges of phage research in Singapore by Verma, Navin Kumar, Tan, Si Jia, Chen, John, Chen, Hanrong, Muhammad Hafiz Ismail, Rice, Scott A., Bifani, Pablo, Hariharan, , Sukumar, Paul, , Vivek Daniel, Sriram, Bharathi, Dam, Linh Chi, Chan, Chia Ching, Ho, Peiying, Goh, Boon Chong, Chung, Jasmine Shimin, Goh, Kenneth Choon Meng, Thong, Shu Hua, Kwa, Andrea Lay-Hoon, Ostrowski, Adam, Aung, Thet Tun, Halimah Razali, Low, Shermaine W. Y., Bhattacharyya, Mani Shankar, Gautam, Hemant K., Lakshminarayanan, Rajamani, Sicheritz-Pontén, Thomas, Clokie, Martha R. J., Moreira, Wilfried, van Steensel, Maurice Adrianus Monique

“…Topics were discussed relating to phage life cycles, diversity, the roles of phages in biofilms and the human gut microbiome, engineered phage lysins to combat polymicrobial infections in wounds, and the challenges and prospects of clinical phage therapy. …”
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Malaria parasite stress tolerance is regulated by DNMT2-mediated tRNA cytosine methylation by Hammam, Elie, Sinha, Ameya, Baumgarten, Sebastian, Nardella, Flore, Liang, Jiaqi, Miled, Samia, Bonhomme, Frédéric, Erdmann, Diane, Arcangioli, Benoit, Arimondo, Paola B., Dedon, Peter, Preiser, Peter, Scherf, Artur

“…The molecular mechanisms that protect Plasmodium falciparum homeostasis during the complex life cycle remain unknown. Here, we identify cytosine methylation of tRNAAsp (GTC) as being critical to maintain stable protein synthesis. …”
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色身与土地 ：台湾法鼓山「骨灰植存」之考察 = The physical body and land : observation from the ash burials of Taiwan Dharma drum mountain by 周佩镁 Chiew, Pui Mei

“…Founder of Dharma Drum Mountain - Master Sheng Yen has sets an example for us, he decided to bury himself at the Dharma Drum Mountain Life Center with the “ash burials” method after his death. …”
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Structural and mechanistic studies of herpes virus proteins by Patel, Vidhi Kanaiyalal

“…All herpes viruses have a characteristic life cycle, divided into latent and lytic phases. …”
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Evaluating the rediscovery process as a treatment programme for a range of substance use disorders by Parker, Phil

“…Poor outcomes for many of those in treatment for substance use disorders (SUD) has raised interest in recovery-based approaches, positive psychology and the importance of flourishing, a quality defined as functioning positively in all realms of life. However, there is little research into approaches that focus on flourishing in SUD. …”
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