Letter from the editor by Carlos A. Vargas J.

“…The event expects going beyond the traditional technical sessions, GeoConvention 2017 will take a holistic approach to a vast spectrum of topics including financial market and long-term strategy, infrastructures, regulations, safety and environmental protection, among others.For those how are students with innovation ideas, Paris will be the host of the European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers 79 Conference, Student Programme. …”
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Uncertainty-Driven Entrepreneurial Career Education Decision-Making in College Incubators: A Neutrosophic Vague N-Soft Set Approach by Bingquan Yin, Yali Hou, Rui Zhao, Xiangge Liu

“…Then, we introduce an N-Soft Set classification method to assign a multi-level graded evaluation to university students. Next, we fed the generated enriched feature representation to GB to decide on if a student is likely to be an entrepreneur. …”
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Assessing chest radiographic quality and the influence of COVID‐19 pathology: the Australian experience by Peter O'Reilly, Dania Abu Awwad, Sarah Lewis, Ernest Ekpo, Warren Reed

“…Methods A convenient sampling methodology was employed to recruit 25 participants (qualified radiographers: n = 13 and 4th‐year undergraduate radiography students: n = 12) to evaluate 70 CXR images using the European Guidelines for image quality in CXRs. …”
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Quality of Four-Tier Diagnostic Test on Wave and Vibration Materials: An Empirical Study Using Rasch Modeling by Moh. Irma Sukarelawan, Toni Kus Indratno, Raden Oktova, Nurul Syafiqah Yap Abdullah

“…So, I-4WADI can be applied to high school students in Indonesia. These findings have practical implications for teachers who wish to diagnose students' misconceptions about waves and vibration.…”
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Analysis of children′s well-being from the perspective of family–school–community collaboration by Wenkui LU, Meijie CHU, Yanfang JIANG, Baoyi ZENG, Chengliang LIU, Yangjingling HUA, Huarong HONG, Yizhen JIANG

“…MethodsUsing stratified multistage cluster sampling and a self-developed questionnaire, we recruited 3 511 students in grades 4–6 from 12 primary schools in 6 districts of Xiamen city, Fujian province for on-site online surveys conducted from October 2023 to January 2024. …”
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A solution to the Single-School school bus routing problem considering accessibility and economy by Zizhan Jiang, Jiying Wang, Siyuan Huang, Hua Daniel Xu

“…A well-designed SBRP strategy can reduce the operating costs of the school bus system, improve accessibility, and ensure timely arrival for teachers and students. This paper integrates the heuristic Dijkstra algorithm with Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to propose a three-stage heuristic GIS optimization method (THGO) for solving the Single-School Multi-Route School Bus Routing Problem (SSMR-SBRP).In the first stage, we use a clustering method based on the minimum covering circle to set bus stops that passengers can reach on foot. …”
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Julius Kruopis – the pioneer of applied statistics in Lithuania by Vilijandas Bagdonavičius, Vydas Čekanavičius, Rūta Levulienė, Pranas Vaitkus

“…Julius was a person of quick, constructive thinking, always restrained, tactful and modest. Both students and colleagues liked him very much. …”
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Yrkesdidaktiske tilnærminger til bruk av ePortfolio i barne- og ungdomsarbeiderfaget by Britha Stenholm

“…Both upper secondary schools and training offices have increasingly adopted digital learning platforms where students’ individual ePortfolios are stored and further developed by the students themselves. …”
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Integrating traditional Chinese philosophical thought and red music culture in Western Fujian by Defang Kong

“…Furthermore, by embedding Western Fujian RM within the larger framework of China's revolutionary spirit and cultural confidence through red music education, it not only enhances the comprehension of traditional Chinese philosophies, such as "rites and music" and "harmony between man and nature", but also significantly contributes to nurturing students' moral development. Through case analysis, it also provides a replicable “RM + traditional philosophy and educational practice” model developed in this study that offers a pathway characterized by Chinese features and local adaptability for ideological and political education within regional college curricula. …”
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Measures of learner-generative ai relationships by Sung-Hee Jin

“…An exploratory factor analysis with 95 undergraduate students confirmed a three-factor structure: Affective Intimacy, Cognitive Competence, and Social Flow, each comprising three sub-factors. …”
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IMPORTANCE OF ELBOW FLEXOR MUSCLE STRENGTH AND ENDURANCE IN SPORTS CLIMBING by Michail Michailov, Stanislava Lambreva, Diana Deneva, Hristo Andonov

“…Methods: Nine male sports climbers and a control group of seven male sports students performed an EF maximal strength (MS) test and four EF endurance tests representing isometric muscle contractions at 90%, 70%, 50% and 30% of the maximal voluntary contraction (MVC). …”
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The current landscape of formative assessment and feedback in graduate studies: a systematic literature review by Beymar Pedro Solis Trujillo, Davis Velarde-Camaqui, Cristhian Anibal Gonzales Nuñez, Estela Vicenta Castillo Silva, Mariela del Pilar Gonzalez Said de la Oliva

“…Formative assessment has evolved into a comprehensive approach for enhancing student learning across academic levels, yet gaps remain regarding its impact on graduate students with diverse needs. …”
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Development of prose appreciation teaching materials based on experiential learning by Dian Ramadan Lazuardi, Syukri Hamzah, Arono Arono

“…Prose appreciation is a mandatory course taken by prospective primary school teacher education students in the first semester with a load of 2 credits. …”
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Exploring the longitudinal relationships between non-suicidal self-injury and depressive symptoms in adolescents: a cross-lagged panel network analysis by Qiannan Jia, Zhongying Wu, Bin Liu, Yuting Feng, Wei Liang, Danxia Liu, Lei Song, Caina Li, Qun Yang

“…A total of 866 Chinese junior high school students (39.80% girls, M age = 12.73 years, SD = 0.43) completed measurements during three time points. …”
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Successful implementation of the 360° video teaching approach to promote immersion and theory-practice transfer in social work by Felix Averbeck, Till Utesch

“…Findings indicate that 360° videos significantly increase students’ sense of presence and flow, fostering deeper engagement and understanding of the material. …”
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DEVELOPING TEACHING AIDS BASED ON WINGEOM SOFTWARE USING TUMBUR SCULPTURE ON LINE AND ANGLE MATERIALS AT CLASS VII OF SMP by Jakobus Dasmasela, Theresia Laurens, Carolina Selfisina Ayal

“…Mathematics is considered difficult because it has several characteristics, one of which is the study of abstract objects which causes most students to experience difficulties. The results of interviews and initial observations at one of the junior high schools in Saumlaki found that students' ability to solve mathematical problems was very low as evidenced by students' ability tests on lines and angles with a total of 26 students, with 27% of students completing it and 73. % of students who did not complete. …”
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Developing and Evaluating a New Preclinical Curriculum with Focus on Prevention in Dentistry by Ina M. Schüler, Katharina Bach, Pauline Schädlich, Ute Rabe

“…For evaluation, dental students answered a written questionnaire, graded eight topics and added free text. …”
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THINKING MAPS - AN EFFECTIVE VISUAL STRATEGY EFL/ESL FOR LEARNERS IN 21ST CENTURY LEARNING by Muhammad Lintang Islami Hakim

“… In this 21st Century learning students are encouraged to master skills that can enhance their professional in their lives. …”
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Integration of Kaili Local Culture in Learning the Theme of My Living Environment in Elementary Schools by Rizal Rizal, Herlina Herlina, Surahman Surahman, Sitti Rahma Yunus, Mohd Faiz Mohd Yaakob

“…The subjects in this study were teachers, grade IV students of Elementary School 18 Banawa and community leaders in Banawa sub-district. …”
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Balancing aspirations and realities: A qualitative study of L2 motivation among Sri Lankan social science lecturers in English medium instruction by Sujeewa Hettiarachchi, Chitra Jayathilake, Sujeeva Sebastian Pereira

“…Although participants generally express a positive outlook on EMI, they also acknowledge its inequitable impact on students from under-resourced backgrounds, as well as their own linguistic and pedagogical limitations. …”
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