The prevalence and trends of waterpipe tobacco smoking: A systematic review. by Mohammed Jawad, Rana Charide, Reem Waziry, Andrea Darzi, Rami A Ballout, Elie A Akl

“…Past 30 day use was highest among Lebanese youth (37.2% in 2008), ever use was highest among Lebanese youth in 2002 and Lebanese university students in 2005 (both 65.3%), regular or occasional use was highest in among Iranian university students (16.3% in 2005), and daily use was highest among Egyptian youth (10.4% in 2005). …”
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Implementasi English for Specific Purposes (ESP) dalam Pembelajaran Bahasa Inggris pada Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris Universitas Ekasakti Padang by Elda Marta Suri, Dewi Kristiani Bawamenewi

“…A qualitative descriptive method was employed, involving classroom observation, interviews with lecturers and students, and analysis of syllabi and teaching materials. …”
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Tomato spotted wilt disease in Palestine by Dalya Masri, Raed Alkowni

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Challenges and Strategies in Healthcare Workforce Management: A Scoping Review by Ali Mohammad Mossadeghrad, Shervin Mossavarali, Seyed Hamid Hosseini Neishabouri, Arman Khanjani, Shabnam Afraz, Alireza Jafari Azad, hoda Ghobeishipour

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The Relationship of Youth Family Values with Hedonism and Eudemonia by I. V. Anoshkin, O. A. Sychev

“…Peterson’s questionnaire “Happiness Orientations”. 173 students (49% female) took part in the research project. …”
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Perception of head shape, texture fidelity and head orientation of the instructor’s look-alike avatar by Oyewole Oyekoya, Kwame Agyemang Baffour

“…In a pilot study, an instructor was represented as a look-alike, stick, and video avatar, allowing us to investigate students’ perceptions of teaching effectiveness in virtual and augmented reality environments. …”
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Teachers’ experiences with the Back2School intervention—a pilot study addressing problematic school absenteeism by Elisabeth Valmyr Bania, Toril Sørheim Nilsen, Mikael Thastum, Jo Magne Ingul, Trude Havik

“…IntroductionSchool absenteeism represents a concern for students, educators, and parents alike. Teachers’ involvement is vital to students’ school life. …”
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Desarrollo de la competencia comunicativa y la educación visual. Una metodología centrada en el proceso / Communicative awarness and visual culture. Proceedings. Compétence communi... by Begoña Souviron López

“…Abstract: In this paper I present the reflections on my teaching practice and the students’ productivity together with the assessment of the development of their communicative competence and their learning to learn competence; in so doing, I pretend to define a methodology based on the acquisition of competences within the paradigm of classroom research in a group of 3rd. …”
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Conceptualisation and design of a protocol for a novel social drivers and primary care screening tool in paediatric orthopaedics: a quality improvement initiative by Devika A Shenoy, Kathryn Radulovacki, Christian Zirbes, Rachelle Shao, Giussepe Yanez, Anthony A Catanzano

“…Patients are flagged before visits, and screening results are reviewed. Students place referrals for positive screens, finalised by providers. …”
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Training as Optimal Form of Work with Parents of Primary School Pupils when Forming Inclusive Educational Space by V. V. Khitryuk, M. G. Sergeyeva, N. L. Sokolova

“…The results of experimental activities (2015-2017) are presented, the aim of which was to identify the effectiveness of training in working with parents of students of primary school in the formation of inclusive educational space. …”
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Pomen likovnega branja ilustracije pri interpretaciji leposlovnega besedila by Janja Batič, Dragica Haramija

“…V raziskavo sta vključili študente razrednega pouka in predšolske vzgoje, ki so ob pesmi Nika Grafenauerja Učenjak odgovarjali na vprašanja o značaju in videzu lirskega subjekta, književnem prostoru idr. …”
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Generative AI: reconfiguring supervision and doctoral research by Philippa Boyd, Debs Harding

“…The rapid but often unacknowledged uptake of GenAI within doctoral research comes with a lack of consideration of the emotional support ascribed by students to the technology. It is concluded that GenAI tools should be openly incorporated into research and practice in a transparent, integrated approach. …”
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Optimising Psychological Well-Being in Chinese-Australian Adolescents: A 24-Hour Movement Guidelines Approach by Wei-Cheng Chao, Asaduzzaman Khan, Jui-Chi Shih, Wen Li, Ching-Lin Wu, Kuan-Chung Chen, Bill Cheng

“…Methods: A self-reported questionnaire was distributed to two language schools in Brisbane, Australia, targeting high school students from grades 7 to 12 with Chinese-Australian backgrounds. …”
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Transformational Spirituality, Transcendence, and Awe/Gratitude: Examining Their Influence on Prosocial and Pro-Environmental Behavior in Pakistan by Malik Muhammad Sohail, Akhlaq Ahmad, Arndt Büssing

“…Data were collected from 370 students and teachers from different universities in Punjab. …”
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Knowledge Distillation with Geometry-Consistent Feature Alignment for Robust Low-Light Apple Detection by Yuanping Shi, Yanheng Ma, Liang Geng, Lina Chu, Bingxuan Li, Wei Li

“…We propose Knowledge Distillation with Geometry-Consistent Feature Alignment (KDFA), a compact end-to-end framework that couples image enhancement and detection through the following two complementary components: (i) Cross-Domain Mutual-Information-Bound Knowledge Distillation, which maximises an InfoNCE lower bound between daylight-teacher and low-light-student region embeddings; (ii) Geometry-Consistent Feature Alignment, which imposes Laplacian smoothness and bipartite graph correspondences across multiscale feature lattices. …”
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Theoretical analysis of the definition of «Creative Pedagogy» by Т. А. Ivashchenko, Е. S. Dvoynikovaon.ru

“…The empirical basis of the study is represented by analytical materials and information resources on the Internet.The results of the research include 1) the concept of “Creative Pedagogy” is considered as an innovative direction of the new education paradigm; 2) the potential of Creative Pedagogy in educational activities has been revealed; 3) the pedagogical conditions for the creative orientation of pedagogical activity have been determined; 4) the basic principles of creating a creative educational environment have been outlined.Key findings: The study extends pedagogical theory toward understanding the content of Creative Pedagogy; the presented basic principles can be used by teachers when organizing a creative educational environment, and the proposed creative teaching methods can be used to stimulate the cognitive activity of students.…”
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The Relationship of Gonadotropin-releasing Hormone Agonists and Anthropometric Indices of Girls with Premature Idiopathic Central Precocious Puberty: A Cohort Study by Mohaddeseh Badpeyma, Roghayeh Molani-Gol, Fatemeh Sistanian, Majid Khadem-Rezaiyan, Peyman Eshraghi, Fatemeh Samaei, Amir Hossein Faghfouri, Rahim Vakili

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