Prevalence of Anxiety and Depression in Prostate Cancer Patients and Their Spouses: An Unaddressed Reality by Ernesto Sánchez Sánchez, Antonio Carlos González Baena, Carlos González Cáliz, Fernando Caballero Paredes, José Luis Moyano Calvo, Jesús Castiñeiras Fernández

“…The probability of detecting pathology in the MAX-PC varied from 6% in patients with elementary education to 23.5% in university students (p=0.04). The greatest differences were detected when applying the PHQ-9 to patients (4% pathological, elementary education vs. 35.3% pathological, university education). …”
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Enhancing beliefs and implementation of evidence-based practice among undergraduate nurses using a multi-component educational programme: a pre–post study by Filipa Pereira, Brigitte Lehmann-Wellig, Henk Verloo

“…Conclusions The multi-component educational programme on EBP improved undergraduate nursing students’ EBP Beliefs and Implementation scores. Future research should investigate means of optimally integrating EBP into undergraduate nursing curricula and explore nursing students’ intentions to implement EBP in clinical practice.…”
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Essential Elements for the Formation of a Polyculturally Educated Individual: a Problem of Statement by E. I. Besedina, I. V. Kuzmich, E. A. Shamina

“…The students had to do the tasks, which were evaluated and analyzed. …”
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What is the value of teaching basic science as part of the medical curriculum? by Gabriela da Silva Xavier, Iro Ntonia

“…Yet, the basic science components of undergraduate Medical programmes are anecdotally met with resistance from undergraduate medical students in the United Kingdom. Whilst most research has concentrated on the students’ perspective on why this might be the case, this paper explores the perceived value that clinically trained academic faculty place on the importance of pre-clinical biomedical training for UG Medical students. …”
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Integrating Assessment and Performance Measurement: A Case of an Academic Course for Quality Improvement Actions at a Saudi University by Shahrear Talukder, Mohamed Nadhmi Miladi, Mohammed A Alghobırı, Mohammad Aminul Islam, Khalid Mohiuddin, Ahmed Ahmed

“…This study aims to assess and measure students’ performances using course-key performance indicators (course-KPIs) in an academic course at a Saudi university. …”
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Key aspects of preparing future physical education and sports specialists to provide pre-medical care by Maramukha Natalia, Tyshchenko Valeria

“…The necessity of a systematic approach to preparing students, considering modern conditions, including remote and blended learning, is emphasized. …”
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Impacts of Avoiding Emergency Department Visits During the COVID-19 Pandemic Among Patients With Acute Ischemic Heart Events by Sung TC, Wang YC, Hsu HC, Huang YT, Shih HI

“…Tzu-Ching Sung,1,* Yu-Ching Wang,2,* Hsiang-Chin Hsu,2,3 Yi-Ting Huang,2,3 Hsin-I Shih2,3 1School of Medicine for International Students, College of Medicine, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; 2Department of Emergency Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan; 3School of Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Hsin-I Shih, Department of Emergency Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, No. 138, Sheng Li Road, Tainan City, 70101, Taiwan, Tel +886 6 2353535 ext. 2237, Fax +886-6-2359033, Email n506594@mail.hosp.ncku.edu.twPurpose: The COVID-19 pandemic significantly disrupted healthcare services as individuals avoided medical facilities to reduce the risk of infection. …”
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Design of Higher Education System Based on Artificial Intelligence Technology by Jun Li, Jiye Li, Yazhi Yang, Zhaoxu Ren

“…Then it analyzes the overall and detailed functional requirements of the system and adaptively generates knowledge content and teaching mode suitable for students’ ability and personality by using intelligent reasoning ability and the collection and analysis of students’ personality characteristics. …”
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Association between positive youth development and family functioning in the Chinese context: a four-wave longitudinal survey in mainland China by Xiang Li, Yi-Ting Tang, Daniel T. L. Shek

“…The final matched sample comprised 2,652 Chinese students from grades 4 to 8, with an average age of 10.9 years (SD = 1.32; range 9–15) at the first wave of the survey, and with 51.1% male (n = 1,354).ResultsThe Latent Growth Curve Modeling (LGCM) revealed that the PYD developmental trajectories of preadolescents and adolescents followed a quadratic U-shaped curve, characterized by an initial decline from T1 to T3, followed by a rebound from T3 to T4. …”
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Analysis of the Mechanical Characteristics of the Basic WALK Step in Rumba from a Kinematic Perspective by Yu Wu

“…Methods: Five professional dancers and five amateur students participated in video recordings using two JVC cameras. …”
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Evaluación de la práctica de actividad física, la adherencia a la dieta y el comportamiento y su relación con la calidad de vida en estudiantes de Educación Primaria (Physical act... by Josué Rodríguez Rosado, Álvaro Iglesias Fernández, Jorge Molina López

“…The present study had the aim of determining the practice of physical activity (PA), the adherence to  the Mediterranean Diet (MD), strengths and difficulties, and quality of life (QoL) by gender and level of PA of the subjects, as well as the association of the independent variables of our study (PA, adherence to MD, and  behaviours) with QoL in students of the second cycle of Primary Educaction. …”
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Gender stigma awareness is associated with adolescent risky health behaviors. by Karen Kwaning, Mitchell Wong, Kulwant Dosanjh, Christopher Biely, Rebecca Dudovitz

“…School disengagement did not mediate the association between gender stigma awareness and substance use for non-Latinx students but mediated 50% of this association for low-performing students.…”
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The Comparison of Obesity and Physical Activity Levels of Private and Public Secondary School Children by Emine Kaymaz, Özcan Saygın, Gönül Babayıgıt Irez

“…No difference was found in physical activity levels of private and public school student. Moreover, there was no correlation between physical activity levels and BMI variables of students in private and public school according to gender. …”
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Innovative professional skills competition to create a police practice talents by Yuhai QIN, Luyuan LIU, Haohang GAO, Shengqiao LIU, Han DONG

“…In order to better hold the pulse of The Times,practice the socialist core values,coagulation hearts meet force make preliminary police officers,public security colleges and universities of professional setting characteristics at the same time,promote the good school spirit,the formation of teaching and learning,improve the students' professional qualities and professional skills,China criminal police college in cybercrime investigation department joint student management department to carry out the ledge series professional skills contest.After nearly 10 years of development,network security series of professional skills competition has been relatively mature,has produced a good talent training effect,the effect is significant.The current status of the public security colleges and universities network security talent cultivation are analyzed,and the China criminal police college it series skills contest held mode and the system structure were introduced,summed up by event to promote it personnel training experience,and for the future public security network security personnel training system in the field of development were discussed.…”
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Not Just Plug and Play: Integrating Professional Skills Development into Undergraduate Experiential Learning Courses by Steven Henle, Susan T. Dinan, Megan Marcoux, Janette Barrington, Julia L. Ginsburg, Sandra Gabriele

“… This study evaluated the effectiveness of the FUSION Skill Development Curriculum in maximizing students' self-assessment of professional skills when integrated as a graded component in capstone internship courses. …”
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Scaling of Ideal Teachers Characteristics with Pairwise Comparison Judgments According to Pre-service Teachers Opinions by Metin Yaşar

“…According to the findingsobtained, when the characteristics were aligned from the most importantcharacteristic that an ideal teacher should have according to the pre-serviceteachers to the most unimportant one, it was determined that; he/she shouldhave an intellectual personality (U10) should have a sense of humor (U7),should be open to being criticized (U2), should be motivating (U1), should havea smiling expression (U5), should have a good usage of diction (U8), should betrustworthy (U3), should be creative (U6), should be a researcher (U9), shoulduse teaching techniques well (U10), should give importance to the students(U4), should have good communication skills (U9), should keep the distance withthe students (U12).…”
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Behavioral Dynamics Analysis in Language Education: Generative State Transitions and Attention Mechanisms by Qi Zhang, Yiming Qian, Shumiao Gao, Yufei Liu, Xinyu Shen, Qing Jiang

“…This study is based on empirical experiments involving student behavior tracking, sentiment analysis, and personalized learning path modeling. …”
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THE ANALYSIS OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES USAGE FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING AND LEARNING AT UNIVERSITAS BANGKA BELITUNG by Herland Franley Manalu

“…The study seeks to find out the frequency and the purposes of IT usage by students and lecturers in the English learning environment. …”
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EDITORIAL: It’s Nice to Write About Something Other Than AI by Gerald Ardito

“…Maggie Mosher and her colleagues have investigated the ways that VR can improve the communication skills of middle schools students. …”
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Self-Compassion in the Relationship between Personality Traits and Bedtime Procrastination by Seyedeh Zahra Mohtarami Zavardeh, Mitra Ashoori, Saeideh Bazzazian

“…The statistical population included all undergraduate students of the humanities faculties of Tehran University in the academic year of 2022-2023, who were selected through Cluster sampling of 343 students. …”
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