The relationship between mindfulness and second language resilience among Chinese English majors: the mediating role of academic hope by Yanping Rui, Yanjuan Zhang, Huiyi Jin

“…Teachers can implement relevant intervention promoting students’ mindfulness, academic hope, and L2 resilience into language instruction, which conducing to students’ language learning success.…”
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The Effects of Moderate Intensity Aerobic Training on Serum Levels of Thyroid Hormones in Inactive Girls by Lila Kiani, Shahin Byeranvand, Aref Barkhordari, Behzad Bazgir

“…Method: A total 30 inactive girls students were randomly selected and divided to training group (n=15) and control group (n=15). …”
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The association between liver function tests abnormalities and type 2 diabetes mellitus patients in Saudi Arabia: a cross-sectional study by Nimer Mehyar, Nimer Mehyar, Ziyad Alhajeri, Ziyad Alhajeri, Muath Alosaimi, Muath Alosaimi, Ziyad Alanazi, Ziyad Alanazi, Abdulkarim Alanazi, Abdulkarim Alanazi, Raghib Abusaris, Raghib Abusaris

“…We applied various statistical analyses, including Student’s independent t-test, Pearson’s chi-squared test, Fisher’s exact test, and odd ratios, to measure associations between different variables and liver function tests’ abnormalities.ResultsAbout 35% of patients included in this study showed an abnormal level of gamma-glutamyl transferase and prothrombin time. …”
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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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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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Investigating the Potential Use of Glycolipid Surfactants Extracted from Microbes as Anti-Aging Compounds in Cosmetic Formulations by Amir Mohammad Bagheri, Mohammad Amin Raeisi Estabragh, Mandana Ohadi

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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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Housing Refurbishment for Energy Efficiency and Comfort by Phan Anh Nguyen

“…Next, a stepped design strategy was introduced in a student design workshop in Vietnam. The participants were trained to apply sustainable and energy efficient design measures for Vietnamese tube houses. …”
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Psychometric evaluation of the Farsi version of the Marwit-Meuser caregiver grief inventory-short form among family caregivers of patients with dementia by Seyedeh Reyhane Davodi, Hamid Sharif-Nia, Bahare Banazadeh, Sahar Farhadi Zadeh, MohammadJavad Rezaeian, Arezoo MohammadEbrahim Zadeh, Azadeh Kamali, MohammadReza Armat, Sima Hejazi

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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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Enhancing self-care in post-MI patients: a family-supported educational intervention based on the theory of planned behavior by Ali Arman, Armin Attar, Peyman Izadpanah, Hasan Bahja, Ali Khani Jeihooni

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Programa de entrenamiento en gimnasio sobre el aumento de masa muscular en mujeres by Alexis Esteban Changuán García, Adrián Fabricio Aguilar Morocho

“…Se utilizó un diseño cuasi-experimental con pretest y postest, incluyendo análisis de composición corporal, mediciones antropométricas y pruebas estadísticas como tablas de distribución de frecuencias, estadísticas descriptivas y pruebas de diferencias de medias en muestras emparejadas mediante el test t de Student y la prueba de Wilcoxon. La muestra consistió en 30 mujeres sometidas a un programa de entrenamiento estructurado, evidenciándose que ambos métodos fueron efectivos para la mejora de la masa muscular sin diferencias significativas entre sí, pero con un impacto superior al grupo control. …”
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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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PROMOTING MATHEMATICAL JUSTIFICATION THROUGH REALISTIC MATHEMATICS EDUCATION CLASSROOM by Yenny Anggreini Sarumaha, Ilham Rizkianto

“…The study was conducted in a state university in Yogyakarta involving four students from fifty-one students as our focus group and one of researchers as a lecturer. …”
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A Framework to Evaluate Software Engineering Program Using SWEBOK Version 4 by Mohammad Zarour, Mamdouh Alenezi, Mohammed Akour

“…Software engineering (SE) has a dynamic nature that makes it challenging to design educational material that can adequately communicate the necessary knowledge and skills to students. The Guide to the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge (SWEBOK) has been updated and a new version has been released to cope with the fast base changes in the domain. …”
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Harley's Course—Integrating Teachings From Western and Indigenous Sciences in an Undergraduate Biology Course by Carol L. Armstrong, Alexandria Farmer, Michelle Hogue, Harley Bastien

“…It encourages students to challenge their beliefs about what science is, who is a scientist, what it means to “think scientifically”, how to listen and observe, and the validity of the immeasurable. …”
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Usefulness of mobile learning (M-learning) in learning foreign languages by Giedrė Paurienė

“…What aspects (e.g., interactivity, content, users’ experience) influence students’ opinions on mobile applications? The question of whether students consider mobile applications beneficial for foreign language learning is significant, as the answer to it reveals the effectiveness of M-Learning and its impact on students’ motivation. …”
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A Comparative Study on the Difference between the Perception of Justice in High-income and Low-income Neighbourhoods of Tehran (Cases of Study: Neighbourhoods of Elahieh and Vali-e... by Mohammadsaleh Shokouhibidhendi, Mohammad Abbaspour Kalmarzi

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Buscando un lugar en el mundo by Laura Fernández de Mosteyrín, María Luz Morán

“…The empirical material used in the study comes from letters written by students at Spanish public universities relating how they view life and their plans for the future.…”
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Percent Pulmonary Damage on Hospital Admission is Predictive of COVID-19 Aggravation, but Serum Protein Electrophoresis is Not by Stéphane Di Mascio, Fadi Khadra, Christine Tchikladzé-Mérand, Sandrine Labroy, Mélanie Decambron

“…Risk factors for aggravation evaluated included age, comorbidities, serum proteins (albumin, globulins), % pulmonary damage (%PD) on computed tomography scans, D-dimers, C-reactive protein (CRP), ferritin, lymphocytes, and PO2. Student’s t-test or Wilcoxon–Mann–Whitney test (quantitative variables) and Chi-square or Fisher’s test (qualitative variables) were used for univariate analysis. …”
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