Epidemiological investigation of factors influencing suicide in Zahedan by Hossein Izadirad, Mehdi Zanganeh Baygi, Fereshteh Naroei, Parisa Mohammadimi

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ARE ENTREPRENEURS BORN OR MADE? EFFECTIVE ACADEMIC MODELS TO FOSTER ENTREPRENEURIAL GRADUATES by I. L. Pluzhnik, T. O. Ilnitskaya, F. Lucci

“…They integrate the elements of experiential learning, multidisciplinary, multicultural, interactive, learner-centered teaching approaches to developing entrepreneurial behavior patterns, key and variable competencies and “soft” skills.The paper reveals the problems and drawbacks of entrepreneurship education delivery within the Russian higher education: a discrepancy between the competencies fixed in university curricula and the ones actually needed; an inadequacy of teaching methods and absence of consistency in the course of students’ acquisition of theoretical knowledge and practical skills for efficient entrepreneurship activity.Practical significance. …”
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The relationship between WhatsApp textisms and the spelling of Spanish: A case study. by Alejandro Gómez-Camacho, Francisco Núñez-Román, Jesús Conde-Jiménez, María de los Ángeles Perea-Ortega

“…The study was carried out with 43 third- and fourth-year student of secondary education in Seville (Spain). …”
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Gender differences in the relationship between bullying victimization and mobile phone addiction among adolescents: the mediating roles of depression and social anxiety by Yue Li, Erlong Tian, Zainudin Bin Abu Bakar, Zakiah Binti Mohamad Ashari

“…Methods This study employed a three-wave longitudinal design at six-month intervals among 737 Chinese middle school students (Mage = 13.25, SD = 0.76). Bullying victimization was assessed at Time 1, depression and social anxiety at Time 2, and mobile phone addiction at Time 3. …”
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Edward Herman and Manufacturing Consent in China by Yuezhi Zhao

“…Actual understandings and invocations of these ideas, however, are complex and multifaceted. Graduate students tend to have a superficial understanding of these ideas without a grasp of Herman and Chomsky’s broader critique of the political economy of global communication. …”
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There was an association between sulfur microbial diet score and ulcerative colitis severity: the result of a cross-sectional study by Zeinab Nikniaz, Reza Mahdavi, Zahra Bakhtiari, Kourosh Masnadi Shirazi

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Examining the use of LEGO Serious Play to enhance postgraduate research capacity by Idris Olayiwola Ganiyu, Gosia Plotka, Patrice Seuwou, Adejoke Ige-Olaobaju

“…This can result in students feeling disconnected from their work and lacking the skills and confidence to think outside the box. …”
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Undertaking Emotional Intelligence Skills Training to Overcome Speaking Anxiety among Non-Native Pre-Service EFL Teachers: The Case of Third Year EFL Pre-Service Teachers at Oum E... by Nor El Houda Khiari

“…A quasi-experiment is used with two groups of third year EFL students. The Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS) and the Emotional Quotient Inventory (EQ-i) were used to collect data about the participants’ FLSA and EI levels. …”
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Very Late Onset Schizophrenia Like Psychosis: A Case Report by Vini Victoria, Yulia Fatima Bessing, Erikavitri Yulianti, Salma Nur Fadhilah

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ESP TEAM TEACHING AT TECHNICAL UNIVERSITIES: EXPERIENCE AND PERSPECTIVES by Elena I. Arkhipova, Jones Holly, Yulia V. Krasavina

“…The conducted experiment has showed that students in the experimental group considerably improved their level of mastering foreign language lexicon compared to the students in the «control» group. …”
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A Poster Assignment Connects Information Literacy and Writing Skills. by Natalie Waters

“…Students also had trouble tying the relevance of this this required course to their other science courses. …”
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Attitude and awareness of dentist towards resin bonded bridges in Saudi Arabia by Fahim Ahmed Vohra, Muhammed Ayedh Al-Qahtani

“…Therefore, continuing education opportunities are needed for practicing dentists, and undergraduate students need to receive greater exposure to the clinical application of RBBs. …”
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Poetic Approach in Drama Script Study: Analysing Willy Loman’s Disappointments in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman in Teaching English as a Foreign Language Context by Sastika Seli

“…This article seeks to persuade EFL teachers who study literature to take Culler's side and use poetics as the beginning point for a literature study in order to increase their students’ literary ability. …”
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Engaging Environmental Education Through PISA: Leveraging Curriculum as a Political Process by Chris W. Eames, Martha C. Monroe, Peta J. White, Nicole M. Ardoin

“…The Organisation for Economic and Cultural Development (OECD) works with countries worldwide to implement testing in the areas of science, mathematics and reading through the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) every three years, and this process is recognised to influence education systems through areas such as curriculum. …”
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Improving access to undergraduate research using digitized natural history collections course‐based research experiences by Janice L. Krumm, Carly N. Jordan, Cecily D. Bronson, Kathryn M. Weglarz, Kristen Genet, Matthew G. Johnson, Molly Phillips, Adania Flemming, Elizabeth K. Shea, James Hewlett, Pamela S. Soltis, Jennifer McCarthy, Paula A. Trillo, Jean Woods

“…As a part of the NSF‐supported Biological Collections in Ecology and Evolution Network (BCEENET) activities, a series of network meetings produced a set of recommendations to increase the accessibility of CUREs for all students at all institution types. We use BCEENET CUREs that focus on digitized natural history collections data to illustrate how leveraging adaptable open educational resources that use freely available data and analysis tools can increase accessibility of undergraduate research. …”
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TRANSLATING LITERARY TEXTS FROM ENGLISH INTO SERBIAN: A CONTRASTIVE APPROACH by Ljiljana M. Janković

“…The empirical research presented in this paper was conducted with the fourth-year students at the English Department at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Niš, Serbia. …”
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Test anxiety across writing formats: The mediating role of perceived teacher strictness by Abdullah Al Fraidan

“…We also investigated if students' perceptions of their teachers as strict affected their anxiety levels during these tasks. …”
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Research on the association between community environmental perception and residents’ intention to relocation–a case study of Guangzhou by Jie Gu, Chunxia Zhang, Xiaoxue Li, Xiao Chen

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Perception of crime in the neighborhood: gender differences in adolescents from Baja California, Mexico by Anel Hortensia Gómez San Luis, Ariagor Manuel Almanza Avendaño, Armando Anuar Figueroa Estrada

“…The sample consisted of 2246 students (51.9% wo-men and 48.1% men), in an age range of 12 to 18 years. …”
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Exploring the relationship between flow experience and passive learning resistance in learning German by Ferdiye Çobanoğulları, Merve Çıldır

“…Abstract This study examines the correlation between students’ flow experience and passive resistance to learning in the context of German as a foreign language education. …”
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