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10.3390/ai4030027 | Training Artificial Neural Networks Using a Global Optimization Method That Utilizes Neural Networks | Perhaps one of the best-known machine learning models is the artificial neural network, where a number of parameters must be adjusted to learn a wide range of practical problems from areas such as physics, chemistry, medicine, etc. Such problems can be reduced to pattern recognition problems and then modeled from artif... | 26732688 | AI |
10.1007/s00432-023-05141-y | Impact of encorafenib on survival of patients with BRAFV600E-mutant metastatic colorectal cancer in a real-world setting | Purpose: Patients with BRAFV600E-mutant metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) have a dismal prognosis. The best strategies in these patients remain elusive. Against this background, we report the clinical course of patients with BRAFV600E-mutant mCRC to retrieve the best treatment strategy. Patients and methods: Clinico-... | 14321335 | ONCOLOGY |
10.3390/educsci13070754 | “The Work I Do Matters”: Cultivating a STEM Counterspace for Black Girls through Social-Emotional Development and Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies | Central to culturally sustaining pedagogy (CSP) is the notion that we sustain what we love by decentering the white gaze. Elevating CSP and the five core social-emotional learning competencies, we honed in on how Black and Brown girls developed knowledge and skills to manage their emotions, achieve goals, show empathy,... | 22277102 | EDUCATION |
10.1007/s00432-023-05127-w | A nomogram incorporating Ki67 to predict survival of acral melanoma | Background: The proliferation marker Ki67 is associated with the progression and prognosis of melanoma. However, its prognostic impact on acral melanoma (AM) remains unclear. Methods: A total of 314 AM patients were enrolled from a cohort of 5758 patients with melanoma at Peking University Cancer Hospital between 2006 ... | 14321335 | ONCOLOGY |
10.3390/ejihpe13070100 | Using the DREAM Methodology for Course Assessment in the Field of ICT-Enabled Education for Sustainability | This study explores the application of the DREAM methodology for course assessment in three South East Asian universities aiming to embed sustainability and sustainable development goals (SDGs) in multiple academic disciplines enabled by information and communication technologies (ICTs). A mixing of content and themati... | 22549625 | PSYCHOLOGY |
10.3390/ai4030028 | Federated Learning for IoT Intrusion Detection | The number of Internet of Things (IoT) devices has increased considerably in the past few years, resulting in a large growth of cyber attacks on IoT infrastructure. As part of a defense in depth approach to cybersecurity, intrusion detection systems (IDSs) have acquired a key role in attempting to detect malicious acti... | 26732688 | AI |
10.1186/s40594-023-00442-7 | Embracing a culture of talk: STEM teachers’ engagement in small-group discussions about photovoltaics | Background: Small-group discussions are well established as an effective pedagogical tool to promote student learning in STEM classrooms. However, there are a variety of factors that influence how and to what extent K-12 teachers use small-group discussions in their classrooms, including both their own STEM content kno... | 21967822 | EDUCATION |
10.3390/cancers15153810 | Characterization of DoTc2 4510—Identifying HPV16 Presence in a Cervical Carcinoma Cell Line Previously Considered to Be HPV-Negative | Cervical cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer deaths in women, with over 340,000 women dying from this disease in 2020. Almost all cases have an underlying persistent infection with an oncogenic high-risk type of human papillomavirus (HPV), mainly HPV16. While cervical squamous cell carcinoma is hardly ever HPV... | 20726694 | ONCOLOGY |
10.3390/cancers15153812 | Update in Lung Cancer Molecular Pathology: Technological Advances and Clinical Practice | This Special Issue of eleven articles, including six original works and five reviews, demonstrates the modern heterogenous approach to lung cancer by means of various methodologies from international experts from various countries | 20726694 | ONCOLOGY |
10.1007/s44196-023-00300-y | Hermite–Hadamard-type Inequalities for $$\hbar$$-preinvex Interval-Valued Functions via Fractional Integral | We present a comprehensive study on Hermite–Hadamard-type inequalities for interval-valued functions that are $$\hbar$$ | 18756883 | AI |
10.3390/ai4030029 | High-Performance and Lightweight AI Model for Robot Vacuum Cleaners with Low Bitwidth Strong Non-Uniform Quantization | Artificial intelligence (AI) plays a critical role in the operation of robot vacuum cleaners, enabling them to intelligently navigate to clean and avoid indoor obstacles. Due to limited computational resources, manufacturers must balance performance and cost. This necessitates the development of lightweight AI models t... | 26732688 | AI |
10.1007/s00432-023-04975-w | Metastasis pattern and prognosis of large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma: a population-based study | Purpose: As a rare type of tumor, the metastasis pattern of large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma (LCNEC) is still unclear. Our aim was to investigate metastatic patterns and develop a predictive model of prognosis in patients with advanced LCNEC. Methods: Patients of LCNEC diagnosed between 2010–2015 from the Surveillan... | 14321335 | ONCOLOGY |
10.3390/ai4030030 | Improving Alzheimer’s Disease and Brain Tumor Detection Using Deep Learning with Particle Swarm Optimization | Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) have exhibited remarkable potential in effectively tackling the intricate task of classifying MRI images, specifically in Alzheimer’s disease detection and brain tumor identification. While CNNs optimize their parameters automatically through training processes, finding the optimal ... | 26732688 | AI |
10.1007/s44196-023-00294-7 | An Integrated Fermatean Fuzzy Multi-attribute Evaluation of Digital Technologies for Circular Public Sector Supply Chains | The barriers to implementing circular supply chains are well explored, but very little is provided to understand how these barriers play in public sector supply chains. Consequently, the role of digital technologies in addressing these barriers in the circularity of supply chains in the public sector remains a gap. Thu... | 18756883 | AI |
10.1007/s00432-023-05063-9 | Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on oncological care in Germany: rapid review | Objectives The COVID-19 pandemic affected medical care for chronic diseases. This study aimed to systematically assess the pandemic impact on oncological care in Germany using a rapid review. Methods MEDLINE, Embase, study and preprint registries and study bibliographies were searched for studies published between 2020... | 14321335 | ONCOLOGY |
10.1007/s00432-023-05172-5 | Construction and validation of prognostic nomogram and clinical characteristics for ovarian endometrioid carcinoma: an SEER-based cohort study | Background: Ovarian endometrioid carcinoma (OEC) is the second most commonly occurring ovarian epithelial malignancy, but the associated prognostic factors remain obscure. This study aimed to analyze independent prognostic factors for patients with OEC and to develop and validate a nomogram to predict the overall survi... | 14321335 | ONCOLOGY |
10.3390/educsci13080778 | Parent Chats in Education System: During and after the Pandemic Outbreak | Digital technology has significantly changed the face of education by, among other things, creating many communication channels between the participants in the process. This study reveals the role of parent chat rooms in supporting the learning process. The pandemic experience has shown that parent chat rooms can serve... | 22277102 | EDUCATION |
10.3390/ai4030031 | Applying Few-Shot Learning for In-the-Wild Camera-Trap Species Classification | Few-shot learning (FSL) describes the challenge of learning a new task using a minimum amount of labeled data, and we have observed significant progress made in this area. In this paper, we explore the effectiveness of the FSL theory by considering a real-world problem where labels are hard to obtain. To assist a large... | 26732688 | AI |
10.1186/s40359-023-01257-5 | Mental illness stigma among indigenous communities in Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study | Background: Mental illnesses stigma is a universal and transcultural phenomenon. While mental illnesses stigma is pervasive in Bangladesh, very little research exists on stigma toward mental illnesses among indigenous communities. This study aimed to investigate the prevailing stigma and the risk factors among differen... | 20507283 | PSYCHOLOGY |
10.1007/s44196-023-00297-4 | An Interval-Valued Pythagorean Fuzzy AHP and COPRAS Hybrid Methods for the Supplier Selection Problem | Companies must be able to identify their suppliers appropriately and effectively in order to survive in the competitive market conditions. In order to fulfill and surpass the expectations of the consumers and clients, companies need to interact with the relevant suppliers. It is a tough manner for companies to select t... | 18756883 | AI |
10.3390/ejihpe13080103 | Positive and Negative Impacts of Gamification on the Fitness Industry | Gamification features to motivate individuals to exercise have become a trend in the fitness sector that is gaining popularity. It is based on the idea that adding fun and competitive components to workout routines will inspire people to achieve their fitness objectives and maintain a healthy lifestyle. This research s... | 22549625 | PSYCHOLOGY |
10.3390/ejihpe13080104 | Personality Traits and Physical Activity: Insights from German University Students | This study explores the intriguing relationship between personality traits, self-rated fitness (SRF), and physical activity (PA) variables among German university students (N = 4244) and sheds light on the impact of personality on adherence to PA guidelines. Employing an online cross-sectional study, the short-form of ... | 22549625 | PSYCHOLOGY |
10.3390/cancers15153973 | Abrogating Metastatic Properties of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Cells by EGFR and PI3K Dual Inhibitors | Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is a devastating BC subtype. Its aggressiveness, allied to the lack of well-defined molecular targets, usually culminates in the appearance of metastases that account for poor prognosis, particularly when they develop in the brain. Nevertheless, TNBC has been associated with epiderm... | 20726694 | ONCOLOGY |
10.1007/s00432-023-05133-y | Glial cell-derived soluble factors increase the metastatic potential of pancreatic adenocarcinoma cells and induce epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition | Background: Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is one of the most aggressive types of cancer, characterized by the spreading of highly metastatic cancer cells, including invasion into surrounding nerves and perineural spaces. Nerves, in turn, can invade the tumor tissue and, through the secretion of neurotrophic f... | 14321335 | ONCOLOGY |
10.1007/s00432-023-05323-8 | Construction of the survival nomograms for colon cancer patients of different ages based on the SEER database | Introduction: Three nomograms for predicting the outcomes of early- and late-onset colon cancer (COCA) among patients not stratified by age were constructed using data in the Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) database (1975–2019). The accuracy of the nomogram was then assessed. Method: Clinical data of 6107 patients ... | 14321335 | ONCOLOGY |
10.1007/s44196-023-00316-4 | RETRACTED ARTICLE: Research on the Prediction of the Inauguration Development Direction of College Students’ Entrepreneurship Education Based on Educational Data Mining | In many related studies, educational data mining technology has been proven to play an important role in predicting the development direction of entrepreneurship education for college students. To further improve the accuracy of the prediction, we chose the grey prediction model as the basic prediction model and automa... | 18756883 | AI |
10.1007/s44196-023-00321-7 | RETRACTED ARTICLE: E-commerce User Recommendation Algorithm Based on Social Relationship Characteristics and Improved K-Means Algorithm | In the era of the Internet, information data continue to accumulate, and the explosive growth of network information explosion leads to the reduction of the accuracy of users’ access to information. To enhance the user experience and purchasing desire of e-commerce users, a e-commerce user recommendation algorithm base... | 18756883 | AI |
10.1186/s40359-023-01288-y | Qualitative insights from a randomized clinical trial of a mother–child emotional preparation program for preschool-aged children | Background: Early life stress and adversity conveys risk for emotional, behavioral, and developmental disorders. To address this risk in the preschool population, Mother–Child Emotional Preparation (MCEP) was tested as an in-school dyadic intervention for facilitating mother–child emotional connection through mother–ch... | 20507283 | PSYCHOLOGY |
10.1186/s40594-023-00446-3 | Possibilities and pitfalls of practitioners in trying to apply change theory as viewed through the lens of Reinholz, White, and Andrews “Change theory in STEM higher education: a systematic review” | null | 21967822 | EDUCATION |
10.1007/s00432-023-05297-7 | High expression of NOLC1 as an independent prognostic factor for survival in patients with colorectal cancer | Background As a phosphorylated protein, NOLC1 is mainly located in the nucleus and is highly expressed in a variety of tumors, participating in the regulation of cell proliferation and aging. This study further investigated the role of NOLC1 in colorectal cancer tumors, aiming to provide sufficient scientific evidence ... | 14321335 | ONCOLOGY |
10.3390/educsci13090914 | Emotions Matter: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Detection and Classification of Students’ Emotions in STEM during Online Learning | In recent years, the rapid growth of online learning has highlighted the need for effective methods to monitor and improve student experiences. Emotions play a crucial role in shaping students’ engagement, motivation, and satisfaction in online learning environments, particularly in complex STEM subjects. In this conte... | 22277102 | EDUCATION |
10.3390/ejihpe13090126 | Impacts of a COVID-19 Educational Video: Evaluation of the Influence of Race, Gender, Political Affiliation, Study Major, and Age on Vaccine Acceptance among University Students | Background: The World Health Organization (WHO) warns that vaccine hesitancy is an ongoing major global health threat. While vaccination against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) proves to be an effective strategy in protecting against the disease, vaccine hesitancy represents a major barrier t... | 22549625 | PSYCHOLOGY |
10.3390/cancers15184493 | Treatment of Clival Chordomas: A 20-Year Experience and Systematic Literature Review | Clival chordomas are rare but aggressive skull base tumors that pose significant treatment challenges and portend dismal prognosis. The aim of this study was to highlight the advantages and limitations of available treatments, to furnish prognostic indicators, and to shed light on novel therapeutic strategies. We condu... | 20726694 | ONCOLOGY |
10.1186/s40594-023-00445-4 | Validity, acceptability, and procedural issues of selection methods for graduate study admissions in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics: a mapping review | This review presents the first comprehensive synthesis of available research on selection methods for STEM graduate study admissions. Ten categories of graduate selection methods emerged. Each category was critically appraised against the following evaluative quality principles: predictive validity and reliability, acc... | 21967822 | EDUCATION |
10.1186/s40594-023-00448-1 | The role of media in influencing students’ STEM career interest | Background: Digital media are pervasive in the lives of young people and provide opportunities for them to learn about STEM. Multiple theories argue that the STEM media environment may shape how youth see a STEM career in their future. Yet, little is known about how pre-college digital media consumption may be related ... | 21967822 | EDUCATION |
10.3390/educsci13090930 | The Role and Motivation of Pre-Service Teacher (PST) Mentors from Pro-Social to Cognitive-Effective Perspectives | The purpose of this quantitative descriptive study is to shed light on the driving forces of the mentor’s positions in teacher training processes in Israel. The research is based on an exploratory cross-sectional study which included 170 preservice teacher mentors in the north of Israel. The mentoring position, despite... | 22277102 | EDUCATION |
10.1007/s00432-023-05365-y | Prevalence of mutations in common tumour types in Northern England and comparable utility of national and international Trial Finders | Purpose: Tumour genomic profiling is of increasing importance in early phase trials to match patients to targeted therapeutics. Mutations vary by demographic group; however, regional differences are not characterised. This was investigated by comparing mutation prevalence for common cancers presenting to Newcastle Expe... | 14321335 | ONCOLOGY |
10.3390/cancers15184549 | Salvage High-Dose-Rate Interventional Radiotherapy (Brachytherapy) Combined with Surgery for Regionally Relapsed Head and Neck Cancers | (1) Background: to report on the use of high-dose-rate (HDR) interventional radiotherapy (brachytherapy, IRT) as a salvage treatment for patients with regionally relapsed head and neck cancers. (2) Methods: A retrospective study of 60 patients treated with HDR-IRT for loco-regionally relapsed head and neck cancers at o... | 20726694 | ONCOLOGY |
10.3390/cancers15184567 | Negative Survival Impact of Occult Lymph Node Involvement in Small HER2-Positive Early Breast Cancer Treated by Up-Front Surgery | (1) Background: The independent negative prognostic value of isolated tumor cells or micro-metastases in axillary lymph nodes has been established in triple-negative breast cancers (BC). However, the prognostic significance of pN0(i+) or pN1mi in HER2-positive BCs treated by primary surgery remains unexplored. Therefor... | 20726694 | ONCOLOGY |
10.3390/ejihpe13090138 | Body-Related Attentional Bias in Adolescents Affected by Idiopathic Scoliosis | Attentional biases toward body-related information increase body dissatisfaction. This can lead at-risk populations to develop psychopathologies. This phenomenon has not been extensively studied in girls affected by idiopathic scoliosis. This work aimed to study the cognitive processes that could contribute to the wors... | 22549625 | PSYCHOLOGY |
10.3390/educsci13090963 | Guidelines for Supporting a Community of Inquiry through Graded Online Discussion Forums in Higher Education | Graded online discussion forums allow students to interact with course content, peers, and instructors. These discussions have the potential to enhance students’ learning experiences significantly. By adding graded online discussions to an online structured Master’s program in Education, it was necessary to determine t... | 22277102 | EDUCATION |
10.3390/educsci13090961 | Supporting Emergent Writing in Preschool Classrooms: Results of a Professional Development Program | Emergent writing is a key component of early literacy development and contributes to later school success, yet it receives little attention in most preschool classrooms. This paper presents results of a quasi-experimental study of a teacher professional development package that included writing as one of four focal are... | 22277102 | EDUCATION |
10.3390/cancers15184627 | Neo-Adjuvant Treatment in Primary Resectable Pancreatic Cancer: A Systematic Review and PRISMA-Compliant Updated Metanalysis of Oncological Outcomes | Background: Despite advances in treatment, the prognosis of resectable pancreatic adenocarcinoma remains poor. Neoadjuvant therapy (NAT) has gained great interest in hopes of improving survival. However, the results of available studies based on different treatment approaches, such as chemotherapy and chemoradiotherapy... | 20726694 | ONCOLOGY |
10.3390/cancers15194679 | Glucocorticoid Receptor Activation in Lobular Breast Cancer Is Associated with Reduced Cell Proliferation and Promotion of Metastases | Estrogen receptor-positive (ER+) invasive lobular breast cancer (ILC) comprises about ~15% of breast cancer. ILC’s unique genotypic (loss of wild type E-cadherin expression) and phenotypic (small individual round cancer cells that grow in discontinuous nests) are thought to contribute to a distinctive pattern of metast... | 20726694 | ONCOLOGY |
10.3390/cancers15194700 | A Single-Center Study of the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Organization of Healthcare Service Delivery to Patients with Head and Neck Cancer | The aim of this study was to identify and assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the diagnosis and treatment of head and neck cancer (HNC) patients of the Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery of the 4th Military Teaching Hospital in Wroclaw for whom oncological treatment was planned by a cancer ca... | 20726694 | ONCOLOGY |
10.1007/s44196-023-00328-0 | Self-Supervised Learning for Industrial Image Anomaly Detection by Simulating Anomalous Samples | Industrial image anomaly detection (AD) is a critical issue that has been investigated in different research areas. Many works have attempted to detect anomalies by simulating anomalous samples. However, how to simulate abnormal samples remains a significant challenge. In this study, a method for simulating anomalous s... | 18756883 | AI |
10.1007/s00432-023-05399-2 | Enhancing prognostic accuracy: a SEER-based analysis for overall and cancer-specific survival prediction in cervical adenocarcinoma patients | Background: Cervical adenocarcinoma (CA) is the second most prevalent histological subtype of cervical cancer, following cervical squamous cell carcinoma (CSCC). As stated in the guidelines provided by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, they are staged and treated similarly. However, compared with CSCC patients... | 14321335 | ONCOLOGY |
10.1007/s00432-023-05350-5 | Clinical characteristics of sarcoma patients: a population-based data analysis from a German clinical cancer registry | Purpose: Sarcomas are a heterogeneous group of malignant neoplasms with a wide range of histological types and occur in almost any anatomic site and side. This study evaluated the prognostic factors in sarcoma patients based on German clinical cancer registry data. Methods: The German clinical cancer register of Saxony... | 14321335 | ONCOLOGY |
10.1186/s40594-023-00450-7 | Gender gap in STEM pathways: the role of secondary curricula in a highly differentiated school system—the case of Chile | Background: STEM fields are instrumental in increasing the technological and innovative capacity of the economy. As women are underrepresented in the STEM workforce, diverse strategies have been implemented to boost their preparedness and interest in these fields, including early exposure to academic and vocational STE... | 21967822 | EDUCATION |
10.3390/ai4040040 | Unveiling the Transparency of Prediction Models for Spatial PM2.5 over Singapore: Comparison of Different Machine Learning Approaches with eXplainable Artificial Intelligence | Aerosols play a crucial role in the climate system due to direct and indirect effects, such as scattering and absorbing radiant energy. They also have adverse effects on visibility and human health. Humans are exposed to fine PM2.5, which has adverse health impacts related to cardiovascular and respiratory-related dise... | 26732688 | AI |
10.3390/ai4040041 | A General Machine Learning Model for Assessing Fruit Quality Using Deep Image Features | Fruit quality is a critical factor in the produce industry, affecting producers, distributors, consumers, and the economy. High-quality fruits are more appealing, nutritious, and safe, boosting consumer satisfaction and revenue for producers. Artificial intelligence can aid in assessing the quality of fruit using image... | 26732688 | AI |
10.1186/s40359-023-01325-w | The association between social support provision, psychological capital, subjective well-being and sense of indebtedness among undergraduates with low socioeconomic status | Background: Social support consists of receipt and provision in the interpersonal exchange process. Many studies have explored and verified the effect of received social support. This study focuses on whether and when social support provision can benefit the providers’ positive psychological capital and subjective well... | 20507283 | PSYCHOLOGY |
10.3390/educsci13100993 | Teacher Development for Equitable Mathematics Classrooms: Reflecting on Experience in the Context of Performativity | In this article, we chart the development of one of us—Sue Hough—from a teacher who wanted students to understand to one who gained new critical understandings of student thinking, pedagogy, and the very nature of mathematics. We comment on the role of research interventions and learning communities in this development... | 22277102 | EDUCATION |
10.3390/educsci13100996 | Homework’s Implications for the Well-Being of Primary School Pupils—Perceptions of Children, Parents, and Teachers | Teachers and educational researchers explore various approaches to make homework more engaging and enjoyable, intending to improve the well-being and academic performance of primary school students. The study aimed to identify practices with positive and negative effects on students’ well-being when doing homework. The... | 22277102 | EDUCATION |
10.1186/s40359-023-01335-8 | Transdiagnostic phenomena of psychopathology in the context of the RDoC: protocol of a multimodal cross-sectional study | In the past, affective and cognitive processes related to psychopathology have been examined within the boundaries of phenotype-based diagnostic labels, which has led to inconsistent findings regarding their underlying operating principles. Investigating these processes dimensionally in healthy individuals and by means... | 20507283 | PSYCHOLOGY |
10.3390/ejihpe13100150 | A Qualitative Study to Explore the Life Experiences of Older Adults in Oman | Background: Reminiscence studies and life reviews have a number of proven advantages. Future generations gain by learning from elders’ life experiences, as do older adults themselves who share their memories. Despite Oman’s sizable geriatric population, research on older individuals’ life experiences is scarce. Therefo... | 22549625 | PSYCHOLOGY |
10.1186/s40359-023-01345-6 | PsyCARE study: assessing impact, cost-effectiveness, and transdiagnostic factors of the Italian ministry of health’s “psychological bonus” policy | Background: The prevalence of anxiety and depression disorders is surging worldwide, prompting a pressing demand for psychological interventions, especially in less severe cases. Responding to this need, the Italian government implemented the “Psychological Bonus” (PB) policy, allotting 25 million euros for mental heal... | 20507283 | PSYCHOLOGY |
10.1186/s40359-023-01302-3 | Assessment of the mind-body connection: preliminary psychometric evidence for a new self-report questionnaire | Objectives: While interoceptive self-report scales provide a foundation for measuring the mind-body connection, they variably consider other important factors that could influence interpretations of internal bodily sensations and perceptions related to mind-body integration. The proposed Body-Mind Connection Questionna... | 20507283 | PSYCHOLOGY |
10.3390/ejihpe13100153 | Assessing the Relationship between Prosocial Behavior and Well-Being: Basic Psychological Need as the Mediator | Previous research has established a positive link between prosocial behavior (PB) and psychological well-being. However, limited studies have explored the relationship between PB and well-being (WB), particularly among vocational students. Furthermore, the underlying mechanisms, including mediating factors, remain unde... | 22549625 | PSYCHOLOGY |
10.3390/ejihpe13100156 | Meaning in Life and Loneliness as Mediators between COVID-19 Anxiety and Life Satisfaction in the Post-Pandemic among the General Population in Turkey: A Serial Mediation Model | The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted global society, leading to negative well-being and mental health outcomes. However, little is known about how COVID-19-related anxiety affects life satisfaction through psychological factors. This study examined the mediating roles of meaning in life and loneliness in the relationship... | 22549625 | PSYCHOLOGY |
10.3390/ai4040045 | Algorithms for All: Can AI in the Mortgage Market Expand Access to Homeownership? | Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the mortgage market at every stage of the value chain. In this paper, we examine the potential for the mortgage industry to leverage AI to overcome the historical and systemic barriers to homeownership for members of Black, Brown, and lower-income communities. We begin by pr... | 26732688 | AI |
10.1007/s00432-023-05441-3 | Hedgehog pathway in sarcoma: from preclinical mechanism to clinical application | Sarcomas are a diverse group of malignant neoplasms of mesenchymal origin. They develop rarely, but due to poor prognosis, they are a challenging and significant clinical problem. Currently, available therapeutic options have very limited activity. A better understating of sarcomas’ pathogenesis may help develop more e... | 14321335 | ONCOLOGY |
10.1007/s00432-023-05446-y | Contributing and limiting factors to guideline-adherent therapy in senior and elderly breast cancer patients: a questionnaire-based cross-sectional study using clinical and cancer registry data in Germany | Purpose: Elderly cancer patients are less likely to be treated in accordance with evidence-based guideline recommendations. This study examines patient-related factors associated with deviations from guideline recommendations. Methods: Using medical documentation and cancer registry data, we investigated the treatment ... | 14321335 | ONCOLOGY |
10.3390/ejihpe13100158 | From Policies to Practices: Factors Related to the Use of Inclusive Practices in Portugal | Inclusion is considered a foundation for quality education, and teachers’ inclusive practices are essential for success in mainstream classrooms. Portugal has been making progressive improvements in its policies for inclusive education, although there is little consistency in school practices within or between schools.... | 22549625 | PSYCHOLOGY |
10.3390/ai4040046 | From Trustworthy Principles to a Trustworthy Development Process: The Need and Elements of Trusted Development of AI Systems | The current endeavor of moving AI ethics from theory to practice can frequently be observed in academia and industry and indicates a major achievement in the theoretical understanding of responsible AI. Its practical application, however, currently poses challenges, as mechanisms for translating the proposed principles... | 26732688 | AI |
10.1186/s40359-023-01373-2 | A psychometric study of an executive function assessment instrument (TDI-FE) | Background: This study aims to present and discuss the psychometric properties of executive functions, which were measured using the TDI-FE instrument. The analysis encompasses its internal structure, potential sensitivity to fatigue factors, relationships with external criteria, and diagnostic accuracy. Methods: The s... | 20507283 | PSYCHOLOGY |
10.3390/cancers15205002 | Modulatory Properties of Aloe secundiflora’s Methanolic Extracts on Targeted Genes in Colorectal Cancer Management | Colon tumors have a very complicated and poorly understood pathogenesis. Plant-based organic compounds might provide a novel source for cancer treatment with a sufficient novel mode of action. The objective of this study was to analyze and evaluate the efficacy of Aloe secundiflora’s (AS) methanolic extracts on the exp... | 20726694 | ONCOLOGY |
10.3390/cancers15205014 | The Carcinogenic Potential of Bisphenol A in the Liver Based on Transcriptomic Studies | Bisphenol A (BPA) is an environmental toxin widely used in the production of polycarbonate plastics. A correlation exists between BPA tissue contamination and the occurrence of pathological conditions, including cancer. First-passage detoxification of high BPA amounts in the liver promotes hepatotoxicity and morphologi... | 20726694 | ONCOLOGY |
10.1007/s44196-023-00341-3 | A Multiclustering Evolutionary Hyperrectangle-Based Algorithm | Clustering is a grouping technique that has long been used to relate data homogeneously. With the huge growth of complex datasets from different sources in the last decade, new paradigms have emerged. Multiclustering is a new concept within clustering that attempts to simultaneously generate multiple clusters that are ... | 18756883 | AI |
10.3390/ai4040047 | Deep Learning Performance Characterization on GPUs for Various Quantization Frameworks | Deep learning is employed in many applications, such as computer vision, natural language processing, robotics, and recommender systems. Large and complex neural networks lead to high accuracy; however, they adversely affect many aspects of deep learning performance, such as training time, latency, throughput, energy c... | 26732688 | AI |
10.3390/educsci13101047 | The Contribution of Educational Psychology to South African Preservice Teacher Training and Learner Support | Teacher education programmes are developed around the theoretical and practical understanding of child development, learning, assessment, behaviour management and motivation, which are areas of expertise in educational psychology. This paper aims to (a) critically investigate the contribution of educational psychology ... | 22277102 | EDUCATION |
10.1186/s40359-023-01383-0 | Structural modeling of EFL/ESL teachers’ physical activity, mental health, psychological well-being, and self-efficacy | Background: Physical activity (PA) is known to positively affect individuals’ mental and physical health, especially those who experience high levels of stress, such as teachers. Previous studies have examined the relationship between teachers’ PA, mental health, and well-being. Still, there is a lack of research on th... | 20507283 | PSYCHOLOGY |
10.3390/educsci13101050 | Earning Your Way into General Education: Perceptions about Autism Influence Classroom Placement | The language used by teachers, school staff, and parents to talk about autistic students can send either positive or negative messages to other school staff, parents, and all students—with or without autism—about autistic students. Ultimately, these messages also extend to autistic people. Using qualitative focus group... | 22277102 | EDUCATION |
10.3390/educsci13101053 | “I’d Rather Do It Single-Handed”—Nursing Students’ Struggles with Group Assignments: A Qualitative Study | This study, framed by the GRPI (Goal, Role, Process, and Interaction) teamwork model, explores team dynamics among nursing students in performing group assignments, utilizing a qualitative research design. Twenty-three nursing students from Year 1 to Year 4 at a nursing school in Macau were invited. Semi-structured per... | 22277102 | EDUCATION |
10.3390/cancers15205087 | The Different Roles of MET in the Development and Treatment of Cancer | This Special Issue features contributions from leading international researchers in the field of MET (hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) receptor) biology and therapeutics | 20726694 | ONCOLOGY |
10.1186/s40594-023-00454-3 | Integrating artificial intelligence into science lessons: teachers’ experiences and views | Background: In the midst of digital transformation, schools are transforming their classrooms as they prepare students for a world increasingly automated by new technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI). During curricular implementation, it has not made sense to teachers to teach AI as a stand-alone subject ... | 21967822 | EDUCATION |
10.3390/educsci13111070 | The Past, the Present, and the Future of the Evolution of Mixed Reality in Teacher Education | The authors in this article provide a historical view (past) on the development of mixed reality (MR) simulation in teacher education as well as a brief history of simulation from other fields along with foundational knowledge on the evolution of simulation. The authors provide a systematic review of the current state ... | 22277102 | EDUCATION |
10.1186/s40359-023-01389-8 | Examining specific and non-specific symptoms of the best-fitting posttraumatic stress disorder model in conflict-exposed adolescents | Background: The 5th revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) construes PTSD symptoms into 4 clusters (intrusion, avoidance, negative alterations in cognitions and mood, alterations in arousal and reactivity; Model 1). However, recent literature has shown that this symptom structure ... | 20507283 | PSYCHOLOGY |
10.1007/s00432-023-05470-y | Diagnostic accuracy of contrast-enhanced computed tomography in assessing cervical lymph node status in patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma | Objective: Accurate preoperative prediction of lymph node (LN) status plays a pivotal role in determining the extension of neck dissection (ND) required for patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). This study aims to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) in detecting L... | 14321335 | ONCOLOGY |
10.3390/educsci13111076 | Attitude Construction toward Invasive Species through an Eco-Humanist Approach: A Case Study of the Lesser Kestrel and the Myna | The green school in northern Israel has embraced an eco-humanist approach with the aim of mitigating the animosity displayed by fifth-grade students towards invasive species. This antipathy arose due to the negative impact of these invasive species on a local species that the students were monitoring as a component of ... | 22277102 | EDUCATION |
10.3390/ejihpe13110164 | Motivational Influences on Health, Well-Being, and Lifestyle: Validation of the Spanish Version of the Treatment Self-Regulation Questionnaire in Four Health Domains | Background: Motivation is a central concept in self-determination theory (SDT). The Treatment Self-Regulation Questionnaire (TSRQ), which assesses motivation (autonomous, controlled, etc.), has been widely used. However, less is known about its applicability to samples such as college students, who may be at risk of ha... | 22549625 | PSYCHOLOGY |
10.1186/s40594-023-00453-4 | Authentic STEM education through modelling: an international Delphi study | Background: The literature asserts that science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education needs to be authentic. Although models and modelling provide a basis from which to increase authenticity by bridging the STEM disciplines, the idea of authentic STEM education remains challenging to define. In res... | 21967822 | EDUCATION |
10.1007/s44196-023-00350-2 | Hybrid Sine Cosine Algorithm with Integrated Roulette Wheel Selection and Opposition-Based Learning for Engineering Optimization Problems | The sine cosine algorithm (SCA) is widely recognized for its efficacy in solving optimization problems, although it encounters challenges in striking a balance between exploration and exploitation. To improve these limitations, a novel model, termed the novel sine cosine algorithm (nSCA), is introduced. In this advance... | 18756883 | AI |
10.3390/educsci13111085 | “A Common Danger Unites”: Reflecting on Lecturers’ Higher Education Experiences during the COVID-19 Pandemic Using an Ethnographic Fictional Analysis | The sudden transition of Higher Education (HE) from predominately face-to-face to online delivery during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns placed many lecturers in unfamiliar situations. This study aimed to explore and represent the experiences of lecturers working in HE during this time. We used a storytelling approach ... | 22277102 | EDUCATION |
10.3390/educsci13111089 | Conceptions of Portuguese Science Teachers on the Concept of Ecoethics | Ecoethics is a philosophical subject that studies the moral relationship of human beings concerning the environment and its non-human components. Education for ecoethics addresses issues of how to live, how to make environmental choices, and how to think about the consequences of human activities. It is important that,... | 22277102 | EDUCATION |
10.3390/educsci13111094 | Enhancing English Acquisition: Effects of among us Game-Based Gamification on Language Competence, Motivation, Attention, and Attitude towards the English Subject | This study aimed to ascertain if there was a significant impact on the acquisition of English language competence, motivation, attention, and emotions towards English as a Second Language (ESL) after the development of gamification based on the famous Among us game with primary education students aged 7–8 years (n = 24... | 22277102 | EDUCATION |
10.3390/educsci13111100 | Maintaining Tensions: Braiding as an Analogy for Mathematics Teacher Educators’ Political Work | Although the field of mathematics education has made gains in centering the need for justice-oriented approaches and antiracist teaching practices in teacher education, much of this work remains in its infancy. Moreover, research focused on this area highlights teacher candidates’ knowledge and dispositions and often i... | 22277102 | EDUCATION |
10.3390/ejihpe13110172 | Does Equine Interaction Facilitate Emotional Safety and Learning for College Students within an Agricultural-Based Classroom? | Effective teaching requires an educational environment that promotes learning, and yet, developing such an environment can be challenging within today’s agricultural-based classroom for educators due to the trend to a more virtual teaching format and less hands-on learning. Animal interaction, particularly equine activ... | 22549625 | PSYCHOLOGY |
10.1186/s40594-023-00455-2 | Exploring the multifaceted roles of mathematics learning in predicting students' computational thinking competency | Background: There exist shared competencies between computational thinking (CT) and mathematics, and these two domains also mutually benefit from various teaching approaches. However, the linkages between mathematics and computational thinking lack robust empirical support, particularly from student-centered learning p... | 21967822 | EDUCATION |
10.3390/ejihpe13110177 | Assessment and Psychometric Properties of the 21-Item Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS-21) among Portuguese Higher Education Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic | The COVID-19 pandemic has caused substantial disruptions in the lives of higher education students, with detrimental repercussions for academic performance and overall mental health. Therefore, we aimed to evaluate the prevalence of depression, anxiety, and stress symptoms among Portuguese higher education students dur... | 22549625 | PSYCHOLOGY |
10.1186/s40359-023-01401-1 | The psychometric property of a short-form of the Social Axioms Survey (SAS II) | Background: Social Axioms are generalized beliefs and broad assumptions about the world, guiding behaviors across various social situations. Social Axioms are usually assessed by Social Axioms Survey II (SAS II). Nevertheless, the length of the scale may limit its usefulness in studies with strict time constraint. The ... | 20507283 | PSYCHOLOGY |
10.3390/ejihpe13110179 | (No) Effects of a Self-Kindness Intervention on Self-Esteem and Visual Self-Perception: An Eye-Tracking Investigation on the Time-Course of Self-Face Viewing | Previous research has suggested a favorable impact of self-kindness on subjective well-being. The present experiment investigated the effects of an app-assisted self-kindness intervention for increasing self-esteem and self-face gaze, and for decreasing depression. We explored self-face processing via a time-course ana... | 22549625 | PSYCHOLOGY |
10.3390/ejihpe13110183 | “I Am on Top!”: An Interactive Intervention Program to Promote Self-Regulation Processes in the Prevention of the Use of Doping in Sports High Schools | The use of substances to improve sports performance is a widespread phenomenon among adolescents. Several anti-doping programs have been developed, mainly based on knowledge-based evidence. The main aim of the present study was to implement an anti-doping intervention in sports high school students, based on a psycholo... | 22549625 | PSYCHOLOGY |
10.1186/s40359-023-01417-7 | Impulsivity and sensitivity to reward as mediating factors of the negative relationship between emotional intelligence and health-related risk-taking: evidence from a sample of university students | Better abilities in emotional intelligence (EI) have been linked to a decreased tendency to engage in health-related risk behaviour. However, the processes underlying this relationship are still unclear. The aim of this research was to examine the role of impulsivity and sensitivity to reward as mediating factors in th... | 20507283 | PSYCHOLOGY |
10.1007/s00432-023-05488-2 | A case report of two instances of colorectal hepatoid adenocarcinoma, accompanied by a comprehensive literature review | Objective: The study aimed to explore the clinical and pathological characteristics, survival outcomes, and prognostic factors of colorectal hepatoid adenocarcinoma. Methods: We performed two cases of colorectal hepatoid adenocarcinoma treated at the Oncology Department of the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang Univ... | 14321335 | ONCOLOGY |
10.1186/s40359-023-01360-7 | Post-traumatic growth and influencing factors among parents of premature infants: a cross-sectional study | Background: Post-traumatic growth is a positive psychological change that may aid recovery in individuals experiencing trauma. Owing to the lack of research in the area of parental care for premature infants, we decided to explore the levels and factors influencing post-traumatic growth among parents of premature infan... | 20507283 | PSYCHOLOGY |
10.3390/cancers15225376 | The Influence of the Exposome in the Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma, a Multicenter Case–Control Study | Introduction: The concept of exposome refers to the total of harmful and beneficial environmental exposures that can help predict the organism’s biological responses over time. Ultraviolet radiation (UVR) from sun exposure has been recognized as the main etiological agent of skin cancer, and squamous cell carcinoma (SC... | 20726694 | ONCOLOGY |
10.1186/s40594-023-00457-0 | Motivational climate predicts effort and achievement in a large computer science course: examining differences across sexes, races/ethnicities, and academic majors | Background: The motivational climate within a course has been shown to be an important predictor of students’ engagement and course ratings. Because little is known about how students’ perceptions of the motivational climate in a computer science (CS) course vary by sex, race/ethnicity, and academic major, we investiga... | 21967822 | EDUCATION |
10.3390/cancers15225408 | Predictors of Neurological Worsening after Resection of Spinal Meningiomas | Background: Due to the slow-growing nature of spinal meningiomas, they are mostly asymptomatic for a long time, and become symptomatic after the compression of the spinal cord or nerve roots. The aim of this study was to identify predictors for a poor clinical outcome after the surgical resection of spinal meningiomas ... | 20726694 | ONCOLOGY |
10.3390/educsci13111154 | College Student Mental Health and Wellbeing Prior to and during the COVID-19 Pandemic | Student mental health was a growing concern globally prior to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of the pandemic and associated restrictions on the psychological wellbeing of college students. Baseline data were collected pre-pandemic in September 2019 among students atte... | 22277102 | EDUCATION |
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