Interactive Tools and Tasks for the Hebrew Bible : From Language Learning to Textual Criticism [PDF]
This contribution to a special issue on “Computer-aided processing of intertextuality” in ancient texts will illustrate how using digital tools to interact with the Hebrew Bible offers new promising perspectives for visualizing the texts and for ...
Nicolai Winther-Nielsen
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Being Zen: Pelevin, Buddha, and the Void
Abstract Victor Pelevin, whose rise to popularity coincided with the fall of the Soviet Union, critiques the notion of national identity via the prism of Zen Buddhism. Pelevin embraces the religion’s idea of the volatile self and undertakes the project of spiritually empowering the Russians, by exposing the futility of constructing any national ...
Daniel Taehun Lee
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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AS A TESTING GROUND FOR KEY THEOLOGICAL QUESTIONS
Abstract Engagement with artificial intelligence (AI) can be highly beneficial for theology. This article maps the landscape of the various ways such engagement can occur. It begins by outlining the opportunities and limitations of computational theology before diving into speculative territory by imagining how robot theologians might think of divine ...
Marius Dorobantu
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Text Data Security and Privacy in the Internet of Things: Threats, Challenges, and Future Directions
In our daily life, Internet‐of‐Things (IoT) is everywhere and used in many more beneficial functionalities. It is used in our homes, hospitals, fire prevention, and reporting and controlling the environmental changes. Data security is the crucial requirement for IoT since the number of recent technologies in different domains is increasing day by day ...
Umair Khadam+6 more
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AI and the Subjective Crisis of Knowledge
ABSTRACT Religious ethicists have observed how the threat of AI‐generated texts, images, and videos accentuates the problems of a “post‐truth” world already linked to algorithms that foster misinformation and echo chambers. There is also a less discussed problem occurring in science as it becomes increasingly dependent on AI's analytic techniques ...
Paul Scherz, Luis Vera
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RESISTING ALTERNATIVE IMAGES: An Ethnography of Visual Disinformation in Brazil
ABSTRACT The battle against disinformation played a key role during the Brazilian presidential elections of 2022. Supporters of Jair Bolsonaro—and, to a much lesser extent, of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva—generated and disseminated deceptive and false “informative content” to influence public opinion.
MIHAI ANDREI LEAHA, ROGER CANALS
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From significance testing to estimation and Open Science: How esci can help
We argue that researchers should test less, estimate more, and adopt Open Science practices. We outline some of the flaws of null hypothesis significance testing and take three approaches to demonstrating the unreliability of the p value. We explain some advantages of estimation and meta‐analysis (“the new statistics”), especially as contributions to ...
Robert Calin‐Jageman, Geoff Cumming
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Abstract INTRODUCTION This ongoing, prospective study examines the effectiveness of methods used to successfully recruit and retain 238 Black older adults in a longitudinal, observational Alzheimer's disease (AD) study. METHODS Recruitment strategies included traditional media, established research registries, speaking engagements, community events ...
Alexis I. B. Walker+11 more
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CdgC, a Cyclic-di-GMP Diguanylate Cyclase of Azospirillum baldaniorum Is Involved in Internalization to Wheat Roots. [PDF]
Sierra Cacho D+5 more
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Challenges and opportunities in evaluating a digital sexual health intervention in a clinic setting: Staff and patient views. [PDF]
Bailey JV+3 more
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