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Is the well‐known phrase ‘small is beautiful’ true of small transnational education institutions?

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The purpose of this research is to consider the potential attractiveness of operating a small international branch campus (IBC). Drawing upon resource‐based and legitimacy theories, we examine the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats associated with the business model that is based on having a small institution size.
Stephen Wilkins, Joe Hazzam
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JCPOA’s Online Discourse: A Meta-Analysis [PDF]

Cyberspace Studies
Background: Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) signed in 2015, limited Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief. The U.S. withdrew in 2018, but talks continue to revive the deal.Aim: This meta-analysis examines how academic ...
Zahra Emamzadeh
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Where Do We Fit? Reflections on Research Interview Practice, Project Design, and Interpretation**

Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte, EarlyView.
What is special about historical research interviews in the history of science, technology, and medicine, and how do they compare to the tools of oral historians and social scientists? This essay reflects on three interview projects I have undertaken, each taking a distinct shape.
Dmitriy Myelnikov
wiley   +1 more source

Review of Vid Simoniti, Artists Remake the World: A Contemporary Manifesto (2023), New Haven: Yale University Press

Aesthetic Investigations
With Artists Remake the World: A Contemporary Manifesto (2023), Vid Simoniti surveys recent exhibition-based contemporary art (most since 2016) that ‘glimpse possibilities for repairing the world’.
Sue Spaid
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Learning with Patient Campaigners About a German Drug Scandal

Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte, EarlyView.
The West German drug Duogynon was internationally marketed as a “hormone pregnancy test” (HPT) between the 1950s and 1980s. In the late 1960s it came under suspicion for inducing miscarriage, spina bifida, and a spectrum of birth defects similar to those caused by the sedative thalidomide.
Jesse Olszynko‐Gryn, Anja Suter, Edmund Bolger, Birgit Nemec   +3 more
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The artist as a political vandal and moral witness: Lucienne Rickard’s Extinction Studies

Journal of Aesthetics & Culture
Extinction Studies was a years-long, politically motivated artistic event that blurs the boundaries not only between traditional “conservable” visual artwork and ephemeral performance but also between scientific rigour and emotional truth-telling. In the
Billy Badger
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Prioritizing Feasible and Impactful Actions to Enable Secure AI Development and Use in Biology

Biotechnology and Bioengineering, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As artificial intelligence continues to enhance biological innovation, the potential for misuse must be addressed to fully unlock the potential societal benefits. While significant work has been done to evaluate general‐purpose AI and specialized biological design tools (BDTs) for biothreat creation risks, actionable steps to mitigate the risk
Josh Dettman, Emily Lathrop, Aurelia Attal‐Juncqua, Matthew Nicotra, Allison Berke   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Shaping research in marine functional connectivity for integrated and effective marine science and management

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Effective knowledge of ecological connectivity at sea and at the land–sea interface is key to supporting global policy goals to conserve and restore ocean biodiversity and function. However, a persistent lack of commonality in terminology and understanding around the concept of connectivity in marine ecological studies hampers its integration ...
Audrey M. Darnaude, Susanne E. Tanner, Andreu Blanco, Anna M. Sturrock, Yael Teff Seker, Angel Pérez‐Ruzafa, Jonne Kotta, Tamar Guy‐Haim, Francisco R. Barboza, Manuel Hidalgo, Katell Guizien, Jerneja Penca, Lucía López‐López, Maria Beger, Federica Costantini, Sophie Arnaud‐Haond, Cynthia Riginos, Kris Hostens, Gil Rilov, Stelios Katsanevakis, Ewan Hunter   +20 more
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Emotional matching model construction of the interior interface form of age-friendly housing in Jinan city examined using Kansei engineering

Heliyon
To better meet the emotional needs of older residents and to improve the design of age-friendly indoor interface forms, this study uses Kansei engineering as the theoretical basis for an exploration of the mapping relationship between emotional needs and
Feng Wang, Isarachai Buranaut, Bo Zhang, Jie Liu   +3 more
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The impacts of biological invasions

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Anthropocene is characterised by a continuous human‐mediated reshuffling of the distributions of species globally. Both intentional and unintentional introductions have resulted in numerous species being translocated beyond their native ranges, often leading to their establishment and subsequent spread – a process referred to as biological
Phillip J. Haubrock, Teun Everts, Neil Angelo S. Abreo, Jamie Bojko, Victor Deklerck, James W. E. Dickey, Ana Clara S. Franco, Emili García‐Berthou, Stelios Katsanevakis, Natalia I. Kirichenko, Stefano Mammola, Martin A. Nuñez, Ben Parker, Riccardo Scalera, Ismael Soto, Diederik Strubbe, Ali Serhan Tarkan, Lorenzo Vilizzi, Tim Adriaens, Paride Balzani, Dagmara Błońska, Elizabeta Briski, Rein Brys, Amy L. Burgess, James E. Byers, Carlos Cano‐Barbacil, Giuseppe Castaldelli, Jaimie T.A. Dick, Victoria Dominguez Almela, Romina D. Dimarco, Margarita Florencio, Antonín Kouba, Melina Kourantidou, Irmak Kurtul, Irene Martín‐Forés, Olivier Morissette, Julian D. Olden, Bruno E. Soares, Jakub Truszkowski, Hugo Verreycken, Marc Kenis, Ronaldo Sousa, J. Robert Britton   +42 more
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