Sumy State Pedagogical University named after A. S. Makarenko

The ‘resumption cost’ of learning: wartime interruptions, supportive learning environment, and mathematics anxiety among post-compulsory stem students in Ukraine

The study examines the specifics of resuming mathematics education during wartime disruptions, focusing on STEM programmes within post-compulsory settings in Ukraine. Based on an online survey of 153 students, the study uses ordinary least squares (OLS) regression models with het...

Direct evidence for scavenging as a primary feeding strategy in Pliocrocuta, an extinct genus of bone-cracking hyaenas

Abstract The carnivoran family Hyaenidae exhibits a complex evolutionary history of diverse trophic adaptations, including the consumption of almost entire carcasses, either predated or scavenged. The associated durophagy peaked within the subfamily Hyaeninae in a clade of ‘fully...