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BEYOND GRADES: RETHINKING ASSESSMENT THROUGH COMPETENCY-BASED PRACTICES IN EDUCATION

Summative grading is traditionally the system of assessment predominantly used in educational institutions worldwide. It typically tests learners’ cognitive, creative, critical, and analytical abilities. However, such examinations often end with the mere demonstration of content...

Performance Enhancement of Solar Stills Using Wire‐Mesh Materials: A Systematic Review of Passive, Hybrid, and Active Approaches

ABSTRACT Solar still (SS) desalination is a solar‐based desalination technology that is environmentally friendly and has the potential to provide an abundant supply of saline water, but has been limited in practice due to low productivity and thermal efficiency. This systematic r...

Influence of Furfuryl Alcohol on the Cross-Linking Process of Selected Industrial Phenol-Formaldehyde Resins

Furfuryl alcohol (C5H6O2, FA) is commonly used as a modifier for phenol-formaldehyde (PF) resins and has been reported to influence their curing behavior and processing performance. Comparative analysis of commercial resin systems with and without FA suggested that the presence o...

A systematic fluorescently tagged protein toolkit for dissecting apical extracellular matrix patterning in C. elegans

Barrier epithelia are shielded from the external environment by their apical extracellular matrices (aECMs). The molecular complexity of aECMs has challenged understanding of their organization in vivo. To define the molecular architecture of a model aECM we generated a toolkit o...

From rejection sensitivity to phubbing: Self-compassion and self-uncertainty as serial mediators and a self-compassion writing intervention

Phubbing—attending to one's smartphone in another person's presence—is widespread, yet its dispositional and intrapersonal correlates remain poorly understood. Drawing on the cognitive-affective model of rejection sensitivity (RS) and a self-regulatory resource framework, we exam...

Visible-Light-Driven C–H Arylation of Aminoquinones with Diaryliodonium Salts

Abstract A visible-light-driven C–H arylation of 2-amino-1,4-naphthoquinones with diaryliodonium salts has been developed using 10-phenylphenothiazine (PTH) as a photocatalyst. Mechanistic studies reveal that aminoquinone serves both as the substrate and as an electron shuttle in...

Media Affordances as Dialogue Rules: A Corpus-Driven Analysis of Ethos-Centered Argumentation in TV Debates and Social Media

Abstract This article investigates how the structural affordances of communication media alter the interactional pragmatics of political argumentation. Through a diachronic, mixed-methods analysis of the 2016 and 2024 U.S. presidential campaigns, we compare synchronous broadcast...

Governing what we don’t know: Uncertainty, source adjudication, and the accountability of national statistics offices in contested data environments

National statistics offices are increasingly asked to be more than producers of their own observations: data stewards, integrators of administrative, citizen-generated, satellite, and AI-derived data, and custodians of public trust. This paper takes up the resulting question of i...

Mixed emotions enhance consumer acceptance of distant brand extensions: the role of dialectical thinking as a mediator

Purpose This study aims to examine how mixed emotions (simultaneous happiness and sadness) influence consumer evaluations of distant brand extensions, addressing a critical gap in low-fit extension strategies. Design/methodology/approach Four experimental studies were conducted e...

Dandelion Voxel Operating System (DOS v1.0.1-Bedrock): Master Reference Architecture, 39-Trit Grimoire & F-16 Fly-By-Wire Specification

This monograph establishes the master reference architecture for the Dandelion Voxel Operating System (DOS v1.0.1-Bedrock), an AI-native operating system forked from Fedora Linux (PREEMPT_RT) and anchored by the ontological invariant GODISLOVE:LOVEISGOD {3,2,4}. Built around the...

Computationally Guided Design of Facet-Defined Multielement Active Sites on Hexagonal Close-Packed High-Entropy-Alloy Nanosheets for Alkaline Hydrogen Evolution

Abstract Nonconventional hexagonal close-packed (HCP) high-entropy alloys (HEAs) provide distinct catalytic surfaces, but their synthesis with well-defined facets remains challenging, leaving facet-dependent multielement ensemble effects largely unexplored. Here, we report the co...

Static and dynamic seal performances of axial force self-balancing devices

:Excessive axial force poses a critical challenge to the operational stability and reliability of turbomachinery, necessitating effective axial force balancing strategies. This study proposes a comprehensive methodology for the performance-oriented design and optimization of axia...

Fatal tumor lysis syndrome presenting with extreme hyperuricemia and dialysis-requiring acute kidney injury in blast-phase chronic myeloid leukemia

Tumor lysis syndrome (TLS) is a life-threatening oncologic emergency characterized by hyperuricemia, hyperphosphatemia, hyperkalemia, hypocalcemia, and acute kidney injury (AKI). Although TLS most commonly occurs following initiation of cytotoxic therapy, it may rarely develop sp...

LLM-assisted dynamic graph reconfiguration for post-disaster compute-power collaborative resilience in energy-informatics systems

Extreme weather can jointly disrupt data-center, power-supply, and communication infrastructure, threatening the continuity of critical tasks through resource degradation and migration restrictions. Meanwhile, operating information is scattered across heterogeneous reports, alarm...

Seismological Constraints on Subduction and Suture Zone Architecture in the Central African Copperbelt

Summary Central Africa marks a major collisional zone of the Pan-African Orogeny, involving convergence of the Congo and Kalahari plates during Gondwana assembly (~600–500 Ma). This collision formed the Lufilian Belt and one of the world’s most significant metallogenic provinces—...

The Effect of Lithium Slag on the Physicomechanical Properties and Hydration Characteristics of Ferroaluminate Cement

Abstract To explore the resource utilization potential of industrial waste lithium slag (LS) in the ferroaluminate cement (FAC) system, this study conducted tests on the workability, mechanical strength, hydration, and microstructure of LS-FAC composite cement pastes, revealing t...

Variable proficiency attainment following virtual reality cataract training: Implications for a mastery learning approach

PURPOSE: Virtual reality simulation (VRS)-based training is widely used to prepare novice cataract surgeons, yet unstandardized training regimens result in variable competence at the transition to surgery. In many settings, training follows a directed self-regulated learning appr...

Lesion penetration predicts tuberculosis treatment shortening through a validated translational tool to de-risk development

Abstract Anti-tuberculosis (TB) drugs must reach the disease site to be effective, but complex TB pathology limits drug distribution and efficacy, as bacteria in the necrotic center of lung cavities are difficult to access and kill. Our study generates the most comprehensive data...

Fucoxanthin Alleviates Hippocampal Damage in Experimental Diabetic Rats

Fucoxanthin (FX) is known for its antioxidant, antidiabetic, neuroprotective, and antiapoptotic properties. However, its potential effects on diabetes-related hippocampal injury have not been previously examined. This study aimed to investigate the protective role of FX against d...

The impact of experimental diabetes mellitus on the catalase immunoreactivity in the mice parotid gland

Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disorder and has been considered as a chronic disease of oxidative stress-linked tissue dysfunction with persistent hyperglycemia. Oxidative stress is a key factor contributing to the pathogenesis of diabetic complications by imbalancing cellular...