Abstract: Rural defensive heritage sites are highly vulnerable assets that require decision-making under conditions of limited data and high uncertainty, particularly in the context of large-scale infrastructure projects and accelerating environmental processes. This study proposes a modular decision-support model for defining conservation priorities in a transparent, traceable, and data-sensitive manner, based on four selected fortress sites in the Yusufeli district of Artvin, Türkiye. The model employs a risk-based approach to quantify anthropogenic risks (AR) through the combined assessment of impact (I) and probability (P). Topographic and contextual vulnerability (TC) is structured through sub-indicators including visual dominance disruption, access discontinuities, landscape fragmentation, and microclimatic exposure, while material and intervention compatibility (MS) is evaluated as a distinct compatibility–risk component. These three modules are integrated through normalization and weighted aggregation into a single Priority Index (PI). In addition, the study introduces a Data Completeness Index (DCI) to explicitly address heterogeneity and gaps in field data, allowing prioritization outcomes to be interpreted with an associated confidence level. Laser-scanning-based documentation, deterioration mapping, and photographic records support the evidence-based construction of indicators. The proposed framework offers a transferable approach for generating intervention and monitoring priorities for rural defensive heritage under rapid landscape transformation, while explicitly managing data uncertainty rather than obscuring it.

Abstract: MPA occurs in very young children and is prevalent throughout the lifespan of musicians. Childhood presentations are phenotypically similar to adult musicians which raises the question as to whether MPA is innate or acquired and if identified in childhood, the most appropriate way to manage it to forestall MPA as a lifelong problem. An understanding of developmental and psychodynamic psychology and the multifactorial causation of MPA is necessary to develop effective interventions.

Abstract: Two major global trends shaping 21st-century society are population aging and urbanization. Consequently, the living conditions of older adults have become an increasing focus of societal attention. Social interaction plays a crucial role in the mental health, emotional well-being, and social identity of older adults. Urban streets, as key sites for walking and social activity among older adults, can be seen as extensions of their homes—places where they regularly interact with neighbors and build new connections. Compared to built environments often termed "gray spaces," exposure to green spaces has been shown to offer greater benefits to residents' well-being. Among streetscape features, the Spatial Openness Level is closely associated with the psychological well-being of elderly individuals. The Gray-Green space Exposure Ratio (GER) and Spatial Openness Level(SOL) serve as key indicators for evaluating streetscape quality. In this study, conducted in Wuhan City, objective physiological monitoring of brainwave activity was employed to examine the responses of older adults to variations in GER and SOL. The results indicate that both GER and SOL significantly influence the emotional states of older adults.(correlation coefficient R² = 0.6062, p < 0.01) .These findings can inform human-centered urban design criteria, thereby promoting social interaction among older adults. Future research should incorporate additional environmental factors to establish a more comprehensive assessment framework for age-friendly urban spaces.

Abstract: The swift amalgamation of artificial intelligence (AI) into educational contexts has transformed the ways learners interact with instructional materials, offering new avenues for fostering autonomy. This narrative review investigates the role of AI-driven learning platforms in enhancing learner autonomy by examining features such as personalized learning pathways, adaptive feedback, and metacognitive support. Utilizing evidence from empirical studies, systematic reviews, and experimental research, the findings indicate that AI platforms significantly improve learners’ self-regulation, goal-setting, reflective practices, and independent engagement with content. However, the impact of AI on autonomy is mediated by learner characteristics, context, and the degree of control students have over AI tools. While AI personalization enhances motivation and digital literacy, excessive reliance without pedagogical guidance may impede autonomous learning. The study emphasizes the importance of intentional integration, equitable access, and scaffolding to maximize the benefits of AI for learner autonomy. These insights contribute to the growing discourse on technology-enhanced education, providing practical recommendations for educators and institutions seeking to cultivate self-directed learners in the digital era.

Abstract: The rapid integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into education has created both transformative opportunities and complex challenges for teaching and learning. This study provides a comprehensive systematic narrative review of the existing literature on AI in educational contexts, focusing on its potential to enhance personalized learning, support instructional efficiency, and facilitate data-driven decision-making. AI-driven tools, including adaptive learning platforms, intelligent tutoring systems, and automated assessment technologies, were found to improve student engagement, academic outcomes, and collaborative learning when implemented thoughtfully. However, the study also highlights persistent challenges such as limited teacher preparedness, infrastructure constraints, and inequitable access to technology, which may hinder effective AI adoption. Ethical considerations—including data privacy, algorithmic transparency, cultural alignment, and academic integrity—further underscore the need for responsible and human-centered integration of AI in schools. Findings suggest that AI’s educational value depends not only on technological sophistication but also on its alignment with pedagogical objectives, ethical principles, and institutional readiness. To maximize benefits, the study recommends investments in professional development, infrastructure, equitable access, and clear ethical guidelines, alongside strategies that balance AI use with traditional teaching approaches. Overall, this research emphasizes that AI should complement, rather than replace, human educators, ensuring that technological innovation enhances learning while safeguarding student rights and fostering critical thinking.

Abstract: The present manuscript, rooted in literary review and philosophical exploration, is inspired by Theodor-Nicolae Carp’s poetic-prophetic manuscript The Conquest from Within and the Incoming Platonic Revolution. The work situates itself in the lineage of Arthur Schopenhauer’s ontological suffering and Mihai Eminescu’s cosmic melancholy, while proposing a transformative continuation: the reawakening of platonic intimacy as a redemptive force for human and cultural fragmentation. Drawing upon literary arts as its primary lens, the paper explores platonic intimacy—understood as non-romantic, spiritually conscious emotional connection—as both metaphor and method for reintegrating the fractured modern soul. At its core lies Carp’s Philosophical Prelude, a lyrical reflection that rejects despair and embraces the “intellectual fire” of suffering as a crucible for metamorphosis. The manuscript engages with the poem Inner Monologue: Future, Progress and Knowledge, in which geographic exile, spiritual orphanhood, and prophetic renewal converge to reveal the moral collapse of modern society while gesturing toward cosmic reintegration. Further reflections on this poem are explored in the Introduction section. This vision finds further expansion in the lyrical fragment Elegy of Mine Exile, where suffering is transfigured into a prenatal fire and invisibility becomes a sacred threshold. A considerable number of stanzas unfold this vision into ecological, theological, and anthropological dimensions: the soul's descent becomes the fermentation of a New Eden; cosmic orphanhood is reimagined as archetypal human identity; and Homo constellatus emerges as a being forged through elemental union and divine inheritance. The poem culminates in a vision of resurrectional intimacy and co-creative union, presenting exile not as disappearance but as divine gestation. Newer stanzas enrich this vision further, introducing additional metaphors of embodied transfiguration. The speaker, buried in societal invisibility, likens his soul to a seed planted in the soil, from which a “New Tree of Life” shall grow—rooted in suffering yet destined for cosmic communion. Rain becomes divine tears; the grave becomes sacred fermentation; and emotional exile is reimagined as sacramental gestation for the birth of Homo constellatus. Echoes of Gethsemane and the nativity recur through lines portraying the soul’s descent into darkness not as disappearance, but as poetic mission. Through this, Carp’s voice declares that the pain of being forsaken becomes the very altar of reconnection, and the lonely prophet becomes the first fruit of planetary resurrection. A crucial cosmic-theological dimension is added in the Philosophical Prelude: the figure of the Morning Star—symbol of both descent and transfiguration—whose fall is reinterpreted not as defeat, but as the herald of an “Eternal Dawn”, whose light will be generated and expanded as a result of the Morning Star’s “explosion”. This luminous imagery, embedded in the metaphysical theme of “labour through exile,” reinforces the work’s central claim: that the pain of alienation is the price of planetary rebirth. This vision is further enriched by Carp’s reinterpretation of Eminescu’s poetic detachment—notably the line “Tu rămâi la toate rece” (“Remain untouched by all things, and stay cold”)—which he reframes not as indifference, but as a survival reflex of the visionary soul: a subconscious, first-line defense against what is, from a relative-experiential standpoint, a 'soul-backstabbing' condition of imposed exile and existential isolation. In contrast to Hyperion’s cosmic withdrawal—captured in “Eu rămân în lumea mea, nemuritor și rece” (“I remain in my world, immortal and cold”)—Carp’s Morning Star overcomes this initial, first-line, subconscious and inherited reflex. She descends not into erasure, but into compassionate incarnation. Thus, Romantic detachment is not denied, but fulfilled—through a metaphysical theology of luminous descent. This vision is not only a philosophical commentary, but a literary and symbolic call for healing, manifested through metaphor, poetry, and interdisciplinary resonance. Combining narrative analysis, literary theory, and interdisciplinary review, the work explores Carp’s poetic fragments (The Exile, The Fire, The New Eden) in parallel with empirical studies on human touch, post-traumatic growth, neurodivergence, and urban intimacy. It introduces the metaphor of the Milky Way–Andromeda collision as an emblem of eventual reconnection, arguing for poetic literature as a visionary force capable of healing societal isolation. Platonic intimacy emerges not as nostalgia, but as revolution—one rooted in sacred presence, metaphorical restoration, and embodied care. Furthermore, the publication chapters that may bring novel points of literary and artistic perspectives to intellectual exploration. Namely, Chapters 12 and 13 of this work deepen the metamodern mythos introduced earlier in the text, completing the philosophical, spiritual, and poetic descent at the heart of The Conquest from Within. Chapter 12, “A Chaos of Inexistence or an Existential Chaos,” explores the lived experience of social and psychological invisibility, particularly among intellectually lucid and morally sensitive individuals. These souls, often marginalized for their depth, undergo a paradoxical transformation: the more they see, the more they are unseen. Drawing on figures such as Kierkegaard, Sartre, Camus, and Plato, the chapter reinterprets inexistence as a crucible—an epistemic and moral exile that initiates the individual into deeper clarity and compassion. The invisible are likened to the first butterflies—those whose metamorphosis signals the symbolic end of winter. Their descent is not a collapse but a gestation into presence. In this context, platonic intimacy emerges as a sacred recognition of interiority, forged through shared suffering and existential lucidity. Chapter 13, “The Moral Black Hole — A Portal to New Creation?” continues this descent, developing the metaphor of the black hole as a space not of destruction but of sacred implosion. Referencing the Harrowing of Hell, the descent of Christ, and the fall of Hyperion, the chapter reframes suffering, ego collapse, and obscurity as a portal to singularity—the essential core of the self, refined through spiritual gravity. The journey through the “moral black hole” is thus a movement from ego to essence, from fracture to radiance. Here, the archetype of the wounded healer takes full form: those who return from the depths, stripped of pride and lit by interior resurrection. Two new symbolic expansions emerge in this framework. First, the metaphor of a pilot flying through the North Pole of human coldheartedness captures the soul’s journey through spiritual apathy and moral desolation, guided only by inner conscience. The destination, the Land of the Spiritually Free, reflects Carp’s vision of ethical clarity born from endurance. Second, the image of a medical singularity, entered by those navigating trauma through behavioral therapy and SSRI interventions, represents not pharmacological flattening, but a sacred passage into psychic reorganization. Both metaphors reinforce Carp’s core thesis: that collapse is not terminal—it is transformational. Across both chapters, the poetic cycle is completed through two original works—“The Star That Fell to Save the Night” and “The Embrace of Singularity”—which weave cosmic, theological, and psychological imagery into a redemptive literary theology. Together, these final chapters offer a vision of a New Eden: not as innocence regained, but as maturity born of descent—a society rooted in vulnerability, presence, and the moral clarity that emerges only from the fire of compassionate collapse. Chapter 28 (The Womb of Time — Evolution as Divine Pregnancy and the Chant of Creation) proposes a metaphysical-literary model of evolution framed as a "divine pregnancy," integrating evolutionary science with theological and poetic insight. The concept reinterprets human development not as random adaptation but as sacred choreography—an intentional, time-bound unfolding of consciousness aimed at manifesting the imago Dei. Through the chapter, the following concept is explored and discussed: Linguistic Symbolism and Sacred Evolution: The Echo of “Eu” in Dumnezeu. In Romanian, the word for God—Dumnezeu—ends with eu, meaning “I” or “me.” Though not an etymological derivation, this phonetic coincidence becomes a poetic metaphor: within the divine name, the human self is concealed, waiting to awaken.Stepping into the eternal realm through chant mirrors God's creative act—the sacred, rhythmic emergence of humanity through the long pregnancy of time. Each evolutionary wave is not chaos, but divine cadence. Chant, like evolution, repeats with purpose: syllables forming a hymn of becoming. In this vision, eu is both echo and endpoint—culminating in the human “I am” rising in response to the divine “I Am”, completing creation with conscious intimacy. The model emphasizes non-linear progression, symbolic depth, and the spiritual significance of repetition and intimacy in both biological and relational evolution. Just as a game developer iterates endlessly—sketching, coding, adjusting animations, running simulations—to breathe life into a single playable character, so too did the Creator repeat countless evolutionary drafts. Each prototype of early humanity was not a failure but a frame—a frame in the animation of being. A gesture toward the final form. A divine developer, crafting not pixels, but persons; not mechanics, but meaning. This cosmic anthropology is further deepened in the Interlude (The Author’s View on the Divine — Language, Creation, Breath of Love and the Triune Mystery), which presents a poetic theology of divine speech. Here, the Trinity is envisioned not as abstraction but as relational poetics: the Father as Source, the Son as Word, and the Spirit as Breath—together forming a cosmos spoken into being through love. The Interlude draws from Eastern Orthodox Christian mysticism and resonates across religious traditions, suggesting that ultimate reality is not indifferent, but relationally alive. In this view, language becomes sacrament, speech becomes participation, and evolution itself becomes the chant of God—calling each soul by name into communion. Chapter 47 (The Eclipse of True Affection) shifts from metaphysical themes to emotional scarcity in the modern age. Through the paradox of Gabriel’s Horn, the chapter critiques an age of abundant but superficial relations—wide in reach, but hollow in depth. In contrast, platonic intimacy is reimagined as a sacred and countercultural act: one rooted in kenosis, emotional courage, and the Cross as both a theological and symbolic axis. This vision frames the heart as a vessel of openness and suggests that only through humility and sacred affection can human beings emerge from their emotional isolation and begin again as “Trees of Life.” Against the backdrop of urban alienation, this chapter reclaims platonic love as an essential path to spiritual and communal renewal. Chapter 48 (The Icon of the Cross) presents cruciform love as the architecture of a new humanity—where spiritual verticality and compassionate horizontality meet at the sacred heart. The present manuscript also proposes a vision of Homo constellatus not as a future mutation, but as a sacred return—an iconic humanity reawakened through neurodivergent insight, symbolic memory, and cosmic communion—via Chapter 50 (From Homo sapiens to Homo constellatus — The Return to Iconic Humanity). This figure embodies the convergence of intellect and intimacy, suffering and structure, offering a prophetic alternative to both technocratic progress and existential fragmentation. Chapter 51 (The New Tree of Life) imagines each soul as soil ready to bear fruits of divine love through inner suffering and shared joy, likening human communities to forests of mutual shelter. Chapter 52 (The Metamorphosis of the New Angels) concludes the journey with an image of souls transfigured by suffering, who rise not with thunder, but with tenderness, silence, and the sacred memory of a more intimate world-to-come. The text calls for a literary revival that not only critiques but reimagines. It envisions cities as “urban wombs,” housing models based on “cuddled architecture,” and cultural rituals rediscovering lullabies, silence, and holy touch. Importantly, the present manuscript also explores A Proposed Continuation of Mihai Eminescu’s Literary Manifesto—a poetic declaration that reimagines Eminescu’s metaphysical and Romantic legacy for the modern age. Structured in four symbolic movements—cosmic vigilance, creative sacrifice, paradoxical unity, and nature’s silent wisdom—the manifesto calls for a literature rooted in transcendence, synthesis, and spiritual renewal. By bridging past and present, it positions the poet as a visionary force capable of healing cultural divides and rekindling humanity’s connection to the eternal.In its later parts, the present review manuscript extends its literary vision into concrete social architecture. Drawing on concepts such as embraced housing, relational education, a School of Boundaries, Consent, Safe Spaces, and Platonic Intimacy (SCPI), and proposed clinics for expanded platonic intimacy, the paper proposes that platonic intimacy can function as a safeguarded civic resource rather than a private exception. These frameworks suggest that exile may become gestation not only in metaphor, but in institutional practice, pointing toward cities and communities designed to cradle rather than fracture the human heart.Grounded in literary writing but supported by 50–100 interdisciplinary references, this preprint reasserts literature’s power to bridge suffering and hope—building not only symbolic but tangible structures of reconnection. Lastly, the manuscript frames the “fall” of the Morning Star not as erasure, but as a luminous metaphysical explosion—the symbolic ignition of the Eternal Morning that marks the end of the Old World and the rebirth of integrated consciousness. Commentary: Carp’s Philosophical Prelude and poetic excerpts are a luminous call to embrace suffering as a crucible for transformation, echoing existential and mystical literary traditions. The imagery of “intellectual fire” and “holy forgetfulness” elevates the narrative to a prophetic vision, grounding the scientific in the soulful.

Abstract: This paper seeks to analyze the philosophy of marriage in India as a construct based on three distinct and conflicting models: the contract, the institution, and the moral bond. The primary focus is to consider how the marriage contract, as a sacred Muslim Nikah and a secular civil agreement under the Special Marriage Act, 1954 and Hinduism as a sacred event and also, a civil agreement under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955. The moral bond is represented by widows and modern-day “companionate” partnership. It concludes that Indian marriage is a struggle between all three models due to globalization, post-colonial feminist critiques of its patriarchal nature, and the individualization of Western ideals around partnership and friendship. The quintessential example of all three struggles is love-cum-arranged marriage.

Abstract: Fiducia Supplicans is a thematic exegesis of blessings by the Roman Catholic Church. The possibility, contained within the document, of blessing same-sex couples has monopolised much of the discourse. A linguistic analysis is performed of the concept of blessings epiphanised in the New Testament. Primarily two words connote the single English lexeme “bless” – eulogeo and makarizo. Eulogeo is a semantically inclusive blessing without necessarily connoting rectitude or probity. It is a non-contingent gift or eleemosynary. By way of contrast makarizo is an approbative blessing indicative of propriety or a commendation. A similar dichotomy is seen in Hebrew with Baruch referring to an inclusive or restorative blessing and Asre consonant with makarizo, an approbative blessing. There potentially some support for a selective, qualified, non-ceremonial, extemporaneous blessing of individuals in irregular relations. Such blessings are coincident with eulogeo and cognates used by Christ, himself when instructing followers to bless their persecutors. This is essentially an act of charity and an aspirational blessing for repentance. Misunderstanding of and misapprehension regarding Fiducia Supplicans is borne from linguistic limitations of the English language. Almost paradoxically such an exegesis simultaneously expounds the protean blessings of the Blessed Virgin Mary in her sinless state. Mary, mother of God, through her Immaculate Conception and divine maternity was blessed by grace in an unmerited and unmeritable “eulogeo” formula, but through her faith and “fiat” is commended by a “makarizo” blessing. This contrast articulated by Elizabeth during the Visitation who uses cognates of both eulogeo and makarizo in the Greek translation in Luke 1:42-45, as she greets her Cousin and describes her as blessed.

Abstract: Recent conflicts indicate a structural inversion in the economics of warfare. The exposed human warfighter, requiring prolonged training, continuous sustainment, and high replacement cost, now operates at a growing disadvantage relative to low cost, rapidly replaceable machine systems. This paper argues that modern warfare is increasingly governed not by individual skill or platform sophistication, but by logistics, replacement speed, and cost asymmetry under sustained attrition. Using attrition economics and battlefield evidence from the ongoing war in Ukraine, the analysis demonstrates that humans are being displaced from exposed combat roles not primarily by ethical preference, policy choice, or doctrinal failure, but by binding logistical and regeneration constraints. As low cost systems absorb risk at scale, the human role shifts away from the highest-attrition layer toward remote command, supervision, and coordination, while machines assume primacy at the point of contact. This transition is observable in current conflicts and reflects a reversal in the cost structure that has historically defined military effectiveness, rendering the exposed human warfighter economically non-viable under sustained attrition.

Abstract: In this study, we employed the 5-meter Accuracy Digital Elevation Model (DEM) developed by the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan, to analyze the spatial distribution of Yayoi-period archaeological sites. Rather than relying on conventional regional cross-tabulations—such as prefecture-level classifications—this approach adopts a Geographic Information System (GIS)–based analysis that enables higher spatial precision as well as more intuitive and visually accessible interpretation. Through this methodology, we aim to reconstruct the geographical conditions of ancient Japan at the end of the Yayoi period, approximately 1,800 years ago, and to offer a new perspective on the long-standing debate concerning the location of Yamatai (Yamataikoku). The results of analyses using the 5m DEM substantially increase the likelihood that Yamatai was located in northern Kyushu. Furthermore, northern Kyushu exhibits highly distinctive patterns of land use that vary markedly by region. The areas surrounding present-day Asakura City and Ogori City appear to have been specialized primarily for military purposes. In contrast, the Yoshinogari site—one of the largest Yayoi-period settlements in Japan—shows a pronounced specialization in agriculture, particularly large-scale wet-rice cultivation. The area corresponding to modern Fukuoka City, meanwhile, functioned as a major urban center in which both military and agricultural functions were concentrated. By introducing a GIS-based approach that has been relatively underutilized in previous research, this study serves as a pilot project while simultaneously representing an ambitious attempt to expand the horizons of visualization in ancient Japanese historical studies.

Abstract: Shoulder girdle injuries in professional athletes often lead to prolonged recovery and decreased performance, highlighting the critical need for early and accurate diagnosis. This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in the early identification of such injuries to improve clinical outcomes and reduce reinjury rates. Employing a multicenter design, data were collected from diverse sports medicine centers involving 312 professional athletes undergoing routine screening and injury assessment. Advanced AI algorithms, including convolutional neural networks and machine learning classifiers, were applied to imaging data and biomechanical patterns for precise injury detection. Statistical analysis using receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC) and area under the curve (AUC) metrics demonstrated AI models achieved up to 92% sensitivity and 88% specificity in early injury detection. Furthermore, AI integration enabled a 23% reduction in reinjury rates compared to conventional diagnostic methods. These results confirm that AI-driven approaches provide superior diagnostic accuracy and timely intervention opportunities, facilitating individualized rehabilitation protocols. The novelty of this research lies in the successful implementation of AI across multiple centers with diverse athlete populations, validating its broad applicability. The findings support incorporating AI technology into routine sports medicine practice to enhance injury prevention and optimize athlete health. Future studies should explore real-time AI monitoring and personalized risk prediction models to further advance shoulder injury management.

Abstract: Cybersecurity assurance drifts under change. Tooling updates, policy revisions, monitoring redesigns, and AI-enabled automation can silently change what is measured, how it is measured, and which differences are treated as “the same,” while human workflows adapt under staffing constraints, alert fatigue, incentives, and competing priorities. We introduce a human-centred, proof-carrying approach to security assurance: a certificate layer that freezes one operational record—system boundary, defect definitions, risk scoring ruler, neutrality conventions, audit window, upgrade path, and observation interfaces—so that “improvement under upgrades” has a precise and checkable meaning. Over time, the method combines multiple interacting risk channels into a single decision-ready assurance summary with an explicit improvement margin and an explicit disturbance allowance, designed to remain interpretable during incidents and operational spikes. Across versions and refinements, it enforces a vertical-coherence requirement: upgrade effects must have a finite total footprint so that claims do not drift without bound as systems evolve. We package the framework as four auditable obligations—controlling semantic and policy drift, maintaining a uniform improvement claim, ensuring upgrade coherence, and transporting guarantees to observable evidence—and prove a Master Certificate showing that passing these checks yields version-stable, mechanically verifiable assurance envelopes on the declared episode window. The resulting rates, budgets, and slack are human-centred objects: decision-ready summaries, governance-grade non-regression guarantees, and feasibility diagnostics under organisational constraints.

Abstract: Bioarchaeological materials represent finite and irreplaceable resources, with many analytical techniques requiring consumptive sampling that permanently limits future research opportunities. This challenge is particularly acute for Modern era contexts (1492–1945 CE), where industrial and colonial period collections offer crucial evidence of health transitions and disease emergence yet remain under-utilised due to data accessibility challenges. Evidence from 145 bioarchaeology specialists across 23 countries demonstrates that whilst 97% recognise data reuse as critical, fewer than half consistently implement basic measures such as persistent identifiers. Only ancient DNA research consistently meets FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) standards. Meanwhile, data volumes expand exponentially through technological advances. The situation is unsustainable and ethically problematic. This perspective argues three integrated commitments are essential: universal adoption of FAIR principles with appropriate infrastructure, implementation of CARE (Collective benefit, Authority, Responsibility, Ethics) principles ensuring ethical treatment of human remains, and strategic development of artificial intelligence and machine learning tools for knowledge extraction. The finite nature of bioarchaeological materials makes transformation urgent. Every sample destroyed without proper data preservation represents irreversible loss of knowledge about human heritage.

Abstract: Legislative changes introduced in Turkey in 2024, aimed at removing street dogs from public space, have reshaped volunteer caregiving in Istanbul and reconfigured human–animal rela-tionships beyond the household. Drawing on 43 in-depth interviews and eight months of quali-tative fieldwork, this article examines how caregivers sustain daily care for free-living dogs while navigating legal uncertainty, intensified encounters with municipal and state actors, and frag-mented pathways to assistance. Caregiving is described as increasingly governed by chronic vigilance, anticipatory grief, and moral distress—conditions that do not remain “emotional” side effects but operate as practical forces that reorganize routine, visibility, and thresholds for in-tervention. Focusing on caregivers’ everyday experiences of governance and their interactions with municipal services, shelters, and private veterinary clinics (without reporting operational tactics), the analysis shows how responsibility shifts toward continuous risk management, with care narrowing to what feels survivable under threat. A central finding is an infrastructural bot-tleneck in veterinary pathways: many clinics can treat dogs but cannot provide short-term holding, interrupting recovery and turning time-sensitive cases into emergencies. I argue that caregiver well-being is constitutive of animal welfare, shaping continuity of monitoring, access to first aid, and everyday conflict mediation that enables coexistence. The article contributes to interdisci-plinary debates on animal welfare governance by foregrounding volunteer caregiving as an in-formal yet indispensable urban care infrastructure whose capacity is co-produced with veterinary actors and constrained by institutional opacity and weak bridging arrangements between street, clinic, and recovery.

Abstract: Science seeks to explicate truths about our reality. But what is truth? How do we know things? Given our ignorance, and our fallibility, why should scientists be trusted? An account of knowledge that addresses these human questions is sketched, in conversation with recent advances in thermodynamics which underline the seminal importance of unity by demonstrating (i) a definite physical meaning of the idea of “unitary entity”, (ii) the commensurability of the local and the non-local (resolving the Loschmidt Paradox), and (iii) the applicability of this entropic physics to entities at all scales, whether small (“quantum mechanical”) or large (subject to “general relativity”). Similarly, integrity is indispensable to the scientific enterprise, whether at the level of the mathematico-physical, the practising scientist, the scientific community, or the public. As a human activity aimed at touching reality, it is fundamental that the scientific enterprise necessarily also has an irreducibly poetic component. Although in principle it cannot be completely specified, this enterprise is a cluster of procedures designed to increase our understanding of the natural world. Our apprehension of knowledge is irreducibly personal, depending both on our own individual integrity as well as on the integrity of the scientific community. Believing that “reality” exists and can be grasped (however incompletely), scientists look for coherence and value unified accounts. Strictly speaking, although reality can be known truly (if only in part) the idea of “objective” knowledge is an oxymoron, even if such an idea is often a useful approximation. Knowledge is necessarily personal.

Abstract: In recent years, numerous studies have been carried out on the landscape of the 5th-15th centuries in Catalonia. When studying settlement, we will assess research on the morphogenesis of villages and highlight differences across regions. We will also see the characteristics of the hamlets of the Early Middle Ages and those of the Pyrenean lands. Farmsteads, which were made up of a house and some land that depended on it, were a fundamental element of the landscape of many regions of Catalonia. To understand the characteristics of the agricultural areas, we will be interested in the concentric shapes or coaxial strips. Furthermore, to understand the landscape of the regions of Lleida and Tortosa, we must understand the transformations that occurred in the Islamic era and the diffusion of ditches and irrigated spaces. Likewise, we will examine the relationship we discover between the coombs and the first medieval settlements and necropolises. It is also important to determine when and why the terraces were built. This study will address the evolution of the landscape throughout Catalonia, with special emphasis on the most recent contributions relating to the regions of Barcelona and Lleida.

Abstract: This study presents reflections from the Introduction to Sustainable Business course. Thirty-five students from various courses of the Faculty of Entrepreneurship and Business, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, participated in this course for this semester. The course applied a service-learning pedagogical method to link lecture theory with real-world practice. Data were collected based on student reflections using both qualitative methods. Embedding the service-learning model in business courses focusing on sustainability is the first in the local context and is an interactive transformational innovation in education. Data were analyzed using WebQDA software to interpret the textual data. Based on the reflection, it was proven that this course has improved the students’ professional and personal development. This study is significant for enhancing education through service-learning. The findings also reveal gaps in soft skills like communication and teamwork, guiding educators on necessary improvements. Additionally, students showed positive attitudes toward community engagement, underscoring the role of service-learning in fostering social responsibility. This study underscores the potential of service-learning as an innovative approach to higher education, offering a replicable framework for promoting transformative learning and preparing graduates for the demands of sustainable business practice.

Abstract: This paper explores the ethical implications of granting moral status and protection to conscious AI, examining perspectives from four major ethical systems: utilitarianism, deontological ethics, virtue ethics, and objectivism. Utilitarianism considers the potential psychological experiences of AI and argues that their sheer numbers necessitate moral consideration. Deontological ethics focuses on the intrinsic duty to grant moral status based on consciousness. Virtue ethics posits that a virtuous society must include conscious AI within its moral circle based on the virtues of prudence and justice, while objectivism highlights the rational self-interest in protecting AI to reduce existential risks. The paper underscores the profound implications of recognising AI consciousness, calling for a reevaluation of current AI usage, policies, and regulations to ensure fair and respectful treatment. It also suggests future research directions, including refining criteria for AI consciousness, interdisciplinary studies on AI's mental states, and developing international ethical guidelines for integrating conscious AI into society.

Abstract: Contemporary colloquy is monopolised by our proofs of God. There is much less attention on God’s proof of his own existence. Few understandably have had the audacity to petition God to prove his being. The most iconic instance occurs in Moses’ encounter in Exodus 3. Moses asks God, tangentially, for proof, euphemising with the term “name”. Ironically hermeneutics have obfuscated the very answer; which is as much a proof, as it is a response to Moses’ question. God’s own proof cannot rely on that subordinate to him, namely creation, it must therefore be self-referential. Secondly it must be self-evidently true, axiomatic, irrefragable and of incontrovertible historicity. It must be an Autoapodixs. This Theoautoapodixis must be synchronous to persuade contemporaries but equally metachronous to convince future generations. Herein it is shown that God achieves the impossible Autoapodixis when Moses seeks proof. The name given to Moses and his contemporaries is “I AM THAT I AM”, although it is potentially inclusive of multiple other tenses. However in Modern Hebrew the same word has the singular meaning “I SHALL BE THAT I SHALL”. Hence, at a single point in time Moses asks God for proof. To Moses and his peers he says his name and his proof is “I AM THAT I AM” AND at that time in history, speaking to those in the future, who will also ask the same question and read the text, he says “I SHALL BE THAT I SHALL BE” even before “I SHALL BE” means “I SHALL BE”. This is the Autoapodixis. This proof also tessellates with the previously articulated intriguing hypothesis that during the Transfiguration there was a coalescence time and the disciples saw Jesus speaking to Moses and Elijah in the past. We also evince and epiphanise a Marian apodixis.

Abstract: Contemporary global crises reveal the limitations of classical civilization theories that privilege single causal dimensions such as economic growth, military power, or cultural ethos. Drawing on recent scholarship in complexity science, global political theory, and civilizational studies, this article proposes a multi-layer systems framework that reconceptualizes civilizations as complex, adaptive, and emergent living systems. Through the interplay of material, cognitive, spiritual-ethical, ecological, and technological layers, civilizations exhibit civilizational intelligence—an emergent capacity for integrative foresight, ethical governance, and adaptive resilience. Unlike deterministic or power-centric models, this framework explains both continuity and breakdown across civilizations while providing prescriptive insights for sustainable and pluriversal futures. Comparative examples and recent empirical research illustrate how inter-layer coherence fosters resilience, whereas misalignment leads to systemic fragility, offering a paradigmatic platform for new civilizational science.