In the age of AI, when models like DALL-E and ChatGPT impact countless aspects of our lives, the dehumanizing and harmful features of AI that have plagued data science since its inception continue resulting in the routine erasure, exploitation, and subjugation of people of color, Indigenous people, women, queer, non-binary, immigrant, dis/abled, and non-Western people. Far from a “glitch” or unintentional error, these endemic issues are a function of the systemic oppression upon which the global AI industry is built. Rooted in colonialism, heteropatriarchy, and racial capitalism, this perpetual oppression shows that we live not simply in the Age of AI but in the Age of AI Empire. Since Big Data and algorithms only further reinforce the logics of hegemony, extractivism, surveillance, and subjugation which drive AI Empire, we argue that reforming AI from within the same oppressive system that created it can do little beyond providing band-aid solutions. Instead, to advance justice, we must radically transform our ideas about data and technology and develop them from the bottom-up, from the perspectives of those who stand the most risk of being harmed. Rather than being perceived as “vulnerable,” the people and communities most directly impacted by AI are more properly understood as demonstrating technological ingenuity, alterity, sustained resistances, and refusals against AI Empire – practices we call Data Resurgence. Through the lessons learned from Indigenous, decolonial, and queer communities, we show that data resurgence can be a powerful collective response to AI Empire based on Anti-coloniality, Relationality, Sovereignty, and Liberatory Praxis.

A key aspect of social norms is which behavior is considered appropriate. Here we examine appropriateness ratings in the domain of everyday behavior. Our aim is to explain why certain behaviors are overall less appropriate. Drawing on theories of moral preferences, we hypothesize that this is due to behaviors having different potentials for producing externalities and internalities. In a preregistered study, American participants rated 37 different everyday behaviors on their potential for negative externalities (being loud, being aggressive, taking up space) and positive internalities (pleasurability). The behaviors were also rated on their appropriateness in a range of common situations. As hypothesized, differences between behaviors in these potentials accounted very well for their differences in overall appropriateness, and also for differences in changes in overall appropriateness since a similar study 50 years ago. This study contributes to theories of the emergence of, and variation in, social norms.

The last few verses of the Hebrew book of Daniel are famously difficult. Among other issues, they present a duration problem that has long seemed intractable. But they also contain a key that provides a solution to the problem. That key is found in the lack of parallelism between the Aramaic expression of Dan 7:25b and the Hebrew expression of Dan 12:7b. The solution it allows is both accessible and expected. The author of Daniel created in his closing verses a mechanism to convey his view of the proper cultic calendar. That view places him securely among the other writers of early Jewish apocalypse and the authors of much of the sectarian and non-sectarian literature of the second century BCE. That mechanism and the solution it reveals are the subjects of this paper.

In the social work field, international work plays an essential role in many services such as working with global agencies, aiding immigrants, and advocating for human rights. Representation of this area in the classroom is critical for ethical international practice and it also can be beneficial in developing skills for all students. This study aimed to look at how international social work is represented in undergraduate social work programs at universities across the country, and how they are preparing students to practice with any client, but particularly clients from other countries. Data were collected from course syllabi and analyzed for international content using content analysis. International social work content was found inconsistent across the syllabi collected. Suggestions were then given for international social work education models that can be used for effective class design.

This study examined articles about the challenges faced by international students published in research journals and databases over 21 years (2002 – 2022). All data on articles and related documents published in Scopus, Taylor & Francis, EBSCO, Web of Science, Springer, and Wiley Online were extracted. Content analysis was used in the data analysis. Search keywords like international student issues, challenges of international students, and international students’ problems were used to find related articles from the selected databases and analyze the articles. A total of 175 articles were analyzed. Apart from the topics, additional data collected from the research articles are year of publication, language, country, author(s), citation counts and type of international student challenges.

In this paper we ask who is a legitimate agent of social change for Grand Challenges. To answer this question, we build on the philosophies of Hannah Arendt, Friedrich Nietzsche, Maurice Blanchot and Emmanuel Levinas on the human condition. This is important in sensitizing the project management community to the political responsibility of the project manager at times of crises and Grand Challenges, when new social orders, such as the Grand Challenges Approach (GCA), emerge and are delivered through projects. We introduce philosophers who have spoken about the human condition a) to escape definitions of legitimacy which have arisen from the very social processes and institutions which contribute to social injustices; and, b) because we all share the human condition irrespective of origin, religion, race, gender, education and life experiences, and as such it carries significant democratic potential. The philosophers tell us that an agent of social change is s/he who acts with the Other as the end goal in mind, and that legitimate is the social agent who appears in front of the watchful eye of society and fully discloses past, present and future intentions (Arendt); who can embody meaning and make decisions based on their humanity (Nietzsche); who can echo ideals which extend thought, intelligence, decisions and actions from what is already known to the creation of new spaces of action (Blanchot); and, finally, who can stand upright and engage with fellow-world-citizens in defining what is to be known, the reality of tomorrow (Levinas).

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The article contests the dominant ‘discursive formation,’ as Foucault called it, that privileges the role of white creole liberalism in the formation of Cuban nationalism. The article relies on an a priori method to argue that the existing discourse is an elitist construction that disregards the role that blacks and free coloureds had in the formation of the Cuban national idea. By analysing the historiography of three uprisings from the first half of the 19th century, the article argues that there is sufficient reason to believe that Blacks and free people of colour were the first in Cuba to have aspirations that combined the demand for the abolition of slavery along with the establishment of an independent sovereign state that would regard all citizens as equal regardless of their race. By extension, it therefore follows that in these early rebellions, inspired by the example of the Haitian revolution and the Spanish-American Wars of Independence, Black and free coloureds must have formed a racially inclusive idea of being ‘Cuban’ independently of and before the majority of white population of the island.

Objectives To pilot test a mental health chatbot designed to screen users for psychological distress and refer to resources, addressing the strain on the U.S. behavioral healthcare workforce and exacerbated behavioral health challenges among U.S. adults due to COVID-19. Methods Data were collected via a national, cross-sectional, internet-based survey of U.S. adults. Measures included demographics, symptoms, stigma, technology acceptance, willingness to use the chatbot, and chatbot acceptability. Relationships between these variables were explored using chi-square tests, correlations, and logistic regression. Results Of 222 participants, 75.7% completed mental health screening within the chatbot. Participants found the chatbot to be acceptable. Demographic predictors of chatbot use included being White or Black/African American, identifying as Hispanic/Latino, having dependents, having insurance coverage, having used mental health services in the past, having a diagnosed mental health condition, and reporting current distress. Logistic regression produced a significant model with perceived usefulness and symptoms as significant positive predictors of chatbot use for the overall sample, and label avoidance as the only significant predictor of chatbot use for those currently experiencing distress. Discussion Chatbot technology may be a feasible and acceptable way to screen large numbers of people for psychological distress and disseminate mental health resources. Since label avoidance was identified as the single significant predictor of chatbot use among currently distressed individuals, chatbot technology may be one way to circumnavigate stigma as a barrier to engagement in behavioral health care. Limitations Recruitment through Amazon’s mTurk limits generalizability of our findings, and chi-square test effect sizes were small.

In this paper, we analyze differentiation strategies among Japanese private universities in the higher education service market. We suggest that some Japanese private universities focus primarily on educational activity while others focus on advertisement activity. We also suggest that the institutions evaluating the quality of university education do not work well and propose that the public sector improves the functioning of the institutions providing information on Japanese private universities. Further, the sector should also educate Japanese consumers so that they could fully understand and evaluate the services that universities provide.

A mismatch remains between the skill sets employers seek in new hires and the applicants’ skills. A quasi-experimental research design was used to investigate whether students’ oral, written, and digital skill sets were improved after participation in the Geaux Pro quality enhancement program coursework, which included embedded Conover Workplace Readiness® modules at Nunez Community College. Data were analyzed using the (a) grades for quality enhancement program-dedicated courses, (b) rubric scores from General Education Student Learning Outcomes, (c) Likert-type scores from quality enhancement program student workshop and training surveys, and (d) Likert-type scores from Faculty workshop and Conover Workplace Readiness® module satisfaction survey. The evidence (e.g., grades, mastery of learning outcomes) showed significant improvement in students’ oral, written, and digital skills after participation in Geaux Pro quality enhancement courses, workshops, and Conover Workplace Readiness® modules, resulting in improved employability skills. This study has implications for addressing community college students’ work readiness.

Most primary schools (for children aged 4–11 years) in England are maintained by the local authority, and only 39% of children attend academy schools. This is in contrast with the government’s recent ambition for all schools in England to join a Multi-Academy Trust (MAT) by 2030. This report considers the Department for Education’s (DFE) 2021 research findings that the reluctance of primary schools to join MATs is due to their concern regarding the loss of autonomy; this finding is compared with the spontaneous opinions obtained through the qualitative interviews of five retired primary school headteachers. The participants expressed that MATs treat headteachers poorly, and mentioned issues of competition and expandability. The DFE must attempt to alter this stereotype before the government executes its mass academisation plans. If this is not addressed, headteachers will join MATs fearfully, which will inhibit their ability to lead.

This paper focuses on the political and nationalist activities of Sarekat Islam in North Sulawesi in the period 1920-1950. During this time the Sarekat Islam movement adopted three models of action: exploiting political opportunities, setting appropriate goals, and mobilizing resources. This freed the Indonesian community from the Dutch political system, gave rise to a newly educated elite, and fostered a discourse of progress and the spirit of popular nationalism. In certain regions, especially in Bolaang Mongondow, North Sulawesi, the Sarekat Islam movement encountered great success and there was largely an absence of internal conflict both among the member organizations / parties and between the broader community and Sarekat Islam. The paper argues that Sarekat Islam both laid the groundwork for increased political awareness and liberation and created political opportunities for the newly educated elite and the people of Bolaang Mongondow, North Sulawesi. Research methods are based  primarily on library research, drawing on  books, journal articles, archives, newspapers and magazines, supplemented by non-written sources in the form of several interviews.

Language teaching is called to be a foundation teaching because without learning the language effectively, the learner will not be able to learn and understand any subject. The second language also keeps the same importance because the knowledge is found in many languages and the second language plays a role in being a bridge to reach the knowledge available in other languages. In India and many other countries, the English language is taught as a second language (ESL) or a Foreign Language (EFL). English is accepted as the most spoken language around the world either as a first language as a second language or a foreign language. Teachers who are teaching English in India should competent to use it effectively otherwise the learners may not learn it as effectively as they need to be. We have developed an observation schedule for teachers who were teaching ESL or EFL in their respective classes. In this article, the procedure and steps of developing this observation schedule have been discussed.

This study asks the question, are first impressions of intelligence inferred automatically from the presence of glasses? The theoretical construct explored in the study is the perception of intelligence. Intelligence can be defined in many ways, such as: the ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills; the collection of information of military or political value; the ability to learn or understand or to deal with new or trying situations; the ability to apply knowledge to manipulate one’s environment or think abstractly as measured by objective criteria; and mental acuteness. The key article referenced in this study is Eggleston et al. (2020) study that questions the phylogenetic origin of first impressions from faces.

This paper takes domestic residents as the investigation object, and adopts a questionnaire survey, descriptive statistical analysis, factor analysis, and optimal scale regression to study the influence of individual characteristics and consumption motivation on sports consumption satisfaction. The research found that: among the factors of personality characteristics, occupation, current physical condition satisfaction, exercise frequency, education level passed the test; The positive occupation coefficient indicates that the overall occupation has a positive effect on satisfaction. The coefficient of satisfaction with the current physical condition is positive, indicating that the more satisfied residents are with their current physical condition, the higher their satisfaction with sports consumption is. The coefficient of exercise frequency is negative, indicating that the longer the average exercise time of residents is, the lower the satisfaction of sports consumption is. The coefficient of education level is positive, indicating that residents’ satisfaction with sports consumption increases with education level. Gender, age, and monthly sports consumption variables did not pass the significance test. Among these consumption motivation factors, there are seven variables: interpersonal motivation, body building and shaping motivation, will exercise motivation, growth knowledge motivation, exercise physical motivation, psychological regulation motivation and competition promotion motivation have all passed the test. The coefficients are all positive, indicating that residents’ sports consumption motivation has strong guidance and purpose, and has a positive promoting effect on sports consumption satisfaction Suggestions: Differentially guide the personalized consumption demand of the vast number of sports consumers, pertinently stimulate the consumption motivation of sports consumers, continuously strengthen the structural reform of the supply side of the sports industry, and systematically build a good sports consumption environment.

Chatbot use is increasing for mobile health interventions on sensitive and stigmatized topics like mental health because of their anonymity and privacy. This anonymity provides acceptability to sexual and gendered minority youth (ages 16-24) at increased risk of HIV and other STIs with poor mental health due to higher levels of stigma, discrimination, and social isolation. This study evaluates the usability of Tabatha-YYC, a pilot chatbot navigator created to link these youth to mental health resources. Tabatha-YYC was developed using a Youth Advisory Board (n=7), and the final design underwent user testing (n=20) through a think-aloud protocol, semi-structured interview, and a brief survey post-exposure which included the Health Information Technology Usability Evaluation Scale. The chatbot was found to be an acceptable mental health navigator by participants. This study provides important design methodology considerations and key insights into chatbot design preferences of youth at risk of STIs seeking mental health resources.

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