Self-determination theory offered a new model of what a human being is. Behaviorists said motivation comes from outside, while SDT argued that the deepest motivation is intrinsic.

Introduction Dyspnoea is an existentially burdensome symptom in patients with advanced and progressive diseases such as cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and advanced heart failure.

Quantum physics may sound abstract, but Ph.D. candidates Kirsten Kanneworff and David Dechant show that quantum research can also be very concrete. Together, they are investigating how quantum ...

The median is the middle number in a sorted ascending or descending list. It can be more descriptive of the dataset than the ...

ABSTRACT: Organizations ought to manage electronic records efficiently and effectively to achieve quality service delivery. Problems of poor service delivery and corruption in government ministries ...

Given the increasingly central importance of data aggregators and infrastructures as critical resources for the global research community it is important to understand how they are evolving.

The abrupt cuts to U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) funding has sent shockwaves through humanitarian systems worldwide, disrupting essential services that have saved lives and leaving ...

As rates of depression and suicide in youth spike, experts are asking whether social media makes kids depressed — or whether depressed kids simply spend more time on social media? A new study provides ...

Animal testing remains a fundamental part of biomedical research. But as funding evaporates, mice, rats and even monkeys may be euthanized. By Emily Anthes On April 1, the Trump administration’s ...

Artificial intelligence is quickly becoming more and more part of everyday life. This chapter explores how the public and experts compare in their experiences and views around the use of AI (such as ...

For decades, efforts to halt deforestation in the Global South have gained much attention within the policy arena, most recently as a powerful and effective measure to mitigate climate change and ...

Many of us in the AI and business worlds are focused — anecdotally and in terms of the number of articles and messages being written/posted — on OpenAI and DeepSeek, especially OpenAI's o3-powered ...