The cultivation of cross-cultural communicative competence (CCCC) among advanced language learners remains ongoing, particularly regarding exposure to authentic socio-pragmatic contexts and the lack of adaptive feedback in traditional learning. The research paper suggests a socio-pragmatic scaffolding system that uses large language models to gener...

By Choi So Young, Moximir Mamadjanova, Fatima Vakhidova, Gavkhar Tursunova, Bakhtijon Isroilova, Ozoda Achilova, Komila Shoyimova

The first aim of the article is to examine the effect of capital structure on the profitability of the power firms in Vietnam. This research utilizes secondary data in the form of financial reports by the power providers in the years 2010-24. The article has an approximate dynamic panel data model of systematic generalized linear model (GMM) estima...

By Dong Thi Van Hong

The use of electric vehicles (EVs) is rapidly changing due to the rising environmental issues and the shift to the system of sustainable transportation, which includes factors such as government incentives, advancements in battery technology, and increasing consumer awareness about climate change. This paper looks at the factors that affect the int...

By C.A. Anjana, T.Y. Ebenezer Paul Rajan

The technologies of deepfakes are actively used on social media, creating fake video and audio by manipulating existing media content. The face-swapping technologies that are applied in the creation of deepfakes cause severe problems in society, such as identity theft and the spread of unsuitable content. Although various machine learning and deep ...

By S. Narmatha, S. Mythili

Purpose: The growth in platform-based jobs has created a need to have competencies that go beyond traditional digital capabilities. The conceptualization of Gig Literacy 2.0 in this work is an adaptation of the DigComp 2.0 framework to the changing, platform-specific skills that freelancers and gig workers need to have in order to function in the a...

By Nivedhitha Jayasankar, Sumathi Gunasekaran Navamani

The Scrum framework is one of the most popular Agile software development frameworks, due to its versatility, iterative development process, and focus on delivering value in small increments. However, sprint overruns continue to be a significant operational challenge and are usually caused by changes in requirements, misjudging the effort, blocker ...

By V. Sunder, P. Deepalakshmi

The issue of environmental sustainability is now a challenge for manufacturers in developing economies, in which the use of resources is high and the use of cleaner technologies is not widespread. Little evidence of how lean thinking translates into environmental outcomes in the context of green manufacturing is found, especially in the Iraqi indus...

By Asfad Murtada Said, Mundher Abbas Shaalan, Kabas Zuhir Alhasani

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) have been found to be one of the major strategies used in achieving growth, innovation, and competition within the IT industry. Nonetheless, most of the previous studies have focused either on the impact of M&As from the point of view of financial performance or the perspective of employees. The current resear...

By Madhan Shanmugasundaram, P Saravanan, V. M Ponniah

It is essential in the context of precision agriculture to be able to give accurate advice about the types of crops to grow, as the suitability of a crop depends on the complicated, nonlinear interactions between soil fertility, nutrient levels, and climatic conditions. Although the existing body of literature currently evaluates each recommender s...

By B Ammanni, Sreerama Murty Maturi

National holidays can be seen as concentrated aesthetic events where traditional symbolic systems meet the contemporary systems of staging, media, and design. The current study explores how the visual, ritual, and spatial language of national holidays is transformed in the encounter of traditional and contemporary ways of presentation, and suggests...

By Gulchehra Shadimetova, Shavkat Sharipov, Ziyoda Sagatova, Nargizakhon Niyazakhunova, Akbar Nurmatov, Gulxayo Ravshanova, Khadicha Fayziyeva