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Hobbes’s materialist agenda : the politics of early modern science
No full textDetails the evolution of Hobbes’s political theory in connection with his philosophical materialism.
Analyses how Hobbes’s political theory developed in relation to his philosophical system:
-- Sheds new light on the political significance of Hobbes’s concepts of liberty, determinism, right reason, void, conatus, power, imagination and representation.
-- Conceptualises the tension between Hobbes’s materialism and Descartes’s idealism to critique the ideology implicit in mechanical philosophy.
-- Brings together political philosophy, the history of political thought and the history of science to interrogate the political stakes of early-modern science.
In this major contribution to our understanding of Hobbes’s political thought, Andrea Bardin contends that it should be analysed in relation to the ‘materialist agenda’ Hobbes was pursuing when confronting Descartes’s project. Bardin pinpoints the changes in Hobbes’s political thought to the intellectual context in which he elaborated his materialist ontology and epistemology. He investigates the classical sources that initially shaped Hobbes’s political thinking, including Thucydides and Aristotle, as well as the broad materialist agenda that Hobbes drew from Bacon and elaborated in opposition to Descartes. He studies Hobbes’s exchanges with his contemporary interlocutors in the Mersenne circle, including Descartes and Gassendi, with whom he discussed first philosophy and natural philosophy. In this way, Bardin vindicates materialist critiques of the idealist foundations of early modern mechanical philosophy -- Provided by publisher
At the tipping point : nursing judgement, workforce sustainability, and patient safety
Full text linkThe International Council of Nurses (ICN) has repeatedly warned that global health systems are approaching a tipping point, driven by workforce shortages, unsafe working conditions, rising violence against nurses, and increasing moral and cognitive demands on practice (ICN, 2023; ICN, 2024). The ICN states that safeguarding nursing is therefore not only a workforce imperative but a prerequisite for quality care and health system resilience worldwide. Recent international reporting reinforces this assessment, highlighting both the fragility of healthcare systems and the centrality of nurses within them, from attacks on healthcare facilities in conflict settings to accelerating global nurse migration driven by poor working conditions (WHO, 2025; ICN, 2023). Furthermore, these pressures are not confined to extraordinary circumstances. They are felt daily in wards, homes, and communities, where nurses are expected to deliver safe, compassionate, and evidence-based care amid rising complexity and constrained resources.
Situated within this global context, this issue brings together research, reviews, and perspectives that examine how nursing practice sustains healthcare at its most vulnerable points Collectively the papers reveal a shared concern: how to sustain nursing’s capacity to protect safety, support decision-making, and exercise clinical judgement when the conditions for reflection, judgement, and care are increasingly under strain (WHO, 2025)
Music consumption : a systematic review across the lifespan
Full text linkThe present study aimed to systematically review research concerning changes in music consumption across the lifespan to better understand how adults of all ages consume music. Keyword searches of four academic databases identified 2,002 peer-reviewed articles, and of these, fifteen articles were selected for review using the PRISMA protocol. The findings indicated that very few studies have investigated how people of all ages consume music, and the limited research on this topic has been methodologically inconsistent, leading to contradictory and inconclusive findings. This review also identified a shortlist of possible factors (e.g., life goals, personality, conformity) that might account for any age-related changes in musical consumption. As life expectancy and the proportion of elderly people continue to increase in many countries, the review recommends that future research should seek to reflect how people of all ages consume music and identify factors responsible for any changes as people grow older
WFPC4001 Certificate of Credit in the Principles of Commissioning (Online) Teaching materials
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Self-serving biases shape the relationship between future thinking and remembering of elections
Full text linkWhile there is a strong relationship between remembering and future thinking, it has been unclear whether this persists when constraining participants to one specific significant public event. We employed a unique longitudinal approach to uncover how the differences and similarities between remembering and imagining are influenced by self-serving biases evoked by the event itself. Across three longitudinal questionnaire studies testing participants before and after 2024 elections in Germany (N = 136), the UK (N = 89), and the USA (N = 243), we found evidence for self-serving biases in the congruence between future thinking and remembering. Election winners robustly remembered the election as more important and more vivid than they had imagined it before. In the US study, the inconsistency in attitudes across time caused by this shift was resolved by also misremembering the prediction given before the election, with Harris voters thinking they had predicted a less fair, and Trump voters thinking they had predicted a fairer election than they actually had. Additionally, there was an overestimation of pre-election optimism among Harris voters, possibly to help explain current feelings about the outcome, and an underestimation of optimism for Trump voters, making the win more significant. The results reveal that phenomenological differences between remembering and future thinking are contingent on self-serving biases and indicate that participants misremember previous future thoughts in accordance with current needs and attitudes. These mechanisms can lead to entrenched polarization, as partisan beliefs are reinforced by biased future thinking and remembering
The 3D architecture of the ctenophore aboral organ and the evolution of complex integrative centers in animals
Full text linkThe ability to sense and respond to environmental cues is fundamental to animal behavior and survival. Inctenophores—early-branching marine animals—a subepitheliall nerve net (SNN) underlies complex behaviorssuch as geotaxis, feeding, and escape. Central to this system is the aboral organ (AO), a sensory hub that detectsmotion, light, and pressure and coordinates ciliary movement. However, the AO’s cellular architecture and its inte-gration with the SNN remain poorly understood. Here, using volume electron microscopy in Mnemiopsis leidyi, wereveal that the SNN condenses around the AO, forming synaptic connections with effector cells. We annotated 17cell types, including nonsynaptic vesicle-rich cells likely involved in volume transmission. Our data suggest thatsignal processing within the AO relies on synaptic and nonsynaptic communication. Profiling of shared cnidarian-bilaterian transcription factors revealed nonconserved expression, suggesting unique molecular pathways under-lying ctenophore AO formation. Our findings redefine the ctenophore AO as a distinct, integrated, and potentiallymultimodal sensory system critical for behavioral regulation
Pharmacists on the frontline : medication misuse and abuse during violent conflict in four MENA countries
No full textPurpose: An important, yet under-researched, impact of violent conflict on public health is the
susceptibility of populations in conflicts to drug abuse and misuse as increased stress, the easy
availability of drugs, and the relaxation of taboos against drug use exacerbate the problem. This
study explores the experiences of pharmacists regarding drug misuse and abuse in four conflict-
affected MENA countries.
Methods: The study is part of a larger two-year (2021-2023) project investigating the impact of
violent conflict in the MENA region on medicine abuse and misuse and the experiences of
pharmacists in managing this challenge. This part used a quantitative approach using survey
methodology with a sample of pharmacists in Syria, Libya, Yemen and Iraq.
Results: A total of 181 questionnaires were filled (65.7% male, mean age=29.9 years old. the
majority of the pharmacists (n=170, 93.9%) reported that on average, 27.88% of the pharmacy
customers were suspected of misusing/abusing medications in the past 3 months. The most
misused medicines were pregabalin and sedatives/hypnotics followed by opioids like tramadol,
in addition to cough and cold and anti-allergy preparations. Almost one- third of respondents
(31.49%) refused to dispense drugs which they thought were intended to be used
inappropriately. Sixty-five (35.9%) said that they had been subjected to violence for the sake of obtaining medications, and 17 (9.8%) reported being threatened five times or more in the past
year.
Conclusion: Based on the results above, future interventions in conflict settings must address
both supply-side governance and the broader psychosocial drivers of medication misuse/abuse
to ensure that pharmacists are supported rather than exposed in their essential work
Authorship statement for generative artificial intelligence : assuring trust and accountability
Full text linkGenerative artificial intelligence (GenAI) has accelerated the production of scholarly text, images, and analytic outputs, while simultaneously destabilising long-standing cues used to infer human authorship and scholarly accountability. As a result, manuscripts increasingly arrive with unclear boundaries between human contribution, tool-assisted editing, and tool-generated content, and these distinctions are rarely made explicit. This creates a veracity problem for readers and reviewers, uneven risk for authors, and governance challenges for journals seeking consistent peer review and editorial decision-making. This note articulates an updated and enforceable authorship position for the Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice (JUTLP), responding to five evolutions since our 2023 stance. These new evolutions since 2023 include: GenAI’s entangled and multimodal integration into scholarly workflows, partial convergence in publishing standards, heightened confidentiality and data governance risks, the post-plagiarism imperative to prioritise transparency over detection, and the increasing complexity of defining what constitutes ‘AI use’. We set out six commitments covering: specific disclosure requirements, prohibition of GenAI generating the manuscript’s substantive scholarly contribution, human centrality and confidentiality in peer review, conditions for transparent use of synthetic media, mandatory reflexivity when GenAI is used in methods or analysis, and the non-transferability of accountability away from named authors. This position aims to preserve trust in the scholarly record by making responsibility legible again
WFPC4001 Certificate of Credit in the Principles of Commissioning assignment support & resources
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