This study empirically investigates the psycho-ethical mechanisms driving the continuance intention to use generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) among university students in Vietnam. Departing from dominant theories such as the technology acceptance model (TAM) or the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT), this research applies Rest's (1986) four-component model to suggest ethical factors influencing continuance intention to use GenAI. The study examines a sequential cognitive process from moral awareness (AI literacy and AI responsibility) through moral judgment (critical evaluation) to moral motivation (moral obligation and academic integrity) and its role in shaping continuance intention in using GenAI. Data collected from 448 university students were analyzed using partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM). The results validate the sequential ethical decision-making process, identifying critical evaluation as a vital mediator between awareness and motivation. Furthermore, both critical evaluation and academic integrity affect the continuance intention directly and positively. Additionally, the findings reveal a significant negative impact of moral disengagement on AI responsibility, acting as a psychological barrier that disrupts the sustainable and ethical decision-making process. These insights provide a strategic foundation for educational institutions and policymakers to design interventions that foster ethical and sustainable GenAI adoption among university students.
A Conceptual Framework of Strategic Capability Alignment in Smes: Integrating Entrepreneurial Orientation, Market Orientation, and Leadership Qualities Original Research Article Country Malaysia
Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are fundamental drivers of economic growth, innovation, and employment, particularly in emerging economies such as Malaysia. Despite their importance, SME performance remains highly heterogeneous. While Entrepreneurial Orientation (EO) and Market Orientation (MO) are widely recognized as strategic drivers of firm performance, empirical findings increasingly indicate that EO does not exert a uniform direct effect on organizational performance (OP). Instead, its influence is frequently mediated by complementary strategic capabilities and moderated by managerial quality.
Grounded in the Resource-Based View (RBV), this paper develops an integrated strategic capability alignment framework positioning EO as an opportunity-generation capability, MO as a market-alignment capability, and Leadership Qualities (LQ) as a higher-order orchestration capability that moderates the MO–performance relationship. By synthesizing recent empirical findings from Malaysian and international SME research, this study clarifies the indirect mechanism through which EO influences performance and extends RBV by incorporating capability complementarity and managerial orchestration logic. The paper proposes four testable hypotheses and outlines an empirical testing approach using PLS-SEM.
Assessing the Influence of Pre-Service Teachers’ Knowledge and Skills on Their Attitudes Towards Inclusion Original Research Article Country Philippines
This research assessed the knowledge, skills and attitudes of fourth year BSNED students at Cebu Technological University Main campus in Cebu City for school year 2024-2025 as basis for a proposed teacher skills development plan. There were 80 respondents who participated in the study and were identified using the total enumeration technique due to their small population. The respondents were asked to answer a three-part survey questionnaire which measure their knowledge, skills and attitudes towards inclusion. The data gathered were treated using weighted mean, standard deviation, and Pearson’s
r. The results revealed that the respondents were highly knowledgeable about inclusion and highly skilled in handling inclusive classes. Interestingly, the have positive attitudes towards the inclusive education implementation. Moreover, there was a significant strong positive relationship between their knowledge and attitudes towards inclusion. On the other hand, there was a significant moderate positive correlation between the respondents’ skills and attitudes towards inclusion. The results underscore the sufficient trainings that they acquire in the special education program of the university and validate the hypothesis that attitudes of the pre-service teachers are related on their knowledge and skills of inclusion. Thus, it is highly recommended that the proposed teacher skills development plan be adopted.
Enhancing Dispute Board Effectiveness: Factors Shaping Member Activity in Brazil Original Research Article Country France
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Heider Cristian Moura Quintão || Murillo de Oliveira Dias || Rogerio Costa da Mata, || Dercio Santiago da Silva Jr.
This paper examines the variables that affect the work of Dispute Board members in Brazil through the lenses of Social Exchange Theory and Stakeholder Theory. The research, undertaken through a qualitative multiple-methods approach, collected the opinions of a number of key actors in the area of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) and identified nine variables that affect the way DB members carry out their work such as Conflict Containment, DB Soft Skills, DB Hard Skills, Autonomy and Regulatory Framework, Stakeholder Management, Anticipation of Problems, Emotional Intelligence, Trust and Digital Technology. This research applies, for the first time and across multiple cases, the principles of stakeholder theory to the relations among stakeholders in complex infrastructure projects and, conversely, uses social exchange theory to complement the existing discussion of trust and reciprocity in dispute settlement procedures. It also aims to identify the skills and competencies of DB members that enable DBs to participate effectively and proactively in infrastructure projects, thereby enhancing the efficiency of project implementation and the fulfillment of contractual commitments in public and private contracts.
Enhancing E-commerce Recommendation Efficiency: An Empirical Application of Mamba Architecture on Grocery Datasets Original Research Article Country Vietnam
With the explosive growth of e-commerce transaction data, particularly in the grocery sector where user history is often long and repetitive, traditional Sequential Recommendation models like SASRec face significant challenges regarding computational costs and inference latency due to their quadratic complexity. This study proposes the application of Mamba4Rec, a novel architecture based on State Space Models (SSMs) with linear complexity, to address the efficiency bottleneck in large-scale recommender systems. By conducting extensive empirical experiments on the Instacart dataset, we compare Mamba4Rec against state-of-the-art Transformer-based baselines. The results demonstrate that Mamba4Rec achieves comparable recommendation accuracy (Recall@K and NDCG@K) to SASRec while significantly reducing training time and GPU memory consumption. These findings suggest that Mamba architecture offers a cost-effective solution for online retailers, enabling scalable and real-time recommendation services without upgrading hardware infrastructure.
From the Double Helix to CRISPR: Advances in Behavioral Genetics and Ethical Challenges Original Research Article Country Brazil
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Alda Simone Simon || Fernando Leocadio Pianaro || Murillo Dias
The article provides a historical overview of genetics from Mendel to DNA and genomics and finally to gene editing Cas9 enzymes and also describes the foundations of genetics starting with Mendel’s pea experiments, DNA and RNA structures and functions and single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and their role in the genetic diversity of humans. The article continues with the description of the disruptive changes that Cas9 will be brought about by gene editing Cas9 enzymes in medicine, biotechnology and the behavior sciences. Specifically, it deals with heritability of personality, twin researches, genome-wide association studies and finally with the role of functional genomics and molecular genetics in advancing our knowledge of human and animal behavior and in the development of genomics-based personalized medicine and new psychological methods and techniques for boosting our mental performance, productivity and quality of our intelligence. The overall goal of the article is to provide an up-to-date background knowledge of genetics and its current developments and to describe its influence on our behavior, minds and personalities and the disruptive changes it will bring about in the behavior sciences and in our mental developments, thus calling for a dialogue among psychologists, sociologists, anthropologists, medicine and genetics experts.
The Impact of State Budget Funding on Innovation in Vietnam: The Moderating Role of Institutional Quality Original Research Article Country Vietnam
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Nguyen Thi Thuong, PhD || Nguyen Thi Hong Lam || Dang Nguyen Bao Ngoc || Vu Thi Minh Nga || Dang Thi Hai Yen
This study examines the impact of state budget (SB) capital on national innovation outcomes and clarifies the moderating role of institutional quality in this relationship in Vietnam. Employing quarterly time-series data spanning from the first quarter of 2011 to the fourth quarter of 2025 and applies the ARDL-ECM model to assess both the long-run and short-run relationships between state budget expenditure and innovation outcomes, the empirical results indicate that state budget spending on science and technology contributes positively to innovation only when accompanied by high institutional quality. Innovation performance in Vietnam depends not merely on the scale of public expenditure, but more critically on the institutional environment, which determines the extent to which public resources are effectively transformed into innovation outcomes.
The Role of ESG During Financial Crises: Evidence from Western Macedonia, Greece Original Research Article Country Greece
Over the past decade, Greece has experienced a series of severe and successive economic crises. Beginning in 2010 with the market-wide Greek sovereign debt crisis—one of the most significant within the Eurozone—the country faced the threat of a potential “Grexit” and the implementation of stringent fiscal adjustment measures. Greek governments, supported by the European Union and the International Monetary Fund, were compelled to enact harsh and socially demanding reforms.
Following a brief period of strained relations with the European Union and the banking crisis of 2015, the Greek economy began to show signs of recovery after eight to nine difficult years. However, this fragile recovery was abruptly disrupted by the global COVID-19 pandemic, which triggered a new financial crisis affecting Greece alongside the rest of the world.
After a decade marked by continuous and overlapping economic crises, a critical question arises: is Greece capable of aligning with global climate change mitigation policies, or does the pursuit of such measures represent a luxury that the Greek economy cannot afford?
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