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This paper explores Iqbal's philosophy of Khudi (Self-discovery based identity) as afoundational schema for an individual, in becoming a core element ofnation's stability. Thecontemporary socio-politi…

This paper explores Iqbal's philosophy of Khudi (Self-discovery based identity) as afoundational schema for an individual, in becoming a core element ofnation's stability. Thecontemporary socio-political thought attributes national strength to the institutional andeconomic power. While, Iqbal believes that nation's energy and stability entirely depend onmoral discipline and ethical practice of the individuals. The gap among two views, as a researchproblem leads this study with an objective to search Iqbal's ideological base of the argument.A student Of Iqbal-Studies, finds that the divine message in Qur'anic verses, make Iqbal'stheoretical frameworks. Same is the case ofKhudi and its culmination. Therefore, a thematicanalysis Of Iqbal's poetry has been carried out, keeping this paradigm in background. Thestudy of relevant verses through exegesis, depicts a synthesis between Qur'anic notions abouthuman status and destiny, with Iqbal's ideology about human life and fortune. The essence OfIqbal's view is, that the intrinsic connection between individual and the nation, remains themaster key to success. The findings illustrate that Iqbal's ideology gives a holistic ethical modelof human development. The individuals need to be nurtured through triad of self-recognitionas vicegerent of God, self-controVaccountability, and self-purification through sacrifice for thecollective benefit. In Iqbal's view, this model can guarantee a sustainable strength, leading tothe ultimate success for individuals and the nations. Iqbal sees individuals as the main buildingblocks of national architecture; those who are enlightened with self-recognition, self-purification, and self-elevation; motivated with faith in their ideology, can make the nationdignified reaching sky heights.Keywords: Iqbal's philosophy, self-recognition and purification, ideological revival,responsibility and accountability, ethical framework, intrinsic connection to community,solidarity and stability

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Africa is central to the world's future. The continent holds immense human potential, vast natural wealth, and a very young population. Yet, historical trauma from colonialism and ongoing neocolonial …

Africa is central to the world's future. The continent holds immense human potential, vast natural wealth, and a very young population. Yet, historical trauma from colonialism and ongoing neocolonial practices still hold African nations back. Unfair global financial rules, high borrowing costs, and severe climate impacts create deep systemic barriers. Africa contributes barely 4% of global carbon emissions, yet suffers massive economic losses from climate change. The concept of "Africa Rising" must move beyond simple economic metrics. It requires structural justice, genuine self-directed development, and local academic agency. This special issue grounds these global debates in concrete African realities through eight insightful studies. Their authors offer practical solutions to pressing challenges: curbing conflict through trade and gender inclusion, combining indigenous justice rituals with state law, fighting carbon market fraud, and introducing novel economic models to combat financial exclusion. Other studies advocate for youth civic agency through non-formal education, pharmaceutical sovereignty to lower medicine prices, and reframing forced migration as a driver of regional integration through the African Union's Free Movement Protocol. Recent global governance reforms, such as the African Union joining the G20, now G21, offer a vital platform for procedural justice. However, a seat at the table is not enough on its own. Africa must activate its internal institutions, financial markets, and academic community. As demonstrated by the authors in this collection, local experts provide the essential evidence needed to drive real progress. Only through genuine partnership, ethical global frameworks, and grounded African agency can the continent realise its true development potential.

Background Canadian paramedicine is increasingly leveraged by the public as a health care access point for needs beyond the acute, time-critical mandate of 9-1-1 systems. Recent reforms recognize this…

Background Canadian paramedicine is increasingly leveraged by the public as a health care access point for needs beyond the acute, time-critical mandate of 9-1-1 systems. Recent reforms recognize this changing role, but remain incremental and evaluated through operational or encounter-level measures that perpetuate claims of misuse. Alignment has been proposed as a helpful structural logic, but remains underdeveloped. Objective To elaborate alignment as a policy framework for Canadian paramedicine and examine how it can support decisions about service design, performance measurement, workforce planning, governance, and accountability. Methods We undertook an interpretive conceptual analysis informed by literature from paramedicine, health services research, and health policy. The analysis examined dominant evaluative concepts, assessed their limitations for system reform, and drew on underlying logics to elaborate alignment as a policy-relevant construct. Results Necessity, appropriateness, avoidability, and redirectability are useful for triage, transport, and pathway selection, but insufficient as organizing principles for system-level reform. These concepts are limited in shifting attention toward systems that are designed around community need, access barriers, workforce capacity, and equity. Drawing on five frameworks—health system responsiveness; needs, demands, and supply; patient-centred access; human fit; and health promotion—we position alignment as a multidimensional construct of system–population fit. Conclusion Alignment refers to the degree to which service structures, care pathways, workforce capacities, and accountability mechanisms identify, reflect, and respond to the needs, expectations, and lived realities of communities served. It offers a framework for evaluating and guiding reform in Canadian paramedicine.

This supplementary material presents fixed-partition outer out-of-fold (OOF) diagnostic results for eight candidate machine-learning models: Stacking, AdaBoost, artificial neural network (ANN), CatBoo…

This supplementary material presents fixed-partition outer out-of-fold (OOF) diagnostic results for eight candidate machine-learning models: Stacking, AdaBoost, artificial neural network (ANN), CatBoost, Extra Trees (ET), k-nearest neighbors (KNN), random forest (RF), and support vector regression (SVR). The diagnostic panels compare observed and predicted values and show residuals, defined as predicted minus observed. The supplementary figures cover six predicted response variables: compressive strength (CS), dissolution-peak heat flow (DPH), dissolution-peak time (DPT), geopolymerization-peak heat flow (GPH), geopolymerization-peak time (GPT), and final setting time (ST). The results are based on a single fixed grouped outer partition and therefore do not represent variability associated with alternative group partitions, hyperparameter retuning, or model refitting.

Generating FAIR research data and enabling its reuse are the key goals of research data management. However, establishing machine-readable knowledge representation - the “I” in FAIR - as t…

Generating FAIR research data and enabling its reuse are the key goals of research data management. However, establishing machine-readable knowledge representation - the “I” in FAIR - as the foundation for interoperable data and metadata remains a major challenge for many research communities. In the AIMS project, we have developed an approach to create subject-specific RDF-compliant metadata profiles that enable precise and flexible documentation of research processes and data while relying on established terminologies for interoperability. Data stewards can build profiles for their specific use cases with a hierarchical and modular approach to ensure interoperability across different projects. Tools are available to generate web forms and search interfaces from these profiles, supporting the entry, exploration, and visualisation of RDF metadata and knowledge graphs. Researchers can use these tools to create structured metadata and contribute directly to a knowledge graph. To facilitate the modelling process and make it accessible to users with only limited knowledge of ontologies, we have developed a web service that provides a graphical user interface for creating metadata profiles [1]. The AIMS Metadata Profile Service is open source and allows integration into other tools, such as the RDM platform Coscine. Its frontend allows users to search existing terminologies, add terms to a profile, and define restrictions such as expected data types or the cardinality of attributes. In the second funding phase of the project, AIMS 2 focuses on improving the user interface and integrating the profiles into electronic laboratory notebooks (ELNs) such as eLabFTW, helping researchers record semantic metadata without changing their existing workflows. In this talk, we present the AIMS modelling approach, the available tools, and current developments. We also show how data stewards can use them to create metadata profiles for their respective communities.   Keywords: Metadata, RDF, Interoperability, Knowledge Graph [1] NFDI4ING. Metadata Profile Service. Retrieved April 17, 2026 from  https://profiles.nfdi4ing.de.  

About the video: This introductory video introduces the core principles of the Destination Earth co-design methodology. Its educational aim is to demonstrate that co-design is essential to bridge the …

About the video: This introductory video introduces the core principles of the Destination Earth co-design methodology. Its educational aim is to demonstrate that co-design is essential to bridge the gap between data experts and users, build shared objectives across different ecosystems, and achieve the Five Pillars of Value.   About the video series:   The video series is structured into two comprehensive, complementary parts to guide developers from methodology to practical execution. The first part is the Co-Design Toolkit Series, which lays out the conceptual foundation of the Destination Earth co-design approach. The second part is the Co-Design Assistant Series, which shifts into hands-on digital tools by showing users how to access the Co-Design Assistant, launch a project with the demonstrator, and leverage the demonstrator in practice.

Data stewards often face persistent challenges when describing research data with metadata. Metadata are frequently recorded in non-standardised formats and often lack semantic annotations, which…

Data stewards often face persistent challenges when describing research data with metadata. Metadata are frequently recorded in non-standardised formats and often lack semantic annotations, which limits their reusability, discoverability, and the overall FAIRness of the data. In addition, there is often uncertainty about which standards and vocabularies should be used within specific research communities. The AIMS Metadata Profile Service [1], developed in the DFG-funded AIMS project (Applying Interoperable Metadata Standards), addresses these challenges by enabling the creation, sharing and reuse of interoperable, machine-readable metadata profiles based on RDF and SHACL. By linking metadata elements to well-defined ontological concepts, AIMS supports both humans and machines to better understand, integrate, and analyse complex datasets across domains. With the AIMS Metadata Profile Service, data stewards can iteratively create domain-specific profiles by selecting relevant ontology terms and defining constraintssuch as cardinalities and data types. These profiles can be used to automatically generate web forms that guide researchers in capturing consistent, machine-readablemetadata without requiring expertise in semantic technologies. The resulting metadata can be directly integrated into knowledge graphs, thereby improving interoperability and reuse. This poster presents the AIMS Metadata Profile Service and illustrates the transition from heterogeneous and non-standardised metadata practices to a profile-based approach for creating interoperable, semantically enriched metadata. Keywords: Metadata, RDF, Interoperability, Knowledge Graph   [1] NFDI4ING. Metadata Profile Service. Retrieved April 17, 2026 from https://profiles.nfdi4ing.de.