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  1. Oct 2025
    1. You can learn the rich history of Kronborg Castle (Elsinore) on guided tours every day. There are 3 different tours of different lengths and some are free once you’ve paid to get into the castle

      I never took a tour of an actual castle, sounds fun actually.

    2. This has become the English name for Helsingør, the town where you can visit Kronborg.

      I don’t remember much from reading Hamlet in high school, but it’s interesting to know that Castle is inspired by a real location.

    1. AI has the potential to bring about positive changes in healthcare and to empower patients by providing them with more control over their health. In recent years, AI has been used to improve the delivery of healthcare in a variety of ways, from providing personalized health information to enabling virtual consultations and remote monitoring.

      The article talks about the potential AI has in healthcare. Especially since it is evolving quickly, it now has the power to provide patients with resources and their health status. The use of AI has also enabled virtual consultations and remote monitoring which is very convenient and supports patients at any time outside of the hospital.

    2. This article aims to provide an in-depth analysis of the impact of AI in these sectors and to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of its integration.

      The purpose of this article is to provide a detailed analysis of how AI has impacted the field of healthcare and education. It specifically delves into the use of AI in medical and dental education to show how students are learning. It also discusses the advantages and disadvantages of how AI has transformed learning.

    3. there are ethical considerations regarding the use of AI in exams, such as potential algorithmic bias, privacy issues, and the impact on human jobs.

      This sentence is very important because it describes the ethical problems with using AI tools. The more you use AI, the better it understands you and therefore can generate information to fit your biases better. This can lead to unqualified information. Privacy issues can arise since AI can collect data. Human jobs are being replaced with AI, so morals start to play a role in the justification of AI tools.

    4. AI algorithms can automate many manual processes involved in exam preparation and grading, reducing time, effort, and cost.

      Annotation: This is exciting because AI could make education more efficient and allow instructors to focus more on teaching and student interaction rather than paperwork.

      Explanation: AI has the potential to transform education by automating repetitive tasks such as exam preparation and grading. This allows educators to devote more time to teaching and fostering critical thinking skills. According to Weiner et al. (2025), AI can streamline workflows in healthcare education, reducing costs and administrative burdens while improving efficiency. However, ethical considerations remain, including maintaining fairness in grading and ensuring transparency in automated decisions. Balancing efficiency with fairness will be essential for responsible implementation.

      References Weiner, E. B., Dankwa-Mullan, I., Nelson, W. A., & Hassanpour, S. (2025). Ethical challenges and evolving strategies in the integration of artificial intelligence into clinical practice. PLOS Digital Health, 4(4), e0000810–e0000810. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pdig.0000810

    5. The integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in university medical education presents both advantages and disadvantages.

      Annotation: This is interesting because AI can personalize learning and improve diagnostic training, but it may also reduce critical thinking if over-relied upon.

      Explanation: AI in medical education offers opportunities for personalized learning and enhanced diagnostic training, but it also raises important ethical questions about trust and accountability. Weiner et al. (2025) highlight that while AI improves clinical efficiency, its use must be balanced with transparency and oversight to ensure that medical professionals retain critical thinking skills. Over-reliance on AI risks reducing independent judgment, which could compromise the quality of care in the long term.

      References Weiner, E. B., Dankwa-Mullan, I., Nelson, W. A., & Hassanpour, S. (2025). Ethical challenges and evolving strategies in the integration of artificial intelligence into clinical practice. PLOS Digital Health, 4(4), e0000810–e0000810. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pdig.0000810

    6. AI algorithms are able to analyse these images, identify abnormalities, and assist in the diagnosis of various medical conditions.

      AI does have an great ability in being able to look at images and being able to identify the image. It would be able to reduce any sort of human errors if the doctors are not to sure on how to diagnose the problem. AI should only be used to assist and not actually give a diagnoses.

    7. AI also has the potential to assist medical professionals in the diagnosis and treatment of patients.

      Annotation: AI’s role in diagnosis could speed up care and reduce errors, but it also raises questions about trust and accountability in medicine.

      Explanation: AI has the potential to transform healthcare by analyzing large datasets quickly and accurately, helping clinicians make better decisions. Surdu et al. (2024) explain that AI enhances diagnostic precision by identifying patterns in medical records and images that might be missed by humans. While this can improve efficiency and patient outcomes, it also creates ethical questions around trust, accountability, and the role of human oversight in treatment decisions. Ensuring responsible AI use will be key to its success in medical practice.

      Reference Surdu, A., Budala, D. G., Ionut Luchian, Foia, L. G., Botnariu, G. E., & Scutariu, M. M. (2024). Using AI in Optimizing Oral and Dental Diagnoses—A Narrative Review. Diagnostics, 14(24), 2804–2804. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics14242804

    8. Cloud Networks: a cloud network is a network of remote servers hosted on the internet that are used to store, process, and manage data. In healthcare, cloud networks can be used to store and access patient data, as well as to run AI and ML algorithms. This provides doctors with secure, remote access to patient information, enabling them to provide better care for their patients.

      Cloud networks integrated with AI and ML are another great benefit to the medical field. Especially to doctors, allowing them to easily access patient information whenever they wish. Giving doctors and medical workers faster and easier workflow.

    9. AI-powered devices can monitor oral hygiene and provide personalized recommendations for maintaining good oral health.

      Annotation: This could completely transform preventative dental care, especially for people who can’t make it to the dentist often.

      Explanation: AI devices can improve oral health by continuously monitoring a patient’s hygiene and giving tailored advice, potentially preventing problems before they worsen. According to Surdu et al. (2024), AI in dentistry enhances diagnostic precision and treatment planning by analyzing patient data to identify early signs of issues like cavities and gum disease. This kind of early detection could save patients time, money, and discomfort, especially those with limited access to dental care.

      Reference Surdu, A., Budala, D. G., Ionut Luchian, Foia, L. G., Botnariu, G. E., & Scutariu, M. M. (2024). Using AI in Optimizing Oral and Dental Diagnoses—A Narrative Review. Diagnostics, 14(24), 2804–2804. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics14242804

    10. While the use of ChatGPT is technically use of an available online resource (a resource where its main function is not to help students cheat, such as essay mills), the concern would be in students over-relying on ChatGPT or other AI software and not developing their information-searching skills and ability to understand concepts.

      This sentence is important to understand. The more people rely on AI tools, the less they take the time to find and research on their own. This can lower their ability to find information and change the way they process information.

    11. there are ethical considerations regarding the use of AI in exams, such as potential algorithmic bias, privacy issues, and the impact on human jobs.

      Addressing the moral ramifications of utilizing AI in tests, you raise a crucial concern. If algorithms are not properly developed and evaluated, they could end up in unjust grading or an inaccurate assessment of the skills of learners. Concerns about privacy also appear since AI systems often collect private student data which needs to be strictly regulated. Furthermore, if AI is utilized excessively, it may eliminate the need for human educators for certain jobs, which would have an effect on jobs. Ethical AI integration into instruction calls for striking the right chord between innovation and equity, transparency, and transparency.

    12. With AI-powered remote monitoring systems, patients can have their vital signs tracked and monitored, alerting healthcare providers to any potential issues. This can lead to earlier intervention and improved patient outcomes, as well as reducing the need for in-person visits to healthcare facilities.

      While yes I do agree that this would be helpful to reduce any sort of mistakes, but it can't always be reliable. It would be easier to check for patients vitals, but if the power goes out this wouldn't work. It is very important for healthcare works to actually know how take vitals if any sort of complication were to happen. If they are to reliant on AI they can hurt them.

    13. One of the key ways that AI can help is by detecting and preventing errors in medical care. AI algorithms can be trained to analyse medical records, identifying errors or potential risks such as misdiagnoses, incorrect treatments, or adverse events. This information can be used to help doctors prevent similar errors from happening in the future. Another way AI can be used is through clinical decision support. AI algorithms can be designed to provide doctors with real-time guidance and recommendations based on patient data, helping them to make informed decisions and reducing the risk of errors. This kind of technology can greatly benefit doctors who are facing complex cases and require quick access to relevant information.

      This use of AI could become a great tool for the medical field if it becomes efficient. Having AI become a preventative tool, instead of one that corrects mistakes, is a role that could save more lives than before. Having the potential to help people from a medical need that could seem "stable" but will only get worse over time. Or even perhaps a case where the patient has not even developed any symptoms, but will in the future.

    14. AI-powered devices can monitor oral hygiene and provide personalized recommendations for maintaining good oral health. In addition, AI-powered virtual consultations can provide remote dental care, making it easier for patients to receive treatment.

      This claim highlights the growing use of neural networks for enhancing the accessibility and adaptability of oral care. Tools powered by machine learning may assess brushing routines, diagnose any dental health problems early, and deliver comprehensive guidance on improving oral hygiene. Especially those those who live in rural or underdeveloped regions, online arguments mediated by computers offer access to credible oral advice.Technology encourages preventive care, lowers the need for visits in person, and enables patients with greater responsibility in conserving the condition of their teeth.

    15. AI can also be used to create virtual reality and simulation experiences, allowing students to gain hands-on experience in a controlled environment.

      From the many ways AI can be used for, it can be used for educational purpose's like creating practical's through VR and simulations, allowing for the learning to be in a controlled and safe environment.

    16. Finally, AI can increase transparency in healthcare by providing patients with more information about their health and the treatments they are receiving. This can empower patients to make informed decisions about their care and help to build trust between patients and healthcare providers.

      This reason I would agree is the most powerful factor of entailing AI into healthcare. Mostly all patients and family members of patients are willing to learn about their sickness and are overlooked/not given the full description of their sickness. This might be due to doctors/nurses not having the time to explain in depth and make sure patient fully deciphers information. AI can change this, with personalized information that is taken from patient data analysis, could be programmed to create an entire file on patient, so anyone with acess could learn and ask questions from.

      Dave, M., & Patel, N. (2023). Artificial intelligence in healthcare and education. British Dental Journal, 234(10), 761–764. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41415-023-5845-2

    17. As AI will extract information from publicly available sources, it becomes difficult to reference this and there may be a risk of plagiarism. We tried asking ChatGPT to provide references to a question on gastrointestinal physiology and it returned a series of old (pre-2000) publications that were not publicly accessible - the DOIs provided were broken links.

      Dave and Patel (2023) point out that AI tools like ChatGPT often generate information without reliable or verifiable sources, creating challenges for proper referencing and academic integrity. Because these systems draw from a huge amount of online data, they may produce inaccurate or defective citations, as the authors found when ChatGPT provided outdated or invalid references. This raises concerns about unintentional plagiarism and misinformation in academic writing. To address this, educators and researchers should verify all AI-generated content, use credible databases for citations, and teach students critical evaluation skills to ensure accuracy and ethical use of AI in scholarly work.

    18. There are concerns with the use of OpenAI and cheating in exams, especially for open-book or coursework assessments. Educators need to adapt the way they assess their learners:

      The authors caution that AI tools like ChatGPT make it easier for students to complete assignments without genuine understanding, especially in open-book or online exams. To address this, educators should redesign assessments to emphasize critical thinking, problem-solving, and clinical reasoning, as these are skills that AI cannot replicate. For example, analyzing patient cases or interpreting radiographs encourages original thought and applied knowledge. If students rely too heavily on AI, they may lose essential abilities like research, synthesis, and independent judgment. Therefore, integrating AI responsibly while reinforcing ethical use and reflective learning is key to maintaining academic integrity in healthcare education.

    19. Another way in which AI can help manage patient complaints is through the analysis of patient feedback data.

      From the many ways AI can be useful; it can be used in a healthcare setting by using it to extract important and valuable intel from patients feedback, which can of course in return manage patient complaints.

    20. Another important application of AI in healthcare is remote monitoring.

      Yes, these are powerful benefits to having AI as advanced as it is in medical care. Remote monitoring is the future of healthcare, when used correctly, it is proactive, personalized care that allows the patient have control in their health and can make them feel as the healthcare system is "on their side".

      Dave, M., & Patel, N. (2023). Artificial intelligence in healthcare and education. British Dental Journal, 234(10), 761–764. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41415-023-5845-2

    21. As you read through this article, it may appear as a rather a matter-of-fact series of text, devoid of creative references, metaphors or human conversation, and this is because the entire article, including the abstract, has been written by ChatGPT.1

      Dave and Patel (2023) acknowledge that while AI tools like ChatGPT can efficiently generate clear, factual text, their writing often lacks creativity, nuance, and emotional depth. This limitation becomes significant in healthcare education, where reflective and critical thinking are essential for clinical reasoning and empathy. Overreliance on AI-generated content may lead students to engage less deeply with material, weakening their ability to analyze, question, and synthesize ideas. Additionally, the absence of human tone or storytelling can make complex medical concepts less engaging or relatable, reducing motivation and long-term retention. Therefore, AI should complement—not replace—human creativity in learning.

    22. AI has the potential to revolutionize the publishing process and improve the overall quality of scientific information.

      AI could significantly reshape how scientific research is published and shared. AI tools can enhance efficiency by automating tasks such as plagiarism detection, reviewer matching, and data validation. These systems can also improve the accuracy and clarity of manuscripts by identifying errors or inconsistencies before publication. Beyond editing, AI can support reproducibility and transparency, helping ensure that published findings are trustworthy. Overall, the authors emphasize that, when used responsibly, AI can improve both the speed and quality of scientific communication in academic publishing.

    23. In conclusion, the advancements in AI technology are poised to have a significant impact on the publishing of scientific articles in journals.

      Advances in artificial intelligence are beginning to transform the way scientific articles are published. AI can help streamline the peer-review process by automatically checking for plagiarism, detecting data errors, and suggesting qualified reviewers. These tools can also enhance the quality and consistency of reviews by identifying operational weaknesses and supporting data reproducibility. Additionally, AI presents opportunities for innovative publication formats, including automatically generated summaries and visual content. Overall, the authors suggest that AI has great potential to make academic publishing more efficient, transparent, and reliable.

    24. It is also important for universities to educate students on the importance of academic integrity and ethical considerations related to AI use.

      Ethical issues in using AI for exams include bias in algorithms, privacy concerns, and the risk of reducing human involvement in evaluation. If the data used to train AI are biased, some students may be graded unfairly, and weak data protection could expose personal information. Experts recommend that schools weigh AI’s benefits against these risks and create clear rules to keep assessments fair. Universities should also teach students about responsible AI use and honesty in academics to ensure technology supports fairness and trust in medical education.

    25. It is also important for universities to educate students on the importance of academic integrity and ethical considerations related to AI use.

      The use of AI can be used for education but also to an extent. It's important to still keep in mind about academic integrity. Students must still be responsible and have ethics when it comes to using AI for school. Making sure they're not plagiarizing information and knowing that what they need to learn is for their future career.

    26. The use of AI in dental education also includes educational games and quizzes to test students' knowledge and improve information retention.

      AI in dental education increasingly uses adaptive quizzes and serious games to enhance engagement and long-term retention. These tools apply machine learning to tailor question difficulty, provide instant feedback, and simulate clinical decision-making in a safe environment. Studies show that game-based and AI-assisted learning improves students’ diagnostic accuracy and motivation compared to traditional formats. Reviews further suggest that gamified, retrieval-based learning supports better knowledge retention when paired with timely feedback. Overall, AI-driven quizzes and educational games make dental education more interactive and personalized, strengthening learning outcomes.

    27. AI algorithms can analyse dental images and patient records to provide more accurate diagnoses and personalized treatment plans. The use of AI in dental education also includes educational games and quizzes to test students' knowledge and improve information retention.

      This paragraph explains that hospitals can deploy AI technology to anticipate when their machines will most likely fail. The technology analyzes data from medical devices to proactively identify indications of potential failure. This is similar to how your phone or computer reminds you when to charge your device or update to the latest operating system. Maintenance can occur prior to a failure which allows hospitals to avoid equipment breakdowns that delay patient care. Even when equipment does the fail, patients and staff feel more confident about the equipment being properly maintained. This proactive approach makes everything run more smoothly and makes the patient feel better about their care.

    28. Continuous medical education is another area where AI can be of great benefit to doctors. AI algorithms can analyse medical literature and provide doctors with updates and recommendations for best practices in their field. This can help doctors stay up to date with the latest advancements in their field and continuously improve their skills. Finally, AI can play a role in quality improvement. AI algorithms can monitor and analyse the performance of healthcare providers, providing feedback and recommendations for improvement. This information can be used by doctors to reflect on their practices and identify areas for growth. In conclusion, the use of AI in medical care has the potential to enhance the quality of care, improve the learning process of doctors, and promote continuous improvement in the field.

      The use of AI in medical care would be a great benefit for healthcare workers. As it is stated in the paragraph, it helps doctors identify where there are issues that need improvement and provides general feedback that can help improve their skills. This helps ensure that the doctors are providing care for the patient to the best of their abilities, improving their skills to fit with new improvements in their field of care. With AI identifying where improvement is needed, it helps ensure that the patients are getting the best care, accurate diagnosis, and treatment.

    29. Additionally, AI can be used for predictive maintenance of medical equipment. By using AI algorithms to predict when equipment is likely to fail, hospitals can schedule maintenance in advance, reducing the number of equipment failures that lead to patient complaints and thus improving patient satisfaction.

      As such, hospitals can implement artificial intelligence to maintain their equipment. AI evaluates data from medical devices and forecasts when there might be an interruptive failure, similar to how your phone suggests it’s time for a software upgrade or when the battery needs replacing. Hospitals can now repair or service equipment prior to a failure, preventing a breakdown, treatment delays, and improving patient satisfaction; even if the equipment fails, the prognosis that everything was okay until it failed brings more satisfaction for patient care.

    30. One of the key ways in which AI is being used in diagnostic histopathology is through image analysis. AI algorithms can be utilized to analyse microscopic images of tissue samples, which can then be used to identify abnormalities and assist in the diagnosis of various medical conditions. This has the potential to greatly improve the accuracy of diagnoses and help ensure that patients receive the most effective and appropriate treatment.

      The use of AI in diagnostic histopathology using image analysis is a great benefit because it can help speed up the process of analyzing the microscopic image and find abnormalities a lot faster than a human can. The use of AI in histopathology can also compare a normal tissue sample to the one that is being analyzed, and if any abnormalities are present, it can analyze what the abnormality is and make an accurate diagnosis of the abnormality and how it can be treated.

    31. By analysing the data, trends and patterns can be identified, allowing hospitals to pinpoint areas that require improvement and make informed decisions on how to address patient concerns.

      Being able to easily pinpoint areas that need improvement can allow for hospitals to take their patient’s feedback seriously and in a timely manner .

    32. To address these issues, universities must carefully consider the benefits and drawbacks of AI integration and implement strict policies to ensure fair and ethical evaluation of medical students.

      Just as AI can transform the medical education scene with increased efficiency and individualized help, AI comes with its own set of problems. It’s not perfect and just like any piece of technology, it can fail. This paragraph highlights the importance of having review processes and guidelines to ensure that the AI is being more helpful than not.

    33. By analysing patient data, such as prescription histories and vital signs, AI algorithms can help healthcare providers improve medication management and reduce the risk of adverse drug events.

      This line focuses on AI’s role in medication safety and management, analyzing structured data like prescriptions and vital signs enables AI to detect potential harmful drug interactions. This is useful for preventing medical errors, especially in cases involving multiple medications, and ones that support personalized treatment adjustments.

    34. AI algorithms are able to analyse these images, identify abnormalities, and assist in the diagnosis of various medical conditions.

      This sentence highlight applications of AI medical imaging, by allowing algorithms to analyze diagnostic scans, it may help in detection and the reduction of errors. It should be noted the term assist is used, AI is a tool that should be used in collaboration with clinicians and not as a replacement.

    35. Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the potential to play a significant role in enhancing the quality of medical care and helping doctors to reflect and learn from their mistakes. There are several ways in which AI can be utilized for this purpose.

      AI is very valuable in the ways that it can help caregivers do their job better. The potential AI has can help support improvement and growth in our doctors, but is not limited to this.

    36. The application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the management of patient complaints has the potential to greatly enhance the hospital experience. One of the ways AI can aid in this process is through the automation of complaint management.

      These two sentences show the support of AI in health care. AI has the ability to help with patient care by handling complaints efficiently, this means this could help the staff with their workload and also cater to patients faster than staff can from being busy.

    37. The integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in medical radiology has the potential to bring about a significant improvement in patient outcomes and the accuracy of diagnoses. Medical radiology plays a crucial role in the diagnosis and treatment of various medical conditions, and the use of AI has the potential to enhance this important field in a number of ways.

      The following paragraph demonstrates how AI technology has the ability to revolutionize medical radiology which serves as a vital diagnostic and treatment planning tool. AI helps doctors interpret medical images which leads to better diagnostic accuracy and reduced errors and improved patient results. The system provides efficient management of large imaging data which enables radiologists to make fast and precise diagnostic decisions (Dave & Patel, 2023). AI implementation in radiology needs complete analysis of operational changes and monetary implications and human specialist involvement to achieve the substantial benefits of this technology.

      Dave, M., Patel, N. Artificial intelligence in healthcare and education. Br Dent J 234, 761–764 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41415-023-5845-2

    38. With advancements in AI technology and its integration into routine tasks, the field of healthcare and education is rapidly evolving. This article aims to provide an in-depth analysis of the impact of AI in these sectors and to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of its integration.

      This sentence underscores how AI is rapidly reshaping the landscapes of both healthcare and education. AI technology in healthcare systems provides accurate medical diagnosis and fast data processing and personalized treatment plans. The technology supports adaptive learning systems which provide automated feedback and customized curricula that adapt to individual student requirements (Dave & Patel, 2023). The implementation of AI systems creates two main challenges because it leads to human relationship loss and generates problems with algorithmic bias and data protection and system transparency. The author needs to present both positive and negative aspects in order to create an objective evaluation.

      Dave, M., Patel, N. Artificial intelligence in healthcare and education. Br Dent J 234, 761–764 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41415-023-5845-2

    39. AI in publishingArtificial Intelligence (AI) has the potential to revolutionize the publishing of scientific articles in journals. The advancements in AI technology are likely to have a significant impact on the publishing process, offering new and improved ways to manage the peer-review process, enhance the quality of peer review, and enable new forms of publication. One way in which AI is expected to affect the publishing process is by streamlining the peer-review process. With the use of AI algorithms, the publishing process can become more efficient by automating the peer-review process, thereby reducing the workload on human reviewers. This can lead to faster publication times and an improved efficiency in the publishing process. Moreover, AI has the potential to enhance the quality of peer review. AI algorithms can be employed to analyse large amounts of data and identify patterns that may be missed by human reviewers. This could result in more thorough and accurate peer review and help to identify potential biases in the review process. This is crucial in ensuring that scientific information is accurate, valid, and reliable. AI can also enable new forms of publication, such as interactive articles that incorporate multimedia and allow for more immersive experiences for readers. This provides a more engaging and accessible way for readers to consume scientific information and can help to improve the overall impact of scientific publications.

      The use of AI in dental and medical education shows how technology may improve learning effectiveness and security. Virtual simulations provide a safe yet realistic setting for skill development by enabling students to rehearse difficult operations without endangering patients. But these advancements also bring with them new difficulties, like less human connection and a reliance on robots to solve problems. No algorithm can completely replace empathy, flexibility, and ethical thinking, which are still necessary for true competency in the healthcare industry. Thus, rather than taking the role of human instruction, AI should be seen as a supplement to it.

    40. Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been increasingly integrated into medical and dental education, offering numerous benefits to both students and instructors. One of the main applications of AI in this field is virtual simulation and training, allowing students to practice complex procedures on virtual patients without risking harm to real patients. This type of hands-on training is also customizable, enabling students to work at their own pace and repeat procedures until they have mastered them.

      Medical and dentistry students can safely rehearse complex procedures using AI-powered virtual simulations, which fosters skill development prior to actual patient interactions. This experiential learning is one of AI's most potent educational benefits. However, the worry about fewer human connections is legitimate; students could grow overly reliant on technology and lose their confidence in actual clinical situations. Thus, traditional therapeutic practice should be complemented by AI rather than replaced.

    41. The integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in medical radiology has the potential to bring about a significant improvement in patient outcomes and the accuracy of diagnoses. Medical radiology plays a crucial role in the diagnosis and treatment of various medical conditions, and the use of AI has the potential to enhance this important field in a number of ways.

      The authors speak of how AI in the field of radiology the potential has to provide more accurate diagnostic imaging by detecting abnormalities on X-rays and CT scans. This can save time and avoid human mistakes, especially in large hospitals. However, I think human experience is still required to interpret ambiguous results and provide empathy to patients. AI should be viewed as an auxiliary tool, but not a replacement for the radiologist's experience.

    42. One of the key benefits of AI in healthcare is the ability to provide personalized health information.

      AI’s ability to analyze medical histories and lifestyle factors to offer personalized health recommendations represents a major step forward in preventive care. However, this personalization depends heavily on the accuracy and fairness of the datasets used. If the data contain biases or missing variables, the AI’s suggestions might mislead patients rather than help them. This paragraph made me think about how much responsibility healthcare professionals have when interpreting AI-generated advice.

    43. However, there are also concerns regarding the quality of AI-generated questions compared to those created by human examiners with years of experience and knowledge. AI algorithms may also generate questions that are too easy, too difficult, or not relevant to the course material. The lack of creativity in AI-generated questions can also result in exams that are less engaging for students.

      This paragraph discusses the potential drawbacks of using artificial intelligence (AI) to generate exams or assignments. It points out that AI generated questions lack quality and creativity. Due to the questions generated by AI they might be too easy, difficult or not at all engaging for learners. This raises concerns about AI's effectiveness and its assessments in learning outcomes.

    44. Finally, AI algorithms can play a crucial role in supporting reproducibility in scientific research. AI can be utilized to analyse and validate scientific data, helping to support the reproducibility of research. This can help to improve the overall quality of scientific publications and reduce the number of retractions due to errors or inaccuracies, thereby enhancing the credibility and reliability of scientific information

      This paragraph explains how artificial intelligence (AI) contributes to the reproducibility of scientific research. And it also highlights that AI algorithms can analyze and validate scientific data to ensure that research findings are accurate and reliable. Having improvements in data verification and having a reduction of errors can help AI increase the quality of scientific publications and help decrease the number of retractions.

    45. AI is also being utilized in university teaching, with the potential to greatly enhance the learning experience for students and improve educational outcomes. AI algorithms can analyse student data to provide personalized learning experiences and can be used to grade assignments and create intelligent tutoring systems

      AI is being used throughout the university teaching. Professors can use AI to create plans that will help students be more engaged helping them learn at their own pace. AI can be used to see students data and seeing how they learn best. Having AI come up with ways that accommodate to each certain student. Once they have AI grade homework or any assignments. This can help student learn and even using AI as a tutor. Once they get any feedback they can use AI to help create plans and tutors for them.

    46. Cloud Networks: a cloud network is a network of remote servers hosted on the internet that are used to store, process, and manage data. In healthcare, cloud networks can be used to store and access patient data, as well as to run AI and ML algorithms. This provides doctors with secure, remote access to patient information, enabling them to provide better care for their patients.

      This section explains the role of cloud networks in healthcare, showing how they make patient data storage and access more efficient and secure. By allowing providers to run AI and machine learning algorithms on remote servers, doctors can quickly access important information and use it to make better clinical decisions. It also highlights how cloud networks support remote access, meaning physicians can deliver care even outside traditional hospital settings, which improves timeliness and quality of care for patients

    47. AI can increase transparency in healthcare by providing patients with more information about their health and the treatments they are receiving. This can empower patients to make informed decisions about their care and help to build trust between patients and healthcare providers.

      This sentence highlights how AI can strengthen the patient-provider relationship by making healthcare more transparent. When patients have access to their own health information and treatment details, they are not left in the dark and can actively participate in decision-making. This shift not only empowers patients to take more control over their health but also builds trust, since providers are seen as open and collaborative rather than withholding information. It shows AI’s role not just in clinical accuracy, but also in promoting equity and shared decision-making in healthcare.

    1. What is the history of this organization? (mission statement, when was it founded, by who was founded, etc.) How would you describe the organizations identity, and is it congruent with its image? determine the organizations mission statements and values then from there look at it from an outsiders perspective.

    2. The lakeside family service agency was orginally founded by the methdolist church. In the 40s and 30s it was the recipient of generous contributions from united way. in the 70s united way took prizitizng the service.

    3. The organization became more focused on adherence to policies and procedures rather then achievement of appropriate case outcomes. ALL decisions about cases had to pass through and be signed by a supervisor.

    4. 1) growing population of the county 2) retirement of current management staff Brought in a professional in insurance, things quickly drifted from its original form. Noticeable changes in its structure, with defined work units, and reporting lines from entry level all the way to the director.

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    1. interesting dichotomy between a writers attitude in writing for an intended, intellectual audience vs an unintended audience; while writing for the blog, okolloh is focused on capturing her feelings/emotions however, she claims to be introverted when a book opportunity is presented

    2. removinganonymity can bring in accountability, since people are less likely tobe abusive if their actual name is attached to the abuse

      I feel like this is so important in the modern age of social media. anonymity allows individuals to be evil online without repercussions.

    3. "Even if I was publishing it to no one, it's just the threat of anaudience,

      The idea that an audience sharpens thought brings up ideas of Thompson’s example with children solving puzzles

    4. As he peckedaway at the keyboard, trying out different ideas, Weinberg slowlyrealized what interested him most about the movie.

      writing forces you to dig deeper into your thoughts

    1. To assess the variables, a seven-point Likert scale (1= “Strongly disagree” to 7 = “Strongly agree”) was used.The survey instrument employed in the study includedseven constructs with 28 scale item measures that werein line with previous conceptualizations

      Description of what measures are used in such a research article is very helpful as the graphs used are helpful in knowing what is changing.

    2. Involvement, like motivation, is a feeling that devel-ops within the mind of the customer. Involvement isdefined as “a person’s perceived relevance of theobject based upon inherent needs, values, andinterests

      I find it interesting that we get a full description of the idea of involvement in such a different way than of what the technical parts of the article such as what AI, Augmented Reality, or Virtual Reality are presented.

    3. Marketers should note that any-one who has visited the app is a potential customer. Asper the findings of this study, if the consumer is notfinding any value in the currently available product, hewill not indulge in the UBI. Therefore, companiesshould offer innovative products, introduce new pro-duct lines, and widen their offerings so potential con-sumers may find something to engage with.

      More use of past tense. should also is used as a qualifier here to promote.

    4. the study explores sen-sory perceptions’ influence on the UBI and the media-tion effect of emotional states for virtual eyewear

      Passive voice was used through the entire article.

    5. touch.38 Haptics in thevirtual environment involves the utilization of hapticinterfaces, like smartphones and AR technologies, toenable consumers to touch, feel, and move items inimmersive virtual settings.39 The second sensory experi-ence, “Visual Sensation”, has been recognized as thehighly prominent of all the senses.

      Three different citations here but no attribution.

    6. earlier research has explored the impact of ARapps mainly in the context of various hedonic productssuch as makeup, clothing, and gaming.

      No attribution here just a link to the citations page

    7. The authors contend that both external stimuli and con-sumers’ internal emotional states are crucial in under-standing impulsive buying.

      Example of passive voice as well as qualifier.

    8. In physical retailing stores, interiors like lighting, color,music, scent, and exteriors such as storefront windowdesign, landscaping in the vicinity of the store, and wall-mounted flags elicit consumers’ emotional responses.1Retailers use these cues to tweak the shopping surround-ings to stimulate emotions of consumers to increase thelikelihood of making purchases.1 These cues were termedas atmospherics by Kotler.2

      Easy to understand description of atmospherics.

    1. Since GPLv3 split "the GPL", a lot of programmers (and companies) categorically refuse to get GPL code on them anymore.

      I have not come across that. I have only come across an allergy to GPLv3 in particular. And all those companies are seemingly happy to continue shipping GPLv2(+), as the next sentence indicates re Apple.

    2. Before this, copyleft was simple and let programmers ignore most of the legal issues around software licensing. We had a universal receiver license acting as a terminal node in a directed graph of license convertibility, and had a simple binary decision: "is this license GPL compatible or not?" If it is, treat it like the one license we're familiar with, if not ignore it. And we're done, we don't have to be lawyers. But with GPLv3, you now have to police all your contributions because "it's GPL" doesn't mean "my project can use it".

      I dunno. "Is this licensed as GPLv2-or-later (or compatible)?" still works (and is really the same question that was being asked all along)—nothing really has changed (except for the proliferation of projects that are a GPL for which the relevant answer is "no"—but, still, the question didn't change).

    1. As Fritz and his team found, music and the emotions it conveys are cultural universals.

      comment Music is part of every one culture .Music helps each culture to express their emotions as well as relax at times. Music is relatable to everyones culture. Music helps you to release emotions with dancing and singing and relating to the music that is playing .

    2. In the U.S., by contrast, individuals are expected to leave home and live independently for a period before forming a family unit that consists of parents and their offspring

      comment... In the U.S. Americans are taught to be independent and to accomplish things on your own and also to use your own judgment of thought . Generally speaking i believe americans worker harder than other cultures believe.

    3. But when boarding a bus in Cairo, Egypt, passengers might board while the bus is moving, because buses often do not come to a full stop to take on patrons.

      question.. How do the passengers get on a public bus that never stops moving?

    4. In other nations and in other times, marriages have been arranged through an intricate process of interviews and negotiations between entire families. In Papua New Guinea, almost 30 percent of women marry before the age of 18, and 8 percent of men have more than one wife (National Statistical Office, 2019).

      question .How do you learn to love some one you were forced to be with who is also allowed to have more than one wife?

    1. Voice refers to elements of the author’s tone, phrasing, and style that are recognizably unique to her or him. Having a distinctive, persuasive voice is crucial to engaging your audience — without it, your paper risks falling flat, no matter how much research you’ve compiled or how well you’ve followed other directions. Yes, academic writing has rules about format, style, and objectivity that you must follow, but this does not mean you can write boring, impersonal prose.

      the voice, tone and content of your work should be authentically yours and also at the same time reflect the same internal voice inside the mind of your target audience, down to what they tell themselves about your topic, and maybe even touching on the same exact thoughts and phrases that keep them up late at night

    2. When the tone matches the content, the audience will be more engaged, and you will build a stronger relationship with your readers.

      tone is usually reflected in the language that you choose to send your message with. In this case, you should be able to deliver your message using the words of the audience that you are targeting.

    3. Content may consist of examples, statistics, facts, anecdotes, testimonies, and observations, but no matter the type, the information must be appropriate and interesting for the audience and purpose.

      the best content for your audience is data and research that is uniquely relevant to your target audience. the longer you research your audience, the clearer your messaging becomes.

    1. Introduction: AI is now recently everywhere but we still need humans

  2. social-media-ethics-automation.github.io social-media-ethics-automation.github.io
    1. W3Schools. Python Lists. URL: https://www.w3schools.com/python/python_lists.asp (visited on 2023-11-24).

      I didn't know that there are four collection data types in the python programming language. The four types are list, tuple, set, and dictionary. I also learned how important it is that you know the different types of lists because they all effect the outcome of the code differently.

    2. Susan Goldberg. For Decades, National Geographic's Coverage Was Racist. To Rise Above Our Past, We Must Acknowledge It. National Geographic Magazine, March 2018. URL: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/article/from-the-editor-race-racism-history (visited on 2023-11-24).

      It is hard to break something that already formed as 'norm' or usual thing in people's mind. The first reason is that people often ignore something they think that is normal or usual, so the true problem could not be seen by the society. Another reason is that people usually don't want to admit their mistakes even they knew they were wrong. Therefore, we need articles like this to drag the entire society's attention, and then could influence the 'rule makers' to change the current situation.

    3. Anna Lauren Hoffmann. Data Violence and How Bad Engineering Choices Can Damage Society. Medium, April 2018. URL: {https://medium.com/@annaeveryday/data-violence-and-how-bad-engineering-choices-can-damage-society-39e44150e1d4} (visited on 2023-11-24).

      Hoffmann's concept of "data violence" resonates strongly with this chapter's discussion of how data practices encode social power. She argues that when engineers treat datasets as neutral, they overlook how design decisions--such as labeling conventions or exclusion of marginalized voices--can reproduce harm. I found this perspective particularly striking after reading the earlier part of chapter 4 on data collection and bias: it reframes technical errors not just as mistakes, but as moral and structural failures. It makes me think that ethical data work requires both tecinical literacy and historical awareness of inequality.

    1. Images are created by defining a grid of dots, called pixels. Each pixel has three numbers that define the color (red, green, and blue), and the grid is created as a list (rows) of lists (columns).

      I am very new to programming and computer all this computer stuff. I had no idea that images are pixels with three different numbers. I wonder how many possible images you can change and manipulate with numbers.

    1. Being resilient and motivated to persist through complex, frustrating, and difficult tasks without giving up. It is the motivation to get the job done correctly and the desire to progress. As a core component of resilience, it includes being optimistic, committed, and connected.

      This is definitely necessary to understanding because without perseverance we would get stuck at some point. perseverance is the only way to thrive in something.

    2. •       Inquisitiveness: An inclination to be curious and a desire to fully understand something, even if the complete answer isn't immediately known. It involves seeking to comprehend tasks, options, and limitations. In science, this is the drive to seek information and spot knowledge gaps.

      I feel like this is totally me. I have a desire to understand and learn things that I don't understand. I seek to know and to find answers which motivates me.

    1. Turn to the entire Levine poem "They Feed They Lion" and perform a close reading with your ears. Note places of assonance and rhyme. How do these patterns affect your reading of the poem?

      personally it made the poem feel a little difficult to follow along with

    1. The energy is provided by ATP. The sodium-potassium pump also requires carrier proteins. Carrier proteins bind with specific ions or molecules, and in doing so, they change shape. As carrier proteins change shape, they carry the ions or molecules across the membrane. Figure 5.8.2 shows in greater detail how the sodium-potassium pump works and the specific roles played by carrier proteins in this process.

      needs carrier protein to work

    1. When you undertake your utility calculus, you are, in essence, gathering and responding to data about the projected outcomes of a situation.

      I totally agreed with this idea. Sometimes people only want to hear what they want or come up an outcome that only benefit to them. In this case, people will try to find a reasonable explanation for their planned outcomes, which usually cause biases. The process and the solution are actually up side down in logistical procedure. To avoid this, we have to place our view in third person and sometimes need the peer-review process.

    1. Burning burning burning burning

      The annotation associated with this line references the Buddha’s Fire Sermon, and is where the line itself, and the idea of burning, is drawn from. Within the Fire Sermon, The Blessed One says, “All things are on fire. With the fire of passion, with the fire of hatred, with the fire of infatuation; with birth, old age, death, sorrow, lamentation, misery, grief, and despair are they on fire.” Fire and burning, within the sermon, are associated with feeling and sensation. “All things,” claims Buddha, “are on fire,” meaning all things, which are listed extensively throughout the sermon, are full of sensations and feelings. The passage claims further that “the learned and noble disciple conceives an aversion” for all sensation, and that said disciple must separate themselves, detach themselves, from sensation. Within the context of The Waste Land, the line “Burning, burning, burning, burning” comes at a point where the form of the poem is breaking down, and where references are becoming so intertwined it's difficult to know where you are. In that sense, sensations are everywhere yet nowhere. The sensations of the poem, which are so potent earlier in the section, become mixed up and muddled so that the reader, like the disciples of the Fire Sermon, have an aversion to those very same sensations. The Fire Sermon portion of The Waste Land follows the pattern of The Fire Sermon: attachment to sensation and sensation in everything, transformed into an extreme aversion to sensation. The chapter ends with the word “burning” sitting alone, uncapitalized. The single word ties back to the title, bookending the chapter with the teaching of the Buddha as the poem detaches from sensation.

    2. Sweet Thames, run softly till I end my song

      This line immediately stood out to me as adding to the conversation on voice. I wonder if in general the Thames has been referred to with a female identity or with a male identity (I am finding conflicting things online). I am leaning towards a female identity—not only would this follow the pattern thus far of silencing female voices/stories/identities, it also seems to make sense to me in the way that London was founded on the Thames and here has a kind of mother role (like a part of mother nature, almost). Cities were often started around rivers because a river is navigable, and provides a defensive advantage and fresh water.

      The speaker repeats this line three times. If the Thames is thought of as above, the speaker is silencing a primal force of nature, a silencing that far outdoes and at the same time solidifies those prior. It is also to be noted that the silencing taking place here is in direct relation to the rising up/over of the speaker’s voice—there is an apparent trade. The repetition seems to point to some resistance on part of the river. What is also interesting is the part in the third repetition “for I speak not loud.” This is not taken from Prothalamion. So if the speaker were just to speak louder then the river would not need to “run softly”?

      Coming out a bit, it doesn’t make much sense to me that the river Thames runs so loudly. Wouldn’t all the noise be coming from the surrounding city, especially by the time Eliot is writing? So perhaps, then, this line functions as a kind of longing call, to a time prior, a happier time, a time when this would really be the case—when/what Spenser is writing about (fleeting even as he describes it). But this is an impossible reality. Perhaps this extends to the reference to Carpenter’s work—a fruitless reaching to his call for the land’s “own people to come and take possession of it,” and perhaps also to his more general detailing of the river/bodies of water as uniting and foundational in that way. This relates to an idea explored a while back with waste lands being communal lands. Or, alternatively, it is possible that, in the case of silencing the river, this role of the river is being erased completely.

    3. Highbury bore me. Richmond and Kew Undid me. By Richmond I raised my knees Supine on the floor of a narrow canoe.' 'My feet are at Moorgate, and my heart Under my feet. After the event He wept. He promised "a new start."

      Upon reading these two stanzas, it appeared to me that they both might be spoken by the same narrator. Specifically, the same voice appeared to be maintained throughout the stanzas: the same clipped rhythm, and habit of geographically tracing the events of the person's life indicates to me that the lines recounted the events of a particular female individual in TWL. From there, I began to unpack the narrative the speaker was describing. Two moments stood out to me in particular.

      1a) Eliot’s phrase "Highbury bore me. Richmond and Kew / Undid me" mimics the lines spoken by the noblewoman La Pia in Dante's Purgatorio, in which she says: "'Siena made me, in Maremma I was undone" (Aligieri, line 134). She attributes her cause of death to her husband, saying “He knows how [I died], the one who, to marry me, / first gave the ring that held his stone’ (Aligieri, lines 135-6). Her “undoing” is the result of marital violence and betrayal, placing her among the many wronged women in The Waste Land—Philomela, Baudelaire’s unnamed sex worker, Ophelia—each undone by male lust, violence, or moral failure. However, in the waste land, the woman is undone not by violence in particular, but by the emotional futility of intimacy in the modern world.

      1b) I discovered a painting by Dante Rossetti entitled “Pia de’Tolomei” while researching more on La Pia. In the painting, La Pia is captured as she fiddles with her wedding ring, surrounded by a lush scenery of ivy overgrowth and a fig tree, as well as a sundial, letters, a prayer book, and the rosary lying beside her. The religious objects no doubt serve as testaments to her devout faith, whereas the sundial likely indicates the passage of time, and perhaps in reference to the time passing during her suffocating and unfulfilling marriage with her husband. The surrounding botany also forms a striking contrast to the barrenness of Eliot’s waste land. As a fruit-bearing tree, the fig tree reflects the physical vigor and health of La Pia, as well as her fertility. By contrast, the ivy—often associated with climbing and clinging—suggests the confinement and isolation of her unhappy marriage.

      2a) The speaker continues the same pattern of geographical mapping in the second stanza. It is here that the reader comes to most certainly understand that the voice belongs to a female speaker. She recalls an unfulfilling sexual encounter, dismissively calling it “the event,” followed by her partner’s promise of “a new start” (Eliot, lines 297–98). However, her partner only weeps afterwards. While La Pia is undone by betrayal and violence, the speaker is undone by the recurring disappointment in sex, and by the emotional sterility of her relationships. In both cases, women appear as passive victims of the shortcomings of intimacy and romantic relationships.

      2b) The reference of “a new start” also echoes the poem’s larger preoccupation with fertility and regeneration, recalling the Fisher King myth. Yet the failure of this promise nods back to the spiritual barrenness of the modern world, in which intimacy is hollow, not sacred.

    1. Choose a poem from the Poetry Foundation’s featured poems and look again at Edward Hirsh’s definition of poem. How does this poem typify his explanation? Are there any ways in which it does not? Write a short response (300 words or less) explaining how you see your selected poem in relation to Hirsch’s definitio

      While reading a poem about thorn bushes, I realized that Hirsch is right, poems are like a sort of virtual reality. Something that you have never experienced first hand feels like a movie scene while being read just due to the language and imagery in the poem

    1. This is the firstdecision from an international human rights bodythat explicitly recognizes that the prohibition andcriminalization of abortion is a human rights vio-lation in and of itself.

      Mellet v. ireland was a milestone where the UN Human Rights Committee declared that banning abortion violates international law. It marks a shift towards viewing abortion not as an exception, but as a core human right.

    2. authorizing access to safe and legalabortion services only on certain grounds under-mines women’s autonomy and decision making byforcing them to carry to term pregnancies againsttheir will

      This critiques the "limited grounds" approach, when abortion is allowed only in cases like rape or health risk. The authors argue that this still denies women full autonomy and treats reproductive freedom as conditional rather than inherent.

    3. In 2006, the Colombian ConstitutionalCourt issued a groundbreaking decision over-turning the criminalization of abortion under allcircumstances and finding that, in order to protectwomen’s human rights, abortion must be permit-ted—at a minimum—when pregnancy poses a riskto the woman’s life or physical or mental health;when it results from rape, incest, or unwanted im-pregnation; or when the fetus has an impairmentincompatible with life. 2

      This case is a turning point that shows how international human rights principles directly influenced national law. It connects global norms to real world policy, showing how human rights language can redefine legal frameworks

    4. formal legal recognition of these rights isonly a first step toward enabling women to accessabortion care; the complex task of fully implement-ing such laws is essential for guaranteeing women’sand girls’ ability to exercise their reproductiverights.

      I agree with this point. It's not enough to just pass a law saying abortion is legal if people still can't get it safely or afford it. I think this shows how human rights don't really mean much unless theyre actually put into action

    5. Theseincreasingly progressive standards have played a critical role in transforming national-level abortionlaws by both influencing domestic high court decisions on abortion and serving as a critical resource inadvancing law and policy reform.

      This shows how international human rights can actually change real laws in different countries. I thinks its interesting how global agreements can pressure local governments to update outdated laws. It makes me realize how connected the world is when it comes to human rights.

    6. Therefore, the court determinedthat all women and girls who become pregnant asa result of rape can access legal abortion services.Furthermore, the court clarified that these womenand girls are not required to provide evidence of therape or to receive judicial authorization before pro-curing an abortion. To this end, the court invokedUN treaty body standards reprimanding Argentinafor failing to guarantee timely access to legal abor-tion services and for the judiciary’s “interference”with such access

      Decision simplifies access to legal abortion for women and girls who became pregnant due to rape by removing the need for proof or judicial approval by relying international rights standards it holds the state accountable for ensuring timely and unimpeded access to abortion service.

    7. They have condemned absolutebans on abortion as being incompatible with inter-national human rights norms and have urged statesto eliminate punitive measures for women and girlswho undergo abortions and for health care provid-ers who deliver abortion services. 10 Moreover, theyhave called on states to decriminalize abortion, ata minimum, when the pregnancy poses a risk tothe woman’s life or health, when the pregnancyresults from rape or incest, and in cases of severefetal abnormality. 11 Furthermore, in the landmarkcase of L.C. v. Peru, the Committee on the Elimi-nation of Discrimination against Women (CEDAWCommittee) explicitly instructed a state party todecriminalize abortion in cases of rape, markingthe first instance in which a human rights body hasexplicitly directed a state to liberalize its abortionlaw as a result of an individual communication

      I agree because it shows that international human rights groups are clear about how harmful absolute abortion bans are. They push laws that protect women's rights and health, especially in serious situation like rape or health risk. The fact that CEDAW has directly told the country to change its law highlights how important these protections are and.Human rights can drive real legal progress.

    8. International and regional human rights normshave also been a key tool in lobbying and influencinglegislatures to liberalize abortion laws and establishpolicies to ensure access to safe and legal abortionservices. For example, in 2010, Spain enacted asexual and reproductive health law authorizingabortion without restriction as to reason. The lawitself indicates that it seeks to bring Spain in linewith the “international consensus” on reproductiverights. It explicitly looks to CEDAW’s recognitionof the unique impact of pregnancy and childbear-ing on women and considers the Convention on theRights of Persons with Disabilities’ reproductiverights protections.53

      It shows how international human rights laws like CEDW really influence countries to help improve our abortion access. Spain's law is a good example of how the following global standards can lead to more freedom and better production for rights for women. Recognizing the special challenges. It also shows how important these agreements are pushing for a positive change.

    1. Annotation has been practiced for thousands of years as a way to improvereading.

      I wonder who came up with the idea of annotating, and how they thought of it.

    2. How might social annotation fit into your course? For what pur-poses might you begin conversations in the margins of the textsyou read with your class?

      Because this is an online class, this can take the place of in classroom discussions between students. On top of students sharing their thoughts with each other, it also allows students to learn from each other.

    1. Homo sapiens

      Our full name is now Homo sapiens sapiens, which means "wiser Homo sapiens," a subspecies of Homo sapiens used to distinguish it from earlier Homo sapiens (Homo sapiens neanderthalensis, the Neanderthals).(from internet)

    2. the study of people living together in groups, as families, tribes,communities, etc.’

      The study examined how humans live and emphasized that humans live in groups.

    Annotators

    1. n small groups, students will design a geography lesson plan for one grade level (K–8) using the providedSOU template

      I am excited to make a lesson plan based on the class content.

    2. All assignments, unless otherwise noted, may be submitted up to seven days afterthe due date with the instructor’s advance approval

      I noticed we are given a grace period for some assignments.

    3. ED 270 provides students with a deep understanding of the Earth’s terrain and the complexity of humanlife in regard to people, places, population, health, migration, languages, religions, political geography,development, settlements, folk and popular culture.

      I like that we are focusing more on how people from other cultures interact rather than reading maps.

    1. s. The internet has become more central to the television medium, with both official and illicit downloadable shows, transmedia narrative extensions, and the rise of sites like Hulu and YouTube as alternative ways to view a wide range of programming

      Streaming services are more dominant than cable television today. Almost every show that you want to watch is now on a streaming platform.

    1. Postcard of the ‘Language of Stamps’ and an example of a tilted stamp, 1915 & 1908 (2005-0082/73 & 2014-0038/032) When you’ve selected your stamp you could also use the Language of Stamps to send a hidden message to the receiver. By angling the stamp left, right or even upside down it conveys a different meaning.

      这也有讲究啊

    1. Broadcast TV on the other hand carries large amounts of non-fiction:news, documentaries, announcements, weather forecasts, various kinds ofsegments that are purely televisual in their characteristic f

      I feel like with tv and shows today there are so many shows of different genres chose from. But I do believe that cinema have strayed away from nonfiction.

    2. but also because of the attention span that TV assumes of itsaudience, and the fact that memory of the particular series in all its detailcannot be assume

      This is where I think atmosphere has to play a big part when it comes to watching tv and cinema. When you’re watching tv at home you are more susceptible to distraction or even falling asleep. The comfort if your home is a big contrast compared to a theatre.

    3. but also because of the attention span that TV assumes of itsaudience, and the fact that memory of the particular series in all its detailcannot be assumed. People switch on in the middle and get hooked; theymiss an episode or two; someone phones up in the m

      I feel like there is an assumption that people who watch tv are multitasking or distracted while watching. That’s the big difference between cinema. When at a theatre all of your attention is on the movie, causing you to be more immersed in the film.

    4. The difference between TV and Cinema is the repetition that is developed throughout each media. Films being “closed system” is referring to how most films are portrayed. Often being predictable before the movie is over. This is due to the amount of time that the film is. The problem is introduced, characters go through some type of adversity, the climax happens, and then there is closure. With a TV show the problem can be extended through various episodes, adding depth and new doorways for other material to be introduced.

    5. material as possible and to balance kinds of repetition and innovationagainst each other, the TV form is more open-ended. It is a pattern ofrepetition that is far more centred on the narrative problematic than incinema. Cinema’s single texts tend to inaugurate a novel problematic, anew story subject, for each fil

      The difference between TV and Cinema is the repetition that is developed throughout each media. Films being “closed system” is referring to how most films are portrayed. Often being predictable before the movie is over. This is due to the amount of time that the film is. The problem is introduced, characters go through some type of adversity, the climax happens, and then there is closure. With a TV show the problem can be extended through various episodes, adding depth and new doorways for other material to be introduced.

    6. There is no real difference in narrational form between news and soapopera. The distinction is at another level: that of source of mate

      News programs and soap operas have similar structure and effectiveness on their respective viewers. Both programs similarly display ongoing crises that may lead to cliffhangers. The only thing that separates them is how the information is being portrayed. The news is straight forward because it’s informational and soap operas use characters to relay the information.

    1. Thus, when designers of social media systems make decisions about how data will be saved and what constraints will be put on the data, they are making decisions about who will get a better experience. Based on these decisions, some people will fit naturally into the data system, while others will have to put in extra work to make themselves fit, and others will have to modify themselves or misrepresent themselves to fit into the system.

      I found this section particularly thought-provoking because it shows how neutral design decisions can quietly define who belongs in a system. As someone who has filled out many online forms as an international student, I've often experienced exactly what this paragraph describes--forms that assume every user lives in the U.S. or has a "first" and "last" name that fits English conventions. It reminds me that "fitting into the data" isn't just about usability but also about representation and identity. The example of address fields illustrates how technical defaults can privilege one group's reality while making others invisible. It makes me wonder how many times I've unconsciously adapted myself to technology, rather than technology adapting to me.

    1. Solitary, the thrush, The hermit, withdrawn to himself, avoiding the settlements, Sings by himself a song.

      In the quiet woods, the bird captures the essence of Romanticism. Away from society, it finds its own voice in wild nature. Its lonely song reflects the speaker's deep sadness. Whitman turns the bird into a symbol of grief, showing how nature can share in human emotion.

    2. When lilacs last in the door-yard bloom’d, And the great star early droop’d in the western sky in the night, I mourn’d—and yet shall mourn with ever-returning spring

      In the opening lines, Whitman connects nature with a human emotion, which is an integral charactersitc of romanticism. The lilac, star, and spring season aren't just imagery, but reflections upon the poet's mourning for the death of Abraham Lincoln.

    1. “The Internet is the first thing that humanity has built that humanity doesn’t understand, the largest experiment in anarchy that we have ever had.”

      With this take I don't necessarily agree with the idea of the way they worded it .However i can say from the beginning of the internet it has gotten more advance to the point where it might seem as if it very hard to understand I can say It has also had impact on social norms and a influence in our communities.

    1. Government communications products and activities are timely, accurate, clear, objective, non-partisan, cost-effective, in both official languages, and meet the diverse information needs of the public and Government of Canada employees;

    2. Government of Canada communications are non-partisan, effectively managed, well coordinated, clear and responsive to the diverse information needs of the public and Government of Canada employees;

    1. Did the user(s) directly provide that data, or was it collected automatically by the social media site?

      Most of the data we see on the surface is provided by the users. Such as videos, profile pictures, what they captioned with, etc. Most data collected automatically isn't shown, such as your scrolling patterns.

    1. The text Successful Writing stresses that when you perform research, you are essentially trying to solve a mystery—you want to know how something works or why something happened.

      Research what you are writing about to make a stronger argument in your favor.

    1. Where supply and benefit do not scale linearlywith each other—as is the case for most services—an analysis thatuses supply as a proxy is likely to misidentify where and how peoplewould be impacted by a change in land use or management

      why we need ot study the entire chain, with an emphasis on beneficiaries

    1. What would it take for you to move to the mountains? MountainBlog Annina UZH Tuesday, 28 January 2025 8426 Hits 0 Comments Written by Tamar Kutubidze, Nini Lagvilava, Sonja Lussi & Charlene ZehnderA collaboration between students from Tbilisi State University and the University of Zurich Imagine a serene village nestled in the Swiss Alps, with breathtaking views and quiet streets that seem straight out of a storybook. Now, imagine this village isn't just a fairytale, it is a place willing to pay you to call it home. Welcome to Albinen, a small village in the Valais mountains of Switzerland. Perched 1'300 meters above sea level, Albinen has only 240 residents (SWI swissinfo, 2017). In 2017, facing a bleak future, Albinen took a bold step. The plan? Offer monetary incentives to attract new residents. To qualify, applicants needed to be under 45, commit to staying at least 10 years, and invest 200'000 Swiss Francs in property development (Siebrecht, 2017).Fast forward to seven years later: has the plan worked? Albinen's goal was modest, to attract five families in five years, with the hope of ten families in ten years. By 2022, the initiative looked promising on paper. Albinen approved 17 applications, supported 31 adults and 16 children, and spent CHF 710'000. However, the head of the municipality remains unconvinced (Lynch 2023). Despite the program's success in applications, Albinen's population dropped from 273 to 262 between 2017-2023 (Metry 2024). Infrastructure challenges remain a significant issue, and integration has been slow. A local of Albinen reported that newly arrived residents are rarely seen in the village (Lynch 2023), sparking concerns that they might view Albinen as a second-home destination rather than a permanent community. This leads us to ask: are these newcomers committed to revitalizing Albinen, or are they simply seeking a picturesque retreat? Svaneti, Georgia. (Image source: https://www.caucasus-trekking.com/regions/svaneti) Albinen, Switzerland. (Image source: https://www.borghisvizzera.ch/de/scheda/albinen) Depopulation of mountainous regions isn't unique to Albinen. It's also a challenge in Georgia's Caucasus Mountains, where issues like limited infrastructure, rural economies, and poor connectivity drive people to seek better opportunities in the lowlands (Telbisz, et al., 2020). The Georgian government addresses this by offering financial aid, agricultural subsidies, and housing support in remote areas. In regions like Svaneti and Tusheti, eco-tourism initiatives are combined with efforts to encourage permanent settlement. Mountain regions in both countries, Georgia, and Switzerland, therefore, face similar issues with depopulation. Almost a quarter of the population lives in the Alps, yet many mountain villages are seeing dwindling numbers (Alpenkonvention, 2015). While the approaches differ, both countries share the same goal: revitalization. Albinen's initiative drew international media attention and still receives up to 100 applications daily from Germany, Austria, Croatia, Sri Lanka, Mexico, and Brazil (Hess 2017). The problem: the press omitted key details, giving people from around the world false hope for a better life in Switzerland. Most applications fail to meet the requirements, creating unnecessary work for the municipality (Lynch 2023). While Albinen achieved its target of attracting families, its deeper goal of transforming into a thriving, cohesive community remains elusive.Research suggests that successful revitalization initiatives require more than financial incentives. They need robust infrastructure, opportunities for community engagement, and long-term planning (Telbisz et al., 2020). In Georgia, the stakes are high. Mountain villages are more than homes; they are living monuments to ancient traditions, music, and architecture. Revitalizing these areas could preserve a unique cultural heritage while supporting ecological sustainability. However, achieving this requires a balanced approach that ensures both integration and sustainable development. With the right strategies, Georgia's mountain villages could thrive again as vibrant, self-sustaining communities.So, what would it take for you to move to the mountains? Would breathtaking views and monetary incentives be enough, or does it take something deeper, like a sense of belonging? The examples of Albinen, Svaneti and Tusheti offer no easy solutions but invite us to reflect on what truly makes a place feel like home.

      მოცემული ბლოგი განხილავს და მაქსიმალური სიზუსტით აღწერს მაღალმთიან რეგიონებში არსებულ ყველაზე რთულ და აქტუალურ პრობლემას-ტერიტორიის მოსახლებისგან დაცლას. ბლოგის ავტორები გვაცნობენ შვეიცარიის ალპურ ზონაში არსებულ პატარა სოფელ ალბინენს. მოსახლეოობის სიმწირის პრობლემის აღმოსაფხვრელად სახელმწიფო იძულებული გახდა შეემუშავებინა ახალი ფინანსური დახმარების პროექტი, რომელსაც მათი აზრით უნდა გაეზარდა მოსახლეობის დაინტერესება და მოტივაცია ეცხოვრათ და კვლავ შეეტანათ ახალი სიცოცხლე მაღალმთიან რეგიონში. ინიციატივის შედეგებმა (სოფლის მოსახლეობა შემცირდა 273დან 262მდე) ცხადყო, რომ მხოლოდ ფინანსური წახალისება არაა საკმარისი ისეთ პირობებში საცხოვრებლად სადაც მწირია ინფრასტრუქტურული, სოციალური, კულტურული განვითარებისა და უზრუნველყოფის შანსები. ბლოგი პარალელეს ავლებს საქართველოს მაღალმთიან რეგიონებთან-სვანეთთან და თუშეთთან, სადაც ანალოგიური პრობლემები დიდი ხანია არსებობს. სოფლები იცლება ეკონომიკური განვითარების არარსებობის გამო. საქართველოც ანალოგიურად ცდილობს რეგიონის გაძლიერებას ფინანსური დახმარებებით, ეკოტურიზმის განვითარებით, თუმცა პროცესი შეუქცევადია, საქართველოს მთიანი რეგიონები ნელ-ნელა იცლება მოსახლეობისგან. ბლოგზე დაყრდნობით შეგვიძლია დავასკვნათ რომ მსგავსი პრობლემების აღმოფხვრა შეუძლებელია მხოლოდ ფინანსური სტიმულებით. აუცილებელია ინფრასტრუქტურის განვითარება, სოციალური ცხოვრების გაუმჯობესება, თუნდაც იმისთვის, რომ ახალი მოსახლეობა მარტივად ინტეგრირდეს გარემოსთან, ისეთი პროცესების უზრუნველყოფა, რაც გაზრდის კულტურულად და სოციალურად აქტიური ცხოვრების არსებობის შესაძლებლობას.

    1. While the Church of England is the officialstate religion, one respondent characterized En-gland as “a country with a very depleted religioustradition.” Other interviewees highlighted that En-gland is a “multi-faith, multi-ethnic, multi-culturalsociety” committed to honoring diversity while alsoensuring that differing views do not intrude on one

      this stood out to me due to religion to this day is talked about when it comes to abortion. Some using religion to go against abortions. This intriguing due to the fact many religious people don't follow the rules of their religion to a tea, but when it comes to certain topics they pick and choose.

    1. At the national level, however, wheredecisions about conservation are generallymade, large-scale logging currently providesbetter economic returns.

      oop. that's a problem!

    2. significant economic cost to the internationalcommunity ($68 million to $645 million)

      local = better without logging national = better with logging (more $$) international = better without logging

    3. Masoala Peninsula, one ofMadagascar’s most important reservoirs ofbiodiversity, would perhaps have become aforestry concession instead of a national park

      this is a great example of how it is much easier for people to see "value" in terms of $$. Even though there are numerous ecossytem services provided by the forests existing AND it hosts a biodiverse ecosystem, policymakers would STILL quickly turn to logging instead because it is more "profitable"

    4. At the local level, we found that commu-nities would lose significant economic bene-fits if lands they were to use for community-based sustainable forest management andtourism were placed in large-scale loggingconcessions, whether sustainable or no

      economic loss if converted to logging practices

    5. Ben-efits included employment, foreign aid, tour-ism, and the sustainable production of forestproducts, watershed protection, and carbonconservation resulting from prevention ofprojected deforestation

      [benefits]

    6. national governments oftenmake large-scale natural resource decisionsaffecting conservation, and the internationalcommunity sponsors conservation throughforeign aid and technical assistance

      importance of larger-scale incentives

    1. ჯილდოებმა ბევრი მინიშნება არ მოგვცა, მაგრამ ვენეციაში ხშირად იწყება საუკეთესო მსახიობი მამაკაცის კამპანიები, მაგალითად ხოაკინ ფენიქსის Joker, ბრენდან ფრეიზერის The Whale და ედრიენ ბროუდის The Brutalist. წლევანდელი ყველაზე თვალსაჩინო კანდიდატი, ვინც შეიძლება ოსკარისკენ წავიდეს, არის დუეინ ჯონსონი, რომელმაც MMA მებრძოლი მარკ კერი განასახიერა ფილმში The Smashing Machine. ემა სტოუნი და ჯესი პლემონსი უცნაურ და მძაფრ წყვილად წარსდგნენ — გატაცებულისა და გამტაცებლის როლებში იორგოს ლანთიმოსის პროვოკაციულ ფილმში — Bugonia. ოსკარ აიზეკი ვიქტორ ფრანკენშტეინს განასახიერებდა როგორც რომანტიკულ, შეშლილ მეცნიერს, ხოლო ჯეიკობ ელორდი მონსტრი იყო — გულწრფელი და დაუცველი. ამანდა სეიფრიდმა ადამიანური, ფემინისტური სახე მისცა რელიგიურ სექტას "შეიკერს" ფილმში The Testament of Ann Lee, ხოლო ჯულია რობერტსმა თავისი მსახიობური ოსტატობა აჩვენა ფილმში After the Hunt, სადაც იგი იელის უნივერსიტეტის ფილოსოფიის პროფესორის როლშია, კოლეგის წინააღმდეგ წაყენებული ბრალდებების ფონზე.

      ვენეციის ფესტივალმა ოსკარის სეზონის ფავორიტები გამოკვეთა. მთავარი ყურადღება დუეინ ჯონსონმა მიიპყრო ფილმით The Smashing Machine, ასევე გამოირჩნენ ემა სტოუნი და ჯესი პლემონსი ლანთიმოსის Bugonia-ში, ჯულია რობერტსი After the Hunt-ში და ამანდა სეიფრიდი The Testament of Ann Lee-ში. ჩემთვის ვენეციის ფესტივალი წელს განსაკუთრებით ძლიერი იყო, დუეინ ჯონსონის გარდასახვა გამორჩეული მომენტი იყო, ხოლო ემა სტოუნი მის უნიკალურობას კვლავ ამტკიცებს. ვფიქრობ, ოსკარების სეზონი ამჯერად ძალიან საინტერესო იქნება.

    1. By adding the perspective of Native America we have the potential to enrich and enlarge our understanding of human nature, political theory, history, and perhaps most importantly, our view of the potential for internation

      making the argument that native America should be brought into the international society.

    1. Path Parameters and Numeric Validations¶ In the same way that you can declare more validations and metadata for query parameters with Query, you can declare the same type of validations and metadata for path parameters with Path.

      TLDR: Use Annotated

    1. The advantage of the above protocols is that they can be adapted to any type of WSN application. Interestingly, without a specific application and its requirements, we can see that each protocol deals with some requirements and ignores others. None of the existing protocols deals with specific requirements simultaneously like Energy efficiency (and subsequently network lifetime), reliability, real time responsiveness, scalability and reactivity. Thus, the application of these protocols in a specific application of forest fire detection (which requires to meet all the aforementio

      Cet extrait m'intérèsse!

    1. In reality, Arizona already has large numbers of data centers throughout the state. They collectively use about 1/50th as much water as just the golf courses in Arizona, but generate more tax revenue than the golf industry. Building data centers in the desert has been normal for a while and doesn’t harm water access. Here’s a comparison2 of water usage for data centers and golf courses in the county in Arizona with the most data water draw

      Are golf courses and datacentres in the same place, and the same water basin though?

    1. The data sample of Soulier et al. (36) was limited, in that it included only appellate cases and therefore did not include verdicts in state trial courts that are not appealed or cases settled before trial.

      The data sample of Soulier et al. (36) was limited, in that it included only appellate cases and therefore did not include verdicts in state trial courts that are not appealed or cases settled before trial.

    2. Ultimately, we conclude that the courts converge on three themes of the duty to warn or protect: hold therapists liable only in obvious cases of negligence that result in harm to a victim; recognize when a state has a permissive statute, rather than an obligatory one; and do not hold therapists liable for violence that occurs well after the termination of therapy (37). We note that these narrow interpretations of therapist liability stand in contrast to earlier rulings that ignored the language of the statutes and interpreted broad liability, such as cases in which therapists were held liable for motor vehicle accidents that occurred months after termination of therapy

      "Ultimately, we conclude that the courts converge on three themes of the duty to warn or protect: hold therapists liable only in obvious cases of negligence that result in harm to a victim; recognize when a state has a permissive statute, rather than an obligatory one; and do not hold therapists liable for violence that occurs well after the termination of therapy (37). We note that these narrow interpretations of therapist liability stand in contrast to earlier rulings that ignored the language of the statutes and interpreted broad liability, such as cases in which therapists were held liable for motor vehicle accidents that occurred months after termination of therapy"

    3. Mental health professionals were exonerated on the following bases: no imminent threat was communicated to a therapist about an identifiable victim; the victim was already aware of the danger; or the therapist warned the victim, but the victim took actions that went against the warning.

      "Mental health professionals were exonerated on the following bases: no imminent threat was communicated to a therapist about an identifiable victim; the victim was already aware of the danger; or the therapist warned the victim, but the victim took actions that went against the warning."

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    1. She was arrested and spent 49 days in jail before being granted bai

      Tamara Lich’s imprisonment highlights how stakeholder power and legitimacy can shift when activism crosses into perceived disruption, challenging governance boundaries between civil liberty and public order. Her case underscores the need for leaders to manage high-salience stakeholders through dialogue and transparency before conflict escalates into legal or ethical crises.

    2. In response to the imposition of a vaccine mandate on cross-border truckers, a large group of truckers from across Canadaconverged on Ottawa to protest the vaccine mandate and, moregenerally, COVID measures. The convoy that started on January22, attracted thousands of people that occupied the downtowncore streets opposite the Parliament buildings. The convoy protestreceived significant media coverage around the world andbecame an important symbol of resistance to COVID measures inCanada and in many other countries.

      This event illustrates how a single stakeholder group, when feeling unheard, can evolve into a powerful collective actor influencing national policy and public perception. It reminds leaders that in stakeholder management, silenced voices don’t disappear; they organize, and effective governance must engage early, transparently, and empathetically to prevent polarization.

    3. Some mainstream media appeared to go out of their way to belittle or shame those opposed to the measures,or to suppress/not report on studies or evidence that contradicted the mainstream narrative. For example,on August 26, 2021, the Toronto Star, one of the major newspapers in Ontario, included the followingcontroversial quote from social media on their front page: “I have no empathy for the wilfully unvaccinated.Let them die.

      This passage reveals how stakeholder influence can lead to bias when power and visibility overshadow ethical responsibility. The media, an essential stakeholder in any governance ecosystem, holds the power to shape narratives and public opinion; however, with that power comes a duty to uphold fairness, empathy, and transparency. When media discourse becomes punitive or moralizing, it silences legitimate concerns and narrows the scope of democratic dialogue. In stakeholder management, a balanced approach recognizes that even dissenting groups deserve representation and respect. Excluding or shaming them undermines both legitimacy and trust: two pillars of ethical governance. From my perspective, governance must never frame disagreement as defiance. Instead, it should protect freedom of choice and expression as part of the stakeholder landscape, ensuring that communication, even when tense, remains grounded in dignity and respect.

    4. The student trustee, Tabarak Al-Delaimi noted that her brother has autism spectrum disorder and is “non-verbal,” and so the way he communicates, makes sense of the world around him and understands histeachers is through their facial expressions and through reading their faces”, and so special needs studentsand educators know that masking is a problem, and thus is a mask exemption in these cases fair? Samson’sresponse was to “turn it around” and simply repeat that because some people cannot wear masks, anybodywho can should wear a mask.

      This passage touched me deeply because it reminds us that behind every policy are individuals with unique needs that can easily be overlooked. In stakeholder management, we often focus on groups with high power or urgency; however, this scenario reminds us that legitimacy and vulnerability also demand attention. Students with special needs are stakeholders whose voices are seldom heard directly; yet, the consequences of decisions profoundly affect them. Mitchell et al.’s salience theory encourages managers and leaders to evaluate who matters, and this must include those who may lack voice but not value. In governance, sensitivity toward small or marginalized groups is not an act of charity; it’s a matter of justice and ethical accountability. When decisions involve health, accessibility, or education, equity necessitates more nuanced solutions than one-size-fits-all approaches. Effective governance notices the quiet stakeholders, those whose well-being depends on thoughtful exemptions, flexibility, and empathy.

    5. I really do not want to start evicting people from this meeting but if you insist on causing a ruckusI will have to. Please keep you voices down while people are speaking.”

      Reading this moment, I felt both the weight and vulnerability of leadership. When emotions take over reason, leaders must carry not only the decision but also the temperature of the room. Chair Evans’s calm firmness demonstrates how emotional intelligence can become a governance tool. It’s not about silencing opposition but protecting the integrity of the process. In any stakeholder environment, whether a public board or a community meeting, trust grows when leaders manage disagreement with empathy and restraint. I’ve seen how a composed tone, a deep breath, or even a respectful pause can shift an entire discussion. In crisis moments, the most effective authority is not control; it’s a steady presence.

    6. The key trustees in favour of the mask mandates were Dr. Nili Kaplan-Myrth, Lyra Evans (the Chair) andJustine Bell. The opposition was led by trustees Donna Blackburn and Lynn Scott, and student trusteesTabarak Al-Delaimi and Antong Hou

      From experience, I’ve learned that the goal of governance isn’t perfect agreement; it is a shared understanding. When people feel their perspective has been heard, they become more open to compromise. Even during polarized moments, creating structured space for every stakeholder builds trust that lasts long after the vote is done.

    7. Both student trustees voted against the motion(their votes do not count).

      This small detail says a great deal about inclusion. Student voices were heard but not counted. In stakeholder terms, they had legitimacy but no power. I’ve seen similar imbalances, with younger or less experienced members being invited for diversity optics rather than genuine influence. Meaningful participation means ensuring that every voice has weight in shaping outcomes, not just being present in the room.

    8. he meeting restarted without the audience, as the audience was escorted out of the room under a policepresence

      When governance collapses into shouting, it’s a sign that the process has lost legitimacy. I recall that, in our school’s committee, before reaching a consensus on the mask policy, we first agreed on the rules of discussion: respect, turn-taking, and focusing on shared goals (protecting students). Once stakeholders feel respected, they are more likely to listen. It’s never just about the decision; it’s about how it is made.

    9. Many members of the audience were skeptical of the arguments made by these delegations. The claim ofno harm was in contradiction to the lived experience described by the parents—as such, these parents feltgaslighted by the “experts.”

      This passage captures a deep clash of epistemic worlds: lived experience versus data. As someone who worked on decisions where evidence confronted beliefs, I’ve learned that truth doesn’t speak for itself; it must be translated. Stakeholder management here means listening with empathy, not superiority. It’s not about who is right, but about how to rebuild trust across different forms of “knowing.”

    10. While the lockdown measuresthat were announced on March 17, 2020 in Ontario were marketed as intended to last for only a few weeks,most of the measures remained in place for more than 10 weeks.

      Promises that stretch beyond their limits create long-term distrust. In any governance structure, whether a school, a regulatory body, or a government, credibility is fragile. Once people feel deceived, they stop listening, even when the science is solid. In stakeholder terms, legitimacy erodes faster than it can be rebuilt. I’ve seen how transparency, even about uncertainty, is the only way to maintain engagement in times of crisis.

    11. The wearing or the refraining fromwearing of masks was an indicator of how the Trustees were going to vote on the Motion.

      It's striking how a simple public health tool turned into a symbol of identity. During the COVID-19 pandemic, I observed the same polarization within my kids' Catholic French school committee in Lebanon. Masks weren't just medical; they represented belief, trust, and even belonging. In moments like this, stakeholder management becomes emotional negotiation. It is crucial to understand that each position is rooted in fairness, religious beliefs, and personal values. I learned that leadership in polarized spaces isn't about convincing; it's about creating space for dialogue without judgment.

    1. h training step: LoRA training curves for various ranks on T

      high-rank LoRA and FullFT have identical curves. Medium/low rank fall off when they hit capacity limits. This is the visual proof of the main claim.

    2. We investigated the effects of applying LoRA to different layers in the network. The original paper by Hu et al. recommended applying LoRA only to the attention matrices, and many subsequent papers followed suit, though a recent trend has been to apply it to all layers.Similar to our results, the QLoRA paper also found that LoRA performed worse than MLP or MLP+attention, though they found that MLP+attention > MLP > attention, whereas we found the first two to be roughly equal. Indeed, we achieved far better results when applying LoRA to all layers, in particular, the MLP (including MoE) layers. In fact, applying LoRA to the attention matrices shows no additional benefits beyond applying it to the MLPs only.

      contradicts common practice of attention-only LoRA!

    3. We find that the optimal learning rate for FullFT is lower by a factor of 10 than for high-rank LoRAs.See Biderman et al. (2024), Figure S1, for an experiment with sampling evals, which finds a similar 10x ratio. We’ll return to this in our discussion of LoRA hyperparameters later on. The optimal LR seems to be similar for all the LoRA runs across different ranks; we give a theoretical explanation for this finding below. However, there does seem to be some rank dependence, with lower optimal LR for rank=1 than for higher-rank LoRAs. The optimal LR changes by a factor of less than 2 between rank=4 and rank=512.

      Key practical finding, multiply by 10 when switching, at least until a better method is identified...

    4. A key finding from our experiments is that LoRA fully matches the learning performance of FullFT when running policy gradient algorithms for reinforcement learning, even with ranks as low as 1. For these experiments, we used a basic policy gradient algorithm with an importance sampling correction; objective=∑tplearnerpsamplerAdvt\text{objective} =\sum_t \frac{p_{\text{learner}}}{p_{\text{sampler}}} Adv_tobjective=∑t​psampler​plearner​​Advt​.See Your Efficient RL Framework Secretly Brings You Off-Policy RL Training We used a GRPO-like centering schemeDeepSeekMath: Pushing the Limits of Mathematical Reasoning in Open Language Models (Shao et al, 2024) where we sample multiple completions per problem and subtract the mean reward per group.

      Rank 1 is enough for LoRA when doing RL! Huge computational benefit!

    5. To speed up experiments, we restricted the samples to a length of 8192 tokens for training and evaluation. This sample length allows for backtracking and reasoning but limits the performance, relative to longer chain-of-thought

      Not just matching metrics - behaviors match too further strengthening the claim that LoRA is as robust as Full

    6. For supervised fine-tuning on small-to-medium-sized instruction-tuning and reasoning datasets, LoRA performs the same as full fine-tuning. For datasets that exceed LoRA capacity, LoRA underperforms FullFT. Rather than the loss reaching a distinct floor that it can’t go below, LoRA results in worse training efficiency that depends on the relationship between model capacity to dataset size. In some scenarios, LoRA is less tolerant of large batch sizes than full fine-tuning — it pays a larger penalty in loss as batch size increases beyond some point. This penalty is not mitigated by increasing the LoRA rank; it is a property of the product-of-matrices parametrization, which has different training dynamics than optimizing the original weight matrix. Even in small data settings, LoRA performs better when applied to all weight matrices, especially MLP and MoE layers. Attention-only LoRA underperforms even when we match the number of trainable parameters by using higher rank for attention-only LoRA. LoRA performs equivalently to FullFT for reinforcement learning even with small ranks. We find that RL requires very low capacity, a result we anticipated based on information-theoretical arguments.

      For 2. The fact that training efficiency is worse seems to indicate that we somehow keep on refining the combination of components that we encode to better fit the dataset, but still have the fundamental limitation of not enough directions. For 3, this is not quite understood or explained well, only the throwaway line regarding the product of matrices with no explanation

    7. In supervised learning, we measured log loss rather than employing sampling-based evals, with the same goal of generality in mind. Log loss measurement gives clean results and scaling laws over ranges of training steps and training parameters.

      Rather than focusing on specific samples, this paper looks for generalizable patterns

    8. Learning rates in short and long runs# The typical initialization of LoRA creates an implicit schedule of change in the effective learning rate. This leads to differences between short and long training runs, and some differences in the shape of learning curves compared to FullFT. At the start of training, BBB is initialized to zero. While BBB is very small, changes in AAA have negligible effects on the adapter BABABA which is added to the original network weights. As BBB grows larger, updates to AAA start to have a bigger impact on the network outputs, with the effective learning rate increasing over the course of training as BBB approaches AAA in scale. We found that by the end of the full training runs on the Tulu3 and OpenThoughts datasets, the BBB matrices ended up with larger spectral norms than the AAA matrices. This implies that the optimal LR should be set higher for shorter training runs. Preliminary evidence suggests an optimal multiplier around 15x over the FullFT for short runsBased on anecdotal evidence, the higher multiplier is effective under ~100 steps or so., converging to the aforementioned 10x multiplier for longer runs.

      The LR may be a product of the initialization more so than the inherent properties of the two methods.

    9. LoRA is applied to all layers of the network, especially the MLP/MoE layers which house most of the parameters. LoRA works well when not capacity constrained, i.e., the number of trainable parameters exceeds the amount of information to be learned, which can be estimated in terms of dataset size. When (1) is satisfied, we get similar learning dynamics to FullFT at the very start of training. Then, as per (2), LoRA continues to look like FullFT until we start reaching capacity limits.

      Here remember the "bits" argument for before O(1) for RL, O(tokens) for SFT

    10. One classic observation is that when minimizing log-loss, the total log-loss measured during the first epoch of training provides a measurement of the dataset’s description length. That is, an upper bound for the number of bits required to memorize the dataset. LLM datasets usually have a loss of around 1 bit (0.69 nats) per token, depending on dataset and model size.

      This is the way to estimate information content of your dataset. ~1 bit/token for typical LLM data

    11. Open questions# There are several questions related to our results that we would love to see investigated in the future: Sharpening our predictions of LoRA performance and the precise conditions under which it matches full fine-tuning. We have roughly characterized the regime of equal performance and can estimate the required capacity in terms of tokens or episodes, but we can’t yet make accurate forecasts. Our theoretical understanding of LoRA learning rates and training dynamics is limited. A fuller theory that explains the ratio between LoRA and FullFT learning rates would be valuable. How do LoRA variants such as PiSSAPiSSA: Principal Singular Values and Singular Vectors Adaptation of Large Language Models (Meng, Wang & Zhang, 2024) perform when measured according to the methodology in this article? There are various options for applying LoRA to MoE layers. LoRA users would benefit from an investigation into how well they perform, and how compatible each approach is with methods like tensor parallelism and expert parallelism that are important for large MoE models.

      The capacity predictions are still rough , would want a way to estimate the rank needed given dataaset and model sizes. Would want to better understand the LR to choose more than "10x the one for SFT" + How do you even find the one for SFT in the first place?

    12. The total number of multiply-adds is 2N2+6NR2N^2 + 6NR2N2+6NR. With R≪NR \ll NR≪N, this is slightly more than 23\frac{2}{3}32​ of 3N23N^23N2. If we plotted LoRA performance over FLOPsThis analysis omits FLOPs used for attention, which could be significant in long-context settings. instead of training steps, it would show a clear advantage over FullFT.

      Even beyond the memory and adapter benefits, we have also computational benefits in training

    13. . It seems wasteful to use a terabit of weights to represent updates from a gigabit or megabit of training data. This intuition has motivated parameter efficient fine-tuning (PEFT), which adjusts a large network by updating a much smaller set of parameters.

      This is the core of the paper, we have a mismatch between dataset size and model size whenever we do post training

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      @Valentin These forest plots are really hard to read, it's so dense without spacing. Let's work together on some ways of making it more informative.

      I'm also puzzled as to why so many papers are shown only one type of rating and not the other. I know that some of our evaluators did not give ratings like this, and in some cases, we didn't even encourage it. But why is it missing for some of the llms? Did it just not have time to finish processing it?

      Maybe it's a display issue? It seems that the papers that were rated highest in terms of these tiers by the human raters did not get rated by the LLMs. Or maybe it just didn't show up in the graph?