Journals

New Countryside

ISSN: 2758-1403

Publication Frequency: Quarterly

New Environmentally-Friendly Materials

ISSN: 2758-3163

Urban Planning and Construction

ISSN: 2759-0410

Transportation Development Research

ISSN: 2759-0429

Food and Drug Safety

ISSN: 2759-0445

Classical Literature

ISSN: 2759-0437

Cultural Arts Research and Development

ISSN: 2436-8539

Publication Frequency: quarterly

Linguistic Exploration

ISSN: 2759-7199

Applied Behavioral Health and Psychology

ISSN: 2760-3830

Philosophy and Realistic Reflection

ISSN: 2759-7172

Journal of Education and Learning Environments

ISSN: 2760-201X

Cultural Conflict and Integration

ISSN: 2759-7180

Sustainable Business and Management

ISSN: 2760-3822

Banking and Digital Finance

ISSN: 2760-3814

Mathematical Methods in Data Science

ISSN: 2760-408X

Global Communication and Media Studies

ISSN: 2760-4098

Journal of Healthy Aging and Longevity

ISSN: 2760-4276

Asia-Pacific Studies in Economy and Society

ISSN: 2760-4284

Quantum Materials and Applied Physics

ISSN: 2760-5159

Aquaculture and Marine Biotechnology

ISSN: 2760-5140

Media Psychology and Digital Behavior

ISSN: 2760-5590

Smart Materials and Urban Systems

ISSN: 2760-5604

Journal of Behavioral Economics and Policy

ISSN: 2760-2001

Plant Genetics and Diversity

ISSN: 2760-5612

Journal of Embodied Intelligence

ISSN: 2760-5701

Future Foods and Technologies

ISSN: 2760-571X

Journal of Intelligent and Autonomous Control

ISSN: 2760-5728

From Big Data to Dataism: Philosophical Reflections on Freedom, Labor, and Biological Inequality from a Historical Materialist Perspective

Grounded in the methodology of historical materialism, the article interprets dataism as a new configuration of power and ownership emerging within the digital mode of production. While big data technologies significantly enhance economic efficiency and scientific knowledge, they also generate structural risks for future society. The study analyzes four interrelated concerns. First, the concentration of data ownership may facilitate forms of algorithmic governance that threaten democratic institutions and individual autonomy. Second, the rapid development of artificial intelligence could restructure labor markets, leading to large-scale displacement and deepening socio-economic inequality. Third, the convergence of biotechnology and data analytics raises the possibility of biological stratification through genetic intervention. Fourth, personalized data profiling may intensify individualized forms of discrimination. Taken together, these developments suggest that dataism challenges not only distributive arrangements but also the normative foundations of freedom, equality, and human agency. The article argues that these risks require philosophical reflection and institutional responses aimed at preserving democratic autonomy and a shared human condition. Such responses include democratic oversight of data ownership, investment in education and human development, and the establishment of global legal–ethical frameworks for emerging genetic technologies.

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New Countryside
Article

University, Family Farming and Agroecological Transition: Systematization of an Extension Experience in Conservation Agriculture

Food insecurity in contexts of socio-environmental vulnerability requires strategies that integrate sustainable production with the strengthening of local capacities. This article systematizes the experience of the Universidad de Oriente (Cuba) in supporting Family Farming (FF) systems for the adoption of Conservation Agriculture (CA) principles in the Santiago de Cuba municipality during the period 2010–2025. To critically reconstruct this experience and identify the main facilitators, obstacles, and lessons learned for the agroecological transition, a case study with a mixed approach was carried out, which included: (a) documentary review of 48 project reports, theses and training materials generated by the university; (b) application of a structured survey to farmers of 120 family plots in five localities (2025); and (c) conducting 15 semi-structured interviews with key producers, extension workers and academics (2023–2025). The results show that 65% of the plots adopt practices compatible with CA, mainly motivated by self-sufficiency (48.4%) and soil protection (45.1%). However, structural obstacles persist such as water scarcity (63.3%), lack of seeds (55.6%) and limitations in appropriate mechanization. The analysis reveals that university accompaniment, based on participatory action research approaches and dialogue of knowledge, has contributed to strengthening the self-esteem of producers, collective organization and the generation of contextualized knowledge. It is concluded that the university can play a relevant role in the agroecological transition when it acts as a facilitator of horizontal processes. The study provides lessons for designing university extension strategies aimed at food sovereignty in family farming contexts.

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Journal of Education and Learning Environments
Research Article

Artificial Intelligence and Case-Based Learning in Social Work Education: Pedagogical Considerations and Future Directions

As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes more prevalent in higher education, it raises important pedagogical, ethical, and disciplinary questions. This theoretical paper develops a comprehensive theoretical foundation for considering the use of AI-generated case studies in social work education and examines the implications for teaching, learning, and professional identity formation. The theoretical framework is not exhaustive. Nevertheless, by drawing on Entwistle’s conception of deep learning, Biggs and Tang’s constructive alignment, new materialist perspectives on classroom technology assemblages, and critical discursive frameworks informed by Foucault and Packer, this paper argues that AI-generated case studies can enhance social work students’ reflexivity when used with careful oversight. AI can expand the discursive space, diversify representational possibilities, and save lecturers’ preparation time. Nevertheless, AI presents significant risks related to bias, representational ethics, and over-standardisation. Informed by practice realities, risks can be mediated by drawing on practitioner wisdom to orchestrate AI case study prompts and anchor AI-produced narratives. This theoretical paper emphasises the need for critical AI literacy, transparent governance, and educator–practitioner collaboration to ensure that AI serves as a tool for deep, anti-oppressive, and justice-oriented learning. AI-assisted case study pedagogy is shown to be most valuable when it strengthens, rather than diminishes, human judgement, reflexive practices, and relational social work education. This is a theoretical and conceptual paper. It does not report any empirical findings. Instead, it offers a structured synthesis of relevant pedagogical, philosophical, and practice-based literature to develop a framework for critically integrating AI-generated case studies into social work education.

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Journal of Education and Learning Environments
Article

The Role of AIGC in Shaping Postgraduate Prompt Engineering Education for Agriculture-Related Universities

With the deep penetration of Artificial Intelligence Generated Content (AIGC) in agricultural digital transformation and academic research, prompt engineering has become a core capability bridging professional knowledge and AI tools. Adopting methods including literature review, data investigation, and case analysis, this study systematically sorts out the application value of prompt engineering in the agricultural field and the research foundation related to talent cultivation. It then analyzes the current status of postgraduates' prompt engineering competence—such as adoption rate, learning pathways, and application scenarios—through questionnaire surveys, and examines practical application performance via typical case studies. Finally, based on the research results, the core problems are summarized and corresponding solutions are proposed. The findings indicate that postgraduates in agriculture-related universities generally face several challenges in prompt engineering competence: weak theoretical foundations, uneven distribution of educational resources, insufficient practical application skills, inadequate interdisciplinary integration in training, and imperfect evaluation systems. To address these issues, this paper puts forward countermeasures and suggestions including: incorporating prompt engineering into the cultivation of postgraduates' core competencies and strengthening faculty development; building multi-level practical platforms to deepen industry–university–research collaborative education; optimizing curriculum systems to enhance interdisciplinary integration; improving evaluation and incentive mechanisms by establishing a scientific and diversified competence assessment system; and increasing policy support and resource investment to consolidate the educational foundation.

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New Countryside
Article

Agri-Food Supply Chains and Rural Revitalization: Implications for Land Use and Regional Development in Ghana

Agri-food supply chains play a critical role in shaping rural revitalization, land use, and regional development, particularly in agrarian economies where livelihoods are closely tied to land-based production systems. However, limited empirical research has examined how supply chain structures influence land use and regional development outcomes in Ghana. This study examines how agri-food supply chains support rural revitalization, shape land use practices, and contribute to regional development in Ghana. Adopting a qualitative case study design, the study focuses on selected commodity supply chains (cocoa, maize, rice, and roots and tubers) which are central to rural livelihoods and agricultural land use across Ghana's diverse agro-ecological zones. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with key supply chain actors and complemented with analysis of policy documents and secondary sources. Thematic analysis was employed to identify recurring patterns and relationships across the data. The findings reveal significant variation in supply chain structures and governance across commodities. Well-coordinated supply chains, particularly in the cocoa sector, enhance market access, income stability, and incentives for sustainable land management. In contrast, loosely organized food crop supply chains are characterized by price volatility, weak bargaining power for smallholders, and limited local value addition. The study further finds that agri-food supply chains contribute to rural employment and regional integration but are constrained by inadequate infrastructure and processing capacity, resulting in spatial disparities in development outcomes.

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New Countryside
Article

Religious Tourism and Rural Tourism, an Alternative for Development in Isolated Regions

This paper problematizes and critically examines rural development research carried out in Argentina, especially in the Andean region of northern Patagonia. The study focuses on the steppe, one of the nation’s most sparsely populated regions, adjacent to the Andean region, which is known for being one of Argentina’s most attractive natural tourist destinations. In this context, rural tourism is envisioned as a prospective development path, an aspiration stymied by significant infrastructure deficiencies. Furthermore, recent studies are beginning to reveal the deep religious roots in the foundations of local resilience. This encompasses the diverse religious landscape of the Mapuche people, the largest Indigenous group in the region, evangelical denominations, and Catholic practices. This article advances by highlighting how the recognition of resilience rooted in faith practices allows for rethinking tourism, designing attractions from a religious tourism perspective, and boosting the region’s production associated with possible rural tourism strategies, not as mass tourism, but as an endogenous development strategy based on living heritage with a community-based and community-controlled nature of the tourism practices. This proposal builds upon the pivotal role of women in both economic production and the preservation of faith. Through practices of faith, it is possible to explore the existence of underlying channels of contact that, while integrated into daily life, often remain overlooked. These channels make it possible to envision other futures, with greater sustainability in productive practices, diversified in terms of tourism, and increasingly socially significant as they become rooted in the faith of each place.

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New Countryside
Review

A Systematic Review of the Diverse Applications of Alfalfa and Its Role in Sustainable Agriculture

This comprehensive review synthesizes literature from scientific databases, including ScienceDirect, SpringerLink, and Google Scholar, to critically assess the diverse applications of alfalfa (lucerne; Medicago sativa L.). Renowned as a premier forage crop for silage, hay, and grazing, alfalfa delivers exceptional nutritional quality for ruminants, being rich in proteins, vitamins, minerals, and carbohydrates. Beyond its traditional role in animal nutrition, alfalfa is increasingly recognized as a potential functional vegetable for human consumption, with significant medicinal properties, including validated cholesterol-lowering and antidiabetic effects attributed to its bioactive phytochemicals such as saponins and flavonoids. The crop also demonstrates considerable promise for environmental remediation, utilizing its deep root system and high biomass to stabilize heavy metals like cadmium and copper while degrading organic pollutants through phytoremediation mechanisms. Additionally, alfalfa offers viable applications in biofuel and fiber production. Its cultivation is integral to organic and sustainable farming systems, providing critical ecosystem services such as enhancing soil fertility, sequestering carbon, promoting biological nitrogen fixation, and supporting agricultural biodiversity including pollinators, beneficial insects, and avian species of conservation concern. By integrating these nutritional, medicinal, environmental, and agronomic dimensions, this paper consolidates current knowledge to highlight alfalfa’s integral role in promoting resilient and sustainable agricultural systems while addressing interconnected global challenges related to food security, climate change mitigation, and environmental health.

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Food and Drug Safety
Article

Perception of Mobile Street Food Vendors in Osun State, Nigeria on Some Operational Issues and Their Exposure to Health Hazards

Street food vending plays a critical role in urban food access and livelihood generation in Nigeria, yet empirical evidence on vendors’ socio-economic conditions, health experiences, and regulatory interactions remains limited. This study assessed mobile street food vendors in selected towns of Osun State using a cross-sectional survey design. Data were collected from 219 vendors, of whom over 75% were female, and analysed using descriptive statistics and chi-square tests. Most vendors were married adults with dependants and had attained at least secondary education. Significant gender differences were observed in location, age, marital status, education, dependency burden, employment status, monthly profit, daily sales turnover, business ownership, and vending terms (p < 0.05). Daily sales turnover was commonly between $0.67 and $3.33, while monthly profits were generally modest. Nearly all respondents (97.7%) operated as mobile vendors, with 54.3% selling local cooked foods. Although 72.1% considered their vending technology appropriate, 54.8% did not sell all food items daily, indicating risks of spoilage and income loss. Health concerns were prevalent, with 63.0% reporting occasional illness and 60.1% experiencing body pain since engaging in street vending. Regulatory engagement was minimal, as 96.8% reported no interaction with government authorities. The findings highlight the economic importance yet vulnerability of mobile street food vendors, underscoring the need for inclusive regulation, food safety training, and gender-responsive support interventions.

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Announcements

Announcement: Change in Publication Frequency
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10 February 2026
Announcement: Change in Publication Frequency
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10 February 2026
Announcement on Change of Publication Frequency
Announcements

10 February 2026
Congratulations! Food and Drug Safety Is Now Indexed in CAS
Announcements

22 January 2026
Congratulations to New Environmentally-Friendly Materials Indexed in CAS!
Announcements

24 December 2025
Welcome Professor Yin as the Editor-in-Chief of New Countryside
Announcements
We are delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Yin as the new Editor-in-Chief of New Countryside, an international open-access journal dedicated to advancing sustainable development in rural societies worldwide. Professor Yin is a distinguished scholar with extensive expertise in rural development policy, rural governance, agricultural economics, and sustainable livelihoods. His research has significantly contributed to the understanding of integrated rural-urban development and the practical implementation of rural revitalization strategies. With his deep academic insight and commitment to interdisciplinary dialogue, Professor Yin is ideally positioned to guide The New Countryside toward greater scholarly impact and global engagement. Under his leadership, the journal will continue to champion high-quality, cross-disciplinary research on critical rural issues—including rural policy, infrastructure, economic upliftment, agricultural innovation, rural tourism, and environmental sustainability. We warmly invite researchers, practitioners, and policymakers from around the world to submit their work, recommend potential reviewers, and collaborate in building The New Countryside into a leading platform for innovative and actionable knowledge on rural futures. Please join us in extending a heartfelt welcome to Professor Yin! New Countryside Editorial Office 20 November, 2025

20 November 2025
Welcome Our New Editor-in-Chief of Cultural Arts Research and Development
Announcements
We are pleased to announce that Prof. Emanuele Castano has been appointed as the new Editor-in-Chief of Cultural Arts Research and Development, effective September 25, 2025. Prof. Castano brings extensive expertise in cultural theory, social cognition, and literary studies. His scholarly contributions and editorial leadership have significantly advanced the field, and we are confident that he will guide the journal to new heights of academic excellence and international visibility. We would also like to express our sincere gratitude to the previous Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Ronald Eyerman, for his invaluable contributions to the journal’s growth and reputation. Please join us in welcoming Prof. Emanuele Castano and supporting the continued success of Cultural Arts Research and Development.

26 September 2025
Editor-in-Chief Communication Meeting Successfully Held to Shape the Future of Urban Planning and Construction
Announcements

11 September 2025
Editor-in-Chief Recruitment Notice
Announcements
Dear Colleagues in the Academic Community, Transportation Development Research is a newly established academic journal aimed at providing scholars with a platform for exchanging and sharing research achievements. Currently, we are seeking an experienced and dedicated scholar to serve as the inaugural Editor-in-Chief of our journal. Responsibilities and Expectations: Lead the academic direction and development strategy of the journal. Oversee the review process and select suitable reviewers to ensure the quality of submitted manuscripts. Collaborate with the editorial team to drive the day-to-day operations and development of the journal. Actively engage with the academic community to enhance the visibility and impact of the journal. Qualifications: Demonstrated excellence in the relevant field with a strong academic track record. Substantial academic and peer-review experience. Enthusiasm for advancing the development of the journal and the ability to lead a team. Active participation in academic discourse with a strong academic reputation. Application Process: Interested individuals are invited to submit their resumes and a letter of application for the Editor-in-Chief position to tdr@bilpub.com. We look forward to your contributions in building Transportation Development Research into an outstanding academic journal. Thank you for your attention and support. Best Regards, Editorial Team Transportation Development Research

29 December 2023
New Journal Alert: Urban Planning and Construction
Announcements
We are excited to announce the launch of our new journal, "Urban Planning and Construction," dedicated to exploring the dynamic field of urban planning and construction. As we embark on this exciting endeavor, we invite scholars and researchers to join us as esteemed editorial board members and editors-in-chief. If you are passionate about urban planning and construction and would like to contribute to this scholarly platform, we welcome you to apply as a self-nominee or recommend suitable candidates for the positions. Kindly download the Scholar Information Form, fill it out, and submit it to the editorial department. For the inaugural issue, we are offering a special opportunity to submit manuscripts free of charge. Yes, you read that right! We are waiving all article processing fees for the first edition. To maintain consistency, please refer to our author's guidelines for formatting details, available at: https://ojs.bilpub.com/index.php/upc/about/submissions. Feel free to contact our editorial department at upc@bilpub.com for any queries, suggestions, or submissions. Join us on this exciting journey as we delve into the realms of urban planning and construction together! Urban Planning and Construction Editorial Team

14 September 2023