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Dear josha-journal readers, The teams of the Journal of Sciences, Humanities and Arts and the International Academy of Sciences, Humanities and Arts wish all readers a Happy New Year 2025 and hope that you have started the year well! In the new year, we would like to continue to promote the publication of scientific texts, papers and studies worldwide and continue to support the proven diversity. We would also like to award Demetrios prizes for young scientists again. The call for entries will be announced in advance. Reasons enough to follow us in the new year. Thank you for your support and enjoy reading the latest articles.

This review explores the use of Gestalt therapy in addressing gender-based violence and trauma recovery. It highlights how Gestalt therapy fosters a safe, empowering space for survivors, helping them reconnect with their identities and emotional needs. The study emphasizes self-awareness, non-pathologizing approaches, and the importance of intersectionality in understanding violence. While insightful, the study's reliance on a single case and lack of methodological detail limit its generalizability. Expanding the sample size and incorporating quantitative data could strengthen future research.

This study explores Gestalt clinical handling in cases of gender-based violence, analyzing how this violence, analyzing how this therapeutic approach can help broaden awareness and strengthen self-support in vulnerable patients. From a qualitative and descriptive perspective, the work reflects the experience of clinical care at the Psychology School Clinic of the University of Amazonia. University of the Amazon. The aim is to explore how Gestalt therapy, with its focus on the here and now, allows a deeper understanding of the experiences of women who suffer violence, promoting a safe therapeutic space for the recognition and re-signification of their emotional and psychological needs. The discussion highlights the importance of careful interventions aimed at restoring patients' autonomy and identity, allowing them to become empowered and resilient.

At the SciCultureD intensive course in Malta, JOSHA’s editor-in-chief, Neher Aseem Parimoo, alongside co-authors and program coordinators Flora Brégeon and Valentina Delconte, explored how interdisciplinary collaboration can foster sustainable, inclusive cities. She reflects on the course's unique blend of workshops on placemaking, urban transformation and cultural identity, alongside discussions on inclusivity and participatory approaches. Using creative pedagogies such as embodied dialogue and soundscapes, the programme highlighted the importance of dialogue, creativity and co-creation in addressing societal challenges. Guided by the program’s innovative framework and supported by Flora and Valentina’s insights, Neher credits SciCultureD for its holistic approach to combining art, science and entrepreneurship, which has reshaped her perspective and guided her work at JOSHA. This blog was first published on the SciCultureD course website (https://scicultured.

The authors, a German student of international affairs and a Nobel laureate, document the experience of cataloging the large scientific archive of the latter, reaching back to the 1960s in Germany. Piduhn’s background in economics prompted him to analyze factors influencing innovation as evident in the archive, while Frank, confronted with the details of the written documents, was compelled to muse about surprising inconsistencies with his memory and the specter of different might-have-been trajectories in his career. Their experience is further documented in a video interview published by JOSHA, which can be accessed via the following YouTube link: https://youtu.be/-PTA7QErEUY?si=ZM1Tnl-sRy1DcdYj.

This paper addresses the complexity of the concepts of health and illness, highlighting the interconnection with social, emotional and environmental factors. The biopsychosocial approach is fundamental to understanding the impact of a cancer diagnosis and the emotional challenges faced by cancer patients and their families. Psycho-Oncology is emerging as a vital discipline, providing emotional support, demystifying the diagnosis and promoting a holistic view of care, considering family care and the training of the healthcare team as a key to improving the quality of treatment and outcomes for patients.

The paper examines the contentious issues in Nigeria’s federalism, especially the revenue rights and fiscal jurisdictions of the local governments in the country. Thus, the paper seeks to answer the following research questions: What are the constitutionally sanctioned revenue rights and fiscal jurisdictions of the local governments in Nigeria’s federation? What are the challenges confronting the revenue rights of local governments in Nigeria? What can be done to protect the revenue rights and fiscal autonomy of local governments in Nigeria? To provide answers to the questions, the paper conducted desk research by collecting data from published articles, reports, and administrative records relating to Nigerian fiscal federalism, especially local government revenues rights and fiscal jurisdictions.

Dear josha-journal readers, In this issue, we would like to highlight this year's winners of the Demetrios Prizes: Márcio Bruno Barra Valente, Aspasia Marmaritsaki and María Fernanda Cadena Vizuete convinced the jury with their work. Márcio Bruno Barra Valente received the prize for his doctoral thesis “We, the Mourners of the Pandemic in Brazil: Relationships between Mourning and Politics Based on the Loss of Mothers or Fathers by Covid-19” on the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic in Brazil. María Fernanda Cadena Vizuete received the prize in the Master's category for her thesis “Automated Microfluidic System for Suspension Cell Culture Using Lab-on-Chip Devices”. Aspasia Marmaritsaki was awarded for her Bachelor's thesis “Dance through Traditional Rhythms: A Practice-as-Research Exploration of Colombian Rhythms Informing and Shaping Contemporary Dance”.

In this essay, I reflect on my engineering work on integrating lab automation with artificial intelligence (AI) to revolutionize cancer research. This novel technology aims to use high-throughput automation to generate reproducible data and analyze it using AI, particularly reinforcement learning. This approach automates the feedback loop between experiments and analysis, finding solutions through trial and error. The aim is to manage the complexity of cancer's genetic mutations and optimize the development of personalized therapies. This essay was submitted to the BioInnovation Institute (BII) & Science Prize for Innovation in 2023.

In his speech, Nobel Laureate Prof. Dr. Joachim Frank reflects on the theme "Science, Arts and Humanities in a Changing World". He highlights the holistic vision of the Journal of Science, Humanities and Arts (JOSHA), founded by Prof. Dr. Roland Mertelsmann, which seeks to unite these fields in the spirit of the Renaissance. Prof. Frank emphasised how science, the arts and the humanities, while different in method, share a common thread of human ingenuity and creativity. Prof. Frank identifies two modern trends: increasing specialisation and the oversimplification of these disciplines in popular culture. He warns that artificial intelligence could reduce complex knowledge to superficial interpretations, likening it to parrots mimicking speech without understanding. Despite this, he concludes on an optimistic note, advocating authentic engagement with the sciences, arts and humanities through direct encounter with original works, and thanking Prof. Dr.