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Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Yin Ping Ng, Kai Shuen Pheh, Ravivarma Rao Panirselvam, Wen Li Chan, Joanne Bee Yin Lim, Jane Tze Yn Lim, Kok Keong Leong, Sara Bartlett, Kok Wai Tay, Lai Fong Chan
Summary: This study evaluated the perspectives of the Malaysian media community, persons with lived experience of suicidal behavior, and mental health professionals on safe suicide-related reporting. It found that most participants viewed current reporting as unsafe due to lack of awareness and guidance. While safe reporting had positive impacts like raising awareness, challenges included balancing beneficial versus harmful details, social media ubiquity, and establishing effective surveillance mechanisms.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
N. Gizem Bacaksizlar Turbic, Mirta Galesic
Summary: The study found that collectives facing real or perceived threats from outgroups tend to concentrate around a few group members, and politically extreme groups are more likely to focus on a few high-profile members in their network structures. By reconstructing networks of commenters on high-profile U.S. political news websites, the study provides extensive real-world evidence that groups facing outgroup threats and displaying political extremism are more likely to pay attention to a few prominent members. These findings test theoretical accounts of collective adaptation to outgroup threats in a large-scale real-world setting.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2023)
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Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
Gifty Marley, Rayner Kay Jin Tan, Tong Wang, Chunyan Li, Margaret E. Byrne, Dan Wu, Cheng Wang, Weiming Tang, Rohit Ramaswamy, Danyang Luo, Sean S. Sylvia, Joseph D. Tucker
Summary: This study implemented an online chat-based focus group discussion with men who have sex with men in China and evaluated its advantages, limitations, and feasibility in deepening community participation in STI research. The study found that online FGDs allowed for bidirectional communication and increased participant engagement. Many participants found online FGDs to be more convenient, less socially awkward, and more anonymous than in-person research.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF QUALITATIVE METHODS
(2023)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Dorota Stefanicka-Wojtas, Donata Kurpas
Summary: Personalized medicine is an approach that focuses on understanding the differences between patients and selecting appropriate therapies for specific groups. It faces challenges and barriers before successful implementation, but it is not a medical revolution, but an evolution.
JOURNAL OF PERSONALIZED MEDICINE
(2023)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Rhys Williams, Corin Jack, Davide Gamboa, Simon Shackley
Summary: This study investigates public perceptions of applying CCS technology at the Port Talbot Steelworks in South Wales, finding that acceptance of CCS is influenced by trust and distrust towards local enterprises and governments, with most seeing CCS as beneficial to the plant.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GREENHOUSE GAS CONTROL
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Pin-Ju Chen, Yang-Hsueh Chen
Summary: This study examines the role of a blended mode MOOC study group in promoting learning interactions. The findings suggest that the blended mode group facilitates communication, provides help, resolves problems, and facilitates the exchange of ideas and information among group members. Both face-to-face meetings and online discussions contribute their unique strengths and functions in different learning situations.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Environmental Studies
Fabian Scheller, Isabel Doser, Emily Schulte, Simon Johanning, Russell McKenna, Thomas Bruckner
Summary: This study explores stakeholder influences on residential photovoltaic adoption, finding that individuals closest in emotional and spatial proximity within the social network have a significant influence on decision-making, and decision-makers with higher levels of knowledge are more likely to progress to the next stage. The shift from passive exposure to proactive search during the decision-making process is less pronounced among risk-averse decision-makers requesting proactive influences. Public stakeholders have a responsibility in achieving climate goals by providing advice, assistance, and financing for low-carbon technology adoption at the local level.
ENERGY RESEARCH & SOCIAL SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Rita Pedrosa, Oscar Ferreira, Cristina Lavareda Baixinho
Summary: This study analyzed the nurses' perspective on transitional care for dependent people with rehabilitation care needs after hospital discharge. The results identified strategies to minimize fragmentation risk of care and promote the person's participation in transitional care.
JOURNAL OF PERSONALIZED MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Alice H. Aubert, Sara Schmid, Philipp Beutler, Judit Lienert
Summary: Investigating wastewater management matters: in many OECD countries, the conventional centralized system is reaching its limits. Alternative decentralized options exist. Citizen participation is challenging because they are numerous and need to learn about the topic and construct their opinion. To include citizens, an innovative online survey based on Multi-Attribute Value Theory (MAVT) is proposed. The survey helped citizens understand the complex decision and construct their preferences. The study provides insights for wastewater management and evaluates the effectiveness of the survey method.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY
(2022)
Article
Environmental Studies
Yael Padan, Tim Ndezi, Jane Rendell
Summary: This paper reflects on the ethics of research and knowledge co-production in addressing urban inequality, using a lens of feminist care ethics. It examines ethical challenges deriving from power asymmetry and inequality in research partnerships and focuses on dilemmas emerging during the planning stage of a research project in Tanzania conducted in collaboration between an NGO and a university. The authors argue for the importance of contextualizing knowledge co-production in generating transformation while addressing the immediate needs of marginalized research participants.
ENVIRONMENT AND URBANIZATION
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Masita Mandasari, Febrina Rahmayanti, Hajer Derbi, Yuniardini S. Wimardhani
Summary: Dentists in Jakarta have poor perception of Special Care Dentistry, with most of them not receiving training in this field during their undergraduate studies. However, there is motivation and interest towards SCD training among the respondents, indicating a potential for improvement in education and awareness in the future.
Article
Clinical Neurology
Matthew Butler, Oliver Shipston-Sharman, Mathieu Seynaeve, Jianan Bao, Susannah Pick, Abigail Bradley-Westguard, Eveliina Ilola, Bridget Mildon, Dawn Golder, James Rucker, Jon Stone, Timothy Nicholson
Summary: This large-scale international study on Functional Neurological Disorders (FND) patient experiences highlighted that FND patients typically have high levels of multiple symptom comorbidities and distress. The study also supported the clinical significance of associated physical symptoms in FND patients, and most respondents preferred to conceptualize the disorder as one at the interface of mind and brain. The need for a broad approach to this poorly served patient group was emphasized.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Paula Ugarte Lucas, Christian Gamborg, Thomas Boker Lund
Summary: Woody biomass energy plays a significant role in renewable energy consumption, especially in the EU and Denmark. However, there is limited understanding of the public perception towards it. This study conducted a questionnaire-based survey in Denmark and found that although more people favor woody biomass energy, a large proportion remain undecided. The survey also revealed a lack of knowledge about this energy source.
Article
Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
Anna Colom
Summary: The focus of the research is on the use of WhatsApp in online and mobile focus groups and the benefits and potential risks it brings. Through digital ethnography research, it was found that the ubiquity of WhatsApp in participants' everyday lives provides new options for designing online focus groups, while also increasing the inclusivity of group discussions.
QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Bonnie Maria van Dongen, Inge Maria de Vries, Monica Antonia Maria Ridder, Carry Mira Renders, Ingrid Hendrika Margaretha Steenhuis
Summary: Students believe that parents are still important influencers for healthy choices, but they are increasingly making snack choices independently based on attractiveness, availability, and cost. Choices to engage in physical activity depend on social aspects and opportunities in the physical environment. Students desire a more active role in the healthy school community but require facilitation to do so.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2021)
