Anthropic decision theory for self-locating beliefs by Armstrong, S

“…<p>This paper sets out to resolve how agents ought to act in the Sleeping Beauty problem and various related anthropic (self-locating belief) problems, not through the calculation of anthropic probabilities, but through finding the correct decision to make. …”

The Internet Trust Bubble: global values, beliefs and practices by Dutton, W, Law, G, Bolsover, G, Dutta, S

Consistent and widespread belief in the threat of COVID-19 to the UK economy by Fletcher, R, Kalogeropoulos, A, Nielsen, R

Skills and performance by Grugulis, I, Stoyanova, D

“…The motivation behind skills development in the last decade has been strongly influenced by the belief that it contributes to performance. This paper explores some of the problems that exist in establishing a causal link between skills and organisational performance and, in the process, attempts to re-establish skill as a frame of reference in its own right rather than as a contributor to management goals.…”

Analysis of the accuracy of shock-capturing in the steady quasi-1D Euler equations by Giles, M

“…This result is in contrast to the general belief that shocks in 2D and 3D Euler calculations lead to first order errors, which motivates much of the research into grid adaptation methods.…”

A General Framework for Inconsistency−Tolerant Query Answering in Datalog+⁄− by Lukasiewicz, T, Martinez, M, Simari, G

“…We develop a general framework for inconsistency management in Datalog+⁄− ontologies based on incision functions from belief revision, in which we can characterize several query answering semantics as special cases: (i) consistent answers, originally developed for relational databases and recently adopted for some classes of description logics (DLs); (ii) intersection semantics, a sound approximation of consistent answers; and (iii) lazy answers, a novel semantics proposed as an alternative to approximations to consistent answers that, taking the union of lazy answers, can be used to obtain a good compromise between quality of answers and computation time for some fragments of Datalog+⁄−. …”

Supporting soft skills in hard times: gender inequalities in social and emotional skills are holding adolescent girls back by Ford, K, Von Russdorf, S, Shahzada, D

“…</p> <p>Our new analysis shows that beliefs in more egalitarian gender roles are positively associated with higher self-efficacy and agency for both adolescent girls and boys. …”

Believing in Better: How Aspirations and Academic Self-concept Shape Young People's Outcomes by Sammons, P, Toth, K, Sylva, K

“…Low aspirations are often cited as crucial in determining differences in students’ post 16 choices.1 In this report, we explore recent evidence about young people’s views and the importance they attach to going on to university, their beliefs about their own academic ability and their experiences of school to see how far these influences shape differences in A-level outcomes at age 18. …”

The dangers of elevating social ethos to religious orthodoxy by Barbezat, MD, Jones, TW, Pattenden, M

“…We support protection from discrimination based on a person&rsquo;s religious beliefs. We are concerned, however, that this legislative package will have the perverse effect of increasing discrimination experienced by people of faith.…”

ASHAM Analyse sociologique des habitudes de vie des adultes atteints de Dystrophie myotonique de type 1 ou maladie de Steinert: Rapport de recherche dans le cadre du premier appel... by Hardy, A-C, Lecordier, D, Perrot, A, Péréon, Y, Nadaj-Pakleza, A, Magot, A, Chasserieau, R

“…The investigation has shown that patient’s behavior varies according to a set of combined determinants: age, social and professional situation, marital status, values and beliefs, living environment, and so on. Then, there is a large gap between medical representation of disease and day-to-day experience and social life of patients. …”