A shift in perspective: the fallacy of Indonesia-Malaysia 2009 conflict by Muhammad Sinatra

“…In the short run, this paper aims to enable readers to see through the facade of Indonesia-Malaysia conflict which has dominated our perception for long. Instead of debunking previously published studies on this issue, this research is set to complement these materials by providing new perspective into the conflict dynamic of Indonesia-Malaysia relations.…”
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The future of musical emotions by van der Schyff, D, Schiavio, A

“…To be clear, then, our aim is not to debunk or discredit the work of researchers endorsing BET. …”

Factors affecting HPV vaccine uptake among ethnic minority adolescent girls: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Dorothy N.S. Chan, Caixia Li, Bernard M.H. Law, K.C. Choi, Pinky P.K. Lee, Winnie K.W. So

“…Conclusions: HPV vaccination among ethnic minority adolescent girls was influenced by multi-level factors that highlighted a combined effort, including culturally sensitive health education programmes, sexuality-related communication skills training, collaboration with religious organizations, debunking conspiracy theories in HPV vaccine, and promoting school-based vaccination programs, to increase the coverage. …”
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Current Tsetse and Trypanosomosis Situation on Jos Plateau, Nigeria. Epizootiological Factors that May Enhance Disease Transmission and Spread by P. M. Dede, H. Halid, G. A. Omoogun, N. R. Uzoigwe, C. I. Njoku, A. D. Daniel, A. J. Dadah

“…These findings have debunked the protracted notion upholding Jos Plateau to be tsetse and trypanosomosis free; hence the safety of resident and migrant livestock, which unfortunately have increased in recent times, may no longer be guaranteed because of the trypanosomosis risk.…”
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Prevalence and Risk Factors of Depression and Anxiety among Women in the Last Trimester of Pregnancy: A Cross-Sectional Study by Anca Ioana Cristea Răchită, Gabriela Elena Strete, Andreea Sălcudean, Dana Valentina Ghiga, Flavia Rădulescu, Mihai Călinescu, Andreea Georgiana Nan, Andreea Bianca Sasu, Laura Mihaela Suciu, Claudiu Mărginean

“…Pregnancy represents a psychologically and emotionally vulnerable period, and research indicates that pregnant women have a higher prevalence of symptoms of anxiety and depression, debunking the myth that hormonal changes associated with pregnancy protect the mother. …”
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Mapping the Risks and Risk Management Practices in Islamic Banking / by Eid, Wael Kamal, 1977-, author 636511, Asutay, Mehmet, author 562018

“…Unless the industry develops its own genuine risk management architecture, it cannot achieve its full potential and the viability needed for a more resilient financial system than the debunked Wall Street model. Mapping the Risks and Risk Management Practices in Islamic Banking provides a deep, authoritative analysis of where the industry is today and where it needs to develop"--…”

Teaching higher education staff to understand and support autistic students: evaluation of a novel training program by Emma Jenks, Freya Selman, Miriam Harmens, Sarah Boon, Trang Tran, Hannah Hobson, Sarah Eagle, Felicity Sedgewick

“…The current project assesses a co-created training course for university staff focused on debunking stereotypes, educating about the autistic experience at university, mental health presentation among autistic individuals, and practical strategies to improve interactions with autistic students.MethodsThe Autism Stigma and Knowledge Questionnaire [ASK-Q] was administered before and after the training, to examine changes in trainees’ understanding and acceptance of autism and autistic people. …”
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COVID-19 vaccination status in Germany: Factors and reasons for not being vaccinated (yet) by Sebastian Sterl, Daniela Stelzmann, Nils Luettschwager, Lars Gerhold

“…Finally, our study reveals (RQ3) that the most important reason why people choose not to get vaccinated is that they wish to make their own decisions about their bodies.ConclusionBased on our results, we suggest that a successful vaccination campaign should address COVID-19 risk groups and lower income populations, increase trust in different public institutions and newly developed vaccines in advance, establish a multisectoral approach, and debunk fake news and misinformation. Furthermore, since unvaccinated respondents state that the desire to make their own choices about their body is the main reason why they have not gotten vaccinated against COVID-19, an effective vaccination campaign should emphasize the need for general practitioners who have a closer relationship with their patients who, in turn, trust their doctors.…”
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The (theoretical) elephant in the room by Camilla Balbi, Anna Calise

“…In order to do so, we will begin the discussion by debunking the myth of a simple parallelism between these new forms of conceptualizing the real and traditional ones, challenging Manovich’s (1999) use of Panofsky’s symbolic form (1927) as a hermeneutic of the database. …”
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An Introduction and Mission of Building Bridges to Reach the Unknown by James Houran

“…Of course, bias cuts both ways (Drinkwater et al., 2019; Irwin et al., 2016, 2017; Kennedy, 2005; Truzzi, 1987), so my own work has disappointed — and sometimes even irked — both debunkers of the paranormal and fervent believers in otherworldly phenomena. …”
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Fighting the infodemic: the 4 i Framework for Advancing Communication and Trust by Anne E. Sundelson, Amelia M. Jamison, Noelle Huhn, Sarah-Louise Pasquino, Tara Kirk Sell

“…Information-level strategies included those designed to amplify factual information, fill information voids, debunk false information, track circulating information, and verify, detect, or rate the credibility of information. …”
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Enabling the enablers : transforming the lives of middle-aged Indian women by Bansal, Nikita.

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Are Fact-checks Effective Even for Those Who Distrust Fact-checkers? by Martel, Cameron

“…Despite a rich literature on corrections and approaches for debunking misinformation, there is comparatively less work examining evidence on the effectiveness of warning labels. …”
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Evaluating navigation among crowd algorithm for shared control of a robotic wheelchair by Lim, Jia Jing

“…The results obtained debunked the hypothesis that NACA meant for dynamic obstacle will perform better than NACA that treats moving obstacles as static in a crowd. …”
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219 Engagement as a Spectrum: Co-Developing and Implementing a Training Series to Enhance Researcher Capacity for Engaging Community and Patient Partners by Simone Frank, Nisha Datta, Alicia Bilheimer, Milenka Jean-Baptiste, Christopher Tunstall, Mysha Wynn, Eva A. May, Mary Anderson, Veronica Carlisle, Jennifer Potter

“…Sessions were free and open to the public and covered key components of research engagement and its benefits, debunked common myths and misconceptions about engagement, outlined specific methods along the spectrum of engagement (from low to high touch), and described nuances of building and maintaining partnerships. …”
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CREATIVE CONSPIRACY : THE NEW RULES OF BREAKTHROUGH COLLABORATION / by Thompson, Leigh L., author 401075

Impact of COVID-19 Vaccine Misinformation on Social Media Virality: Content Analysis of Message Themes and Writing Strategies by Cindy Sing Bik Ngai, Rita Gill Singh, Le Yao

“…Antivaccine misinformation was retrieved from two globally leading and widely cited fake news databases, COVID Global Misinformation Dashboard and International Fact-Checking Network Corona Virus Facts Alliance Database, which aim to track and debunk COVID-19 misinformation. We primarily focused on 140 Facebook posts, since most antivaccine misinformation posts on COVID-19 were found on Facebook. …”
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The Prevalence, Features, Influencing Factors, and Solutions for COVID-19 Vaccine Misinformation: Systematic Review by Sihong Zhao, Simeng Hu, Xiaoyu Zhou, Suhang Song, Qian Wang, Hongqiu Zheng, Ying Zhang, Zhiyuan Hou

“…A 5-step framework was proposed to address vaccine-related misinformation, including identifying misinformation, regulating producers and distributors, cutting production and distribution, supporting target audiences, and disseminating trustworthy information. The debunking messages/videos were found to be effective in several experimental studies. …”
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Health-seeking behaviour regarding schistosomiasis treatment in the absence of a mass drug administration (MDA) program: the case of endemic communities along Lake Albert in Wester... by Maxson Kenneth Anyolitho, Viola Nilah Nyakato, Tine Huyse, Karolien Poels, Caroline Masquillier

“…Contextualised awareness-raising campaigns are needed to debunk myths and misconceptions surrounding the drug.…”
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Conversational AI and Vaccine Communication: Systematic Review of the Evidence by Aly Passanante, Ed Pertwee, Leesa Lin, Kristi Yoonsup Lee, Joseph T Wu, Heidi J Larson

“…Additionally, chatbots have been used for vaccination scheduling, appointment reminders, debunking misinformation, and, in some cases, for vaccine counseling and persuasion. …”
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