Metal Ballads as Low Pop? An Approach to Sentimentality and Gendered Performances in Popular Hard Rock and Metal Songs by Theresa Nink, Florian Heesch

“…Even if the term “power ballad,” which is often used in reference to hard rock and metal ballads, refers to the simultaneity of “heaviness” in the sound and the thematization of love in the lyrics, sentimental ballads in the stereotypically more masculine-connotated genres nevertheless create friction and skepticism in their discursive evaluation, as they generate aesthetic discrepancies between concrete songs and genre conventions. …”
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Citizen Perceptions of Fake News in Spain: Socioeconomic, Demographic, and Ideological Differences by David Blanco-Herrero, Javier J. Amores, Patricia Sánchez-Holgado

“…Furthermore, the experienced presence of fake news seems to be primarily affected by age and gender, as there was a higher level of skepticism observed among young people and women. Additionally, the use of media seems to be positively correlated with the perceived and experienced presence of fake news.…”
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Effect of confidence interval construction on judgment accuracy by David R. Mandel, Robert N. Collins, Evan F. Risko, Jonathan A. Fugelsang

“…The findings warrant skepticism regarding the benefit of prior confidence interval construction for improving judgment accuracy.…”
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Probiotics: A Dietary Factor to Modulate the Gut Microbiome, Host Immune System, and Gut–Brain Interaction by Tetsuji Hori, Kazunori Matsuda, Kenji Oishi

“…Although the stimulation of host cells by probiotics and subsequent signaling have been explained by in vitro experiments and animal studies, there has been some skepticism as to whether probiotics can actually interact with host cells in the human gastrointestinal tract, where miscellaneous indigenous bacteria coexist. …”
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NATO and EU positions on Ukraine’s integration to European and Euro-Atlantic structures in the context of the crisis of European security by Godliuk Alona

“…Therefore, the deeper and longer will be confrontation between Russia and the West, the more chances for Ukraine to change the skepticism of the European elites toward their own European prospects.…”
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Digital loneliness—changes of social recognition through AI companions by Kerrin Artemis Jacobs, Kerrin Artemis Jacobs

“…The increasing tendency to regard AI Companions (AICs) as reproducers of adequate recognition is critically discussed with this review. My skepticism requires further justification, especially as a large portion of sociopolitical prevention efforts aim to fight an increase of loneliness primarily with digital strategies. …”
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Kahn in Luxembourg: A Prolegomena to the Cultural Study of EU Law by Sabine Mair

“…Yet this article also raises skepticism about the cultural study of EU law’s rule. …”
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Development of Jurisprudence Capability through the Science of Fundamentals of Jurisprudence for the researcher of Islamic knowledge: Bedayet Almujtahid as a case study by Zainab Z. Ma’abdeh

“…It does not make its jurisprudence cause criticism, skepticism, and prolongation, which leads to weakening of the Islamic jurisprudence reputation. …”
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Do Individual Differences in Perception Affect Awareness of Climate Change? by Enrico Cipriani, Sergio Frumento, Simone Grassini, Angelo Gemignani, Danilo Menicucci

“…These features result in a lag in collective climate action and sometimes foster climate skepticism and climate denial. While the literature on climate change perception and belief has thoroughly explored its sociocultural and sociopolitical aspects, research on the potential contribution of psychophysiological factors remains scarce. …”
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Recommendations for improving statistical inference in population genomics. by Parul Johri, Charles F Aquadro, Mark Beaumont, Brian Charlesworth, Laurent Excoffier, Adam Eyre-Walker, Peter D Keightley, Michael Lynch, Gil McVean, Bret A Payseur, Susanne P Pfeifer, Wolfgang Stephan, Jeffrey D Jensen

“…Thereby, we argue for the importance of defining a biologically relevant baseline model tuned to the details of each new analysis, of skepticism and scrutiny in interpreting model fitting results, and of carefully defining addressable hypotheses and underlying uncertainties.…”
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Are IFRS adoptable for a developing country with a specific business culture? Attitudes of Sudanese accountants by Dejan Spasic, Mutaz A. Abouagla, Vojislav Sekerez

“…However, the research shows that accountants in Sudan also express a high degree of skepticism, given the numerous restrictions that they believe would make the introduction of the IFRS more difficult. …”
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Is L.A. Paul’s Essentialism Really Deeper than Lewis’s? by Cristina Nencha

“…Paul argues that standard forms of deep essentialism face a range of issues (mainly based on an interpretation of Quinean skepticism) that shallow essentialism does not. However, Paul claims, shallow essentialism eliminates the very heart of what motivates essentialism, so it is better to be deep than shallow. …”
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The Influence of Technologies in Increasing Transparency in Textile Supply Chains by Caterina Hauschild, Angelica Coll

“…Furthermore, great skepticism on platforms for reporting (audits and complaint systems) is still prevalent. …”
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The Rights of Private Economic Actors Under the World Trade Organization Agreements in Indonesia by Intan Soeparna

“…But Indonesian Government took major step to reduce the skepticism of society toward liberalization, by readjusting its national laws conform to the WTO Agreements with the intention to support the rights of national economic actors under the WTO Agreements in order to achieve total benefits of the WTO rules.…”
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Literature Review – Analysis of sustainable business models in electric motorcycle rental by Ferlinda Ihza’us, Pujiyanto Eko, Hisjam Muh.

“…Historically, there has always been skepticism about adopting new technologies. In the case of electric vehicles (EVs), consumer trust and financial availability are the main obstacles to adoption. …”
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Foreign Policy Strategy of the Fifth Republic: a Timid Turn towards Greater Eurasia by A. D. Zhukov, M. M. Shumilov

“…Describing the “proWestern“ course ofFranceat the present stage, the authors pay attention to President E. Macron's skepticism concerning Euro-Atlantic solidarity and the deterioration of the conditions for transatlantic cooperation with theUnited States. …”
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Exploring Willingness to Adopt Contact Tracing Applications: A Study with Norwegian Citizens by Ødeskaug, C., Gjertsen, T.V., Gupta, S. & Pappas, I.O.

“…Despite its relaunch without GPS-tracking, skepticism persisted due to initial issues. This study proposes a model to assess DCT adoption, focusing on Norwegian citizens' privacy concerns, trust, and risk beliefs, particularly towards Smittestopp. …”
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Pengaruh Audit Partner Tenure dan Audit Firm Tenure terhadap Praktik Manajemen Laba pada Perusahaan Perbankan by Niken Estelita Putri

“…The length of an auditor assignment (audit partner tenure) and a public accountant firm (audit firm tenure) audited a company are feared would reduce the independence, objectivity, and the auditor's professional skepticism, which can increased earnings management. …”
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The pragmatic functions of religious expressions in Najdi Arabic by Yousef Ibrahim al-Rojaie

“…Findings – These include signaling the end of a conversation, persuading, mitigating and hedging, showing agreement and approval, reinforcing emphasis, expressing emotions, seeking protection from the evil eye, conveying skepticism and ambiguity, expressing humor and sarcasm, and showing respect and honor. …”
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How Come a Liberal Still Believes in Democracy? A Riddle of Politics and Faith by Krešimir Petković

“…This riddle is exhibited in various theoretical and practical tensions: between the Rousseauian demand for sovereignty of the people and the general will on the one hand, and the Platonistic epistemic skepticism about the ability of the people to decide and the political demands of liberalism on the other; between the need to control the rulers and the political-economic dynamics of corruption and clientelism incited by democratic politics; between rebellion against the elites as a species of functional political hygiene in a polity, and uncertainty of outcomes brought by the inherent instability of democracy and its aptitude to excess; and between the seeming inevitability of elections and their cooptational trap. …”
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