Ethical Implications of e-Health Applications in Early Preventive Healthcare by Mandy Stake, Bert Heinrichs, Bert Heinrichs

“…Such concerns range from general skepticism about big data in medicine to specific challenges and risks in certain medical areas. …”
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Does structurally-mature dengue virion matter in vaccine preparation in post-Dengvaxia era? by Jedhan Ucat Galula, Gielenny M. Salem, Gwong-Jen J. Chang, Day-Yu Chao

“…The unexpectedly low vaccine efficacy of Dengvaxia®, developed by Sanofi Pasteur, and a higher risk of severe diseases after vaccination among dengue-naive children or children younger than 6 years old, have cast skepticism about the safety of dengue vaccination resulting in the suspension of school-based immunization programs in the Philippines. …”
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Gut Microbiota and Obesity: The Chicken or the Egg? by Daniele S. Tassoni, Rodrigo C. O. Macedo, Felipe M. Delpino, Heitor O. Santos

“…Regarding the latter, the effects on indicators of obesity are clinically modest, and hence skepticism must be exercised.…”
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On the belief that beliefs should change according to evidence: Implications for conspiratorial, moral, paranormal, political, religious, and science beliefs by Gordon Pennycook, James Allan Cheyne, Derek J. Koehler, Jonathan A. Fugelsang

“…More broadly, the belief that beliefs should change according to evidence was robustly associated with political liberalism, the rejection of traditional moral values, the acceptance of science, and skepticism about religious, paranormal, and conspiratorial claims. …”
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From Impulse to Action—<i>Noah</i> (2014) and <i>Exodus: Gods and Kings</i> (2014) as Secular Bible Epics by Sylvie Magerstädt

“…It argues that although both films offer scale and spectacle consistent with older biblical epics, the portrayal of their lead characters as a man determined on destruction (<i>Noah</i>) and religious skeptic and warrior (<i>Exodus</i>) differentiates them from traditional biblical cinema. …”
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Unveiling misinformation on YouTube: examining the content of COVID-19 vaccination misinformation videos in Switzerland by Edda Humprecht, Sabrina Heike Kessler

“…Our findings show that completely false videos were more prevalent, often embedded with conspiracy theories and skepticism toward authorities. Notably, over one-third of the videos featured partially false information that masquerades as scientifically substantiated, associated with higher view counts and greater user engagement. …”
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Role of Minimal (Measurable) Residual Disease Assessment in Older Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia by Francesco Buccisano, Richard Dillon, Sylvie D. Freeman, Adriano Venditti

“…Second, with the increasing use of low-intensity therapies (i.e., hypomethylating agents) differing from conventional drugs in mechanism of action and dynamics of response, there has been concomitant skepticism that these schedules can produce deep hematological responses. …”
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Economic Growth Effects of the Interaction of Trade Openness and Institutions Quality: Empirical Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa by Salamatu Bellah Conteh, Yuan Yijun, Brima Sesay

“…While most countries in Africa have long accepted the reform agenda, there remains marked differences in their expected growth outcomes. This raises some skepticism about the value of trade openness on growth especially in the Sub- Saharan Africa (SSA).This paper therefore investigates how trade openness impacts growth in SSA. …”
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Socioeconomic and demographic characteristics influencing the hesitancy and refusal of COVID-19 vaccine in Ghana by Agyemang Kwasi Sampene, Cai Li, Fredrick Oteng Agyeman, Robert Brenya

“…As Ghana begins vaccinating its citizens, there is some skepticism about administering the coronavirus vaccine (CVV). …”
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The near-room-temperature upsurge of electrical resistivity in Lu-H-N is not superconductivity, but a metal-to-poor-conductor transition by Di Peng, Qiaoshi Zeng, Fujun Lan, Zhenfang Xing, Yang Ding, Ho-kwang Mao

“…However, the failure of scientists worldwide to independently reproduce these results has cast intense skepticism on this exciting claim. In this work, using a reliable experimental protocol, we synthesized Lu-H-N while minimizing extrinsic influences and reproduced the sudden change in resistance near room temperature. …”
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Beliefs about COVID-19 in Canada, the U.K., and the U.S.A.: A novel test of political polarization and motivated reasoning by Pennycook, Gordon, McPhetres, Jonathon, Bago, Bence, Rand, David Gertler

“…Furthermore, COVID-19 skepticism in the U.S. was strongly correlated with distrust in liberal-leaning mainstream news outlets and trust in conservative-leaning news outlets, suggesting that polarization may be driven by differences in information environments.…”
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The argument from variation against using one’s own intuitions as evidence by Goh, Esther

“…In this paper, I evaluate the skeptical argument that variation in intuitions is good evidence that our intuitions are unreliable, and so we should be skeptical about our theories. …”
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Show me the facts: newsroom-affiliated and independent fact-checkers' transparency acts by Seet, Seth, Tandoc, Edson C.

“…In response to skepticism and criticisms of bias, fact-checkers attempt to be transparent in their work, a practice adopted from their journalistic roots. …”
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The use of SOLAS ship security alert systems by Timlen, Thomas

“…Such skepticism appears to have subsequently abated as seafarers have begun to use the Ship Security Alert Systems when under attack by pirates and armed robbers. …”
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Evaluating a socially responsible employment program: beneficiary impacts and stakeholder perceptions by Walker, Matthew, Hills, Stephen, Heere, Bob

“…This is a problematic omission since many programs carry the stigma of marketing ploys used to bolster organizational image or reduce consumer skepticism. To address this issue and build on existing scholarship, the purpose of this study was to evaluate a socially responsible youth employability program in the United Kingdom. …”
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Ezra and the second wilderness: the literary development of Ezra 7-10 and Nehemiah 8-10 by Yoo, PY

“…Compounding the difficulties for a reconstruction of Ezra’s activities, recent scholarship has raised questions concerning the viability of state-sanctioned support for the Pentateuch and revived skepticism on the historicity of Ezra and the reliability of the biblical witness. …”

Connection-type-specific biases make uniform random network models consistent with cortical recordings. by Tomm, C, Avermann, M, Petersen, C, Gerstner, W, Vogels, T

“…Uniform random sparse network architectures are ubiquitous in computational neuroscience, but the implicit hypothesis that they are a good representation of real neuronal networks has been met with skepticism. Here we used two experimental data sets, a study of triplet connectivity statistics and a data set measuring neuronal responses to channelrhodopsin stimuli, to evaluate the fidelity of thousands of model networks. …”

The health beliefs and behaviors of three groups of complementary medicine and a general practice group of patients. by Furnham, A, Vincent, C, Wood, R

“…The results imply that patients consult different practitioners, general or alternative, on the basis of a combination of their level of skepticism about orthodox medicine, their life-style, and other health beliefs. …”

Use of liquid chromatographic methods for gelatin differentiation in halal verification by Mohd Ismail, Azilawati, Ismail, Amin, Bakar, Jamilah, Mustafa, Shuhaimi

“…A wide diversity of gelatin sources that supported by the largest scale of porcine gelatin production in a global market has raised doubts among Muslim consumers towards gelatin-based ingredients products. The skepticism has been addressed through the implementation of food labelling regulations that require manufacturers to state the source of gelatin on the packaging. …”
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The factors that affect halal food and food products awareness and different challenges: An overview by Ali, Muhammad Qasim, Noormazlinah, Ahmad

“…Despite some consumer skepticism about halal certifications, the industry has found that such certifications can be a helpful marketing tool for businesses. …”
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