Pentecostal Theology by Wolfgang Vondey

“…Although there exists (still) a widespread skepticism over whether Pentecostal theology represents a genuine theological tradition, the rise of biblical, historical, and theological scholarship among Pentecostals marked the maturing of Pentecostal theology by the end of the century, and the beginning of constructive proposals to integrate various distinctive features of Pentecostalism into a comprehensive theological agenda (Yong 2007a: 244–248; Vondey 2013a: 141–148). …”
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Stability of hospital quality indicators over time: A multi-year observational study of German hospital data. by Nils Patrick Kollmann, Benedikt Langenberger, Reinhard Busse, Christoph Pross

“…Despite extensive longitudinal quality indicator data and many hospital quality public reporting initiatives, research on quality indicator stability over time is scarce and skepticism about their usefulness widespread.<h4>Objective</h4>Based on aggregated, widely available hospital-level quality indicators, this paper sought to determine whether quality indicators are stable over time. …”
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The Interviewer as Partisan: American Journalists in Conversation with Fidel Castro by Renzo Llorente

“…Indeed, most of these journalists’ interviews with Castro—such as those of Lisa Howard (1963); Barbara Walters (1977); Robert MacNeil (1985); Maria Shriver (1988); and Tom Brokaw (1995)—follow a surprisingly similar script: the interviewer focuses on alleged human rights abuses in Cuba; treats Cuba’s political institutions and practices with skepticism; insists on knowing what concessions Cuba is prepared to make to the United States; implicitly criticizes Cuba’s foreign policy and—prior to 1990—Cuba’s relationship with the Soviet Union; neglects to consider the validity of Cuba’s complaints about US policy; and, in general, suggests that the US government’s aggressive attitude toward Cuba is justified in light of the policies pursued by Castro. …”
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Urine HPV in the Context of Genital and Cervical Cancer Screening—An Update of Current Literature by Alexandros Daponte, George Michail, Athina-Ioanna Daponte, Nikoletta Daponte, George Valasoulis

“…Bygone the initial skepticism that vaginal or urine HPV represents “passenger” transient infections, extensive scientific work has been conducted to optimize high-risk HPV (hrHPV) detection from this “novel” biologic material. …”
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Evaluation of the Impact of Interdisciplinary Case-Based Courses in Dental Education on Smile Evaluation Skills of Undergraduate Students by Didem Nalbantgil, R. Burcu Nur Yılmaz, Elif Akın, Mehmet Ali Erden, Simay Yılmaz, Fulya Özdemir

“…Hence, the motivation for critical thinking based on multidisciplinary courses until 3rd year, the skepticism, and also the perception of the students were increased. …”
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Artificial Intelligence for Autonomous Molecular Design: A Perspective by Rajendra P. Joshi, Neeraj Kumar

“…However, such deep learning and ML approaches also raise considerable conceptual, technical, scalability, and end-to-end error quantification challenges, as well as skepticism about the current AI hype to build automated tools. …”
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Consumer Attitudes Towards Innovative Food Products Including Functional Products — Implications for Marketing in Terms of Nutrition and Health Claims by Gutkowska Krystyna, Czarnecki Jacek

“…Consumers accept these innovations in different ways, generally showing skepticism about “improving” food by enriching it with various ingredients, while positively referring to changes related to the reduction in the content of nutrients considered harmful to health, e.g. fat, sugar or salt. …”
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Trends in coal mining laws and taxation aimed at stimulating commercial coal seam methane production by Elena Andreevna Shubina, Viktor Grigoryevich Lukyanov

“…Finally, it is intended to overcome skepticism towards methane as a hydrocarbon resource. …”
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Visualization and quality control tools for large-scale multiplex tissue analysis in TissUUmaps3 by Andrea Behanova, Christophe Avenel, Axel Andersson, Eduard Chelebian, Anna Klemm, Lina Wik, Arne Östman, Carolina Wählby

“…Additionally, the development of automated approaches for tissue analysis requires visual verification to reduce skepticism with regard to the accuracy of the results. …”
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SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination in India: Considerations of Hesitancy and Bioethics in Global Health by Mohammad Abdullah Sarkar, Ahmad Ozair, Kaushal Kishor Singh, Nishanth R Subash, Mainak Bardhan, Yashita Khulbe

“…Results: Factors driving hesitancy either intensified skepticism towards vaccination in general or exacerbated reluctance towards specific vaccines. …”
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Co-design of a Virtual Reality Cognitive Remediation Program for Depression (bWell-D) With Patient End Users and Clinicians: Qualitative Interview Study Among Patients and Clinicia... by Maria Elena Hernandez Hernandez, Erin Michalak, Nusrat Choudhury, Mark Hewko, Ivan Torres, Mahesh Menon, Raymond W Lam, Trisha Chakrabarty

“…The participants expressed a need for an engaging VR treatment that included realistic and multisensorial settings and activities, as well as customizable features. Some skepticism regarding its effectiveness was also reported, especially when the real-world applications of the practiced skills were not made explicit, as well as some concerns regarding equipment accessibility. …”
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Supply of basic necessities to vulnerable populations during the COVID-19 pandemic: Empirical evidence from Shanghai, China by Qian Wang, Qian Wang, Ruiming Dai, Tiantian Zhang, Tiantian Zhang, Jiaru Li, Tao Sheng, Bin Wu

“…BackgroundIn spite of initial widespread skepticism, city lockdown has been proved to be an effective short-term tool in containing and delaying the spread of a viral epidemic. …”
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Challenges in creating online courses and establishing a measure of their efficacy with an example of MIT's course in Sustainable Energy by Srivastava, Amrita, S.M. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Understanding Farmers' Data Collection Practices on Small-to-Medium Farms for the Design of Future Farm Management Information Systems by Friedman, Natalie, Tan, Zm, Haskins, Micah N., Ju, Wendy, Bailey, Diane, Longchamps, Louis

“…Key barriers to FMIS adoption include technology skepticism, technical hurdles, lack of support, and self-doubt in technical skills. …”
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The role of culture in organizational change by Banish, Bryan J. (Bryan John), 1971-, Nawaz, Muhammad I. 1960-

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Seagate Technology International (A) – enhancing supply chain collaboration by Tang, Hung Kei, Gleave, Tom

“…However, a severe downturn in market sentiment towards Internet plays hampered the adoption of new online business models. By April 2001, skepticism had turned into significant doubts over which models would be successful or not in the years ahead. …”
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In search of the link between organizational culture and performance: a review from the conclusion validity perspective by Tan, Boon Seng

“…In Search of Excellence) but is replaced by skepticism by the 1990s. Using conclusion validity as the framework, the purpose of this paper is to synthesize cross-disciplinary literature in organization studies and the emerging sub-field of organizational economics to lay a foundation to establish the link rigorously. …”
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Art and games - development of Trivium. by Zhou, Xuanming., Ho, Qingxiang.

“…Even from my mentors, who come from a generation more in tune with “traditional” narratives, doubts were cast as to the potential for my project to be deemed a good piece of animation, or more accurately a good piece of story. Such skepticism has even led to a form of exile where people categorize me to being a student of Interactive Media instead. …”
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Rumor & rumor correction : expressing uncertainties in the retransmission of false rumors by Mohamad Zulkifli Yahya

“…Despite recent research that explores rumoring on social media platforms, limited work has focused explicitly on how crowds self-correct rumors through the expression of feelings of anxiety, confusion and skepticism. This dissertation examines how users of social media express uncertainty and subsequently correct online rumors during a period of collective uncertainty. …”
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Blockchain opportunities in the maritime industry (bunkering industry) by Tam, Benjamin Qing Yu

“…Though most interview respondents have expressed receptiveness and optimism to the initiative, some have conveyed skepticism on the effectiveness of an actual implementation. …”
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