XXI Century Education and its contribution to the employment rate of romanian labour market by Şerb Diana Elena, Cicioc Nicoleta Camelia

“…The central idea of the article is that young people show a skeptical attitude on further education after high school, and the fact that they do not want to surpass themselves and not focus on lifelong learning, poses a threat to society, an education that does not end once the individual no longer has the status of pupil or student. …”
Get full text

Curcumin as a Therapeutic Option in Retinal Diseases by Daniel López-Malo, Carlos Alberto Villarón-Casares, Jorge Alarcón-Jiménez, Maria Miranda, Manuel Díaz-Llopis, Francisco J. Romero, Vincent M. Villar

“…Some drawbacks are its poor solubility, bioavailability and lack of stability at physiological conditions; which have been shown in curcumin skeptical publications. In this review, we provide some lights and shadows on curcumin administration on the major retinal pathologies.…”
Get full text

AFM Indentation on Highly Heterogeneous Materials Using Different Indenter Geometries by Stylianos Vasileios Kontomaris, Andreas Stylianou, Georgios Chliveros, Anna Malamou

“…However, many scientists are skeptical regarding the applicability of the Hertz theory to biological materials, as they are highly heterogeneous. …”
Get full text

Nuclear Energy Perception and Ecological Attitudes by Aleksandra Badora, Krzysztof Kud, Marian Woźniak

“…It has also been shown that the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries are more skeptical about nuclear power than countries that do not belong to the OECD (for example, China and Africa).…”
Get full text

Success of Hand Movement Imagination Depends on Personality Traits, Brain Asymmetry, and Degree of Handedness by Elena V. Bobrova, Varvara V. Reshetnikova, Elena A. Vershinina, Alexander A. Grishin, Pavel D. Bobrov, Alexander A. Frolov, Yury P. Gerasimenko

“…The success of brain states recognition during imagination of left hand (LH) movement compared to the rest is higher in reserved, practical, skeptical, and not very sociable individuals. Extraversion, liveliness, and dominance are significant for the imagination of right hand (RH) movements in “pure” right-handers, and sensitivity in latent left-handers. …”
Get full text

Should I Buy the Current Narrative about Predatory Journals? Facts and Insights from the Brazilian Scenario by Cicero Cena, Daniel A. Gonçalves, Giuseppe A. Câmara

“…It calls for a more nuanced understanding of what constitutes predatory practices and underscores the importance of skeptical inquiry within our daily academic activities. …”
Get full text

Postgenomics: Perspectives on Biology after the Genome, by Sarah Richardson, Hallam Stevens by Scheffler, Robin W

“…The state of the art in genomics seems to have arrived where many science scholars started in the 1990s—profoundly skeptical of just what the study of genes can tell us. …”
Get full text
Get full text

Information security and mutual trust as determining factors for information technology outsourcing success by Shittu, Abdul Jaleel Kehinde, Ahlan, Abdul Rahman, Sheik Osman, Wan Rozaini

“…Information security and mutual trust have been the major stumbling blocks in the adoption of information technology outsourcing (ITO), clients were skeptical about possibilities of ITO as a mean of bridging the gap between information technology (IT) and business community. …”
Get full text

Creating resilient community in disaster prone geographies: Should AAGAAS turn for-profit or remain not-for-profit? by Singh Bisht, Shailendra, Dastidar, Surajit Ghosh

“…This tragedy challenged Maithani to sustain the organization which was already engaged in local craft promotion and many other initiatives for community development including sustainable livelihoods.Maithani was facing a shortage of funds along with lack of skilled manpower.He wondered whether it was feasible to transform his organization into a for-profit organisation but was skeptical about the transformation in light of the recent tragedy. …”
Get full text

Participant observation in a case study on web design process of e-retail website by Rashid, Rashdan, Hassan, Shahizan

“…Studies on developing models for e-retail implementation for consumer co-operative business are very scarce.Co-operative businesses appear to be anxious about going into online retailing since Malaysian Internet shopping is still new, customers are not very familiar and skeptical towards online shopping.Consequently a case study (participant observation) will be undertaken in this study to accomplish main aim in implementation Content Management System (CMS)in developing design process of consumer co-operative website.Web design process model by Kiatruangkrai et al.(2010) and Goi(2007a) have been the foundation guideline in designing the website.Package selection web based application has been used in design stage which can easily help non professional web developer to design their online shopping website.As a conceptual paper, this research is limited to literature and prior research.It offers the benefit to new direction for further research on web design process model.This paper provides researcher with a proposed model of web design process.The proposed model should also be tested in relation with e retail business.…”
Get full text

A Comprehensive Examination of Vegan Lifestyle in Italy by Annachiara Stenico, Diana Zarantonello, Fabio Vittadello, Michael Kob

“…However, medical and health professionals often lack the necessary knowledge and are skeptical about this diet despite the scientific evidence. …”
Get full text

When Kids are challenged to solve real problems – Case study on transforming learning with interpersonal presence and digital technologies by Renate Motschnig, Daniel Pfeiffer, Anna Gawin, Peter Gawin, Michael Steiner

“…Results also indicate clearly that - even though the intervention is centered at children - their teachers need to be intensively included, otherwise a remarkable share of them may experience a loss of control over their class and remain skeptical. Besides discussing the results of the survey, the authors address the challenge of sustainability and share important learnings from the project.…”
Get full text

The roots of demotivation in studying English: Sociocultural values among students in a rural area by La Dunifa

“…The results revealed three interrelated themes, namely: ethnocentric stereotype (the tendency to look down on English because it is a foreign culture), the skeptical view (doubt toward the worth of English), and slow living lifestyle (a lifestyle that encourages a slower approach to aspects of everyday life). …”
Get full text

The use of mobile phones by Generation Z: A qualitative analysis of their whys and hows by Nicoleta Dan, Raisa-Gabriela Zamfirescu

“…Socially, they show a strong interest in equal rights based on race and gender, and they are skeptical about advertisements, always seeking truth and authenticity in every domain. …”
Get full text

ALCOHOLIC POLICY OF THE SOVIET STATE IN THE 1920S IN THE PEASANTS' ASSESSMENTS by I. A. Shevchenko

“…For the most part, the peasants were skeptical of both the efforts of the authorities to combat domestic distilling and the establishment of a state wine monopoly. …”
Get full text

An Inspection Regime for Cyber Weapons: A Challenge Too Far? by Przemysław Roguski

“…While such a regime has been proposed by scholars, states remain skeptical or even actively opposed to efforts to impose traditional arms control measures on offensive cyber capabilities. …”
Get full text

Remembrance of Bob Jahn by Tony Edwards

“…I had long wanted to make a program about ESP research, and it was Bob’s data and academic status that helped convince my skeptical  BBC bosses that it was high time Horizon (and its US sister Nova)  took a look at the subject. …”
Get full text

“I don’t like it and I think it’s useless, people discussing politics on Facebook”: Young Swedes’ understandings of social media use for political discussion by Malin Sveningsson

“…The participants were skeptical about social media as used in relation to politics, and expressed doubts about their suitability and usefulness. …”
Get full text

Risks of educational space digitalization as digital demarcators of modern university corporate environment by Ya. I. Serkina, A. E. Ushamirsky, G. A. Elnikova

“…Depending on perception of the education system digitalization strategy, representatives of higher education subcorporations have been conditionally divided into four groups: “consistent supporters”, “moderate pragmatists”, “skeptics”, and “undecided”. Each of them, except for the last one, has been characterized by specific risk dispositions (risk-dispositions). …”
Get full text

Poetic Confluence: The Social Organization of a Telepathic Experience by Robin Wooffitt

“…In the discussion, alternative skeptical explanations are assessed; the empirical approach is framed in terms of Cardeña’s (2019) observations on the metaphoric quality of some psi phenomena and Carpenter’s (2012) first sight theory, and some suggestions are offered for further research on social interaction and psi phenomena.…”
Get full text