Cloud computing adaptation model for universities to increase ICT proficiency by Okai, Safiya, Uddin, Mueen, Arshad, Amad, Alsaqour, Raed, Shah, Asadullah

“…The cloud technology reduces complexity while increasing speed and quality of IT services provided; however, despite these benefits the challenges that come with its adoption have left many sectors especially the higher education skeptical in committing to this technology. This article identifies the reasons for the slow rate of adoption of cloud computing at university level, discusses the challenges faced and proposes a cloud computing adoption model that contains strategic guidelines to overcome the major challenges identified and a road map for the successful adoption of cloud computing by universities. …”
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Joining Parti Amanah Negara (Amanah) and Leaving Parti Islam seMalaysia (PAS): The Case Study of Amanah Party Activists in Terengganu by W.A.Ghapar, Wan Rohila Ganti, C.M.Razali, Che Hamdan

“…The respondents reveal that ideological differences between them and the former party are too great and they are more skeptical about the value of political engagement through PAS. …”
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Suffering the Sons of Eve: Animal Ethics in al-Maʿarrī’s <i>Epistle of the Horse and the Mule</i> by Kevin Blankinship

“…In the year 1021 CE, blind author and skeptic Abū l-ʿAlāʾ al-Maʿarrī (d. 1057 CE) wrote Risālat al-ṣāhil wa-l-shāḥij (The Epistle of the Horse and the Mule), a winding prose work populated by animal characters who talk about poetry, grammar, riddles, and Syrian society on the eve of the crusades. …”
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Ways to Reach the Supreme Being in Mullah Sadra's Thought by Mokhtar Arhami, Saeed Geravand, Mansour İmanpour

“…Mulla Sadra is not satisfied with only intellectual behavior in the discussion of the collection, but by proposing the wisdom of grace and divine favor in reasoning to prove the correctness of philosophical issues, he reaches the position of understanding and discovering facts. Mulla Sadra is skeptical about the issue of reaching the Almighty. …”
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Language Editors: Job Prestige, Influence on Language and Perceived Threats by Kristina Jakaitė-Bulbukienė, Neringa Micutaitė

“…It has been found that the informants of the study feel that there are critical, skeptical attitudes towards language editors and linguists in general in the public sphere. …”
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More than meets the AI: The possibilities and limits of machine learning in olfaction by Ann-Sophie Barwich, Ann-Sophie Barwich, Elisabeth A. Lloyd

“…This article argues that we should be deeply skeptical about the trend to black-box the sensory system’s biology in our theories of perception. …”
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Heterogeneity among the never married in a low-fertility context by Jolene Tan

“…<b>Results</b>: Four never-married subgroups were identified: family conservatives (37Š), conflicted conservatives (24Š), family progressives (22Š), and family skeptics (17Š). There were distinct characteristics among subgroups in terms of age, sex, and relationship status. …”
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Political transformations in Poland: will a change of government lead to a change of course? by Boris P. Guseletov

“…<p>The article examines the consequences of the change of the Polish government, headed by the right-wing Euro-skeptical Law and Justice party, which has led this country since October 2015. …”
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Where have all the Avars gone? A view from eastern Europe by Florin Curta

“… The presence of the Avars in Eastern Europe, particularly in the lands between the Carpathian Mountains and the river Dnieper, has so far been a matter of concern for historians. Archaeologists are skeptical: except for a couple of finds from Budureasca, there are no Early Avar belt fittings anywhere to the north, east, and south from the Carpathian Mountains. …”
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Sainte-Beuve vs Eckermann, or How the First Russian Translation of “Conversations with Goethe” Was Made by Elena A. Andrushchenko

“…He transferred not only its structural features, but also the skeptical opinion of Eckermann’s personality expressed by C.A. …”
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Designing Training Programs to Introduce Emerging Technologies to Future Workers—A Pilot Study Based on the Example of Artificial Intelligence Enhanced Robotics by Janika Leoste, Tiia Õun, Krista Loogma, José San Martín López

“…Implementing an Emerging Technology (ET) is a difficult task due to people lacking ET-related knowledge and skills or having skeptical and negative attitudes towards the ET. As learners construct their understanding about an ET and develop related skills by actually passing through the ET Innovation Process (IP) stages (Awareness, Acceptance and Adoption), it could be useful to provide them with training that imitates certain IP stages. …”
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Underlying factors impacting vaccine hesitancy in high income countries: a review of qualitative studies by Eve Dubé, Dominique Gagnon, Noni MacDonald, Aurélie Bocquier, Patrick Peretti-Watel, Pierre Verger

“…While the scientific consensus on the benefits of vaccination is unambiguous, there is a growing proportion of the population that is skeptical about vaccination. The idea that vaccination programs are losing their momentum concerns public health agencies throughout the world. …”
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Genetic difference between African and Japanese scombropid populations based on cytochrome c oxidase subunit I gene sequences by Hikaru Oyama, Shiro Itoi, Hiroyuki Ueda, Yukako Mochizuki, Minori Tanaka, Takeshi Ito, Hirotoshi Shishido, Yasuji Masuda, Noriyuki Takai, Haruo Sugita

“…Among these, the population of South Africa has been renamed from Scombrops dubius to Scombrops boops, which is known to be distributed in waters around Japanese Archipelago. We are skeptical of this revision as the two populations are geographically isolated between the waters of the Far East and the southern end of the Africa coast. …”
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NEW INSIGHTS ON <em>PALUDOTONA</em>, AN INSULAR ENDEMIC LAGOMORPH (MAMMALIA) FROM THE TUSCO-SARDINIAN PALAEOBIOPROVINCE (ITALY, TUROLIAN, LATE MIOCENE) by CHIARA ANGELONE, STANISLAV ČERMÁK, LORENZO ROOK

“…The continental ancestor of Paludotona remains unknown. We are skeptical about the widely accepted hypothesis of its descent from Lagopsis. …”
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Gas flaring: Carbon dioxide contribution to global warming by Chika Floyd Amaechi, Ekene Biose

“…Flaring been a source of anthropogenic carbon dioxide, is a concern to skeptics and local oil producing communities as a significant contributor to global warming, environmental degradation, health risk and economic loss. …”
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Tutti pazzi per "Helga": cattolici, cinema ed educazione sessuale nell'Italia del '68 by Giovanni Memola

“…Most Catholics were initially fearful and skeptical about the film and its pedagogical potential, and condemned in particular the decision by the national censorship board that the film was “suitable for all”. …”
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The Aphorism and Play in the Artistic Paradigm of the Novels by Crébillon-fils by Natalya V. Lidzerhos

“…Tamarchenko) is determined by skeptical and ironic attitude to the world typical for rococo. …”
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Importance of Breast Sensation After Mastectomy: Evidence from Three Sources by Stacy T. Lindau, El A. Pinkerton, Emily M. Abramsohn, Charles M. Fuller, Danielle Grubb, Tania Mendoza, Amy K. Siston

“…Lessons for physicians, scientists, and skeptics are conveyed about why the basic integrity of women's bodies matters for practice and science.…”
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Críticas al derecho y el sujeto “mujeres” y propuestas desde la jurisprudencia feminista | Criticism to the Law and the Subject “Women” and Proposals from the Feminist Jurisprudenc... by Noelia Igareda Gonzalez, Marta Cruells López

“…On top of that, the latest feminists’ movements have been very skeptical about the viability of the category “women” as subject of law, since it is a diverse and questionable subject. …”
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The use of artificial intelligence in mental health services in Turkey: What do mental health professionals think? by Mücahit Gültekin, Meryem Şahin

“…However, thirdly, they were skeptical about the notion that AI would radically transform mental health services. …”
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