GERMANY G20 PRESIDENCY. THE TEST BY TRUMP by М В Ларионова

“…Assessments of its role range from a very skeptical to a highly positive judgement. Nevertheless, the G20 remains a key forum for economic cooperation in the face of shifting values and powers, rising protectionism, environmental depletion and increasing anti-globalization. …”
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Socio-philosophical analysis of the crisis of liberal democracy by M.V. Manannikova, I.G. Balakhontseva, M.V. Lutcev

“…The result of the study was the justification of the position according to which lobbying the concept of "democratization" as a universal model of socio-political existence, without taking into account the specifics of specific societies and States, generates a well-founded skeptical attitude to it. Considering the socio-political structure of Russian society, the authors came to the conclusion that due to its cultural and historical specificity, the rejection of the liberal model of democracy is quite natural.…”
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Perceived threat and fear responses to e-cigarette warning label messages: Results from 16 focus groups with U.S. youth and adults. by Rosemary J Avery, Motasem Kalaji, Jeff Niederdeppe, Alan Mathios, Michael Dorf, Sahara Byrne, Amelia Greiner Safi

“…On average, youth were more skeptical than adults about the harms of using e-cigarettes.…”
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French diplomats and the military on Soviet Russia and the balance of power in Central-Eastern Europe in 1922 by I. E. Magadeev

“…At the same time, diplomats and the military both in Paris and on-site were often skeptical about the prospects for the development of the Soviet economy, noting the catastrophic consequences of hunger, economic and financial ruin. …”
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The Adoption of Electric Vehicles in Qatar Can Contribute to Net Carbon Emission Reduction but Requires Strong Government Incentives by Ahmad Al-Buenain, Saeed Al-Muhannadi, Mohammad Falamarzi, Adeeb A. Kutty, Murat Kucukvar, Nuri C. Onat

“…Cutting down greenhouse gases when low-carbon electricity sources are maintained has answered the concerns of skeptics when switching to electric mobility. This paper presents a life-cycle-based comparative study between the electric and conventional gasoline vehicles with respect to their environmental performance, taking the case of Qatar. …”
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Online medical teaching during COVID-19 lockdown: perceptions by the South-Indian Faculty by Pratima M. Bhutkar, Suganthi Vajiravelu, Milind V. Bhutkar, Deepti Shastri

“…Most of the faculty perceived that online teaching was time-consuming. They were skeptical about the active involvement of students in this process. …”
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Telerehabilitation Readiness, Knowledge, and Acceptance of Future Physiatrists in the Philippines: An Online Survey During the COVID-19 Pandemic by Carl Froilan D. Leochico, Carl Froilan D. Leochico, Marc Francis J. Perez, Jose Alvin P. Mojica, Sharon D. Ignacio, Sharon D. Ignacio

“…The majority were classified either as telerehabilitation skeptics (38.7%), pioneers (19.4%), or explorers (19.4%). …”
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Some (relatively) new conceptual ‘frames’ supplementing the study of human capital in rural sociology by A. M. Nikulin, I. V. Trotsuk

“…First, the idea and repeatedly tested projects of the Green Revolution, or the Third Agricultural Revolution, which implied technology transfer initiatives to greatly increase crop yields, opposed the concept of “Red Revolution” (comprehensive agrotechnological transformations instead of radical political ones), despite some skeptical assessments, in the last decades of the 20th century contributed to the reduction in global hunger, and, especially in its Soviet interpretations, seemed to be consonant with the more recent intellectual direction - development studies. …”
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الأساس الأخلاقي للمعرفة العلمية في الفلسفة البوبرية by سليم بركات, نداء محمود سليمان

“…Results showed that knowledge, generally, is everyone's right to possess, threr resides the truth, and to reach this truth there must be many methodologies, says popper, the most important of which is the critical approach and rational dialog, by which we realize that the human makes mistakes and, consequently, his knowledge may be wrong, and to access the real scientific knowledge the skeptical approach should be followed in which the premise is tested in different ways. …”
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Expanding the functions of dental assistants in Bulgaria and perceptions about their role in the Bulgarian healhcare workforce by Chris S. Ivanoff, Bogomil Andonov, Timothy L. Hottel

“…The study suggests they are skeptical about “general” versus “personal” supervision. …”
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SOCIOLOGIJA IR REFLEKTYVUMAS by Algimantas Valantiejus

“…The new sociological identity is being shaped by 1) fragmentary and relative context; 2) the attempts of reflexive methodology to systemically and critically evaluate the social-scientific accounts of reality; 3) the skeptical treatment of "representations"; 4) the "performative" character of critical activity; 5) experience of indeterminacy conditioned by a) the antithesis between the conventional and the new theoretical projects; b) the social aspects of scientific activity which include the conversational, discursive and reflexive dimensions. …”
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SOCIOLOGIJA IR REFLEKTYVUMAS by Vardenis Pavardenis

“…The new sociological identity is being shaped by 1) fragmentary and relative context; 2) the attempts of reflexive methodology to systemically and critically evaluate the social-scientific accounts of reality; 3) the skeptical treatment of "representations"; 4) the "performative" character of critical activity; 5) experience of indeterminacy conditioned by a) the antithesis between the conventional and the new theoretical projects; b) the social aspects of scientific activity which include the conversational, discursive and reflexive dimensions. …”
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Affordable housing in a "high-tech Mayberry" : site selection and policy tools for San Mateo County, California by Morris, Ellen Victoria

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Do place-based interventions displace crime in cities? : an evaluation of two crime prevention strategies in Chihuahua, Mexico by Mendoza Garcia, Jose Antonio

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Biological Life and the Partiality Relation by Ravanpak, Ryan

“…I argue that this account fares better than a competing account of the source of partiality which relies on psychological connectedness and continuity. I then answer a skeptical challenge about why biological connections and continuity generate the relation of partiality. …”
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Essays on Understanding and Combating Misinformation at Scale by Allen, Jennifer

“…Contrary to popular belief, I find that factually-accurate vaccine-skeptical content was approximately 50X more impactful than outright false misinformation. …”
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Theory and practice in architecture : a study of Frank Lloyd Wright by Woods, Michael G

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Data-driven methods for social complex systems: social media, data assimilation and how they connect by Kolic, B

“…We find two stable, highly polarized groups: climate believers and climate skeptics, whose polarization drops significantly during the “FridaysForFuture“ strikes of September 2019. …”

8 years cohort study on short term outcome of sutureless thyroidectomy in Hospital Raja Perempuan Zainab II by Alias, Am Basheer

“…However, surgeons are still skeptical in using this technology as there are many important structures in close proximity to the thyroid gland. …”
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Oncologists’ perspective on advance directives, a French national prospective cross-sectional survey – the ADORE study by Amélie Cambriel, Kevin Serey, Adrien Pollina-Bachellerie, Mathilde Cancel, Morgan Michalet, Jacques-Olivier Bay, Carole Bouleuc, Jean-Pierre Lotz, Francois Philippart

“…While 36% (n = 149) regularly inform patients about AD, 25% (n = 102) remain skeptical about AD. Among the respondents who do not consistently discuss AD, the most common reason given is the belief that AD may induce anxiety (n = 211/353; 60%). …”
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