The Social Construction of Financial Accountability in Government and Parliament Discourses by Seyed Mojtaba Shafipoor, GhanbarAli Rajabloo, Kaveh Mehrani

“…Differences in the perceptions of various social groups, including parliamentarians, government officials, and elites from financial accountability, raise the question of what the meaning of financial accountability is or how it is understood. …”
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Representing groups of students as personas: A systematic review of persona creation, application, and trends in the educational domain by Ali Farooq, Amani Alabed, Pilira Stella Msefula, Reham AL Tamime, Joni Salminen, Soon-gyo Jung, Bernard J. Jansen

“…Most studies constructed small persona sets—typically four or fewer—focusing on dimensions such as behaviors, beliefs, goals, needs, experiences, perceptions, and demographics, contrasting with larger sets found in industry. …”
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THE VALUE OF SERVICE; EXPLORING THE MODEL OF SERVICE QUALITY IN INDONESIAN AND TUNISIA ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY by Wildatul Islamiyah, Nurul Najma Kamila Hasyim

“…The analysis shows that interpersonal interaction, empathy, and service reliability are essential in shaping students’ perceptions of service quality. The study identifies each university's challenges and strengths in providing quality service and highlights cultural differences that influence service experiences. …”
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Relational Teaching Behaviours in the Large University Class: An Observational Study by Simon G. Beaudry, Jenepher Lennox Terrion, Meredith Rocchi, Michelle Bartleman

“…We argue that relational teaching behaviours may have an impact on students’ perceptions of teaching quality. These findings provide insights into more effective relational teaching in the large class, in particular demonstrating that the most prevalent relational teaching behaviours are not necessarily the most important or effective.  …”
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Creativity and disinformation in artificial intelligence-driven fashion communication by Sigita Kamašauskė, Živilė Sederevičiūtė-Pačiauskienė

“…Fashion communication shapes society’s needs and perceptions of reality, which are currently shifting due to the high density of various artificial intelligence technologies, including those that can recreate reality. …”
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Martialling Peace: How the Peacekeeping Myth Legitimises Warfare by Nicole Wegner by Abdul Wasay Khan Mandokhail

“…The book challenges traditional perceptions of peace, arguing that peacekeeping often perpetuates violence under the guise of stability. …”
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Evaluation of Senior Dental Students’ General Attitude towards the Use of Rubber Dam: A Survey among Two Dental Schools by Jale Tanalp, Müzeyyen Kayataş, Elif Delve Başer Can, Mehmet Baybora Kayahan, Tuğçe Timur

“…Within the limitations of the present study, it can be concluded that the perceptions of dental students on rubber dam needs to be improved and strategies should be developed so that this valuable adjunct will comprise one of the indispensable elements of dental care.…”
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Healthcare professionals and the public sentiment analysis of ChatGPT in clinical practice by Lizhen Lu, Yueli Zhu, Jiekai Yang, Yuting Yang, Junwei Ye, Shanshan Ai, Qi Zhou

“…The successful application of ChatGPT in clinical practice depends on technical performance and critically on the attitudes and perceptions of non-healthcare and healthcare. This study has a qualitative design based on artificial intelligence. …”
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Blockchain adoption factors by Carlos Bernardino, Francisco Cesário, Carlos J. Costa, Manuela Aparicio, João Tiago Aparicio

“…Environmental Concerns present a barrier, suggesting sustainability perceptions can deter adoption. This study conclusively demonstrates that promoting trust, addressing environmental sustainability, and leveraging social influence are pivotal for accelerating blockchain adoption in small and medium-sized organizations. …”
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Investigating the Asymmetric Relationship between Investor Sentiments and Fluctuations in the Overall Index via the Markov Switching Method by keyvan Shahab Lavasani, Leila Shabani Rezvani, Mohammad Ebrahim Samavi

“…Objective Behavioral finance research delves into how investors' perceptions of the capital market and the decisions they make are influenced by psychological factors, ideas, and their willingness to take risks. …”
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L’officier de police, le checkpoint et l’interrogatoire : les spatialités des performances sécuritaires dans le centre-ville du Caire by Laura Monfleur

“…Checkpoints produce a security landscape whose perceptions vary between tranquility and familiarity on the one hand, and insecurity and uncertainty on the other. …”
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La nocturnité au quotidien chez les Indiens tseltal du Chiapas (Mexique) by Aurore Monod Becquelin, Marie Chosson

“…The ontological displacement characteristic of nocturnity makes it possible to place a permanent fear in the unconscious that it will irrupt in people’s lives; this fertile subsoil is perceptible in everyday conversation, in repeated tales, in gestures, and in the avoidance behaviours that reveal it. …”
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Sonic territorialisation in motion. Reporting from the homeless occupation of public space in Grenoble by Nicola Di Croce

“…The aim is to investigate how public policies can relate to issues around the sonic environment and, more generally, how institutions can deal with social conflicts originated by a plurality of sonic perceptions. In order to do so, the paper presents the outcomes of field research developed in Grenoble in 2015, focusing on the “sonic deterritorialisation” of groups of homeless people in the inner city. …”
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Understanding, anticipating and managing health risks linked to climate migration by François Gemenne

“…Health problems, whether physical or mental, are omnipresent at every stage of these refugees' journeys – all the more when they are women – from the moment the disaster strikes to when they arrive in a new host country.Constructing policies to adapt to and manage these new flows requires taking account of a number of subjective factors. People’s perceptions of the effects of climate change often have a greater influence on their choice to leave than objective reality. …”
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Phosphate Metabolism in CKD Stages 3–5: Dietary and Pharmacological Control by Markus Ketteler

“…When compared to the available information for patients on dialysis (CKD stage 5D), data on the epidemiology and appropriate treatment of calcium and phosphate metabolism in the predialysis stages of chronic kidney disease (CKD) are quite limited. Perceptible derangements of calcium and phosphate levels start to become apparent when GFR falls below 30 mL/min in some, but not all, patients. …”
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Articuler protection des ressources en eau et accès à l’eau potable en Indonésie : quel cadre d’analyse ? by Catherine Baron, Héloïse Valette

“…This conflict reflects both a disconnection between representations and perceptions of water(s) that are not shared by actors (water as a resource, a public good, commodity, right, common, etc.), and a disconnection between resource and service from the point of view of governance and coordination rules. …”
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Top Challenges Facing the Florida Strawberry Industry: Insights from a Comprehensive Industry Survey by Zhengfei Guan, Feng Wu, Alicia Whidden

“…In this 3-page article, Zhengfei Guan, Feng Wu, and Alicia Whidden investigate Florida growers’ perceptions of various threats and challenges and discuss those threats that should be dealt with as high priority. …”
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Technological Tool for Formative Assessment in Higher Education: ZipGrade by Bani Arora, Abdulghani Al-Hattami

“…Drawing on a sample of 63 fourth year B.Ed. students in Bahrain, the study combines quantitative and qualitative methodologies to assess student perceptions about the utility and effectiveness of ZipGrade. …”
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Feminist spiritualities, gender equality and sustainable development: The possibilities of a countermovement by N. Swanepoel, T. van Wyk

“…Feminist spirituality became a countermovement – countering perceptions and ingrained convictions that a woman could not be a mediator between God and humanity. …”
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Motion-Computerized Tomographic Colography is a Better Method for Screening for Polyps: Arguments for the Motion by Benoit C Pineau

“…Compliance with recommendations for screening has been poor, in part, because of negative perceptions about the available modalities. Virtual colonoscopy, or computerized tomographic colography, is a minimally invasive technique that safely evaluates the entire colon and does not require sedation. …”
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