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Erratum to "When alienated from society, conspiracy theory belief gives meaning to life" [Heliyon 10(14) (30 July 2024) e34557]. [PDF]
HeliyonSchnell T, Viviani R, Lenz C, Krampe H.
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The Cross and Conflict: How Do Christians Impact Protest Dynamics?
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the relationship between Christian actors, practices, and sacred sites in US protests and demonstrations, focusing on how political ideology shapes conflict outcomes. Using event‐level data from the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED), the analysis explores 63,000 protest events from 2020 to 2024 ...
Joel Day
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HIV Conspiracy Theory Belief or Institutional Mistrust? A Call for Disentangling Key Concepts. [PDF]
AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses, 2020 Sauermilch D.
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Real and Apparent Deviations From Rational Choice
Kyklos, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper offers a taxonomy of real and apparent deviations from rationality. The taxonomy is based on three axes of divides—whereas the axes are successive refinements. The outermost‐axis divide delineates “anxiety‐based choices” from “anxiety‐free choices.” Anxiety‐based choices are real deviations such as the Allais and Ellsberg paradoxes ...
Elias L. Khalil
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Word Predictability as a Measure of Second Language Proficiency
Language Learning, EarlyView.Abstract This study introduces predictabilityBERT, a novel metric for assessing second language (L2) proficiency based on the predictability of word choices in learner language production. Using BERT (Devlin et al., 2019), we calculated the conditional probability of each word in a text given its surrounding context.
Langdon Holmes +3 more
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The impact of artificial intelligence on close protection and surveillance
Legal and Criminological Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Purpose The current study assesses whether and how Artificial Intelligence could assist in threat assessment and analysis within the close protection and surveillance field. Methods The study drew on in‐depth interviews with academic experts and practitioners within the Dutch close protection and surveillance system, including the police ...
Isabelle van der Vegt
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James Lyman Merrick's Aborted “Mission to the Mohammedans of Persia”
The Muslim World, EarlyView.Abstract James Lyman Merrick (1803‐1866) served as a missionary of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) in Persia between 1835 and 1845. He was America's first missionary to the Muslim world. Based on his field research on the Persians’ religious beliefs, he correctly predicted that the conversion of Persia's Muslims into ...
Hooman Estelami
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Belief in a COVID-19 Conspiracy Theory as a Predictor of Mental Health and Well-Being of Health Care Workers in Ecuador: Cross-Sectional Survey Study. [PDF]
JMIR Public Health Surveill, 2020 Chen X +6 more
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Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Within the US electoral system, where states are conceived of and vote as discrete entities, state‐level characteristics are vital to consider because they reflect sociocultural context influencing voter behaviour. Though numerous studies have documented the connection between Christian nationalist ideology and voting for Donald Trump in 2016,
Andrew L. Whitehead, Samuel L. Perry
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