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Cancer Fatalism: Deterring Early Presentation and Increasing Social Inequalities?
, 2011 Background: Fatalistic beliefs about cancer have been implicated in low uptake of screening and delay in presentation particularly in low socioeconomic status (SES) groups, but no studies have systematically evaluated interrelationships between SES ...
Jane Wardle +4 more
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Dynamic Evolution and Transformative Trends in the Consumer Market: A Technology Paradox Perspective
Psychology &Marketing, Volume 43, Issue 6, Page 1327-1342, June 2026.ABSTRACT The consumer market is defined by tensions arising from the clash between technological advancement and consumer psychology. Current research lacks a unifying framework to explain these contradictions. Addressing this gap, we introduce a conceptual model based on technology paradox theory, which maps the dynamic process from antecedents ...
Chanaka Jayawardhena +3 more
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Fatalism as a metaphysical thesis
, 2017 Even though fatalism has been an intermittent topic of philosophy since Greek antiquity, this paper argues that fate ought to be of little concern to metaphysicians.
Meyer, Ulrich
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Public Health Challenges, Volume 5, Issue 2, June 2026.Cancer pain remains widely undermanaged despite available treatments, due to interconnected barriers at patient, provider, and system levels. This PRISMA‐based review (23 studies) identified key challenges including opioid fears, inadequate training, limited access to analgesics, and poor care coordination. Addressing these requires improved education,
Belete Muluadam Admassie +11 more
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Leveraging Large Language Models for Agent‐Based Simulation of Human‐Water System Interactions
Water Resources Research, Volume 62, Issue 6, June 2026.Abstract Modeling human–water system interactions is essential for understanding the co‐evolution of human society and hydrological extremes. Agent‐based models (ABMs) are widely used for this purpose, yet they face persistent challenges, including manually coded rules, simplified behavioral assumptions, and limited integration of qualitative ...
Y. C. Ethan Yang, Wenyu Chiou
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From Smoke to Stakes: Parental Smoking During Childhood as a Predictor of Adult Gambling Behaviour
Australian Economic Review, Volume 59, Issue 2, Page 173-189, June 2026.ABSTRACT Background Australia has one of the highest rates of gambling among developed countries, with important consequences for public health and well‐being. Identifying the underlying drivers of gambling behaviour is therefore a key public policy issue, particularly in understanding how early‐life experiences shape later‐life risk‐taking behaviours.
Opoku Adabor
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Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, Volume 34, Issue 2, June 2026.ABSTRACT This article investigates disaster communication as a process of disaster epistemology through which crises are culturally known, interpreted, and normalized. Based on a cross‐national qualitative comparison of Vietnam and the Philippines, the study broadens dominant secular models that conceptualize disaster communication as information ...
Ngoc‐Son Le
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Microbial Biotechnology, Volume 19, Issue 6, June 2026.Unnecessary bureaucracy is a global impediment to progress and productivity that increases stress and lowers workplace morale and motivation. In research it smothers creativity and innovation that are key to new discoveries and the societal and environmental benefits they catalyse.
Kenneth Timmis +14 more
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Problems of Framing: Fatalism and Time
, 2020 In “Fatalism and Time,” Mark Bernstein argues against the notion that the B-theory of time is fatalistic. However, when he frames the differences between the A-theory of time and the B-theory of time, I argue that Bernstein imports some troublesome ...
Wachbrit, Augustus
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Digitizing Dignity: Analyzing Digital Twins Through the Lens of Multidimensional Human Dignity
Bioethics, Volume 40, Issue 5, Page 491-498, June 2026.ABSTRACT In precision medicine, digital twins—virtual models of patients created using personalized data and advanced machine learning—are potentially changing healthcare by predicting health outcomes and guiding medical decisions. However, their use raises complex ethical questions, particularly concerning their relationship to human dignity. Patients
Andrew J. Barnhart
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