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When Does Hope Drive Social Change? Empirical Insights and Their Policy Implications

Social Issues and Policy Review, Volume 20, Issue 1, December 2026.
ABSTRACT When and how does people's hope for change drive social transformation? This question has gained urgency amidst the profound sociopolitical crises of the 21st century, including escalating intergroup conflicts, accelerating environmental degradation, and mounting threats to democracy.
Oded Adomi Leshem, Eran Halperin
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Student peer‐led discussion in real‐time evaluation of introductory statistics teaching

Teaching Statistics, Volume 48, Issue S1, Page S89-S96, Summer 2026.
Abstract Introductory statistics courses, prevalent in higher education, face challenges in collecting and applying student evaluations within their short duration, especially for diverse Master of Science cohorts with varied subject backgrounds. UK guidance on teaching graduate students introductory statistics prioritizes assessment and feedback over ...
A. F. M. Saiful Islam, Tim M. Young
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Corporate Crisis Management: Analysis of Controversies in the Technology Industry

Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, Volume 34, Issue 3, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Corporate crises represent a threat to firms' legitimacy, stability and stakeholder trust. The main objective of this study is to create a longitudinal descriptive mapping of controversy exposure with implications for crisis‐management theory taking into consideration the technology industry, identifying patterns (recurrence, clustering ...
Pablo Fernández‐de la Cruz, Alicia Blanco‐González, Giorgia Miotto   +2 more
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Diverse representations of physician body size, gender, and race strengthen belonging and lessen anticipated weight stigma among fat women

Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, Volume 26, Issue 2, August 2026.
Abstract Fat people, and particularly fat women, face pervasive and salient stigma in healthcare contexts, resulting in downstream health disparities. We investigated whether a representational identity safety cue could mitigate experiences of threat and stigma, and prompt feelings of belonging.
Flora Blanchette, Izilda Pereira‐Jorge, Emerson Todd, Samantha M. Stevens, Jes L. Matsick   +4 more
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Intra‐annual transfer of hydrogen and oxygen isotopic signals from water and sugar precursors to tree rings: Processes and mechanisms

New Phytologist, Volume 251, Issue 3, Page 1143-1160, August 2026.
Intra‐annual radial growth of beech and spruce in 2021 and 2022. Summary The oxygen (δ18O) and hydrogen (δ2H) isotope compositions of leaf and xylem water shape tree‐ring isotope baselines, while the fraction of sugars undergoing isotopic modification downstream of leaves (fO, fH) determines the dominant hydrologic signal.
Haoyu Diao, Meisha Holloway‐Phillips, Xin Song, Fabian Bernhard, Peter Waldner, Kerstin Treydte, Matthias Saurer, Georg von Arx, Arthur Gessler, Katrin Meusburger, Marco M. Lehmann   +10 more
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Do Criminalization Policies Impact Local Homelessness?

Policy Studies Journal, Volume 54, Issue 3, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Local criminalization policies draw on the logic of deterrence to levy costs on individuals who engage in behaviors that are closely associated with various public concerns, such as those criminalizing behaviors associated with homelessness, thereby potentially reducing community‐level costs.
Hannah Lebovits, Andrew Sullivan
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Emotion and the Advocacy Coalition Framework: An Affective Dynamics Perspective

Policy Studies Journal, Volume 54, Issue 3, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Despite extensive evidence that emotion and cognition are deeply intertwined, the Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF) lacks an analytically independent emotional mechanism in its causal architecture—an omission that may be particularly consequential in policy subsystems structured around morally charged, identity‐laden policy disputes.
Moshe Maor
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Parent‐Child Pretend Play Behaviours and Symptoms of Depression in School‐Referred Children

Social Development, Volume 35, Issue 3, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Pretend play is important for children's social and emotional development yet significant gaps in knowledge remain. Parent‐child pretend play of school‐aged children is largely overlooked, despite the key role parents play for children of this age.
Catherine Sheehan, Salim Hashmi, Katherine H. Shelton, Amy L. Paine   +3 more
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Determining the Environmental and Ecological Factors Associated With Poultry Farm Spillover of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N1) in British Columbia, Canada

Zoonoses and Public Health, Volume 73, Issue 5, Page 439-450, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Introduction Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1, clade 2.3.4.4b is a global threat causing widespread outbreaks on poultry farms and high mortality among wild bird populations in Canada. Wild aquatic birds are generally recognised as key reservoir hosts for avian influenza viruses (AIV's).
Riley Oremush, Pascale Aubry, E. Jane Parmley, Zvonimir Poljak, Amy Greer   +4 more
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Opportunity Versus Threat Appraisals of AI Aids: The Effect of Appraisal Type on Decision Makers' Effort and Compliance When Using Powerful AI Aids

Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, Volume 39, Issue 3, July 2026.
ABSTRACT Organizations are increasingly using powerful AI aids to support decision‐making. Yet, performance improvements are difficult to predict, in part because employees vary in how they use them. We propose that such behavioral variation may stem from differences in how employees appraise these aids.
Oneg Singer, Ilanit SimanTov‐Nachlieli, Ellen Bamberger   +2 more
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