Systems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The paper explores activity systems modelling (ASM) as a complex systemic approach to fostering learning partnerships between community initiatives and municipal governments. It highlights the increasing role of community‐led initiatives in cocreating public value and the challenges of collaboration due to differing perspectives on governance,
Peter Marks, Wouter Spekkink
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A multi-dimensional evaluation model for power enterprise procurement performance based on fuzzy analytic hierarchy process and TOPSIS integration. [PDF]
Sci RepZhao H, Song S, Lv X, Bao Y.
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Who Is the System? On the Externalisation and Depersonalisation of Responsibility for Abuse
Systems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article examines the externalisation and depersonalisation of responsibility in the institutional communication of the Roman Catholic Church in the context of sexualised violence. Niklas Luhmann's theory of social systems is used to show how semantic constructions such as ‘systemic causes’ rhetorically blur responsibility and contribute ...
Thomas Kron
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Assessing Occupational Work-Related Stress and Anxiety of Healthcare Staff During COVID-19 Using Fuzzy Natural Language-Based Association Rule Mining. [PDF]
Healthcare (Basel)Alkabaa AS +3 more
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Erving Goffman at 100: A Chameleon Seen as a Rorschach Test within a Kaleidoscope
Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.The 100th anniversary of Erving Goffman's birth was in 2022. Drawing on his work, the Goffman archives, the secondary literature, and personal experiences with him and those in his university of Chicago cohort, I reflect on some implications of his work and life, and the inseparable issues of understanding society.
Gary T. Marx
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Adaptive sliding mode control for chaotic system synchronization using neural networks. [PDF]
Sci RepTurab N +8 more
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Violence, Volition, and Volatility: The Embodied Subjectivity of Women in Cults
Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.This paper explores the embodied experience of 25 women who are former cult members. By delving into the stories of three protagonists, we examine how these women engaged with and possibly redefined the cult's socially constructed notion of womanhood.
Shirly Bar‐Lev, Michal Morag
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Framework development of the social impact of medical research utilization: Fuzzy Delphi approach. [PDF]
Health Res Policy SystNazeri N +3 more
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Intuitionistic fuzzy preference relations
, 2011 Urszula Dudziak, Barbara Pȩkala
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Mission Aware Cyber‐Physical Security
Systems Engineering, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Perimeter cybersecurity, while essential, has proven insufficient against sophisticated, coordinated, and cyber‐physical attacks. In contrast, mission‐centric cybersecurity emphasizes finding evidence of attack impact on mission success, allowing for targeted resource allocation to mitigate vulnerabilities and protect critical assets.
Georgios Bakirtzis +3 more
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