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How to deal with future uncertainty? An empirical study of undergraduates based on the theory of motivation information management

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology
Based on the Theory of Motivated Information Management (TMIM), this study examines how undergraduates manage information related to post-graduation pathways, with a particular focus on their interactions with teachers, family, and friends.
Zhuowen Feng   +3 more
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Analysis of Investors’ Reaction to Unexpected Earnings Under Market Uncertainty [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Asset Management and Financing, 2020
Objectives: Under uncertainty, investors do not have enough information about the firm's future cash flows and there is ambiguity about future state of the market. In this situation, according to Bayes' rule, when the market receives information signals (
narges hamidian   +2 more
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Understanding parents uncertainty sources and management strategies while caring for a child diagnosed with a hematologic cancer

open access: yesPEC Innovation, 2023
Rationale: Parents of a child or adolescent (CA) or young adult (YA) diagnosed with a hematologic cancer often face uncertainty. Managing uncertainty is critical to reduce the psychosocial burden of illness-related stressors. Objective: This study sought
Easton N. Wollney   +6 more
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Approach to the development of a model to quantify the quality of tendon localization in concrete using ultrasound [PDF]

open access: yesMATEC Web of Conferences, 2022
Each engineering decision is based on a number of more or less accurate information. In assessment of existing structures, additional relevant information collected with on-site inspections facilitate better decisions.
Küttenbaum Stefan   +2 more
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Embryo futures and stem cell research: the management of informed uncertainty [PDF]

open access: yesSociology of Health & Illness, 2011
AbstractIn the social worlds of assisted conception and stem cell science, uncertainties proliferate and particular framings of the future may be highly strategic. In this article we explore meanings and articulations of the future using data from our study of ethical and social issues implicated by the donation of embryos to human embryonic stem cell ...
Ehrich, K   +3 more
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From brick-and-mortar to livestream shopping: product information acquisition from the uncertainty reduction perspective

open access: yesFashion and Textiles, 2023
This study investigates how livestream fashion shopping is associated with brick-and-mortar shopping, focusing on product uncertainty, and examines livestreaming’s role in reducing product uncertainty and promoting consumers’ purchase intention by ...
Joohye Hwang, Song-yi Youn
doaj   +1 more source

Scientific and practical tools for dealing with water resource estimations for the future [PDF]

open access: yesProceedings of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences, 2015
Future flow regimes will be different to today and imperfect knowledge of present and future climate variations, rainfall–runoff processes and anthropogenic impacts make them highly uncertain.
D. A. Hughes
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Information Dynamics in Complex Systems Negates a Dichotomy between Chance and Necessity

open access: yesInformation, 2020
Entropy increases in the execution of linear physical processes. At equilibrium, all uncertainty about the future is removed and information about the past is lost.
Georg F. Weber
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Temporal changes in tolerance of uncertainty among medical students: insights from an exploratory study [PDF]

open access: yesMedical Education Online, 2015
Background: Physicians’ tolerance of uncertainty (TU) is a trait potentially associated with desirable outcomes, and emerging evidence suggests it may change over time.
Paul K. J. Han   +4 more
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Characterizing uncertainty in goals-of-care discussions among black and white patients: a qualitative study

open access: yesBMC Palliative Care, 2022
Background Uncertainty has been associated with distress and poorer quality of life in patients with advanced cancer. Prior studies have focused on prognostic uncertainty; little is known about other types of uncertainty that patients and family members ...
Annie T. Chen   +2 more
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