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Defining Reconciliation Studies: Theoretical and Practical Dimensions

open access: yesConflict Resolution Quarterly, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Reconciliation studies (RS) has become increasingly influential in understanding alternative views to ending conflict and dealing with the aftermath. As a discipline or field, however, it is not well defined. The actual usefulness of reconciliation (as a concept), or of RS (as a discipline), is debated, and due to its growing usage, it is ...
Colleen Alena O’Brien
wiley   +1 more source

The meaning(s) in law and language

open access: yesLinguistica, 2013
This paper revisits the delicate relation between law and language, with language inevitable serving as the vehicle of legal deliberations and pronouncements, and in particular their seemingly irreconcilable qualities: while law is predicated on the ...
Matej Accetto
doaj   +1 more source

How Consumers Contest Legitimacy: Skepticism Toward Corporate Social Responsibility

open access: yesCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Consumer skepticism toward Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives operates not only as an individual‐level response but also as a societal governance mechanism that disciplines firms and reshapes organizational legitimacy. Drawing on in‐depth interviews with consumers in an emerging Latin American economy, this study advances an ...
Francine Zanin Bagatini   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Appraising Policies Through Social Multi‐Criteria Evaluation: Lessons From a Systematic Review of Applications

open access: yesEuropean Policy Analysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In response to renewed interest in analytical tools that address complex policy problems and move beyond linear‐rational approaches in policy appraisal, Social Multi‐Criteria Evaluation (SMCE) integrates participatory approaches with multi‐criteria analysis (MCA), thereby incorporating specialised knowledge and diverse social values and ...
Egle Basyte Ferrari
wiley   +1 more source

Natural language processing‐based emotion and usage analysis of an AI‐powered chatbot for epilepsy support

open access: yesEpilepsia Open, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective Artificial intelligence (AI)‐powered chatbots are increasingly used for patient education and mental health support, yet their effectiveness in epilepsy care remains underexplored. This study examines text‐based interactions between users and EpiloBot, an epilepsy‐focused chatbot, to understand conversational patterns and emotional ...
Keiichi Watanuki   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

How Vague Can Your Patent Be? Vagueness Strategies in U.S. Patents

open access: yesHermes, 2012
Patent claims define the protection scope of the intellectual property sought by the patent applicant or patentee. Broad claims are valuable as they can describe more expansive rights to the invention. Therefore, if these claims are too broad a potential
Ismael Arinas
doaj   +1 more source

Smart Solar Power Site Selection Through a Hybrid Computational Framework of Neuro‐Fuzzy With Genetic Algorithm Optimization

open access: yesEnergy Science &Engineering, EarlyView.
Solar Power plants at various locations a: Pavagada SPP, Karnataka b: Bhadla SPP, Rajasthan c: West Bengal Solar Park ABSTRACT This paper presents a new neuro‐fuzzy multi‐criteria decision‐making (MCDM) framework designed to optimize the selection of solar power plant (SPP) sites across India.
Rajkumari Malemnganbi Devi   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Identifying Key Factors of Reputational Risk in Finance Sector Using a Linguistic Fuzzy Modeling Approach

open access: yesSystems
Management of reputational risk is crucial for financial institutions to establish a solid foundation for strategic decisions, gain customer trust, and enhance resilience against environmental adversities, as they largely operate on digital platforms ...
Uğur Hanay   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A decision making method based on interval type-2 fuzzy sets: An approach for ambulance location preference

open access: yesApplied Computing and Informatics, 2018
Selecting the best solution to deploy an ambulance in a strategic location is of the important variables that need to be accounted for improving the emergency medical services. The selection requires both quantitative and qualitative evaluation.
Lazim Abdullah   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

An Interval Type-2 Fuzzy Risk Analysis Model (IT2FRAM) for Determining Construction Project Contingency Reserve

open access: yesAlgorithms, 2020
Determining contingency reserve is critical to project risk management. Classic methods of determining contingency reserve significantly rely on historical data and fail to effectively incorporate certain types of uncertainties such as vagueness ...
Seyed Hamed Fateminia   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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