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Address Terms of Brotherhood in the Indian Online Gaming Community

open access: yesWorld Englishes, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Indian gamers are part of the Indian society as well as a globalised gaming community. To navigate this cultural dissonance, they can use address terms to reflect and create their double or divided identities. This article investigates forms and functions of kinship terms that are connected to the concept of brother ‘male sibling’, for example,
Linnea Garlepow
wiley   +1 more source

Assessment of sampling variation applets during development

open access: yesTeaching Statistics, Volume 48, Issue S1, Page S97-S121, Summer 2026.
Abstract Concepts relating to sampling variation are known to be difficult for learners in introductory classes. There is some evidence that web‐based visualization tools, or “applets,” may aid the learning of these challenging ideas. Four freely available applets developed at the authors' institution were extensively tested through sessions involving ...
Bruce Dunham   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Renewing Concerns of Technical Complexity in Accidents Research: An Argument to Retain Perrow's “First Thesis”

open access: yesJournal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, Volume 34, Issue 3, September 2026.
ABSTRACT It has been 40 years since Charles Perrow published the landmark work Normal Accidents ([1984]1999), built largely on an analysis of the Three Mile Island (TMI) nuclear power plant accident. While still a highly influential framework in the study of complex systems, the status of the argument remains in flux.
Joseph H. Spear
wiley   +1 more source

Perspectives and Experiences of People Receiving Care on a De‐escalation Intervention to Reduce Restrictive Practices in Acute Mental Health Units

open access: yesInternational Journal of Mental Health Nursing, Volume 35, Issue 4, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Interventions aimed at reducing restrictive practices are also designed to enhance the service experience in acute mental health units. However, people with experience of coercive engagement with these services are seldom involved as active contributors in evaluative research on interventions to reduce restrictive practices.
Esario IV Daguman   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Powerful representation of the poor? German welfare associations' narrative advocacy during COVID‐19

open access: yesPolicy Studies Journal, Volume 54, Issue 3, August 2026.
Abstract The COVID‐19 pandemic sparked unprecedented experimentation in the German social assistance system, leading to changes previously considered impracticable by policymakers. This included a sanctions moratorium, easier access to benefits, and temporary cash transfers, all of which were advocated by welfare associations—key organized interests ...
Christopher Smith Ochoa
wiley   +1 more source

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