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COVID-19 test-to-stay program for K-12 schools: Opt-in versus opt-out consent model

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Summary: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention promoted the Test-to-Stay (TTS) program to facilitate in-person instruction in K-12 schools during COVID-19.
Anton Ivanov, Ujjal Kumar Mukherjee, Subhonmesh Bose, Sridhar Seshadri, Ronald Watkins, Albert Charles England, Jacqueline Suriano, Mehmet Eren Ahsen, Sebastian Souyris   +8 more
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Methods matter: Exploring how expectations influence common actions

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Summary: Behavior in controlled laboratory studies is not always representative of what people do in daily life. This has prompted a recent shift toward conducting studies in natural settings.
Andrea Ghiani, David Mann, Eli Brenner
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Assessing the impact of armed conflict on the progress of achieving 17 sustainable development goals

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Summary: With global armed conflicts reaching a 30-year high in 2023, understanding their impact on the progress of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is crucial.
Di Wang, Mengmeng Hao, Ning Li, Dong Jiang   +3 more
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Observational studies of exposure to tobacco and nicotine products: Best practices for maximizing statistical precision and accuracy

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Summary: Non-randomized observational studies can track risk-induction and -reduction associated with real-world use of non-combusted nicotine and tobacco products.
Gal Cohen, Steven Cook
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International Journal of Research and Methodology in Social Science

, 2015
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Expectations guide predictive eye movements and information sampling during face recognition

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Summary: Context information has a crucial impact on our ability to recognize faces. Theoretical frameworks of predictive processing suggest that predictions derived from context guide sampling of sensory evidence at informative locations. However, it is
Annika Garlichs, Mark Lustig, Matthias Gamer, Helen Blank   +3 more
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Methodological Nationalism in the Social Sciences: Consequences for Social Science Research

Migracijske i etničke teme, 2011
Social scientists are becoming increasingly aware of the fact that human society cannot and should not be equated with the “national society”, an imagined aggregate of social relations within the boundaries of nation-states. The first decade of the 21st century was marked by the discussion on methodological nationalism, i.e.
Simona Kuti, Saša Božić
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Scientific research: methodological guidelines for the social sciences [PDF]

Journal of Applied Biomedicine, 2003
Summary Scientific research is one of a number of roles in the role repertoire of students and academics. However, to successfully fulfil this role, one has to understand the meaning of various concepts e.g. science, scientific research, scientific method and theory.
Paul H. Möller, Vladimír Vurm, Petr Petr   +2 more
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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on enrollment in undergraduate health-related studies in Spain

BMC Medical Education, 2023
The aim of this study was to determine whether the pandemic has reinforced the choice of pursuing health-related bachelor’s degrees, and to identify underlying factors that could contribute to that impact.
Jaume-Miquel March-Amengual, Irene Cambra-Badii, Consolación Pineda Galán, Ester Busquets-Alibés, Montse Masó Aguado, Anna Ramon-Aribau, Lydia Feito Grande, Agustí Comella Cayuela, Nuria Terribas i Sala, Elena Andrade-Gómez, Naiara Martínez-Perez, Javier Jerez-Roig   +11 more
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Integration of cognitive tasks into artificial general intelligence test for large models

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Summary: During the evolution of large models, performance evaluation is necessary for assessing their capabilities. However, current model evaluations mainly rely on specific tasks and datasets, lacking a united framework for assessing the ...
Youzhi Qu, Chen Wei, Penghui Du, Wenxin Che, Chi Zhang, Wanli Ouyang, Yatao Bian, Feiyang Xu, Bin Hu, Kai Du, Haiyan Wu, Jia Liu, Quanying Liu   +12 more
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