Fairness at Risk: Where Bias Emerges in Machine Learning
Expert Systems, Volume 43, Issue 6, June 2026.ABSTRACT Artificial intelligence and machine learning (ML) now shape decisions in healthcare, finance and security, but they can reproduce historical prejudice and inequality. Bias in training data and in model implementation can amplify harm, especially for racial and gender minorities.
Otavio de Paula Albuquerque +2 more
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Privilege Versus Right: Vigilantism Against Israel's Palestinian Citizens
Sociology Lens, Volume 39, Issue 2, Page 190-199, June 2026.ABSTRACT This article addresses three core questions: What is the social origin of vigilantism? How do vigilantes justify extra‐legal violence and intimidation? What are vigilantism's long‐term effects? The analysis focuses on a period in which Israel's Palestinian‐Arab citizens increased their access to legal rights, social mobility, spatial ...
Gershon Shafir, Beatrice Waterhouse
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Formal and Informal Support for Parents of Children With Severe Intellectual Disability
Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, Volume 23, Issue 2, June 2026.ABSTRACT Parents of children with severe and profound intellectual disabilities (SPID) experience an enormous burden of care, which affects family function and well‐being. Formal and informal support can contribute to the family's functioning. This study explores perceived support among these parents.
Yael Karni‐Visel +4 more
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Prevalence of Pathogenic and Likely Pathogenic Variants Associated with Cardiovascular Diseases in Russian Adults and Long-Living Individuals. [PDF]
Genes (Basel)Dzhumaniiazova I +20 more
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Religion Affects Whether US Women Marry Early, Without Cohabiting or Having a Nonmarital Birth First
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Volume 65, Issue 2, Page 439-446, June 2026.ABSTRACT In recent US cohorts, premarital sex is ubiquitous, and cohabitation typically precedes marriage. Yet many religions discourage premarital sex, which implies disapproval of cohabitation or premarital birth. Using a discrete‐time event history, we assess how religious denomination, frequency of religious service attendance, and a rich set of ...
Man Xu, Paula England
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A Couple's Religious Affiliation Status and Charitable Giving: A Closer Look
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Volume 65, Issue 2, Page 360-373, June 2026.ABSTRACT This study examines how religious dynamics in a household are connected to its giving patterns. Specifically, we test how a married or cohabitating heterosexual couple's religious affiliation status relates to the likelihood of donation by tracking the shifts using a three‐tiered classification: (1) general giving, (2) giving to religious and ...
Young‐Joo Lee, David P. King
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Against nature: The experiences of parents caring for an adult child with young-onset dementia. [PDF]
J Alzheimers DisRokach MS, Gershfeld-Litvin A.
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Federalism in Post‐Assad Syria: Toward Durable Peace in a Pluralist Society
Middle East Policy, Volume 33, Issue 2, Page 206-227, Summer 2026.Abstract Syria's civil war has left behind a fractured state. While the new president, Ahmed al‐Sharaa, seeks to unify the country and restore centralized governance, this appears unworkable. Instead, this article contends, asymmetrical federalism offers a pathway toward stability.
Dilan Okcuoglu
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Study on Syntaxonomic Diversity of Algal Cenoses in Soils of the Russian Far East, Using an Integrative Taxonomic Approach. [PDF]
Plants (Basel)Abdullin SR +6 more
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