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A First Ever Look into Greece’s Vast Educational Data: Interesting Findings and Policy Implications

open access: yesEducation Sciences, 2021
Intro: In this survey the academic performance of primary and secondary school students in Greece, for three consecutive school years, was examined. The data concerned all Greek students of the last two grades of elementary school and the three grades of
Ilias Papadogiannis   +4 more
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Negative consequences of failing to communicate uncertainties during a pandemic: an online randomised controlled trial on COVID-19 vaccines

open access: yesBMJ Open, 2022
Objective To examine the impact of the government communicating uncertainties relating to COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness on vaccination intention and trust after people are exposed to conflicting information.Design Experimental design where participants ...
Eleonore Batteux   +3 more
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Uncertainty about Trade Policy Uncertainty [PDF]

open access: yesSSRN Electronic Journal, 2020
We revisit in this note the macroeconomic impact of the recent rise in trade policy uncertainty. As in the literature, we do find that high trade policy uncertainty can adversely impact domestic and foreign economic activity. In addition, we identify an alternative business sentiment channel that is separate and distinct from the impact of trade policy
Benigno, Gianluca, Groen, Jan J. J.
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SoilGrids 2.0: producing soil information for the globe with quantified spatial uncertainty

open access: yesThe Soil, 2021
. SoilGrids produces maps of soil properties for the entire globe at medium spatial resolution (250 m cell size) using state-of-the-art machine learning methods to generate the necessary models.
L. Poggio   +6 more
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Social Media Analytics as a Tool for Cultural Spaces—The Case of Twitter Trending Topics

open access: yesBig Data and Cognitive Computing, 2022
We are entering an era in which online personalities and personas will grow faster and faster. People are tending to use the Internet, and social media especially, more frequently and for a wider variety of purposes.
Vassilis Poulopoulos, Manolis Wallace
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Uncertainty Traps [PDF]

open access: yesThe Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2014
Abstract We develop a theory of endogenous uncertainty and business cycles in which short-lived shocks can generate long-lasting recessions. In the model, higher uncertainty about fundamentals discourages investment. Since agents learn from the actions of others, information flows slowly in times of low activity and uncertainty remains ...
Pablo Fajgelbaum   +2 more
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Pursuing Social Justice in Educational Robotics

open access: yesEducation Sciences, 2022
In educational systems that make their first attempt to incorporate STEAM concepts in their teaching, educational robotics is typically the place to start; robotics kits are purchased, and a small group of pupils is typically selected to develop a ...
Manolis Wallace, Vassilis Poulopoulos
doaj   +1 more source

VACS: VAccination disComfort Scale

open access: yesClinics and Practice, 2022
The vaccination of children is a crucial tool to protect both individuals and the world in general from various diseases and pathogens. Unfortunately, the vaccination procedure is not a pleasant one for all children, with many experiencing various levels
Manolis Wallace   +2 more
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Analysis of Product Sampling for New Product Diffusion Incorporating Multiple-Unit Ownership

open access: yesAbstract and Applied Analysis, 2014
Multiple-unit ownership of nondurable products is an important component of sales in many product categories. Based on the Bass model, this paper develops a new model considering the multiple-unit adoptions as a diffusion process under the influence of ...
Zhineng Hu, Yurong Pei, Ruikun Xie
doaj   +1 more source

A Two-Stage Method to Determine Optimal Product Sampling considering Dynamic Potential Market

open access: yesThe Scientific World Journal, 2015
This paper develops an optimization model for the diffusion effects of free samples under dynamic changes in potential market based on the characteristics of independent product and presents a two-stage method to figure out the sampling level. The impact
Zhineng Hu, Wei Lu, Bing Han
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