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Data Disparity: Tiered Pricing as an Alternative to Consumer IoT Data Privacy Regulations [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
In recent years, Internet of Things (IoT) devices have exploded on the consumer scene. These emerging products bring new technological capabilities into our everyday lives. IoT is projected to contribute anywhere from $4-11 trillion to the global economy
LoStocco, Matthew
core   +2 more sources

Continued Policy Drift on the Funding of Adult Social Care in England: What Can Be Learned From the Shelving of Proposed Charging Reforms?

open access: yesSocial Policy &Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In 2021 the UK Government announced charging reforms relating to adult social care in England. The reforms would have ended a prolonged period of policy drift but were postponed in 2022 and cancelled in 2024. This paper reports on how different stakeholder groups perceived the reforms (and their delay), how they had been preparing for the ...
Philip Kinghorn   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

When Does Hope Drive Social Change? Empirical Insights and Their Policy Implications

open access: yesSocial Issues and Policy Review, Volume 20, Issue 1, December 2026.
ABSTRACT When and how does people's hope for change drive social transformation? This question has gained urgency amidst the profound sociopolitical crises of the 21st century, including escalating intergroup conflicts, accelerating environmental degradation, and mounting threats to democracy.
Oded Adomi Leshem, Eran Halperin
wiley   +1 more source

The Role of Preferences in Disagreements over Scientific Hypothesis: An Empirical Inquiry into Environmental and Economic Decision Making [PDF]

open access: yes
The Porter hypothesis suggests that environmental regulations, such as restricting firms to reduce pollution, stimulates innovations and create a win-win situation for the environment and for firms.
Mitesh Kataria
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Reconceptualising success in hospitality internships: a new perspective on students’ achievement factors

open access: yesResearch in Hospitality Management
This viewpoint article examines the challenges and factors influencing student success during hospitality internships, particularly those organised by a hotel management school in collaboration with international host companies.
Nicole Vermolen
doaj   +1 more source

Holding Out Hope or Holding Back? Student Expectations of Counselling Services in Higher Education in Ireland

open access: yesCounselling and Psychotherapy Research, Volume 26, Issue 2, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Aims Expectations of counselling play a key role in predicting service engagement and therapeutic outcomes, but the nature and associates of student counselling expectations have been underexplored to date. This study aimed to investigate the nature and associates of student counselling services in Ireland among those who had and had not ...
Chiara Seery, Rebecca Maguire
wiley   +1 more source

Optimizing Teaching English as Efl in Novice Level Through Students' Optimism [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Mengoptimalkan pengajaran bahasa inggris dengan menanamkan rasa optimisme pada siswa mempunyai pengaruh sangat penting dalam belajar bahasa inggris terutama dalam tingkat dasar.
Helandri, J. (Joni)
core  

Exploring Student Perceptions of Generative AI Therapists and Their Benefits and Challenges in Schools

open access: yesInternational Journal of Psychology, Volume 61, Issue 3, June 2026.
ABSTRACT This study investigates secondary school students' perceptions of generative AI (GenAI) as virtual mental health therapists within educational settings. Leveraging data from the written reflections of 69 Hong Kong secondary school students engaged in an AI literacy programme, the study applied inductive thematic analysis to explore perceived ...
Cecilia K. Y. Chan, Samson Tse
wiley   +1 more source

Unrealistic Optimism in the Eye of the Storm: Positive Bias Towards the Consequences of COVID-19 During the Second and Third Waves of the Pandemic

open access: yesSAGE Open
Research conducted at the outset of the pandemic shows that people are vulnerable to unrealistic optimism (UO). However, the Weinstein model suggests that this tendency may not persist as the pandemic progresses.
Ada Maksim   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Communicating Resilience: A Discursive Leadership Perspective [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
In this essay we challenge whether current conceptions of optimism, hope, and resilience are complete enough to account for the complexity and nuance of developing and maintaining these in practice.
Fyke, Jeremy P., Torres, David H
core   +1 more source

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