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The Need for Fundamental Photovoltaics Research to Ensure Energy Security

open access: yesProgress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, EarlyView.
The center of this graphic focuses on the core of this paper—that fundamental research is central to the continued development of the photovoltaic (PV) industry. To the left, we have depictions of what is being studied—PV materials, PV cell structures, and PV module structures.
Rebecca Saive   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Examining the Impact of Virtual Health Influencers on Young Adults’ Willingness to Engage in Liver Cancer Prevention: Insights from Parasocial Relationship Theory

open access: yesSocial Sciences
The emergence of virtual influencers and AI doctors has significantly increased the attention of Chinese users, especially their health awareness and cancer health literacy.
Donghwa Chung, Jiaqi Wang, Yanfang Meng
doaj   +1 more source

The Costs and Benefits of Positive Illusions

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2015
Positive illusions are associated with unrealistic optimism about the future and an inflated assessment of one's abilities. They are prevalent in normal life and are considered essential for maintaining a healthy mental state, although, there are ...
Spyros eMakridakis
doaj   +1 more source

Exploring Body Comparison Tendencies: Women Are Self-Critical Whereas Men Are Self-Hopeful [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Our study examined similarities and differences in women’s and men’s comparison tendencies and perfection beliefs when evaluating their face, body shape, and physical abilities, as well as how these tendencies and beliefs relate to their body esteem ...
Aebly, Megan   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Understanding Light‐Soaking Effects in Silicon Solar Cells by Considering Charge Carrier‐Enhanced Atomic Hydrogen Release

open access: yesProgress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, EarlyView.
We show that many hydrogen‐related effects in silicon solar cells can be explained by direct electron‐assisted acceptor‐hydrogen pair dissociation. Most importantly, it leads to a high concentration of atomic hydrogen, which is highly reactive and diffusive. We provide a unified physical description of LeTID.
Wolfram Kwapil   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Emotional and cognitive changes during and post a near fatal heart attack and one-year after: A case study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
This case study reports on changes in emotions before and during an unexpected heart rate in a young, apparently healthy male with a life-long history of exercise in the absence of family history of heart problems.
Godfrey, R, Lane, AM
core   +2 more sources

Teaching Through Trauma: English Teachers Navigating Affective Regimes in Post‐Earthquake Türkiye

open access: yesTESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This study explores how English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers in post‐earthquake Türkiye narrated their experiences of loss, survival, and teaching within state‐imposed affective regimes. Drawing on an affective–discursive analysis of Ministry of National Education (MoNE) documents and media texts, the study first investigates how ...
Merve Özçelik
wiley   +1 more source

Unrealistic Optimism about Exogenous Events: An Experimental Test [PDF]

open access: yes
An experiment is designed to test if individuals show (unrealistic) optimism when determining their subjective probabilities about exogenous circumstances.
Muren, Astri
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The mediating role of academic optimism in the relationship between academic self-regulation, academic self-efficacy, and academic passion in medical students exhibiting self-handicapping behaviors [PDF]

open access: yesResearch and Development in Medical Education
Background: Academic self-regulation, academic self-efficacy, and academic passion are crucial factors in medical students’ academic success. However, self-handicapping behaviors, such as procrastinating, making excuses, or setting unrealistic goals, can
Seyyed Gholamreza Jafari   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Overconfidence and excess entry: a comparison between students and managers [PDF]

open access: yes
Overconfidence can lead to excessive business entry. Here we replicate the pioneer experiment finding this nexus (Camerer and Lovallo 1999) and extend it in two major directions: (1) to consider managers as well as student subjects and (2) to explicitly ...
A. Felipe Rodrigues   +2 more
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