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Ranking of Business Process Simulation Software Tools with DEX/QQ Hierarchica...
The omnipresent need for optimisation requires constant improvements of companies’ business processes (BPs). Minimising the risk of inappropriate BP being implemented is usually... -
Empirically derived guidance for social scientists to influence environmental...
Failure to stem trends of ecological disruption and associated loss of ecosystem services worldwide is partly due to the inadequate integration of the human dimension into... -
Capturing multi-stage fuzzy uncertainties in hybrid system dynamics and agent...
Background In practical research, it was found that most people made health-related decisions not based on numerical data but on perceptions. Examples include the perceptions... -
Testing the ego-depletion effect in optimized conditions
The observation that exerting self-control in an initial task impairs subsequent self-control performance in a following task has been used to explain a wide range of phenomena.... -
"Do Octopuses Have a Brain?" Knowledge, Perceptions and Attitudes towards Neu...
The present study contributes to the question of school literacy about the brain, with an original survey conducted on Italian students from the 3rd to 10th grades (n = 508).... -
Assessing the accuracy of predictive models for numerical data: Not r nor r2,...
: Assessing the accuracy of predictive models is critical because predictive models have been increasingly used across various disciplines and predictive accuracy determines the... -
Controversy matters: Impacts of topic and solution controversy on the perceiv...
In this article, we focus on the potential influence of a scientist's advocacy position on the public's perceived credibility of scientists as a whole. Further, we examine how... -
Gender, Culture, and Sex-Typed Cognitive Abilities
Although gender differences in cognitive abilities are frequently reported, the magnitude of these differences and whether they hold practical significance in the educational... -
Object exploration facilitates 4-month-olds’ mental rotation performance
: How do infants learn to mentally rotate objects, to imagine them rotating through different viewpoints? One possibility is that development of infants' mental rotation (MR) is... -
The effect of ad hominem attacks on the evaluation of claims promoted by scie...
Two experiments were conducted to determine the relative impact of direct and indirect (ad hominem) attacks on science claims. Four hundred and thirty-nine college students... -
Perceived enablers and constraints of motivation to conduct undergraduate res...
BACKGROUND:Enhancing evidence-based practice and improving locally driven research begins with fostering the research skills of undergraduate students in the medical and health... -
Automatic jargon identifier for scientists engaging with the public and scien...
Scientists are required to communicate science and research not only to other experts in the field, but also to scientists and experts from other fields, as well as to the... -
Is mindfulness research methodology improving over time? A systematic review
Background Despite an exponential growth in research on mindfulness-based interventions, the body of scientific evidence supporting these treatments has been criticized for... -
All science should inform policy and regulation
In the context of a recent proposal to exclude research from consideration at the Environmental Protection Agency, John Ioannidis points out that "perceived perfection is not a... -
The influence of past research on the design of experiments with dissolved or...
International audience; To assess the environmental fate of engineered nanoparticles (ENPs), it is essential to understand their interactions with dissolved organic matter... -
Turning conceptual systems maps into dynamic simulation models: An Australian...
Background System science approaches are increasingly used to explore complex public health problems. Quantitative methods, such as participatory dynamic simulation modelling,... -
Do our risk preferences change when we make decisions for others? A meta-anal...
Background Are we more risk-averse or risk-seeking when we make decisions on behalf of other people as opposed to ourselves? So far, findings have not been able to provide a... -
How many leaders does it take to lead a sports team? The relationship between...
This study aimed to analyze the number of task, social and external athlete leaders within sports teams, and to examine the effectiveness of different leadership structures in... -
Advanced Mathematical Study and the Development of Conditional Reasoning Skills
Since the time of Plato, philosophers and educational policy-makers have assumed that the study of mathematics improves one's general 'thinking skills'. Today, this argument,... -
The elusive power of the individual victim: Failure to find a difference in t...
Previous research has offered conflicting findings regarding the influence of help appeals that feature an individual victim compared to a group of victims. Studies examining...
