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The More-Than-Human Life of Capitalism: Assemblages, Affects and the Neoliberal Black Hole 资本主义的非人生活：集合、情感与新自由主义黑洞

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Social Sciences Pub Date : 2023-11-15 DOI: 10.3390/socsci12110632

Nick J. Fox

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Households’ Willingness to Pay for Renewable Energy Alternatives in Thailand 泰国家庭对可再生能源替代品的支付意愿

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Social Sciences Pub Date : 2023-11-15 DOI: 10.3390/socsci12110634

Surasak Jotaworn, V. Nitivattananon, Ornuma Teparakul, Thanakom Wongboontham, Masahiro Sugiyama, M. Numata, Daniel del Barrio Alvarez

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Changing the Story: The Evaluation of a Leadership Development Programme for Vulnerable and Deaf Youth in South Africa 改变故事:对南非弱势和失聪青年领导力发展计划的评估

Social Sciences Pub Date : 2023-11-13 DOI: 10.3390/socsci12110631

Kirsty Bastable, Paul Cooke, Lou Harvey, Victoria Olarte, Daleen Casteleijn, Shakila Dada

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Tailor-Made Development Pathways: A Framework to Enhance Active Participation of Youth in Agriculture 量身定制的发展路径:促进青年积极参与农业的框架

Social Sciences Pub Date : 2023-11-13 DOI: 10.3390/socsci12110630

Primrose Madende, Johannes I. F. Henning, Henry Jordaan

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Financial Literacy as a Key to Entrepreneurship Education: A Multi-Case Study Exploring Diversity and Inclusion 金融素养作为创业教育的关键:多元与包容的多案例研究

Social Sciences Pub Date : 2023-11-10 DOI: 10.3390/socsci12110626

Adriana Medina-Vidal, Mariana Buenestado-Fernández, José Martín Molina-Espinosa

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Gender Bias in the Australian Construction Industry: Women’s Experience in Trades and Semi-Skilled Roles 澳大利亚建筑业中的性别偏见:妇女在行业和半熟练角色中的经验

Social Sciences Pub Date : 2023-11-10 DOI: 10.3390/socsci12110627

Sarah Holdsworth, Michelle Turner, Orana Sandri

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“The Only Thing We Have to Fear Is Fear Itself”: Predicting College Students’ Voting Behavior Using the Extended Parallel Process Model “我们唯一害怕的就是害怕本身”:用扩展平行过程模型预测大学生的投票行为

Social Sciences Pub Date : 2023-11-10 DOI: 10.3390/socsci12110628

Anthony J. Roberto, L. D. Mattson, Paige A. Von Feldt, Xin Zhou

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Fragile Solace: Navigating toward Wellbeing in ISIS-Occupied Mosul in 2014–2017 脆弱的慰藉:2014-2017年在isis占领的摩苏尔走向幸福

Social Sciences Pub Date : 2023-11-09 DOI: 10.3390/socsci12110624

Esko Nummenmaa, Thaer Allaw

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Cognitive Support Technology for People with Intellectual Disabilities: Factors for Successful Implementation 智障人士认知支持技术:成功实施的因素

Social Sciences Pub Date : 2023-11-08 DOI: 10.3390/socsci12110622

Michiel de Looze, Ellen Wilschut, Reinier Könemann, Kim Kranenborg, Harry De Boer

{"title":"Cognitive Support Technology for People with Intellectual Disabilities: Factors for Successful Implementation","authors":"Michiel de Looze, Ellen Wilschut, Reinier Könemann, Kim Kranenborg, Harry De Boer","doi":"10.3390/socsci12110622","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci12110622","url":null,"abstract":"In Europe, large numbers of people with disabilities are willing to work but have problems finding a job. One of the barriers to this is job complexity, particularly for those with low education, low IQ, or cognitive impairments. Digital technologies might help. Specifically, cognitive support technology (CST) has the potential to make jobs less complex and thus more accessible. CST may concern step-by-step digital instructions presented with monitors, tablets, smart phones, beamer projections, or near-eye displays. Based on cross-case evaluations, we aimed to define the success factors in the process of technology selection, development, and implementation. Four cases, situated at public social firms which offer jobs to people with disabilities, were selected. In each case, the optimal form of CST was selected. A qualitative analysis of subjective experiences of work accessibility, performance, usability, and acceptance was applied. The results were positive for most participants in most cases. Once installed, the CST was successful in simplifying jobs. A proportion of the workforce for which a specific job had been considered too complex was able to perform that job when supported by CST. Moreover, a majority of people judged the usability of the technology positively. For the consecutive steps of selection, development, and implementation, we ended up with eleven factors of success; these included, among others, shared and transparent decision making (in technology selection), the iterative and active involvement of workers to optimally adjust work instructions (in technology development), and explicit attention for psychosocial barriers (in technology implementation).","PeriodicalId":37714,"journal":{"name":"Social Sciences","volume":"318 4","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135393293","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Citizen Science in Biomedicine: Attitudes, Motivation, and Concerns of the General Public and Scientists in Latvia 生物医学中的公民科学:拉脱维亚普通公众和科学家的态度、动机和关注

Social Sciences Pub Date : 2023-11-08 DOI: 10.3390/socsci12110620

Alise Svandere, Signe Mežinska, Jekaterina Kaleja, Normunds Kante, Raitis Peculis, Olesja Rogoza, Vita Rovite

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