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SΔϕ-65 — Slop as Externalized Restabilization Cost: AI Slop, Human Slop, Authority Pollution, and the Cost of Re-entry (v1.0)

Sofience · 2026 · Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

This record provides SΔϕ-65 — Slop as Externalized Restabilization Cost: AI Slop, Human Slop, Authority Pollution, and the Cost of Re-entry (v1.0). SΔϕ-65 defines Slop not by whether it is produced by AI or humans, but by whether low execution or production cost externalizes high verification, rebuttal, correction, interpretation, cleanup, and restabilization cost onto others. The central proposition of this document is: Slop is not defined by the producer. Slop is defined by a cost asymmetry: low execution TCC on the producer side, high restabilization TCC on the receiver, platform, expert, p

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Unpacking EFL teachers’ perceived opportunities and challenges of multimodal AI-driven language testing

Ali Derakhshan, Gurpinder Singh Lalli, Yujong Park · 2026 · Language Testing in Asia

While Artificial Intelligence (AI) has significantly transformed L2 testing and assessment, empirical research into how EFL practitioners perceive the specific opportunities and challenges of these tools remains limited. To address this…

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Trust Nobody: How Voters React to Conspiracy Theories

Giovanna M. Invernizzi, Ahmed Ezzeldin Mohamed · 2022 · Journal of Experimental Political Science

Abstract How does exposure to conspiracy theories affects voters’ political attitudes? Using an online experiment among US subjects, we show that exposure to conspiracy theories decreases voters’ trust in the domestic informational…

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Exploring Teachers’ Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge in Utilising Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Teaching

Muhammad Haziq Saharuddin, M. Khalid M. Nasir, Muhammad Sofwan Mahmud · 2025 · International Journal of Learning Teaching and Educational Research

Technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK) is a theory that describes the knowledge and skills required by a teacher to integrate technology into their teaching. This study aimed to identify the level of TPACK among primary school…

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Sexual victimization histories and substance use trajectories during the transition out of college.

Jessica A. Blayney, Matthew D. Scalco, Sharon Radomski et al. · 2019 · Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

= 480; 61% female) reported on their alcohol and drug use behaviors across 5 time points spanning 1 calendar year. For many, this year included the transition out of college. Latent growth curve analysis was used to determine whether…

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What Goes Around Comes Around: How Perpetrators of Workplace Bullying Become Targets Themselves

Ivana Vranješ, Tinne Vander Elst, Yannick Griep et al. · 2022 · Group & Organization Management

In this study, we investigated whether and how perpetrators of bullying become targets themselves. Building on the notion of bullying as an escalation process and the Conservation of Resources Theory, we hypothesized that following enactment of bullying, people would experience increased relationship conflicts with colleagues, diminishing their sense of control and making them more likely to become exposed to bullying themselves. We tested this idea using longitudinal sequential mediated Structural Equation Modelling in a sample of 1420 Belgian workers. Our results confirmed that enactment of

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Pedagogical partnerships with generative AI in higher education: how dual cognitive pathways paradoxically enable transformative learning

Shaofeng Wang, Hao Zhang · 2026 · International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education

Abstract The rapid integration of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) into higher education has precipitated a critical tension between the pursuit of efficiency and the imperative for deep, transformative learning. While GenAI offers unprecedented speed in knowledge processing, it raises concerns that efficiency-driven motivations may erode the cognitive struggle essential for intellectual growth. This study investigates how Human-GenAI pedagogical partnerships influence transformative learning through the dual cognitive pathways of vigilance and offloading, moderated by efficiency ori

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Effects of Information Veracity and Message Frames on Information Dissemination: A Case Study of 2016 Zika Epidemic Discussion on Twitter

Qian Xu, Shi Chen, Lida Safarnejad · 2020 · Health Communication

By taking the 2016 Zika outbreak as a case study, this research examines how information veracity (true information vs. misinformation) interacted with message frames to influence the dissemination of information about Zika through retweet…

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Less Than I Expected and oh so True? On the Interplay Between Expectations and Framing Effects in Judgments of Truth

Mariela E. Jaffé, Rainer Greifeneder · 2019 · Journal of Language and Social Psychology

This article investigates the negativity bias in truth judgments, which holds that negatively (vs. positively) framed statements are more likely to be judged true. Throughout four studies we find that expectations moderate the negativity…

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Using the Technology Acceptance Model to Measure the Effects of Usability Attributes and Demographic Characteristics on Student Use of Learning Management Systems in Saudi Higher Education

Sami Saeed Binyamin · 2026 · Edinburgh Napier Research Repository (Edinburgh Napier University)

Learning management systems (LMS), which allow education at the student’s choice of place and time, have been widely adopted in higher education worldwide. In the case of Saudi Arabia, LMS have been recently introduced in Saudi…

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Attending Church Encourages Acceptance of Atheists? Suppression Effects in Religion and Politics Research

Paul A. Djupe, Amanda Friesen, Andrew R. Lewis et al. · 2025 · Political Behavior

Abstract A proliferation of religion variables presents opportunities for those studying religion and politics in the U.S. However, many studies in this growing subfield demonstrate the pitfalls of reporting the “independent” effects of variables without qualification. This is especially evident in work on Christian nationalism where researchers often make the claim that worship attendance promotes more pro-social or liberal outcomes, while Christian nationalism promotes more conservative and less pro-social outcomes. We demonstrate that this finding—and others like it—represents a new version

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Can Court Diversion Improve School Attendance among Elementary Students? Evidence from Five School Districts

Won Fy Lee, Clea McNeely, Janet E. Rosenbaum et al. · 2020 · Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness

We examined the effect on attendance of a truancy court-diversion program for elementary students. Truancy court-diversion programs represent a shift from a law-and-order approach toward a public health model to address school absenteeism.…

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The unconscious thought advantage: Further replication failures from a search for confirmatory evidence

Mark Nieuwenstein, Hedderik van Rijn · 2012 · Judgment and Decision Making

According to the deliberation without attention (DWA) hypothesis, people facing a difficult choice will make a better decision after a period of distraction than after an equally long period of conscious deliberation, an effect referred to as the unconscious thought advantage (UTA). The status of the DWA hypothesis is controversial, as many studies have tried but failed to replicate the UTA. Here, we report a series of experiments that sought to identify the conditions under which the UTA can be replicated. Our starting point was a recent meta-analysis that identified the conditions under whic

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Antioxidant and Antistaphylococcal Activity of Topical Fucoidan Gel from Sargassum oligocystum Montagne

Richie Bayuran · 2019 · JPAIR

Brown seaweed is one of the algal species that has been used as food, a source of nutritional supplements, and formulated for therapeutic and cosmetic purposes. This study evaluated the antioxidant and antistaphylococcal activities of topical fucoidan gel (TFG) from the Sargassum oligocystum. A completely randomized design was used, and the experimental protocol includes extraction, lyophilization, and characterization, quality testing, and biological assay. Physicochemical tests suggested that the lyophilized fucoidan is comparable with the properties of pharmaceutical-grade fucoidan. FTIR ch

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Pengaruh Pendapatan Asli Daerah dan belanja modal terhadap pertumbuhan ekonomi Provinsi Kepulauan Bangka Belitung tahun 2009-2018

Muhammad Dedy Palguno, Devi Valeriani, Suhartono Suhartono · 2020 · Sorot

Pertumbuhan Ekonomi adalah salah satu indikator penting untuk melihat keberhasilan pembangunan ekonomi pada suatu negara atau daerah. Suatu perekonomian dikatakan mengalami pertumbuhan ekonomi jika jumlah produksi barang dan jasanya meningkat dan produk domestik regional bruto merupakan salah satu indikator penting untuk mengetahui kondisi ekonomi di suatu daerah dalam suatu periode tertentu baik atas dasar harga berlaku maupun atas dasar harga konstan. Tujuan Penelitian adalah untuk melihat pengaruh pendapatan asli daerah (PAD) dan belanja modal terhadap pertumbuhan ekonomi. Data yang digunak

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ASIMETRI INFORMASI DAN UNDERPRICING

Tety Anggita Safitri · 2013 · Jurnal Dinamika Manajemen

Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk menguji pengaruh asimetri informasi terhadap underpricing. Penelitian ini menggunakan sampel 63 perusahaan yang melakukan penawaran umum perdana di Bursa Efek Indonesia dalam kurun waktu 2005-2010. Analisis data menggunakan regresi linier berganda, yaitu menguji proksi asimetri informasi yang terdiri atas ukuran perusahaan, umur perusahaan, proporsi saham yang ditawarkan kepada masyarakat, reputasi underwriter dan reputasi auditor terhadap underpricing. Hasil penelitian ini mengindikasikan bahwa reputasi underwriter dan reputasi auditor berpengaruh terhadap u

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The Influence of Empowerment towards Agricultural Business Actors’ Ability in Surakarta, Indonesia

Suminah Suminah, Sapja Anantanyu, Suwarto Suwarto et al. · 2023 · Social Sciences

The situation of micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in agriculture in Surakarta after the pandemic are still worrying; thus, effective empowerment efforts are needed to revive and develop MSMEs in agriculture. Empowerment will be maximally successful if various resources are available for its implementation. This study aimed to directly and indirectly analyze the effect of empowerment, human capital, economic capital, actors’ perceptions of their business, and financial capital on the ability of agricultural business actors. This research study used quantitative methods with survey t

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Good luck, bad luck, and ambiguity aversion

Briony D. Pulford, Poonam Gill · 2014 · Judgment and Decision Making

We report a series of experiments investigating the influence of feeling lucky or unlucky on people's choice of known-risk or ambiguous options using the traditional Ellsberg Urns decision-making task. We induced a state of feeling lucky or unlucky in subjects by using a rigged wheel-of-fortune game, which just missed either the bankrupt or the jackpot outcome. In the first experiment a large reversal of the usual ambiguity aversion effect was shown, indicating that feeling lucky made subjects significantly more ambiguity seeking than usual. However, this effect failed to replicate in five ref

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Threatened suicide and baiting crowd formation: a replication and extension of Mann (1981)

Christine M. Smith, Paulina Dzik, Errin Fornicola · 2019 · Social Influence

Using the lens of Deindividuation Theory, Leon Mann explored the formation of baiting crowds in a small sample of public suicides/suicide attempts. Instead of attempting to prevent the suicide, baiting crowds encourage the victim to jump. Our aim was to replicate Mann's study with a larger more diverse sample of suicide attempts and a broadened theoretical lens (Frustration-Aggression). Using ProQuest, we identified 152 public suicide attempts reported in English language newspapers and failed to replicate Mann’s findings. Rather, baiting crowd formation was associated with variables that incr

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Good luck, bad luck, and ambiguity aversion

Briony D. Pulford, Poonam Gill · 2014 · Judgment and Decision Making

We report a series of experiments investigating the influence of feeling lucky or unlucky on people’s choice of known-risk or ambiguous options using the traditional Ellsberg Urns decision-making task. We induced a state of feeling lucky or unlucky in subjects by using a rigged wheel-of-fortune game, which just missed either the bankrupt or the jackpot outcome. In the first experiment a large reversal of the usual ambiguity aversion effect was shown, indicating that feeling lucky made subjects significantly more ambiguity seeking than usual. However, this effect failed to replicate in five ref

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