Opinion dynamics

The present study is proposed based on two important practical issues. First, brand image is one essential aspect of building the brand of a business. Second, with the development of the internet, social media has become a revolution for people worldwide to communicate, connect, create, and share their content and opinions in a dynamic and flexible way.

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In this study, it is aimed to determine the interaction of art education in parallel to the dynamism of the age with technology according to the opinions of visual arts course teachers. For this purpose, the study uses the qualitative research method of case study.

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Ebook "Skillful listening and speaking 2: Student's book pack" designed for students in university programmes. Its rigorous step-by-step approach develops language proficiency and academic skills, helping students perform at their best. Skillful Second Edition engages and challenges students with interesting and relevant topics, using fresh, dynamic content and meaningful academic tasks.

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In this paper, from the perspective of opinion dynamics theory, we investigate the interaction mechanism of a group of autonomous agents in an e-commerce community (or social network), and the influence power of opinion leaders during the formation of group opinion.

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The identifies challenges and research opportunities on how the so called trust based network can be leveraged as an influence measure to foster decision making processes and recommendation mechanisms in complex social networks scenarios with uncertain knowledge, like the mentioned in e-health and e-marketing frameworks.

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Since the landmark study conducted by Huggins and Hodges in 1941, a failure to distinguish between the role of testosterone in prostate cancer development and progression has led to the prevailing opinion that high levels of testosterone increase the risk of prostate cancer.

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In many computational linguistic scenarios, training labels are subjectives making it necessary to acquire the opinions of multiple annotators/experts, which is referred to as ”wisdom of crowds”. In this paper, we propose a new approach for modeling wisdom of crowds based on the Latent Mixture of Discriminative Experts (LMDE) model that can automatically learn the prototypical patterns and hidden dynamic among different experts. Experiments show improvement over state-of-the-art approaches on the task of listener backchannel prediction in dyadic conversations. ...

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The following is a primer for understanding some basic facts about small businesses’ role in employment and the data that are available to form opinions and develop hypotheses. The paper is broken into sections discussing the static view of the labor market, the dynamic view, current events, and concluding remarks. The static view illustrates small and large firm shares of the job market; these are essentially snapshots in time. The dynamic view tracks how firms got from point A to point B, and what happened to jobs along the way. For instance, the static view shows...

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Targeting households and firms: influencing location choices. The demand side of balanced urban development involves measures to influence where households and firms choose to locate in an urban area. Although they are not yet well established, particularly in the developing countries, policies to influence location choices have led to some interesting experiments, including a “reverse” zoning scheme in the Netherlands (the “ABC” policy) and a mortgage instrument based on “location efficiency” in the United States.

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Human genetics is the medical field with the most rapid and, one can say, overwhelming progress. The medical practitioner constantly needs to be up-to-date on the newest developments in his field. The diversity and rapid dynamics of advancements in genetics can sometimes overcome the assimilation possibilities of one person; thus, overspecialization for narrowing and deepening the research focus is needed. Consequently, expert opinion is much valued. This book aims to provide exactly such opinions regarding several genetic diseases.

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It focuses on the complexity of HIV risk dynamics, as well as the challenges of implementing effective HIV/AIDS intervention programmes, and highlights achievements despite resource constraints. Through qualitative research techniques, the study reflects not only the views and opinions of management, but also the experiences of ordinary employees as participants in HIV/AIDS interventions.

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The end of the 1970s saw the idea of fractal geometry spread into numerous areas of physics. Indeed, the concept of fractal geometry, introduced by B. Mandelbrot, provides a solid framework for the analysis of natural phenomena in various scientific domains. As Roger Pynn wrote in Nature, “If this opinion continues to spread, we won’t have to wait long before the study of fractals becomes an obligatory part of the university curriculum.”

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Public opinion on the medical value of marijuana has been sharply divided. Some dismiss medical marijuana as a hoax that exploits our natural compassion for the sick; others claim it is a uniquely soothing medicine that has been withheld from patients through regulations based on false claims. Proponents of both views cite “scientific evidence” to support their views and have expressed those views at the ballot box in recent state elections.

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People use social media for a number of reasons: communicating, collaborating, seeking expert advice, sharing multimedia, presenting opinions, sharing reviews and for entertainment. Many claim that social media brings a new sense of community by allowing people to connect with others who are similar to themselves. While this might involve reconnecting with long lost friends from childhood or former coworkers, it is also used to meet new friends who have similar interests. An increasing number of people are using social media in their buying decisions.

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