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Trust versus concerns—how parents reason when they accept HPV vaccination for their young daughter

BACKGROUND From spring of 2012, human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine against cervical cancer is offered free of charge to all girls aged 10-12 years through a school-based vaccination programme in Sweden. The aim of this study was to explore how parents reason when they accept HPV vaccination for their young daughter and also their views on HPV-related information. METHODS Individual interviews...

When cells make a meal of themselves

O ne function of prions, the Jekyll-and-Hyde proteins behind illnesses such as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) and mad cow disease, has been identifi ed by Khosravani et al. The proteins calm brain cells, preventing them from dying of over-excitement. Only when a prion folds incorrectly does it trigger brain-ravaging diseases like CJD. The normally shaped version, which all body cells carry, pr...

Internet Voting: Do people accept it? Do they trust it?

The widespread diffusion of the Internet and its use in everyday life has drawn attention to its possible use as an infrastructure for the implementation of voting systems. For such systems to be accepted by a large user community, they should not only guarantee the typical properties of traditional voting systems, i.e., voters’ anonymity and vote secrecy, but also offer additional advantages t...

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Are Those with Darker Personality Traits more Willing to Corrupt When They Feel Anxious?

This unprecedented research endeavors to investigate the relationship between dark personality traits (i.e., narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy) and corruption intention through the mediation of anxiety.  Based on the resource conservation theory, it is hypothesized that those higher in dark personality traits are more inclined to corrupt when they feel anxious. Having collected data...