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Consumer demand for bioplastics : an umbrella review of barriers and recommenda...

Bioplastics are emerging as an alternative to conventional plastics. These hold the promise of a more sustainable alternative that promotes the circular economy, while reducing dependency on fossil resources and negative environmental impacts of conventional plastics. Nevertheless, the success of bioplastics in replacing conventional plastics largely depends on consumers acceptance and demand. Here we conducted...

The effect of likelihood and impact information on public response to severe we...

Meteorological services are increasingly moving away from issuing weather warnings based on the exceedance of meteorological thresholds (e.g., windspeed), toward risk-based (or “impact-based”) approaches. The UK Met Office’s National Severe Weather Warning Service has been a pioneer of this approach, issuing yellow, amber, and red warnings based on an integrated evaluation of information about the likelihood of...

Social participation in times of COVID-19: effects on depression in the elderly

Crises social sensing: longitudinal monitoring of social perceptions of systemi...

Monitoring how different people – as ‘social sensors’ – evaluate and respond to crisis such as pandemics, allows tailoring crisis communication to the social perceptions of the situation, at different moments. To gather such evidence, we proposed a index of social perceptions of systemic risk (SPSR), as an indicator of a situational threat compromising risks to physical health, psychological health, the economy...

Crises social sensing: longitudinal monitoring of social perceptions of systemi...

Monitoring how different people – as ‘social sensors’ – evaluate and respond to crisis such as pandemics, allows tailoring crisis communication to the social perceptions of the situation, at different moments. To gather such evidence, we proposed a index of social perceptions of systemic risk (SPSR), as an indicator of a situational threat compromising risks to physical health, psychological health, the economy...

ResiliScence 4 COVID-19: social sensing & intelligence for forecasting human re...

Um cenário amplamente discutido face à atual pandemia, prevê a criação de vacinas para a COVID-19. Mas como responderão os cidadãos noutros cenários, e.g. se não existir vacina? Ou se não existir terapêutica adequada ou imunidade de grupo? Sendo o comportamento humano o mais eficaz mecanismo de controlo social da pandemia na ausência de vacina ou outras medidas de controlo, conseguir prevê-lo permitirá intervir...

Um ano de pandemia por COVID-19: Relatório de monitorização de redes sociais - ...

Objetivo: Analisar como diferentes pessoas, em diferentes momentos, avaliam e respondem de às exigências colocadas pela pandemia. Esta análise permite compreender oscilações na adesão a recomendações de comportamentos de prevenção de contágio por SARS-CoV-2 durante a pandemia por COVID-19. A partir disto, estratégias, ações e materiais de comunicação de crise e risco, podem ser customizadas às perceções sociais...

Extreme natural and man-made events and human adaptive responses mediated by in...

Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are nowadays an interactive means through which humans respond to potentially stressful extreme events (e.g., natural or technological disasters). Despite growing research and reviews on ICTs' role, these often follow an event-specific approach, describing how or what people respond without explaining why they respond as they do, limiting a broader comprehension...

Serving science to the public: Deliberations by a sample of older adults upon e...

To enable consumers to make informed decisions based on communications about food risks and particularly intake recommendations, it is essential that individuals understand the information presented to them. Thus, research into the way people make sense and understand newly received information is important from a public policy perspective. This is the case when dealing with scientific information destined for ...

Understanding climate change adaptation: the role of citizens’ perceptions and ...

Climate change is driving dramatic environmental changes and posing new demands to citizens, health authorities, and policy makers worldwide. This is due to an increased frequency, intensity, and duration of associated extreme weather events. Recent calls for better understanding of how citizens adapt to such demands and the role that psychological processes’ play in that adaptation, have been put forward. We c...