Quantum boomerang effect of light [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsThe quantum boomerang effect is a counterintuitive phenomenon in which a wave packet launched with finite momentum in a disordered medium returns to its origin.
Xiangrui Hou +5 more
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Observation of the Quantum Boomerang Effect [PDF]
Physical Review X, 2022 A particle in an Anderson-localized system, if launched in any direction, should, on average, return to its starting point and stay there. Despite the central role played by Anderson localization in the modern understanding of condensed matter, this ...
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Balanced Reporting and Boomerang Effect: An Analysis of Croatian Online News Sites Vaccination Coverage and User Comments during the COVID-19 Pandemic [PDF]
Vaccines, 2022 The purpose of this paper was to explore online media coverage of COVID-19 vaccination and user reactions to the different types of coverage. The authors aimed to investigate possible boomerang effects that arise when COVID-19 media coverage is assertive
Željko Pavić +2 more
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From COVID-19 Pandemic to Patient Safety: A New “Spring” for Telemedicine or a Boomerang Effect? [PDF]
Frontiers in Medicine, 2022 During the Covid-19 health emergency, telemedicine was an essential asset through which health systems strengthened their response during the critical phase of the pandemic.
Francesco De Micco +15 more
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The boomerang effect of psychological interventions [PDF]
Social Influence, 2018 Research has found that teaching people about psychological biases can help counteract biased behavior. On the other hand, due to the innate need for preservation of a positive self-image, it is likely that teaching people about biases they hold, may ...
Aharon Levy, Yossi Maaravi
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Pledges counteract the boomerang effect in a sustainable showering intervention for children [PDF]
Communications PsychologyWater scarcity has become a growing concern due to climate change. As fresh water is going to become increasingly scarce in the future, inculcating water-conserving habits among young children is very important.
Jeeva Somasundaram, Zhiyu Wang
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Two modes of fusogenic action for influenza virus fusion peptide. [PDF]
PLoS Computational Biology, 2023 The entry of influenza virus into the host cell requires fusion of its lipid envelope with the host membrane. It is catalysed by viral hemagglutinin protein, whose fragments called fusion peptides become inserted into the target bilayer and initiate its ...
Michal Michalski, Piotr Setny
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«ECOLOGICAL BOOMERANG» EFFECT IN HOSPITAL ENVIRONMENT
Advanced Engineering Research, 2012 Some dangerous, in terms of the man-made ecosystem operation, events in the hospital environment are presented. The microbiological factor, its transformation in the course of the diagnostic and treatment process, and human health implications are ...
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The Generative Mechanism of Boomerang Intention: From the Perspective of Legacy Identification
Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 Boomerang employment has become an increasingly significant third way to obtain employees, yet little research has focused on why does ex-employee want to come back.
Zehui Tian +3 more
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Effects of Anti-Smoking Advertisements on Young People: Role of Gender and Level of Smoking [PDF]
Athens Journal of Mass Media and Communications, 2019 The main argument for using a fear-appeal message is that fear appeal is designed to stimulate anxiety in the audience, with the expectation the audience members will attempt to reduce this anxiety by adopting a specified course of action as suggested in
Hwiman Chung, Euicheol Jung
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