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Supplemental nucleus pulposus allograft in patients with lumbar discogenic pain: results of a prospective feasibility study. [PDF]

open access: yesBMC Musculoskelet Disord
Beall DP   +9 more
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The boomerang effect

Proceedings of the 25th annual international ACM SIGIR conference on Research and development in information retrieval - SIGIR '02, 2002
The theory of polyrepresentation [2, 3] provides a theoretical background for how to exploit such features. In summary, the theory hypothesises that overlaps between different cognitive representations of both users’ information needs as well as documents can be exploited for reducing the uncertainties inherent in IR, and thereby improve the ...
Birger Larsen, Peter Ingwersen
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Boomerang Effects in Science Communication

Communication Research, 2011
The deficit-model of science communication assumes increased communication about science issues will move public opinion toward the scientific consensus. However, in the case of climate change, public polarization about the issue has increased in recent years, not diminished. In this study, we draw from theories of motivated reasoning, social identity,
P. Sol Hart, Erik C. Nisbet
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Aids education: The boomerang effect

Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1990
React ions to a film abou t AIDS prevent ion are examined a subjec t to wh ich the i n t e r na t i ona l publ ic appea r s in t ense ly res i s t an t . The film was shown to 108 viewers in Montreal, and p r e / p o s t ques t ionna i res were used to gauge its effects.
Jon Baggaley   +2 more
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