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Genome sequence of the pattern forming Paenibacillus vortex bacterium reveals potential for thriving in complex environments

BMC Genomics, 2010
Background The pattern-forming bacterium Paenibacillus vortex is notable for its advanced social behavior, which is reflected in development of colonies with highly intricate architectures.
Leshkowitz Dena, Brodsky Leonid, Hagi Efrat, Roth Dalit, Brainis Ina, Ingham Colin, Helman Yael, Olender Tsviya, Sirota-Madi Alexandra, Galatenko Vladimir, Nikolaev Vladimir, Mugasimangalam Raja C, Bransburg-Zabary Sharron, Gutnick David L, Lancet Doron, Ben-Jacob Eshel   +15 more
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Medical Anthropology Courses and Concepts Tested on the MCAT: A Content Analysis of 40 U.S. Course Syllabi

Journal of Medical Education and Curricular Development, 2021
The Association of American Medical Colleges recommends students seeking to enter medical school complete courses in the social sciences. Despite calls to teach social science—including anthropology—in pre-medical curriculum, little is known about what ...
Tyler J Stodola, Sean P Bruna
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Discovering Representations of Democracy in Big Data: Purposive Semantic Sample Selection for Qualitative and Mixed-Methods Research

Przeglad Socjologii Jakosciowej
The increasing volume of large, multi-thematic text corpora in social sciences presents a challenge in selecting relevant documents for qualitative and mixed-methods research.
Hubert Plisiecki, Agnieszka Kwiatkowska
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The State of Statistics Education Research in Client Disciplines: Themes and Trends Across the University

Journal of Statistics Education, 2019
The reform movement in statistics education has led to a revitalization of the undergraduate introductory statistics course. However, many students satisfy their degree requirements by taking statistics courses in “client departments” such as business ...
Aimee Schwab-McCoy
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Workshop notes: Code of Conduct for the Social Sciences and Humanities

, 2021
Working in open access, implementing reusability of research data, and FAIR principles, addressing legal and ethical issues are some of the key aspects of daily work for researchers striving to be in line with the principles of integrity, accountability, independence and impartiality.
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Investigating the Challenges of Medical tourism Development in Affiliated Centers of Iran University of Medical Sciences (IUMS) [PDF]

Journal of Evidence Based Health Policy, Management & Economics, 2023
Background: This study was conducted with the aim of investigating the challenges of health tourism development in affiliated centers of Iran University of Medical Sciences (IUMS). Methods: This was a qualitative, descriptive, and applied study.
fatemeh Najafipoor Moghadam, Nader Tavakoli, Hossein Farzaneh   +2 more
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Ethical Codes and Ethical Control in the Social Sciences

Suomen Antropologi: Journal of the Finnish Anthropological Society, 2008
This report discusses the colonial heritage and changes in the social position of anthropologists as reflected in the code of ethics of the American Anthropological Association (AAA). It describes changes in the Association’s ethical guidelinessince 1948 and interprets them as reflections of changes in the social position of anthropologists.
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Effectiveness of online social science undergraduate research experiences: Exploratory evidence

Frontiers in Education, 2022
Undergraduate research experience (UREs) benefit students, but are typically conducted in person. In 2020–2021, many research and teaching activities unexpectedly moved into virtual spaces.
Alissa Ruth, Alexandra Brewis, Cindi SturtzSreetharan, Amber Wutich, Christopher M. Stojanowski   +4 more
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Promoting novelty, rigor, and style in energy social science: Towards codes of practice for appropriate methods and research design [PDF]

Energy Research & Social Science, 2018
A series of weaknesses in creativity, research design, and quality of writing continue to handicap energy social science. Many studies ask uninteresting research questions, make only marginal contributions, and lack innovative methods or application to theory.
Benjamin K. Sovacool, Jonn Axsen, Steve Sorrell   +2 more
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Qualitative analysis of the impact of Oral Potentially Malignant Disorders on daily life activities. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2017
To evaluate the impact of Oral Potentially Malignant Disorders (OPMD) on daily life activities.Patients diagnosed with Oral Leukoplakia, Oral submucous fibrosis and Oral Lichen Planus attending the Oral Medicine clinic of Panineeya Institute of Dental ...
Jyothi Tadakamadla, Santhosh Kumar, Ratilal Lalloo, Newell W Johnson   +3 more
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