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Mapping the Cerebral Organoid Landscape: A Systematic Review of Preclinical 3D Models in Neuroscience

open access: yesAdvanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Cerebral organoids are transforming brain research, yet the field remains fragmented. This comprehensive systematic review maps 738 studies published between 2014 and 2024 to uncover trends, gaps, and opportunities across neuroscience. Introducing OrganoidMap—an interactive, open‐access platform to explore and compare models—this work enables ...
Anna Wolfram   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tying Knots With Communities: Youth Involvement in Scouting and Civic Engagement in Adulthood

open access: yes, 2016
Using data from a nationally representative sample of American adult males (N = 2,512), this study examines (a) whether duration of membership in the Boy Scouts of America is associated with adult civic engagement and (b) whether five characteristics of ...
Jang, Sung Joon   +2 more
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Higher Education Collaboratives for Community Engagement and Improvement [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Our society is in a period of dramatic change with the transition from an industrial-based to a knowledge-based economy, as well as technological advances, fiscal challenges of higher education, and cultural shifts in society as a whole.
Bowman, Nick   +4 more
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Development of a Synthetic Hydrogel to Foster Microvascularization of an Endometriosis Microphysiological System

open access: yesAdvanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The ascent of novel alternative methods in drug development spotlights the dual needs for improved biological fidelity to in vivo, along with reproducibility, especially in regulatory applications. The need for pre‐clinical models of patient‐derived endometriosis lesions motivates the development of a vascularizable, completely synthetic ...
Lauren Pruett   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

“The Parents Were Brilliant!” Engaging Parents in STEM Learning: Insights from Preservice Teachers’ Field Experience

open access: yesSocial Sciences
This study describes a field-based experience in parent engagement with preservice teachers, children, parents, and teachers in three Irish elementary schools, focused on a STEM education program, Science for Fun.
Sandra Ryan, Eleanor Walsh, Maeve Liston
doaj   +1 more source

Theory of Action: Public Engagement for Sustained Reform [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
For schools to sustain improvement -- and, ultimately, for the public to take back responsibility for the quality of public schools -- the Public Education Network (PEN) believes that the public must be more fully engaged in deciding on the right ...

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Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles in Biomedicine: Advances and Prospects

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, EarlyView.
Mesoporous silica nanoparticles offer unique properties like high surface area, tunable pores, and functionalization. They excel in drug delivery, tissue engineering, and stimuli‐responsive therapies, enabling targeted and controlled treatments. With roles in cancer therapy and diagnostics, their clinical translation requires addressing challenges in ...
Miguel Manzano, María Vallet‐Regí
wiley   +1 more source

Organized Communities, Stronger Schools: A Preview of Research Findings [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Assesses the impact of community organizing for school reform on student outcomes such as attendance and test scores, school-community relationships, parent engagement, teacher morale, and policy and resource distribution at the system ...
Christina Mokhtar   +5 more
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Signatures of Edge States in Antiferromagnetic Van der Waals Josephson Junctions

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The combination of superconductivity and magnetic textures leads to unconventional superconducting phenomena, including new correlated and topological phases. Van der Waals (vdW) materials emerge as a versatile platform for exploring the interplay between these two competing orders.
Celia González‐Sánchez   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Why Corporate Community Engagement Is Failing in Africa and What Civil Society Organizations Can Do to Change the Tide [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Corporate community engagement is on the increase in Africa. Yet there is nothing much to show for this increased corporate benevolence except unfinished schools and hospitals, broken sewers and abandoned boreholes.
Paul Okumu
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