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The propaganda model and sociology : understanding the media and society [PDF]
, 2010 This article unpacks reasons why the Propaganda Model represents a critical sociological approach to understanding media and society, explores the model’s potential within the sociological field, and considers the trajectory of its reputational reception
Klaehn, Jeffery, Mullen, Andrew
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Effects of perampanel on bone health in adult patients with epilepsy
Epilepsia Open, EarlyView.Abstract Objective The objective was to assess the effects of perampanel (PER) on bone metabolism and bone mineral density (BMD) in adult patients with epilepsy. Methods This retrospective study included consecutive patients admitted to the Epilepsy Center of Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital from January 2023 to June 2024.
Mingxing Yu +8 more
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Public Health Burden of Chronic Stress in a Transforming Society
Psychological Topics, 2007 In this paper chronic stress is proposed as an integrating model that can be applied to the explanation of the suddenly changing patterns of premature mortality rates in transforming societies of Central-Eastern-Europe, especially in Hungary.
Mária S. Kopp
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Rapid Reconnaissance: Seeking Immediate Results
New Directions for Evaluation, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article aims to reorient evaluators to a methodology that has perhaps been overlooked in recent years but whose methods are likely to be used, at least in part. Rapid reconnaissance emerged in sociological and rural research in the 1960s as a fast data‐gathering and process evaluation tool that relies on multidisciplinary teams and ...
Sarah Murray, Lyn Alderman
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Nanopore DNA Sequencing Technology: A Sociological Perspective [PDF]
arXivNanopore sequencing, a next-generation sequencing technology, holds the potential to revolutionize multiple facets of life sciences, forensics, and healthcare. While previous research has focused on its technical intricacies and biomedical applications, this paper offers a unique perspective by scrutinizing the societal dimensions (ethical, legal, and ...
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Reasoning in Evaluation: Why Does It Matter?
New Directions for Evaluation, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article addresses two significant philosophical debates of importance to the evaluation context, which have transcended science and social sciences for centuries. These debates center around philosophical approaches and approaches to reasoning as they relate to evaluation.
Benjamin Harris, Lyn Alderman
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The Wreaths of KHAN: Uniform Graph Feature Selection with False Discovery Rate Control [PDF]
arXivGraphical models find numerous applications in biology, chemistry, sociology, neuroscience, etc. While substantial progress has been made in graph estimation, it remains largely unexplored how to select significant graph signals with uncertainty assessment, especially those graph features related to topological structures including cycles (i.e ...
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Environmental Scanning: A Look to the Future
New Directions for Evaluation, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Environmental scanning was originally conceived as a continuous evaluation methodology that identified internal and external trends that might impact an organization's success in the present and future. Best approached holistically and inductively, environmental scanning draws upon internal and external sources of information to determine the ...
Benjamin Harris, Jennifer Brooker
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Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA): Seeking Sustainability
New Directions for Evaluation, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The world is currently facing wicked problems caused by humanities’ environmental footprint. Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) is a holistic, systematic high‐level planning and decision‐making instrument designed to assess impacts of wicked problems, and the strategic actions developed to address them.
Julianne Kealey, Lyn Alderman
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