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Descriptive norms caused increases in mask wearing during the COVID-19 pandemic

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2023
Human sociality is governed by two types of social norms: injunctive norms, which prescribe what people ought to do, and descriptive norms, which reflect what people actually do.
Samantha L. Heiman   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Survival in Western Kenya: Reduction in Early Deaths and Treatment Abandonment

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background An earlier study on children diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) in Kenya reported a low event‐free survival (EFS), excess treatment abandonment, and high induction mortality.
Gilbert Olbara   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Text Mining Approach to ‘Operational Norms’

open access: yestransLogos: Translation Studies Journal, 2021
The notion of ‘translation norms’ was introduced by Gideon Toury in the late 1970s within Descriptive Translation Studies (DTS). Toury’s endeavor was to describe and explain translations to make generalizations regarding translational behavior. Due to
Nalan BOZAN
doaj   +1 more source

A Fuzzy Description Logic with Product T-norm [PDF]

open access: yes2007 IEEE International Fuzzy Systems Conference, 2007
Fuzzy Description Logics} (fuzzy DLs) have been proposed as a language to describe structured knowledge with vague concepts. It is well known that the choice of the fuzzy operators may determine some logical properties. However, up to date the study of fuzzy DLs has been restricted to the Lukasiewicz logic and the ``Zadeh semantics''.
Bobillo F, Straccia U
openaire   +3 more sources

ASSIST: Refinement of a Benefits Navigator Intervention Among Low‐Income Pediatric Oncology Families

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background/Objectives Children with cancer living in poverty experience worse survival and quality of life. Interventions connecting low‐income families to benefits (e.g., Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program [SNAP] improve health outcomes; yet nearly 50% of SNAP‐eligible pediatric oncology families are unenrolled.
Puja J. Umaretiya   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring the directionality in the relationship between descriptive and injunctive parental and peer norms and snacking behavior in a three-year-cross-lagged study

open access: yesInternational Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 2020
Background People’s eating behavior is assumed to be influenced by what other people do (perceived descriptive norms) and what others approve of (perceived injunctive norms).
K. E. Bevelander   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Misperception of Body Weight After Childhood Cancer

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Misperception of body weight can negatively impact the weight management efforts of childhood cancer survivors (CCSs). Both being overweight or underweight are associated with chronic health conditions commonly observed in CCS; therefore, accurate weight perception is critical for reducing long‐term health risks.
Fabiën N. Belle   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Local norms of cheating and the cultural evolution of crime and punishment: a study of two urban neighborhoods [PDF]

open access: yesPeerJ, 2014
The prevalence of antisocial behavior varies across time and place. The likelihood of committing such behavior is affected by, and also affects, the local social environment.
Kari Britt Schroeder   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Tracking Health Related Quality of Life From Diagnosis to Follow‐Up Among Australian Children With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) is one of the most treatable forms of paediatric cancer; however, there is a substantial burden of treatment‐related toxicities (TRTs). In addition, the long‐term changes in children's health‐related quality of life (HRQoL) due to toxic treatments are not well understood.
Clare Ghows   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

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