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Can’t Take a Joke? The Asymmetrical Nature of the Politicized Sense of Humor [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
In an effort to tease out possible expressions of dispositional differences in people of different political ideologies, this study uses media preference and consumption data from the 2008 National Annenberg Election Survey (NAES08-Online) to examine ...
Gans, Roger
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Implantable Microarray Patch: Engineering at the Nano and Macro Scale for Sustained Therapeutic Release via Synthetic Biodegradable Polymers

open access: yesAdvanced Materials Technologies, Volume 10, Issue 6, March 18, 2025.
This review focuses on the application of synthetic biodegradable microarray patches (MAPs) in sustained drug delivery. Compared to conventional MAPs which release drugs into the skin in an immediate manner, these implantable MAPs release drugs into skin microcirculation gradually as the biodegradable polymers degrade, thus offering sustained release ...
Li Zhao   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of the Effectiveness of a Humor Workshop on the Perceived Stress of Nurse Practitioner Students [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
A quasi-experimental one-group pretest posttest design was used to evaluate the effectiveness of a humor workshop on the perceived stress of a sample of nurse practitioner students (n = 9) at a major university.
Emerson, Stephanie A.
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CD207‐Positive Dendritic Cells Promote Emphysema Through CD8+ T Cell Pathway in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
CD207+ dendritic cells (DCs) drive emphysema by promoting CD8⁺ T cell cytotoxicity via Birbeck granule‐dependent MHC‐I antigen presentation. This DC subset is expanded by cigarette smoke‐induced oxidative stress, which triggers granulocyte‐macrophage colony‐stimulating factor (GM‐CSF) release from airway epithelium.
Shurui Xuan   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Passages of the Humor of Humors

open access: yesMiscelánea Comillas, 2019
Ten passages of humor compose an unfinished mosaic of semblances that follow one another: from the singular to the plural; humors and colors; humor with laughter, without laughter and with a smile; good mood and bad mood; humor and philosophy or the ...
Luis Bueno Ochoa
doaj  

Humor Styles Predict Self-Reported Sarcasm Use in Interpersonal Communication

open access: yesBehavioral Sciences
We investigated how participants’ humor styles impact their sarcasm use. English-speaking participants (N = 179) completed online self-report measures of humor styles and sarcasm use.
Liberty McAuley, Melanie Glenwright
doaj   +1 more source

Prejudice, Humor and Alief: Comments on Robin Tapley’s “Humour, Beliefs, and Prejudice” [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
In her “Humor, Belief and Prejudice”, Robin Tapley concludes: "Racist/racial, sexist/gender humor is funny because we think it’s true. We know the beliefs exist in the laugher, there’s no way to philosophically maneuver around that.
Jackman, Henry
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A Patient‐Derived Organ‐on‐Chip Platform for Modeling the Tumor Microenvironment and Drug Responses in Pancreatic Cancer

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
Researchers have developed a patient‐derived organ‐on‐a‐chip model for pancreatic cancer by integrating cancer cells with supportive stromal and immune cells inside a microfluidic device. This system mimics the tumor microenvironment, enabling personalized testing of chemotherapy and immunotherapy, and offering new insights into how targeting ...
Darbaz Adnan   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

A funny thing did not happen at work: Humor styles are not strongly correlated with vocational interests

open access: yesCurrent Research in Behavioral Sciences
The role of humor in the workplace has received great attention. What is less known is how humor, specifically humor styles, correlate with vocational interests.
Julie Aitken Schermer, Đorđe Čekrlija
doaj   +1 more source

Humor and Resiliency: Towards a Process Model of Coping and Growth

open access: yesEurope's Journal of Psychology, 2012
This article considers how humor may fit within a resiliency perspective. Following a brief overview of resiliency approaches, including selected work on positive psychology, several lines of research that provide initial support for resiliency effects ...
Nicholas A. Kuiper
doaj   +1 more source

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