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Can’t Take a Joke? The Asymmetrical Nature of the Politicized Sense of Humor [PDF]
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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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
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Evaluation of the Effectiveness of a Humor Workshop on the Perceived Stress of Nurse Practitioner Students [PDF]
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+ 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
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Passages of the Humor of Humors
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
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Humor Styles Predict Self-Reported Sarcasm Use in Interpersonal Communication
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
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Prejudice, Humor and Alief: Comments on Robin Tapley’s “Humour, Beliefs, and Prejudice” [PDF]
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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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
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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
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Humor and Resiliency: Towards a Process Model of Coping and Growth
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
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