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Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy Associated With Systemic Treatment in Osteoradionecrosis: An In Vivo Study

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate the effects of antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT), systemic pharmacological therapy, and their combination on irradiated mandibular post‐extraction bone repair relevant to osteoradionecrosis (ORN) development in a rat model. Methods Twenty‐six male Wistar rats were initially randomized into five experimental groups:
Larissa Lopes Fonseca, Lorena dos Reis Pereira Queiroz, Andréia Luiza Oliveira Costa, Cristina Paixão Durães, Renata Sousa Leite, Ludmila Martins Delazeri, Sérgio Henrique Sousa Santos, Alfredo Maurício Batista de Paula, Lucyana Conceição Farias, André Luiz Sena Guimarães   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Intergroup contact intervention between Hong Kong and mainland Chinese students: differential effects on cognitions, attitudes, and intended behaviors

Cogent Psychology
Hong Kong and mainland China’s socioeconomic transitions in the past few decades have led to changes in identity and intergroup attitudes among young adults.
Hui Yun Li, Siu-man Ng, Amenda Man Wang, Weiyi Xie, Shuang Lu   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Why Active Representation Varies: Cultural Stereotypes and Differential Treatment by Street‐Level Bureaucrats

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT How do cultural stereotypes influence the likelihood that minority street‐level bureaucrats (SLBs) will actively represent marginalized subgroups within their ethnocultural community? While existing scholarship on representative bureaucracy has focused on the conditions under which minority SLBs engage in active representation, this study ...
Sohad Amaria, Einat Lavee, Nissim Cohen
wiley   +1 more source

Comparing direct and indirect forms of intergroup contact in Cyprus

, 2013
This thesis examines and compares the effectiveness of direct and indirect types of contact in leading to short- or longer-term prejudice-reducing outcomes in Cyprus. Chapter 1 provides a background to the relations between Greek and Turkish Cypriots and
Ioannou, Maria
core   +1 more source

Do Single‐Sex STEM Programs Have Merit? If So, for Whom, on What Measures?

Science Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Single‐sex STEM programs—defined here as voluntary, gender‐segregated extracurricular or supplemental activities (e.g., summer camps, workshops, robotics clubs, internships, or citizen science initiatives)—have experienced heightened popularity and scrutiny amid efforts to increase diversity in STEM fields.
Chen Chen, Tomihiro Ono, Gerhard Sonnert, Susan Sunbury, Philip Sadler   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

From Patterns to Attractor‐Like Modes: A Systems Sensemaking Framework for Recurring Conflict in Healthcare Teams

Systems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Recurring conflict in healthcare teams frequently persists despite well‐intended interventions (Page et al. 2024; Mazzei et al. 2024). Dynamic systems theory helps to map how such recurrences reflect systemic feedback loops linking individual experience, behaviour, shared beliefs and organisational structures, supporting intervention design at
Dominik Havsteen‐Franklin
wiley   +1 more source

Social segregation, inter-group contact, and discriminatory policing

Political Science Research and Methods
We analyze a formal model of social contact and discrimination in the context of policing. Officers decide how to interact with members of two social groups while working and while socializing.
Ryan Hübert, Andrew T. Little
doaj   +1 more source

Positive and Negative Intergroup Contact: An Investigation of Classroom Interactions between Turkish and Syrian Primary School Students [PDF]

Nesne Psikoloji Dergisi, 2019
The aim of this study is to examine the positive and negative intergroup contact experiences between Turkish and Syrian students in the same class. The research was designed as a qualitative study.
Fulya TÜRK, Abbas TÜRNÜKLÜ, Mustafa TERCAN, Tarkan KAÇMAZ   +3 more
doaj  

A future focus for imagined contact: Advances in and beyond intergroup relations

, 2016
Imagined intergroup contact is a new application of intergroup contact theory that can be implemented as a stimulus, or substitute, for actual intergroup contact.
Meleady, Rose, Crisp, Richard J.
core  

Preclinical Toxicity Screening of Sodium Dodecanoyloxybenzenesulfonate (LOBS) as a New Alternative Biocide Using In Vitro and In Vivo Models

Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sodium hypochlorite is a well‐established biocide extensively used in both living and industrial environments; however, exposure to it or improper handling can harm the human body and the environment. Thus, safer alternatives to sodium hypochlorite are required.
Seung Eui Min, Seunghee Oh, Min Seong Jang, Kang‐Hyun Han   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source