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Online Youth Communities as Agents of Socio-Political Mobilization

Виртуальная коммуникация и социальные сети
Online communities are not only platforms for self-expression but agents of socio-political mobilization. The authors studied the potential of online communities for their impact on the youth.
Anna L. Burmakina, Dmitry O. Lomekin
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Donor Retention in Online Crowdfunding Communities: A Case Study of DonorsChoose.org [PDF]

, 2015
Online crowdfunding platforms like DonorsChoose.org and Kickstarter allow specific projects to get funded by targeted contributions from a large number of people.
Althoff, Tim, Leskovec, Jure
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MicrobeDiscover: A Knowledge Graph–Enabled AI Framework for Identifying Microbes for Inorganic Nanomaterial Biosynthesis

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Microbial synthesis of nanomaterials (NMs) is eco‐friendly, but the screening of microorganisms is limited by inefficient traditional methods (currently only involving∽400 microorganisms/90 NMs). We propose AI framework MicrobeDiscover, integrating a knowledge graph of microbe‐NM interactions.
Ludi Wang, Hexing Han, Yufeng Liu, Zhiyuan Ning, Yujie Ma, Haidan Wang, Jinling Xu, Qiansheng Huang, Wenjuan Cui, Yuanchun Zhou, Yang Gao, Bin Wang, Yi Du   +12 more
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The Vegan Dystopia: Understanding the Psychosocial Experience of Vystopia

Psychology of Human-Animal Intergroup Relations
While most often explored in fictional contexts, the ability to imagine alternative worlds (i.e., utopias and dystopias) may play a critical role in shaping human morality, justice, and social change.
Pierce Veitch, Rebecca Gregson
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Global South teacher educators in digital landscape: implications on professional learning

Research on Education and Media, 2019
This article explores Pakistani and Bhutanese teacher educators’ digital competences about the use of social media, digital resources and professional online communities and implications of this on professional learning. The two countries, less discussed
Impedovo Maria Antonietta, Malik Sufiana Khatoon, Kinley Kinley   +2 more
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Gaming Business Communities: Developing online learning organisations to foster communities, develop leadership, and grow interpersonal education [PDF]

, 2012
This paper explores, through observation and testing, what possibilities from gaming can be extended into other realms of human interaction to help bring people together, extend education, and grow business.
Gallagher, Lloyd
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Oil‐Coated Nanoplastics Induce Rapid Membrane Disruption and Severe Intestinal Injury

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Plastic food containers used in food delivery may pose underrecognized health risks by releasing micro‐ and nanoplastics (MNPs), especially when in contact with oil‐rich foods. Here, we show that cooking oil dramatically increased MNP release from polypropylene (PP) and polyethylene (PE)‐coated containers within 3 min of microwave heating ...
Ruwen Xie, Gulimire Yilihan, Qiong Chen, Dachuan Lin, Zhen Liu, Mengyi Yuan, Yujia Wang, Haoteng Xu, Weishang Zhou, Wanxin Gong, Yueer Li, Chen Peng, Tong Yang, Peng Gao, Qing Liu, Xin‐Hua Feng, Mu Xiao, Chao Jiang   +17 more
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The Elusive Fandom: The Problem Field of Foreign Fan Studies

Социологический журнал
The article is dedicated to an overview of English-language fan studies as an interdisciplinary research area. In particular, it discusses trends in the development of fan studies, various approaches to the conceptualization of fandom and fans, as well ...
Evgenia G. Nim
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Dysregulation of Oral Microbial Eicosapentaenoic Acid Induced by Chronic Restraint Stress Exacerbates Periodontitis via M1 Macrophage Polarization

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The intricate interplay between chronic psychological stress and periodontitis, mediated by oral microbiota and macrophage polarization, remains largely enigmatic. Here, we demonstrate that chronic restraint stress (CRS) exacerbates periodontitis by inducing oral microbial dysbiosis and a consequential shift in host metabolism.
Shihong Luo, Fangzhi Lou, Peiran Yang, Yu Zhang, Li Yan, Yunmei Dong, Bing Yang, Haiyang Wang, Yiyun Liu, Juncai Pu, Richard D. Cannon, Peng Xie, Ping Ji, Xin Jin   +13 more
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Online Community Building in Distance Education: The Case of Social Presence in the Blackboard Discussion Board versus Multimodal VoiceThread Interaction

Educational Technology & Society, 2022
Establishment of online communities in distance education has been linked to improved engagement, retention, and learning outcomes. This study investigates how online community building was fostered in the text-based Discussion Board (DB) and multimodal ...
Julian Chen, Tatiana Bogachenko
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