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Le sens de l’observation est-il utile en sociologie ?

open access: yesSociologies, 2011
The sense of observation is not only useful but it is essential in sociology. This ability is firstly an ordinary knowledge practice, but it can be refined and improved.
Jean Peneff
doaj  

Changes in Body Composition in Children and Young People Undergoing Treatment for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Ongoing evidence indicates increased risk of sarcopenic obesity among children and young people (CYP) with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), often beginning early in treatment, persisting into survivorship. This review evaluates current literature on body composition in CYP with ALL during and after treatment.
Lina A. Zahed   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Blessing the Rains: Fieldwork Meditations on ‘Africa’ by Toto

open access: yesSuomen Antropologi, 2019
As an anthropologist who works in West Africa, I have ambivalent feelings towards the 1982 song ‘Africa’ by Toto. It is a song that lyrically does not make sense, although powerfully draws its audience into a romanticized mental imagery of the continent ...
Julie Jenkins
doaj   +1 more source

Focus Groups in Ethnography of Communication: Expanding Topics of Inquiry Beyond Participant Observation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
Historically, ethnography of communication has viewed participant observation as the central and necessary methodological point of departure for any ethnographic endeavor.
Suter, Elizabeth A.
core   +1 more source

Cortical Mirror-System Activation During Real-Life Game Playing: An Intracranial Electroencephalography (EEG) Study

open access: yes, 2018
Analogous to the mirror neuron system repeatedly described in monkeys as a possible substrate for imitation learning and/or action understanding, a neuronal execution/observation matching system (OEMS) is assumed in humans, but little is known to what ...
Ball, Tonio   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Parent‐to‐Child Information Disclosure in Pediatric Oncology

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Despite professional consensus regarding the importance of open communication with pediatric cancer patients about their disease, actual practice patterns of disclosure are understudied. Extant literature suggests a significant proportion of children are not told about their diagnosis/prognosis, which is purported to negatively ...
Rachel A. Kentor   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

The friends that game together: A folkloric expansion of textual poaching to genre farming for socialization in tabletop role-playing games

open access: yesTransformative Works and Cultures, 2009
Tabletop role-playing games (RPGs) are a folkloric form for creating and reaffirming community bonds and performing identity. Gaming is used to communicate and perform cultural capital and identity through fictional narratives, functioning as a form of ...
Michael Robert Underwood
doaj   +1 more source

Communication in the classroom: Practice and reflection of a mathematics teacher [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
This paper discusses the conceptions, practices and reflections about practices of a mathematics teacher, Maria, with respect to classroom communication and their change during the activity of a collaborative project involving a researcher and two other
Martinho, Maria Helena   +1 more
core  

Prolonged Corrected QT Interval as an Early Electrocardiographic Marker of Cyclophosphamide‐Induced Cardiotoxicity in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Patients

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Cyclophosphamide (CY) is associated with potentially fatal cardiotoxicity, yet no electrocardiographic indices have been established for early detection of CY‐induced cardiomyopathy. This study aimed to determine whether corrected QT interval (QTc) prolongation can predict early onset of CY‐related cardiac dysfunction in pediatric ...
Junpei Kawamura   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bicycle patrols: an underutilized resource [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Foundational research on police use of bicycles for patrol. A participant/observation research design was used. A five-city, 32-shift study on the output of police bicycle patrols was conducted. Same and similar ride-alongs were conducted with bicycle
Menton, Chris
core   +2 more sources

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