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Evaluation of primary stability of innovated orthodontic miniscrew system (STS): an ex-vivo study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Background: Stability is determined as one of the requirements in use of Temporary Anchorage Devices (TAD) in orthodontics. Miniscrew has been a widely used Bone Anchor.
Matini, Negin-Sadat, Seifi, Massoud
core   +2 more sources

Shame as a mediator of the association of childhood emotional abuse with aversive cognitive perseveration in adults

open access: yesBritish Journal of Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Childhood emotional abuse (CEA) has been linked to response‐focused emotion regulation in adulthood. However, the underlying mechanisms remain unexplored. This pre‐registered study examined whether shame mediates the association between CEA history and aversive cognitive perseveration (ACP), including brooding rumination, experiential ...
Mohammadali Amini‐Tehrani   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Disproportionate collapse analysis of mid-rise cross-laminated timber buildings [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
This paper investigates the structural behaviour of a twelve-storey Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) building subjected to sudden removal of internal and external ground floor loadbearing walls, and computes the probability of disproportionate collapse ...
Currie, NGR, Mpidi Bita, H, Tannert, T
core   +1 more source

Behind the Curtain: COVID‐19 as a Lens to Precarity in Museum Labor

open access: yesCurator: The Museum Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using in‐depth interviews with emerging and early professional museum workers in New Orleans, Louisiana, this article expands on scholarship around the perceived and actual value of nonprofit labor. It adds qualitative support to the argument that museum labor is real labor—open to exploitation and abuse while constantly negotiated internally ...
Miriam Taylor Fair
wiley   +1 more source

MEMBRANE ACTION IN PROFILED STEEL SHEETING DRY BOARD (PSSDB) FLOOR SLAB SYSTEM [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Profiled steel sheeting dry board (PSSDB) system is a lightweight composite structural system that made of the profiled steel sheeting (PSS) connected to the dry board (DB) by self-drilling and self-tapping screws. The objective of this paper is to study
MAHMOOD SERAJI   +2 more
core  

Leveraging online reviews to decode quality‐induced customer dissatisfaction: From perception to product discouragement

open access: yesDecision Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract E‐commerce practitioners and researchers recognize that quality concerns are the primary drivers of customer dissatisfaction with products or services. While dissatisfaction can arise from various factors, little is known about quality and its components, specifically from the perspective of dissatisfied customers. Grounded in the foundational
Rahul Kumar   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Miniscrews failure rate in orthodontics:systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Background: Miniscrews in orthodontics have been mainly used for anchorage without patient compliance in orthodontic treatment. The literature has reported changing failure rates.Objective: The aim of this review was to provide a precise estimation of ...
Alharbi, Fahad   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

“I'm all there for her”: Perspectives of Arab mothers in Israel on mother–daughter relationships in young adulthood

open access: yesFamily Relations, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective This study aimed to explore how Arab mothers in Israel perceive their intergenerational relationships with young adult daughters within the sociocultural context of Arab society and their intersecting marginalized positions as women and ethnic minority members.
Haneen Karram‐Elias
wiley   +1 more source

Speaker Perceptions of Americanisms in Nigerian English

open access: yesJournal of Sociolinguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the perceptions of Americanisms among three generations of Nigerians. While prior research has provided quantitative evidence for American influence in contemporary Nigerian English, the role of language beliefs and ideologies in mediating such changes remains underexplored.
Temitayo Olatoye
wiley   +1 more source

Autofiction as relational mediation: A Ghost in the Throat and To Write as if Already Dead

open access: yesOrbis Litterarum, EarlyView.
Abstract Because of its exploration of the self and the resemblance to online styles of publishing, autofiction has been accused by certain scholars of reflecting neoliberal tendencies. Hans Demeyer and Sven Vitse have developed a more nuanced view on the relation between autofiction and neoliberalism.
Stijn De Cauwer
wiley   +1 more source

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