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Building school-based social capital through 'We Act - Together for Health' - a quasi-experimental study [PDF]

, 2018
Background Social capital has been found to be positively associated with various health and well-being outcomes amongst children. Less is known about how social capital may be generated and specifically in relation to children in the school setting ...
Bonde, Ane H., Maindal, Helle T., Morgan, Antony, Sabinsky, Marianne, Stjernqvist, Nanna W., Tetens, Inge, Thyregod, Camilla, Trolle, Ellen   +7 more
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Social Capital

Social Work and Society, 2006
In the broadest sense social capital reflects the idea of resources rooting in relations between individuals resp. in the embeddings of people in groups, associations, communities and even societies.
Sandra Landhäußer, Holger Ziegler
doaj   +2 more sources

Lobbying in Malta : environmental NGOs and social capital [PDF]

, 2008
This paper explores the usage of social capital by Maltese Environmental Non-Governmental Organisations in their lobbying strategies and access to resources, particularly within the context of Malta as a new EU member state.
Briguglio, Michael, Brown, Maria, TSCF The Social Capital Foundation Conference 2008   +2 more
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PARP inhibition and pharmacological ascorbate demonstrate synergy in castration‐resistant prostate cancer

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Pharmacologic ascorbate (vitamin C) increases ROS, disrupts cellular metabolism, and induces DNA damage in CRPC cells. These effects sensitize tumors to PARP inhibition, producing synergistic growth suppression with olaparib in vitro and significantly delayed tumor progression in vivo. Pyruvate rescue confirms ROS‐dependent activity.
Nicolas Gordon, Peter T. Gallagher, Orly I. Richter, Neermala Poudel Neupane, Amy C. Mandigo, Jennifer J. McCann, Emanuela Dylgjeri, Irina Vasilevskaya, Christopher McNair, Channing J. Paller, Wm. Kevin Kelly, Karen E. Knudsen, Matthew J. Schiewer, Ayesha A. Shafi   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluating the moderating impact of family on the relationship between board independence and corporate social responsibility using propensity score matching

South African Journal of Business Management, 2020
Purpose: Owing to the voluntary nature of CSR activities, the decision to participate or not could be affected by the motives of corporate directors. The purpose of this research was to investigate whether family involvement in business moderates the ...
Rehana Anwar, Jaleel Ahmed
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Interrelation of sport participation, physical activity, social capital and mental health in disadvantaged communities : a sem-analysis [PDF]

, 2015
Background : The Health through Sport conceptual model links sport participation with physical, social and psychological outcomes and stresses the need for more understanding between these outcomes.
Babiak, Kathy, Cardon, Greet, De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse, Marlier, Mathieu, Van Dyck, Delfien, Willem, Annick   +5 more
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Mycobacterial cell division arrest and smooth‐to‐rough envelope transition using CRISPRi‐mediated genetic repression systems

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
CRISPRI‐mediated gene silencing and phenotypic exploration in nontuberculous mycobacteria. In this Research Protocol, we describe approaches to control, monitor, and quantitatively assess CRISPRI‐mediated gene silencing in M. smegmatis and M. abscessus model organisms.
Vanessa Point, Wafaa Achache, Janïs Laudouze, Eliana Sepulveda Ramos, Mickaël Maziero, Céline Crauste, Stéphane Canaan, Pierre Santucci   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Capital social, redes sociais e inovações produtivas Social capital, social networks and productive innovations

Ambiente & Sociedade, 2008
As experiências de sucesso na estratégia de motivar as populações locais, organizá-las e treiná-las, para a realização de inovações produtivas, revelam que as comunidades onde os indivíduos interagem mais uns com os outros e em que a rede de relações ...
Tereza Ximenes
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Tracking Motor Progression and Device‐Aided Therapy Eligibility in Parkinson's Disease

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To characterise the progression of motor symptoms and identify eligibility for device‐aided therapies in Parkinson's disease, using both the 5‐2‐1 criteria and a refined clinical definition, while examining differences across genetic subgroups.
David Ledingham, Sahana Sathyanarayana, Charlotte B. Stewart, Robyn Iredale, Victoria Foster, Debra Galley, Mark Baker, Nicola Pavese   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spirituality as a Predictor of Psychological Well-Being: An Explanatory Mechanism of Religiosity and Sustainable Consumption

Religions, 2020
This paper aims to investigate the impact of spirituality on the psychological well-being of the consumers involved in reusing as sustainable consumption behavior (SCB).
Sana Iqbal, Muhammad Ishfaq Khan
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