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open access: yesMathematical Biosciences and Engineering, 2009
Those of us who met the field of mathematical biology as a well-developed,flourishing, and rewarding discipline owe much to those who made it so.This special issue of Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering isdedicated to two such pioneers: Fred Brauer
Carlos Castillo-Chávez   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mobilizing Public Will For Social Change [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
Examines the theory and strategies of "public will" campaigns and offers tangible criteria for their evaluation. It provides a rich inventory of strategies for use in mobilizing the public will through an integration of models of agenda building, social ...
Charles T. Salmon   +2 more
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Conflict between background matching and social signalling in a colour-changing freshwater fish [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The ability to change coloration allows animals to modify their patterning to suit a specific function. Many freshwater fishes, for example, can appear cryptic by altering the dispersion of melanin pigment in the skin to match the visual background ...
Kelley, Jennifer L.   +2 more
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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

From digital voices to vaccine choices: increasing female vaccine acceptance in Sudan through social listening

open access: yesFrontiers in Global Women's Health
The early COVID-19 vaccine rollout in Sudan experienced a gender disparity in vaccine uptake, with women accounting for less than 40% of vaccinations after four months of vaccine access.
Islam Ahmed   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

From A Service-Learning to A Social-Change Model [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Tutor education courses that prepare students to serve as peer writing consultants often include service learning; a typical servicelearning tutor education course involves sending students to tutor in local schools, usually in underserved ...
Savini, Catherine
core   +1 more source

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

Profiling recent medical graduates planning to pursue surgery, anesthesia and obstetrics in Brazil

open access: yesBMC Medical Education, 2019
Background Lack of providers in surgery, anesthesia, and obstetrics (SAO) is a primary driver of limited surgical capacity worldwide. We aimed to identify predictors of entry into Surgery, Anesthesia, and Obstetrics and Gynecology (SAO) fields and ...
Aline Gil Alves Guilloux   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Understanding Social and Behaviour Change Communication [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
terms that should be understood first, as different words and second as an entity. SBCC is primarily a brand of communication that has long existed in the social and behavioural disciplines; in the social sciences and humanities.
Iyorza, Stanislaus
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Positive change with Ménière’s disease [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
This is the author's accepted manuscript. The final published article is available from the link below. Copyright © 2009 The British Psychological Society.Objective - The aims of this study were twofold: to determine in what way people with a non-fatal ...
Dibb, B
core   +1 more source

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