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An Integrated DNA Nanoprobe for Intranuclear Imaging and in Situ Profiling of OGG1 Activity

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
The TP‐SA nanoprobe, integrating an AS1411 aptamer for nuclear delivery and a FRET array for signal amplification, enables real‐time tracking of nuclear OGG1 activity. It reveals cell‐line‐specific basal OGG1 levels and shows clinical promise using pneumonia patients’ lavage fluid.
Mingzhu Zhao   +9 more
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International Relations as a Social Science: Rigor and Relevance

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2005
Progress in the study of international politics depends on systematic, rigorous theory and empirical testing. International Relations is most useful when scholars can identify with some confidence the causal forces that drive foreign policy and international interactions, not when they use their detailed empirical knowledge to offer opinions, however ...
Frieden, Jeffry, Lake, David A.
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The Social Costs of Methodological Rigor

Evaluation Review, 1984
This article argues that certain threats to validity arise from the social, rather than methodological, consequences of research design. The need for an evaluator to attend to both methodological and social concerns is demonstrated by an example where the unchecked effects of the social consequences of a methodologically rigorous research design ...
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Using Soclab for a Rigorous Assessment of the Social Feasibility of Agricultural Policies

International Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Information Systems, 2011
This paper presents a theoretical and methodological framework to take into consideration the social dimension in a sustainable development project. To do this, the authors have developed the SocLab software environment, which implements a formalization of a well-established sociological theory, and enables the modeling of social organizations, to ...
Adreit, Françoise   +3 more
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“Rigor for What?” Social Studies Teacher Conceptions and Enactments of Instructional Rigor

The Social Studies, 2017
ABSTRACTTaken from a larger qualitative study, this article argues that rather than an encompassing uniform definition, rigor, as understood and enacted by social studies teachers, exists on a complicated spectrum. Teacher placement on this spectrum was influenced by teacher life experience, teacher interpretation of student need, pedagogy employed ...
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Computing Now: Peer-Review Rigor Meets Social Networks

IEEE Internet Computing, 2008
The IEEE Computer Society (CS) recently launched Computing Now (CN; http://computingnow.computer.org), a single portal for all 14 CS magazines, that attempts to expose the traditional peer-reviewed content in CS magazines to a more collaborative style of social networks and Web 2.0.
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Fear of Crime, Social Rigorism and Mass Media in Poland

International Review of Victimology, 1993
The article presents the results of the few victimisation surveys carried out in Poland. They reveal relatively low levels of crime in Poland, but which are not correlated with the official criminal statistics. The article criticises the method for compiling criminal statistics adopted by the Polish police, a method which enables enforcement agencies ...
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Rigor and Relevance in Social Work Science

2019
Abstract Rigor and relevance are essential features of social work science. However, they are often misperceived as being in opposition to one another. Conducting social work research that is both rigorous and relevant requires changes in traditional perspectives, priorities, and practices.
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