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Social Media and Information Overload: Survey Results

open access: yes, 2013
A UK-based online questionnaire investigating aspects of usage of user-generated media (UGM), such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter, attracted 587 participants.
Bontcheva, Kalina   +2 more
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Ensuring an Impartial Jury in the Age of Social Media [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The explosive growth of social networking has placed enormous pressure on one of the most fundamental of American institutions—the impartial jury. Through social networking services like Facebook and Twitter, jurors have committed significant and often ...
St. Eve, Amy J., Zuckerman, Michael A.
core   +1 more source

Social and Religious Factors in Pilgrimages on the Way of Saint James

open access: yesQuaestiones Geographicae
This study examines the evolution of the Camino de Santiago into a hybrid of religious pilgrimage and spiritual tourism. Through statistical analysis and interviews with members of the Camino de Santiago Polska Facebook group, the research provides ...
OMELAN ANETA ANNA   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

‘They Need to Hear You Say It’: Healthcare Professionals’ Perspectives on Barriers and Enablers to End‐of‐Life Discussions With Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT End‐of‐life conversations with adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with cancer rarely occur without the guidance of healthcare professionals. As a part of the ‘Difficult Discussions’ study, focused on palliative care and advance care planning discussions with AYAs with cancer, we investigated the factors that healthcare professionals identify ...
Justine Lee   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

European Venture Philanthropy and Social Investment 2011/2012: The EVPA Survey [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
These are the key results of the second report on the European Venture Philanthropy Industry published by the European Venture Philanthropy Association.
Anna-Marie Harling, Lisa Hehenberger
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Feasibility and Safety of High‐Dose Proton Re‐Irradiation in Recurrent Pediatric Central Nervous System Tumors: A Single‐Institution Retrospective Study

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose Pediatric central nervous system (CNS) tumors often recur despite multimodality therapy. Although re‐irradiation (re‐RT) has historically been limited by concerns for severe late toxicities, modern techniques have renewed interest in this approach. Proton therapy provides dosimetric advantages that may enable curative re‐treatment with
Jin‐Ho Song   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Effects of Social Media: Is it Hurting College Students? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This study evaluates the relationship between how frequently college students’ access social media sites in class, and their GPA. Our class sent out an electronic survey and had 264 respondents, including men, women and transgender individuals.
Landry, Megan
core   +2 more sources

Assessing the factor structure and measurement invariance of the eating attitude test (EAT-26) across language and BMI in young Arab women

open access: yesJournal of Eating Disorders, 2018
Background The objective of the study was to determine the factorial structure and test the measurement invariance of the EAT-26 in a large probability sample of young female university students in Qatar (n = 2692), a Muslim country in the Middle East ...
Salma M. Khaled   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The relationship between sleep duration and health status in Qatar’s population

open access: yesPublic Health in Practice, 2020
Knowledge of sleep duration correlates is limited to developed countries with a lack of studies in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR). Qatar is a rapidly developing country in the EMR with three distinct population groups: Qatari nationals (QNs) or ...
Maryam A. Al-Thani, Salma M. Khaled, PhD
doaj   +1 more source

Defining Roles in Pediatric Palliative Care: Perspectives From Oncology and Palliative Care Teams

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Early integration of pediatric palliative care (PPC) is associated with improved symptom management, quality of life, and healthcare utilization for children with cancer. Despite this, variation persists in how PPC is understood, operationalized, and integrated within pediatric oncology programs. In particular, ambiguity surrounding
Leeat Granek   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

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