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Value in the Visual: On Public Injecting, Visual Methods and Their Potential for Informing Policy (and Change)

open access: yesMethodological Innovations, 2009
This paper concerns the application of visual methods within qualitative research and the ways in which they can be developed and applied to a range of settings for applied health (and other policy) purposes.
Stephen Parkin, Ross Coomber
doaj   +1 more source

Obstacles to creating and finding Open Educational Resources: the case of research methods in the social sciences

open access: yesJournal of Interactive Media in Education, 2012
Social Research Methods are approaches to undertaking research shared not only by the social sciences, but by many other disciplines. There is therefore enormous scope for the creation and re-use of open educational resources (OERs) in this field ...
Isabelle Brent   +2 more
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The Time Discontinuous H1-Galerkin Mixed Finite Element Method for Linear Sobolev Equations

open access: yesDiscrete Dynamics in Nature and Society, 2015
We combine the H1-Galerkin mixed finite element method with the time discontinuous Galerkin method to approximate linear Sobolev equations. The advantages of these two methods are fully utilized.
Hong Yu, Tongjun Sun, Na Li
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Measuring back: bibliodiversity and the Journal Impact Factor™ brand, a case study of IF-journals included in the 2021 Journal Citations Report™

open access: yesInsights: The UKSG Journal
Little attention has been devoted to whether the impact factor (IF) can be considered a responsible metric in light of bibliodiversity. This article critically engages with this question in measuring the following variables of IF journals included in the
Marjorie Bardiau, Christophe Dony
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Pre- and Posttreatment With Edaravone Protects CA1 Hippocampus and Enhances Neurogenesis in the Subgranular Zone of Dentate Gyrus After Transient Global Cerebral Ischemia in Rats

open access: yesASN Neuro, 2014
Edaravone is clinically used for treatment of patients with acute cerebral infarction. However, the effect of double application of edaravone on neurogenesis in the hippocampus following ischemia remains unknown. In the present study, we explored whether
Shan Lei   +13 more
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Double blow: Alien crayfish infected with invasive temnocephalan in South African waters

open access: yesSouth African Journal of Science, 2013
Trade in live, freshwater crayfish for ornamental markets, as well as for aquaculture, has grown rapidly and has become the major pathway for the introduction of non-indigenous crayfish species to several countries worldwide.
Louis du Preez, Nico Smit
doaj   +1 more source

A practical exploration of the feasibility of Integrative Multidisciplinary research from a broad ecohealth perspective in South Africa

open access: yesThe Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa, 2011
This discussion is a deliberation on the progress towards the possibility of carrying out feasible research according to an Integrative Multidisciplinary (IMD) research methodology (theoretically and practically). To explore the IMD research methodology,
E S van Eeden
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Finding statistics and newspapers workbook [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
This resource supports the Understanding Educational Enquiry module DET050 of the PG Cert at the University of Birmingham. It details how to find statistics and newspapers, and could be used by participants as part of their action research.
Library Services, Subject Advisor
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The unpredictably eruptive dynamics of spruce budworm populations in eastern Canada

open access: yesPopulation Ecology, EarlyView.
We examine historical population data for spruce budworm from several locations through the period 1930–1997, and use density‐dependent recruitment curves to test whether the pattern of population growth over time is more consistent with Royama's (1984; Ecological Monographs 54:429–462) linear R(t) model of harmonic oscillation at Green River New ...
Barry J. Cooke, Jacques Régnière
wiley   +1 more source

Gender Issues of Immigrants: An Analysis of Female Characters in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Americanah

open access: yesUniversity of Chitral Journal of Linguistics and Literature, 2021
This study examines the situation of Nigerian women in America depicted by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Americanah in terms of how they are subjugated and marginalized in their day to day lives.
Muhammad Ilyas
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