Academic Articles & Research Papers

Presenting a Productivity Pattern Based on Social Capital Using the Meta-Synthesis Approach

The Asian Productivity Organization (APO) reports a one percent increase in Iran's Total Factor Productivity (TFP) index when compared to the majority of Asian countries and some reference countries in the long-term horizon of 50 years. In ...

Practical Recommendations for Supporting a Systems Biology Cyberinfrastructure

Projects in the life sciences continue to increase in complexity as they scale to answer deeper and more diverse questions. They employ technologies that generate increasingly large ‘omic’ datasets and research teams regularly include exper...

Implementing media literacy in the classroom

Social networks use a variety of models from the spectrum of web technologies. These tools were designed for entertainment and communication purposes, and the most commonly used among students are the social media tools. Knowing this, teach...

Physiotherapy for injured workers in Canada: are insurers’ and clinics’ policies threatening good quality and equity of care? Results of a qualitative study

Abstract Background In recent years, significant efforts have been made to improve the provision of care for compensated injured workers internationally. However, despite increasing efforts at implementing best practices in this field, some...

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Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF) is a multifunctional cytokine, which possesses various biologic functions depending on the type of the cells and the physiological context. TNF is synthesized by immune cells as well as malignant cells. Acc...

Evaluating the diagnostic value and prospects of genomic and mutational sequencing in malignant transformation of oral leukoplakia

Genomic and mutational sequencing in malignant transformation of oral leukoplakia (OLK) has emergingly gained momentum. In this short communication, we identified 5 retrospective follow-up studies and 5 cross-section comparative studies on ...

Editorial: Towards 2030: Sustainable Development Goal 11: sustainable cities and communities. A sociological perspective

Interpersonal communication regarding pregnancy-related services: friends versus health professionals as conduits for information

Abstract Background Social network characteristics influence a wide range of health behaviors but few studies examine the relationship between social network characteristics and pregnancy-related outcomes. Methods Using a baseline survey fr...

Legionella shows a diverse secondary metabolism dependent on a broad spectrum Sfp-type phosphopantetheinyl transferase

Several members of the genus Legionella cause Legionnaires’ disease, a potentially debilitating form of pneumonia. Studies frequently focus on the abundant number of virulence factors present in this genus. However, what is often overlooked...

Communication Studies in Europe

There is an abundance of literature published on the history of communication studies in Europe, in a number of countries and taking various approaches. However, more pan-European initiatives to take stock of earlier activities in the field...

The Basics of Communication Studies

Most chapters begin with and conclude with Summary, For More Information, Review Questions, and Works Cited. 1. Why Study Communication? Definition of Communication Models of Communication Essential Parts of Communication Communication in C...

LibGuides: Communication Studies: Internet

This guide will help researchers in the Department of Communication Studies identify and evaluate source material...

Modern Communication Studies

Feminism, Postmodernism, and Organizational Communication Studies

Recent developments in critical organization studies suggest that feminist theory and research provides an additional, and currently underexplored, domain of inquiry. Although critical studies have done much to focus attention on the relati...

Beyond the dichotomy of communication studies

The trend of globalization has sharpened the debate on the culture-specific and culture-general approaches to communication studies. As the demand for culture-specific approaches in scholarly research is increasing due to the impact of glob...

The Relevance of Phonology to Communication Studies

The notion people have of the relationship between phonology and some other fields of study is that they are totally different and independent of one another. Some think that communication studies are independent of phonological studies. In...

“Critical” Junctures in Intercultural Communication Studies: A Review

This literature review foregrounds the critiques, moves, and junctures that have specifically retheorized culture and communication from a critical intercultural communication perspective, and set the stage for a fifth “moment” in the field...

AS Communication Studies: The Essential Introduction

Introduction Part I - Studying Communication 1. Studying 2. Communication Part II - Effective Communication Part III - Texts and Meaning in Communication 1. Communication as Text 2. Texts and Meanings 3. Decoding and De-coding 4. Words and ...

The beginnings of communication study in America: a personal memoir

Editor's Foreword PART ONE: THE BEGINNINGS OF COMMUNICATION STUDY IN AMERICA The Forefathers of Our Forefathers - Wilbur Schramm Harold D Lasswell Politics, Power, and the Significant Symbol Paul F Lazarsfeld From Market Research to Media E...

Transgender Communication Studies

Transgender Communication Studies: Histories, Trends, and Trajectories brings scholarship in transgender studies to the forefront of the communication discipline. Leland Spencer and Jamie Capuzza provide a broad foundation that documents th...