Browsing by Author "Gastel, Barbara"
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Wongchai, Sasicha (Texas A&M University, 2004-09-30)The purpose of this study was to investigate the ability of the Kolbe A Index to predict learners' attitudes and achievements within a web-based training context. The Index is used to measure the conative capacities of ...
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Agan, Justin Richard (2023-04-21)Today, a popular message can go “viral” in minutes. Some can even gain so much attention that they effect large changes. One factor influencing popularity can be how relatable the message is. Human beings have long used ...
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Gastel, Barbara (Council of Science Editors, 2015-12)This article provides an overview of the AuthorAID project, established by INASP in 2007 mainly to help researchers in developing countries to write about and publish their work. It summarizes the main components of ...
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Subramanian, Roma (2012-02-14)Both in the United States and abroad, newspapers tend to portray people with mental illness negatively, making them vulnerable to social rejection, discrimination, and forced treatment. This portrayal also makes them ...
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Molar Candanosa, Roberto Marcos (2017-05-03)The amount of coverage the media dedicate to climate change, along with how they frame the issue, can influence audience awareness, perception, and understanding of climate change. These aspects of climate change coverage ...
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Adams, Courtney Taylor (2020-10-28)Breast cancer and diabetes are unquestionably major public health problems for American women; however, women are more concerned about breast cancer than diabetes. Women often overestimate their risk of dying of breast ...
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Carney, Sara Elizabeth (2016-01-22)Cosmos: A Personal Voyage (1980) and the remake Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (2014) have sparked widespread public interest in science and educated viewers about science. Both series cover many scientific topics, including ...
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Janzen, Mark Ryan (2011-02-22)The cranberry scare of 1959 was the first food scare in the United States involving food additives to have a national impact. It was also the first event to test the Delaney clause, part of a 1958 amendment to the 1938 ...
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Gastel, Barbara (AMWA Journal, 2015-12)This article provides guidance on editing and proofreading one's own writing, especially on medical topics. A general checklist plus checklists for editing scientific papers, grant proposals, and feature articles supplement ...
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Gastel, Barbara (Science, 2019-11-29)
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Wellington, Melissa June (Texas A&M University, 2006-08-16)The purpose of this thesis is to demonstrate understanding of the themes, techniques and traditions of creative writing, combining all of the knowledge gleaned from coursework in a body of original fiction. The thesis ...
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Reyes, Naomi Louise (Texas A&M University, 2005-08-29)Breast cancer has touched the lives of countless people, yet many women have misconceptions about the disease. One of the most common sources for breast cancer information used by American women is popular magazines. The ...
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Tachkova, Elina Rumenova (2021-03-05)This manuscript examines the concept of scansis and its practical and theoretical significance for the field of crisis communication. Scansis is the intersection between a crisis and a scandal; it has been found to challenge ...
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Public Perception of Science Communication: Factual vs. Nonfactual Information About Organic Foods Koswatta, Taniya Jayani (2021-07-06)This dissertation focuses on factors affecting public perception of science when communicating controversial scientific issues. First, following an integrative literature review method, five categories of factors that ...
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Appiah, Bernard (2012-02-14)Science journalism has been studied from the perspectives of science journalists in the West. However, studies of science journalism from the perspectives of general reporters in developing or developed countries are ...
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Tucker, Ashley Anne (2023-06-12)Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a traumatic and life-altering event that frequently results in the loss of voluntary motor function. Currently, there are no clinically effective treatments that can improve locomotor function ...
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Tucker, Ashley Anne (2023-06-12)Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a traumatic and life-altering event that frequently results in the loss of voluntary motor function. Currently, there are no clinically effective treatments that can improve locomotor function ...
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Inocencio, Gwendolyn C (2020-06-25)Journalists who cover nutrition science are central figures in a crowded media environment that competes to deliver health information to consumers with limited attention. With seemingly equal validity, both expert and ...
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Schaefer, Mary Elizabeth (2014-09-02)Online comments have provided a forum for readers to interact with one another on the websites of newspapers, magazines, and other publications. Readers have come to expect comments, but many people, including some ...
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Chen, Feifei (2019-07-24)For the past few years, both academic and trade publications have repeatedly found that “social media crises” were at the core of organization fears. This dissertation argues that one of most important reasons for such ...