Bystanders in a real world's social setting have the ability to influence people's beliefs and behavior. This study examines whether this effect can be recreated in a virtual environment, by exposing people to virtual bystanders in a classroom setting. Participants (n = 26) first witnessed virtual students answering questions from an English teacher, after which they were also asked to answer q...

No-take Marine Protected Areas (Nt-MPAs) constitute an indispensable tool for biodiversity conservation. Nevertheless, there are other instruments such as marine coastal co-management policy frameworks which may be also considered as tools for conservation or as ancillary conservation instruments. Using focus groups, semi-structured interviews and survey questionnaires we analysed small-scale a...

Correction After publication of this article, it came to our attention that an author's name was misspelled. The correct name is Elise P Jansma. The authors and Publisher apologize to the readers for the inconvenience caused. Vet HCW: Systematic review: do patient expectations influence treatment outcomes in total knee and total hip arthroplasty? Cite this article as: Haanstra et al.: Correctio...

objective: the aim of this in vitro study was to compare the coronal microleakage between streptococcus sanguis per se and a mixture suspension of e. faecalis and c. albicans in root canals filled with gutta-percha and either ah 26 or ah plus sealer. materials and methods: one-hundred and ten extracted human teeth were decoronated to a standardized root length of 14 mm and prepared using mtwo n...

premixed non-setting calcium hydroxide (caoh 2 ) paste in pressure syringe system is commonly used in root canal therapy. the aim of this paper is to present a case involving an iatrogenic extrusion of the medicament during endodontic treatment and a literature review of similar reports. the present case demonstrates severe tissue necrosis and other deleterious effects following the extrusion o...

this article addresses the interplay between heat of hydration and physico-mechanical properties of calcium sulfate hemi-hydrate in the presence of retarding additives such as citric and malic acids and sodium citrate. the heat of hydration was measured using a semi-isothermal calorimeter. results proved that citric and malic acids had superior impact on hydration and mechanical properties. whi...

background: one of the methods used for standard setting is the borderline regression method (brm). this study aims to assess the reliability of brm when the pass-fail standard in an objective structured clinical examination (osce) was calculated by averaging the brm standards obtained for each station separately. materials and methods: in nine stations of the osce with direct observation the e...

the present study investigates the impact of goal setting and curiosity (hr outcomes) on the job performance of the employees. non government sector in islamabad, pakistan was targeted in this regard. data was collected from 282 respondents belonging to local and international ngos. spss was used as data analysis tool and a comprehensive questionnaire was used to collect data. in 20% cases ques...

background: nurse educators have an important role in clinical learning that can reduce nursing students' stress. however,   a few studies have been conducted on the relationship between nursing students’ tension and clinical educators 'role in such situations, in iran. the aim of this study is to determine the relationship between nursing students’ stress and perception of nurse educ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the impact of age on receipt of chemotherapy among low-income individuals with metastatic colorectal cancer. DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING North Carolina Medicaid enrollees with metastatic colorectal cancer diagnosed from 1999 to 2002 with colorectal as their only cancer (N=326). STUDY DESIGN Retrospective analysis using linked data from the North Carolina Cancer Registry...