POPULAR USERS: WHY AND HOW INNOVATION RESEARCH STARTED TO CONSIDER USERS IN THE INNOVATION PROCESS [FULL THEMATIC ISSUE]

Popular users: why and how innovation research started to consider users in the innovation process [Full Thematic Issue]

Users have no doubt become popular in innovation research.They are not considered a passive mass of adopters but as a more or less active agency in innovation processes.Diffusion research has, for instance, distinguished between several adopter categories: innovators, early adopters, early majority, late majority, and laggards.These categories can

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Testing models of reciprocal relations between social influence and integration in STEM across the college years

The present study tests predictions from the Tripartite Integration Model of Social Influences (TIMSI) concerning processes linking social interactions to social integration into science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) Apparel communities and careers.Students from historically overrepresented groups in STEM were followed from their

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Healing of periodontal flaps when closed with silk sutures and N-butyl cyanoacrylate: A clinical and histological study

Background: The closure of the periodontal flaps post-surgery is a necessity for attainment of a primary union between the flap margins and the establishment of a healthy dentogingival junction.N-butyl cyanoacrylate is a tissue adhesive, which can be used for the closure of the incised wounds to overcome the problems associated with conventional su

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