Behind the Paper
The real stories behind the latest research papers, from conception to publication, the highs and the lows
Filtered by: Social Sciences
Implementation Strategies in Suicide Prevention
Implementation science is a field which studies the factors needed for ensuring an intervention is used and maintained when deployed in the real world. The goal of our review was to understand the current use of implementation strategies for supporting suicide prevention across diverse settings.
Why we crowdsourced 5000 Amazon shoppers’ purchases: the value of open e-commerce research
What can e-commerce platforms infer from purchase data? Can this data be used to estimate economic indicators? How do online marketplaces impact local retail? How do different people change their purchasing behavior in response to economic shocks?
Shootings across the rural–urban continuum
Does firearm violence vary across the rural-urban continuum? What do these patterns mean for the prevention of firearm violence?
NCATS Tissue Chips in Space-The UW Kidney Chip Experiences
In this “Behind the Papers” post we describe the challenges faced to modify the kidney MPS perfusion system from a terrestrial lab to the ISS-NL for our two successful launches in 2019 (CRS-17) and 2022 (CRS-22) as well as the experimental results from CRS-17.
