{"id":1032,"date":"2021-11-11T04:14:50","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T04:14:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mitmgmtfaculty.mit.edu\/mrowe\/?page_id=1032"},"modified":"2025-06-06T20:22:19","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T20:22:19","slug":"equity","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mitmgmtfaculty.mit.edu\/mrowe\/equity\/","title":{"rendered":"Promoting Equity in Organizations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-1032\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-1032-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-1032-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-1032-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_mit-pf-wysiwyg widget_mit_pf_wysiwyg panel-first-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><h3><strong>I. Promoting Equity in Organizations<\/strong><\/h3>\nThis section includes recent articles (in reverse chronological order) on a range of topics: harassment; bystanders; micro-inequities, micro-aggressions, and micro-affirmations; and mentoring.\n\n<hr \/>\n\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><strong>1. Harassment<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mitsloan-php.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-faculty\/sites\/84\/2025\/05\/14220023\/Rowe-An-Unusual-Harassment-Training-that-was-Warmly-Received-JIOA.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cAn Unusual Harassment Training That Was Warmly Received\u2014and, as well, Inspired Bystanders\u2014an Organizational Ombuds Story.\u201d<\/a> Rowe, Mary.\u00a0<em>Journal of the International Ombuds Association <\/em>Vol. 16,\u00a0 No. 2 (Mary Rowe special issue, 2023-2024, this article published in April 2025). <em>(Note: This article illustrates the importance of training managers and faculty about complaint-handling and about being effective bystanders.)<\/em><\/li>\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mitsloan.mit.edu\/shared\/ods\/documents\/?PublicationDocumentID=10521\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\"Is There a Right To Be Addressed as One Wishes To Be Addressed?\"<\/a> Rowe, Mary. Teaching case. Cambridge, MA: June 2024.<\/li>\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mitsloan.mit.edu\/shared\/ods\/documents\/?PublicationDocumentID=9583\">\u201c'Drafting a Letter' for People Dealing with Harassment or Bullying How Did this Option Evolve? How May it Help?\"<\/a> Rowe, Mary.\u00a0 <em>Journal of the International Ombuds Association<\/em> Vol. 16, No. 2 (Mary Rowe special issue, 2023-2024).<\/li>\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mitsloan.mit.edu\/shared\/ods\/documents\/?PublicationDocumentID=7977\">\u201cIf You Have Been Harassed or Bullied: Some Ideas to Consider.\"<\/a>\u00a0Rowe, Mary. MIT Sloan Working Paper 5388-18. Cambridge, MA: MIT Sloan School of Management, October 2021.<\/li>\n \t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mitsloan.mit.edu\/shared\/ods\/documents\/?PublicationDocumentID=5402\">\u201cConcerns about Bullying at Work As Heard by Organizational Ombudsmen\u201d (PDF).<\/a>\u00a0Cummings, Lydia, and Mary Rowe. Labor and Employment Relation Association\u2019s\u00a0<em>Perspectives on Work<\/em>, Summer 2010\/Winter 2011, 15-18.<\/li>\n \t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mitsloan.mit.edu\/shared\/ods\/documents\/?PublicationDocumentID=5397\">\u201cDealing with\u2014or Reporting\u2014\u2018Unacceptable\u2019 Behavior\u201d (PDF).<\/a>\u00a0Rowe, Mary, Linda Wilcox, and Howard Gadlin.\u00a0<em>Journal of the International Ombudsman Association\u00a0<\/em>Vol. 2, No. 1 (Winter 2009).\u00a0<em><em><em>(Note: This article includes a discussion of the myriad reasons why people hesitate to act.)<\/em><\/em><\/em>\n\n<hr \/>\n\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><strong>2. Bystanders\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">In the articles below, the term \u201cbystander\u201d is used for people who observe or come to know about the behavior of others (whether unacceptable or exemplary behavior), but who are not knowingly engaged in planning or executing that behavior.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">Many bystanders<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>hesitate to act\u2014for many different reasons discussed in these articles. Some reasons are helpful and responsible, but many bystanders need and want safe, accessible, and credible support before they can and will act.<\/p>\n\n\n<hr \/>\n\n<ul>\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mitsloan-php.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-faculty\/sites\/84\/2025\/05\/14220023\/Rowe-An-Unusual-Harassment-Training-that-was-Warmly-Received-JIOA.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cAn Unusual Harassment Training That Was Warmly Received\u2014and, as well, Inspired Bystanders\u2014an Organizational Ombuds Story.\u201d<\/a> Rowe, Mary.\u00a0<em>Journal of the International Ombuds Association <\/em>Vol. 16,\u00a0 No. 2 (Mary Rowe special issue, 2023-2024, this article published in April 2025). <em>(Note: This essay illustrates the importance of training managers and faculty about complaint-handling and about being effective bystanders.)<\/em><\/li>\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ombudsassociation.org\/assets\/docs\/JIOA_Articles\/JIOA-2023-F-Special-Edition.pdf\">\u201cConsider Generic Options When Complainants and Bystanders Are Fearful.\u201d<\/a>\u00a0Rowe, Mary.\u00a0<em>Journal of the International Ombuds Association <\/em>Vol. 16, No. 2 (Mary Rowe special issue, 2023-2024).<\/li>\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ombudsassociation.org\/assets\/docs\/JIOA_Articles\/JIOA-2023-E-Special-Edition.pdf\">\u201cHelping Hesitant Bystanders Identify Their Options: A Checklist with Examples and Ideas to Consider.\u201d<\/a>\u00a0Rowe, Mary.\u00a0<em>Journal of the International Ombuds Association<\/em>, Vol. 16, No. 2 (Mary Rowe special issue, 2023-2024).<\/li>\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mitsloan.mit.edu\/shared\/ods\/documents\/?PublicationDocumentID=9324\">\u201cMistreatment Experiences, Protective Workplace Systems, and Occupational Distress in Physicians,\u201d<\/a>\u00a0Rowe, Susannah G., Miriam T. Stewart, Sam Van Horne, Cassandra Pierre, Hanhan Wang, Makaila Manukyan, Megan Bair-Merritt, Aviva Lee-Parritz, Mary P. Rowe, Tait Shanafelt, and Mickey Trockel.\u00a0<em>JAMA Network Open<\/em>\u00a02022: 5(5)e2210768. doi: 10.1001\/jamanetworkopen.2022.10768.\u00a0<em><em>(Note: This article is the first to provide quantitative data finding that the perception that bystanders intervene when someone is mistreated is associated with better occupational well-being.)<\/em><\/em><\/li>\n \t<li>\u201cBystanders: \u2018See Something, Say Something\u2019 Is Not Enough.\u201d Rowe, Mary P.\u00a0<em>Alternatives to the High Cost of Litigation <\/em>Vol. 39, No. 10 (November 2021): 153-165.\u00a0<em>(Note: This article is an expansion of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mitsloan.mit.edu\/shared\/ods\/documents\/?PublicationDocumentID=8121\">\u201cSupporting Bystanders: See Something, Say Something is Not Enough.\u201d<\/a><\/em>\u00a0<em>Rowe, Mary. MIT Sloan Working Paper 5897-20. Cambridge, MA: MIT Sloan School of Management, January 2020.<\/em>\u00a0<em><em>The article discusses the need for a zero-barrier office in a conflict management system to make it less risky for bystanders to offer information in serious cases.)<\/em><\/em><\/li>\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mitsloan.mit.edu\/shared\/ods\/documents\/?PublicationDocumentID=7906\">\u201cThe Importance of Bystanders in Threat Assessment and Management.\u201d<\/a>\u00a0Borum, Randy, and Mary Rowe. Chapter 24 in\u00a0<em>The International Handbook of Threat Assessment<\/em>, 2<sup>nd<\/sup>\u00a0ed., edited by J. Reid Meloy and Jens Hoffmann. New York: Oxford University Press, 2021.<\/li>\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/share\/XDTPP9CWEDDVXPAA9SFB?target=10.1111\/nejo.12221\">\u201cFostering Constructive Action by Peers and Bystanders in Organizations and Communities.\u201d<\/a>\u00a0Rowe, Mary.\u00a0<em>Negotiation Journal<\/em>\u00a0Vol. 34, No. 2 (April 2018): 137-163.\u00a0<em><em>(Note: Table One in this article is a long list of \u201cSome Naturally Occurring Helpful Bystander Actions.\u201d This list illustrates the importance of frequent, mundane bystander actions in building community and a culture of conflict management competence, as well as the better-known decisive actions that bystanders can take in emergency situations.<\/em><\/em>\n\n<hr \/>\n\n<h4><strong>\n3. <\/strong><strong>Micro-inequities, Micro-aggressions, and Micro-affirmations<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><strong>Micro-inequities<\/strong>: The term \u201cmicro-inequities\u201d is an extension of Professor Chester Pierce\u2019s original 1970 work on racist <em>micro-aggressions\u2014<\/em>everyday, subtle, intentional or unintentional interactions or behaviors that are perceived to communicate bias and\/or hostility. <em>\u00a0<\/em>In 1973, Mary Rowe\u2019s original definition of micro-inequities was:\u00a0<em>\u201capparently small events which are often ephemeral and hard-to-prove, events which are covert, often unintentional, frequently unrecognized by the perpetrator, which occur wherever people are perceived to be \u2018different.<\/em>\u2019\u201d\u00a0Her definition was later expanded to include a yet-wider set of all micro-events whose effects are perceived to be\u00a0<em>unfair,<\/em>\u00a0whether or not \u201caggressive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><strong>Micro-affirmations<\/strong>: Rowe defined this term in 1973 as<em>\u201capparently small acts, which are often ephemeral and hard-to-see, events that are public and private, often unconscious but very effective, which occur wherever people wish to help others to succeed.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<hr \/>\n\n<ul>\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mitsloan.mit.edu\/shared\/ods\/documents\/?PublicationDocumentID=10524\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\"Micro-Affirmations are Joining the Social Science Research Agenda.\"<\/a>\u00a0 Rowe, Mary. Working paper, December 2024.<\/li>\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ioa.memberclicks.net\/assets\/docs\/JIOA_Articles\/JIOA-2023-Belonging.pdf\">\"BELONGING\u2014The Feeling That We \u2018Belong\u2019 May Depend in Part on \u2018Affirmations.\u2019\u201d<\/a> Rowe, Mary.\u00a0<em>Journal of the International Ombuds Association <\/em>Vol. 16, No. 2 (Mary Rowe special issue, 2023-2024).<\/li>\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full\/10.1016\/j.pmrj.2018.08.382\">\"Micro-inequities in Medicine.\"<\/a>\u00a0Silver, Julie K., Mary Rowe, Michael S. Sinha, Diana M. Molinares, Nancy D. Spector, and Debjani Mukherjee.\u00a0<em>Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation<\/em>\u00a010, No. 10 (October 2018): 1106-1114.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mitsloan.mit.edu\/shared\/ods\/documents\/?PublicationDocumentID=5324\">Download paper<\/a>.<\/li>\n \t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mitsloan.mit.edu\/shared\/ods\/documents\/?DocumentID=4275\">\"Gender Microinequities.\"<\/a>\u00a0Rowe, Mary P., and Anna Giraldo-Kerr. In\u00a0<em>The SAGE Encyclopedia of Psychology and Gender<\/em>, edited by Kevin L. Nadal, 679-682. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, July 2017.<\/li>\n \t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mitsloan.mit.edu\/shared\/ods\/documents\/?DocumentID=4270\">\"Unconscious Bias: May Micro-Affirmations Provide One Answer?\"<\/a> Rowe, Mary. MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research commentary, February 2015.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<hr \/>\n\n<h4><strong>4. Mentoring<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.evidencebasedmentoring.org\/a-nobel-prize-winners-life-of-mentoring\/\">\u201cA Nobel Prize Winner\u2019s Life of Mentoring.\"<\/a>\u00a0Rowe, Mary. 2023.\u00a0<em>(Note: The essay has been shared by <\/em>The Chronicle of Evidence-based Mentoring<em>.)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<hr \/>\n\n&nbsp;<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-1032-0-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_mit-pf-wysiwyg widget_mit_pf_wysiwyg\" data-index=\"1\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><h3><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>II. Promoting Equity in Higher Education<\/strong><\/h3>\nThe older articles below (1977-1989, in reverse chronological order) discuss the importance of individuals and their one-on-one relationships for changing a culture to make it more inclusive. These ideas build on the concept of supportive individual relationships functioning within intentional institutional frameworks (for recruiting, mentoring, affinity groups, conflict management, and Board management).<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-1032-0-0-2\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_mit-pf-wysiwyg widget_mit_pf_wysiwyg\" data-index=\"2\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mitsloan.mit.edu\/shared\/ods\/documents\/?DocumentID=3996\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cWhat Actually Works? The One-to-one Approach\u201d (PDF).<\/a>\u00a0Rowe, Mary P. In <em>Educating the Majority: Women Challenge Tradition in Higher Education<\/em>, edited by Carol S. Pearson, Donna L. Shavlik, and Judith G. Touchton, 375-384.\u00a0American Council on Education\/Macmillan, 1989.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mitsloan.mit.edu\/shared\/ods\/documents\/?PublicationDocumentID=4013\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cSelected Programs and Policies that Promote Sex Equity at \u2026 MIT.\u201d<\/a> Rowe, Mary. In\u00a0Bogart, Karen, <em>Toward Equity: An Action Manual for Women in Academe<\/em>. Washington, D.C: Association of American Colleges, 1984.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mitsloan.mit.edu\/shared\/ods\/documents\/?DocumentID=4080\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cBuilding \u2018Mentoring\u2019 Frameworks for Blacks (and Other People) as Part of an Effective Equal Opportunity Ecology\u201d (PDF).<\/a>\u00a0Rowe, Mary. In <em>Proceedings of the First National Conference on Issues Facing Black Administrators at Predominantly White Colleges and Universities<\/em>, 1982. <em>(Note: This article was revised\u2014and given further focus\u2014from the article below.)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mitsloan.mit.edu\/shared\/ods\/documents\/?PublicationDocumentID=3992\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cBuilding Mentorship Frameworks as Part of an Effective Equal Opportunity Ecology\u201d (PDF).<\/a>\u00a0Rowe, Mary P. In\u00a0<em>Sex Discrimination in Higher Education: Strategies for Equality<\/em>, edited by Jennifer Farley, 23-33. Ithaca, NY: New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University, 1981.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mitsloan.mit.edu\/shared\/ods\/documents\/?DocumentID=3990\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cA Handy, Dandy, Quick and Practical Checklist for Women Trustees.\u201d<\/a> Rowe, Mary. In <em>Gateways and Barriers for Women in the University Community<\/em>, edited by Kathryn Moore, 48-53. Ithaca, NY:\u00a0Cornell University Press, 1977.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mitmgmtfaculty.mit.edu\/mrowe\/equity#top\"><span class=\"style13\"><strong>Back to Top<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 | \u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/mitmgmtfaculty.mit.edu\/mrowe\/research\"><span class=\"style13\"><strong>Back to Main Research Page<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-1032-0-0-3\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_mit-pf-wysiwyg widget_mit_pf_wysiwyg\" data-index=\"3\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><h3><strong>III. Promoting Health-Related Equity in the Workplace<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>This section contains several articles from the 1980s that address health-related equity issues, which call for continuous ethical analysis, strategic planning, extensive human resources expertise\u2014and sometimes major, unexpected additional resources. Issues like the HIV\/AIDS pandemic and genetic testing involve extraordinary safety concerns, privacy concerns, and multiple dilemmas about discrimination and fairness in the workplace.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mitsloan.mit.edu\/shared\/ods\/documents\/?DocumentID=4896\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cNew Issues in Testing the Work Force: Genetic Diseases.\u201d<\/a> Rowe, Mary P., Malcolm L. Russell-Einhorn, and Jerome N. Weinstein. <em>Labor Law Journal<\/em> 38, No. 8 (August 1987): 518-23.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/archives\/la-xpm-1986-08-10-fi-2362-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cFirms Should Set Up Task Force to Deal With AIDS in the Workplace.\u201d<\/a> Rowe, Mary P. <em>Los Angeles Times<\/em>, August 10, 1986.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mitsloan.mit.edu\/shared\/ods\/documents\/?PublicationDocumentID=7924\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cThe Fear of AIDS.\u201d<\/a> Rowe, Mary P., Malcolm Russell-Einhorn, and Michael A. Baker.\u00a0<em>Harvard Business Review<\/em> 64, No. 4 (July-August 1986): 28-30, 34-36. Report No. 86411.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mitmgmtfaculty.mit.edu\/mrowe\/equity#top\"><span class=\"style13\"><strong>Back to Top<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 | \u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/mitmgmtfaculty.mit.edu\/mrowe\/research\"><span class=\"style13\"><strong>Back to Main Research Page<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-1032-0-0-4\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_mit-pf-wysiwyg widget_mit_pf_wysiwyg\" data-index=\"4\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><h3><strong>IV. Equity and Inclusion in Healthcare<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mitsloan.mit.edu\/shared\/ods\/documents\/?PublicationDocumentID=9324\">\u201cMistreatment Experiences, Protective Workplace Systems, and Occupational Distress in Physicians.\u201d<\/a> Rowe, Susannah G., Miriam T. Stewart, Sam Van Horne, Cassandra Pierre, Hanhan Wang, Makaila Manukyan, Megan Bair-Merritt, Aviva Lee-Parritz, Mary P. Rowe, Tait Shanafelt, and Mickey Trockel. <em>JAMA Network Open<\/em>\u00a02022: 5(5)e2210768. doi: 10.1001\/jamanetworkopen.2022.10768.\u00a0<em>(Note: This article is the first to provide quantitative data finding that the perception that bystanders intervene when someone is mistreated is associated with better occupational well-being.)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mitsloan.mit.edu\/shared\/ods\/documents\/?PublicationDocumentID=9324\">\u201c<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full\/10.1016\/j.pmrj.2018.08.382\">Micro-inequities in Medicine.<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/mitsloan.mit.edu\/shared\/ods\/documents\/?PublicationDocumentID=9324\">\u201d<\/a> Silver, Julie K., Mary Rowe, Michael S. Sinha, Diana M. Molinares, Nancy D. Spector, and Debjani Mukherjee. <em>Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation<\/em> 10, No. 10 (October 2018): 1106-1114.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mitmgmtfaculty.mit.edu\/mrowe\/equity#top\"><span class=\"style13\"><strong>Back to Top<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 | \u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/mitmgmtfaculty.mit.edu\/mrowe\/research\"><span class=\"style13\"><strong>Back to Main Research Page<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-1032-0-0-5\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_mit-pf-wysiwyg widget_mit_pf_wysiwyg panel-last-child\" data-index=\"5\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><h3><strong>V. Equity and Inclusion in Religious Contexts<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ombudsassociation.org\/assets\/docs\/JIOA_Articles\/JIOA-2023-D.pdf\">\u201cUsing Organizational Values and Mission to Guide Strategic Planning.\u201d<\/a> Rowe, Mary. <em>Journal of the International Ombudsman Association\u00a0<\/em>Vol. 16, No. 2 (Mary Rowe special issue, 2023-2024).<\/li>\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/jssr.12582\">Perspectives from the Edge: Chaplains in Greater Boston, 1945\u20132015.\u201d<\/a>\u00a0 Cadge, Wendy, Katherine Wang, and Mary Rowe. <em>\u00a0Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion<\/em> 58, Issue 1 (March 2019): 269-286.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mitmgmtfaculty.mit.edu\/mrowe\/equity#top\"><span class=\"style13\"><strong>Back to Top<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 | \u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/mitmgmtfaculty.mit.edu\/mrowe\/research\"><span class=\"style13\"><strong>Back to Main Research Page<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I. 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