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[Review of] Sarah Blacher Cohen, ed. From Hester Street to Hollywood: The Jewish-American Stage and Screen [PDF]

open access: yes, 1988
The considerable Jewish American presence on the stage and screen (and now television), has long been marveled at and discussed. Jewish dominance in mass media has been a source of pride to Jews and anguish to anti-semites.
Mayo, Louise
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The lack of legal protections in the United States to prevent commercializing the dead for education and research: Consequences and risks to anatomists

open access: yesAnatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.
Abstract A lack of minimum legal standards for body donation programs undermines recent strides by anatomy professionals to promote ethical best practices in the United States (US). In particular, the commercialization of the dead by nontransplant tissue banks poses a risk to the public trust in academic body donation programs.
Laura E. Johnson
wiley   +1 more source

Using non‐linear slide decks to administer individualized problem‐based learning assessments within pharmacology education

open access: yesBritish Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aim Problem‐based learning (PBL) is an established approach in medical, nursing, pharmacy and veterinary medicine education. This study describes the implementation and aims to evaluate the use of non‐linear slide decks as a method to deliver PBL as individualized student assessments within pharmacology education. This approach, originally developed in
Wendy R. Francis   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Juvenile delinquency in the 1960s and the activities of the militia to prevent it

open access: yesBulletin of Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs
The article examines the dynamics of juvenile delinquency in the 1960s and the main measures taken by the militia to counteract delinquency of children and adolescents.
V. A. Grechenko
doaj   +1 more source

American Living Standards, 1888-1994: Evidence From Consumer Expenditures [PDF]

open access: yes
I use micro data on food and recreation expenditures from 1888 to 1994 to provide the first estimates of overall CPI bias prior to the 1970s and new estimates of bias since the 1970s and to reassess long-run growth rates.
Dora L. Costa
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Digital diagnostics, biomarkers and therapeutics in an evolving healthcare system: From promise to practice

open access: yesBritish Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Abstract Health care is shifting towards a digital‐guided system, integrating digital diagnostics, biomarkers and therapeutics in many care pathways. However, despite rapid technological advancement and preliminary adoption accelerated by the COVID‐19 pandemic, a significant implementation gap persists. This narrative review explores the causes of this
Mees H. P. Stoop   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

W. E. B. Du Bois on Brown v. Board of Education [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
The 1960s have been described as the civil rights decade in American history. Few scholar-activists have been identified as strongly with the legal, social, economic, and political changes culminating in the 1960s as has African American historian ...
Gaines, Stanley O., Jr.
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‘Where are the adults?’: Troubling child‐activism and children's political participation

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Children's political participation is a well‐established theme in childhood studies. In this article we offer an original account of child activism that takes into account the entangled and emergent aspect of children as activists. We begin with a historical and a conceptual review, noting the importance of mid‐20th century developments such ...
Sharon Hunter, Claire Cassidy
wiley   +1 more source

The Missing Link: The Search for the Connection Between Young Americans for Freedom and Charles Willoughby

open access: yes, 2016
Last semester, Gettysburg College was abuzz with controversy over the ultra-conservative messages that the Young Americans for Freedom organization was spreading around campus.
Lauck, Jeffrey L.
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How can welfare regime and production regime theories explain differences in schools’ ability grouping policies? A comparative study using the PISA school survey

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research evidence is mixed on the consequences of ability grouping policies, but most research has found an overrepresentation of disadvantaged social demographics in low‐ability groups. However, researchers have neglected to explain why ability grouping policies vary between countries.
Monica Reichenberg   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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