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Postdoctoral research positions as preparation for an academic career [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Discussions of the nature and purpose of postdoctoral contract research positions is an area where assumptions and stereotypes tend to predominate. This is due to (a) recent changes in the higher education sector that have impacted on postdoctoral ...
Akerlind, Gerlese
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Preferences for Posttraumatic Osteoarthritis Prevention Strategies in Individuals With Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective There is growing interest in evaluating new strategies to delay or prevent posttraumatic osteoarthritis (PTOA) in individuals who have sustained anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury. This study sought to determine characteristics of potential treatments that are acceptable to patients with ACL injury. Methods Participants with a history of
Kevin Kennedy   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

“Parties Happen a Lot Less Than What the Movies Say They Do:” Expectancy Violations of First-Generation College Students

open access: yesJournal of College Orientation, Transition, and Retention, 2023
Scholars have explored first-generation college students’ (FGCS) experiences, but less is known about how FGCS academic and social expectations might be violated during the transition to college.
Stephanie Dailey   +2 more
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Skin-Tone and Academic Achievement Among 5-year-old Mexican Children [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Skin-tone based social stratification has been characterized as an enduring part of the U.S. racial landscape (Hunter, 2002). Despite the plethora of research that examines the racial disparities in education (e.g., Reardon & Portilla, 2015), and an ...
Hailu, Selamawit
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Diagnostic Use of Testing for Novel Murine Autoantibodies for Sjögren Disease in the Rheumatology Outpatient Setting

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective The goal was to assess the diagnostic performance of three novel autoantibodies (NA) for Sjögren disease (SjD) by comparing NA prevalence in patients with SjD, other autoimmune rheumatic diseases (ARDs), nonspecific chronic sialadenitis (CS), and controls.
Chadwick R. Johr   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring the expectation–experience dynamics in academic sojourns

open access: yesLanguage and Intercultural Communication
The relationship between sojourner expectations and experiences has long interested intercultural researchers and trainers but has received limited attention recently – despite rising critical perspectives, growing concerns about essentialism, and renewed consideration of interculturality.
Jing Wang   +2 more
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Acquiring a new discourse : using action research and sociocultural pedagogies to explore how a study group is able to support mature-aged open entry students in their first semesters at university : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in English at Massey University, Manawatū, New Zealand [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
This research explores how a study group concurrent with mature-aged open-entry students’ first semesters on the campus of a research university could support those students as they acquired an academic Discourse.
Fry, Prudence Barclay
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Social cognitive predictors of Mexican American college students' academic and life satisfaction [PDF]

open access: yes
Title from PDF of title page (University of Missouri--Columbia, viewed on September 28, 2010).The entire thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file; a non-technical public abstract appears in the
Ojeda, Lizette, 1981-
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Temporal Trends and Short‐ and Long‐Term Mortality of People With Acute Myocardial Infarction and Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Nationwide Cohort Study

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective We investigated whether a diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) affects the quality of inpatient acute myocardial infarction (AMI) care and long‐term mortality post‐AMI. Methods We analyzed data from 784,091 adults, 6,047 with a diagnosis of RA, from England and Wales hospitalized with AMI between 2005 and 2019 from the Myocardial Ischaemia ...
Megan Butler   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Parental Educational Expectations and Academic Achievement of Left-Behind Children in China: The Mediating Role of Parental Involvement

open access: yesBehavioral Sciences
Migrant workers from rural China often leave their children at home to be raised by grandparents or other family members. This study explored the relationship between parents’ educational expectations, parental involvement, and the academic performance ...
Jian Li, Eryong Xue, Huiyuan You
doaj   +1 more source

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