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Predicting Student Dropout and Academic Success

open access: yesData, 2022
Higher education institutions record a significant amount of data about their students, representing a considerable potential to generate information, knowledge, and monitoring.
Valentim Realinho   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Strategies for success in academic surgery

open access: yesSurgery, 1995
A growing concern among university surgeons is a perceived threat to the traditional academician role. Factors that have led to this concern include (1) changes in reimbursement and patient referral patterns, both of which have resulted in reduced income; (2) mounting external pressure from the departmental chairperson/dean to generate professional ...
W W, Souba   +6 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Understanding Behaviors of Attendance in Supplemental Instruction and Subsequent Academic Success in a First Year Engineering Course [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
As student retention and four-year graduation rates are of institutional and national interest and frequently referred metrics for college success, the Supplemental Instruction (SI) program aims to reduce D’s, F’s and Q drop rates in historically ...
Abraham, Nisha, Telang, Nina
core   +1 more source

Exploring the challenges and efforts implemented to improve the academic performance and success of nursing students at a university in the Western Cape

open access: yesInternational Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences, 2020
Satisfactory academic performance and success of undergraduate nursing students is a fundamental goal for schools of nursing worldwide. However, many students are confronted with various challenges that may hinder this endeavour.
Katlego Dumisani Trevor Mthimunye   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

dUTPase is essential in zebrafish development and possesses several single‐nucleotide variants with pronounced structural and functional consequences

open access: yesFEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
dUTPases are involved in balancing the appropriate nucleotide pools. We showed that dUTPase is essential for normal development in zebrafish. The different zebrafish genomes contain several single‐nucleotide variations (SNPs) of the dut gene. One of the dUTPase variants displayed drastically lower protein stability and catalytic efficiency as compared ...
Viktória Perey‐Simon   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Allantoin: A Potential Compound for the Mitigation of Adverse Effects of Abiotic Stresses in Plants

open access: yesPlants, 2023
Stress-induced alterations vary with the species of plants, the intensity and duration of the exposure, and stressors availability in nature or soil. Purine catabolism acts as an inherent defensive mechanism against various abiotic stresses and plays a ...
Rasleen Kaur   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Learning Disabilities and Academic Success [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
This study examines the relationship between learning disabilities and academic success in college students. A total of 343 students from the University of New Hampshire responded to an online survey with 64 questions.
Bethoney, Alyssa
core   +1 more source

Youth Academic Success:It Starts in the Home [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Academic Success of youth is critical for their future success as well as for the economic and social health of their communities. Using a mixed methods approach (the 2008-2013 “Social Capital and Children’s Development” survey and commentaries of eight ...
Ybarra, Veronica Fay
core   +1 more source

The skills required for transition to university and study in biological sciences: A student perspective

open access: yesFEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Bioscience students were asked for their opinions on the value and teaching of skills. 204 responded that teamwork, time management and study skills are necessary to reach University, that scientific writing, research, laboratory and presentation skills are taught effectively during their studies, while other skills are gained inherently through study ...
Janella Borrell, Susan Crennell
wiley   +1 more source

Why human connection is the true metric of research success

open access: yesFEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Human‐centred mentorship can be shaped by mentor attributes, actions, intrinsic drive and career ambition. Drawing on reflections across Singapore and France, as well as workshop insights from FEBS‐IUBMB ENABLE 2024, this article shows that human‐centred mentorship creates the conditions for sustainable growth, well‐being and retention in research ...
Timothy Lin Yun Tan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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