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Funding Early College High School: Hold Harmless or Shared Commitment

Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2013
Early college high schools are a promising but expensive pathway to college readiness. Most such schools are supported with state funds and/or grants. This descriptive case study presents an early college program, now in its fourth year in a traditional ...
Jack Leonard
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IWS briefing, Winter 2002 Volume 2 Issue 1 [PDF]

, 2002
[Excerpt] A newsletter on workplace issues and research from the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell ...
Edid, Editor, Maralyn
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From the Discovery of the Giant Magnetocaloric Effect to the Development of High‐Power‐Density Systems

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
The article overviews past and current efforts on caloric materials and systems, highlighting the contributions of Ames National Laboratory to the field. Solid‐state caloric heat pumping is an innovative method that can be implemented in a wide range of cooling and heating applications.
Agata Czernuszewicz, Yaroslav Mudryk, Jun Cui, Lucas Griffith, Duane D. Johnson, Julie Slaughter   +5 more
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Limited life‐history plasticity in marginal population of an invasive foundation species: Unraveling the genetic underpinnings and ecological implications

Ecology and Evolution
Plant's life history can evolve in response to variation in climate spatio‐temporally, but numerous multiple‐species studies overlook species‐specific (especially a foundation species) ecological effects and genetic underpinnings.
Xincong Chen, Jiayu Wang, Wenwen Liu, Yihui Zhang   +3 more
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My Home Life: promoting quality of life in care homes [PDF]

, 2012
A new report from JRF outlines the findings from the My Home Life project. My Home Life is a collaborative initiative between Age UK, City University, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and Dementia UK promoting quality of life in care homes.
Meyer, J., Owen, T.
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Stable Imitation of Multigait and Bipedal Motions for Quadrupedal Robots Over Uneven Terrains

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
How are quadrupedal robots empowered to execute complex navigation tasks, including multigait and bipedal motions? Challenges in stability and real‐world adaptation persist, especially with uneven terrains and disturbances. This article presents an imitation learning framework that enhances adaptability and robustness by incorporating long short‐term ...
Erdong Xiao, Yinzhao Dong, Ji Ma, Peng Lu   +3 more
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Impacts of Global Climate Change on Agricultural Production: A Comprehensive Review

Agronomy
Global warming is one of the greatest threats to the social development of human beings. It is a typical example of global climate change, and has profoundly affected human production and life in various aspects.
Xiangning Yuan, Sien Li, Jinliang Chen, Haichao Yu, Tianyi Yang, Chunyu Wang, Siyu Huang, Haochong Chen, Xiang Ao   +8 more
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Coping with Environmental Eukaryotes; Identification of Pseudomonas syringae Genes during the Interaction with Alternative Hosts or Predators

Microorganisms, 2018
Understanding the molecular mechanisms underpinning the ecological success of plant pathogens is critical to develop strategies for controlling diseases and protecting crops.
Federico Dorati, Glyn A. Barrett, Maria Sanchez-Contreras, Tanya Arseneault, Mateo San José, David J. Studholme, Jesús Murillo, Primitivo Caballero, Nicholas R. Waterfield, Dawn L. Arnold, Liz J. Shaw, Robert W. Jackson   +11 more
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“Enjoyable”, “okay” or “rather pointless”? An exploration of Chinese and British students' views on innovative and traditional assignment types in UK universities [PDF]

, 2008
In the U.K., Chinese students are now “the largest single overseas student group” with more than 60,000 studying here in 2006 (British Council, 2008) yet there has been little study of their views towards British assessment methods, particularly ...
Leedham, Maria
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Strong‐Magnetic Flexible Composites for Magnetically Responsive Soft Robots

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This perspective provides an overview of the performance mechanisms, preparation methods, and applications of strong magnetic flexible composite materials in soft actuators (such as gripping, movement, and sensing), and further explores current opportunities and challenges.
Wenwen Li, Shuai Liu, Xinyi Wang, Xinglong Gong, Shouhu Xuan   +4 more
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