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Reconstructed grounded theory: beyond comparison? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
This paper examines the modifications made to constructed grounded theory for application within an ethnographic study of group work processes in a virtual learning environment.
Bradley, S. A.
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Third Generation Disadvantage among Mexican Americans [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Among Mexican Americans, generational differences in education do not fit with assimilation theory’s predictions of significant improvement from the second to third generation; instead, education for third generation remains similar to the second ...
Ortiz, Vilma, Telles, Edward
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Cutaneous Melanoma Drives Metabolic Changes in the Aged Bone Marrow Immune Microenvironment

open access: yesAging and Cancer, EarlyView.
Melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, increasingly affects older adults. Our study reveals that melanoma induces changes in iron and lipid levels in the bone marrow, impacting immune cell populations and increasing susceptibility to ferroptosis.
Alexis E. Carey   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

A tool-mediated cognitive apprenticeship approach for a computer engineering course [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
Teaching database engineers involves a variety of learning activities. A strong focus is on practical problems that go beyond the acquisition of knowledge. Skills and experience are equally important.
Murray, Sarah, Pahl, Claus, Ryan, James
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Education and articulation: Laclau and Mouffe’s radical democracy in school [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
This paper outlines a theory of radical democratic education by addressing a key concept in Laclau and Mouffe’s Hegemony and Socialist Strategy: articulation.
Apple M. W.   +22 more
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The Aging Blood: Cellular Origins, Circulating Drivers, and Therapeutic Potential

open access: yesAging and Cancer, EarlyView.
As a conduit linking all organs, the blood system both reflects and actively drives systemic aging. This review highlights how circulating pro‐aging and antiaging factors and age‐associated hematopoietic stem cell dysfunction contribute to immunosenescence and multi‐organ decline, positioning the hematopoietic system as a target for aging intervention.
Hanqing He, Jianwei Wang
wiley   +1 more source

Accelerated Progression of Gait Impairment in Parkinson's Disease and REM Sleep Without Atonia

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective People with Parkinson's disease (PD) and rapid eye movement (REM) sleep without atonia (RSWA) often have more severe gait disturbances compared to PD without RSWA. The association between the presence and expression of RSWA and the rate of progression of gait impairment in PD is unknown.
Sommer L. Amundsen‐Huffmaster   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Information Theory in Education

open access: yesSocial Sciences & Humanities Open
This paper explores the application of information theory in education. Shannon's theorems, originally developed to optimize the transmission of signals in telecommunications, is now central to modern digital technologies. Shannon's first theorem concerns the coding of data and suggests that it is always possible to adopt a language that is ...
openaire   +4 more sources

Selection Bias in Educational Transition Models: Theory and Empirical Evidence [PDF]

open access: yes
Most studies which use Mare’s (1980, 1981) seminal model of educational transitions find that the effect of family background variables decreases across educational transitions. Cameron and Heckman (1998, 2001) have argued that this “waning coefficients”
Anders Holm, Mads Meier Jæger
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