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Female quotas for women in academia, or natural but slow change that might take decades?
Metszetek, 2017 This present study aims to provide a comprehensive representation of the Hungarian aspects of academic membership for women, based on the contribution of valuable insight from researchers and academics while also listing the possible opportunities and ...
Izolda Takács
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Asking the Why Questions: A Career in Science
Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences, 2010 This paper describes the career path of one woman scientist and identifies the factors that promote a productive and rewarding career. Factors include a strong personal interest in the area of study, mentorship at all stages of development, collaborative
Margaret M. Heitkemper
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The empowerment of women students from deprived backgrounds through education for social transformation – A study of Tangaza University College, Nairobi, East Africa [PDF]
Sociální Pedagogika, 2022 The research focused on the empowerment of female students for social transformation at Tangaza University College, whose core values consist of Catholic social teachings. The college provides higher education to young people who would otherwise not have
Vicenta Javier +2 more
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Anna Semper (1826–1909) and the female scientist in modern Germany
Studia Historiae Scientiarum, 2020 This article uses the work of Anna Semper (1826–1909) to explore the possibilities for understanding women’s contributions to the development of science in Germany from the second half of the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century.
Nathaniel Parker Weston
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PLoS ONE, 2021 Communication of science through online media has become a primary means of disseminating and connecting science with a public audience. However, online media can come in many forms and stories of scientific discovery can be told by many individuals.
Selina A Ruzi +2 more
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Science Education International, 2020 The purpose of the current study was to determine secondary school students’ images of a scientist with regard to gender as the variable. The study was carried out with the participation of 240 secondary school students in a city located in the western ...
Meryem Görecek Baybars
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An Evaluation of College Students’ Perceptions of Statisticians
Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education, 2022 The widely used Draw a Scientist Test was revised to focus on statistics and 110 Elementary Statistics students were asked to draw a statistician. In addition, to better understand students’ drawings and have some relative comparison, 173 College Algebra
Gita Taasoobshirazi +3 more
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Georgios Nicolaou Papanicolaou (1883-1962)
Акушерство, гинекология и репродукция, 2020 Georgios Nicolau Papanicolaou was a “pioneer’ in the study of the cytological features of the female reproductive system. He became known worldwide due to creation of PAP-test, commonly known as Pap-smear that revolutionized the early detection of ...
K. N. Grigorieva
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Using selfies to challenge public stereotypes of scientists.
PLoS ONE, 2019 In an online Qualtrics panel survey experiment (N = 1620), we found that scientists posting self-portraits ("selfies") to Instagram from the science lab/field were perceived as significantly warmer and more trustworthy, and no less competent, than ...
Paige Brown Jarreau +5 more
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Lipids in Health and Disease, 2018 Background In some populations, obesity and body weight related disorders show a correlation with polymorphisms in three subtypes of beta-adrenoceptor (β1, β2, and β3) [ADRB1, ADRB2 and ADRB3] genes.
Maha Daghestani +6 more
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