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Improving the reading proficiency of mature students through a task-based language teaching approach

Reading & Writing, 2023
Background: Mature age admission at universities is increasing rapidly all over the world and Ghanaian universities, both private and public, are no exception. The language proficiency of the admitted mature students, especially in reading, is often low,
Susana Adjei-Mensah, Naomi Y. Boakye, Andries Masenge   +2 more
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Foundation Funding for the Humanities: An Overview of Current and Historical Trends [PDF]

, 2004
Foundation Funding for the Humanities: An Overview of Current and Historical Trends, finds that funding for fields such as art history, history and archeology, languages and linguistics, area studies, and the humanistic social sciences increased two and ...
Loren Renz, Steven Lawrence
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Comment on “De Novo Reconstruction of 3D Human Facial Images from DNA Sequence”

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This comment examines AI‐driven DNA‐based facial reconstruction, focusing on the Difface model. While such technologies promise biomedical and forensic applications, they pose significant ethical, legal, and methodological challenges. We emphasize transparency, benchmarking, and rigorous validation to avoid misinterpretation and misuse.
Jennifer K. Wagner, Nina Claessens, Caitlin M. Maloney, Peter Claes   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

“Pull down your pants, and slide on the ice”: medical students’ experiences of a creative writing workshop

Research and Humanities in Medical Education, 2017
The humanities are increasingly being introduced into the medical curriculum. Suggested benefits include increased observational skills and ability to consider alternatives or perspectives thus leading to improved person centred, empathic and clinically ...
Eileen Margaret McKinlay
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Expressions, Spring 2014 [PDF]

, 2014
College of Humanities and the Arts Newsletter, Volume
San Jose State University, College of the Humanities and the Arts
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Functional, Pharmacogenomic, and Immune Landscapes of Long Non‐Coding RNAs in Cancer

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A systematic analysis of 33 cancer types reveals widespread associations between lncRNAs and cancer pathways, drug responses, immune features, and immunotherapy outcomes. The study identifies key lncRNAs linked to therapeutic response and adverse events and introduces PILNC, an interactive web portal for exploring the functional, pharmacogenomic, and ...
Runhao Wang, Mei Luo, Yuan Liu, Jingwen Yang, Yamei Chen, Chengxuan Chen, Lifei Ma, Stephanie Ding, James Wengler, Yong Zang, Bora Lim, Wenbo Li, Liuqing Yang, Chunru Lin, Lixia Diao, Leng Han   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

“My English Skills Are a Huge Benefit to Me”: What Local Students’ Narratives Reveal About Language Ideologies at the University of Tartu

Languages
This study investigates how Estonian L1 students with high self-perceived English proficiency experience and (re)produce the language ideological regime at the University of Tartu.
Kerttu Rozenvalde
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Silicon Valley's Changing Nonprofit Sector [PDF]

, 2006
Measures the growth of nonprofits and foundations in Silicon Valley between 1994 and 2003 to provide an overview of the region's nonprofit sector in relation to business and industry, and compares it to the Bay Area and the entire state of ...
Carol Silverman, Kevin Rafter
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Hungry for Knowledge: Octopamine Signaling Regulates Hunger‐Enhanced Olfactory Learning

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Researchers demonstrate that hunger state facilitates both aversive and appetitive olfactory learning. Two distinct octopamine signaling pathways are involved in aversive or appetitive memory formation in the hunger state. And, hunger state also facilitates the formation of both types of memories via an evolutionarily conserved norepinephrine (the ...
Huijuan Zhao, Guiyuan Shi, Ruixue Qin, Yinghao Sun, Wenbo Guo, Ruixia Shi, Minxian Peng, Jingxuan Yang, Jianjian Zhao, Qiuhan Liu, Jun Xiao, Ke Zhang, Qiang Liu, Wenxing Yang, He Liu   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Community College Case Study on Curricular Maps and Student Retention

Teaching and Learning Excellence through Scholarship, 2023
To understand retention, evaluation of guided pathways (GP) implementation is an important tool. In an effort to help students succeed, colleges often give students a specified set of core courses and a specific or even prescribed pathway to complete ...
Amy Ertwine
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