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Bridging the Gap: Student Voices on Recruitment and Retention in Ecology
The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, EarlyView.Abstract Students entering ecology and environmental science face a variety of challenges, including limited awareness of career paths, lack of mentorship, and difficulties connecting with peers and faculty. These challenges are often amplified for students from marginalized backgrounds, who may also encounter microaggressions, underrepresentation, and
Alexis Ellis +9 more
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Opportunities of learning through the history of mathematics: the example of national textbooks in Cyprus and Greece [PDF]
, 2015 In this paper, we examine the ways the history of mathematics is integrated in the national textbooks of Cyprus and Greece. Our data-driven analyses suggest that the references identified can be clustered in four categories: (a) biographical references ...
Papadopoulos, Christos +1 more
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Humans are not unique: difficult birth is common in placental mammals
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Human childbirth is widely presumed to be uniquely difficult and dangerous compared to birth in other mammals. Tight fetopelvic proportions can result in obstructed labour and contribute to high rates of maternal and neonatal mortality. Ideas summarised under the ‘obstetrical dilemma’ have contributed to this assumption by explaining difficult
Nicole D. S. Grunstra
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Latin American history in Swedish textbooks
The field of inquiry for this study is to understand how the history of Latin America is depicted and included in Swedish history books. Previous research shows that Latin America's presence in Swedish history textbooks is problematic, because of the ...
Spångberg, Joel, Sylaj, Ilir
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Migration, citizenship and South African history textbooks
, 2015 This article examines how the nation and citizenship are addressed in new South African history textbooks with reference to two key issues: changing approaches to textbook analysis, migration and xenophobia.
Chisholm, L.
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Learning from Analysis of Japanese EFL Texts
, 2010 Japan has a long tradition of teaching English as a foreign language (EFL). A common feature of EFL courses is reliance on specific textbooks as a basis for graded teaching, and periods in Japanese EFL history are marked by the introduction of different ...
Ozasa, T. +3 more
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Despite the global emphasis on simultaneous achievement of higher growth and lower pollution (green growth), the dynamic link between eco‐innovation and CO2 emissions remains inadequately understood globally and specifically in Africa, with a complex and diverse institutional and regulatory landscape.
Idorenyin J. Okon +2 more
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Role a perspektivy učebnic ve výuce dějepisu a základů společenských věd na středních školách
Title in English: The Role and Perspectives of Textbooks in Teaching History and Social Studies in Secondary Schools The collection opens with two conceptually focused texts, which include reflections on the educational tradition of textbooks in the ...
Glombová, Hana +12 more
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Cognitive Decline on the Bench: A Text Analysis of the Opinions of Justice Stephen Field
Behavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper uses text analysis to understand how cognitive decline affected the opinion writing of Justice Stephen Field over the course of his career. Justice Field is used as a case study because of his lengthy tenure, the fact he did not have law clerks to write opinions for him, and because it is widely known he was senile for the last part
Mikel A. Norris
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The Cutaneous Branch of the Obturator Nerve: Common Finding or a Rarity Worthy of Note
Clinical Anatomy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT According to textbook descriptions, branches of the femoral and obturator nerves provide the sensory innervation to the medial side of the thigh. However, as the exact prevalence of the obturator nerve's cutaneous branch is unknown, an anatomic study was conducted to reveal its role in providing cutaneous innervation to the medial thigh ...
Christoph Fuchssteiner +3 more
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