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Measuring Child Disadvantage: Comparing Multidimensional and Socioeconomic Approaches for Predicting Developmental Outcomes

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Robust measurement of disadvantage is essential to identifying and addressing inequities in children's development. We tested how a multidimensional framework of child disadvantage performed relative to a traditional socioeconomic position (SEP) approach to predict developmental outcomes.
Wei Hong, Fiona Mensah, Elodie O'Connor, Shuaijun Guo, Sharon Goldfeld, Meredith O'Connor, Cindy Pham, Sarah Gray   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Home Numeracy Environment and Counting Skills: A Descriptive Study in Cuban Preschoolers at Age 4 Years

SAGE Open
Numerous international studies have reported the importance of the home numeracy environment in promoting early math skills in preschool children; however, there is a lack of research in the Cuban context.
Yaser Ramírez-Benítez, Carlos Sebrango, Shawn L. Carlson, Natalia Józefacka, Linda Pagani   +4 more
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Childhood Overweight and School Outcomes [PDF]

This paper investigates the association between weight and elementary school students’ academic achievement, as measured by standardized Item Respond Theory scale scores in reading and math.
Kinsey, Jean D., Wendt, Minh
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Women in Science: Surpassing Subtle and Overt Biases through Intervention Programs

, 2018
This study discusses factors that keep women from entering science and technology, which include social stereotypes that they struggle against, lack of maternity leave and other basic human rights, and the climate that makes them leave research positions
Balakrishna, Jayashree, Bondarescu, Ruxandra, DeSilva, Anuja, Moran, Christine Corbett   +3 more
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Culturally Safe Assistive Technology Provision in Australia: Concept Mapping Perspectives From Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Disparities in Assistive Technology (AT) access exist for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples despite recent policy reforms. This paper brings together First Nations and Western academic ways of being, knowing and doing to deliver an AT practice analysis based upon primary data from two research reports into the cultural safety of AT
Shane Hearn, Vanessa Langenberg, Kristy Harper, Libby Callaway, Hilary O'Connell, Eleanor Kennett‐Smith, Natasha Layton   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spartan Daily, March 16, 2001 [PDF]

, 2000
Volume 116, Issue 36https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/spartandaily/9672/thumbnail ...
San Jose State University, School of Journalism and Mass Communications
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Speech Biomarkers From Smartphone Calls Track Progression in REM Sleep Behavior Disorder and Parkinson's Disease

Annals of Neurology, EarlyView.
Objective This 24‐month longitudinal study involving isolated rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder (iRBD), early‐stage Parkinson's disease (PD), and matched healthy control subjects aimed to assess whether acoustic speech features from real‐world smartphone calls provide passive progressive biomarkers in synucleinopathies.
Michal Šimek, Tereza Tykalová, Michal Novotný, Vojtěch Illner, Tomáš Kouba, Martin Šubert, Pavel Sovka, Jan Švihlík, Evžen Růžička, Karel Šonka, Petr Dušek, Jan Rusz   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Realization of Game Mechanics in Virtual Reality for Amblyopia Treatment

IEEE Access
The number of Amblyopia cases has been constantly rising in the recent times. Difficulty in regular clinical visits for therapy has created a need for a monitored engaging home-based amblyopia treatment.
Vishwas G. Kini, Shonraj Ballae Ganeshrao, P. C. Siddalingaswamy   +2 more
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Teacher Quality and Student Inequality (Revised 2014) [PDF]

, 2014
This paper examines the extent to which the allocation of teachers within and across public high schools is contributing to inequality in student test score performance.
Mansfield, Richard K
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Short‐Term Scheduling Optimization of a Single‐Pipeline Refining System With High Melting Point Crude Oil

Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In order to reflect the actual production situation more comprehensively and optimize the production cost, this paper solves the short‐term scheduling optimization problem for a single pipeline containing high melting point crude oil. Based on the refining plan given by the upper layer, a multi‐objective optimization model with high melting ...
Jing Yao, Xianxin Liu, Zhen Pan, Chengming Hao, Xiangwei Xu, Wei Jia   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source