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Bridging the gap and boosting success: a social integration program improves retention and academic performance for traditional and non-traditional students

Frontiers in Education
BackgroundThis study evaluates the efficacy of a university-led psychoeducational program, the University Adaptability Support Program (UASP), designed to enhance student retention and academic performance through social integration and socio-emotional ...
Allan Garviso-Dufau, Miguel Á. Pérez
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Integration of Non-traditional Students: Comparing Traditional and Non-traditional Students\u27 Sense of Belong [PDF]

, 2022
With an ever-increasing number of non-traditional students enrolling each year, the importance of ensuring their academic success falls primarily on the higher education institutions (HEIs). Each institution has its recipe for success and mostly consists
Walbeck, Michelle Leeann
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Partial depletion of plasminogen activator inhibitor‐1 decreases subcutaneous fat cell hypertrophy and liver cholesterol in high‐fat‐fed female mice

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Obesity raises blood levels of PAI‐1, a protein linked to metabolic dysfunction‐associated steatotic liver disease in people with obesity. In female mice fed a high‐fat diet, partially lowering PAI‐1 led to smaller subcutaneous fat cells and lower liver cholesterol, without changing body weight or insulin sensitivity.
Claudia E. Ramirez Bustamante, Robert Sharp, Pradip K. Saha, Elizabeth S. Anaya, Elizabeth L. Lieu, Evelyn L. de Groot, Pooja Patel, Mi Jeong Heo, Aaron R. Cox, Kang Ho Kim, Sean M. Hartig   +10 more
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Conclusion: policy insights for preparing for future novel threats

, 2022
This chapter provides the conclusion to the monograph, "Non-Traditional Security Concerns in the New Normal". The monograph has applied non-traditional security (NTS) lenses for understanding the societal impacts of COVID-19 to provide insights for the ...
Montesclaros, Jose Ma. Luis P., Caballero-Anthony, Mely   +1 more
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Emerging experimental and computational methods for studying redox‐regulated structural transitions

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Redox reactions can reshape proteins and alter how they behave in cells, with important consequences for health and disease. This review explores emerging experimental and computational approaches for discovering these redox‐sensitive protein switches, revealing their structural effects, and predicting their behavior, opening new opportunities to ...
Tasneem Rass, Dana Reichmann, Gábor Erdős   +2 more
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Exploring the educational journey: a qualitative study of student completion in a part-time master's degree programme

Frontiers in Education
IntroductionDespite Norway's tuition-free higher education system, a significant number of students do not complete their tertiary education. Non-completion represents a loss both for individuals and for society.
Elisabeth Valmyr Bania, Elisabeth Valmyr Bania, Torunn Hatlen Nøst, Stine Margrethe Ekornes, Stine Margrethe Ekornes   +4 more
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Prospecting the protein design landscape

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
This review outlines the current state of various protein design approaches. We discuss the current possibilities enabled by recently released tools, highlight future avenues to pursue in protein design, and underscore the crucial role of key databases and resources for successful protein design workflows.
Jakob R. Riccabona, Katharina T. Stonig, Jens Meiler, Clara T. Schoeder, Monica L. Fernández‐Quintero   +4 more
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Non-traditional access to higher education – an evolution in Portugal [PDF]

, 2012
Poster apresentado à 44th EUCEN Conference “Border Crossing as a Viable Choice: Collaboration, Dialogue and Access to higher Education”In Portugal the access to Higher Education (HE), comprising Universities and Polytechnic institutions, can be achieved ...
Quintas, Helena, Santos, Lucilia, Fonseca, Henrique, Gonçalves, Teresa, Ribeiro, Carlos Miguel, Bago, Joana, Almeida, António Fragoso de, Monteiro, Rute   +7 more
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“What Keeps Me in School”: Oregon BIPOC Learners Voice Support That Makes Higher Education Possible

Genealogy
A growing number of college students are nontraditional learners (age 21–65) who are people of color. These students face unique challenges in a higher education system increasingly shaped by neoliberalism and the ongoing context of institutionalized ...
Roberta Suzette Hunte, Miranda Mosier-Puentes, Gita Mehrotra, Eva Skuratowicz   +3 more
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First-Year Students’ Initial Motivational Beliefs at University: Predicted by Motivational Beliefs Derived from Within and Out-of-School Experience and Malleable Regardless of the Extent of Students’ Out-of-School Experience

Frontiers in Psychology, 2017
The present study tested how academic self-concept of ability (ASC) and intrinsic task value (ITV) transpose onto novel university programs that depart from traditional subject areas within the framework of expectancy-value theory.
Julia Gorges
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