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Knowledge of semantic categories in normal aged: Influence of education

open access: yesDementia & Neuropsychologia
Semantic memory seems to resist the effects of time, remaining stable even in more advanced ages. Objective: To verify the effect of schooling level on semantic knowledge (non-living items) in normal aged.
Karla Shimura Barea   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Estimating Returns to Education: Three Natural Experiment Techniques Compared [PDF]

open access: yes
We compare three quasi-experimental approaches to estimating the returns to schooling in Australia: instrumenting schooling using month of birth, instrumenting schooling using changes in compulsory schooling laws, and comparing outcomes for twins.
Andrew Leigh, Chris Ryan
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Molecular bases of circadian magnesium rhythms across eukaryotes

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Circadian rhythms in intracellular [Mg2+] exist across eukaryotic kingdoms. Central roles for Mg2+ in metabolism suggest that Mg2+ rhythms could regulate daily cellular energy and metabolism. In this Perspective paper, we propose that ancestral prokaryotic transport proteins could be responsible for mediating Mg2+ rhythms and posit a feedback model ...
Helen K. Feord, Gerben van Ooijen
wiley   +1 more source

Internet Education and Economic Growth: Evidence from Cross-Country Regressions

open access: yesEconomies, 2014
The effects of Internet education on economic growth are examined using a cross-section of 36 high-income countries. Internet usage rates are employed as a proxy for Internet education across countries.
Lawrence Jin, Jang C. Jin
doaj   +1 more source

The effect of schooling and ability on achievement test scores [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper develops two methods for estimating the effect of schooling on achievement test scores that control for endogeneity of schooling by postulating that both schooling and test scores are generated by a common unobserved latent ability.
Hansen, Karsten T   +2 more
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Disordered but rhythmic—the role of intrinsic protein disorder in eukaryotic circadian timing

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Unstructured domains known as intrinsically disordered regions (IDRs) are present in nearly every part of the eukaryotic core circadian oscillator. IDRs enable many diverse inter‐ and intramolecular interactions that support clock function. IDR conformations are highly tunable by post‐translational modifications and environmental conditions, which ...
Emery T. Usher, Jacqueline F. Pelham
wiley   +1 more source

Una aproximación a la historia de la escolarización de las gitanas y gitanos españoles (1º parte: siglos XV-XIX). An approach to the history of schooling of Spanish gypsies (part 1: centuries XV-XIX)

open access: yesCabás, 2015
(ES) Si poca atención y publicaciones se han prestado al tema de la historia de los gitanos españoles, menos aún a la historia de su escolarización y educación en estos seis siglos de conciudadanía accidentada.
Jesús Salinas Catalá
doaj  

Semantic memory for actions as assessed by the Kissing and Dancing Test: Education and age effects in cognitively healthy individuals

open access: yesDementia & Neuropsychologia
Action semantics is a relevant part of cognitive-linguistic assessment and the "Kissing and Dancing Test" (KDT) has been used extensively for this purpose, evidencing clinical distinctions among brain-damaged patients.
Roberta Roque Baradel   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Past, Present, and Possible Future of the Russian Education Assessment System

open access: yesВопросы образования, 2018
The article describes the key stages in the development of the education quality assessment system in Russia: certification of educational institutions, participation in international comparative studies, implementation of the Unified State Examination ...
Viktor Bolotov
doaj   +1 more source

Schooling is Associated Not Only with Long-Run Wages, But Also with Wage Risks and Disability Risks: The Pakistani Experience [PDF]

open access: yes
Many studies document significantly positive associations between schooling attainment and wages in developing countries. But when individuals enter occupations subsequent to completing their schooling, they not only face an expected work-life path of ...
Asma Hyder, Jere R. Behrman
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