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FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.14‐day casting‐induced immobilization reduced gastrocnemius muscle mass and increased non‐heme iron and ferritin heavy chain levels. Despite iron accumulation, transferrin receptor 1 and iron regulatory protein 2 were paradoxically upregulated. Lipid peroxidation was elevated without compensatory antioxidant responses.
Haruka Yokogawa +2 more
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Large-scale Assessments in EducationRecent decades have witnessed a global expansion of private supplementary tutoring, known as shadow education—additional support in academic subjects that takes place outside of regular school hours.
Mehmet Karakus +3 more
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Teachers’ perceptions on the effectiveness of private tutoring in Malaysia
Revue Internationale d’Éducation de Sèvres, 2014 This paper examines teachers’ perceptions of the effectiveness of private tutoring in Malaysia. Drawing on survey data from Perak, Selangor, and Wilayah Persekutuan, the findings suggest that teachers perceive tutoring to be effective both in increasing ...
Husaina Banu Kenayathulla
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Shadow education in the southeast of South Korea: Mothers' experiences and perspectives of shadow education [PDF]
, 2014 University of Minnesota Ph.D. dissertation. August 2014. Major: Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development. Advisor: Gerald Fry. 1 computer file (PDF); ix, 215 pages, appendices A-C.This study examines mothers' experiences and perspectives of ...
Lee, Soo Kyoung
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FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.Activation of the mitochondrial protein OXR1 increases pSyn129 αSynuclein aggregation by lowering ATP levels and altering mitochondrial membrane potential, particularly in response to MSA‐derived fibrils. In contrast, ablation of the ER protein EMC4 enhances autophagic flux and lysosomal clearance, broadly reducing α‐synuclein aggregates.
Sandesh Neupane +11 more
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Shadow Economy, Rent-Seeking Activities and the Perils of Reinforcement of the Rule of Law [PDF]
An economy is considered where a possibility to seek rents (a particular case of this activity is corruption) exists along with production. A producer is able to hide part of his output from both bribery and taxation.
Ekaterina Vostroknutova
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Shadow Education in Africa: Private Supplementary Tutoring and its Policy Implications [PDF]
, 2021 Across the African continent, households are devoting increasing expenditures to private supplementary tutoring. Such tutoring is widely called shadow education, because it mimics school systems. As the curriculum changes in the schools, so it changes in
Bray, TM
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FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.Bioscience students were asked for their opinions on the value and teaching of skills. 204 responded that teamwork, time management and study skills are necessary to reach University, that scientific writing, research, laboratory and presentation skills are taught effectively during their studies, while other skills are gained inherently through study ...
Janella Borrell, Susan Crennell
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Optimizing photoactivation of PA‐mCherry for optical pooled CRISPR screens
FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.Photoactivatable PA‐mCherry finds widespread use to optically tag individual cells. However, confocal 405 nm UV laser‐scanning (normal scan) is much less efficient than widefield UV illumination, limiting the use of PA‐mCherry on confocal instruments. We remedy this limitation by reporting that rapid and repeated confocal scanning with a low‐intensity,
Sravasti Mukherjee +3 more
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Shadow education in Latin America: Assembling the jigsaw
Revista Española de PedagogíaShadow education is a widely used metaphor for private supplementary tutoring, i.e. instruction in academic subjects on a fee-charging basis outside school hours. The metaphor is used because much tutoring mimics schooling.
Mark Bray, Alexandre Ventura
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