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Looking Inside the Black Box of Performance Funding for Higher Education: Policy Instruments, Organizational Obstacles, and Intended and Unintended Impacts

open access: yesRSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, 2016
For several decades, policymakers have been concerned about increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of postsecondary institutions. In recent years, performance funding—which directly connects state funding to an institution's performance on ...
Kevin J. Dougherty   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Keeping Nine Eyes on the Weather [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
This classroom activity explains how clouds and pollution in the atmosphere are important to climate, and the need to study whether pollution may be changing Earth's climate in undesirable ways. It introduces NASA's Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (

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Adherence to Protocol Recommendations for Children With Wilms Tumour in Two Consecutive Studies in the United Kingdom and Ireland—Does Variation Matter?

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background and Aims Wilms tumour (WT) has excellent event‐free and overall survival (OS). However, small differences exist between countries participating in the same international study. This led us to examine variation in adherence to protocol recommendations as a potential contributing factor.
Suzanne Tugnait   +23 more
wiley   +1 more source

Teachers’ perception of STEM integration and education: a systematic literature review

open access: yesInternational Journal of STEM Education, 2019
BackgroundFor schools to include quality STEM education, it is important to understand teachers’ beliefs and perceptions related to STEM talent development.
Kelly C. Margot, Todd Kettler
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The complete chloroplast genome of Elsholtzia densa var. ianthina (Lamiaceae)

open access: yesMitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2020
Elsholtzia densa var. ianthina has important medicinal valve and is used as Tibetan medicine. The complete chloroplast genome of E. densa var. ianthina was assembled from Illumina pair-end sequence reads.
Yan-Ci Yang, Yan-Ling Zhao, Yong-Jun Fan
doaj   +1 more source

Canadian teachers’ attitudes toward change, efficacy, and burnout during the COVID-19 pandemic

open access: yesInternational Journal of Educational Research Open, 2020
Canadian teachers (N = 1626) took part in a longitudinal, national survey conducted at two points early in the COVID-19 pandemic. Results indicated that teacher efficacy, attitudes toward change, and perceptions of administrative support were correlated ...
Laura Sokal, L. Trudel, Jeff Babb
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Novel DBU-based hydroxyl ionic liquid for efficient Knoevenagel reaction in water

open access: yesGreen Chemistry Letters and Reviews, 2019
Novel ionic liquid N-(2-hydroxy-ethyl)-DBU bromide ([HyEtDBU]Br), based on 1,8-diazabicyclo(5.4.0)undec-7-ene (DBU) and 2-bromoethanol, was introduced as catalyst for Knoevenagel condensation.
Sanhu Zhao   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

An Interview with APPLE Lecture Speaker Professor Brian MacWhinney

open access: yesWorking Papers in Applied Linguistics and TESOL, 2016
On April 22, 2016, the TESOL/AL Web Journal (represented by Farah S. Akbar, Cheng-Ling Alice Chen, Sarah Sok, and Yuna Seong) had the opportunity to sit down with Professor Brian MacWhinney, guest speaker for the 2016 Applied Linguistics & Language ...
Farah S. Akbar   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

GLAST Launch Fact Sheet [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
This four-page color brochure describes the science of NASA’s GLAST mission, as well as providing tables that summarize the instrumental parameters and the mission participants.
Lynn cominsky
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Preferences of Pediatric Patients and Their Caregivers for Chemotherapy‐Induced Nausea and Vomiting Control Endpoints: A Mixed Methods Study

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose Although not always achieved, complete chemotherapy‐induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) control is the conventional goal of CINV prophylaxis. In this two‐center, mixed‐methods study, we sought to understand the preferences of adolescent patients and family caregivers for CINV control endpoints.
Haley Newman   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

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