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Sanitation, Stress, and Life Stage: A Systematic Data Collection Study among Women in Odisha, India
(PLos One, 2015-11-09)Emerging evidence demonstrates how inadequate access to water and sanitation is linked to psychosocial stress, especially among women, forcing them to navigate social and physical barriers during their daily sanitation ... -
SATB1 Mediates Long-Range Chromatin Interactions: A Dual Regulator of Anti-Apoptotic BCL2 and Pro-Apoptotic NOXA Genes
(PLos One, 2015-09-30)Aberrant expression of special AT-rich binding protein 1 (SATB1), a global genomic organizer, has been associated with various cancers, which raises the question of how higher-order chromatin structure contributes to ... -
Scaffolding Novice Instructional Designers' Problem-Solving Processes Using Question Prompts in a Web-Based Learning Environment
(Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2005-09-01)The present study investigated the effects of question prompts in scaffolding novice instructional designers solving ill-structured, instructional design problems in a Web-based learning environment. The effects of question ... -
Scale issues in soil moisture modelling: problems and prospects
(Progress in Physical Geography, 1996-09-01)Soil moisture storage is an important component of the hydrological cycle and plays a key role in land-surface-atmosphere interaction. The soil-moisture storage equation in this study considers precipitation as an input ... -
School Violence and the Culture of Honor
(Psychological Science, 2009-11-01)We investigated the hypothesis that a sociocultural variable known as the culture of honor would be uniquely predictive of school-violence indicators. Controlling for demographic characteristics associated in previous ... -
Science and technology: when do they become front page news?
(Public Understanding of Science, 1994-01-01)This study suggests that press reports of science and technology increase in complexity, in depth and breadth of coverage, and in prominent placement in the news hole in relation to increased diversity or pluralism of ... -
Science in the everyday world - Why perspectives from the history of science matter
(2008-07)The history of science is more than the history of scientists. This essay argues that various modem "publics" should be counted as belonging within an enlarged vision of who constitutes the "scientific community"--and ... -
Screw Model has Advantages over Inverted Pyramid
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Searches for a Nursing Home: Personal and Situational Factors
(Journal of Applied Gerontology, 1998-09-01)Telephone and follow-up in-depth interviews were used to gather information from 25 sponsors (primary contact people or responsible parties) of nursing home residents to learn more about the nursing home search and selection ... -
Searching for dark photon dark matter in LIGO O1 data
(2019-12-10)Dark matter exists in our Universe, but its nature remains mysterious. The remarkable sensitivity of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) may be able to solve this mystery. A good dark matter ... -
Secondary Students' Involvement in Their IEP Meetings: Administrators' Perceptions
(Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 2004-10-01)Secondary administrators in one southwestern state answered a 10-question web-based survey about student preparation for and involvement in their IEP meetings. Almost half of the 456 building-level special education ... -
Seismic characterization of a rapidly-rising jökulhlaup cycle at the A.P. Olsen Ice Cap, NE-Greenland
(2020-02-04)Rapidly-rising jökulhlaups, or glacial outburst floods, are a phenomenon with a high potential for damage. The initiation and propagation processes of a rapidly-rising jökulhlaup are still not fully understood. Seismic ... -
Seismic Reflection and Electrical Resistivity Imaging Support Pre-Quaternary Glaciation in the Rocky Mountains (Unaweep Canyon, Colorado)
(2021-09-25)Unaweep Canyon (Uncompahgre Plateau, Colorado) represents an enigmatic landscape with a complex evolution. Interpretations for its origin have ranged from ancestral fluvial erosion in the late Cenozoic to glacial erosion ... -
Selecting a Text for a Course in Family/Professional Partnerships in Special Education: A Comparison of Content and Features
(Teacher Education and Special Education: The Journal of the Teacher Education Division of the Council for Exceptional Children, 2001-04-01) -
Self-Directed IEP: Bridging Values of Diverse Cultures and Secondary Education
(Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 2005-04-01)This article describes the relationships among the Self-Directed IEP, cultural values, self-determination, and transition. Educators must move toward understanding collectivist values to provide appropriate opportunities ... -
The Self-Directed Learning of Women with Breast Cancer
(Adult Education Quarterly, 2003-08-01)This study examines the self-directed learning experiences of women with breast cancer. The common elements in the experiences of 13 women who had been diagnosed with breast cancer within 3 years prior to the study were ... -
Self-disclosure mediates the effects of gender orientation and homophobia on the relationship quality of male same-sex friendships
(Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 2013-08-01)This study tested the degree to which self-disclosure mediates the effects of gender orientation and homophobia on relational satisfaction, closeness, and commitment in men’s same-sex friendships. Participants included 211 ... -
Self-Esteem Maintenance Processes: Why Low Self-Esteem may be Resistant to Change
(Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 2003-07-01)If most people desire to maximize feelings of self-worth, how do we explain the persistence of low self-esteem? Results from four studies suggest that people with low self-esteem may be less likely to accept positive ... -
Self-Regulated Learning in Web-Based Environments: Instructional Tools Designed to Facilitate Cognitive Strategy Use, Metacognitive Processing, and Motivational Beliefs
(Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2004-01-01)This study investigated strategies teachers can use to improve students' use of self-regulated learning strategies in a Web-based setting. SRL is defined as a learner's intentional efforts to manage and direct complex ...