A Study to Determine why Cache County, Utah, High School Students do or do not Enroll in Second-Year Shorthand

According to Wanous, the number of students enrolled in shorthand has increased steadily since 1926. However, Wanous states that the number of students enrolling in third and fourth semesters of shorthand is considerably smaller than the number of students enrolled in the first-year shorthand courses. Anderson\u27s study in which the transcription of first-year shorthand students has been analyzed shows that students can learn shorthand outlines during- the first year of shorthand, However, there is not enough time to acquire adequate skill in the taking of dictation or transcribing dictation to enable the students to obtain a stenographic position. In general, at the end of the one year of shorthand, research shows that not more than 11 to 20 percent of the students can transcribe mail-able copy at 60 words per minute. Also from this research, Anderson indicates that students need to take more than one year of shorthand to obtain a stenographic position. Why then do some students not enroll in the second year of shorthand ? Haggblade reports that most experienced shorthand teachers would have little difficulty compiling a list of factors they believe have an important influence upon the shorthand achievement and success of their students. They might mention such possibilities as their own enthusiasm, the speed at which the students can take dictation, the time of the day the class meets, the type of shorthand system taught, ad infinitum. Rogers suggests that one reason for a high mortality rate of second-year shorthand students is that the students obtain a sense of failure during first-year shorthand. Some teachers use the rationale that, Teachers should weed out the slower students who cannot keep up the pace. They will never be secretaries anyway. The problem facing business educators and especially shorthand teachers is to determine by research the reasons that such a high percentage of first-year shorthand students do not choose to enroll in the second-year course, and to determine why some students do choose to enroll in the second-year course

Linking Public Transit Investment with Social and Economic Equity of Chicago Neighborhood Communities

This research paper is examining the impact and social equity of funding for projects that improve and expand the Chicago L rail system. Equity is an extremely multi-faceted concept, so this report uses a metric called a “Hardship Index” that uses census data to assess the quality of living in individual neighborhoods in Chicago. This data is compared to Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) rail locations to draw conclusions between equity and access to public transit. This study also looks at other transit investment impacts such as health implications and potential macroeconomic return over time. Our data finds that there is a significant correlation between CTA access and lower hardship in serviced neighborhoods and a slight correlation between historical CTA rail projects and their social impacts. Our report endorses upcoming rail projects, such as the proposed $2.3 Billion Red Line Extension project, with the stipulation that hardship data and existing access are considered when deciding where rail extensions will be built

UK Immigration Policy After Leaving the EU: Impacts on Scotland's Economy, Population and Society

Debut report by independent Expert Advisory Group on Migration and Population looks specifically at how the ending of free movement and future UK Immigration policy will affect Scotland's devolved responsibilities

The Ursinus Weekly, November 10, 1947

Guest speaker pictures university life in Czechoslovakia and rest of Europe • Ruby subscriptions aid supply store queen obtain new ensemble • F & M football game, Varsity Club hop headline varied old timers\u27 day doings • Mary Carter voted annual May queen • Cast for coming production announced by Curtain Club • Noted educator to address forum on World in action • Campus sororities bid thirty-five initiates during rushing week • Musicians begin rehearsals as swing band plans debut • WSSF opens annual drive for funds; to benefit students in war-torn lands • Frosh women introduced to feminine sports by WAA • Dr. Rice to address German Club at November meeting • New gym nears completion; seats for 800 to be constructed • Views on the Marshall Plan • English Club hears book review • WSGA purchases records • Dr. Child well-known as mountaineer; arrived\u27 with conquest of Matterhorn • Steamship line offers trips to Scandinavia in new essay contest • Student from Iraq finds our grammar easier than Arabic • Pre-meds hear psychiatrist lecture on mental illness • Officers of Newman Club chosen • FTA plans monthly meeting with visual education film • French Club has social meeting • Spanish Club plans activities • Court squad prepares for season\u27s opening • Wrestlers to face six-match schedule • Bruins to meet F & M here Saturday; long-time rivals first tangled in 1894 • JV booters bow to Valley Forge • Golfers plan for 1948 season; to face Princeton, Swarthmore • Co-eds notch win over Chestnut Hill • Second half surge gives Juniata 31-14 victory over bears • Ursinus representatives on girls\u27 all-college team • Haverford defeats bruin booters, 6-1 • Graduation losses promise headaches for coach Wieneke\u27s eleven next fall • Brodbeck, Curtis play off to determine campus champ • JVs swamp Chestnut Hill • Brotherhood plans service • Harriers in Muhlenberg meet • Dorm representatives selectedhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1626/thumbnail.jp

UK Immigration Policy After Leaving the EU: Impacts on Scotland's Economy, Population and Society

Debut report by independent Expert Advisory Group on Migration and Population looks specifically at how the ending of free movement and future UK Immigration policy will affect Scotland's devolved responsibilities

Designing a Pilot Remote and Rural Migration Scheme for Scotland: Analysis and Policy Options

This report sets out analysis and policy options to inform a potential pilot scheme for migration to remote and rural areas of Scotland

Internal Migration in Scotland and the UK: Trends and Policy Lessons

This report by the independent Expert Advisory Group on Migration and Population analyses internal migration within Scotland, and between Scotland and the rest of the UK (rUK), assessing its geographic distribution, dynamics and impacts

DPP4 Truncated GM-CSF & IL-3 Manifest Distinct Receptor Binding & Regulatory Functions Compared to their Full Length Forms

Dipeptidylpeptidase 4 (DPP4/CD26) enzymatically cleaves select penultimate amino acids of proteins, including colony stimulating factors (CSFs), and has been implicated in cellular regulation. To better understand the role of DPP4 regulation of hematopoiesis, we analyzed the activity of DPP4 on the surface of immature blood cells and then comparatively assessed the interactions and functional effects of full-length (FL) and DPP4 truncated factors [(T)-GM-CSF and- IL-3] on both in vitro and in vivo models of normal and leukemic cells. T-GM-CSF and T-IL-3 had enhanced receptor binding, but decreased CSF activity, compared to their FL forms. Importantly, T-GM-CSF and T-IL-3 significantly, and reciprocally, blunted receptor binding and myeloid progenitor cell proliferation activity of both FL-GM-CSF and FL-IL-3 in vitro and in vivo. Similar effects were apparent in vitro using cluster forming cells from patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) regardless of cytogenetic or molecular alterations and in vivo utilizing animal models of leukemia. This suggests that DPP4 T-molecules have modified binding and functions compared to their FL counterparts and may serve regulatory roles in normal and malignant hematopoiesis

Regulation of Stat5 by FAK and PAK1 in Oncogenic FLT3 and KIT driven Leukemogenesis

Oncogenic mutations of FLT3 and KIT receptors are associated with poor survival in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN) and currently available drugs are largely ineffective. Although Stat5 has been implicated in regulating several myeloid and lymphoid malignancies, how precisely Stat5 regulates leukemogenesis, including its nuclear translocation to induce gene transcription is poorly understood. In leukemic cells, we show constitutive activation of focal adhesion kinase (FAK), whose inhibition represses leukemogenesis. Downstream of FAK, activation of Rac1 is regulated by RacGEF Tiam1, whose inhibition prolongs the survival of leukemic mice. Inhibition of the Rac1 effector PAK1 prolongs the survival of leukemic mice in part by inhibiting the nuclear translocation of Stat5. These results reveal a leukemic pathway involving FAK/Tiam1/Rac1/PAK1 and demonstrate an essential role for these signaling molecules in regulating the nuclear translocation of Stat5 in leukemogenesis