Refashioning my career with community in mind

Plans change. Elizabeth Hart was in law school preparing for further career development when she decided to launch an independent nonprofit organization to help women move from welfare to work. She's learned a lot along the way, and she uses that knowledge to support women and their families.Women - Employment ; Public welfare

Job Re-grading, Real Wages, and the Cycle

This paper makes use of the British New Earnings Survey Panel Dataset between 1976 and 2010. It consists of individual-level payroll data and comprises a random sample of 1% of the entire male and female labor force. About two-thirds of within- and between-company moves involve job re-grading (measured at 3-digit occupation level) while one-third of movers retain their job titles. We find that the real wages of both male and female workers who change job titles within companies are significantly more procyclical than job stayers. This lends support to the predicted procyclical real wage effects of the Reynolds-Reder-Hall job re-grading hypothesis. On the extensive margin, title changers and title retainers who move jobs between companies exhibit the same degrees of wage cyclicality and these are considerably greater than for job stayers.real wage cyclicality, spot wages, job moves, job re-grading

Speaking in tongues and prophecy as understood by Paul and at Corinth, with reference to early Christian usage

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An investigation of the efforts to prepare student nurses for health teaching used by a collegiate school of nursing

Thesis (M.A.)--Boston University, 1949. This item was digitized by the Internet Archive

Habitat preference of F. notatus and F. olivaceus from a reversed hybrid zone

Understanding the mechanisms driving habitat preference throughout an organism’s life opens doors to the further understanding of the origins of diversity. Two species of minnow, Fundulus notatus and Fundulus olivaceus, are ideal for ecological research on habitat preference. Ordinarily, F. notatus and F. olivaceus display habitat preferences of downstream and upstream, respectively, with minimal coexistence at confluences. However, in some drainages, these preferences are flipped, like those in the Tombigbee River basin. Members of both species were collected from the Tombigbee River, tagged with species and sex specific colored elastomer marks, and placed in either a homogeneous control or heterogeneous mesocosm designed to mimic an upstream and downstream habitat. Both mesocosms then had a camera placed over each pool (three upstream and downstream pools in each treatment). Pictures were taken every 30 seconds through two hour trials. Images were processed through an artificial intelligence (AI) system (Tensorflow) trained to recognize fish and colored elastomer tags. After processing, images were manually reviewed to assess AI accuracy and make any necessary corrections. Results showed coexistence was higher within homogeneous than in heterogeneous treatments. Both sexes of F. notatus and female F. olivaceus displayed a strong preference for the downstream orientation in the heterogeneous treatment, whereas F. olivaceus males showed a weak preference for the upstream orientation. Both species showed weaker preference in the homogeneous treatment. All categories involving treatment as a factor were determined to be statistically significant. The original hypothesis that the species within the heterogeneous treatment would show a higher preference than those in the homogeneous treatment was supported. Keywords: niche, habitat preference, Fundulus olivaceus, Fundulus notatus, coexistence, mesocosm

Attitudes, perceptions, and usage of electronic cigarettes : an exploratory investigation.

Electronic cigarettes (e-cigs) are increasing in popularity. Originally, e-cigs were marketed and sold primarily online, but now they are easily accessible in a variety of locations, such as specialty and convenience stores, retail outlets, as well as online. Despite the increasing popularity of these devices, little is known about the overall health effects of using e-cigs. Additionally, relatively few studies have explored users’ and non-users’ perceptions of and attitudes about the devices and their use. The primary objective of this study was to address that gap by examining perceptions of and attitudes about e-cigs from users and non-users. A questionnaire was used to obtain information about participants’ attitudes, perceptions, and usage of e-cigs. Surprisingly, 6% of the sample had not heard of e-cigs and only 7.1% were current e-cigarette (e-cig) users. E-cig users were characterized as males with lower GPAs and lower self-reported overall health. E-cig users were most involved with Greek life, spent the least time studying, and spent the most time involved with RSOs and exercising. Generally, e-cigs were perceived as unsafe and an unhealthy option, and participants were unsure of the ingredients contained in e-cig vapor. This information may be beneficial in developing more informative health communication material

Phenology and Infestation Patterns of the Cottonwood Twig Borer (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) in Iowa

Cottonwood twig borer, Gypsonoma haimbachiana (Lepidoptera: Totricidae), phenology and infestation patterns on Populus spp. were examined over a 2-year period in Iowa. Weekly sampling of infested shoots during the host growing season verified the existence of five instars. Head capsule size increased nonlinearly from the first to the fifth instar and corresponded to a concomitant geometric increase in the volume of larval feeding galleries. The sampling indicated that the cottonwood twig borer had two generations per year in Iowa. Corresponding with the two generations, two peaks of larval abundance were observed; one in the second week of June and the other in the first week of August. Greater volume of feeding galleries occurred in the early season generation compared with the late season generation. Sampling of infested shoots revealed that more than 80% of infested terminals contained only one active attack (freshly bored hole in tree terminal with frass present); more than 88% of feeding galleries contained only one larva; and more than 80% of the larvae were found in the first active attack nearest the terminal apex. These data were compared with results published on the phenology and attack patterns of the cottonwood twig borer in the southern United States

Ethanol’s Affect on Basis in the Corn Belt

Resource /Energy Economics and Policy,

The Teacher\u27s Role in Facilitating Memory and Study Strategy Development in the Elementary School Classroom

The efforts of 69 elementary school teachers to instruct children in cognitive processing activities were observed. Although the teaching of such activities was relatively infrequent, it varied by grade (occurring more often in grades 2-3 than in higher or lower grades) and by the content of instruction. Teachers of grade 4 and above more often provided rationales for the use of cognitive strategies than did teachers of younger children. In a second study, children of three achievement levels were selected from classrooms in which teachers varied in their use of suggestions regarding cognitive processes. Subsequent to training in the use of a memory strategy, children\u27s performance on a maintenance trial was evaluated: Among average and low achievers, those whose teachers were relatively high in strategy suggestions showed better maintenance and more deliberate use of the trained strategy than did children whose teachers rarely made strategy suggestions. The role of school experience in the development of children\u27s memory skills is discussed

How Do Teachers Teach Memory Skills?

Research on teachers\u27 efforts to influence the ways in which children approach memory tasks and understand and regulate their own memory processes has been limited, possibly because of the restrictive views of memory held by cognitive theories that have previously guided research efforts. A more complex perspective on the memory skills that develop over the elementary school years has been elaborated by developmental psychologists and information-processing theorists, but their work has had limited influence on either teacher-training practices or research in teaching. In order to begin to apply this newer perspective to an understanding of classroom teaching processes, research needs to consider teacher practices and expectations for children\u27s learning and memory. A program of research that has been concerned with how teachers teach memory and metacognitive skills and with teachers\u27 views of memory processes is summarized in this article, and implications for teacher training are discussed