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Implications of self-esteem in case studies of re-entry non-traditional women students.
During the past two decades there has been a dramatic increase in adult women\u27s participation in higher education. Women re-entering college face a number of obstacles, including both psychological barriers and practical problems to be solved. Many researchers, educators, and administrators have attempted to design and conduct programs to assist re-entry women in making this transition with varying degrees of success. Although there is a substantial body of literature on factors affecting academic achievement, including motivation and locus of control, little work has been done on the relationship between self-esteem and academic success in the non-traditional, re-entry woman. Research concerning self-esteem and academic performance has focused largely on populations such as traditional aged college students, school children of various ages and minority groups, handicapped students, or comparative groups of male and female students. In this study, ten non-traditional women students entering a re-entry program at Quinsigamond Community College were examined. The subjects had approximately the same English and math placement scores, and similar backgrounds and life situations. Through examination and analysis of self-esteem inventory results, in-depth interviews, and academic transcripts, the study examined the correlation between their perceived sense of self and their academic achievement, irrespective of their academic ability. Self-esteem did not appear to be the issue in predicting academic success for these women. All of the students achieved success academically as indicated by their transcripts; and this is what seemed to determine their increased level of self-esteem. Further, it was the positive environment, feedback, and support, throughout their school careers, from people and from programs such as the Health Certificate, that seemed to make the difference in endurance, motivation, and ability to tough it out when the going got rough. For most of these women, their positive re-entry experiences appear to have raised their levels of self-esteem. In addition, I assessed the impact of the re-entry program on these participants. Every one of the ten re-entry women credited the Health Certificate Program for her success
RASSF1 Polymorphisms in Cancer
Ras association domain family 1A (RASSF1A) is one of the most epigenetically silenced elements in human cancers. Localized on chromosome 3, it has been demonstrated to be a bone fide tumor suppressor influencing cell cycle events, microtubule stability, apoptosis, and autophagy. Although it is epigenetically silenced by promoter-specific methylation in cancers, several somatic nucleotide changes (polymorphisms) have been identified in RASSF1A in tissues from cancer patients. We speculate that both nucleotide changes and epigenetic silencing result in loss of the RASSF1A tumor suppressor function and the appearance of enhanced growth. This paper will summarize what is known about the origin of these polymorphisms and how they have helped us understand the biological role of RASSF1A
Max '91: Flare research at the next solar maximum
To address the central scientific questions surrounding solar flares, coordinated observations of electromagnetic radiation and energetic particles must be made from spacecraft, balloons, rockets, and ground-based observatories. A program to enhance capabilities in these areas in preparation for the next solar maximum in 1991 is recommended. The major scientific issues are described, and required observations and coordination of observations and analyses are detailed. A program plan and conceptual budgets are provided
The trap : a play
Andrea Thomas is an English clothing designer living in Montreal and caught in a difficult, uncommunicative marriage with her faithless husband, Mark. The play addresses the issues of single parent versus the nuclear family, permissive sex versus marriage, career women versus homemakers, and, sexually exploited men versus sexually exploited women
BaCu10P4: A New Structure Composed of Chains of Edge-Shared Cu4 Tetrahedra
A new barium copper phosphide compound, BaCu10P4, was synthesized by reacting stoichiometric amounts of the elements at 1200 °C for 24 h. BaCu10P4 crystallizes in the monoclinic space group C2/m, with unit cell dimensions a = 23.288(4) b = 3.9070(10), and c = 9.534(2) Å and β = 92.26(2)° (Z = 4). The structure can be described as consisting of chains of edge-shared Cu4 tetrahedral prisms that are knitted together by P atoms. The structure is related to BaCu8P4, which can be described in a similar fashion. Temperature-dependent resistivity measurements indicate that BaCu10P4 is a metal. Extended Hückel band calculations are consistent with metallic character for BaCu10P4 through Cu−Cu interactions. Orbitals at the Fermi level show Cu−Cu bonding overlap. On the other hand, BaCu8P4 reveals extremely weak Cu−Cu interactions, but rather optimizes Cu−P bonding
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Spitzer View of Massive Star Formation in the Tidally Stripped Magellanic Bridge
The Magellanic Bridge is the nearest low-metallicity, tidally stripped
environment, offering a unique high-resolution view of physical conditions in
merging and forming galaxies. In this paper we present analysis of candidate
massive young stellar objects (YSOs), i.e., {\it in situ, current} massive star
formation (MSF) in the Bridge using {\it Spitzer} mid-IR and complementary
optical and near-IR photometry. While we definitely find YSOs in the Bridge,
the most massive are , found in the Large
Magellanic Cloud (LMC). The intensity of MSF in the Bridge also appears
decreasing, as the most massive YSOs are less massive than those formed in the
past. To investigate environmental effects on MSF, we have compared properties
of massive YSOs in the Bridge to those in the LMC. First, YSOs in the Bridge
are apparently less embedded than in the LMC: 81% of Bridge YSOs show optical
counterparts, compared to only 56% of LMC sources with the same range of mass,
circumstellar dust mass, and line-of-sight extinction. Circumstellar envelopes
are evidently more porous or clumpy in the Bridge's low-metallicity
environment. Second, we have used whole samples of YSOs in the LMC and the
Bridge to estimate the probability of finding YSOs at a given \hi\ column
density, N(HI). We found that the LMC has higher probability than
the Bridge for N(HI) cm, but the trend reverses at
lower N(HI). Investigating whether this lower efficiency relative to HI is due
to less efficient molecular cloud formation, or less efficient cloud collapse,
or both, will require sensitive molecular gas observations.Comment: 41 pages, 20 figures, 6 tables; accepted for publication in ApJ;
several figures are in low resolution due to the size limit here and a high
resolution version can be downloaded via
http://www.astro.virginia.edu/~cc5ye/ms_bridge20140215.pd
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