Why Do High-Achieving Women Feel Like Frauds? Intersecting Identities and the Imposter Phenomenon

The imposter phenomenon is a concept used to characterize the presence of intense feelings of intellectual fraudulence, particularly among high-achieving women. Researchers have tried to explain not only why this phenomenon occurs, but why it is more prevalent in highly successful women. This study predicts that the intersection of gender with race, class, and parental educational attainment contributes to women’s feelings of fraudulence. Clance Imposter Phenomenon Scale (CIPS) scores were used to determine the effects of identity variables on imposter feelings in a sample of 403 female graduate students. Results indicate a strongly positive relationship between Native American identity and imposter feelings. More specifically, Native American female graduate students had much higher CIPS scores than all other racial groups, indicating a greatly increased sense of intellectual fraudulence. Conversely, Asian identity was significantly associated with lower CIPS scores. Additionally, higher socioeconomic status and paternal educational attainment were found to have a significant negative effect on CIPS scores

A Novel FM/AM Telemetry Transmitter

The transmission of information is in many cases vital to modern research. An example is the transmission of information which concerns the physiological phenomena taking place inside the body of an unrestrained animal. The transmission of the information has to be accomplished with a minimum amount of-discomfort to the animal. A physical connection to the sensor would cause much discomfort to the animal and would not indicate a normal situation. Therefore, in recent years the information gained from a sensor (inside of an animal\u27s body) has been used as the intelligence to modulate a small telemetry unit. This information is transmitted to a receiving station outside of the animal. The mode of transmission and the type of sensor have varied.The purpose of this thesis will be to develop a low current FM/AM system to be used as an implanted biotelemetry unit. The circuit will be designed in Chapter II and then an equivalent model will be developed in Chapter III. Chapter IV will be devoted to experimental work and discussion of the results

Policy-Making and Connections to Violence: A Case Study of India

This paper explores the role of identity-based, or discriminatory, policy in facilitating the outbreak of ethnopolitical violence in India. A discriminatory policy is the merging of communal group identity with the state apparatus. It is argued that as the Indian government enacts policies beneficial or discriminatory to particular identity groups within the country, other groups feel threatened. Groups who feel disadvantaged by the policy may begin to fear for their own security and political interests motivating them to rebel. When focusing on Indian policy and ethnopolitical violence during the period 1945 to 2000, the authors find that, although there are many cases of seemingly spontaneous episodes of violence, when identitybased policies do occur, they are often followed by violence and/or protest

Environmental Effects on Limit-Fed Feedlot Finishing Diets

Ninety-six crossbred yearling steers were allotted to either ad libitum or 93% of ad libitum intake treatments in a 117-day winter finishing trial. Intake restriction began once the 93% treatment group was started on its finishing diet. Finishing diets were formulated to result in similar absolute intakes of nutrients and feed additives. Restricted treatment dry matter intake was lower than ad libitum as intended (P\u3c.05), but average daily gain was also less, 3.71 and 3.50 Ib per day (P\u3c.05) and resulted in similar feed/gain, 6.01 and 6.07 (P\u3e.82). These results are in contrast to two previous trials conducted during summer and mild winter/spring conditions and suggest that cold stress may affect the response to limit-feeding of feedlot finishing diets

Ammoniated Oat Hulls for Growing Calves

Eighty-one steer calves were fed growing diets that contained 50% of either 1) ground brome hay (BROME), 2) unground oat hulls (OH), or 3) unground oat hulls treated with 3% ammonia and enough water to raise the moisture content to 20% (NH3-OH). Treated oat hulls were allowed to react for 63 days prior to feeding. Daily gains of NH3-OH fed steers were 18 and 13% greater than those of OH and BROME fed steers, respectively, during the 88-day study (P\u3c.01). Dry matter intakes were not affected by diet (P\u3e.10). However, feed efficiency was 13% better for NH3-OH fed steers than steers fed OH and 9% better than those fed the BROME diet (Pc.05). Calculated NEm and NEg estimates for the brome hay, untreated and 9 treated oat hulls used in this study were 53.9 and 31.9, 51.0 and 29.2, and 64.7 and 40.8 Mcal/cwt DM, respectively. Oat hulls respond well to ammonia treatment and may contain as much as 23% more net energy than brome hay in calf growing diets