scholarly journals Preservation of the Cerrado produces fruits: fruit of the cerrado project in the microregion of Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 40
Author(s):  
D. B. Rodrigues ◽  
L. T. Costa ◽  
T. S. Lopes ◽  
A. G. Souza ◽  
E. M. Garcia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Bachelor's Degree ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Outreach Program ◽  
Training And Education ◽  
Food Engineering ◽  
Fruit Species ◽  
Edible Fruit ◽  
Raising Awareness ◽  
Social Importance

The Cerrado is one of the six Brazilian biomes and offers a wide variety of edible fruit species. This article is the result of an outreach program entitled Cagaita and Pequi, Economic and Social Importance of the Population of Sete Lagoas, created in 2014. It aimed to take information and build knowledge in the community about the possibility that the fruits of the Cerrado present, especially pequi and cagaita. He sought to contribute to raising awareness of the preservation of the environment and the inclusion of low-income local people, who can use the fruits as alternative food and generate income, thereby protecting and ensuring the survival of future generations and countless families that use the fruits. Still, he tried to contribute to the training and education of the students of the courses of Food Engineering and Bachelor's Degree in Interdisciplinary Biosystems UFSJ. As interventions were used methodology of work in Sete Lagoas and the region, with the support of leaflets, flyers and posters.

Parent-Reported Medication Use in a Head Start Population

2008 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 319-325
Author(s):  
Tara M. Brinkman ◽  
John S. Carlson
Keyword(s):  
Head Start ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Medication Use ◽  
School Nurses ◽  
Psychotropic Medications ◽  
Hispanic Children ◽  
Raising Awareness ◽  
Head Start Children ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Reported Data

This study investigates the prevalence of medication use within a Head Start population. Parent-reported data ( N = 1,397) from initial enrollment information indicated 6.8% of children were taking 34 different types of medication. More than two thirds (69%) of those on medication were prescribed more than one medication, and more than one third (37%) were taking three or more medications. The majority of children were reported to be taking medications that were asthma (88%) or allergy (17%) related. Psychotropic medications accounted for 4% of the medications, indicating a prevalence of less than 0.3%. African American and Hispanic children were overrepresented in those taking medicines. School nurses can work with parents and caregivers of Head Start children by raising awareness of (1) the benefits and side effects of medications commonly taken within this population, (2) the significant role that asthma medications play in low-income areas, and (3) the issues and challenges associated with polypharmacy practices.

Access and Mobilization: How Social Capital Relates to Low-Income Youth’s Postsecondary Educational (PSE) Attainment

2015 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 439-461 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariam Ashtiani ◽  
Cynthia Feliciano
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Capital ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Degree Attainment ◽  
Bachelor's Degree ◽  
Mentoring Relationships ◽  
College Entry ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
Low Income Families ◽  
Bachelor's Degree Attainment

Youth from advantaged backgrounds have more social relationships that provide access to resources facilitating their educational success than those from low-income families. Does access to and mobilization of social capital also relate to success among the few low-income youth who “overcome the odds” and persist in higher education? Using nationally representative longitudinal data over a 14-year period, this study shows that although access to social capital in families, schools, and communities is positively related to entry into higher education, most forms of adolescent social capital are not independently associated with degree attainment. However, the mobilization of social capital through certain types of mentorship benefits both the college entry and bachelor’s degree attainment of low-income youth, more so than for their more economically advantaged peers. Findings suggest that developing enduring mentoring relationships and new social resources rooted in the higher education context may be especially important in facilitating degree attainment for young adults from low-income backgrounds.

Social Context Matters: Bridging Philosophy and Sociology to Strengthen Conceptual Foundations for College Access Research

2019 ◽  
Vol 57 (4) ◽  
pp. 1665-1687
Author(s):  
Michele S. Moses ◽  
Kathryn E. Wiley
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Underrepresented Students ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Academic Disciplines ◽  
Outreach Program ◽  
Low Income Students ◽  
Adaptive Preferences ◽  
The Social ◽  
Conceptual Foundations

Scholars in distinct academic disciplines may examine the same or similar phenomena, often relying on concepts that are well known within each discipline. In this article, we examine two related sociological concepts—capital and adaptive preferences—each used to explain young people’s choices and aspirations. We make the case that integrating the philosophical concept of the “social context of choice” into analyses using “capital” or “adaptive preferences” provides an interdisciplinary approach to analyses of underrepresented students’ educational choices and aspirations in higher education, beyond what each concept provides alone. We ground our philosophical examination in data from a 2-year empirical study of an educational access and outreach program for low-income students.

Major Payoffs

2017 ◽  
Vol 60 (4) ◽  
pp. 722-746 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Monaghan ◽  
Sou Hyun Jang
Keyword(s):  
Graduate School ◽  
Low Income ◽  
School Attendance ◽  
Major Choice ◽  
Bachelor's Degree ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Graduate Degrees ◽  
Income Disparities ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Recent Graduates

Although the bachelor’s degree is considered the “great equalizer,” returns vary substantially by field of study, particularly in the years immediately following graduation. In the first section of our analysis, we study the varying labor market experiences of recent graduates with different majors. We build on prior research by more fully accounting for the complicating role of graduate school attendance in the relationship between majors and income. We find some majors to be distinctly “risky,” exposing their holders to heightened risk of low income and unemployment during the postcollege transition. Those who select such majors are much more likely to later enroll in graduate school. After 10 years, graduate degrees mitigate, but do not entirely erase, major-based income disparities. We use these findings in the second section to explore the determinants of major choice among first-time freshmen. Female and higher socioeconomic status (SES) students are more likely to select risky majors, but the latter relationship is entirely explained by academic and institutional variables. In contrast to prior research, we find strong institutional effects on major choice, with those attending selective colleges, smaller institutions, and institutions with fewer low-SES students more likely to select risky and graduate-school-associated majors, net of individual-level factors. We conclude by discussing the implications of our findings for the situation of the arts and sciences fields in the era of mass enrollment.

scholarly journals UNIVERSITY STUDENTS DEVELOPING IMAGINATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS — THE CASE OF FOOD ENGINEERING

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
José S. Torrecilla ◽  
Roberto Aguado ◽  
Antonio Tijero ◽  
Menta Ballesteros ◽  
Ana Moral ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
University Students ◽  
Chemical Engineering ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Bachelor's Degree ◽  
Teaching Approach ◽  
Food Science ◽  
Problem Solving Skills ◽  
Food Engineering ◽  
Teaching Technique

In this summary, a teaching technique to learn relevant food engineering and chemical engineering concepts has been presented. This method has been tested experimentally for the last two years in a class which belongs to the Food Science and Technology Bachelor’s Degree in the Complutense University of Madrid in Spain, and it is based on the induction of complex concepts through comprehensive everyday examples. More than 90% of students have adequately been able to extrapolate the knowledge acquired to other technical fields. The application of this method has resulted in an increased rate of passing exams and classes, as well as a higher attendance percentage. And most importantly, the students are having fun while learning. Furthermore, this great experience has encouraged some students to collaborate in the development of this teaching approach.

scholarly journals INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC COOPERATION

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
pp. 454-462
Author(s):  
Alexandru Gribincea ◽  
Aliona Daniliuc ◽  
Silvestru Maximilian ◽  
Genadii Brovka
Keyword(s):  
International Economic ◽  
Middle Class ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Coherent System ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
International Economic Cooperation ◽  
Productive Systems ◽  
Social Importance

In the present article the authors describe the essence of cooperation and those strategic problems that can be solved internationally only through cooperation efforts. In this context, the authors propose to understand cooperation as the actions of a few companies, corporations from one country or several countries that through their activities contribute to the achievement of goals of economic, ecological and social importance for a region, a country, many countries or for all humanity. The role of consumer cooperation arises undoubtedly from the fact that, with the craft, it is a component of the private sector, structured coherent, able to guarantee and develop a good middle class individual. Consumer cooperation is mainly directed social section with relatively low income and its role, in the fact, is to unite material and intellectual efforts, to a wide range of individuals can become, through a participatory coherent system, totally economic independent, thus ensuring a decent and adequate social protection. Cooperation generates productive systems based on principles and technologies, it can be multispectral, creates preconditions for demand increasing, solves some marketing problems, creates a comfortable space for the activities of all economic subjects.   В статье рассмотрена сущность кооперации и те стратегические проблемы, которые могут быть решены только на международном уровне и путем сотрудничества между странами. Авторы предлагают рассматривать кооперацию как совместные действия нескольких компаний, корпораций из одной или нескольких стран, которые своими дей­ствиями делают вклад в общее экономическое, экологическое и социальное развитие регионов, стран и человечества в целом. Кооперация рождает производственные систе­мы на основе технологий, создает предпосылки для роста спроса, решает проблемы маркетинга, создает условия для эффективного функционирования всех экономических субъектов.

Extending the Reach of the STARs (Students Tackling Advanced Research)

2021 ◽  
pp. 009862832110560
Author(s):  
Caitlin Posillico ◽  
Sarah Stilwell ◽  
Jacqueline Quigley ◽  
Crystal Carr ◽  
Sara Chadwick ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Undergraduate Research ◽  
Underrepresented Students ◽  
Research Participation ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Educational Outreach ◽  
Outreach Program ◽  
Research Opportunities

Background Participating in research opportunities during undergraduate education is met with myriad benefits. Students learn the scientific research process, how to think critically, develop transferable skills, refine public speaking, build a professional network, and gain confidence. Despite the numerous benefits of undergraduate research participation, underrepresented and minority (URM) students (e.g., first-generation, low-income, and historically underrepresented students) often do not engage in these valuable undergraduate research opportunities. Objective To begin breaking down some of these historical barriers to participation, we developed the Students Tackling Advanced Research (STAR) Scholars Program. Method A holistic educational outreach program was designed to facilitate underrepresented undergraduate students’ involvement in research and help them understand why research is important in a greater context. Conclusion Students who participated in STAR Scholars self-report positive impacts on understanding what research is, ways to seek out research opportunities, and what steps to take toward future educational and professional goals. Teaching Implications It is imperative to explicitly target barriers that underrepresented students face to allow for equity and inclusion in research and academia. Workshops and activities designed to demystify research, build networking and professional skills, and provide mentorship to students are successful in breaking down these barriers and increase student confidence and competence.

The Infographics which are designed for environmental issues

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Esra Tuncalı
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Environmental Pollution ◽  
Graphic Design ◽  
Information Sources ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Raising Awareness ◽  
The World

Infographic is the transformation of information, sources and data in graphic format, to make them clear and easily understandable. In these graphics, sophisticated topics and maps are designed in a simple and explanatory way by means of stories. Infographics are seen in media and published works either in a scientific or simple level.In order for the world resources to fulfill not only today’s but also future generations’ needs, the basis for a sustainable life should be provided today. Organizations like Greenpeace run campaigns in accordance with the principals of protecting bio-diversity, in order for the contribution of raising awareness in society for future. These organizations often use infographics in their campaigns. Infographics contain a lot of research-focused information by quoting several sources. By the help of these researches and design, infographics form an effective way to transmit topics like “environmental issues and what to do about them”, to the target population.Based on the above explanations, how infographics deal with the issues like “nuclear hazard, the decline of biologic diversity and environmental pollution” is analyzed in this article. Furthermore, how people reach infographic design is described, and campaigns of environmentalist organizations were examined. As a result it is concluded that, in terms of the mentioned environmental issues, infographics are beneficial tools to raise awareness and to effectively transmit them to people, particularly in social media and other similar channels.Keywords: Infographics, environment, graphic design

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