scholarly journals Swedes Studying Abroad – as Tourists?

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 98
Author(s):  
Per Anders Nilsson ◽  
Thomas Blom
Keyword(s):  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Aggregate Level ◽  
Post Secondary Education ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Post Secondary ◽  
Studying Abroad ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
Student Finance ◽  
To Receive

The number of students temporarily studying in another country to receive a post-secondary education has grown significantly since the 1970s. This study aims to learn more about what attracts Swedish outbound students when studying abroad. What are the popular study destinations? Can data reveal touristic preferences? Descriptive statistics from the Swedish Board of Student Finance are used, making it possible to scrutinize studying abroad on an aggregate level over a period of two decades. The results show that English-speaking countries are attractive to Swedish outbound students. Places growing in popularity are the countries of Poland, Japan, the Netherlands, South Korea, Singapore, and China, as well as the region of Hong Kong in particular. However, more than 50 percent of outbound students study in Europe. In these troubling and uncertain times, we are living in, with COVID-19 and other crises hampering worldwide travel, it is difficult to predict the long-term effects on mobility.

Space-exposed seed experiment developed for students

1992 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 860-861
Author(s):  
Donna Leeper ◽  
Kelvin Bridgers ◽  
Ernest C. Hammond
Keyword(s):  
The United States ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Long Duration ◽  
Foreign Countries ◽  
Abundant Supply ◽  
Germination And Growth ◽  
To Receive

The SEEDS project was flown in orbit aboard the Long Duration Exposure (LDEF) for nearly six years. During this time in space, the tomato seeds received an enormously abundant supply of cosmic radiation. Upon the return of the LDEF to earth, the SEEDS project was distributed throughout the United States and 30 foreign countries for analysis. The purpose of the experiment was to determine the long term effects of cosmic rays on living tissue. At Morgan, the analysis performed varied from germination and growth rates to electron microscopy and x ray analysis.In analyzing the seeds under the electron microscope, usual observations were performed on the nutritional and epidermic layers of the seed. These layers appeared to be more porous in the space-exposed seeds than in the Earth-based control seeds. This unusual characteristic may explain the increase in the space seeds’ growth pattern. (Several test results show that the space-exposed seeds germinate sooner than the Earth-based seeds. Also, the space exposed seeds are growing at a faster rate.) The porous nutritional region may allow the the seeds to receive necessary nutrients and liquids more readily. Thus, enabling the plant to grow at a much faster rate.

Memory Aids as a Disability-Related Accommodation? Let’s Remember to Recommend Them Appropriately

2020 ◽  
pp. 082957352097958
Author(s):  
Allyson G. Harrison ◽  
Alana Holmes ◽  
Bethany Pollock
Keyword(s):  
Opportunity To Learn ◽  
Long Term Memory ◽  
Post Secondary Education ◽  
School Students ◽  
Post Secondary ◽  
Memory Aids ◽  
Long Term Storage ◽  
Unequal Access ◽  
Term Storage

Memory aids are now frequently provided to elementary and secondary school students to increase their success in achieving provincial curriculum standards. While such an accommodation may meet the immediate goal of improved academic performance it may not be warranted based on an actual long-term memory retrieval impairment and may therefore be inequitable, providing an unfair academic advantage relative to non-disabled students. Furthermore, providing memory aid accommodations inappropriately may rob students of the opportunity to learn effective study and retrieval strategies, leading instead to dependence on an accommodation that may not be continued once they enter post-secondary education. An appropriate accommodation at the post-secondary level of education removes a disability-related barrier (functional impairment) and assists only those facing such barriers; under human rights legislation, accommodations are not implemented to guarantee success, reduce anxiety, or provide unequal access to material. Memory aids improve the retrieval of information from long-term storage for everyone. As such, the current widespread provision of this accommodation prior to post-secondary studies must be evaluated critically, with such supports offered only when justified. A six-step process for determining when memory aids are an appropriate accommodation within the post-secondary setting is provided and discussed.

scholarly journals The impact of age and exposure on bilingual development in international adoptees and family migrants

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 177-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monika S. Schmid
Keyword(s):  
First Language ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Foster Families ◽  
German Jews ◽  
International Adoptees ◽  
L2 Development ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
L1 And L2 ◽  
The Impact

This paper addresses the long-term effects of being exposed to a language early in life for a limited period of time, as is the case in international adoptees. Recent findings are divided as to whether such a situation will lead to sequential monolingualism or whether speakers do remain bilingual to some extent, although they cannot readily access their vestigial first language (L1) knowledge. Similarly, it has been debated whether a complete switch in language use will provide a qualitative advantage for second language (L2) learning. The present paper investigates L1 and L2 proficiency among German Jews who escaped from Germany at ages 9-15 years either on a Kindertransport, to be placed in English speaking foster families, or in the company of their family. The results suggest that age plays a more important role than context in both L1 retention and L2 development.

The BERNIE study: A phase II study evaluating addition of bevacizumab (Bv) to chemotherapy in children and adolescents with metastatic rhabdomyosarcoma (mRMS) and non-rhabdomyosarcoma soft tissue sarcoma (mNRSTS).

2012 ◽  
Vol 30 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. TPS9597-TPS9597
Author(s):  
Julia C. Chisholm ◽  
Michela Casanova ◽  
Johannes H. Merks ◽  
Birgit Geoerger ◽  
Raphael F. Rousseau ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solid Tumors ◽  
Phase Ii ◽  
Primary Endpoint ◽  
Combined Modality Therapy ◽  
Local Therapy ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Induction Cycle ◽  
Weekly Cycles ◽  
To Receive

TPS9597^ Background: Despite therapeutic advances, patient outcomes in mRMS and mNRSTS remain poor. The phase I study (Glade-Bender et al., J Clin Oncol. 2008) indicated that Bv is well tolerated in children with refractory solid tumors and yielded pharmacokinetic (PK) data that support further studies of Bv in childhood cancer. Reports of Bv used in children with solid tumors showed safety profiles consistent with data from adults. Methods: In this phase II trial, 150 patients aged 6 months to 18 years who present with mRMS or mNRSTS are randomized to receive 18 months of standard combined modality therapy as per EpSSG guidelines, either alone or with Bv. Treatment consists of 2 phases: induction therapy [9 three-weekly cycles including 4 cycles of IVADo (ifosfamide, vincristine, actinomycin D, and doxorubicin), followed by 5 cycles of IVA (i.e., without doxorubicin)] and maintenance therapy (12 four-weekly cycles of vinorelbine and cyclophosphamide). Local therapy is considered after the 6th induction cycle. Primary endpoint is event-free survival (EFS). PK sampling is performed on all patients randomized to the experimental arm during the first 4 cycles of induction. After the primary efficacy and safety analysis, all patients who have not met the primary endpoint are followed for at least 47 months for survival and long-term effects of treatment. The study enrolled 75 patients between July 2008 and January 2012; 37 patients discontinued study treatment (including 17 patients who died, all due to disease progression) and 9 patients have completed study treatment.

Foucault in English

Target ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 222-243 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen Bennett
Keyword(s):  
Academic Culture ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Translation Strategy ◽  
English Translations ◽  
Empiricist Theory ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
English Speaking World ◽  
First Time

It is something of a cliché to affirm that translations into English are almost always domestications, privileging fluency and naturalness over fidelity to the source text. However, back in the 1970s, many of Michel Foucault’s major texts, which were introduced to the English-speaking public for the first time through Alan Sheridan Smith’s translations for Tavistock Publications, were not domesticated at all. Despite the fact that the originals are grounded in a non-empiricist theory of knowledge and use terms drawn from a universe of discourse that would have been completely alien in the English-speaking world, these translations closely follow the patterns of the French, with few or no concessions to the target reader’s knowledge and expectations. This paper analyses passages from Sheridan Smith’s English translations of Les Mots et les choses and L’Archéologie du savoir in order to discuss the long-term effects of this translation strategy. It then goes on to compare and assess two very different translations of Foucault’s lecture L’ Ordre du discours (1970), an early one by Rupert Swyer (1971), which brings the text to the English reader, and a later one by Ian McLeod (1981), which obliges the reader to go to the text. The paper concludes by reiterating the need for Anglophone academic culture to open up to foreign perspectives, and suggests, following Goethe (Book of West and East, 1819) that new epistemes are best introduced gradually in order to avoid alienating or confusing a public that might not be ready for them.

scholarly journals Inequalities in Life Expectancy by Education and Its Changes in Lithuania during 2001–2014

Medicina ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 57 (3) ◽  
pp. 245
Author(s):  
Olga Mesceriakova-Veliuliene ◽  
Ramune Kalediene ◽  
Skirmante Sauliune ◽  
Gvidas Urbonas
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Education ◽  
Life Expectancy ◽  
Educational Background ◽  
Post Secondary Education ◽  
Level Of Education ◽  
Post Secondary ◽  
Education Group ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
Education Groups

Background and Objectives: Reduction of health inequalities is a highly important task in public health policies worldwide. In Lithuania, inequalities in life expectancy (LE) by education level are among the greatest, compared to other European countries. However, studies on inequalities in LE by level of education over a long-term period are quite scarce in Lithuania. The aim of the study was to analyze inequalities in life expectancy by education and its changes in Lithuania during 2001–2014. Materials and Methods: Information on deaths (in population aged ≥30 years) was obtained from Statistics Lithuania. Life expectancy at age 30 (LE30) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated using life tables. Inequalities in LE30 were assessed using rate differences. Joinpoint regression analysis was used to assess the trends and inequalities of LE30 during 2001–2014. Results: During 2001–2014, LE30 in males and females with post-secondary education was higher than in those with up-to-secondary education (p < 0.05). Among males and females, LE30 increased in both education groups, except for males with up-to-secondary education. Among individuals with post-secondary education, LE30 started increasing earlier and more quickly than in those with up-to-secondary education. Over the analyzed period, greater differences in LE30 between post-secondary and up-to-secondary education groups were found among males. Differences in LE30 due to different educational background were statistically significantly, increasing across the sexes with a more rapid increase for females than for males. During 2001 and 2014, the highest number of years of LE30 lost in both education groups was due to cardiovascular diseases. Conclusions: Throughout the period of 2001–2014, life expectancy in Lithuania in the post-secondary education group was statistically significantly longer and was increasing more rapidly compared to the up-to secondary education group. Inequalities in life expectancy by level of education significantly increased among both males and females.

Short- and Long-Term Effects of Supervisory Feedback on the Interaction Patterns of an Intercollegiate Field Hockey Coach

1987 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 404-410 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victor H. Mancini ◽  
Elizabeth K. Clark ◽  
Deborah A. Wuest
Keyword(s):  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Phase Iii ◽  
Interaction Patterns ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Field Hockey ◽  
Short And Long Term ◽  
Five Practices ◽  
One Year ◽  
Over Time

Both the short- and long-term effects of systematic supervisory feedback (SSF) using CAFIAS on the behaviors of a field hockey coach and her team were examined. The investigation was divided into four phases. During Phase I the coach was videotaped five times to provide baseline data. In Phase II the coach was videotaped nine times and was provided with SSF. At the conclusion of the intervention, five practices were videotaped for Phase III. One year later, in Phase IV, the coach was again videotaped for five practices. Descriptive statistics were calculated and comparisons were made between the behaviors exhibited in Phases I and III as well as Phases III and IV. Praise and information increased, and directions and criticism decreased from Phases I and III. These changes were evident 1 year later. This investigation demonstrates that even the behaviors of an experienced coach can be altered using SSF and that these changes can be sustained over time.

scholarly journals It’s Not Just a Pay Gap: Quantifying the Gender Wage and Pension Gap at a Post-Secondary Institution in Canada

2021 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 74-84
Author(s):  
Tracy Smith-Carrier ◽  
Marcie Penner ◽  
Aaron Cecala ◽  
Carol Agócs
Keyword(s):  
Gender Gap ◽  
Wage Gap ◽  
Academic Career ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Pay Gap ◽  
Post Secondary ◽  
Career Trajectories ◽  
Post Secondary Institution ◽  
The Impact

What is the impact of the gender pay gap in academia over the course of a career and retirement? To quantify this impact, we used a Canadian post-secondary institution as a case study and simulated the effects of the reported difference in salary across multiple academic career trajectories. A starting wage gap of less than $9,000 resulted in a $300,000–$400,000 gender wage gap over the course of a career, and a further $148,000–$259,000 gender pension gap, for a total gender pension and wage gap of $454,000–$660,000, depending on the rank achieved. Thus, focusing on gender gaps in salary alone leads to a substantial underestimation of the long-term effects of the gender gap.

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