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Promoting understanding of chemical representations: Students' use of a visualization tool in the classroom
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2001-09)
Many students have difficulty learning symbolic and molecular representations of chemistry. This study investigated how students developed an understanding of chemical representations with the aid of a computer-based ...
A Cross-Sectional Assessment of the ACGIH TLV for Hand Activity Level
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, Inc., 2005-03)
The ACGIH Worldwide Threshold Limit Value (TLV) for hand activity “considers average hand activity level or “HAL” and peak hand force.” We report cross-sectional data that assess the validity of the TLV with respect to ...
Comparing three attitude-behavior theories for predicting science teachers' intentions
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2002-11)
Social psychologists' attitude-behavior theories can contribute to understanding science teachers' behaviors. Such understanding can, in turn, be used to improve professional development. This article describes leading ...
Interview with Neera Desai
(2003-06-15)
Neera Desai is a pioneer in the field of Women’s Studies and a nationally and internationally known scholar. She set up the first Research Centre for Women’s Studies in SNDT Women’s University, was its first Director, and ...
Interview with Lata Pratibha Madhukar
(2004-06-07)
Lata Pratibha Madhukar was born and brought up in Nagpur and has a post graduate degree in Marathi. It was during the emergency period from 1975 onwards that Lata started feeling the need to be an activist. She became an ...
Interview with Chen Mingxia
(2005-09-06)
Chen Mingxia, born in 1948, is a researcher at the Institute for Legal Research of the China Academy of Social Sciences. Active in promoting women’s legal rights, Professor Chen was one of the leaders who initiated an ...
Utilization of herbal and nutritional compounds among older adults with bipolar disorder and with major depression
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2009-10)
Objectives Herbal and nutritional compounds (HNC) are widely used among geriatric populations with depression, however little data exists on HNC use in older populations with bipolar disorder. The goal of this study was ...
Interview with Inga Iwasiόw
(2003-12)
Inga Iwasiόw was born in Szczecin, Poland in 1963. She has a doctorate in feminist theory and literary criticism from the University of Szczecin where she is currently a Professor of Literature and an editor of a cultural ...
Token Majority: The Work Attitudes of Male Flight Attendants
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 2001-09)
This study examined the work experiences of men, a traditional workplace majority, as minority members of a female-dominated occupation. We used tokenism and social categorization theories to propose and test a set of ...
Review of Sovereign Amity: Figures of Friendship in Shakespearean Contexts
(University of Chicago Press, 2003)