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College admissions viewbooks and the grammar of gender, race, and STEM

STEM and underrepresentation

Osei-Kofi N, Torres LE.
GSID: R40Bqcd2YLUJ
N Osei-Kofi, LE Torres - Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2015 - Springer

… math (STEM), in order for the US to remain globally competitive. To do so, addressing the underrepresentation of women and people of color who pursue degrees in STEM is viewed as …

Patching the pathway and widening the pipeline: Models for developing a diverse early childhood workforce in Chicago

pipeline programs

Zinsser KM, Torres L.
GSID: S8K9d3-FqXgJ
KM Zinsser, C Main, L Torres… - American journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library

… To ensure a highly qualified workforce, programs and policymakers must attend to both the “pipeline” through which new … programs between community-based organizations and institutions of higher education, each tailored to support a unique population in the ECE...

Fixing the leaky pipe: increasing recruitment of underrepresented groups in ecology

Science and underrepresented

Bingham BL, Torres LE.
GSID: lgDw0ArYRnYJ
BL Bingham, LE Torres - Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 2008 - cedar.wwu.edu

Many students from underrepresented groups lack adequate opportunities and mentorship as they head through the “pipeline” to graduate school. Despite the need for unique …

Lost in the Numbers: Gender Equity Discourse and Women of Color in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)

STEM and gender

Torres LE.
GSID: rB_3FdwtGUEJ
LE Torres - International Journal of Science in Society, 2012 - search.ebscohost.com

… its STEM focus and the recognition that women and people of color are underrepresented in STEM … The IT Grant was established by NSF to promote gender equity in STEM via program …

Improving argumentative skills for engineering students in two different Colombian regions

Undergraduate training programs stem

Calle M, Garcia L, Soto JD, Torres L.
GSID: oVHZHXswGJ0J
M Calle, JD Soto, L Torres, L Garcia… - … and Software for …, 2016 - search.proquest.com

… Engineering training at the undergraduate level includes different courses on mathematics, physics and application of these subjects to professional related fields. Therefore, professors …

Automatic summarization of soccer highlights using audio-visual descriptors.

SpringerPlus

Raventós A, Quijada R, Torres L, Tarrés F.
PMID: 26155440
Springerplus. 2015 Jun 30;4:301. doi: 10.1186/s40064-015-1065-9. eCollection 2015.

Automatic summarization generation of sports video content has been object of great interest for many years. Although semantic descriptions techniques have been proposed, many of the approaches still rely on low-level video descriptors that render quite limited results due...

Automatically Characterizing Sensory-Motor Patterns Underlying Reach-to-Grasp Movements on a Physical Depth Inversion Illusion.

Frontiers in human neuroscience

Nguyen J, Majmudar UV, Ravaliya JH, Papathomas TV, Torres EB.
PMID: 26779004
Front Hum Neurosci. 2016 Jan 05;9:694. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00694. eCollection 2015.

Recently, movement variability has been of great interest to motor control physiologists as it constitutes a physical, quantifiable form of sensory feedback to aid in planning, updating, and executing complex actions. In marked contrast, the psychological and psychiatric arenas...

Stochastic Signatures of Involuntary Head Micro-movements Can Be Used to Classify Females of ABIDE into Different Subtypes of Neurodevelopmental Disorders.

Frontiers in integrative neuroscience

Torres EB, Mistry S, Caballero C, Whyatt CP.
PMID: 28638324
Front Integr Neurosci. 2017 Jun 07;11:10. doi: 10.3389/fnint.2017.00010. eCollection 2017.

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Overview of hospitalizations by ambulatory care sensitive conditions in the municipality of Cotia, Brazil.

Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S P

Torres RL, Ciosak SI.
PMID: 25517847
Rev Esc Enferm USP. 2014 Aug;48:137-44. doi: 10.1590/S0080-623420140000600020.

Objective To describe the profile of Hospitalizations by Amulatory Care Sensitive Conditions (HACSC), in the Municipality of Cotia, from 2008 to 2012. Method ecological, exploratory, longitudinal study with a quantitative approach. Data on HACSC, by age group and sex,...

Characterization of the Statistical Signatures of Micro-Movements Underlying Natural Gait Patterns in Children with Phelan McDermid Syndrome: Towards Precision-Phenotyping of Behavior in ASD.

Frontiers in integrative neuroscience

Torres EB, Nguyen J, Mistry S, Whyatt C, Kalampratsidou V, Kolevzon A.
PMID: 27445720
Front Integr Neurosci. 2016 Jun 27;10:22. doi: 10.3389/fnint.2016.00022. eCollection 2016.

BACKGROUND: There is a critical need for precision phenotyping across neurodevelopmental disorders, especially in individuals who receive a clinical diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Phelan-McDermid deletion syndrome (PMS) is one such example, as it has a high penetrance...

Biotransformation of Endocrine-Disrupting Compounds in Groundwater: Bisphenol A, Nonylphenol, Ethynylestradiol and Triclosan by a Laccase Cocktail from .

Water, air, and soil pollution

Garcia-Morales R, Rodríguez-Delgado M, Gomez-Mariscal K, Orona-Navar C, Hernandez-Luna C, Torres E, Parra R, Cárdenas-Chávez D, Mahlknecht J, Ornelas-Soto N.
PMID: 26190872
Water Air Soil Pollut. 2015;226(8):251. doi: 10.1007/s11270-015-2514-3. Epub 2015 Jul 10.

The biodegradation of organic compounds present in water at trace concentration has become a critical environmental problem. In particular, enzymatic oxidation by fungal laccases offers a promising alternative for efficient and sustainable removal of organic pollutants in water. In...

Neuroplastic Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Painful Symptoms Reduction in Chronic Hepatitis C: A Phase II Randomized, Double Blind, Sham Controlled Trial.

Frontiers in neuroscience

Brietzke AP, Rozisky JR, Dussan-Sarria JA, Deitos A, Laste G, Hoppe PF, Muller S, Torres IL, Alvares-da-Silva MR, de Amorim RF, Fregni F, Caumo W.
PMID: 26793047
Front Neurosci. 2016 Jan 11;9:498. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2015.00498. eCollection 2015.

INTRODUCTION: Pegylated Interferon Alpha (Peg-IFN) in combination with other drugs is the standard treatment for chronic hepatitis C infection (HCV) and is related to severe painful symptoms. The aim of this study was access the efficacy of transcranial direct...

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