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Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy─A Tutorial Open
This tutorial provides the theoretical background, the principles, and applications of Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) in various research and technological sectors. The text has been organized in 17 sections starting with bas…
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ON THE NATURE AND DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL PRESENCE IN ONLINE COURSE DISCUSSIONS Open
“Social presence,” the degree to which participants in computer-mediated communication feel affectively connected one to another, has been shown to be an important factor in student satisfaction and success in online courses. This mixed me…
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FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE STUDENTS’ DECISION TO DROPOUT OF ONLINE COURSES Open
Although there are many reasons why students dropout of college courses, those reasons may be unique for students who are enrolled in an online program. Issues of isolation, disconnectedness, and technological problems may be factors that …
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Regulation of TGF-β Family Signaling by Inhibitory Smads Open
Inhibitory Smads (I-Smads) have conserved carboxy-terminal MH2 domains but highly divergent amino-terminal regions when compared with receptor-regulated Smads (R-Smads) and common-partner Smads (co-Smads). Smad6 preferentially inhibits Sma…
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Undergraduate Research Experiences Broaden Diversity in the Scientific Workforce Open
New data highlight the importance of undergraduate research experiences (UREs) for keeping underrepresented science students on the pathway to a scientific career. We used a large-scale, 10-year, longitudinal, multi-institutional, propensi…
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Increasing Social Presence in Online Learning through Small Group Discussions Open
Social presence is a difficult to achieve, but an imperative component of online learning. In this study, we investigated the effect of group size on students' perceptions of social presence in two graduate-level online courses, comparing …
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Undergraduate and Graduate Students' Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic Open
The COVID-19 pandemic has looming negative impacts on mental health of undergraduate and graduate students at research universities, according to the Student Experience in the Research University (SERU) Consortium survey of 30,725 undergra…
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Graduate Education and Social Stratification Open
Graduate and professional education play an increasingly important role in economic inequality and elite formation in the United States, but sociologists have not subjected stratification in and through graduate education to the same level…
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University Differences in the Graduation of Minorities in STEM Fields: Evidence from California Open
We examine differences in minority science graduation rates among University of California campuses when racial preferences were in place. Less prepared minorities at higher ranked campuses had lower persistence rates in science and took l…
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UNIVERSITY INSTRUCTORS’ REFLECTIONS ON THEIR FIRST ONLINE TEACHING EXPERIENCES Open
Moving from traditional face-to-face teaching to teaching online can be a precarious process for instructors. In this qualitative study, I interviewed instructors who were engaged in online teaching, for the first time, in a graduate progr…
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Menulis Kajian Literatur Open
This article is part of lecture notes presented in the course of Qualitative Research Method, at The Graduate School of Universitas Muhammadiyah Prof. DR. HAMKA, 2016-2017 academic year. It is written for students who precariously need a g…
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IDENTIFYING STUDENT ATTITUDES AND LEARNING STYLES IN DISTANCE EDUCATION Open
As universities and businesses move toward the use of online education and training, there is need to discover how to make this alternative both more attractive and viable for different populations. Our research efforts examined the cluste…
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FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE STUDENTS’ DECISION TO DROPOUT OF ONLINE COURSES Open
Although there are many reasons why students dropout of college courses, those reasons may be unique for students who are enrolled in an online program. Issues of isolation, disconnectedness, and technological problems may be factors that …
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A structural equation model of predictors of online learners’ engagement and satisfaction Open
This study investigated the structural relationships among online learners’ teaching, social and cognitive presence, engagement, and satisfaction. Data were collected from graduate students enrolled in an online graduate program at a large…
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Multidimensional Solitons Open
Written by the preeminent researcher in this field, Multidimensional Solitons provides a comprehensive survey of self-trapped modes in two- and three-dimensional nonlinear media. It reviews studies covering fundamentals and recently report…
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Easing Into Open Science: A Guide for Graduate Students and Their Advisors Open
This article provides a roadmap to assist graduate students and their advisors to engage in open science practices. We suggest eight open science practices that novice graduate students could begin adopting today. The topics we cover inclu…
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Graduate attributes: implications for higher education practice and policy Open
The higher education landscape is shifting under neo-liberal forces that are increasingly aligning the goals of business, government and education. This shift is engendering debate around the world about the role of higher education instit…
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The Predictive Relationship Among the Community of Inquiry Framework, Perceived Learning and Online, and Graduate Students’ Course Grades in Online Synchronous and Asynchronous Courses Open
The Community of Inquiry framework has been widely supported by research to provide a model of online learning that informs the design and implementation of distance learning courses. However, the relationship between elements of the CoI f…
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Masculinities and experimental practices in physics: The view from three case studies Open
This article analyzes masculinity and experimental practices within three different physics communities. This work is premised on the understanding that the discipline of physics is not only dominated by men, but also is laden with masculi…
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The Limitations of the GRE in Predicting Success in Biomedical Graduate School Open
Historically, admissions committees for biomedical Ph.D. programs have heavily weighed GRE scores when considering applications for admission. The predictive validity of GRE scores on graduate student success is unclear, and there have bee…
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How Far Have We Really Come? Black Women Faculty and Graduate Students' Experiences in Higher Education Open
This paper presents a critical overview of the sociological research on Black women's experiences as graduate students and faculty in higher education, with a focus on research since 1995. In interaction with the social inequalities of rac…
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Gender and the Publication Output of Graduate Students: A Case Study Open
We examine gender differences among the six PhD student cohorts 2004-2009 at the California Institute of Technology using a new dataset that includes information on trainees and their advisors and enables us to construct detailed measures …
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AI Chatbots in Chinese higher education: adoption, perception, and influence among graduate students—an integrated analysis utilizing UTAUT and ECM models Open
This study is centered on investigating the acceptance and utilization of AI Chatbot technology among graduate students in China and its implications for higher education. Employing a fusion of the UTAUT (Unified Theory of Acceptance and U…
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Investigating the mediating role of online learning motivation in the COVID‐19 pandemic situation in Bangladesh Open
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the mediating role of online learning motivation (OLM) in the COVID‐19 pandemic situation in Bangladesh by observing and comparing direct lectures (DL), instructor–learner interaction (ILI), lear…
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It Takes a Village: The Role of Emic and Etic Adaptive Strengths in the Persistence of Black Men in Engineering Graduate Programs Open
Black men, underrepresented in engineering, constitute a missing segment of the population who could contribute to the global knowledge economy. To address this national concern, stakeholders need additional research on strategies that aid…
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Race and Gender Differences in Undergraduate Research Mentoring Structures and Research Outcomes Open
Participating in undergraduate research with mentorship from faculty may be particularly important for ensuring the persistence of women and minority students in science. Yet many life science undergraduates at research universities are me…
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Designing and Improving a Blended Synchronous Learning Environment: An Educational Design Research Open
In this study, a blended synchronous learning environment (BSLE) was created to support a group of graduate students when they were taking a course. Instruction was delivered to both face-to-face (F2F) and online students simultaneously. T…
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Tutorial: Coherent Raman light matter interaction processes Open
Coherent Raman scattering processes such as coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering and stimulated Raman scattering are described in a tutorial way keeping simple physical pictures and simple derivations. The simplicity of the presentation k…
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Gender Bias in International Relations Graduate Education? New Evidence from Syllabi Open
Gender diversity is good for the study of international relations (IR) and political science. Graduate training is an opportunity for scholars to affect the demographics of their field and the gendered practices within it. This article pre…
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Preparing Future Faculty for Community Engagement: Barriers, Facilitators, Models, and Recommendations Open
This article considers the historical and current national context for integrating community engagement into graduate education. While it might be argued that most graduate education contributes generally to society by advancing knowledge,…