Scientists are playing their part in power saving

Part Ii: Saving

Unintended pregnancy and termination of studies among students in Anambra state, Nigeria: are secondary schools playing their part?

This study evaluated efforts of secondary schools to prevent unintended pregnancy among students and their reactions to pregnant students before and after delivery. A cross-sectional survey of 46 teachers in three public and two private schools in Anambra state, Nigeria was carried out. Information was collected using self-administered questionnaire. Of all the teachers in the study, 87% report...

Are Americans Saving

* Cori E. Uccello is the Senior Health Fellow at the American Academy of Actuaries and a consultant for the Urban Institute. This brief was written while Ms. Uccello was a Senior Research Associate at the Urban Institute. The brief is based on a paper by Eric M. Engen, William G. Gale and Cori E. Uccello, “The Adequacy of Household Saving,” published in the Brookings Papers on Economic Activity...

Will Scientists Cast Their Votes?

With science and technology high on the agenda of the new US administration, scientists should welcome the opportunity to influence policy. However, few academic scientists seem to be noticing proposals posted for public comment on the Federal Register that concern the application of science to society.

How Do Scientists Reach Their Target Audience? Academic and Popular Science Articles in Nutrition

The aim of the current study was to investigate frequencies of interactional metadiscourse markers in English academic research and popular science articles in nutrition. A total of 60 English articles published in three popular databases and four academic journals were analyzed for interactional metadiscourse markers, including hedges, boosters, attitude markers, engagement markers and self-me...