Young GI angle: Choosing a mentor/mentee

Young women choosing contraceptives

I artikeln presenteras delresultat från ett doktorandprojekt om informationskompetenspraktiker i svenskt vardagsliv: unga kvinnors (18-23 år) informationskompetenspraktiker när de väljer preventivmedel. Syftet är att förstå de unga kvinnornas perspektiv som det kommer till uttryck i deras berättelser om val och värdering av informationskällor om preventivmedel. En metod inspirerad av narrativa ...

Tae - Young Jeong , Gi - Cheol Cha , Suk

The characteristics of waste activated sludge (WAS) were investigated by batch and continuous experiments using thermal pretreatment in the anaerobic digestion. The solubilization ratios of the chemical oxygen demand (COD), protein and carbohydrate increased as 14.8 21.5, 14.7 23.5, and 21 35 %, respectively. The ∼ ∼ ∼ maximum value of specific methane production was achieved at the thermal pre...

GI-Days 2007 – Young Researchers Forum

Choosing to die--a growing epidemic among the young.

WHO estimates that about one million people kill themselves every year — a toll comparable to that of malaria. Worse, on present trends, WHO expects the number to climb to about 1.5 million by 2020. Even politicians are starting to accept that suicide is not just a private issue. ‘‘Suicide is being talked about,’’ says Dr Michael Phillips, director of the research centre of clinical epidemiolog...

Young Investigator Perspectives. Choosing an intellectually generous mentor.

Dr. Jill Hoffman is a postdoctoral fellow with Dr. Harry Pothoulakis in the Division of Digestive Diseases, University of California, Los Angeles, supported by a Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award from the National Institutes of Health. She obtained a Ph.D. from the University of Vermont where she studied enteric neuroscience with Dr. Gary Mawe. Her current work seeks to elucid...