CONTEXT It is unclear whether male and female physician researchers who perform similar work are currently paid equally. OBJECTIVES To determine whether salaries differ by gender in a relatively homogeneous cohort of physician researchers and, if so, to determine if these differences are explained by differences in specialization, productivity, or other factors. DESIGN AND SETTING A US nati...

a study on the academic motivation and its relation with individual state and academic achievement on basic medical students of urmia university of medical sciences     roshan milan s [1] , aghaii monvar i [2] , kheradmand f [3] , saboory e [4] , mikaili p [5] , masudi s [6] , motazakker m [7] *     received: 29july, 2011 accepted: 28august, 2011     abstract   background & aims : the learning ...

The purpose of this literature review is to document academic research concerning factors influencing the performances of venture capital funds, as well as the venture capital fundraising decisions. Industry specialisation, large fund sizes, strong deal flow, syndication of investments, and especially, experience, all appear to be factors leading to superior investment performance, which is par...

Massive Online Open Courses(MOOCs) is one of the key technologies affecting the future development of high education and will have a radical impact of traditional high education. This paper describes the MOOCs origins, characteristics, types and typical platforms, focusing on the impact of MOOCs on the academic libraries and the role of academic libraries in MOOCs. The authors want to cause dom...

The purpose of this research was to determine whether particular biographic and academic characteristics would predict whether an applicant would matriculate into and successfully complete an online secondary teacher certification program. Results of statistical analyses conducted on 170 applicants over the past three years affirm the importance of the applicant’s performance on the state conte...

The Center for Summer Learning examined various summer program models and found that there are nine characteristics that provide a framework for effective summer programs. In this chapter, the authors demonstrate how effective practices lead to positive results for young people. The nine characteristics of effective summer learning programs are (1) accelerating learning, (2) youth development, ...