Although a majority of under-represented minority (URM) students begin their postsecondary education at community colleges, little is known about barriers to success and retention for transfer-bound science students. This study focuses on some of the barriers that affect these students' ability to study adequately for a community college "gateway" course. It tests whether instructors' expectati...

In Ghana, as in many other developing countries, most science reporting is done by general reporters. However, few studies have investigated science reporting in such a situation. To understand better the dynamics of science reporting in such context, we surveyed 151 general reporters in Ghana. Respondents' demographic characteristics resembled those found in studies elsewhere. Respondents perc...

In the past, traditional treatment methods for drug addiction and alcoholism have been characteristically intense and confrontational. They are designed to break down a client’s denial, defenses, and/or resistance to his or her addictive disorders, as they are perceived by the provider. Admissions criteria to substance abuse treatment programs usually require abstinence from all illicit substan...

Computer science as a discipline is failing to reach a diverse audience. As a result, computational illiteracy threatens many groups of underserved students—women, minorities and possibly other, as yet undocumented groups, such as students of the humanities. If learning programming were contextualized in domains relevant to different audiences, more students would be motivated to learn to progr...

the present study has dealt with studying the coaching model in training of human resource based on grounded theory. this study has done on qualitative bases and has utilized grounded theory approach besides semi-structured interviews for data collecting. in this study, interview was conducted, by using purposive and chain sampling, 7 training experts who were familiar with coaching. this quali...

BACKGROUND Partner notification (PN) is an essential case-finding tool in the management of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Yet, data on the effectiveness and factors impacting implementation of PN in the Netherlands are lacking. With the aim of further exploring and improving the PN process, the current study assessed perceived barriers and facilitators among health care professionals ...

BACKGROUND Insufficient patient recruitment can impair the conduct of clinical trials substantially, not least because a significant number of eligible patients decline trial participation. Though barriers and motivational factors have been worked out for patients with cancer or chronic diseases, little is known about primary care patients' perceptions towards trial participation when visiting ...

This paper presents a new model, MUSCLE (Multidirectional Scanning for Line Extraction), for automatic vectorization of raster images with straight lines. The algorithm of the model implements the line thinning and the simple neighborhood methods to perform vectorization. The model allows users to define specified criteria which are crucial for acquiring the vectorization process. In this model...

• To become familiar with central elements of patient–physician communication • To understand how these communication styles and behaviors contribute to the delivery of high-quality, patient-centered medical care • To understand how various types of communication can influence patients’ satisfaction, health behaviors, and health outcomes • To learn about specific communication strategies, inclu...