In this paper, we introduce a knowledge-based meta-model which serves as a uniied resource model for integrating characteristics of major types of objects appearing in software development models (SDMs). The URM consists of resource classes and a web of relations that link diierent types of resources found in diierent kinds of models of software development. The URM includes specialized models ...

The national underrepresentation of minorities in dental schools and the dental profession is a significant concern. Despite efforts over previous years, the number of practicing dentists from underrepresented minority (URM) groups has increased very little. Many dental schools have adopted a holistic admissions review process that uses noncognitive factors in an effort to increase diversity. H...

Twitter (and similar microblogging services) has become a central nexus for discussion of the topics of the day. Twitter data contains rich content and structured information on users’ topics of interest and behavior patterns. Correctly analyzing and modeling Twitter data enables the prediction of the user behavior and preference in a variety of practical applications, such as tweet recommendat...

BACKGROUND Although it has been established that minority physicians tend to see more minority and more poor or uninsured patients, pediatrics as a specialty has not been studied in this regard. OBJECTIVE To determine if minority pediatricians disproportionately provide care to minority children and to poor and uninsured children, relative to nonminority pediatricians, while controlling for p...

The aims of this study were to assess how U.S. undergraduate dental hygiene programs recruit students, especially students from underrepresented minority (URM) groups, and how the program directors value recruiting those students, how satisfied they are with their efforts, which practices they use, and which challenges they encounter. Relationships between diversity-related recruitment motivati...

PROBLEM Diversity in the health care workforce is key to achieving health equity. Although U.S. medical schools have worked to increase the matriculation and academic success of underrepresented minority (URM) students (African Americans, Latinos, others), they have had only limited success. Lower standardized test scores, including on the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT), have been a barr...

Expression and function of CCR6/CCL20 in CD4(+)FOXP3(+) regulatory T cells (Tregs) was investigated in unexplained recurrent miscarriage (URM) patients. Flow cytometry, reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, western blots, and Transwell migration assays were used to analyze the expression and function of regulatory T cells in peripheral blood (PB) an...

Women and underrepresented minoritized (URM) persons remain marginalized in physical science, technology, engineering, math (pSTEM). Relative to non-URM men, URM women may experience a double disadvantage based on their gender race whereby they observe few same-gender same-race role models pSTEM while additionally internalizing stereotypes linking with men. Our hypothesized model was partly sup...

BACKGROUND The United States is steadily becoming more diverse. If current trends continue, the minority population will be the majority by 2043. In contrast to the U.S. population, nursing (the largest health care workforce) is composed of a nearly 76% White population. The literature reports that underrepresented minorities (URM) in nursing programs encounter multiple barriers to academic suc...

Unreinforced Masonry infill walls (URM) are commonly used in the Reinforced Concrete (RC) framed structures as interiors and exteriors partition walls. Although they usually are not considered in the structural analysis and design, their influence on the seismic performance of the framed structures is significant. A common practice in the modern and old RC buildings is to remove the URM walls i...