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Do social connections impact the health and functioning of persons with dementia?
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Author
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Montoro-Rodriguez, Julian, Hayslip, Bert, Jr.
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Date Created
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2024
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Subjects--Topical
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Dementia, Alzheimer's disease
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A recent scoping review by Joshi and colleagues in the multidisciplinary journal of International Psychogeriatrics reports on the existing empirical evidence of social connections as a possible social determinant of cognitive decline in adults wit...
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Race and social justice : building an inclusive college through awareness, advocacy, and action
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Author
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Jason, Kendra
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Date Created
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2023
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Subjects--Topical
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Social service and race relations, Diversity in the workplace, Anti-racism
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Description
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This book is designed to support college and university members as they navigate and aim to eliminate individual, interpersonal, and institutional discrimination and seek to create more inclusive workplaces and learning environments for faculty, s...
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Racism, sexism and disconnection : contrasting experiences of Black women in STEM before and after transfer from community college
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Author
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Stearns, Elizabeth, Allen, DeeDee, Dancy, Melissa, Mickelson, Roslyn, Bottia, Martha
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Subjects--Topical
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Diversity in higher education, Transfer students, Minority college students
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Description
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Background: Repeated calls to diversify the population of students earning undergraduate degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields have noted the greater diversity of community college students and their potential ...
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Testing the spread of status value theory
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Author
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Walker, Lisa Slattery, Webster, Murray, 1941-, Bianchi, Alison J.
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Subjects--Topical
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Sociology, Equality
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Description
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How can a nominal descriptive term acquire status beliefs and definitions giving it connotations of differential social worth and competence? Cecilia L. Ridgeway and her associates have developed one theory explaining such effects. Recently Joseph...
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Tourism and sustainability in the evaluation of World Heritage Sites, 1980–2010
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Author
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Schmutz, Vaughn, Elliott, Michael A.
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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World Heritage areas, Sustainable tourism
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Description
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At present, there are myriad concerns about tourism and sustainability at cultural and natural world heritage sites. Based on an analysis of 811 evaluations written between 1980 and 2010 by two official advisory bodies to the World Heritage Commit...