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Do social connections impact the health and functioning of persons with dementia?
Title
Do social connections impact the health and functioning of persons with dementia?
Author
Montoro-Rodriguez, Julian, Hayslip, Bert, Jr.
Date Created
2024
Subjects--Topical
Dementia, Alzheimer's disease
Description
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...
Racism, sexism and disconnection : contrasting experiences of Black women in STEM before and after transfer from community college
Title
Racism, sexism and disconnection : contrasting experiences of Black women in STEM before and after transfer from community college
Author
Stearns, Elizabeth, Allen, DeeDee, Dancy, Melissa, Mickelson, Roslyn, Bottia, Martha
Subjects--Topical
Diversity in higher education, Transfer students, Minority college students
Description
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 ...
Testing the spread of status value theory
Title
Testing the spread of status value theory
Author
Walker, Lisa Slattery, Webster, Murray, 1941-, Bianchi, Alison J.
Subjects--Topical
Sociology, Equality
Description
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...
Tourism and sustainability in the evaluation of World Heritage Sites, 1980–2010
Title
Tourism and sustainability in the evaluation of World Heritage Sites, 1980–2010
Author
Schmutz, Vaughn, Elliott, Michael A.
Date Created
2016
Subjects--Topical
World Heritage areas, Sustainable tourism
Description
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...