Universities

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Problems for biomedical research at the academia-industrial interface.

Throughout much of the world, universities have driven towards industrial partnerships. This collaboration, which, in the biochemical field at least, has to continue if potential benefits for patients are to be realised, has brought with it a number of ...
David Weatherall (Sci Eng Ethics, 200301)
problems-biomedical-research-academia-industrial-interface.asp

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Considerations for more effective social norms based alcohol education on campus: an analysis of different theoretical conceptualizations in predicting drinking among fraternity men.

OBJECTIVE: Recent alcohol education campaigns targeting college students have focused on correcting the erroneous perception students have of the amount of alcohol their peers consume. This strategy is based on assumptions that college students ...
Mickey Trockel, Sunyna S Williams, Janet Reis (J Stud Alcohol, 200301)
considerations-more-effective-social-norms-based-alcohol-education.asp

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College attendance and risk-related driving behavior in a national sample of young adults.

OBJECTIVE: This study examined and sought to explain the relationship between college attendance and indicators of risk-related driving (drinking and driving, seatbelt use) among young adults who participated in the 1999 National Household Survey on Drug ...
Mallie J Paschall (J Stud Alcohol, 200301)
college-attendance-risk-related-driving-behavior-national-sample.asp

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G.A.T.S. and universities: implications for research.

The likely impact of applying the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) to higher education are examined. GATS aims to "open up" services to competition: no preference can be shown to national or government providers. The consequences for ...
David E Packham (Sci Eng Ethics, 200301)
g-t-s-universities-implications-research.asp

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Guard dogs of perception: the corporate takeover of science.

The belief that science is "a driver of growth in the knowledge economy" has led in recent decades to increasing encouragement by government of the involvement of industry and of commerce in the sponsorship and direction of research in universities, and ...
George Monbiot (Sci Eng Ethics, 200301)
guard-dogs-perception-corporate-takeover-science.asp

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In the grip of the python: conflicts at the university-industry interface.

When the University of Toronto withdrew a contract it held with me in December 2000, it initiated a sequence of events that led to a public letter to the University from senior figures in the world psychopharmacology community protesting against the ...
David Healy (Sci Eng Ethics, 200301)
grip-python-conflicts-university-industry-interface.asp

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What users want in e-commerce design: effects of age, education and income.

Preferences for certain characteristics of an online shopping experience may be related to demographic data. This paper discusses the characteristics of that experience, demographic data and preferences by demographic group. The results of an online ...
Nancy J Lightner (Ergonomics, 200301)
users-want-e-commerce-design-effects-age-education-income.asp

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Interactive decision support system to predict print quality.

Customers using printers occasionally experience problems such as fuzzy images, bands, or streaks. The customer may call or otherwise contact the manufacturer, who attempts to diagnose the problem based on the customers description of the problem. This ...
Sugani Leman, Mark R Lehto (Ergonomics, 200301)
interactive-decision-support-system-predict-print-quality.asp

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Associations of lifestyle factors with bone mineral density among male university students in Japan.

To investigate associations of lifestyle factors with bone mineral density among young men in Japan, we measured bone mineral density of the second metacarpal bone in 143 male university students, aged 18-22 years, by the computed X-ray densitometry. The ...
Isuzu Egami, Kenji Wakai, Hirotada Kunitomo, Akiko Tamakoshi, Masahiko Ando, Toshiko Nakayama, Yoshiyuki Ohno (J Epidemiol, 200301)
associations-lifestyle-factors-bone-mineral-density-male-university.asp

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A comparative evaluation of methods of adjusting GPA for differences in grade assignment practices.

Numerous methods have been proposed for constructing an adjusted grade point average (adjusted-GPA) that controls for differences in grading standards across college courses and departments. Compared to the raw GPA, adjusted-GPA measures are generally ...
Pui-Wa Lei, Dina Bassiri, E Matthew Schulz (J Appl Meas, 2003)
comparative-evaluation-methods-adjusting-gpa-differences-grade.asp