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Jane Smith and Jennifer Disney Capture Faculty Awards
Winthrop University
Jan 01, 0001
Faculty members Jane Smith, English, and Jennifer Disney, political science, were named Distinguished Professor and Outstanding Junior Professor. The awards were presented May 5 during spring commencement.
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Ambitious Women
Are ambitious women punished in politics? Building on literature from negotiation, we argue that women candidates who are perceived to be ambitious are more likely to face social backlash. We first explore what the term...
Ambitious Women
Are ambitious women punished in politics? Building on literature from negotiation, we argue that women candidates who are perceived to be ambitious are more likely to face social backlash. We first explore what the term...
Predicting intra-day load profiles under time-of-use tariffs using smart meter data
The installation of smart meters enabling electricity load to be measured on a half-hourly basis provides an innovative demand-side management opportunity that it is advantageous for utility companies and customers. Time-of-use...
Women acting for women? An analysis of gender and debate participation in the British House of Commons 2005–2007
Ana Catalano Weeks
Mar 01, 2009
The recent push for more women parliamentarians around the world via positive action measures such as gender quotas naturally begs the question of whether the increased descriptive representation of women in parliament is making...
Why Are Gender Quota Laws Adopted by Men? The Role of Inter- and Intra-Party Competition
Ana Catalano Weeks
Dec 01, 2018
In nearly every case of quota law adoption, the support of party elites is critical. But this raises a puzzle: What can motivate predominantly male elites to put these policies in place? This article uses a comparison of two...
Quotas and Party Priorities
Ana Catalano Weeks
Dec 01, 2018
In light of increasing numbers of women in politics, extant research has examined the role of women in the parliamentary party on agenda-setting. This paper complements that literature by exploring the effect of a gendered...
Quotas and Party Priorities
Ana Catalano Weeks
Dec 01, 2018
In light of increasing numbers of women in politics, extant research has examined the role of women in the parliamentary party on agenda-setting. This paper complements that literature by exploring the effect of a gendered...
3D Virtual Learning Environment for Acquisition of Cultural Competence
As educational systems emphasize and experiment with forms of online and remote learning, it is increasingly important to investigate the cultural competence of instructional designers. This chapter addresses the experiences of...
Virtual Communities & Virtual Reality Computer Science and Information Technology Human-Computer Interaction Media and Communications Social Sciences and Humanities
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
Blinded ultrasonic fetal biometry at 36 weeks and the risk of emergency caesarean delivery
OBJECTIVES: We studied the risk of emergency caesarean delivery (CD) using blinded ultrasonographic estimated fetal weight (EFW) at 36 weeks of gestational age (wkGA): (1) to compare the association for customised and...
Alumni Couple Establishes Scholarship for Financial Planning Students
Winthrop University
Jan 01, 0001
The Mike and Jennifer Fayed Scholarship will support students studying finance with a concentration in financial planning. The Fayeds, who met at Winthrop, live in Belmont, North Carolina.
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Why Are Gender Quota Laws Adopted by Men? The Role of Inter- and Intra-Party Competition
Ana Catalano Weeks
Dec 01, 2018
In nearly every case of quota law adoption, the support of party elites is critical. But this raises a puzzle: What can motivate predominantly male elites to put these policies in place? This article uses a comparison of two...
Women acting for women? An analysis of gender and debate participation in the British House of Commons 2005–2007
Ana Catalano Weeks
Mar 01, 2009
The recent push for more women parliamentarians around the world via positive action measures such as gender quotas naturally begs the question of whether the increased descriptive representation of women in parliament is making...
Enhanced pre-operative axillary staging using intradermal microbubbles and contrast-enhanced ultrasound to detect and biopsy sentinel lymph nodes in breast cancer
Karina Cox, Sian Taylor-Phillips, Nisha Sharma, Jennifer Weeks, Philippa Mills, Ali Sever, Adrian Lim, Isobel Haigh, Mohamed Hashem, Tania de Silva, Keshthra Satchithananda, Mengxing Tang, Matthew Wallis
Feb 12, 2018
OBJECTIVE: To compare the experience of four UK Centres in the use of intradermal microbubbles and contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) to pre-operatively identify and biopsy sentinel lymph nodes (SLN) in patients with breast...
Quotas and qualifications
This article addresses concerns that candidates nominated because of gender quota laws will be less qualified for office. While questions of candidate quality have long been relevant to legislative behavior, quota laws requiring...
A Comparison of Your Better Life Index and Its Antecedents Across Two Chinese Cultures
Jennifer Gao
Jul 01, 2021
OECD identified 11 topics in Your Better Life Index (YBLI). YBLI is generally accepted as an essential indicator of material living conditions and quality of life. This study compared YBLI in two predominantly Chinese regions...
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
The week that will be
As events like the 2003 European heatwave showed (where 14,000 people died in Paris alone), it is in the extremes of weather, not the mean climate, where much climate change risk lies. Communication with the public, or the...
The week that will be
As events like the 2003 European heatwave showed (where 14,000 people died in Paris alone), it is in the extremes of weather, not the mean climate, where much climate change risk lies. Communication with the public, or the...
The length of uninterrupted CAG repeats in stem regions of repeat disease associated hairpins determines the amount of short CAG oligonucleotides that are toxic to cells through RNA interference
Abstract Extended CAG trinucleotide repeats (TNR) in the genes huntingtin (HTT ) and androgen receptor (AR ) are the cause of two progressive...
Andrea E Murmann, Monal Patel, Si-Yeon Jeong, Elizabeth T Bartom, A Jennifer Morton, Marcus E Peter
Jan 04, 2023
20th Annual Holiday Pottery Sale Set for Dec. 4
Winthrop University
Jan 01, 0001
The 20th Annual Holiday Pottery Sale will be held Dec. 4 from noon-6 p.m. in Rutledge Building G-10. Jennifer Mecca, ceramics lecturer and studio potter, will be the featured artist.
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Board Member's Award Honors Faculty for Exemplary Graduate Instruction
Winthrop University
Jan 01, 0001
The Jane LaRoche Endowed Award for Excellence in Graduate Instruction honors faculty for exemplary instruction in grad-level courses. The 2015 recipient is College of Education faculty member Jennifer Jordan.
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Associate Professor, P-12 Colleagues Nab S.C. Association of Teacher Educators Awards
Winthrop University
Jan 01, 0001
Sue Spencer won the Exemplary Service to the Teaching Profession Award from the South Carolina Association of Teacher Educators. Local teachers Jennifer Gaston and Adrian Deese won the Cooperating Teacher of the Year Awards.
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S.C. Gov. Appoints Counseling Professor to State Board
Winthrop University
Jan 01, 0001
Associate Professor of Counseling Jennifer Jordan has been appointed to the Board of Examiners for Licensure of Professional Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists and Psycho-Educational Specialists.
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Quotas and qualifications
This article addresses concerns that candidates nominated because of gender quota laws will be less qualified for office. While questions of candidate quality have long been relevant to legislative behavior, quota laws requiring...
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