The Sex of Class: Women Transforming American Labor

[Excerpt] This book too is about class. It details the rise of class inequalities in the United States, and it offer portraits of the new labor movements that are arising in response. But is also about the sex of class. It is about the feminization of work and workers and the continued reluctance of those who study class and who rally on behalf of ameliorating class injustice to take sufficient notice of this fundamental revolution

The influence of environmental temperatures on the composition of milk of the dairy cow

Digitized 2007 AES.Includes bibliographical references (pages 47-50)

The Greater Implications of Self-Perceptions of Aging Among Younger Adults: Results from the Socially Nutritious Volunteer Training Program

The rapidly growing rate of the older adult population has created a need to better understand younger adults’ self-perceptions of aging and current trends of ageism. The purpose of this secondary data analysis research project was to determine changes, if any, in participants’ self-perception of aging after the Socially Nutritious facilitator or nutrition ambassador volunteer training, which aims to develop knowledge and skills related to aging trends, older adult nutrition, preventing ageism, and communication and educational considerations when working with older adults. Findings indicate that participants with more frequent interactions with older adults had a more positive perception of their aging at pre-test than those with less frequent interactions. However, these differences diminished at post-test. Training that includes information about healthy aging, as well as addressing ageism, may lead to a more positive self-perception of aging

The Effectiveness of the Automatic Reinstatement Policy at Eastern Illinois University

The effectiveness of Eastern Illinois University\u27s reinstatement policy was investigated in an attempt to determine what criteria were used to establish the current reinstatement policy and to further decide whether or not the criteria used have been accurate in predicting academic success for reinstated students at this institution. Chi-square analysis was used to assess the relationship, if any, between 14 variables and academic success following reinstatement: (1) quality point deficiency (QPD), (2) grade level at the time of dismissal, (3) race, (4) gender, (5) number of semesters in attendance prior to dismissal, (6) community college attendance during the absence from this institution, (7) length of time away from college, (8) age upon reinstatement, (9) successful completion of GST 1000 (General Studies) following reinstatement, (10) transfer student or new freshman admitted directly from high school, (11) ACT composite standard scores and/or entrance exam scores, (12) high school percentile rank (HSPR), (13) provisional admission to this institution, and (14) cumulative GPA at the time of dismissal. Logistic regression analysis was also employed to determine whether selected variables could be found to be predictors of academic success following reinstatement. The results of the chi-square analysis showed that the academic success of reinstated students was significantly related to quality point deficiency (QPD), cumulative GPA at the time of dismissal, and the successful completion of GST 1000. The results of the logistic regression analysis indicated that quality point deficiency (QPD) and the successful completion of GST 1000 were predictors of success following reinstatement at this institution

Differentiating among incretin-based therapies in the management of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

The glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor (GLP-1R) agonists and dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitors have become important options for the management of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. While the GLP-1R agonists and DPP-4 inhibitors act on the incretin system to regulate glucose homeostasis, there are important clinical differences among the five agents currently available in the U.S. For example, the GLP-1R agonists require subcutaneous administration, produce pharmacological levels of GLP-1 activity, promote weight loss, have a more robust glucose-lowering effect, and have a higher incidence of adverse gastrointestinal effects. In contrast, the DPP-4 inhibitors are taken orally, increase the half-life of endogenous GLP-1, are weight neutral, and are more commonly associated with nasopharyngitis. Differences in efficacy, safety, tolerability, and cost among the incretin-based therapies are important to consider in the primary care management of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus