#scholarly papers

[deafinitelypawsitively]

Issues | The Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education | Oxford Academic

Publishes peer-reviewed scholarly papers integrating and coordinating basic and applied research relating to individuals who are deaf, inclu

Sharing interesting information for those looking for Deaf studies and educational peer reviews.

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[iamvictoriaanne]

The  expansion  of  the  prison  population  has  been  particularly  consequential  for  blacks.  The  incarceration  rate  for  young  black  men  in  the year 2000 was nearly 10%, compared to just over 1% for white men in the same age group (Bureau of Justice Statistics 2001). Young black men today have a 28% likelihood of incarceration during their lifetime (Bureau of  Justice  Statistics  1997),  a  figure  that  rises  above  50%  among  young black high school dropouts (Pettit and Western 2001). These vast numbers of  inmates translate into a large and  increasing population of black ex-offenders returning to communities and searching for work. The barriers these men face in reaching economic self-sufficiency are compounded by the stigma of minority status and criminal record. The consequences of such trends for  widening racial disparities are potentially profound (see Western and Pettit 1999; Freeman and Holzer 1986)

[draculavarney]

I hate the way that we are expected to write scholarly papers. Like we are supposed to be clear and direct with no personal opinion, but they also expect us to include a bunch of ridiculous jargon words that dance around the point. Like this way of writing is useless and outdated. We would be much more successful in our chosen fields if we instead wrote in "layman's terms" you know, the way people actually talk in day to day life? You old high and mighty scholars seem to think that using all these big words to work up to your main point makes you seem more knowledgeable about the topic, but really it just seems like your dancing around the information that is actually important. Until you boil your work down to what ACTUALLY NEEDS TO BE SAID your writing is pretty much just a bunch of puff pieces.

[books0977]

Hypatia. Alfred Seifert (Czech, 1850-1901). Oil on panel.

Hypatia, ancient Alexandria’s great female scholar, was one of the first women to study math, astronomy and philosophy. She wrote commentaries of her own and taught a succession of students. The Suda lexicon, a 10th-century encyclopedia of the Mediterranean world, describes her as being “exceedingly beautiful and fair of form. . . in speech articulate and logical, in her actions prudent and public-spirited, and the rest of the city gave her suitable welcome and accorded her special respect.”

[randomslide]

Say what?!?

Just found out there is a APA format on Microsoft Word. I have been wasting my precious time all this time doing it manually.  

[mrwht]

Association between race and follow-up diagnostic care after a positive prostate cancer screening test in the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian cancer screening trial

Provider: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd Content:text/plain; charset="UTF-8" TY - JOUR AU - Barocas, Daniel A. AU - Grubb, Robert AU - Black, Amanda AU - Penson, David F. AU - Fowke, Jay H. AU - Andriole, Gerald AU - Crawford, E. David TI - Association between race and follow-up diagnostic care after a positive prostate cancer screening test in the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian cancer screening trial JO - Cancer JA - Cancer VL - 119 IS - 12 SN - 1097-0142 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cncr.28042 DO - 10.1002/cncr.28042 SP - 2223 EP - 2229 KW - prostate cancer KW - screening KW - diagnosis KW - biopsy KW - race KW - health care disparity PY - 2013 AB - BACKGROUND Follow-through of a positive screening test is necessary to reap the potential benefits of cancer screening. Racial variation in follow-through diagnostic care may underlie a proportion of the known disparity in prostate cancer mortality. The authors used data from the screening arm of the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian (PLCO) cancer screening trial to determine whether race is associated with the use of follow-up diagnostic testing after a positive initial screening evaluation. METHODS Men who had a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level >4 ng/mL at any time during the study were included. The proportion of men who underwent follow-up evaluation with a repeat PSA, a prostate biopsy, or either test within 9 months was determined, and the authors tested for differences in follow-through according to race using mixed-effects multivariate models with a random effect for accrual site to account for clustering. Models were stratified according to age (<65 years and ≥65 years). RESULTS Among 6294 men who had a PSA elevation during the study period, 70% underwent a repeat PSA or prostate biopsy within 9 months. Non-Hispanic black men aged <65 years had 45% lower odds of undergoing a repeat PSA test or prostate biopsy compared with non-Hispanic white men (odds ratio, 0.55; 95% confidence interval, 0.37-0.82), whereas there was no racial difference in follow-through among older men. CONCLUSIONS The current results suggest that limitations in access to care among non-Hispanic black men under the age of Medicare eligibility may underlie the paradoxically low use of follow-through diagnostic care among non-Hispanic black men in the United States. Cancer 2013;119:2223–2229. © 2013 American Cancer Society. ER -

[stargazer412]

An opinion piece with good ideas.