OBJECTIVE To investigate whether psychosocial factors (i.e., depression, anxiety, and well-being) moderated educational gradients in interleukin-6 (IL-6) levels using data from the Survey of Midlife Development in the U.S. (MIDUS). The influences of educational attainment and psychosocial factors on IL-6 in middle aged and older adults were also examined. DESIGN Telephone interviews and mail ...

background: there are no general strategies or tools to evaluate daily lesson plans; however, assessments conducted using traditional methods usually include course plans. this study aimed to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of online survey software in collecting data on education in medical fields and the application of such softwares to evaluate students' views and modification of ...

A SU (4) ⊗ O(3) scheme for nonstrange baryons Abstract. We show that nonstrange baryon resonances can be classified according to multiplets of SU (4)⊗ O(3). We identify spectral regularities and degeneracies that allow us to predict the high spin spectrum from 2 to 3 GeV.

We present a microscopic index formula for the degeneracy of dyons in four-dimensional N = 4 string theory. This counting formula is manifestly symmetric under the duality group, and its asymptotic growth reproduces the macroscopic Bekenstein-Hawking entropy. We give a derivation of this result in terms of the type II five-brane compactified on K3, by assuming that its fluctuations are describe...

We have designed, prototyped, and evaluated the Legend file system, which exploits the ability to regenerate lost files to improve reliability. Unlike RAID-5 and RAID-6, Legend degrades gracefully as the number of failed storage devices increases. Legend also mitigates the high storage capacity overhead imposed by n-way replications. Combined with existing methods, Legend can form another line ...

Hisakazu Minakata, Hiroshi Nunokawa, Stephen Parke 1 Department of Physics, Tokyo Metropolitan University 1-1 Minami-Osawa, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0397, Japan [email protected] 2 Instituto de F́ısica Teórica, Universidade Estadual Paulista Rua Pamplona 145, 01405-900 São Paulo, SP Brazil [email protected] 3 Theoretical Physics Department, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory P.O.Box ...

Abstract Teachers come in daily contact with a number of students and colleagues and are likely to report high levels of job-related stress. This study aims to explore the effect of gender, age, years of teaching experience, teaching students with special educational needs and burnout on teacher stress. The participants were 384 Greek primary schoolteachers, aged 25 to 59 years old (mean age = ...

Many schools and educational institutions are using wireless Wi-Fi and Tablet technologies in their education. Recently WHO IARC classified radiofrequency (RF) radiation ‘possibly carcinogenic to humans’. Currently guidance levels for electromagnetic fields (including RF) are based on thermal effects while effects have been reported on non-thermal levels. Possibly these biological, non-thermal ...

BACKGROUND Research investigating the association between socioeconomic status (SES) and blood pressure (BP) during pregnancy is limited and its underlying pathway is unknown. The aim of this study was to investigate the mediators of the association between educational level as an indicator of the SES and BP in early and mid-pregnancy among Japanese women. METHODS Nine hundred and twenty-thre...

Introduction During the last two decades, there has been an increased focus on educational quality and learning outcomes in the world. International educational surveys like TIMSS, PIRLS and PISA have provided a basis for assessing educational quality on different levels and corresponding influential factors. Using information provided by such large scale assessment, participating countries can...