Abstract Date Presented 04/21/2023 This study aims to understand how school-based parenting programs affect the occupational performance of teen mothers in their dual roles as both student and parent. Results show that individual support community are particularly important supporting success. Primary Author Speaker: Libby Hladik Additional Authors Speakers: Marie Hynek, Lan Vo Contributing Aut...

BACKGROUND Recent World Health Organization recommendations recognize the important role Traditional Birth Attendants (TBAs) can play in supporting the health of women and newborns. This paper provides an analysis of key factors that affect the implementation of interventions to develop partnerships with TBAs to promote improved access to skilled care at birth. METHODS We conducted a secondar...

The adapter design pattern [1], commonly used for integration and evolution in component-based systems, is originally described by roles. In classbased systems, the conventional realization of the pattern maps these roles to classes. The recent appearance of mature languages supporting roles as first order programming constructs poses the question whether realizing this pattern directly in role...

Glycation is a protein modification, which results in a change in a protein structure. Glycation is believed to be the etiology of various age-related diseases such as diabetes mellitus and Alz-heimer’s disease (AD). Activation of microglia and resident macrophages in the brain by glycated proteins with subsequent oxidative stress and cytokine release may be an important factor in the progressi...

We examine the association between female participation in strategic decision-making roles and corporate social responsibility (CSR) performance using a sample of United States firms from 2001 to 2018. Female is measured using: (i) presence different positions on board directors, such as member, independent chairperson audit committee member; (ii) top management roles, chief executive officer (...