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Friday, July 03, 2009

The Test of Self-Conscious Affect-3 in Japanese university students.

30 May 2009 The psychometric properties of the Japanese Test of Self-Conscious Affect-3 (TOSCA-3), a self-report measure of self-conscious emotions, were examined in Japanese university students. Confirmatory factor analyses showed good fits of the ... Read more...

Richmond Latino needs assessment: a community-university partnership to identify health concerns and service needs for Latino youth.

30 May 2009 The presence of Latinos in Virginia is a new phenomenon and as a result, less is known about the health needs of these newest community members. We formed a community-university partnership to identify health concerns and service needs as they ... Read more...

Legal-age students' provision of alcohol to underage college students: an exploratory study.

29 Apr 2009 OBJECTIVE: The authors investigated the magnitude and cultural context of legal-age university students' provision of alcohol to underage students and how such alcohol provision might be deterred. PARTICIPANTS: 130 legal-age students at a ... Read more...

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Latest indexed articles for 'Universities'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Venezuelan science at risk. 17 Jun 2009
• U.S. higher education. Minority retention rates in science are sore spot for most universities. 10 Jun 2009
• U.S. higher education. Following the leaders. 10 Jun 2009
• U.S. higher education. Report finds no gender bias in faculty hiring, resources. 3 Jun 2009
• The Test of Self-Conscious Affect-3 in Japanese university students. 30 May 2009
• Richmond Latino needs assessment: a community-university partnership to identify health concerns and service needs for Latino youth. 30 May 2009
• The Taiwanese Dermatological Association and the Taiwanese Society for Investigative Dermatology: brief history and current status. 30 May 2009
• Harvard's women four years later. 30 May 2009
• A Commission on climate change. 14 May 2009
• Anthony Costello: making climate change part of global health. Interview by Mark Honigsbaum. 14 May 2009
• Imperial pioneers shift in managerial relations. Interview by Alastair McLellan. 12 May 2009
• Using the "KISS" principle to address alcohol misuse/abuse in the United States. 29 Apr 2009
• Legal-age students' provision of alcohol to underage college students: an exploratory study. 29 Apr 2009
• The co-occurrence of alcohol use and gambling activities in first-year college students. 29 Apr 2009
• A night to remember: a harm-reduction birthday card intervention reduces high-risk drinking during 21st birthday celebrations. 29 Apr 2009
• "It has made college possible for me": feedback on the impact of a university-based center for students in recovery. 29 Apr 2009
• College women's experiences with physically forced, alcohol- or other drug-enabled, and drug-facilitated sexual assault before and since entering college. 29 Apr 2009
• An exploratory study of bar and nightclub expectancies. 29 Apr 2009
• Perceptions about residence hall wingmates and alcohol-related secondhand effects among college freshmen. 29 Apr 2009
• Calorie restriction on drinking days: an examination of drinking consequences among college students. 29 Apr 2009

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Technical information about 'Universities'

Definition: Educational institutions providing facilities for teaching and research and authorized to grant academic degrees.

Descriptor UI: D014495

Alternative terms: Universities; University;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: I02.783.850;

Technical Notes: IM; Manual 30.8, 36.18; specify locale if pertinent; colleges as educ institutions go here: do not confuse with bodies such as "College of Physicians" which are indexed under SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS), under US Dept of Defense, goes under SCHOOLS, MEDICAL + UNITED STATES; DF: UNIV