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://digitalcommons.colby.edu/colbymagazine/vol107/iss3/11 - Lisa Kaplan gives political campaigns and others ways to combat online disinformation By Tom Kertscher Laura Meader contributed to this story THREE TIPS FROM LISA
philosophy was the right fit Kardelen Koldas 0 Colby Magazine 0 0 -Yang Fan, Todger Anderson Assistant Professor of Investing and Behavioral Economics Koldas, Kardelen (2019) "When an Economist is ... their junior year. “I just didn’t think that was the right way to teach,” Fan said. “I felt like my teaching philosophy fit with small classrooms, broad-based teaching, and the opportunity to explore and
value for a statistical test in the same way as we do for a diagnostic test cut-off value. Philosophy behind using a diagnostic test Suppose that the frequency distribution of a biological marker in ... false-negative relative to a false-positive test result [ 23 ]. Philosophy behind using a statistical inference test of hypothesis A similar argument can be applied to the statistical inference tests
As more and more of our lives are taken over by automated decision making systems (whether it be for hiring, college admissions, criminal justice or loans), we have begun to ask whether these systems are making decisions that humans would consider fair, or non-discriminatory. The problem is that notions of fairness, discrimination, transparency and accountability are concepts in...
Associate Professor of Philosophy Lydia Moland recently moderated a WBUR CitySpace event featuring producer Michael Schur and actor William Jackson Harper of the NBC comedy The Good Place. The award ... of her students should be haunted," Colby Magazine: Vol. 107 : Iss. 2 , Article 11. Available at: https://digitalcommons.colby.edu/colbymagazine/vol107/iss2/11 - PHILOSOPHY Associate Professor Lydia
help improve the level of health, treatment and medical education. Therefore, cultural, ethnic, racial and political differences and other current conflicts should not be a factor repelling and ... advantage, it does not guarantee the allocation of funds to research projects. The decision to allot resources to research is often influenced by political considerations and priorities. However, the
Change Commons; and the - Can we talk? ByKateCarlisle ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES— INCLUDING MAYFLOWER HILL— FREE SPEECH COLLIDES WITH POLITICAL CORRECTNESS “Watch your language.” ... “Words can hurt.” ... In a ... argument about whether using politically correct language amounts to suppression of speech. Nelson asked, “What do people who speak against political correctness fear? That it opens them to personal attacks
incidence of dementia and interaction between genetic admixture, apoe genotype, lipids and dementia in an admixed Cuban population . Degree of Doctor of Philosophy . Institute of Psychiatry, King's College
philosophy) and something alien: I think for all of us it’s a kind of foreign body that develops in us, so we want to get rid of it. So for me, no reservations. (male, age 50, expert patient) If I have a ... , doctoral student in philosophy) These two representations sometimes coexist: an internal dysfunction, the origin of which is still unknown but which produces an anarchic proliferation that must be
provide insight to better plan trials that are resilient to unexpected changes to the medical, social, and political milieu.
experience of doing research in amyloid diseases as “like being in a car that we don’t know how to drive.” This phrase captures the sense that there are larger institutional, political, and financial forces ... in the decision to publish the results. Author details 1Department of Philosophy, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA. 2Department of Pharmacy, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Political scientist Kendra King ’94 considers the hip-hop generation and the Obama future. A professor at Oglethorpe University in Atlanta, King eschews stereotypes and keeps her students—and her ... nation’s old and new politics, adding a voice of tomorrow to this deeply Southern school. Referring to the importance of youth to the political process in the run-up to the election of Barack Obama, King
Over the last decades, the Mediterranean diet gained enormous scientific, social, and commercial attention due to proven positive effects on health and undeniable taste that facilitated a widespread popularity. Researchers have investigated the role of Mediterranean-type dietary patterns on human health all around the world, reporting consistent findings concerning its benefits...
providers and quality assessment of health care services [ 10 ]. For the purpose of political and academic research with an appropriate review process, HIRA provides health care claims data to researchers
? Where can I play a role in company transformation?” she said. “I’ve always followed a philosophy that work should be about learning, and I think that’s driven by being a liberal arts student. The times ... had narrow vocational training. Don’t worry about being a philosophy major. Own it, be proud of it.”
A political cartoonist with a global web presence was surprised and gratified to find an equally receptive audience at Colby. ... how young they are—it’s amazing,” Albaih said. Albaih has gained a viral following for his political cartoons (distributed under the label “Khartoon!”, a play on the name of the capital of Sudan
provide a venue promoting a vibrant interchange among leading basic and clinical researchers working on leading-edge aspects of melanocyte biology and disease. The philosophy of the meeting, entitled ... . The philosophy of the meeting, entitled Breakthroughs in Pigment Cell and Melanoma Research, was to deliver a comprehensive program in an inclusive environment fostering scientific exchange and building
destruction of human embryos, thereby bypassing ethical and political issues associated with the use of ESCs [ 53 ]. Despite their advantages, challenges persist in generating functional cartilaginous
. A small-town academic star excelling in a bigger arena. A sociology major analyzing the forces that shaped her own family. A philosopher/political scientist/farmer. A global studies major exploring ... STUDIES FOR SHELBY O’NEILL, POLITICAL SCIENCE AND PHILOSOPHY ARE FERTILE GROUND In western New York State, where Shelby O’Neill ’15 is from, farmers plant hundreds of acres of corn and soybeans and hope
Some Colby students are bringing new meaning to “premed.” Instead of devoting themselves strictly to science, they are studying everything from drama to philosophy before entering medical school
