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  Bridging the Confidence Gap: Raising Self-Efficacy Amongst Urban High School Girls Through STEM Education Abstract Careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) represent one of the fastest growing segments of the global economy. Notably underrepresented in this wave of new job creation are ethnic minorities and women. To meet the growing workforce demands, educators are creating a number of new educational interventions aimed at encouraging young people towards careers in STEM. However, many programs do not contain a component that actively engages female learners, especial female students of color. An emerging number of interventions are now being staged specifically catering to the interests and aptitudes of female STEM students of color. Within many of these programs, the primary outcomes measured are still related to test scores, university matriculation, and career placement. In this mini-review, the authors posit that selfefficacy is a much more approp...

  Effect of Intermittent Pneumatic Compression (IPC) on Glucose Regulation and Inflammation in Type 2 Diabetes Abstract Purpose:  The purpose of this study is to determine whether the intermittent pneumatic compression (IPC) device improves glucose regulation and inflammation in participants with type 2 diabetes. It was hypothesized that the intermittent pneumatic compression device will have positive effects on glucose regulation and inflammation in individuals with type 2 diabetes. Methods:  Subjects included 10 individuals diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. Baseline measures of lipid profile and HbA1C were obtained by a finger stick. Plasma and serum were obtained intravenously to analyze insulin, glucagon, Interleukin 6 (IL-6) and C-reactive protein (CRP). The subjects came in a total of 3 times to the laboratory to be measured for the variables previously listed. The subjects completed a total of 35, IPC treatments (5 days/week for 7 weeks) by using the Norma Tec recove...

  Physiology of Increasing Tolerance and Validation of Psychoactive Substance Dependence Abstract The article shows that the current level of physiology does not explain the biological mechanisms of the organism transition from one adaptation range to a higher one, with an increase in the strength of the regular stimulus above the sub-extreme level. A new trend in the physiology of adaptation - proqredient adaptation - explains the mechanism of increasing the resistance of the organism with dependence on psychoactive substances (PAS). It is scientifically proved, that dependence of the organism on PAS is not the disease, but the state of proqredient adaptation. Keywords:  Hypertrophy of the endocrine system; Proqredient adaptation Urgency of the issue It is known, that at the peak of dependence on any psychoactive substances (PAS), a person, for example, an opium (heroin) addict, uses doses, which are multiple times, almost 10 times, higher than the lethal dose for an ordinary...