#Academic

A 15 year old trans boy dies, and all anti-trans vultures do is misgender him and use him for political capital.These are the same ‘gender critical’ names we see again
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D-Dimer: D-dimers are a degradation product of fibrinogen, a mesh of fibrils that stabilises platelet plugs. They represent two D-domains of fibrinogen joined together, and a cleavage point in fibrinogen
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Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)A Doctor of Philosophy is the highest university degree that is conferred after a course of study as approved by the university Senate after a Viva or
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So much focus on sensitivity of the test. As though all tests must match up to PCRBut could focusing so much on achieving the greatest molecular sensitivity for asymptomatic testing
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academic freedom means the freedom do stats like this https://twitter.com/sapinker/status/1283188578093355008 .@NoahCarl90 what plotting software did u use for this? ms paint? of course evo psych explains why we see this
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Would highly recommend people read @jamiljivani's excellent and moving first hand account of how Ontario's academic/applied streaming system creates barriers that hurt underprivileged students the most, like Jamil, and why
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I am mindful of living a joyful life, every day. At times, this has momentarily cost me the esteem of my academic peers. That's fine! And they shouldn't be grouped
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since nazi germany is trending bc someone suggested the US is as bad if not worse than it, here's a reminder that the nazis studied and were inspired by US
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Over the years, a class of US academics & NGO types deployed woke language, eco-anarchist themes, and faux-expert condescension to legitimize the imperialist campaign against Evo Morales and MAS. They
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A student asked if a painting in the main office was for sale. We replied we'd have to get Arjun Appadurai to agree to put it into commodity candidacy. UPDATE:
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good things that are happening:- now that i stopped perceiving myself as a girl so intensely, i have less insecurities about my skin and acne (which is weird?). i still
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I think part of the reason a lot of (white) agronomists / crop scientists / industrial agriculture proponents get so mad about agroecology is because it's a movement led by
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Post-acute "long COVID-19" mostly presents with fatigue, myalgia, shortness of breath, and headaches.The most affected organs are the heart and lungs. Impairment is often worse in formerly hospitalized cases. Neurological
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eating dinner in our yard on the ground, passing a guitar around the room, giving impromptu academic presentations on various books in my house, seeing if anyone wants a cup
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When you can't sleep so you end up trying to read academic texts to work out if your concept of public engagement is more akin to "Participatory Action Research (PAR)"
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Thread about activism and academic research (economics & political science in particular)There's a manipulation/intervention theory of causality, that causality is about what we could feasibly change through some hypothetical action
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