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Episode 21: Matt Eicheldinger: Educator Turned Author
No full textMatt Eicheldinger, B.A. \u2709, M.A. \u2712 is an educator who used stories from his life to motivate his middle school students. When he found that not only were these stories effective, when written down, they inspired even the most reluctant of readers. This put Matt down a path of becoming a published author. In 2021, he launched a Kickstarter campaign to self-publish Matt Sprouts and The Curse of Ten Broken Toes. When the book became a hit, he was able to sign with an agent who quickly sold Matt Sprouts to a publisher. Matt shares how he became interested in being an educator, how he navigated the process of becoming a published author, and his future plans for more books
Fast identification of biological pathways associated with a quantitative trait using group lasso with overlaps.
No full textWhere causal SNPs (single nucleotide polymorphisms) tend to accumulate within biological pathways, the incorporation of prior pathways information into a statistical model is expected to increase the power to detect true associations in a genetic association study. Most existing pathways-based methods rely on marginal SNP statistics and do not fully exploit the dependence patterns among SNPs within pathways.We use a sparse regression model, with SNPs grouped into pathways, to identify causal pathways associated with a quantitative trait. Notable features of our "pathways group lasso with adaptive weights" (P-GLAW) algorithm include the incorporation of all pathways in a single regression model, an adaptive pathway weighting procedure that accounts for factors biasing pathway selection, and the use of a bootstrap sampling procedure for the ranking of important pathways. P-GLAW takes account of the presence of overlapping pathways and uses a novel combination of techniques to optimise model estimation, making it fast to run, even on whole genome datasets.In a comparison study with an alternative pathways method based on univariate SNP statistics, our method demonstrates high sensitivity and specificity for the detection of important pathways, showing the greatest relative gains in performance where marginal SNP effect sizes are small
Fathers 4 Justice [Hardcover] Matt O'Connor (Author)
No full text5 Photographs published within the first book from Matt O'Connor, a freelance marketing consultant and family law campaigner. This is Matt O'Connor's personal account of the most controversial protest movement of recent times, FATHERS 4 JUSTICE. Fearlessly honest and utterly irreverent Matt's own story will appeal to anyone whose family relationships have been torn to pieces by divorce and the family courts system
Fetal programming and epigenetics
No full textAccumulating evidence suggests that the intrauterine environment can have an impact on long-term offspring health, so-called ‘fetal programming’. A number of environmental stressors have been studied in humans including maternal nutrition, smoking, substance misuse and mental illness. Although various biological mechanisms are likely to underpin fetal programming effects, there has been a particular focus on epigenetic modifications as potential mediators of observed associations between early environmental exposures and later health outcomes. In this review, we give an overview of evidence supporting a role for epigenetics in fetal programming, highlighting key human and animal studies. We also discuss challenges for research in this area, along with recommendations for future work, and potential therapeutic applications
Book of the Month: Matt Haig’s The Midnight Library
No full textAuthor: Nick Kelson-Packer Weber State University Our book of the month recommendation is Matt Haig’s novel The Midnight Library. Imagine slipping into a parallel world where instead of getting that chocolate sundae at your local ice cream parlor, you instead opted for a parfait somewhere else. This choice then led you to meet someone new, someone who invites you to join them in exotic, overseas adventures. That is the premise of Matt Haig’s new book, The Midnight Library. Matt Haig is a reno..
Sy Montgomery and Matt Patterson: 2024 Cook Prize Gold Medal Winners
No full textAuthor Sy Montgomery and illustrator Matt Patterson\u27s video for The Book of Turtles (Clarion)https://educate.bankstreet.edu/cook/1012/thumbnail.jp
Matt Ghaffari Interview, 28 August 2014
No full textMatt Ghaffari was a Greco-Roman wrestler for the United States national team. He was an alternate on for the Los Angeles and Seoul Games and competed for the US at the Barcelona and Atlanta games, winning the silver medal at the 1996 games in Atlanta. Born in Tehran, Iran, Ghaffari immigrated to the US with his family in 1976. Ghaffari earned an Associates degree from Fairleigh-Dickinson College before transferring to Cleveland State on scholarship to fill the wrestling team\u27s void at the heavyweight class. Ghaffari enjoyed a stellar career at Cleveland State, though injuries and unlucky turns of events plagued much of his time as a Viking. Of particular interest in this interview is his discussion of being part of two Olympic teams, his experiences regarding the bombing of Cenntenial Park in Atlanta, and the whirlwind that followed his silver medal showing. Also, Ghaffari\u27s description of Fenn Tower and his recap of his collegiate career provides insight into the life of a division one athlete competing at the highest level
Matt Ghaffari Interview, 28 August 2014
No full textMatt Ghaffari was a Greco-Roman wrestler for the United States national team. He was an alternate on for the Los Angeles and Seoul Games and competed for the US at the Barcelona and Atlanta games, winning the silver medal at the 1996 games in Atlanta. Born in Tehran, Iran, Ghaffari immigrated to the US with his family in 1976. Ghaffari earned an Associates degree from Fairleigh-Dickinson College before transferring to Cleveland State on scholarship to fill the wrestling team\u27s void at the heavyweight class. Ghaffari enjoyed a stellar career at Cleveland State, though injuries and unlucky turns of events plagued much of his time as a Viking. Of particular interest in this interview is his discussion of being part of two Olympic teams, his experiences regarding the bombing of Cenntenial Park in Atlanta, and the whirlwind that followed his silver medal showing. Also, Ghaffari\u27s description of Fenn Tower and his recap of his collegiate career provides insight into the life of a division one athlete competing at the highest level
Matt de la Peña Josette Frank Award 2022 Acceptance Speech
No full textAuthor Matt de la Peña wins the Josette Frank Award (for young readers) 2022 for Milo Imagines the World from Bank Street College Children\u27s Book Committee.
The Josette Frank Award
This award for fiction honors a book or books of outstanding literary merit in which children or young people deal in a positive and realistic way with difficulties in their world and grow emotionally and morally. The award has been given annually since 1943. Josette Frank, the editor of anthologies for children, served for many years as the Executive Director of the Child Study Association of America of which this committee was a part.https://educate.bankstreet.edu/cbc_awards/1001/thumbnail.jp
Interview with Matt Mendez
No full textMatt Mendez, author of Twitching Heart, a collection of short stories, and Barely Missing Everythin
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