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Inequality of experience: Pre-school children’s control of the environment through the use of gender
Blog post written for BECERA - https://www.crec.co.uk/becera-posts/becera2022-inequality-of-experience-cathy-kilburn
Whilst writing my Masters dissertation around superhero and weapon play, I became interested in the literature that I was reading...
Post · February 14, 2022
Cohort or Case-Control, What is the Difference?
I am one month in to my new rotation at the Cole Eye Institute and have already begun working on several studies! One project allowed me to build a research proposal on Retinal Vein Occlusions (RVO). To say I was flattered to be entrusted to build...
Post · February 08, 2022
Privacy Policy for Owlstown websites
Every Owlstown website finally has a Privacy Policy statement. Many of you have asked for this feature in the past several months, so I'm glad I finally got around to it.
You can see yours by visiting your Owlstown website, then look for the "Pr...
Post · January 27, 2022
Find & Import with OpenAlex API
This weekend, I used the OpenAlex API to bring back the "Find & Import" feature in Owlstown. The API was easy-to-use and well-documented, which sped up development.
If you have an Owlstown website, you can try it by going to Lists > Publications ...
Post · January 26, 2022
Re-organized the Owlstown Editor
I re-organized the Owlstown editor. The new design introduces a bunch of improvements:
Editing screens are organized in sections
A special section for "Essentials", information that every academic website should have.
More intuitive way of edit...
Post · January 26, 2022
Prioritizing YOU in Grad School
I’ll be honest, I am bad about prioritizing my health. It is Hard to balance healthy eating, exercise, graduate school, and a personal life. So for me the first thing that goes is exercise, the second being healthy eating (pizza is always a good i...
Post · January 25, 2022
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