Crime Against People with Disabilities, 2007, 10/1/09: “First national study on crime against persons with disabilities Young and middle-age persons with disabilities experienced higher rates of violence than persons of similar ages without disabilities.”
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Daily Archives: October 4, 2009
Doing Business Gender Law Library
“The Doing Business Gender Law Library is a collection of national legal provisions impacting women’s economic status in 183 economies. The database facilitates comparative analysis of legislation, serves as a resource for research, and contributes to reforms that can enhance womens full economic participation. We update the collection regularly but do not guarantee that laws… Continue Reading
Gender Equality as Smart Economics Newsletter, October 2009
World Bank – Gender Equality as Smart Economics Newsletter, October 2009 “The World Bank Group will launch an Adolescent Girls Initiative on October 10 with the participation of President Robert B. Zoellick, Nobel Laureate Michael Spence and Nike CEO Mark Parker. Other invitees include Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. This public-private partnership aims to economically… Continue Reading
PubMed® Redesign
News release: “NLM® is pleased to announce a redesign of the PubMed interface. While retaining the robust functionality, the interface was simplified to make it easier to use while promoting scientific discovery. The changes to PubMed are outlined here. Please note that search processing, including Automatic Term Mapping, has not changed. The PubMed homepage has… Continue Reading
Report: Species Extinction The Facts
International Union for Conservation of Nature: Species Extinction The Facts “The world is, and always has been, in a state of flux. Over hundreds of millions of years, continents have broken apart, oceans appeared, mountains formed and worn away. With geological change come changes in living things: species, populations, and whole lineages disappear, and… Continue Reading
Federal Housing Finance Agency Reports Mortgage Interest Rates
News release: “The Federal Housing Finance Agency today reported that the average interest rate on conventional 30-year, fixed-rate, mortgage loans of $417,000 or less decreased 1 basis point to 5.30 percent in August. The average interest rate on 15-year, fixed-rate loans of $417,000 or less increased 3 basis points to 4.92 percent in August. These… Continue Reading
One fifth of Mediterranean dragonflies and damselflies are threatened with extinction
The Status and Distribution of Dragonflies of the Mediterranean Basin, International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources: One fifth of Mediterranean dragonflies and damselflies are threatened with extinction at the regional level as a result of increasing freshwater scarcity, according to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Climate change and habitat degradation,… Continue Reading
Cyber In-Security: Strengthening the Federal Cybersecurity Workforce
“The U.S. is facing a cyber war. Foreign powers, criminal groups, hackers, and terrorist organizations have launched cyber attacks on the White House, Pentagon, State Department, and New York Stock Exchange; stolen data from the Pentagons fighter aircraft; and hacked into the nations electrical grid. There were millions of attempts to penetrate defense digital networks… Continue Reading
