Nature Biotechnology (2013). doi:10.1038/nbt.2487. Published online January 20 2013. “Epigenetic mechanisms integrate genetic and environmental causes of disease, but comprehensive genome-wide analyses of epigenetic modifications have not yet demonstrated robust association with common diseases. Using Illumina HumanMethylation450 arrays on 354 anti-citrullinated protein antibodyassociated rheumatoid arthritis cases and 337 controls, we identified two clusters within the… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: January 2013
EFF Amicus Brief Argues for Protection of Transformative Uses to Protect News Tracking Services
EFF: “In Associated Press v. Meltwater, AP claims its copyrights are infringed when Meltwater, an electronic news clipping service, includes excerpts of AP stories in search results for its clients seeking reports of news coverage based on particular keywords. In its argument, AP asks the court to accept an extraordinarily narrow view of fair use… Continue Reading
EPIC – TSA to remove body scanners without privacy software by June 2013
Follow up to previous postings on airport use of full body scanners, news from EPIC: “the US Transportation Security Administration will end the contract for backscatter x-ray devices. As a consequence, all devices that produce a detailed naked image of air travelers will be removed from US airports. Beginning in 2005, EPIC and then a… Continue Reading
Treasury – 50 State Quarters® Report
50 State Quarters® Report – 10 Years of Honoring Our Nations History and Heritage “The United States Mint 50 State Quarters® Program (Program) has been hailed as the most successful coin program in the Nations history. Authorized by Congress, the 50 State Quarters Program was an unprecedented ten-year initiative honoring the Nations states. From January… Continue Reading
Comparison of Curation Platforms
Via SocialCompare: “Curation Platforms are tools enabling you to select manually content online, to edit and share it. This comparison table is part of a French IT news article about Curoriginal articleation Tools: “Le Guide de la Curation”. For more details about products and criteria, please read to the original article. This comparison is associated… Continue Reading
Paper – Early warning analysis for social diffusion events
Early warning analysis for social diffusion events – Richard Colbaugh1 and Kristin Glass, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM “There is considerable interest in developing predictive capabilities for social diffusion processes, for instance to permit early identification of emerging contentious situations, rapid detection of disease outbreaks, or accurate forecasting of the ultimate reach of potentially viral… Continue Reading
Measures of Retirement Benefit Adequacy: Which, Why, for Whom, and How Much?
Measures of Retirement Benefit Adequacy: Which, Why, for Whom, and How Much? Sponsored by Society of Actuaries Pension Section and Pension Section Research Committee. Prepared by, Vickie Bajtelsmit, Anna Rappaport, LeAndra Foster, January 2013 “This report focuses on measuring retirement benefit adequacy in light of both expected and unexpected expenses in retirement and linking the… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports – Veterans' Disability Benefits, VA Health Care, Federal Real Property, Hanford Waste Treatment Plant
Veterans’ Disability Benefits – Timely Processing Remains a Daunting Challenge, GAO-13-89, Dec 21, 2012 VA Health Care – Reliability of Reported Outpatient Medical Appointment Wait Times and Scheduling Oversight Need Improvement, GAO-13-130, Dec 21, 2012 Federal Real Property – Improved Cost Reporting Would Help Decision Makers Weigh the Benefits of Enhanced Use Leasing, GAO-13-14, Dec… Continue Reading
AARP – What Are the Retirement Prospects of Middle-Class Americans?
What Are the Retirement Prospects of Middle-Class Americans? – Barbara A. Butrica Urban Institute; Mikki D. Waid, AARP Public Policy Institute, January 2013 “The past three decades have been difficult for middle-class Americans. Wages have stagnated, and jobs have become less secure. Employee contributions to workplace health insurance and retirement plans have reduced take-home pay.… Continue Reading
CitiHildebrandt 2013 Client Advisory Client Advisory
2013 Client Advisory: “For the legal industry, the results in 2012, another turbulent year, were largely a repeat of trends that emerged over the prior three years. In fact, we think it is time to let go of any lingering notion that the industry will revert to the boom years before the Great Recession anytime… Continue Reading
Bank Economist See Acceleration After Fiscal Cliff Drag
“The fiscal cliff agreement has created headwinds early in 2013, resulting in an economy that will grow slowly in the first half of the year before improving to a moderate pace in the second half, according to the Economic Advisory Committee of the American Bankers Association. The committee warns that the tax hikes, a protracted… Continue Reading
CBO's Economic Forecasting Record: 2013 Update
CBOs Economic Forecasting Record: 2013 Update “For more than three decades, CBO has prepared economic forecasts that underlie the agencys projections for the federal budget and cost estimates for proposed federal legislation. In particular, forecasts of output, income, inflation, and interest rates play a significant role in the agencys budgetary analysis; for example, projections of… Continue Reading
