Via Census – Estimates of the number of people 18 and older in each state, Puerto Rico and the U.S. The downloadable file will also include total population and the percentage of people 18 and older. Datasets are provided here to download for analysis in spreadsheet, statistical, or geographic information systems software. Files are in fixed-length… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: January 2014
Delivering High-Quality Cancer Care: Charting a New Course for a System in Crisis
“In the United States, approximately 14 million people have had cancer and more than 1.6 million new cases are diagnosed each year. However, more than a decade after the Institute of Medicine (IOM) first studied the quality of cancer care, the barriers to achieving excellent care for all cancer patients remain daunting. Care often is… Continue Reading
Research Opportunities Concerning the Causes and Consequences of Child Food Insecurity and Hunger
“Research Opportunities Concerning the Causes and Consequences of Child Food Insecurity and Hunger is the summary of that workshop, convened in Fall 2012 to examine research gaps and opportunities to advance understanding of the causes and consequences of child hunger in the United States. This report reviews the adequacy of current knowledge, identifies substantial research gaps,… Continue Reading
New GAO Report – Health Resources and Services Administration
HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION – Review of Internal Communication Mechanisms, Staffing, and Use of Contracts, GAO-14-52, Dec 3, 2013 “HRSA is charged with improving access to health care services for people who are uninsured, isolated, or medically vulnerable. HRSA carries out its mission by providing funding and support to a wide variety of programs, which have… Continue Reading
Law firms look for an edge in leveraging big data with innovative applications
How new tech can help lawyers rethink their jobs in the big data age, Derrick Harris: “The legal profession has undergone a lot of unpleasant changes since the Great Recession struck in 2008. New data-analysis technologies and a new approach to thinking about data could help firms operate leaner, meaner and better.” Continue Reading
2012 Edition of AAA’s Your Driving Costs brochure
“AAA has published ‘Your Driving Costs’ since 1950. That year, driving a car 10,000 miles per year cost 9 cents per mile, and gasoline sold for 27 cents per gallon. Clearly, that is no longer the case. In 2012 the average costs rose 1.1 cents per mile to 59.6 cents per mile, or $8,946 per… Continue Reading
Digest of Education Statistics, 2012
“The 48th in a series of publications initiated in 1962, the Digest’s purpose is to provide a compilation of statistical information covering the broad field of education from prekindergarten through graduate school. The Digest contains data on a variety of topics, including the number of schools and colleges, teachers, enrollments, and graduates, in addition to… Continue Reading
Court Rules in copyright case involving literary figures, Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson
Via the blog – Free Sherlock! Holmes belongs to the world: “On Monday, December 23, 2013, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois ruled on the plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment against the Conan Doyle Estate in a case involving the literary figures of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson. The Court’s ruling states,… Continue Reading
Digital Collections – National Library of Medicine’s free online archive
“Digital Collections is the National Library of Medicine’s free online archive of biomedical books and videos. All of the content in Digital Collections is freely available worldwide and, unless otherwise indicated, in the public domain. Digital Collections provides unique access to NLM’s rich, historical resources…The majority of the texts within Digital Collections were digitized at NLM… Continue Reading
Spatial Panel Data Models with Common Shocks
Spatial Panel Data Models with Common Shocks. Jushan Bai, Columbia University; Kunpeng Li, Capital University of Economics and Business, December 2013. “Spatial effects and common-shocks effects are of increasing empirical importance. Each type of effects has been analyzed separately in a growing literature. This paper considers a joint modeling of both types of effects. Joint modeling allows… Continue Reading
Determining the Preemptive Effect of Federal Law on State Statutes of Repose
Determining the Preemptive Effect of Federal Law on State Statutes of Repose, Adam Bain. December 31, University of Baltimore Law Review Forthcoming. “Statutes of repose can prevent causes of actions from arising or being enforced after a given period of time has elapsed from a defined event. In recent years, courts applying the doctrine of federal preemption… Continue Reading
Spiegel Online – Art Dealer to the Führer: Hildebrand Gurlitt’s Deep Nazi Ties
Hildebrand Gurlitt, the man who assembled the astounding art collection recently discovered in a Munich apartment, was more deeply involved in the trade of looted artworks than had been previously assumed. He also profited from Nazi injustices after the war. “Now, almost 70 years later, what the Monuments Men discovered at Aschbach Castle in May… Continue Reading
