Diagnostic Concordance Among Pathologists Interpreting Breast Biopsy Specimens. Joann G. Elmore, MD, MPH; Gary M. Longton, MS; Patricia A. Carney, PhD; Berta M. Geller, EdD; Tracy Onega, PhD; Anna N. A. Tosteson, ScD; Heidi D. Nelson, MD, MPH; Margaret S. Pepe, PhD; Kimberly H. Allison, MD; Stuart J. Schnitt, MD; Frances P. O’Malley, MB; Donald L. Weaver, MD. JAMA. 2015;313(11):1122-1132. doi:10.1001/jama.2015.1405. [full text is available free] “Approximately 1.6 million women in the United States have breast biopsies each year.… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: March 2015
StingRay surveillance device intercepts a cellphone signals, capture texts, calls, emails and other data
NYT – A Police Gadget Tracks Phones? Shhh! It’s Secret – “A powerful new surveillance tool being adopted by police departments across the country comes with an unusual requirement: To buy it, law enforcement officials must sign a nondisclosure agreement preventing them from saying almost anything about the technology… The technology goes by various names,… Continue Reading
30 species in pieces – a view into extinction
30 species in pieces, “an interactive exhibition turned study into 30 of the world’s most interesting but unfortunately endangered species — their survivals laying literally, in pieces.” Continue Reading
The Extent and Consequences of P-Hacking in Science
Head ML, Holman L, Lanfear R, Kahn AT, Jennions MD (2015) The Extent and Consequences of P-Hacking in Science. PLoS Biol 13(3): e1002106.. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.100210 “A focus on novel, confirmatory, and statistically significant results leads to substantial bias in the scientific literature. One type of bias, known as “p-hacking,” occurs when researchers collect or select data… Continue Reading
Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament published its Report ‘Privacy and Security: A modern and transparent legal framework’
“The Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament has today published its Report ‘Privacy and Security: A modern and transparent legal framework‘. This Report includes, for the first time in a single document, a comprehensive review of the full range of intrusive capabilities available to the UK intelligence Agencies. It contains an unprecedented amount of information… Continue Reading
Recovery Planning: A New Valuable Corporate Governance Framework for Credit Institutions
Amorello, Luca and Huber, Sacha, Recovery Planning: A New Valuable Corporate Governance Framework for Credit Institutions (March 9, 2015). Law and Economics Yearly Review, Vol. 3, Part 2, 2014 (pp. 296-317). Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2577760 “Since the outset of the 2008 financial crisis, policymakers realized the need to implement a new regime for… Continue Reading
Financial crisis, US unconventional monetary policy and international spillovers
Financial crisis, US unconventional monetary policy and international spillovers by Qianying Chen, Andrew Filardo, Dong He and Feng Zhu. Bank for International Settlements Working Paper No 494. March 2015. “We study the impact of US quantitative easing (QE) on both the emerging and advanced economies, estimating a global vector error correction model (GVECM). We focus… Continue Reading
Pay for Performance and Compensation Inequality: Evidence from the ECEC
Has performance pay contributed to the rise of inequality in the United States? – Maury B. Gittleman “The tremendous amount of attention paid to Thomas Piketty’s book Capital in the Twenty-First Century, as well as the French economist’s more academic writings, have helped raise awareness of rising economic inequality in the United States. Maury Gittleman… Continue Reading
Americans’ Privacy Strategies Post-Snowden
Lee Rainie and Mary Madden: “It has been nearly two years since the first disclosures of government surveillance programs by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden and Americans are still coming to terms with how they feel about the programs and how to live in light of them. The documents leaked by Snowden revealed… Continue Reading
Access to Broadband Networks: The Net Neutrality Debate
CRS – Access to Broadband Networks: The Net Neutrality Debate. Angele A. Gilroy, Specialist in Telecommunications Policy. March 9, 2015. “As congressional policymakers continue to debate telecommunications reform, a major discussion point revolves around what approach should be taken to ensure unfettered access to the Internet. The move to place restrictions on the owners of… Continue Reading
U.S. Circuit and District Court Nominations During President Obama’s First Six Years (2009-2014)
CRS – U.S. Circuit and District Court Nominations During President Obama’s First Six Years (2009-2014): Comparative Analysis with Recent Presidents, March 9, 2015. “The selection and confirmation process for U.S. circuit and district court judges is of continuing interest to Congress. Recent Senate debates over judicial nominations have focused on issues such as the relative… Continue Reading
CRS – The Debt Limit Since 2011
The Debt Limit Since 2011, D. Andrew Austin, Analyst in Economic Policy. March 9, 2015. “The Constitution grants Congress the power to borrow money on the credit of the United States—one part of its power of the purse—and thus mandates that Congress exercise control over federal debt. Control of debt policy has at times provided… Continue Reading
