The Great American Divide: The Military-Civilian Gap

DTIC Science & Technology

2012-03-14

for the common defense … do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America .”1 Such are the words to... and “provide for the common defense ” that enshrine the idea of shared sacrifice among all the American people in protecting and defending the ...United States. For much of the United States’ history, this idea of shared sacrifice in the

Value-based cost sharing in the United States and elsewhere can increase patients' use of high-value goods and services.

PubMed

Thomson, Sarah; Schang, Laura; Chernew, Michael E

2013-04-01

This article reviews efforts in the United States and several other member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development to encourage patients, through cost sharing, to use goods such as medications, services, and providers that offer better value than other options--an approach known as value-based cost sharing. Among the countries we reviewed, we found that value-based approaches were most commonly applied to drug cost sharing. A few countries, including the United States, employed financial incentives, such as lower copayments, to encourage use of preferred providers or preventive services. Evidence suggests that these efforts can increase patients' use of high-value services--although they may also be associated with high administrative costs and could exacerbate health inequalities among various groups. With careful design, implementation, and evaluation, value-based cost sharing can be an important tool for aligning patient and provider incentives to pursue high-value care.

76 FR 36900 - Request for Public Comments Concerning Regulatory Cooperation Between the United States and the...

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2011-06-23

... Regulatory Cooperation Between the United States and the European Union That Would Help Eliminate or Reduce... cooperation activities between the United States and the European Union. The comment period is reopened from... cooperative regulatory activities between the United States and the European Union: Information-sharing...

26 CFR 1.956-1 - Shareholder's pro rata share of a controlled foreign corporation's increase in earnings invested...

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-04-01

... controlled foreign corporation's investment of earnings in United States property—(1) Dividend limitation... foreign corporation's increase in earnings invested in United States property. 1.956-1 Section 1.956-1...) INCOME TAXES Controlled Foreign Corporations § 1.956-1 Shareholder's pro rata share of a controlled...

12 CFR 390.401 - Definitions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-01-01

... the Interlocks Act and does not represent a true commonality of interest between the depository... members of his or her immediate family, whose shares are necessary to constitute the group owns a nominal... United States branch or agency. (q) United States means the United States of America, any State or...

12 CFR 390.401 - Definitions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-01-01

... the Interlocks Act and does not represent a true commonality of interest between the depository... members of his or her immediate family, whose shares are necessary to constitute the group owns a nominal... United States branch or agency. (q) United States means the United States of America, any State or...

12 CFR 390.401 - Definitions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-01-01

... the Interlocks Act and does not represent a true commonality of interest between the depository... members of his or her immediate family, whose shares are necessary to constitute the group owns a nominal... United States branch or agency. (q) United States means the United States of America, any State or...

12 CFR 563f.2 - Definitions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-01-01

... interest between the depository organizations. In making this determination, the OTS considers, among other... constitute the group owns a nominal percentage of the shares of one of the organizations and the percentage... United States branch or agency. (q) United States means the United States of America, any State or...

12 CFR 563f.2 - Definitions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-01-01

... interest between the depository organizations. In making this determination, the OTS considers, among other... constitute the group owns a nominal percentage of the shares of one of the organizations and the percentage... United States branch or agency. (q) United States means the United States of America, any State or...

12 CFR 563f.2 - Definitions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-01-01

... interest between the depository organizations. In making this determination, the OTS considers, among other... constitute the group owns a nominal percentage of the shares of one of the organizations and the percentage... United States branch or agency. (q) United States means the United States of America, any State or...

12 CFR 563f.2 - Definitions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-01-01

... interest between the depository organizations. In making this determination, the OTS considers, among other... constitute the group owns a nominal percentage of the shares of one of the organizations and the percentage... United States branch or agency. (q) United States means the United States of America, any State or...

The United States and the British Commonwealth in Korea, 1950-53: A Critical Study of the Origins of Joint Publication 3-16, Multinational Operations

DTIC Science & Technology

2013-12-13

common Anglo - Saxon heritage with the United States. Furthermore, Canada and the United States shared national borders and interdependent economies...sought and received French military assistance through an alliance during the American War for Independence. The United States joined the Anglo -French...

19 CFR 10.552 - Information sharing by CBP regarding textile and apparel goods produced in the United States.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-04-01

... 19 Customs Duties 1 2013-04-01 2013-04-01 false Information sharing by CBP regarding textile and apparel goods produced in the United States. 10.552 Section 10.552 Customs Duties U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER... Government of Singapore containing a brief statement of the matter at issue and the cooperation requested...

19 CFR 10.552 - Information sharing by CBP regarding textile and apparel goods produced in the United States.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-04-01

... 19 Customs Duties 1 2014-04-01 2014-04-01 false Information sharing by CBP regarding textile and apparel goods produced in the United States. 10.552 Section 10.552 Customs Duties U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER... Government of Singapore containing a brief statement of the matter at issue and the cooperation requested...

19 CFR 10.552 - Information sharing by CBP regarding textile and apparel goods produced in the United States.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-04-01

... 19 Customs Duties 1 2010-04-01 2010-04-01 false Information sharing by CBP regarding textile and apparel goods produced in the United States. 10.552 Section 10.552 Customs Duties U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER... Government of Singapore containing a brief statement of the matter at issue and the cooperation requested...

19 CFR 10.552 - Information sharing by CBP regarding textile and apparel goods produced in the United States.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-04-01

... 19 Customs Duties 1 2011-04-01 2011-04-01 false Information sharing by CBP regarding textile and apparel goods produced in the United States. 10.552 Section 10.552 Customs Duties U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER... Government of Singapore containing a brief statement of the matter at issue and the cooperation requested...

19 CFR 10.552 - Information sharing by CBP regarding textile and apparel goods produced in the United States.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-04-01

... 19 Customs Duties 1 2012-04-01 2012-04-01 false Information sharing by CBP regarding textile and apparel goods produced in the United States. 10.552 Section 10.552 Customs Duties U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER... Government of Singapore containing a brief statement of the matter at issue and the cooperation requested...

Job-sharing in paediatric training in Australia: availability and trainee perceptions.

PubMed

Whitelaw, C M; Nash, M C

2001-04-16

To examine the current availability of job-sharing in paediatric training hospitals in Australia and to evaluate job-sharing from the trainees' perspective. National survey with structured telephone interviews and postal questionnai res. The eight major paediatric training hospitals in Australia. Directors of Paediatric Physician Training (DPPTs) at each hospital (or a staff member nominated by them) provided information by phone interview regarding job-sharing. All paediatric trainees who job-shared in 1998 (n=34) were sent written questionnaires, of which 25 were returned. Hospitals differed in terms of whether a trainee was required to give a reason for wishing to job-share, and what reasons were acceptable. One hospital stated that two specialty units (Intensive Care and Neonatal Intensive Care) were excluded from job-sharing, and another stated that certain units were unlikely to be allocated job-sharers. The remaining six hospitals said that all units were available for job-sharing, but the majority of their trainees disagreed. Only one hospital had a cap on the number of job-share positions available yearly. Trainees perceived benefits of job-sharing to include decreased tiredness, increased enthusiasm for work, and the ability to strike a balance between training and other aspects of life. Trainees believed job-sharing did not adversely affect the quality of service provided to patients, and that part-time training was not of lower quality than full-time training. Job-sharing in Australian paediatric training hospitals varies in terms of the number of positions available, eligibility criteria, and which units are available for job-sharing. In our survey, trainees' experience of job-sharing was overwhelmingly positive.

76 FR 66339 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE Arca, Inc.; Order Approving a Proposed Rule Change To List...

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2011-10-26

... the United States Metals Index Fund, the United States Agriculture Index Fund and the United States...-4 thereunder,\\2\\ a proposed rule change to list and trade shares of the United States Metals Index... directly, using the trading advisory services of SummerHaven for guidance with respect to the Metals Index...

Teaching Primary School Children about Japan through Art. ERIC Digest.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Ward, Patricia Berg

There are a variety reasons for teaching about Japan. Many students in the United States are of Japanese heritage; Japan is the second largest trading partner of the United States; and some healing still needs to occur between the United States and Japan because of the damage and pain of World War II. Further, the Unites States and Japan share the…

12 CFR 196.2 - Definitions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-01-01

... Interlocks Act and does not represent a true commonality of interest between the depository organizations. In... his or her immediate family, whose shares are necessary to constitute the group owns a nominal... or agency. (q) United States means the United States of America, any state or territory of the United...

12 CFR 196.2 - Definitions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-01-01

... Interlocks Act and does not represent a true commonality of interest between the depository organizations. In... his or her immediate family, whose shares are necessary to constitute the group owns a nominal... or agency. (q) United States means the United States of America, any state or territory of the United...

12 CFR 26.2 - Definitions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-01-01

... and does not represent a true commonality of interest between the depository organizations. In making... or her immediate family, whose shares are necessary to constitute the group owns a nominal percentage... assets of its United States branch or agency. (p) United States means the United States of America, any...

12 CFR 196.2 - Definitions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-01-01

... Interlocks Act and does not represent a true commonality of interest between the depository organizations. In... his or her immediate family, whose shares are necessary to constitute the group owns a nominal... or agency. (q) United States means the United States of America, any state or territory of the United...

12 CFR 26.2 - Definitions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-01-01

... and does not represent a true commonality of interest between the depository organizations. In making... or her immediate family, whose shares are necessary to constitute the group owns a nominal percentage... assets of its United States branch or agency. (p) United States means the United States of America, any...

12 CFR 26.2 - Definitions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-01-01

... and does not represent a true commonality of interest between the depository organizations. In making... or her immediate family, whose shares are necessary to constitute the group owns a nominal percentage... assets of its United States branch or agency. (p) United States means the United States of America, any...

12 CFR 26.2 - Definitions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-01-01

... and does not represent a true commonality of interest between the depository organizations. In making... or her immediate family, whose shares are necessary to constitute the group owns a nominal percentage... assets of its United States branch or agency. (p) United States means the United States of America, any...

12 CFR 238.92 - Definitions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-01-01

... the Interlocks Act and does not represent a true commonality of interest between the depository..., including members of his or her immediate family, whose shares are necessary to constitute the group owns a... or agency. (q) United States means the United States of America, any State or territory of the United...

12 CFR 348.2 - Definitions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-01-01

... prohibitions of the Interlocks Act and does not represent a true commonality of interest between the depository... members of his or her immediate family whose shares are necessary to constitute the group, owns a nominal... assets of its United States branch or agency. (p) United States means the United States of America, any...

12 CFR 348.2 - Definitions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-01-01

... prohibitions of the Interlocks Act and does not represent a true commonality of interest between the depository... members of his or her immediate family whose shares are necessary to constitute the group, owns a nominal... assets of its United States branch or agency. (p) United States means the United States of America, any...

12 CFR 348.2 - Definitions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-01-01

... prohibitions of the Interlocks Act and does not represent a true commonality of interest between the depository... members of his or her immediate family whose shares are necessary to constitute the group, owns a nominal... assets of its United States branch or agency. (p) United States means the United States of America, any...

12 CFR 238.92 - Definitions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-01-01

... the Interlocks Act and does not represent a true commonality of interest between the depository..., including members of his or her immediate family, whose shares are necessary to constitute the group owns a... or agency. (q) United States means the United States of America, any State or territory of the United...

12 CFR 238.92 - Definitions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-01-01

... the Interlocks Act and does not represent a true commonality of interest between the depository..., including members of his or her immediate family, whose shares are necessary to constitute the group owns a... or agency. (q) United States means the United States of America, any State or territory of the United...

12 CFR 348.2 - Definitions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-01-01

... prohibitions of the Interlocks Act and does not represent a true commonality of interest between the depository... members of his or her immediate family whose shares are necessary to constitute the group, owns a nominal... assets of its United States branch or agency. (p) United States means the United States of America, any...

Team Nutrition e-Newsletter, February 2009

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

US Department of Agriculture, 2009

2009-01-01

The Team Nutrition (TN) e-Newsletter is published periodically to share TN resources developed by United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and/or by State agencies, and to share ideas for promoting healthy eating and physical activity through Team Nutrition at the State and local levels. This February 2009 issue includes: (1) State Developed…

Team Nutrition e-Newsletter, October 2009

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

US Department of Agriculture, 2009

2009-01-01

The Team Nutrition (TN) e-Newsletter is published periodically to share TN resources developed by United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and/or by State agencies, and to share ideas for promoting healthy eating and physical activity through Team Nutrition at the State and local levels. This issue includes: (1) Materials Developed by…

43 CFR 3190.3 - Sharing of civil penalties.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-10-01

... 43 Public Lands: Interior 2 2011-10-01 2011-10-01 false Sharing of civil penalties. 3190.3 Section... Contracts for Oil and Gas Inspections: General § 3190.3 Sharing of civil penalties. Fifty percent of any civil penalty collected by the United States as a result of activities carried out by a State under a...

Sharing Smaller Pies.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Bender, Tom

This paper details the unfavorable predicament of the United States as a consequence of using much of its own non-renewable material and energy resources. As a consequence, the United States will soon be subject to the political and economic conditions imposed upon it by other nations. The United States must begin to implement adjustments to the…

Career Transitions and Professional Development of Bulgarian Immigrants in the United States

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Angelova, Iva

2016-01-01

This paper focuses on job transitions and professional development of immigrants in the United States. Using narrative as a method and exploring Bulgarian immigrants' personal experience stories, this report shares some of the findings from the author's dissertation. Upon coming to the United States, the Bulgarian immigrants experienced a…

31 CFR 321.9 - Specific limitations on payment authority.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

... FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS OF UNITED STATES SAVINGS BONDS AND UNITED STATES SAVINGS NOTES (FREEDOM SHARES) Scope..., incomplete or unauthorized inscription, issue date, or issuing agent's validating data, or if any essential...

Bibliographic Databases Outside of the United States.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

McGinn, Thomas P.; And Others

1988-01-01

Eight articles describe the development, content, and structure of databases outside of the United States. Features discussed include library involvement, authority control, shared cataloging services, union catalogs, thesauri, abstracts, and distribution methods. Countries and areas represented are Latin America, Australia, the United Kingdom,…

Trends in Spouses’ Shared Time in the United States, 1965–2012

PubMed Central

Genadek, Katie R.; Flood, Sarah M.; Roman, Joan Garcia

2016-01-01

Despite major demographic changes over the past 50 years and strong evidence that time spent with a spouse is important for marriages, we know very little about how time with a spouse has changed—or not—in the United States. Using time diary data from 1965–2012, we examine trends in couples’ shared time in the United States during a period of major changes in American marriages and families. We find that couples without children spent more total time together and time alone together n 2012 than they did in 1965, with total time and time alone together both peaking in 1975. For parents, time spent together increased between 1965 and 2012, most dramatically for time spent with a spouse and children. Decomposition analyses show that changes in behavior rather than changing demographics explain these trends, and we find that the increases in couples’ shared time are primarily concentrated in leisure activities. PMID:27730493

31 CFR 321.27 - Supplements, amendments, or revisions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

... FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS OF UNITED STATES SAVINGS BONDS AND UNITED STATES SAVINGS NOTES (FREEDOM SHARES... any time or from time to time, revise, supplement, amend or withdraw, in whole or in part, the...

Bibliometric analysis of the orthopedic literature.

PubMed

Hui, Zhaoyang; Yi, Zhongmei; Peng, Jun

2013-10-01

Bibliometric indicators are used to assess research performance. The goal of this study was to explore publication output to construct a picture of orthopedics that may be beneficial to researchers and orthopedic specialists. All orthopedics articles published in 61 journals from 2000 to 2011 were retrieved from the Science Citation Index Expanded database. The numbers of articles, citations, authors, institutions, and journals were analyzed and subjected to quantitative and qualitative comparisons. The number of published orthopedics articles increased between 2000 and 2011. Articles published by authors from the United States always ranked first in number, although the United States' share is decreasing in the world literature. Authors from the United States published the most-cited articles and the most articles in journals with top-10 impact factors; moreover, the United States also had the greatest share of experts and highly ranked institutions. The United Kingdom, Germany, and Japan were always within the world's top 4 in terms of numbers of articles and citations. The shares of Germany, South Korea, and China among total orthopedics articles increased, especially that of China. In 2011, China ranked the fifth in the world, with its world share increasing from 0.64% in 2000 to 5.05% in 2011. However, China lags behind in average citations per article, top research institutions, and most prolific authors. According to the total citations per article, the University of Pittsburgh, Harvard University, and the Hospital for Special Surgery were the most prolific institutions. Copyright 2013, SLACK Incorporated.

Operation of the Defense Acquisition System

DTIC Science & Technology

2008-12-08

United States Code (l) DoD Directive 8320.02, “Data Sharing in a Net-Centric Department of Defense,” December 2, 2004 (m) DoD Instruction 5200.39...2004 (t) ISO 15418-1999- “EAN/ UCC Application Identifiers and Fact Data Identifiers and Maintenance” (u) ISO 15434-1999 – “Transfer Syntax for High...Acquisition Knowledge Sharing System7 (y) Section 644 of title 15, United States Code, “Procurement strategies; contract bundling” (z) Public Law 101-576

Highway Safety Information System guidebook for the Maine state data files. Volume 2 : single variable tabulations

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2012-10-01

The United States and European Union (EU) share many of the same transportation research issues, challenges, and goals. They also share a belief that cooperative vehicle (also termed connected vehicle) systems, based on vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle...

Ocean Dredged Material Disposal Site (ODMDS) Authorization and Short-Term FATE (STFATE) Model Analysis: 2014-2015 Working Group Findings Report

DTIC Science & Technology

2016-03-01

Simpson. 2009. Development of guidelines for ammonia in estuarine and marine water systems. Marine Pollution Bulletin 58:1472–1476. Boardman, G. D...waters of the United States and ocean waters is a shared responsibility of the USACE and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) under the Marine ...waters of the United States and ocean waters is a shared responsibility of USEPA and the USACE. The Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act

Firm size distribution and mobility of the top 500 firms in China, the United States and the world

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Guo, Jinzhong; Xu, Qi; Chen, Qinghua; Wang, Yougui

2013-07-01

This paper considers the macroscopic and microscopic statistical features of the top 500 firms in China, the United States and the world, denoted as China 500 (CH500), Fortune 500 (US500) and Fortune Global 500 (FG500). From a macroscopic perspective, the firm size distribution of each category, when measured by revenue, is steadily distributed over the observed period, even during periods of financial crises. As is evidenced by the Gini coefficient, divergences between firm scales are most significant for the CH500. From a microscopic perspective, the underlying micro-dynamics are volatile and often turbulent due to the exit and entry of firms as well as shifts in their revenues and ranks. Such fluctuations, or mobility, are visualized in rank/revenue/share clocks. We also propose a revenue/rank/share mobility index that is a quantitative measurement of mobility. Among these, we find that the share mobility acts as an effective indicator of economic status; where there is a share mobility spike, there is an ailing economy. The share mobility indexes indicate that the 2008 Financial Crisis had little impact on the Chinese economy, while it triggered violent changes in the top 500 firms in the United States and the world.

12 CFR 347.105 - Permissible financial activities outside the United States.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-01-01

... and brokerage. (10) Data processing. (11) Organizing, sponsoring, and managing a mutual fund if the fund's shares are not sold or distributed in the United States or to U.S. residents and the fund does...

Breaking Barriers to Bike Share: Insights on Equity from a Survey of Bike Share System Owners and Operators

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2017-05-01

The number of public bike share systems has been increasing rapidly across the United States over the past five to 10 years. To date, most academic research around bike share in the U.S. has focused on the logistics of planning and operationalizing s...

12 CFR 212.2 - Definitions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-01-01

... Interlocks Act and does not represent a true commonality of interest between the depository organizations. In... of his or her immediate family, whose shares are necessary to constitute the group owns a nominal... means the United States of America, any State or territory of the United States of America, the District...

12 CFR 212.2 - Definitions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-01-01

... Interlocks Act and does not represent a true commonality of interest between the depository organizations. In... of his or her immediate family, whose shares are necessary to constitute the group owns a nominal... means the United States of America, any State or territory of the United States of America, the District...

12 CFR 212.2 - Definitions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-01-01

... Interlocks Act and does not represent a true commonality of interest between the depository organizations. In... of his or her immediate family, whose shares are necessary to constitute the group owns a nominal... means the United States of America, any State or territory of the United States of America, the District...

12 CFR 212.2 - Definitions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-01-01

... Interlocks Act and does not represent a true commonality of interest between the depository organizations. In... of his or her immediate family, whose shares are necessary to constitute the group owns a nominal... means the United States of America, any State or territory of the United States of America, the District...

Genital Warts -- Initial Visits to Physicians' Offices, United States, 1966 - 2012

MedlinePlus

... 46. Genital Warts — Initial Visits to Physicians’ Offices, United States, 1966 – 2012 Recommend on Facebook Tweet Share Compartir ... OIG 1600 Clifton Road Atlanta , GA 30329-4027 USA 800-CDC-INFO (800-232-4636) , TTY: 888- ...

Wireless communication and spectrum sharing for public safety in the United States.

PubMed

Kapucu, Naim; Haupt, Brittany; Yuksel, Murat

2016-01-01

With the vast number of fragmented, independent public safety wireless communication systems, the United States is encountering major challenges with enhancing interoperability and effectively managing costs while sharing limited availability of critical spectrum. The traditional hierarchical approach of emergency management does not always allow for needed flexibility and is not a mandate. A national system would reduce equipment needs, increase effectiveness, and enrich quality and coordination of response; however, it is dependent on integrating the commercial market. This article discusses components of an ideal national wireless public safety system consists along with key policies in regulating wireless communication and spectrum sharing for public safety and challenges for implementation.

7 CFR 1214.101 - Definitions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-01-01

... AND ORDERS; MISCELLANEOUS COMMODITIES), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE CHRISTMAS TREE PROMOTION, RESEARCH... act in the Administrator's stead. (b) Customs means the United States Customs and Border Protection or... Christmas trees annually in the United States, and who: (1) Owns, or shares the ownership and risk of loss...

7 CFR 1214.101 - Definitions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-01-01

... AND ORDERS; MISCELLANEOUS COMMODITIES), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE CHRISTMAS TREE PROMOTION, RESEARCH... act in the Administrator's stead. (b) Customs means the United States Customs and Border Protection or... Christmas trees annually in the United States, and who: (1) Owns, or shares the ownership and risk of loss...

7 CFR 1214.101 - Definitions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-01-01

... AND ORDERS; MISCELLANEOUS COMMODITIES), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE CHRISTMAS TREE PROMOTION, RESEARCH... act in the Administrator's stead. (b) Customs means the United States Customs and Border Protection or... Christmas trees annually in the United States, and who: (1) Owns, or shares the ownership and risk of loss...

Trends in Institutional Financing. Practitioner Report.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Brinkman, Paul

Data concerning higher education revenues during fiscal years 1973-1980 were collected. Four institutional perspectives were examined: market shares, sources of revenue, fund balances, and unit revenues. Six consumer-investor dimensions were also covered: the shares from federal, state, and local governments; private donor's share; the school's…

Fire Ant Bites

MedlinePlus

... Favorite Name: Category: Share: Yes No, Keep Private Fire Ant Bites Share | Fire ants are aggressive, venomous insects that have pinching ... across the United States, even into Puerto Rico. Fire ant stings usually occur on the feet or ...

Shared decision making as part of value based care: New U.S. policies challenge our readiness.

PubMed

Spatz, Erica S; Elwyn, Glyn; Moulton, Benjamin W; Volk, Robert J; Frosch, Dominick L

2017-06-01

Shared decision making in the United States is increasingly being recognized as part of value-based care. During the last decade, several state and federal initiatives have linked shared decision making with reimbursement and increased protection from litigation. Additionally, private and public foundations are increasingly funding studies to identify best practices for moving shared decision making from the research world into clinical practice. These shifts offer opportunities and challenges for ensuring effective implementation. Copyright © 2017. Published by Elsevier GmbH.

75 FR 39045 - Hewlett-Packard Company Division of Corporate Administration and Shared Services Including On...

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2010-07-07

... DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Employment and Training Administration [TA-W-73,555] Hewlett-Packard Company Division of Corporate Administration and Shared Services Including On-Site Leased Workers From Manpower and Including Workers Off-Site From Various States in the United States Reporting to Omaha, NE; Including Employees of Hewlett-Packard Company...

Music Education in Montessori Schools: An Exploratory Study of School Directors' Perceptions in the United States

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Rajan, Rekha S.

2017-01-01

This exploratory study examined the changing role of music education and the availability of musical experiences for students attending Montessori schools in the Midwestern United States. On a survey instrument designed by the researcher, Montessori school directors (N = 36) from eight states shared descriptions of the current role of music at…

United States Navy DL Perspective

DTIC Science & Technology

2010-08-10

United States Navy DL Perspective CAPT Hank Reeves Navy eLearning Project Director 10 August 2010 Report Documentation Page Form ApprovedOMB No...Marine Corps (USMC) Navy eLearning Ongoing Shared with USMC, Coast Guard 9 NeL Help Site https://ile-help.nko.navy.mil/ile/ https://s-ile

Application of a Socio-Ecological Model to Mother-Infant Bed-Sharing

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Salm Ward, Trina C.; Doering, Jennifer J.

2014-01-01

Mother-infant bed-sharing has been associated with an increased risk of sleep-related infant deaths, and thus, health messaging has aimed to discourage this behavior. Despite this messaging, bed-sharing remains a common practice in the United States, especially among minority families. Moreover, rates of accidental suffocation and strangulation in…

40 CFR 33.402 - Are there special rules for loans under EPA financial assistance agreements?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

... agreement to capitalize revolving loan funds must either apply its own fair share objectives negotiated with... UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY PROGRAMS Fair Share Objectives § 33.402 Are there special... negotiate separate fair share objectives with entities receiving identified loans, as long as such separate...

Reducing the Shared Burden of Chronic Conditions among Persons Aging with Disability and Older Adults in the United States through Bridging Aging and Disability

PubMed Central

Campbell, Margaret L.; Putnam, Michelle

2017-01-01

Persons aging with long-term disabilities such as spinal cord injury or multiple sclerosis and older adults share similar chronic conditions in mid and later life in the United States. The rising general interest and more prevalent federal requirements for use of evidence-based practices (EBP) in health promotion and chronic condition interventions highlight the gap between demand and the availability of EBPs for persons aging with disability in particular. Addressing this gap will require focused efforts that will benefit substantially by bridging the fields of aging and disability/rehabilitation to develop new EBPs, translate existing EBPs across populations, and borrow best practices across fields where there are few current EBPs. Understanding distinctions between disability-related secondary conditions and age-related chronic conditions is a first step in identifying shared conditions that are important to address for both mid-life and older adults with disabilities. This review articulates these distinctions, describes shared conditions, and discusses the current lack of EBPs for both populations. It also provides recommendations for bridging activities in the United States by researchers, professionals, and consumer advocates. We argue that these can more efficiently move research and practice than if activities were undertaken separately in each field (aging and disability/rehabilitation). PMID:28895898

31 CFR 321.15 - Liability for losses.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

... 31 Money and Finance: Treasury 2 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Liability for losses. 321.15 Section... INSTITUTIONS OF UNITED STATES SAVINGS BONDS AND UNITED STATES SAVINGS NOTES (FREEDOM SHARES) Losses Resulting From Erroneous Payments § 321.15 Liability for losses. Under the governing statute, as amended (31 U.S...

Preparing School Leaders: Standards-Based Curriculum in the United States

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Young, Michelle D.; Anderson, Erin; Nash, Angel Miles

2017-01-01

For the last few decades, leadership standards have served as a de facto "recommended curriculum" for preparation programs in the United States. In this article, we: (1) share the new National Educational Leadership Preparation (NELP) standards, (2) present the literature supporting the standards, and (3) critically assess the influence…

American Muslims: Living the Dream

DTIC Science & Technology

2008-05-27

States share the same characteristics as any other immigrant group coming to America looking for a chance at prosperity. Immigrants form close...populations. Muslims in the United States share the same characteristics as any other immigrant group coming to America looking for a chance at prosperity...The characteristics of extremist ideology attract and repel potential participants. The discussion of the role of the ideological movements is

Shared Identity and Reconciliation: Can a Future Security Framework in Northeast Asia Draw from Experiences of the North Atlantic Security Cooperation?

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2013-06-01

the former Allies of the Second World War, several European countries, the United States of America , and Canada came together to provide for their...European countries, the United States of America , and Canada came together to provide for their security and in 1949 formed a unique security alliance, the ...European countries, the United States of America (U.S.), and Canada came together to provide for their

Malaysia and the United States 2004-2005: The Best of Times?

DTIC Science & Technology

2005-02-01

SPECIAL ASSESSMENT F E B R U A R Y 2 0 0 5 The Asia-Pacific and the United States 2004–2005 Malaysia and the United States 2004–2005: The Best of...Times? I A N S T O R E Y K E Y F I N D I N G S l Malaysia and the United States have a robust relationship underpinned by strong fundamentals that...positives in the relationship, such as shared values and beliefs, and has praised Malaysia for its leadership role in Southeast Asia and the wider Islamic

The United States and Canada: A Common Heritage, a Shared Future.

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Blankenship, Glen; And Others

Designed to familiarize students with Canada and how it compares and contrasts with the United States, this collection of 18 lessons is designed to be used in a variety of ways. The lessons may be used individually, infused as case studies into a variety of course topics or used as a complete unit. Each lesson is divided into six sections: lesson…

Information Sharing Strategies of the United States Federal Government and Its Allies and Our Contributions Towards Implementing these Strategies. Version 1

DTIC Science & Technology

2010-08-01

sharing initiatives. For example, NIH has a program called “Clear Communication” whose objective is to “cultivate a growing health literacy movement by...increasing information sharing of NIH educational products, research, lessons learned, and research in the area of health literacy ”. DOT has created

Trends in Cost-Sharing in the US and Potential International Implications

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Taylor, Barrett J.; Morphew, Christopher C.

2015-01-01

"Cost­-sharing" refers to the principle that a variety of sources contribute to the cost of higher education. This study utilizes university-­level data from the United States to explore the increasing shift of cost burdens from governments to students. Panel regression results suggest that the share of expenditures drawn from tuition…

Criterion 6, indicator 32 : exports as a share of wood and wood products production and imports as a share of wood and wood products production

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James L. Howard; Rebecca Westby; Kenneth E. Skog

2010-01-01

The United States has become progressively more reliant on imports to meet consumption needs. In roundwood equivalents, imports of wood and paper products as a share of consumption increased from 13% to 30% between 1965 and 2005. This increase is due largely to increased softwood lumber import share, which increased from 15% in 1965 to 38% in 2006. The import share for...

26 CFR 1.864-2 - Trade or business within the United States.

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2010-04-01

... business office or offices outside the United States in which its management is located will not be.... Shares of foreign corporation X are sold to nonresident aliens and foreign corporations who are customers... by management of domestic corporation Y, and otherwise) for the purpose of explaining the investment...

US-Japan Collaborative Research on Evaluation Tools and Methods Comparison of Evaluation Tools and Methods Used in the United States (U.S.) and Japan.

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2016-04-01

The United States (U.S.) and Japan have similar transportation challenges, and share a common belief that cooperative systems can deliver significant societal benefits for road users, especially in terms of safer, more energy-efficient, and environme...

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Still a Special Relationship? The Significance of United States-United Kingdom Relations in the Twenty-First Century

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2011-12-01

Anglo - Saxon ally over Nasser and the canal.55 In 2010, in a speech at Chatham House, Liberal Democrat Nick Clegg suggested that “what...strategic culture, and as an expression of shared values and institutions the character of which is vital for those charged with service in an Anglo ...American context as well as NATO. 14. SUBJECT TERMS United Kingdom, United States, Special Relationship, Anglo - American Relations, Iraq, Afghanistan

7 CFR 631.7 - Conservation treatment eligible for cost sharing.

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2010-01-01

... conservationist, in consultation with the state program committee, shall select the resource management systems....7 Section 631.7 Agriculture Regulations of the Department of Agriculture (Continued) NATURAL... conservation systems, practices, or identifiable units eligible for GPCP cost sharing in the county. ...

Cost Sharing in Higher Education in Kenya: Examining the Undesired Policy Outcomes

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Ngolovoi, Mary S.

2010-01-01

Cost sharing in higher education is a policy that comes from the United States. The policy advocates that costs of higher education should be shared between the government, parents, students and/or donor organizations. Proponents of the policy (such as the World Bank) have over the years been advocating for its implementation in African countries.…

Tailoring Shared Governance to the Needs and Opportunities of the Times. Research & Occasional Paper Series: CSHE.13.13

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King, C. Judson

2013-01-01

Shared governance between the administration and faculty has been traditional for most public universities, but varies considerably in its nature and effectiveness. In the United States it probably takes its most structured form at the University of California. There are good reasons for having shared governance, and yet it tends to be poorly…

The importance of social context in cross-cultural comparisons: first graders in Colombia and the United States.

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Pilgrim, Colleen; Rueda-Riedle, Alba

2002-09-01

The authors explored the cultural constructs of individualism and collectivism by investigating the prosocial behavior of 1st graders (N = 202; 110 girls, 92 boys) in countries typically classified as collectivist (Colombia, South America) and individualist (United States). Contrary to expectations, U.S. children shared more than Colombian children did. However, U.S. children were more likely to take candy from another child without permission (demonstrating individualism). Results indicated that in both countries sharing was greater with friends than with other fellow classmates, and children frequently reported friendship as the reason they shared. Findings support the importance of the social context, such as the relationship between participants, in cross-cultural research and suggest that simple dichotomies of culture often overlook complex associations between culture and behavioral differences.

A summary of design, policies and operational characteristics for shared bicycle/bus lanes.

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2012-07-01

This report contains the results of an investigation of the design and operation of shared bicycle/bus lanes in municipalities in the United States and other countries. These lanes are designated for use by public transit buses, bicycles, and usually...

"Women Must Endure According to Their Karma." Cambodian Immigrant Women Talk About Domestic Violence

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Bhuyan, Rupaleem; Mell, Molly; Senturia, Kirsten; Sullivan, Marianne; Shiu-Thornton, Sharyne

2005-01-01

Asian populations living in the United States share similar cultural values that influence their experiences with domestic violence. However, it is critical to recognize how differential cultural beliefs in the context of immigration and adjustment to life in the United States affect attitudes, interpretations, and response to domestic violence.…

Inclusive Prekindergarten Classrooms in a New Era: Exploring the Perspectives of Teachers in the United States

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Anderson, Elizabeth McKendry; Lindeman, Karen Wise

2017-01-01

The purpose of this article is to share the results of a qualitative research study designed to shed light on the perspectives of inclusive prekindergarten classroom teachers in the United States. This study used surveys, interviews, and classroom observations to explore understandings of recently adopted learning standards and accountability…

Effort to test, evaluate and deploy technologies to automate the measurement of real-time border wait times at United States-Canada land border crossings.

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2011-09-01

The United States and Canada share the largest bi-national trading relationship in the world. An efficient and cost-effective border crossing system for both freight and passenger vehicle traffic is thus vital to the economic well-being and security ...

Implementation of Unified English Braille by Teachers of Students with Visual Impairments in the United States

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Hong, Sunggye; Rosenblum, L. Penny; Campbell, Amy Frank

2017-01-01

Introduction: This study analyzed survey responses from 141 teachers of students with visual impairments who shared their experiences about the implementation of Unified English Braille (UEB). Methods: Teachers of students with visual impairments in the United States completed an online survey during spring 2016. Results: Although most respondents…

Changing Times: The Use of Reduced Work Time Options in the United States.

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Olmsted, Barney

1983-01-01

This article addresses the increase in voluntary reduced work time arrangements that have developed in the United States in response to growing interest in alternatives to the standardized approach to scheduling. Permanent part-time employment, job sharing, and voluntary reduced work time plans are defined, described and, to a limited extent,…

Different Continents, Shared Challenges: Europe and the United States in the Digital Era for School Systems

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Cho, Vincent; Turner, Henry; Steiner, Adam

2016-01-01

Although today's unprecedented advancements in technology ought to serve as a springboard for innovations in teaching and learning, practices in many schools in the United States and around the globe remain unchanged. Indeed, Europe, too has struggled with this challenge. Using European technology initiatives as points of reflection, the authors…

A Cost Analysis of the Ohio College Library Center On-Line Shared Cataloging System in the Ohio State University Libraries

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Morita, Ichiko T.; Gapen, D. Kaye

1977-01-01

A study of the costs of cataloging and associated processing tasks before and after the adoption of the Ohio College Library Center On-Line Shared Cataloging System at the Ohio State University Libraries finds that an increase in production has been achieved. Unit costs have risen at a rate less than the general rate of inflation. (Author)

The Current and Projected Taxpayer Shares of US Health Costs.

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Himmelstein, David U; Woolhandler, Steffie

2016-03-01

We estimated taxpayers' current and projected share of US health expenditures, including government payments for public employees' health benefits as well as tax subsidies to private health spending. We tabulated official Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services figures on direct government spending for health programs and public employees' health benefits for 2013, and projected figures through 2024. We calculated the value of tax subsidies for private spending from official federal budget documents and figures for state and local tax collections. Tax-funded health expenditures totaled $1.877 trillion in 2013 and are projected to increase to $3.642 trillion in 2024. Government's share of overall health spending was 64.3% of national health expenditures in 2013 and will rise to 67.1% in 2024. Government health expenditures in the United States account for a larger share of gross domestic product (11.2% in 2013) than do total health expenditures in any other nation. Contrary to public perceptions and official Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services estimates, government funds most health care in the United States. Appreciation of government's predominant role in health funding might encourage more appropriate and equitable targeting of health expenditures.

The Current and Projected Taxpayer Shares of US Health Costs

PubMed Central

Woolhandler, Steffie

2016-01-01

Objectives. We estimated taxpayers’ current and projected share of US health expenditures, including government payments for public employees’ health benefits as well as tax subsidies to private health spending. Methods. We tabulated official Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services figures on direct government spending for health programs and public employees’ health benefits for 2013, and projected figures through 2024. We calculated the value of tax subsidies for private spending from official federal budget documents and figures for state and local tax collections. Results. Tax-funded health expenditures totaled $1.877 trillion in 2013 and are projected to increase to $3.642 trillion in 2024. Government’s share of overall health spending was 64.3% of national health expenditures in 2013 and will rise to 67.1% in 2024. Government health expenditures in the United States account for a larger share of gross domestic product (11.2% in 2013) than do total health expenditures in any other nation. Conclusions. Contrary to public perceptions and official Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services estimates, government funds most health care in the United States. Appreciation of government’s predominant role in health funding might encourage more appropriate and equitable targeting of health expenditures. PMID:26794173

Shared decision making in the United States: policy and implementation activity on multiple fronts.

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Frosch, Dominick L; Moulton, Benjamin W; Wexler, Richard M; Holmes-Rovner, Margaret; Volk, Robert J; Levin, Carrie A

2011-01-01

Shared decision making in the United States has become an important element in health policy debates. The recently passed federal health care reform legislation includes several key provisions related to shared decision making (SDM) and patient decision support. Several states have passed or are considering legislation that incorporates SDM as a key component of improved health care provision. Research on SDM is funded by a range of public and private organizations. Non-profit, for-profit, academic and government organizations are developing decision support interventions for numerous conditions. Some interventions are publicly available; others are distributed to patients through health insurance and healthcare providers. A significant number of clinical implementation projects are underway to test and evaluate different ways of incorporating SDM and patient decision support into routine clinical care. Numerous professional organizations are advocating for SDM and social networking efforts are increasing their advocacy as well. Policy makers are intrigued by the potential of SDM to improve health care provision and potentially lower costs. The role of shared decision making in policy and practice will be part of the larger health care reform debate. 2011. Published by Elsevier GmbH.

The U.S. Culture Collection Network Responding to the Requirements of the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing

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Barker, Katharine B.; Barton, Hazel A.; Boundy-Mills, Kyria; Brown, Daniel R.; Coddington, Jonathan A.; Cook, Kevin; Desmeth, Philippe; Geiser, David; Glaeser, Jessie A.; Greene, Stephanie; Kang, Seogchan; Lomas, Michael W.; Melcher, Ulrich; Miller, Scott E.; Nobles, David R.; Owens, Kristina J.; Reichman, Jerome H.; da Silva, Manuela; Wertz, John; Whitworth, Cale; Smith, David

2017-01-01

ABSTRACT The U.S. Culture Collection Network held a meeting to share information about how culture collections are responding to the requirements of the recently enacted Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). The meeting included representatives of many culture collections and other biological collections, the U.S. Department of State, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Secretariat of the CBD, interested scientific societies, and collection groups, including Scientific Collections International and the Global Genome Biodiversity Network. The participants learned about the policies of the United States and other countries regarding access to genetic resources, the definition of genetic resources, and the status of historical materials and genetic sequence information. Key topics included what constitutes access and how the CBD Access and Benefit-Sharing Clearing-House can help guide researchers through the process of obtaining Prior Informed Consent on Mutually Agreed Terms. U.S. scientists and their international collaborators are required to follow the regulations of other countries when working with microbes originally isolated outside the United States, and the local regulations required by the Nagoya Protocol vary by the country of origin of the genetic resource. Managers of diverse living collections in the United States described their holdings and their efforts to provide access to genetic resources. This meeting laid the foundation for cooperation in establishing a set of standard operating procedures for U.S. and international culture collections in response to the Nagoya Protocol. PMID:28811341

The U.S. Culture Collection Network Responding to the Requirements of the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing.

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McCluskey, Kevin; Barker, Katharine B; Barton, Hazel A; Boundy-Mills, Kyria; Brown, Daniel R; Coddington, Jonathan A; Cook, Kevin; Desmeth, Philippe; Geiser, David; Glaeser, Jessie A; Greene, Stephanie; Kang, Seogchan; Lomas, Michael W; Melcher, Ulrich; Miller, Scott E; Nobles, David R; Owens, Kristina J; Reichman, Jerome H; da Silva, Manuela; Wertz, John; Whitworth, Cale; Smith, David

2017-08-15

The U.S. Culture Collection Network held a meeting to share information about how culture collections are responding to the requirements of the recently enacted Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). The meeting included representatives of many culture collections and other biological collections, the U.S. Department of State, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Secretariat of the CBD, interested scientific societies, and collection groups, including Scientific Collections International and the Global Genome Biodiversity Network. The participants learned about the policies of the United States and other countries regarding access to genetic resources, the definition of genetic resources, and the status of historical materials and genetic sequence information. Key topics included what constitutes access and how the CBD Access and Benefit-Sharing Clearing-House can help guide researchers through the process of obtaining Prior Informed Consent on Mutually Agreed Terms. U.S. scientists and their international collaborators are required to follow the regulations of other countries when working with microbes originally isolated outside the United States, and the local regulations required by the Nagoya Protocol vary by the country of origin of the genetic resource. Managers of diverse living collections in the United States described their holdings and their efforts to provide access to genetic resources. This meeting laid the foundation for cooperation in establishing a set of standard operating procedures for U.S. and international culture collections in response to the Nagoya Protocol.

3 CFR 8796 - Proclamation 8796 of April 3, 2012. Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A., 2012

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-01-01

... 3 The President 1 2013-01-01 2013-01-01 false Proclamation 8796 of April 3, 2012. Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A., 2012 8796 Proclamation 8796 Presidential Documents Proclamations Proclamation 8796 of April 3, 2012 Proc. 8796 Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A., 2012By the President of the United States of...

A Comparison of Nonfatal Occupational Injuries and Illnesses among Hispanic versus Non-Hispanic Workers in the United States

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Hurley, Dene T.; Lebbon, Angela R.

2012-01-01

This article investigates the trends and changes in patterns of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses among Hispanic workers versus non-Hispanic minority workers in the United States between 1992 and 2009. Injuries and illnesses are also examined by the severity of cases and across industry sectors. The differences in the mean share of…

Assessment of Whole-Class Instrumental Music Learning in England and the United States of America: An International Comparative Study

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Johnson, Daniel; Fautley, Martin

2017-01-01

Despite ostensibly sharing a common language, music education terminology as used in England and the United States has many different practical meanings and corresponding connotations. In this comparative study, the authors consider these differences in relation to whole-class learning of instrumental music, a comparative newcomer to the English…

Entrenched Enemies, Tactical Partners, or Steadfast Allies? Exploring the Fault Lines between Teacher Unions and Community Organizing in the United States

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Shirley, Dennis

2016-01-01

Teachers' unions and community organizing emerged out of shared collective struggles for social justice in the United States in the twentieth century. Beyond broad general aspirations for a better society, however, their interests and tactics have not always been compatible. This interpretive essay revisits three recent case studies of interaction…

The Development and Status of Earth Science Education: A Comparison of Three Case Studies: Israel, England and Wales and the United States of America. Part II.

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Orion, Nir; King, Chris; Krockover, Gerald H.; Adams, Paul E.

1999-01-01

Explores the development and status of earth-science education in the United States. Compares the U.S. case with those of Israel, England, and Wales. Discusses the need to share common concerns and visions between cultures and communities. Contains 45 references. (Author/WRM)

Migrating from Mexico and Sharing Pretend with Peers in the United States

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Howes, Carollee; Wishard Guerra, Alison G.; Zucker, Eleanor

2008-01-01

The intent of this study was to examine the development of peer interaction in low-income Mexican-heritage families in the United States. Eighty-eight children (44 girls) were observed and mothers interviewed when children were 14, 24, 36, and 54 months old. We used the Attachment Q-Set (Waters, 1990), the Peer Play Scale (Howes & Matheson, 1992),…

Historical trends and projections of land use for the South-Central United States.

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SoEun Ahn; Andrew J. Plantinga; Ralph J. Alig

2000-01-01

This report presents historical trends and future projections of forest, agricultural, and urban and other land uses for the South-Central United States. A land use share model is used to investigate the relation between the areas of land in alternative uses and economic and demographic factors influencing land use decisions. Two different versions of the empirical...

Go with the flow by way of interdisciplinary collaboration: Sharing, integrating and opening access to data from various studies in the Cache la Poudre watershed following fire and flood

USDA-ARS?s Scientific Manuscript database

The United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service Long-Term Agroecosystem Research (LTAR) Network consists of 18 sites across the continental United States. LTAR scientists seek to determine ways to ensure sustainability and enhance food production and ecosystem services at ...

Health Beliefs of College Students Born in the United States, China, and India

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Rothstein, William G.; Rajapaksa, Sushama

2003-01-01

The authors surveyed 243 urban public university students who were born in the United States, China, and India to compare the health beliefs of the China-born, India-born, and US-born students. Although the China- and India-born students shared beliefs in many preventive and therapeutic practices of Western medicine with the US-born students, they…

77 FR 7637 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE Amex LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of...

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2012-02-13

... Trust 1 and United States Oil Fund at $0.50 Strike Price Intervals Where the Strike Price Is Less Than... interested persons. \\1\\ ``iShares[supreg]'' is a registered trademark of BlackRock Institutional Trust...[supreg] Silver Trust \\5\\ and United States Oil Fund at $0.50 strike price intervals where the strike...

77 FR 7634 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE Arca, Inc.; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of...

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2012-02-13

...] Silver Trust \\1\\ and United States Oil Fund at $0.50 Strike Price Intervals Where the Strike Price Is Less Than $75 \\1\\ ``iShares[supreg]'' is a registered trademark BlackRock Institutional Trust Company...] Silver Trust \\5\\ and United States Oil Fund at $0.50 strike price intervals where the strike price is...

Sharing Success in the Southeast: Promising Service-Learning Programs.

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Watkins, James; Wilkes, Dianne

The SouthEastern Regional Vision for Education (SERVE) Sharing Success program recognizes exemplary public school efforts and practices in the southeastern United States for the purpose of increasing the awareness and use of exemplary educational programs. This document highlights more than 30 elementary- and/or secondary-level programs that have…

Tried & Tested. Ideas from Teacher Centers in the Southeast.

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Bohstedt, Jinx, Ed.; Eisenmann-Donahue, Pat, Ed.

Throughout the southeastern United States, teacher centers share much in common. The conceptual framework of teachers helping teachers inspires the development of resources and services which are similar whether the center serves a large district or only a few schools. Although the teacher centers share similar philosophies, concerns, successes,…

Evaluating the use of operational management techniques for capacity improvements on shared-use rail corridors : final report.

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2016-01-01

The majority of intercity passenger and commuter rail services in the United States (U.S.) operate on the shared-use corridors with : freight rail services. These types of operations tend to be challenging for efficient capacity utilization and relia...

Creating National Attraction: Military Intelligence Sharing Building Foreign Military Interdependence

DTIC Science & Technology

2015-05-21

were focused on security of the information, access to desired intelligence, and access to locations favorable to collecting desired intelligence.8 The...obtain a more favorable position in the relationship. For example, a state might threaten defection due to a lack of domestic support for the...administration, the United States worked with Colombia and Mexico to reduce the flow of cocaine and marijuana into the United States.62 This action

DataView: National Health Expenditures, 1994

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Levit, Katharine R.; Lazenby, Helen C.; Sivarajan, Lekha; Stewart, Madie W.; Braden, Bradley R.; Cowan, Cathy A.; Donham, Carolyn S.; Long, Anna M.; McDonnell, Patricia A.; Sensenig, Arthur L.; Stiller, Jean M.; Won, Darleen K.

1996-01-01

This article presents data on health care spending for the United States, covering expenditures for various types of medical services and products and their sources of funding from 1960 to 1994. Although these statistics for 1994 show the slowest growth in more than three decades, health spending continued to grow faster than the overall economy. The Federal Government continued to fund an increasing share of health care expenditures in 1994, offset by a falling share from out-of-pocket sources. Shares paid by State and local governments and by other private payers including private health insurance remained unchanged from 1993. PMID:10158731

International collaboration in pediatric nursing: mutual learning success.

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Metcalfe, Sharon Elizabeth

2010-01-01

This article describes an innovative international collaboration between a children's hospital in the United Kingdom and a university school of nursing in the United States that created opportunities for networking among nurses in similar specialties. Nurses from two countries joined in an educational partnership to share dialogue and clinical experience in the United Kingdom.

From Alliance to Acquaintance: The Australian-American Security Relationship

DTIC Science & Technology

1991-12-01

THE DROVER’S DOG: HAWKE, 1983-1991 ................ 266 "Concerned to do Nothing" ...................... 269 "Brave Little New Zealand ...1951, Australia and New Zealand concluded a tripartite security pact with the United States. ANZUS did not commit the United States to help defend...discussions highlighted their extensive mutual interests and shared strategic perceptions as allies under the ANZUS (Australia, New Zealand and the

Land grants of New Mexico and the United States Forest Service

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Carol Raish; Alice M. McSweeney

2011-01-01

The U.S. Forest Service (FS) has a long, shared history with the Spanish and Mexican land grants of northern New Mexico. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which ended the war between the United States and Mexico, was supposed to recognize and respect the property rights of the resident Hispano population. In many cases the intent of the Treaty was not honored. During...

Healthcare reform in the United States and China: pharmaceutical market implications.

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Daemmrich, Arthur; Mohanty, Ansuman

2014-01-01

The United States and China are broadening health insurance coverage and increasing spending on pharmaceuticals, in contrast to other major economies that are reducing health spending and implementing a variety of drug price controls. This article analyzes the implications of health system reforms in the United States and China for national pharmaceutical markets. It follows a historical institutionalist approach that identifies path dependency in the design and operation of national health systems. On that basis, we estimate prescription sales for 2015 and 2020, analyze the sustainability of free-market pricing for drugs in the two countries, and assess future competitive dynamics in the pharmaceutical sector. The institutional trajectories of health system reform and insurance coverage were studied for the United States and China. Next, data were collected from government, industry, and analyst reports on total healthcare spending and prescription drug expenditure by insurance status (in the United States) and by site of care (in China). Simple quantitative models were developed to estimate future drug spending based on insurance coverage, treatment locations, and health spending as a percentage of GDP. Both countries will see rising total pharmaceutical spending and will be the two largest country markets for prescription drugs through at least 2020. In dollar terms, the U.S. pharmaceutical market will be over $440 billion in 2015 and $700 billion in 2020; China's prescription market will be over $155 billion in 2015 and grow further to $260 billion in 2020. In both countries, generics will increase their share of all prescriptions, but economic and structural incentives for new drug invention and brand-name prescribing by physicians will keep the share of patented drug sales high compared to countries with more direct government control over the pharmaceutical market. Expanding private insurance contributes to spending on branded drugs, since insurers compete for market share rather than cost savings. Health system reforms presently being enacted in the United States and China align to historical institutional trajectories in each country, but leave unresolved a core tension between incentives for new drug invention and universal access to affordable medicines.

State energy data report: Statistical tables and technical documentation 1960 through 1979

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

1981-09-01

All the data of the State Energy Data System (SEDS) is given. The data is used to estimate annual energy consumption by principal energy sources (coal, natural gas, petroleum, electricity), by major end-use sectors (residential, commercial, industrial, transportation, and electric utilities), and by state (50 states, the District of Columbia, and the United States). Data is organized alphabetically by energy source (fuel), by end-use sector or energy activity, by type of data and by state. Twenty data values are associated with each fuel-sector-type state grouping representing positionally the years 1960 through 1979. Data values in the file are expressed either as physical units, British thermal units, physical to Btu conversion factors or share factors.

The Sanford Science Education Center: Addressing Key Design Challenges in Sharing Complex Science with Diverse Audiences

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Inverness Research, 2016

2016-01-01

In facilities throughout the United States and abroad, communities of scientists share infrastructure, instrumentation, and equipment to conduct scientific research. In these large facilities--laboratories, accelerators, telescope arrays, and research vessels--scientists are researching key questions that have the potential to make a significant…

Sharing Educational Success: A Guide for Adoption/Adaption.

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George Washington Univ., Washington, DC. National Advisory Council on Supplementary Centers and Services.

A critical task facing educators is that of uniting those schools that have need of a successful solution to a specific problem with those schools that already have produced such a solution. This guide suggests how practitioners might pursue the problem of sharing educational success in their State. Included are a brief summary of how…

Let's Lunch and Learn: Professional Knowledge Sharing in Teachers' Lounges and Other Congregational Spaces

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Mawhinney, Lynnette

2010-01-01

Teachers' lounges are often thought as places that breed negativity. This two-year ethnography conducted in the United States explored teachers' interactions within teachers' lounges and congregational spaces. This article discusses that an important occurrence in these spaces, professional knowledge sharing, took place instead of perpetual…

Teachers from Five Nations Share Perspectives on Culture and Citizenship

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Sunal, Cynthia Szymanski; Christensen, Lois McFadyen; Shwery, Craig S.; Lovorn, Michael; Sunal, Dennis W.

2010-01-01

Online discussions enabled preK-12 teachers (n = 125) from five nations (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, and the United States) to share their perspectives of culture and citizenship and the intersections of those concepts. Discussion moved between elements of personal and others' theory into effects of theory on practice. Teachers identified…

An Evaluation of a Shared Leadership Training Program

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Allen, Lavonda Ann

2010-01-01

The purpose of the quantitative quasi-experimental equivalent time series study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a work based shared leadership training program in a less than 200 bed hospital in rural, south-central United States. Nursing shortages and the current emphasis on quality are factors that make recruitment and retention of nurses…

12 CFR 204.124 - Repurchase agreement involving shares of a money market mutual fund whose portfolio consists...

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2010-01-01

... money market mutual fund whose portfolio consists wholly of United States Treasury and Federal agency... § 204.124 Repurchase agreement involving shares of a money market mutual fund whose portfolio consists... (i.e., money market mutual funds) provided the portfolios of such companies consist solely of...

12 CFR 204.124 - Repurchase agreement involving shares of a money market mutual fund whose portfolio consists...

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2011-01-01

... money market mutual fund whose portfolio consists wholly of United States Treasury and Federal agency... § 204.124 Repurchase agreement involving shares of a money market mutual fund whose portfolio consists... (i.e., money market mutual funds) provided the portfolios of such companies consist solely of...

Leading by Example: A Soldier's Stories

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Bulls, W. Kenneth, II

2007-01-01

In this article, the author, an officer in the United States Air Force (USAF), shares some leadership stories from his father's experience in Vietnam and his own experiences in the military. Both the author's corporate and university careers have benefited from the experience he gained in the military, as well as from the lessons shared in his…

Teachers Collaborate across State Lines to Design High-Quality Units

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Vasudeva, Ash; Slamp, Amy

2016-01-01

With states and districts across the country implementing the Common Core State Standards, teachers have more opportunities than ever to collaborate around the shared goals of strengthening curriculum design, classroom practices, and student learning. Building from this premise, the Common Assignment Study (CAS) has brought together teams of…

Development of a Model of Interprofessional Shared Clinical Decision Making in the ICU: A Mixed-Methods Study.

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DeKeyser Ganz, Freda; Engelberg, Ruth; Torres, Nicole; Curtis, Jared Randall

2016-04-01

To develop a model to describe ICU interprofessional shared clinical decision making and the factors associated with its implementation. Ethnographic (observations and interviews) and survey designs. Three ICUs (two in Israel and one in the United States). A convenience sample of nurses and physicians. None. Observations and interviews were analyzed using ethnographic and grounded theory methodologies. Questionnaires included a demographic information sheet and the Jefferson Scale of Attitudes toward Physician-Nurse Collaboration. From observations and interviews, we developed a conceptual model of the process of shared clinical decision making that involves four stepped levels, proceeding from the lowest to the highest levels of collaboration: individual decision, information exchange, deliberation, and shared decision. This process is influenced by individual, dyadic, and system factors. Most decisions were made at the lower two levels. Levels of perceived collaboration were moderate with no statistically significant differences between physicians and nurses or between units. Both qualitative and quantitative data corroborated that physicians and nurses from all units were similarly and moderately satisfied with their level of collaboration and shared decision making. However, most ICU clinical decision making continues to take place independently, where there is some sharing of information but rarely are decisions made collectively. System factors, such as interdisciplinary rounds and unit culture, seem to have a strong impact on this process. This study provides a model for further study and improvement of interprofessional shared decision making.

The future of housing in the United States: an econometric model of long-term predictions for the 2000 RPA timber assessment.

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Claire A. Montgomery

2001-01-01

This report presents historical trends and future projections of forest, agricultural, and urban and other land uses for the South-Central United States. A land use share model is used to investigate the relation between the areas of land in alternative uses and economic and demographic factors influencing land use decisions. Two different versions of the empirical...

China’s Trade with the United States and the World

DTIC Science & Technology

2007-01-04

Defense, and Trade Division Dick K. Nanto Specialist in Industry and Trade Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division Report Documentation Page...U.S. industries and manufacturing employment, Congress has begun to focus on not only access to the Chinese market and intellectual property rights...the United States are taking market share from other Pacific Rim countries, particularly the East Asian newly industrialized countries (NICS), which

The Role of the United States Book Exchange in the Nationwide Library and Information Services Network. National Program for Libraries and Information Services Related Paper No. 27.

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Ball, Alice Dulany

The National Commission on Libraries and Information Science's (NCLIS) nationwide information program is based in part on the sharing of resources. The United States Book Exchange (USBE) and its existing services may have a role in this program, since the USBE's major function is the preservation and maximum utilization of publications through…

Attitudes of U.S. retailers toward China, Canada, and the United States as manufacturing sources for furniture: an assessment of competitive priorities

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Urs Buehlmann; Matthew Bumgardner; Torsten Lihra; Mary Frye

2006-01-01

While much has been written regarding the declining global competitiveness of U.S. furniture manufacturing and the subsequent loss of domestic market share and jobs, less is known about the role of retailers in furniture importing. This study investigated the attitudes of U.S. furniture retailers toward China, Canada, and the United States as manufacturing sources for...

Strong Foundations: The State of State Postsecondary Data Systems--2012 Update on Data Sharing with K-12 and Labor

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Garcia, Tanya I.; L'Orange, Hans Peter

2012-01-01

In 2010, the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association released the results of a national study of state level postsecondary student unit record (SUR) data systems in 44 states and the District of Columbia (D.C.). One section of the report, "Strong Foundations: The State of State Postsecondary Data Systems" (Garcia and L'Orange 2010),…

Molecular Relationship between Strains of M. bovis from Mexico and Those from Countries with Free Trade of Cattle with Mexico.

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Milian-Suazo, Feliciano; Garcia-Casanova, Leticia; Robbe-Austerman, Suelee; Canto-Alarcon, Germinal Jorge; Barcenas-Reyes, Isabel; Stuber, Tod; Rodriguez-Hernandez, Elba; Flores-Villalva, Susana

2016-01-01

The purpose of this study was to identify relationships between spoligotypes of M. bovis from cattle in Mexico and those reported in countries with free trade of cattle with Mexico: Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States of America. Mexican spoligotypes were obtained from isolates collected from cattle in different parts of the country. Spoligotypes from Canada and New Zealand were obtained from different reports in the literature. Those from the United States were obtained from the database of the National Veterinary Services Laboratory in APHIS-USDA. In order to perform the analysis in a single data set, spoligotypes were all converted to binary data and classified according to www.mbovis.org or www.pasteur-guadeloupe.fr:8081. Epidemiologic information included country and species infected. From 3,198 isolates, 174 different spoligotypes were obtained, 95 were orphans. Ninety one percent of the isolates came from the Unites States (n = 1,609) and Mexico (n = 1,323). Spoligotype SB0265 is shared between Canada and the United States in cattle and wildlife. Six spoligotypes, SB0673, SB0121, SB0145, SB0971, SB0140 and SB1165, were frequent in cattle and wildlife in the United States and cattle in Mexico, suggesting wide exchange of strains. Spoligotype SB0669 was found only in Mexico. Spoligotype SB0140 was the most common in Australia and the sixth in the United States and Mexico. In a phylogenetic analysis, spoligotype SB0140 appears as the oldest spoligotype in the data set, suggesting this as the ancestral spoligotype for all spoligotypes in the five countries. Some spoligotypes are shared by animals and humans, corroborating the zoonotic importance of M. bovis.

Molecular Relationship between Strains of M. bovis from Mexico and Those from Countries with Free Trade of Cattle with Mexico

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Milian-Suazo, Feliciano; Garcia-Casanova, Leticia; Robbe-Austerman, Suelee; Canto-Alarcon, Germinal Jorge; Barcenas-Reyes, Isabel; Stuber, Tod; Rodriguez-Hernandez, Elba; Flores-Villalva, Susana

2016-01-01

The purpose of this study was to identify relationships between spoligotypes of M. bovis from cattle in Mexico and those reported in countries with free trade of cattle with Mexico: Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States of America. Mexican spoligotypes were obtained from isolates collected from cattle in different parts of the country. Spoligotypes from Canada and New Zealand were obtained from different reports in the literature. Those from the United States were obtained from the database of the National Veterinary Services Laboratory in APHIS-USDA. In order to perform the analysis in a single data set, spoligotypes were all converted to binary data and classified according to www.mbovis.org or www.pasteur-guadeloupe.fr:8081. Epidemiologic information included country and species infected. From 3,198 isolates, 174 different spoligotypes were obtained, 95 were orphans. Ninety one percent of the isolates came from the Unites States (n = 1,609) and Mexico (n = 1,323). Spoligotype SB0265 is shared between Canada and the United States in cattle and wildlife. Six spoligotypes, SB0673, SB0121, SB0145, SB0971, SB0140 and SB1165, were frequent in cattle and wildlife in the United States and cattle in Mexico, suggesting wide exchange of strains. Spoligotype SB0669 was found only in Mexico. Spoligotype SB0140 was the most common in Australia and the sixth in the United States and Mexico. In a phylogenetic analysis, spoligotype SB0140 appears as the oldest spoligotype in the data set, suggesting this as the ancestral spoligotype for all spoligotypes in the five countries. Some spoligotypes are shared by animals and humans, corroborating the zoonotic importance of M. bovis. PMID:27171239

United States Grand Strategy: Implications of Decline and Retrenchment

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2012-06-01

5 2. GDP Based on PPP Share of World Total. (Reprinted from IMF [2011...external/pubs/ft/weo/2011/update/01 (accessed May 17, 2012). Figure 2: GDP Based on PPP Share of World Total. (Reprinted from IMF [2011].) In...47 Tanzania -- 53 -- -- -- -- 46 65 Nigeria 46 76 61 -- -- 62 70 64 S. Africa -- 65 -- -- -- -- -- 60 22

Historical Development and Key Issues of Data Management Plan Requirements for National Science Foundation Grants: A Review

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Pasek, Judith E.

2017-01-01

Sharing scientific research data has become increasingly important for knowledge advancement in today's networked, digital world. This article describes the evolution of access to United States government information in relation to scientific research funded by federal grants. It analyzes the data sharing policy of the National Science Foundation,…

40 CFR 33.406 - May a recipient designate a lead agency for fair share objective negotiation purposes?

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2010-07-01

... 40 Protection of Environment 1 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false May a recipient designate a lead agency for fair share objective negotiation purposes? 33.406 Section 33.406 Protection of Environment ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY GRANTS AND OTHER FEDERAL ASSISTANCE PARTICIPATION BY DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES IN UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL...

Studying interregional wildland fire engine assignments for large fire suppression

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Erin J. Belval; Yu Wei; David E. Calkin; Crystal S. Stonesifer; Matthew P. Thompson; John R. Tipton

2017-01-01

One crucial component of large fire response in the United States (US) is the sharing of wildland firefighting resources between regions: resources from regions experiencing low fire activity supplement resources in regions experiencing high fire activity. An important step towards improving the efficiency of resource sharing and related policies is to develop a better...

7 CFR 632.31 - Cost-share payment.

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2011-01-01

... out the contract, the land user is indebted to the United States for the cost of the misused material... contract. The cost-share payment is to be determined by one of the following methods: (1) Average cost. (2) Actual cost but not more than the average cost. (3) Specified maximum cost. If the average cost or the...

7 CFR 632.31 - Cost-share payment.

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2010-01-01

... out the contract, the land user is indebted to the United States for the cost of the misused material... contract. The cost-share payment is to be determined by one of the following methods: (1) Average cost. (2) Actual cost but not more than the average cost. (3) Specified maximum cost. If the average cost or the...

7 CFR 632.31 - Cost-share payment.

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2014-01-01

... out the contract, the land user is indebted to the United States for the cost of the misused material... contract. The cost-share payment is to be determined by one of the following methods: (1) Average cost. (2) Actual cost but not more than the average cost. (3) Specified maximum cost. If the average cost or the...

7 CFR 632.31 - Cost-share payment.

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2013-01-01

... out the contract, the land user is indebted to the United States for the cost of the misused material... contract. The cost-share payment is to be determined by one of the following methods: (1) Average cost. (2) Actual cost but not more than the average cost. (3) Specified maximum cost. If the average cost or the...

7 CFR 632.31 - Cost-share payment.

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2012-01-01

... out the contract, the land user is indebted to the United States for the cost of the misused material... contract. The cost-share payment is to be determined by one of the following methods: (1) Average cost. (2) Actual cost but not more than the average cost. (3) Specified maximum cost. If the average cost or the...

In Defense of Education's "Wild West": Charter Schools Thrive in the Four Corners States

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Ladner, Matthew

2018-01-01

The point at which the corners of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah meet is the only spot in the United States where the borders of four states converge. Beyond geography, the Four Corners states share a similar approach to charter schooling. All four states have adopted relatively freewheeling authorization policies, and charter schools…

12 CFR 711.2 - Definitions.

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2013-01-01

... of interest between the depository organizations. In making this determination, the appropriate... her immediate family, whose shares are necessary to constitute the group owns a nominal percentage of... includes any State or territory of the United States of America, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico...

12 CFR 711.2 - Definitions.

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2012-01-01

... of interest between the depository organizations. In making this determination, the appropriate... her immediate family, whose shares are necessary to constitute the group owns a nominal percentage of... includes any State or territory of the United States of America, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico...

12 CFR 711.2 - Definitions.

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2011-01-01

... of interest between the depository organizations. In making this determination, the appropriate... her immediate family, whose shares are necessary to constitute the group owns a nominal percentage of... includes any State or territory of the United States of America, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico...

12 CFR 711.2 - Definitions.

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2014-01-01

... of interest between the depository organizations. In making this determination, the appropriate... her immediate family, whose shares are necessary to constitute the group owns a nominal percentage of... includes any State or territory of the United States of America, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico...

30 CFR 206.451 - Definitions.

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2010-07-01

... trust by the United States or who holds title subject to Federal restriction against alienation. Indian... to Federal restriction against alienation. Lease means any contract, profit-share arrangement, joint...

The Cigarette and Smokeless Tobacco Markets in Texas Relative to the United States.

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Miller Lo, Erin J; Giovenco, Daniel P; Wackowski, Olivia A; Harrell, Melissa B; Perry, Cheryl L; Delnevo, Cristine D

2017-04-01

This study compares the cigarette and smokeless tobacco (SLT) markets in Texas and the United States (US) as a whole. Nielsen convenience store sales data from 2014 were obtained for Dallas, Houston, San Antonio/Austin, and the total US. Descriptive statistics highlighted market share differences in Texas compared to the US overall. Marlboro and Copenhagen dominated the cigarette (58.9%) and SLT markets (44.8%) in Texas and had substantially higher relative market shares in Texas than nationally (46.7% and 29.8%, respectively). Camel, with sales driven largely by its Camel Crush variety, held second place in Texas (9.8%), outselling Newport (6.6%), despite Newport's status as second best-selling brand in the US (11.5%). Copenhagen led the SLT market in Texas, outselling Grizzly 2 to 1, yet the brands hold roughly equivalent shares nationally. Whereas flavored SLT products made up nearly 60% of the US SLT market, unflavored SLT (58.6%) dominated in Texas markets. Finally, sales of fine-cut SLT in Texas were more than triple their national market share. Regional tobacco market share differences are likely influenced by multiple factors such as marketing, population demographics, culture, and neighboring communities. Policymakers are encouraged to develop local tobacco control policies and programs within the context of this knowledge.

Studies in Intelligence. Volume 51, Number 2, 2007

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2007-01-01

in the United States, the routine interactions of trade and transnational business and finance , and the exchange of hun- dreds of thousands of...he sought cordial relations with the United States in order to obtain financing for major devel- opment projects, notably the Aswan High Dam. He...expert on Middle East affairs and knowl- edgeable in international finance . Hoover did not share Dulles’s neg- ative view of Nasser and played a key

Market-Based Approaches toward the Development of Urban Forest Carbon Projects in the United States

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Neelam C. Poudyal; Jacek P. Siry; J. M. Bowker

2012-01-01

The United States has observed unprecedented urban growth over the last few decades. Nowak et al. (2005) noted that between 1990 and 2000, the share of urban land area in the nation increased from 2.5% to 3.1%. Existing urban areas in the U.S. maintain average tree coverage of 27% (Nowak et al. 2001), and consist of millions of trees along streets and in parks,...

78 FR 13286 - Sharing Certain Business Information Regarding the Introduction of Genetically Engineered...

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2013-02-27

... Information Regarding the Introduction of Genetically Engineered Organisms With State and Tribal Government... proposing to amend our regulations regarding genetically engineered organisms regulated by the United States...). The regulations refer to such genetically engineered (GE) organisms and products as ``regulated...

Medical Spending Differences in the United States and Canada: The Role of Prices, Procedures, and Administrative Expenses

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Pozen, Alexis; Cutler, David M.

2011-01-01

The United States far outspends Canada on health care, but the sources of additional spending are unclear. We evaluated the importance of incomes, administration, and medical interventions in this difference. Pooling various sources, we calculated medical personnel incomes, administrative expenses, and procedure volume and intensity for the United States and Canada. We found that Canada spent $1,589 per capita less on physicians and hospitals in 2002. Administration accounted for the largest share of this difference (39%), followed by incomes (31%), and more intensive provision of medical services (14%). Whether this additional spending is wasteful or warranted is unknown. PMID:20812461

Recent Patterns in Shared Decision Making for Prostate-Specific Antigen Testing in the United States.

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Fedewa, Stacey A; Gansler, Ted; Smith, Robert; Sauer, Ann Goding; Wender, Richard; Brawley, Otis W; Jemal, Ahmedin

2018-03-01

Previous studies report infrequent use of shared decision making for prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing. It is unknown whether this pattern has changed recently considering increased emphasis on shared decision making in prostate cancer screening recommendations. Thus, the objective of this study is to examine recent changes in shared decision making. We conducted a retrospective cross-sectional study among men aged 50 years and older in the United States using 2010 and 2015 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) data (n = 9,598). Changes in receipt of shared decision making were expressed as adjusted prevalence ratios (aPR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI). Analyses were stratified on PSA testing (recent [in the past year] or no testing). Elements of shared decision making assessed included the patient being informed about the advantages only, advantages and disadvantages, and full shared decision making (advantages, disadvantages, and uncertainties). Among men with recent PSA testing, 58.5% and 62.6% reported having received ≥1 element of shared decision making in 2010 and 2015, respectively ( P = .054, aPR = 1.04; 95% CI, 0.98-1.11). Between 2010 and 2015, being told only about the advantages of PSA testing significantly declined (aPR = 0.82; 95% CI, 0.71-0.96) and full shared decision making prevalence significantly increased (aPR = 1.51; 95% CI, 1.28-1.79) in recently tested men. Among men without prior PSA testing, 10% reported ≥1 element of shared decision making, which did not change with time. Between 2010 and 2015, there was no increase in shared decision making among men with recent PSA testing though there was a shift away from only being told about the advantages of PSA testing towards full shared decision making. Many men receiving PSA testing did not receive shared decision making. © 2018 Annals of Family Medicine, Inc.

24 CFR 982.615 - Shared housing: Occupancy.

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2010-04-01

... Housing § 982.615 Shared housing: Occupancy. (a) Sharing a unit. An assisted family may reside in shared housing. In shared housing, an assisted family shares a unit with the other resident or residents of the unit. The unit may be a house or an apartment. (b) Who may share a dwelling unit with assisted family...

24 CFR 982.615 - Shared housing: Occupancy.

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2014-04-01

... Housing § 982.615 Shared housing: Occupancy. (a) Sharing a unit. An assisted family may reside in shared housing. In shared housing, an assisted family shares a unit with the other resident or residents of the unit. The unit may be a house or an apartment. (b) Who may share a dwelling unit with assisted family...

24 CFR 982.615 - Shared housing: Occupancy.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-04-01

... Housing § 982.615 Shared housing: Occupancy. (a) Sharing a unit. An assisted family may reside in shared housing. In shared housing, an assisted family shares a unit with the other resident or residents of the unit. The unit may be a house or an apartment. (b) Who may share a dwelling unit with assisted family...

24 CFR 982.615 - Shared housing: Occupancy.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-04-01

... Housing § 982.615 Shared housing: Occupancy. (a) Sharing a unit. An assisted family may reside in shared housing. In shared housing, an assisted family shares a unit with the other resident or residents of the unit. The unit may be a house or an apartment. (b) Who may share a dwelling unit with assisted family...

24 CFR 982.615 - Shared housing: Occupancy.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-04-01

... Housing § 982.615 Shared housing: Occupancy. (a) Sharing a unit. An assisted family may reside in shared housing. In shared housing, an assisted family shares a unit with the other resident or residents of the unit. The unit may be a house or an apartment. (b) Who may share a dwelling unit with assisted family...

Internet-based wide area measurement applications in deregulated power systems

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Khatib, Abdel-Rahman Amin

Since the deregulation of power systems was started in 1989 in the UK, many countries have been motivated to undergo deregulation. The United State started deregulation in the energy sector in California back in 1996. Since that time many other states have also started the deregulation procedures in different utilities. Most of the deregulation market in the United States now is in the wholesale market area, however, the retail market is still undergoing changes. Deregulation has many impacts on power system network operation and control. The number of power transactions among the utilities has increased and many Independent Power Producers (IPPs) now have a rich market for competition especially in the green power market. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) called upon utilities to develop the Regional Transmission Organization (RTO). The RTO is a step toward the national transmission grid. RTO is an independent entity that will operate the transmission system in a large region. The main goal of forming RTOs is to increase the operation efficiency of the power network under the impact of the deregulated market. The objective of this work is to study Internet based Wide Area Information Sharing (WAIS) applications in the deregulated power system. The study is the first step toward building a national transmission grid picture using information sharing among utilities. Two main topics are covered as applications for the WAIS in the deregulated power system, state estimation and Total Transfer Capability (TTC) calculations. As a first step for building this national transmission grid picture, WAIS and the level of information sharing of the state estimation calculations have been discussed. WAIS impacts to the TTC calculations are also covered. A new technique to update the TTC using on line measurements based on WAIS created by sharing state estimation is presented.

Sharing the Environment: Cultural Exchange through Inquiry-Based Environmental Education in Trinidad and Tobago (T & T) and the United States

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McHenry, Nadine; Alvare, Bretton; Bowes, Kathleen; Childs, Ashley

2013-01-01

This study examined the effects of Sharing the Environment (STE), a situated professional development pilot program that uses an inquiry-based approach to teaching Environmental Education (EE) to elementary students in the US and Trinidad. Inquiry is difficult to incorporate in both cultures because proficient performance on national tests is a…

3 CFR 8901 - Proclamation 8901 of November 1, 2012. National Native American Heritage Month, 2012

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-01-01

... of the United States of America A Proclamation As the first people to live on the land we all cherish..., we must also acknowledge the parts of our shared history that have been marred by violence and tragic... shared history. My Administration remains dedicated to writing a new chapter in that history by...

How do retailers rate the United States and Canada as furniture sources compared to China?

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Urs Buehlmann; Matthew Bumgardner; Mary Frye; Torsten Lihra

2008-01-01

During the past decade, the U.S. wood household furniture industry has lost a significant share of its domestic market to imported furniture. This market share loss has been widely discussed and analyzed, largely from a manufacturing perspective. A relatively unexplored dimension of household furniture importing is the perspective of the retailer. Retailers play a...

Assessing the Policy Environment for School Corporation Collaboration, Cooperation, and Consolidation in Indiana. Education Policy Brief. Volume 5, Number 5, Summer 2007

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Plucker, Jonathan A.; Spradlin, Terry E.; Magaro, Marshall M.; Chien, Rosanne W.; Zapf, Jason

2007-01-01

This Education Policy Brief examines the research regarding the efforts occurring in the United States to consolidate school corporations or form cooperative agreements for shared services. The brief also examines those policy levers which are contributing to the elevated discussion concerning consolidation and shared services in Indiana. Based…

National Marriage and Divorce Rate Trends

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... Vital Statistics Online National Death Index NCHS National Marriage and Divorce Rate Trends Recommend on Facebook Tweet Share Compartir Provisional number of marriages and marriage rate: United States, 2000-2014 Year ...

Childhood Obesity Facts

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... and Local Programs Related Topics Diabetes Nutrition Childhood Obesity Facts Recommend on Facebook Tweet Share Compartir On ... Children (WIC) Program, 2000-2014 Prevalence of Childhood Obesity in the United States Childhood obesity is a ...

Evaluation of a Shared Services Compact in Two Rural Ohio School Districts

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Dziczkowski, Jennifer E.

2011-01-01

School funding adequacy is a topic that has received increased attention throughout the United States since the late 1990s. Current economic conditions, deficit spending, and burgeoning health care costs have caused school districts to compete with state governments for scarce monetary resources. Ohio is one such state. In December of 2008, the…

Accounting for sampling patterns reverses the relative importance of trade and climate for the global sharing of exotic plants

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Sofaer, Helen R.; Jarnevich, Catherine S.

2017-01-01

AimThe distributions of exotic species reflect patterns of human-mediated dispersal, species climatic tolerances and a suite of other biotic and abiotic factors. The relative importance of each of these factors will shape how the spread of exotic species is affected by ongoing economic globalization and climate change. However, patterns of trade may be correlated with variation in scientific sampling effort globally, potentially confounding studies that do not account for sampling patterns.LocationGlobal.Time periodMuseum records, generally from the 1800s up to 2015.Major taxa studiedPlant species exotic to the United States.MethodsWe used data from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) to summarize the number of plant species with exotic occurrences in the United States that also occur in each other country world-wide. We assessed the relative importance of trade and climatic similarity for explaining variation in the number of shared species while evaluating several methods to account for variation in sampling effort among countries.ResultsAccounting for variation in sampling effort reversed the relative importance of trade and climate for explaining numbers of shared species. Trade was strongly correlated with numbers of shared U.S. exotic plants between the United States and other countries before, but not after, accounting for sampling variation among countries. Conversely, accounting for sampling effort strengthened the relationship between climatic similarity and species sharing. Using the number of records as a measure of sampling effort provided a straightforward approach for the analysis of occurrence data, whereas species richness estimators and rarefaction were less effective at removing sampling bias.Main conclusionsOur work provides support for broad-scale climatic limitation on the distributions of exotic species, illustrates the need to account for variation in sampling effort in large biodiversity databases, and highlights the difficulty in inferring causal links between the economic drivers of invasion and global patterns of exotic species occurrence.

Alcohol Facts and Statistics

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... preventable causes of death in the United States: Comparative risk assessment of dietary, lifestyle, and metabolic risk ... Follow Get Updates Donations Share Join a Clinical Study Alcohol Treatment Navigator Site Map Accessibility Privacy FOIA ...

The Health Care System Under French National Health Insurance: Lessons for Health Reform in the United States

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Rodwin, Victor G.

2003-01-01

The French health system combines universal coverage with a public–private mix of hospital and ambulatory care and a higher volume of service provision than in the United States. Although the system is far from perfect, its indicators of health status and consumer satisfaction are high; its expenditures, as a share of gross domestic product, are far lower than in the United States; and patients have an extraordinary degree of choice among providers. Lessons for the United States include the importance of government’s role in providing a statutory framework for universal health insurance; recognition that piecemeal reform can broaden a partial program (like Medicare) to cover, eventually, the entire population; and understanding that universal coverage can be achieved without excluding private insurers from the supplementary insurance market. PMID:12511380

Restoring arid western habitats: Native plants maximize wildlife conservation effectiveness

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Kas Dumroese; Jeremy Pinto; Deborah M. Finch

2016-01-01

Greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) and monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) and other pollinating insects have garnered a lot of attention recently from federal and state wildlife officials. These two species and pollinators share dwindling sagebrush habitat in the western United States that is putting their populations at risk. Sagebrush...

In the Name of Peace.

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Makus, Anne L.

United States President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev have strongly emphasized in several speeches that their ultimate goal is peace between their respective nations. However, this apparent shared goal has not come about, largely because they lack a common understanding of the meaning of peace. Both have stated that they wish…

Mindfulness Practices in Mentoring and Teaching

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Trube, Barbara

2017-01-01

Mentoring, including peer mentoring, is a key element of teacher education programs and subsequent teaching practice. In order to share the benefits of mindfulness practices, a faculty member in a state university in the Midwestern United States promoted the practice of mindfulness by teacher candidates enrolled in her courses. As members of a…

Teaching under Policy Cascades: Common Core and Literacy Instruction

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Papola-Ellis, Aimee

2014-01-01

Educational policies and initiatives significantly influence instruction in classrooms across the nation. This article presents data from a larger critical ethnographic study in an urban school in the United States during the school's first year implementing the Common Core State Standards. In this article, the author shares data from three…

Learning about Bats and Rabies

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... Rabies Day Rabies and Kids! Rabies Learning about bats and rabies Recommend on Facebook Tweet Share Compartir ... areas where they might contact people and pets. Bats and human rabies in the United States Rabies ...

The global position of the U S forest products industry

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Jeffrey P. Prestemon; David N. Wear; Michaela O. Foster

2015-01-01

The United States’ share of global industrial roundwood production has declined since the 1990s. We reviewed data from 1961-2013 to evaluate the extent of this decline for industrial roundwood and derived secondary forest products compared to other major producing countries. We find that the U.S. global share of industrial roundwood peaked at 28 percent in 1999 but...

Exploring the Lack of Interoperability of Databases within Department of Homeland Security Interagency Environment Concerning Maritime Port Security

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2009-03-01

37 Figure 8 New Information Sharing Model from United States Intelligence Community Information Sharing...PRIDE while the Coast Guard has MISSLE and the newly constructed WATCHKEEPER. All these databases contain intelligence on incoming vessels...decisions making. Experts rely heavily on future projections as hallmarks of skilled performance." (Endsley et al. 2006) The SA model above

Status and Trends for the U.S. Forest Products Sector: A Technical Document Supporting the Forest Service 2010 RPA Assessment

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Kenneth E. Skog; David B. McKeever; Peter J. Ince; James L. Howard; Henry N. Spelter; Albert T. Schuler

2012-01-01

Forest products sector products and income help sustain the social, economic, and ecological benefits of forestry in the United States. Solidwood products consumption increased with population between 1965 and 2008 and varied with housing starts. Lumber's share declined from 83% to 70%, and structural panels' share increased from 9% to 17%. Paper and...

The Cigarette and Smokeless Tobacco Markets in Texas Relative to the United States

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Miller Lo, Erin J.; Giovenco, Daniel P.; Wackowski, Olivia A.; Harrell, Melissa B.; Perry, Cheryl L.; Delnevo, Cristine D.

2017-01-01

Objective This study compares the cigarette and smokeless tobacco (SLT) markets in Texas and the United States (US) as a whole. Methods Nielsen convenience store sales data from 2014 were obtained for Dallas, Houston, San Antonio/Austin, and the total US. Descriptive statistics highlighted market share differences in Texas compared to the US overall. Results Marlboro and Copenhagen dominated the cigarette (58.9%) and SLT markets (44.8%) in Texas and had substantially higher relative market shares in Texas than nationally (46.7% and 29.8%, respectively). Camel, with sales driven largely by its Camel Crush variety, held second place in Texas (9.8%), outselling Newport (6.6%), despite Newport’s status as second best-selling brand in the US (11.5%). Copenhagen led the SLT market in Texas, outselling Grizzly 2 to 1, yet the brands hold roughly equivalent shares nationally. Whereas flavored SLT products made up nearly 60% of the US SLT market, unflavored SLT (58.6%) dominated in Texas markets. Finally, sales of fine-cut SLT in Texas were more than triple their national market share. Conclusions Regional tobacco market share differences are likely influenced by multiple factors such as marketing, population demographics, culture, and neighboring communities. Policymakers are encouraged to develop local tobacco control policies and programs within the context of this knowledge. PMID:28345014

Additives In Meat and Poultry Products

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... Forms Standard Forms FSIS United States Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service About FSIS District ... Inspection Service (FSIS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) shares responsibility with FDA for the safety ...

7 CFR 1220.610 - Producer.

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2011-01-01

... AND ORDERS; MISCELLANEOUS COMMODITIES), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE SOYBEAN PROMOTION, RESEARCH, AND... person engaged in the growing of soybeans in the United States who owns or who shares the ownership and risk of loss of such soybeans. ...

7 CFR 1220.610 - Producer.

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2010-01-01

... AND ORDERS; MISCELLANEOUS COMMODITIES), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE SOYBEAN PROMOTION, RESEARCH, AND... person engaged in the growing of soybeans in the United States who owns or who shares the ownership and risk of loss of such soybeans. ...

Thyroid cancer - papillary carcinoma

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... this page: //medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000331.htm Thyroid cancer - papillary carcinoma To use the sharing features on ... the lower neck. Causes About 80% of all thyroid cancers diagnosed in the United States are the papillary ...

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): Data and Statistics

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... Statistics Recommend on Facebook Tweet Share Compartir COPD Death Rates in the United States Printable Version [PDF 202KB] Although age-adjusted death rates for COPD declined among US men from 1999 ( ...

United States - Republic of Korea Security Relations: Policy/Strategy for the Future

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1990-06-01

assistance. And since this time, Seoul has shared in the cost of US forces in Korea. Seoul c irrently funds $300 million in actual won expenditures for US...Print. Off., 1989), p. 38. ROK has increased its actual won expenditures each year, defense expenditures, as a percentage of GNP, have declined. This...October 1989, p. 31. 5Ahn Seung -Chul, "A New Perspective on U.S.-Korean Economic Relations," Robert A. Scalapino and Han Sung-joo, eds., United States

Common Rules of Engagement for the Armies of the United States and Australia: A Proposal Stranded on the Moral High Ground

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1995-04-01

management has between management " "big picture" and employees *Assume subordinates *Assume subordinates have less to contri - share equal bute to...engagement have assumed international importance in light of recent comments by military leaders urging common ROE among allies.3 In 1994, the Commander...of the United States and Australia creating a common set of standing ROE. It will guide the reader through a five -step analysis of influential factors

United States-Israeli Relations: The Impact on U.S. National Interests

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2007-06-01

world.16 Jervis goes so far as to describe the Bush foreign policy as “ faith based ,” in that the idea that “more democracies will mean greater...foreign policy.19 According to the Congressional Research Service, “Since 1948, the United States and Israel have developed a close friendship based on... based on oil or markets or strategic location but on shared values?”30 Max Boot declared the working paper to be as foolish as the works of Joe

Wind Lidar Activities in the United States

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Clifton, Andrew; Newman, Jennifer; St. Pe, Alexandra

2017-06-28

IEA Wind Task 32 seeks to identify and mitigate the barriers to the adoption of lidar for wind energy applications. This work is partly achieved by sharing experience across researchers and practitioners in the United States and worldwide. This presentation is a short summary of some wind lidar-related activities taking place in the country, and was presented by Andrew Clifton at the Task 32 meeting in December 2016 in his role as the U.S. Department of Energy-nominated country representative to the task.

Merging science and management in a rapidly changing world: Biodiversity and management of the Madrean Archipelago III and 7th Conference on Research and Resource Management in the Southwestern Deserts; 2012 May 1-5; Tucson, AZ

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Gerald J. Gottfried; Peter F. Ffolliott; Brooke S. Gebow; Lane G. Eskew; Loa C. Collins

2013-01-01

The Madrean Archipelago or Sky Islands region of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico is recognized for its unique biological diversity, natural beauty, and cultural heritage. This 2012 conference brought together scientists, managers, students, and other interested parties from the United States and Mexico to share their knowledge and passion about the...

Intergroup conflict in wilderness: balancing opportunities for experience with preservation responsibility

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Alan E. Watson; Liisa Kajala

1995-01-01

In contrast with the days of the early explorers, when wilderness travel in America was predominantly a solitary activity, the wilderness resource is now shared among many interests. Interaction among these various interests leads to varied amounts of conflict. Studies in the United States, conducted in multiple National Wilderness Preservation System units, across...

Semantic network analysis of vaccine sentiment in online social media.

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Kang, Gloria J; Ewing-Nelson, Sinclair R; Mackey, Lauren; Schlitt, James T; Marathe, Achla; Abbas, Kaja M; Swarup, Samarth

2017-06-22

To examine current vaccine sentiment on social media by constructing and analyzing semantic networks of vaccine information from highly shared websites of Twitter users in the United States; and to assist public health communication of vaccines. Vaccine hesitancy continues to contribute to suboptimal vaccination coverage in the United States, posing significant risk of disease outbreaks, yet remains poorly understood. We constructed semantic networks of vaccine information from internet articles shared by Twitter users in the United States. We analyzed resulting network topology, compared semantic differences, and identified the most salient concepts within networks expressing positive, negative, and neutral vaccine sentiment. The semantic network of positive vaccine sentiment demonstrated greater cohesiveness in discourse compared to the larger, less-connected network of negative vaccine sentiment. The positive sentiment network centered around parents and focused on communicating health risks and benefits, highlighting medical concepts such as measles, autism, HPV vaccine, vaccine-autism link, meningococcal disease, and MMR vaccine. In contrast, the negative network centered around children and focused on organizational bodies such as CDC, vaccine industry, doctors, mainstream media, pharmaceutical companies, and United States. The prevalence of negative vaccine sentiment was demonstrated through diverse messaging, framed around skepticism and distrust of government organizations that communicate scientific evidence supporting positive vaccine benefits. Semantic network analysis of vaccine sentiment in online social media can enhance understanding of the scope and variability of current attitudes and beliefs toward vaccines. Our study synthesizes quantitative and qualitative evidence from an interdisciplinary approach to better understand complex drivers of vaccine hesitancy for public health communication, to improve vaccine confidence and vaccination coverage in the United States. Copyright © 2017. Published by Elsevier Ltd.

Creating a duet: The Couples Life Story Approach in the United States and Japan

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Ingersoll-Dayton, Berit; Spencer, Beth; Campbell, Ruth; Kurokowa, Yukiko; Ito, Mio

2015-01-01

There is a global need for interventions that help couples who are dealing with dementia. This paper describes the way in which interventionists from the United States and Japan participated in the development of an intervention for dyads in which one person is experiencing memory loss. The 5-week intervention, the Couples Life Story Approach, helps dyads to reminisce about their life together as a couple, to work on their patterns of communication, and to develop a Life Story Book. Based on an analysis of cases conducted in the United States (n = 20 couples) and Japan (n = 9 couples), this paper highlights the cross-fertilization process that has occurred as interventionists from the two countries have shared their experiences with one another. Using case illustrations, the discussion focuses on the clinical themes that have emerged for couples in the United States and Japan. PMID:24627456

Gazing into the Future: A Synopsis of Unanswered Questions

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Felsher, Rivka Aliza; Garza Mitchell, Regina L.

2015-01-01

More than two dozen authors contributed to this special issue from 14 different think tanks, regional collaborative organizations, and institution-based policy centers and institutes to share the work being done to promote the community college agenda at state, regional, and national levels in the United States. This article synthesizes the still…

R&D Alert. Volume 7, Number 2, 2005

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White, Noel, Ed.

2005-01-01

"R&D Alert" covers issues affecting schools in the Western Regional Educational Laboratory's four-state region--Arizona, California, Nevada, and Utah--and throughout the United States. This issue of "R&D Alert" shares what WestEd is learning from a sample of their latest work, focusing on three points in the process:…

19 CFR 206.63 - Contents of petition.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-04-01

... States market share held by such imports from the People's Republic of China; (2) The actual or imminent... proposed by the WTO member concerned; (4) The extent of exports from the People's Republic of China to that... Republic of China to countries other than the United States; (7) Cyclical or seasonal trends in import...

19 CFR 206.63 - Contents of petition.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-04-01

... States market share held by such imports from the People's Republic of China; (2) The actual or imminent... proposed by the WTO member concerned; (4) The extent of exports from the People's Republic of China to that... Republic of China to countries other than the United States; (7) Cyclical or seasonal trends in import...

19 CFR 206.63 - Contents of petition.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-04-01

... States market share held by such imports from the People's Republic of China; (2) The actual or imminent... proposed by the WTO member concerned; (4) The extent of exports from the People's Republic of China to that... Republic of China to countries other than the United States; (7) Cyclical or seasonal trends in import...

19 CFR 206.63 - Contents of petition.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-04-01

... States market share held by such imports from the People's Republic of China; (2) The actual or imminent... proposed by the WTO member concerned; (4) The extent of exports from the People's Republic of China to that... Republic of China to countries other than the United States; (7) Cyclical or seasonal trends in import...

19 CFR 206.63 - Contents of petition.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-04-01

... States market share held by such imports from the People's Republic of China; (2) The actual or imminent... proposed by the WTO member concerned; (4) The extent of exports from the People's Republic of China to that... Republic of China to countries other than the United States; (7) Cyclical or seasonal trends in import...

76 FR 52328 - Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies

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2011-08-22

... activities will be conducted throughout the United States. Unless otherwise noted, comments regarding each of..., Assistant Vice President) 1 Memorial Drive, Kansas City, Missouri 64198-0001: 1. American State Bancshares, Inc., Great Bend, Kansas; to acquire 100 percent of the voting shares of Rose Hill Bancorp, Inc., and...

Ten Leading Causes of Death and Injury

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... Brain Injury Violence Prevention Ten Leading Causes of Death and Injury Recommend on Facebook Tweet Share Compartir ... Emergency Departments, United States – 2014 Leading Causes of Death Charts Causes of Death by Age Group 2016 [ ...

Dental Caries (Tooth Decay)

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... Materials Contact Us Home Research Data & Statistics Share Dental Caries (Tooth Decay) Dental caries (tooth decay) remains the most prevalent chronic ... important source of information on oral health and dental care in the United States since the early ...

United States - Japan - European Union probe data.

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2014-01-01

The U.S., Japan, and Europe have a long history of sharing information on ITS activities. These efforts include both bilateral and trilateral relationships. International coordination is underway in several areas, including: 1. International Standard...

CDC Health Disparities and Inequalities Report--U.S. 2013

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... Health Literacy Health Equity CDC Health Disparities & Inequalities Report (CHDIR) Recommend on Facebook Tweet Share Compartir On ... More Information CDC Releases Second Health Disparities & Inequalities Report - United States, 2013 CDC and its partners work ...

US forest products in the global economy

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Dave N Wear; Jeff Prestemon; Michaela O. Foster

2015-01-01

The United States’ shares of global industrial roundwood production and derivative products have declined precipitously since the 1990s. We evaluate the extent of these declines compared with those of major producing countries from 1961 to 2013. We find that the US global share of industrial roundwood peaked at 28% in 1999 but by 2013 was at 17%, with the decline...

Responsiveness of Rural and Urban Land Uses to Land Rent Determinants in the U.S. South

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Ian Hardie; Peter Parks; Peter Gottleib; David N. Wear

2000-01-01

Ricardian and von Thünen land rent models are combined into a single land use shore model including farm, forest, and urban lurid uses. The lurid share model is applied to the Southern United States, and elasticities are extracted that measure land share response to changes in iqulation, income, land values, prices, and costs in counties with different degrees of...

INMARSAT - The International Maritime Satellite Organization: Origins and structure

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Doyle, S. E.

1977-01-01

The third session of the International Conference on the Establishment of an International Maritime Satellite System established the International Maritime Satellite Organization (INMARSAT) in 1976. Its main functions are to improve maritime communications via satellite, thereby facilitating more efficient emergency communications, ship management, and maritime public correspondence services. INMARSAT's aims are similar to those of the Intergovernmental Maritime Consultative Organization (IMCO), the main United Nations organization dealing with maritime affairs. The specific functions of INMARSAT have been established by an Intersessional Working Group (IWG) which met three times between general conference meetings. Initial investment shares for the creation of INMARSAT were shared by the United States (17%), the United Kingdom (12%), the U.S.S.R. (11%), Norway (9.50%), Japan (8.45%), Italy (4.37%), and France (3.50%).

Egypt: Background and U.S. Relations

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2009-03-26

are funded in equal parts by Egypt, Israel, and the United States with additional contributions from Germany , Japan, and Switzerland. For more...to a World Bank Doing Business 2008 Report, Egypt’s pace of business reforms and deregulation between 2006 and 2007 ranked first worldwide. In...recent years, the state has reinvigorated its privatization program by divesting shares in the state-dominated banking and insurance sectors

United States societal experiments via the Communications Technology Satellite. [antenna coverage

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Donoughe, P. L.

1976-01-01

The Communications Technology Satellite (CTS) is a cooperative experimental program of the United States and Canadian governments. The CTS uses a high-power transponder at the frequencies of 14/12 GHz for two-way television and voice communication. The United States and Canada have agreed to share equally in the use of CTS. The U.S. program includes a variety of societal experiments. The ground stations for these experiments are located from the Atlantic to the Pacific. The satellite communications capabilities and the antenna coverage for the U.S. are summarized. Emphasis is placed on the U.S. societal experiments in the areas of education, health care, and community and special services; nine separate experiments are discussed.

A Survey of K-12 Teachers' Utilization of Social Networks as a Professional Resource

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Hunter, Leah J.; Hall, Cristin M.

2018-01-01

Teachers are increasingly using social networks, including social media and other Internet applications, to look for educational resources. This study shares results from a survey examining patterns of social network application use among K-12 teachers in the United States. A sample of 154 teachers (18 males, 136 females) in the United States…

Potential scenarios of concern for high speed rail operations

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2011-03-16

Currently, multiple operating authorities are proposing the : introduction of high-speed rail service in the United States. : While high-speed rail service shares a number of basic : principles with conventional-speed rail service, the operational : ...

Cholera in Children

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... Issues Listen Español Text Size Email Print Share Cholera Page Content Article Body Cholera is an infection of the intestines caused by ... that can range from mild to extremely severe. Cholera is rare in the United States but if ...

Share the road campaign research study : final report

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2012-07-01

This report presents the Environmental Data Test Plan for the national evaluation of the Los Angeles (LA) Congestion Reduction Demonstration (Metro ExpressLanes) under the United States Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) Congestion Reduction Dem...

Commercial vehicle safety : technology and practice in Europe

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2000-05-01

The United States and Europe share common commercial vehicle safety issues, including a debate over access for longer combination vehicles; a shortage of commercial vehicle drivers; the need to integrate emerging public and private information techno...

Adaptation with climate uncertainty: An examination of agricultural land use in the United States

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Mu, Jianhong E.; McCarl, Bruce A.; Sleeter, Benjamin M.; Abatzoglou, John T.; Zhang, Hongliang

2018-01-01

This paper examines adaptation responses to climate change through adjustment of agricultural land use. The climate drivers we examine are changes in long-term climate normals (e.g., 10-year moving averages) and changes in inter-annual climate variability. Using US county level data over 1982 to 2012 from Census of Agriculture, we find that impacts of long-term climate normals are as important as that of inter-annual climate variability. Projecting into the future, we find projected climate change will lead to an expansion in crop land share across the northern and interior western United States with decreases in the south. We also find that grazing land share increases in southern regions and Inland Pacific Northwest and declines in the northern areas. However, the extent to which the adaptation potential would be is dependent on the climate model, emission scenario and time horizon under consideration.

Role of thermal history in atomic dynamics of chalcogenide glass: A case study on Ge{sub 20}Te{sub 80} glass

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Sharma, Yashika; Kalra, Geetanjali; Murugavel, Sevi, E-mail: murug@physics.du.ac.in

The non-existence of thermodynamic equilibrium in glasses, their thermal history plays a very crucial role in explaining the relaxation behavior in various time scales and its configurational states. More importantly, the associated relaxation behavior is related mainly to the structural phenomenon of the glasses. Here, we report the dependence of quenching rate on the variation of structural units. The local structures of these glasses are monitored by recording the Raman spectroscopy and related to the different configurational states. The observed variations in structural differences are reflected in the measured density of the corresponding glasses. The quenching rate dependent of themore » relative fractions of edge-shared and corner-shared GeTe{sub 4} tetrahedral units are shown to be consistent with the corresponding variations in the measured density values.« less

A novel resource sharing algorithm based on distributed construction for radiant enclosure problems

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Finzell, Peter; Bryden, Kenneth M.

This study demonstrates a novel approach to solving inverse radiant enclosure problems based on distributed construction. Specifically, the problem of determining the temperature distribution needed on the heater surfaces to achieve a desired design surface temperature profile is recast as a distributed construction problem in which a shared resource, temperature, is distributed by computational agents moving blocks. The sharing of blocks between agents enables them to achieve their desired local state, which in turn achieves the desired global state. Each agent uses the current state of their local environment and a simple set of rules to determine when to exchangemore » blocks, each block representing a discrete unit of temperature change. This algorithm is demonstrated using the established two-dimensional inverse radiation enclosure problem. The temperature profile on the heater surfaces is adjusted to achieve a desired temperature profile on the design surfaces. The resource sharing algorithm was able to determine the needed temperatures on the heater surfaces to obtain the desired temperature distribution on the design surfaces in the nine cases examined.« less

A novel resource sharing algorithm based on distributed construction for radiant enclosure problems

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Finzell, Peter; Bryden, Kenneth M.

2017-03-06

This study demonstrates a novel approach to solving inverse radiant enclosure problems based on distributed construction. Specifically, the problem of determining the temperature distribution needed on the heater surfaces to achieve a desired design surface temperature profile is recast as a distributed construction problem in which a shared resource, temperature, is distributed by computational agents moving blocks. The sharing of blocks between agents enables them to achieve their desired local state, which in turn achieves the desired global state. Each agent uses the current state of their local environment and a simple set of rules to determine when to exchangemore » blocks, each block representing a discrete unit of temperature change. This algorithm is demonstrated using the established two-dimensional inverse radiation enclosure problem. The temperature profile on the heater surfaces is adjusted to achieve a desired temperature profile on the design surfaces. The resource sharing algorithm was able to determine the needed temperatures on the heater surfaces to obtain the desired temperature distribution on the design surfaces in the nine cases examined.« less

Average Temperatures in the Southwestern United States, 2000-2015 Versus Long-Term Average

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This indicator shows how the average air temperature from 2000 to 2015 has differed from the long-term average (1895??2015). To provide more detailed information, each state has been divided into climate divisions, which are zones that share similar climate features. For more information: www.epa.gov/climatechange/science/indicators

Joining the Conversation: Twitter as a Tool for Student Political Engagement

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Journell, Wayne; Ayers, Cheryl A.; Beeson, Melissa Walker

2013-01-01

This article describes possibilities afforded by using social media, specifically Twitter, as a way to encourage students to join political conversations across the United States and around the world. In this study, we describe a project in which students used Twitter to share commentary about the state of the 2012 presidential election. The…

White Paper: Unleashing Energy Efficiency Retrofits Through Energy Performance Contracts in China and the United States

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Shen, Bo; Price, Lynn; Liu, Manzhi

2015-09-15

Energy performance contracting (EPC) is a mechanism that uses private sector investment and expertise to deploy energy efficiency retrofits in buildings, industries, and other types of facilities. China and the United States both have large, growing EPC markets. This White Paper shares key insights on each market, including strengths and barriers inherent to these markets, compares the two markets, and sets forth options for enhancing EPC markets in each country. The White Paper concludes with recommendations structured around common goals of both countries.

Russia’s Revival: Ambitions, Limitations, and Opportunities for the United States (INSS Strategic Perspectives, Number 3, January 2011)

DTIC Science & Technology

2011-01-01

world after the United States, China, India , and Japan. Russia’s gross domes- tic product (GDP) would expand an average 6.5 percent per year. Its share of...together, the U.S. Census Bureau has projected a lower life expectancy in 2025 than in Bolivia, East Timor, and even Pakistan .40 11 Russia’s...from Italy, and even digital receivers for its Global Navigation Satellite Systems from India .83 According to some Russian forecasts, Rus- sia may

47 CFR 97.303 - Frequency sharing requirements.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-10-01

... harmful interference to stations in the Earth exploration-satellite service (passive) or the space...; and (3) Other nations in the Earth exploration-satellite (active), radionavigation-satellite (space-to...: (1) The United States Government in the aeronautical radionavigation, Earth exploration-satellite...

47 CFR 97.303 - Frequency sharing requirements.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-10-01

... harmful interference to stations in the Earth exploration-satellite service (passive) or the space...; and (3) Other nations in the Earth exploration-satellite (active), radionavigation-satellite (space-to...: (1) The United States Government in the aeronautical radionavigation, Earth exploration-satellite...

47 CFR 97.303 - Frequency sharing requirements.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-10-01

... harmful interference to stations in the Earth exploration-satellite service (passive) or the space...; and (3) Other nations in the Earth exploration-satellite (active), radionavigation-satellite (space-to...: (1) The United States Government in the aeronautical radionavigation, Earth exploration-satellite...

47 CFR 97.303 - Frequency sharing requirements.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-10-01

... harmful interference to stations in the Earth exploration-satellite service (passive) or the space...; and (3) Other nations in the Earth exploration-satellite (active), radionavigation-satellite (space-to...: (1) The United States Government in the aeronautical radionavigation, Earth exploration-satellite...

50 CFR 300.201 - Definitions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-10-01

... fish stocks shared by the United States, for which there are no applicable international conservation..., convention, or agreement for the conservation and management of fish. International fishery management..., convention, or agreement for the conservation and management of fish. Protected living marine resources...

Development and evaluation of infrastructure strategies for safer cycling.

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2017-01-01

In recent years there has been an increasing number of recreational and bicycle : commuters in the United States. Although bicycle users still represent a very small mode : share, municipalities have been attempting to further encourage the health, e...

Comparing Generic Drug Markets in Europe and the United States: Prices, Volumes, and Spending.

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Wouters, Olivier J; Kanavos, Panos G; McKEE, Martin

2017-09-01

Policy Points: Our study indicates that there are opportunities for cost savings in generic drug markets in Europe and the United States. Regulators should make it easier for generic drugs to reach the market. Regulators and payers should apply measures to stimulate price competition among generic drugmakers and to increase generic drug use. To meaningfully evaluate policy options, it is important to analyze historical context and understand why similar initiatives failed previously. Rising drug prices are putting pressure on health care budgets. Policymakers are assessing how they can save money through generic drugs. We compared generic drug prices and market shares in 13 European countries, using data from 2013, to assess the amount of variation that exists between countries. To place these results in context, we reviewed evidence from recent studies on the prices and use of generics in Europe and the United States. We also surveyed peer-reviewed studies, gray literature, and books published since 2000 to (1) outline existing generic drug policies in European countries and the United States; (2) identify ways to increase generic drug use and to promote price competition among generic drug companies; and (3) explore barriers to implementing reform of generic drug policies, using a historical example from the United States as a case study. The prices and market shares of generics vary widely across Europe. For example, prices charged by manufacturers in Switzerland are, on average, more than 2.5 times those in Germany and more than 6 times those in the United Kingdom, based on the results of a commonly used price index. The proportion of prescriptions filled with generics ranges from 17% in Switzerland to 83% in the United Kingdom. By comparison, the United States has historically had low generic drug prices and high rates of generic drug use (84% in 2013), but has in recent years experienced sharp price increases for some off-patent products. There are policy solutions to address issues in Europe and the United States, such as streamlining the generic drug approval process and requiring generic prescribing and substitution where such policies are not yet in place. The history of substitution laws in the United States provides insights into the economic, political, and cultural issues influencing the adoption of generic drug policies. Governments should apply coherent supply- and demand-side policies in generic drug markets. An immediate priority is to convince more physicians, pharmacists, and patients that generic drugs are bioequivalent to branded products. Special-interest groups continue to obstruct reform in Europe and the United States. © 2017 The Authors The Milbank Quarterly published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of The Millbank Memorial Fund.

Effect of increased private share of inpatient psychiatric resources on jail population growth: evidence from the United States.

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Yoon, Jangho

2011-02-01

There is a strong connection between the mental health and criminal justice systems. This research empirically tested whether the privatization of the inpatient mental health system alters this relationship, contributing to jail population growth. Using state-level panel data on U.S. states and the District of Columbia for the years 1985-1998, this study analyzed the relationship between the size of jail populations and private share of hospital psychiatric beds, first for overall private beds and then separately by private for-profit and nonprofit. Empirical models controlled for changes in mental health financing and resources, variations in criminal justice practice, and demographic and socio-economic factors as well as state and year fixed effects. A method of instrumental variables was employed to make a stronger case for causal inference. Results show that a one-percentage point increase in the private for-profit share of psychiatric beds contributes to the growth of jail inmates by approximately 2.3% annually. A greater private nonprofit share of psychiatric beds does not appear to influence the size of jail populations. These findings suggest that the increased private for-profit share of inpatient psychiatric resources undermines the safety-net and some control function of the mental health system and leads to a greater number of jail inmates. Copyright © 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Brand-specific consumption of flavored alcoholic beverages among underage youth in the United States.

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Fortunato, Erin K; Siegel, Michael; Ramirez, Rebecca L; Ross, Craig; DeJong, William; Albers, Alison B; Jernigan, David H

2014-01-01

Although several studies have identified flavored alcoholic beverages (FABs) as being popular among underage drinkers, no previous study has ascertained the prevalence of brand-specific FAB consumption among a national sample of underage youth. To ascertain the brand-specific consumption prevalence and consumption share of FABs among a national sample of underage drinkers in the United States. In 2012, we conducted an online, self-administered survey of a national sample of 1031 underage drinkers, ages 13-20 years, to determine the prevalence of past 30-day consumption for each of 898 alcoholic beverage brands, including 62 FABs, and each brand's youth consumption share, based on the estimated total number of standard drinks consumed. There were three brand-specific outcome measures: prevalence of consumption, prevalence of consumption during heavy episodic drinking, and consumption share, defined as the percentage of the total drinks consumed by all respondents combined that was attributable to a particular brand. The FAB brands with the highest prevalence of past 30-day consumption were Smirnoff malt beverages, 17.7%; Mike's, 10.8%; Bacardi malt beverages, 8.0%; and Four Loko/Four MaXed, 6.1%. Just five brands accounted for almost half (49.1%) of the total consumption share by volume within the FAB category. Flavored alcoholic beverages are highly popular among underage drinkers, and the FAB brand preferences of this group are highly concentrated among a small number of brands. To decrease the consumption of FABs by underage youth, all states should reclassify these beverages as distilled spirits rather than beer.

Patients' understanding of shared decision making in a mental health setting.

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Eliacin, Johanne; Salyers, Michelle P; Kukla, Marina; Matthias, Marianne S

2015-05-01

Shared decision making is a fundamental component of patient-centered care and has been linked to positive health outcomes. Increasingly, researchers are turning their attention to shared decision making in mental health; however, few studies have explored decision making in these settings from patients' perspectives. We examined patients' accounts and understanding of shared decision making. We analyzed interviews from 54 veterans receiving outpatient mental health care at a Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in the United States. Although patients' understanding of shared decision making was consistent with accounts published in the literature, participants reported that shared decision making goes well beyond these components. They identified the patient-provider relationship as the bedrock of shared decision making and highlighted several factors that interfere with shared decision making. Our findings highlight the importance of the patient-provider relationship as a fundamental element of shared decision making and point to areas for potential improvement. © The Author(s) 2014.

Safety And Promotion in the Federal Aviation Administration- Enabling Safe and Successful Commercial Space Transportation

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Repcheck, Randall J.

2010-09-01

The United States Federal Aviation Administration’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation(AST) authorizes the launch and reentry of expendable and reusable launch vehicles and the operation of launch and reentry sites by United States citizens or within the United States. It authorizes these activities consistent with public health and safety, the safety of property, and the national security and foreign policy interests of the United States. In addition to its safety role, AST has the role to encourage, facilitate, and promote commercial space launches and reentries by the private sector. AST’s promotional role includes, among other things, the development of information of interest to industry, the sharing of information of interest through a variety of methods, and serving as an advocate for Commercial Space Transportation within the United States government. This dual safety and promotion role is viewed by some as conflicting. AST views these two roles as complementary, and important for the current state of commercial space transportation. This paper discusses how maintaining a sound safety decision-making process, maintaining a strong safety culture, and taking steps to avoid complacency can together enable safe and successful commercial space transportation.

AN OVERVIEW OF INDOOR RADON RISK REDUCTION IN THE UNITED STATES

EPA Science Inventory

Radon in the indoor environment is a recognized environmental hazard. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has established several programs to develop, demonstrate, and transfer radon mitigation technology. Administration and management of these programs are shared by EPA's ...

QuickStats: Percentage of Adult Day Services Center Participants, by Selected Diagnoses

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... MMWR ) MMWR Share Compartir QuickStats: Percentage of Adult Day Services Center Participants,* by Selected Diagnoses † — National Study ... which is the estimated number of enrolled adult day services center participants in the United States on ...

7 CFR 1220.119 - Producer.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-01-01

... AND ORDERS; MISCELLANEOUS COMMODITIES), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE SOYBEAN PROMOTION, RESEARCH, AND CONSUMER INFORMATION Soybean Promotion and Research Order Definitions § 1220.119 Producer. The term producer means any person engaged in the growing of soybeans in the United States who owns, or who shares...

7 CFR 1220.119 - Producer.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-01-01

... AND ORDERS; MISCELLANEOUS COMMODITIES), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE SOYBEAN PROMOTION, RESEARCH, AND CONSUMER INFORMATION Soybean Promotion and Research Order Definitions § 1220.119 Producer. The term producer means any person engaged in the growing of soybeans in the United States who owns, or who shares...

A study of international airline code sharing

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

1994-12-01

Most international airline service to and from the United States today is provided by network carriers that move passengers through their gateway airports. In some cases, a carrier will take passengers to a foreign gateway and turn them over to a for...

Developing Rural Business Incubators.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Weinberg, Mark L.; Burnier, DeLysa

1991-01-01

Offers background on rural entrepreneurship and incubation in the United States, with particular focus on rural incubators at community colleges and regional incubation systems. Explains how incubators, which provide shared services and business/management assistance for tenant companies, differ from other entrepreneurial development strategies.…

The Evolution of "Association" as a Model for Lay/Religious Collaboration in Catholic Education, Part II: The Emergence of Shared Mission as a Ministry Paradigm, 1986-2000

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Tidd, Kevin M.

2009-01-01

In Part I of this two-part series (published in the March 2009 issue), the author traced the evolution of the Brothers of the Christian Schools' (Christian Brothers in the United States) understanding of how they related to the lay people with whom they increasingly shared their apostolate of Catholic education. From a stance of wary distance in…

Private sector risk-sharing agreements in the United States: trends, barriers, and prospects.

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Garrison, Louis P; Carlson, Josh J; Bajaj, Preeti S; Towse, Adrian; Neumann, Peter J; Sullivan, Sean D; Westrich, Kimberly; Dubois, Robert W

2015-09-01

Risk-sharing agreements (RSAs) between drug manufacturers and payers link coverage and reimbursement to real-world performance or utilization of medical products. These arrangements have garnered considerable attention in recent years. However, greater use outside the United States raises questions as to why their use has been limited in the US private sector, and whether their use might increase in the evolving US healthcare system. To understand current trends, success factors, and challenges in the use of RSAs, we conducted a review of RSAs, interviews, and a survey to understand key stakeholders' experiences and expectations for RSAs in the US private sector. Trends in the numbers of RSAs were assessed using a database of RSAs. We also conducted in-depth interviews with stakeholders from pharmaceutical companies, payer organizations, and industry experts in the United States and European Union. In addition, we administered an online survey with a broader audience to identify perceptions of the future of RSAs in the United States. Most manufacturers and payers expressed interest in RSAs and see potential value in their use. Due to numerous barriers associated with outcomes-based agreements, stakeholders were more optimistic about financial-based RSAs. In the US private sector, however, there remains considerable interest--improved data systems and shifting incentives (via health reform and accountable care organizations) may generate more action. In the US commercial payer markets, there is continued interest among some manufacturers and payers in outcomes-based RSAs. Despite continued discussion and activity, the number of new agreements is still small.

Culture and medical decision making: Healthcare consumer perspectives in Japan and the United States.

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Alden, Dana L; Friend, John M; Lee, Angela Y; de Vries, Marieke; Osawa, Ryosuke; Chen, Qimei

2015-12-01

Two studies identified core value influences on medical decision-making processes across and within cultures. In Study 1, Japanese and American adults reported desired levels of medical decision-making influence across conditions that varied in seriousness. Cultural antecedents (interdependence, independence, and power distance) were also measured. In Study 2, American adults reviewed a colorectal cancer screening decision aid. Decision preparedness was measured along with interdependence, independence, and desire for medical information. In Study 1, higher interdependence predicted stronger desire for decision-making information in both countries, but was significantly stronger in Japan. The path from information desire to decision-making influence desire was significant only in Japan. The independence path to desire for decision-making influence was significant only in the United States. Power distance effects negatively predicted desire for decision-making influence only in the United States. For Study 2, high (low) interdependents and women (men) in the United States felt that a colorectal cancer screening decision aid helped prepare them more (less) for a medical consultation. Low interdependent men were at significantly higher risk for low decision preparedness. Study 1 suggests that Japanese participants may tend to view medical decision-making influence as an interdependent, information sharing exchange, whereas American respondents may be more interested in power sharing that emphasizes greater independence. Study 2 demonstrates the need to assess value influences on medical decision-making processes within and across cultures and suggests that individually tailored versions of decision aids may optimize decision preparedness. (c) 2015 APA, all rights reserved).

Academic Readiness Indicators: Implications for State Policy. Policy Brief 2013-1

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Di Giacomo, F. Tony; Linn, Dane; Monthey, Wanda; Pack, Catherine; Wyatt, Jeffrey

2013-01-01

In recent decades, the United States economy has undergone a dramatic shift to a knowledge-based economy that, when coupled with simultaneous, rapid globalization, has created a greater demand for a more educated and skilled workforce. The share of U.S. jobs requiring some level of postsecondary education is expected to grow to 63% in the next…

Lessons Learned on Communication and Engagement for Educator Evaluation: Colorado Case Study. Policy-to-Practice Brief

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Behrstock-Sherratt, Ellen; Biggers, Kietha; Fetters, Jenni

2012-01-01

With many efforts underway across the United States, state education agency (SEA) leaders have the opportunity to utilize the expertise of their contacts in other SEAs and regional comprehensive centers (RCCs) in their region and throughout the country to exchange ideas and share the lessons they have learned about involving stakeholders in…

Multilevel Grouping, Grades Preschool-5 Small and Rural Schools. Outstanding Teaching Practices Series, Volume 4.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Regional Laboratory for Educational Improvement of the Northeast & Islands, Andover, MA.

This document reports on the 1991-92 Teacher Recognition Program honoring exceptional teachers from rural and small schools in the New England states, New York, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. The program was intended to enrich the quality of education in the Northeast United States and its Caribbean jurisdictions by sharing information about…

The Year in Forestry, State and Private Forestry in the Northeast and Midwest Fiscal Year 2008, August 2009

Treesearch

USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Area State and Private Forestry

2009-01-01

People and abundant open space come together in the Northeastern and Midwestern United States. In no other place do private landowners control a greater share of the landscape. This region contains one of the largest concentrations of privately owned forests in the world intermingled with the highest population density in the Nation.

Sharing Our Unheard Voices: Perceptions of the Lived Experience of Teachers of Color

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Berrios, Darline

2016-01-01

In public education, approximately 80% of teachers in the United States are White, yet close to half of the student population are students of color (U.S. Department of Education, 2011). Gaps in teacher diversity compared with students of color are found in every state across the country (Center for American Progress, 2011). In 2004, the National…

A strategic plan for forest research and development in the south

Treesearch

Richard A. Harper; Cassandra Johnson; H. Michael Rauscher; Carol Whitlock

2007-01-01

In many ways, the southern region of the United States is our nation's best kept secret. Although each is unique, the 13 southern States from Virginia to Texas share several important attributes: long growing seasons and plentiful water, close-knit communities with strong ties to the land, terrains ranging from lush wetlands to rolling hills to sheltering...

Limited English Proficient Individuals in the United States: Number, Share, Growth, and Linguistic Diversity. LEP Data Brief

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Pandya, Chhandasi; McHugh, Margie; Batalova, Jeanne

2011-01-01

The number of US residents who are deemed to be Limited English Proficient (LEP) has increased substantially in recent decades, consistent with the growth in the US foreign-born population. While many LEP individuals are still attracted to the historic immigrant-destination states of California, Texas, New York, New Jersey, Florida, and Illinois,…

A survey of light-vehicle driver education curriculum on sharing the road with heavy vehicles.

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Baker, Stephanie; Schaudt, William A; Freed, J C; Toole, Laura

2012-07-01

Light-vehicle driver education programs that contain content about sharing the road with heavy vehicles may be helpful in reducing future light-vehicle/heavy-vehicle interactions. However, the extent of curricula in the United States including such content is unclear. Researchers developed an online survey targeted at instructors/administrators of state driver education programs to identify curricula addressing heavy vehicles and to determine perceived effectiveness. Ninety-one percent of respondents indicated that the light-vehicle driver education curriculum they teach/administer included a component covering how to safely share the road with heavy vehicles (82% perceived this component to be effective). Although a large proportion of these programs included a component on how to safely share the road with heavy vehicles, participants indicated there may be room for improvement. Participants recommended that future improvements to driver education programs include updated materials and student hands-on experience with heavy vehicles. Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Internet cigarette sales and Native American sovereignty: political and public health contexts.

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Samuel, Kari A; Ribisl, Kurt M; Williams, Rebecca S

2012-05-01

Internet cigarette vendors (ICVs) advertise low prices for tobacco products, subverting public health policy efforts to curtail smoking by raising prices. Many online retailers in the United States claim affiliation with Native American tribes and share in tribal tax-free status. Sales of discounted cigarettes from both online vendors and brick-and-mortar stores have angered non-Native retailers and triggered enforcement actions by state and federal governments in the United States concerned over lost cigarette excise tax revenue. Examination of the history and politics of cigarette sales on reservations and attempts to regulate Internet cigarette sales highlights the potential role for greater use of negotiated intergovernmental agreements to address reservation-based tobacco sales. Our review notes global parallels and explicates history and politics of such regulation in the United States, and offers background for collaborative efforts to regulate tobacco sales and decrease tobacco use.

Could Values and Social Structures in Singapore Facilitate Attainment of Patient-Focused, Cultural, and Linguistic Competency Standards in a Patient-Centered Medical Home Pilot?

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Shih, Jenny A; Shiow, Sue-Anne Toh Ee; Wee, Hwee-Lin

2015-01-01

Primary care practices in the United States are transforming into patient-centered medical homes (PCMHs) at a rapid pace. Newer PCMH standards have emphasized culturally and linguistically appropriate services (CLAS), but at this time, only some states in the United States have proposed or passed cultural competency training for health care professionals. Other countries are moving to PCMH models. Singapore, a small, ethnically diverse island nation, has national values and social structures that emphasize cultural and linguistic cohesion. In this piece, we examine Singapore’s first PCMH pilot with a national academic center and primary care practice group. Features such as common shared values, self-reliance, racial and religious harmony, patient experience surveillance, and incorporation of CLAS standards in routine health care transactions may predict success for the PCMH in Singapore, with some implications for the United States. PMID:28725822

42 CFR 423.882 - Definitions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

... qualifying covered retiree under the plan. Benefit option means a particular benefit design, category of benefits, or cost-sharing arrangement offered within a group health plan. Employment-based retiree health... the foregoing, including a health benefits plan offered under chapter 89 of Title 5, United States...

U. S. -Mexico Border: Better Planning, coordination needed to Handle Growing Commercial Traffic

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2000-03-01

Due to concern expressed by Congress that the United States-Mexico border area was shouldering a disproportionate share of the costs of increased trade activity between the two countries, and that congestion problems related to expanded traffic were ...

78 FR 61807 - National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, 2013

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2013-10-04

... National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, 2013 By the President of the United States of America A... public awareness about cybersecurity, and we recommit to enhancing the security and resilience of our... best practices for cybersecurity, increase information sharing between the Federal Government and...

Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer - SEER Publications

Cancer.gov

Report on rates for new cancer cases, cancer deaths, and trends for the most common cancers in the United States. View the report, read a summary of incidence or mortality, or access materials to share on social media.

Research on the digital education resources of sharing pattern in independent colleges based on cloud computing environment

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Xiong, Ting; He, Zhiwen

2017-06-01

Cloud computing was first proposed by Google Company in the United States, which was based on the Internet center, providing a standard and open network sharing service approach. With the rapid development of the higher education in China, the educational resources provided by colleges and universities had greatly gap in the actual needs of teaching resources. therefore, Cloud computing of using the Internet technology to provide shared methods liked the timely rain, which had become an important means of the Digital Education on sharing applications in the current higher education. Based on Cloud computing environment, the paper analyzed the existing problems about the sharing of digital educational resources in Jiangxi Province Independent Colleges. According to the sharing characteristics of mass storage, efficient operation and low input about Cloud computing, the author explored and studied the design of the sharing model about the digital educational resources of higher education in Independent College. Finally, the design of the shared model was put into the practical applications.

A state-based national network for effective wildlife conservation

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Meretsky, Vicky J.; Maguire, Lynn A.; Davis, Frank W.; Stoms, David M.; Scott, J. Michael; Figg, Dennis; Goble, Dale D.; Griffith, Brad; Henke, Scott E.; Vaughn, Jacqueline; Yaffee, Steven L.

2012-01-01

State wildlife conservation programs provide a strong foundation for biodiversity conservation in the United States, building on state wildlife action plans. However, states may miss the species that are at the most risk at rangewide scales, and threats such as novel diseases and climate change increasingly act at regional and national levels. Regional collaborations among states and their partners have had impressive successes, and several federal programs now incorporate state priorities. However, regional collaborations are uneven across the country, and no national counterpart exists to support efforts at that scale. A national conservation-support program could fill this gap and could work across the conservation community to identify large-scale conservation needs and support efforts to meet them. By providing important information-sharing and capacity-building services, such a program would advance collaborative conservation among the states and their partners, thus increasing both the effectiveness and the efficiency of conservation in the United States.

Solace in solidarity: Disability friendship networks buffer well-being.

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Silverman, Arielle M; Molton, Ivan R; Smith, Amanda E; Jensen, Mark P; Cohen, Geoffrey L

2017-11-01

To determine whether having friends who share one's disability experiences is associated with higher well-being, and whether these friendships buffer well-being from disability-related stressors. Research Method/Design: In 2 cross-sectional studies, adults with long-term physical disabilities identified close friends who shared their diagnosis. We assessed well-being as a function of the number of friends that participants identified in each group. Study 1 included 71 adults with legal blindness living in the United States, while Study 2 included 1,453 adults in the United States with either muscular dystrophy (MD), multiple sclerosis (MS), post-polio syndrome (PPS), or spinal cord injury (SCI). In Study 1, having more friends sharing a blindness diagnosis was associated with higher life satisfaction, even controlling for the number of friends who were not blind. In Study 2, Participants with more friends sharing their diagnosis reported higher quality of life and satisfaction with social role participation. Participants with more friends sharing their diagnosis also showed and attenuated associations between the severity of their functional impairment and their quality of life and social role satisfaction, suggesting that their friendships buffered the impact of their functional impairment on well-being. Participants reporting more friends with any physical disability showed similar benefits. Friends with disabilities can offer uniquely important informational and emotional support resources that buffer the impact of a functional impairment on well-being. Psychosocial interventions should help people with long-term disabilities build their peer support networks. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2017 APA, all rights reserved).

Breast Microsurgery in Plastic Surgery Literature: A 21-Year Analysis of Publication Trends

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Daly, Lauren Tracy; Mowlds, Donald; Brodsky, Merrick A.; Abrouk, Michael; Gandy, Jessica R.; Wirth, Garrett A.

2018-01-01

Introduction Microsurgical reconstruction of the breast represents an area of continual evolution, as new autologous flaps are introduced and principles are refined. This progression can be demonstrated by bibliometric analysis of the scientific literature. Methods The top 10 plastic surgery journals were determined by impact factor (IF). Each issue of every journal from 1993 to 2013 was accessed directly, and all articles discussing microsurgery on the female breast were classified by authors’ geographic location, study design, and level of evidence (LOE, I–V). The productivity index and productivity share of each geographic region was calculated based on number of articles published and IF. Results A total of 706 breast microsurgery articles were analyzed. There was a significant increase in microsurgical breast research (p < 0.01), with an average 33.6 ± 31.1 articles per year and a mean increase of 4.4 articles per year. Most research was of lower LOE, with level I constituting 0.14% and level II constituting 5.21% of all articles. United States contributed the most research with 336.4 articles, followed by Western Europe with 242.2. However, Western Europe experienced the greatest increase in productivity share, with + 0.50 ± 0.29 growth, while United States demonstrated the greatest decrease in productivity share with − 1.23 ± 0.31 growth. Among autologous flaps, transverse rectus abdominis muscle research had the greatest yearly publication volume until 2002, when overtaken by deep inferior epigastric perforator flap research. Conclusion Over the 21-year study period, the United States not only contributed the greatest volume of research on female breast microsurgery but also demonstrated the greatest decline in research productivity. Efforts should be made to increase the LOE in breast microsurgery research. PMID:26645157

Solar energy an investment in our nations energy and economic security

DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

Barnett, A.; Sklar, A.

1996-07-01

The solar energy industries are engaged in aggressive efforts to develop, validate, and deploy solar energy systems for a wide variety of applications in every sector of the economy. In many cases, efforts are in partnership with the United States Departmet of Energy (DOE) and it`s laboratories. These partnerships are heavily cost shared by industry and were entered into with good faith by companies and corporations willing to include their significant cost-share in their budget planning.

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that effective sharing of passenger information from inbound international flight manifests is a crucial component of our national security and that the Department of Homeland Security must maintain the information sharing standards required under the 2007 Passenger Name Record Agreement between the United States and the European Union.

THOMAS, 112th Congress

Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT

2011-05-09

Senate - 05/18/2011 Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and an amended preamble by Unanimous Consent. (All Actions) Tracker: This bill has the status Agreed to in SenateHere are the steps for Status of Legislation:

International Policies on Sharing Genomic Research Results with Relatives: Approaches to Balancing Privacy with Access

PubMed Central

Branum, Rebecca; Wolf, Susan M.

2015-01-01

Returning genetic research results to raises complex issues. In order to inform the U.S. debate, this paper analyzes international law and policies governing the sharing of genetic research results with relatives and identifies key themes and lessons. The laws and policies from other countries demonstrate a range of approaches to balancing individual privacy and autonomy with family access for health benefit, offering important lessons for further development of approaches in the United States. PMID:26479568

National health expenditures, 1995.

PubMed

Levit, K R; Lazenby, H C; Braden, B R; Cowan, C A; McDonnell, P A; Sivarajan, L; Stiller, J M; Won, D K; Donham, C S; Long, A M; Stewart, M W

1996-01-01

This article presents data on health care spending for the United States, covering expenditures for various types of medical services and products and their sources of funding from 1960 to 1995. In 1995, $988.5 billion was spent to purchase health care in the United States, up 5.5 percent from 1994. Growth in spending between 1993 and 1995 was the slowest in more than three decades, primarily because of slow growth in private health insurance and out-of-pocket spending. As a result, the share of health spending funded by private sources fell, reflecting the influence of increased enrollment in managed care plans.

Different historical trajectories and family diversity among Chinese, Japanese, and Koreans in the United States.

PubMed

Jeong, Yu-Jin; You, Hyun-Kyung

2008-07-01

Chinese, Japanese, and Korean American families in the United States share several similarities, but they should not be interpreted as the sameness. Each group has gone through different immigration trajectories, and family members in a group have had different experiences. To get further knowledge of different family experiences in contemporary U.S. society, the trajectories of the family relationships among different Asian ethnic groups are examined. We specifically look at the time from arrival to World War II, from World War II to the 1960s, and after the 1960s.

HIV health care services for Mexican migrants.

PubMed

Solorio, M Rosa; Currier, Judith; Cunningham, William

2004-11-01

This article reviews the literature on HIV/AIDS health care services for Mexican migrants in the United States. Because so little research has been conducted on Mexican migrants per se, we include literature on Latinos/Hispanics in the United States, because some characteristics may be shared. Furthermore, we focus special attention on data from California because it is on the front line of issues regarding health care for Mexican migrants. The types of health care services needed to improve on the quality of care provided to Mexican migrants living with HIV are highlighted, and recommendations are made for future interventions, research, and binational collaborations.

Video Release: 47th Vice President of the United States Joseph R. Biden Jr. Speech at HUPO2017 Global Leadership Gala | Office of Cancer Clinical Proteomics Research

Cancer.gov

The Human Proteome Organization (HUPO) has released a video of the keynote speech given by the 47th Vice President of the United States of America Joseph R. Biden Jr. at the HUPO2017 Global Leadership Gala. Under the gala theme “International Cooperation in the Fight Against Cancer,” Biden recognized cancer as a collection of related diseases, the importance of data sharing and harmonization, and the need for collaboration across scientific disciplines as inflection points in cancer research.

Exploring the SCOAP3 Research Contributions of the United States

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Marsteller, Matthew

2016-03-01

The Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics (SCOAP3) is a successful global partnership of libraries, funding agencies and research centers. This presentation will inform the audience about SCOAP3 and also delve into descriptive statistics of the United States' intellectual contribution to particle physics via these open access journals. Exploration of the SCOAP3 particle physics literature using a variety of metrics tools such as Web of Science™, InCites™, Scopus® and SciVal will be shared. ORA or Sci2 will be used to visualize author collaboration networks.

Staff Nurse Decisional Involvement in the United States and Turkey.

PubMed

Ugur, Esra; Scherb, Cindy A; Specht, Janet P; Sen, Sevim; Lazzara, Lydia K

2017-12-01

The purpose of this descriptive comparative study is to compare the levels of decisional involvement of staff nurses between one Midwestern health care system in the United States with a nongovernmental University hospital in Turkey. The Decisional Involvement Scale was used for data collection. U.S. ( n = 163) and Turkey ( n = 50) staff nurses were included in the study. Both samples preferred more decisional involvement than they currently experienced. However, Turkish nurses experienced and preferred lower levels of decisional involvement than the U.S. Shared governance structures may be a strategy used to enhance staff nurse decisional involvement.

National Health Expenditures, 1993

PubMed Central

Levit, Katharine R.; Sensenig, Arthur L.; Cowan, Cathy A.; Lazenby, Helen C.; McDonnell, Patricia A.; Won, Darleen K.; Sivarajan, Lekha; Stiller, Jean M.; Donham, Carolyn S.; Stewart, Madie S.

1994-01-01

This article presents data on health care spending for the United States, covering expenditures for various types of medical services and products and their sources of funding from 1960 to 1993. Although these statistics show a slowing in the growth of health care expenditures over the past few years, spending continues to increase faster than the overall economy. The share of the Nation's health care bill funded by the Federal Government through the Medicaid and Medicare programs steadily increased from 1991 to 1993. This significant change in the share of health expenditures funded by the public sector has caused Federal health expenditures as a share of all Federal spending to increase dramatically. PMID:10140156

The financial burden of out-of-pocket expenses in the United States and Canada: How different is the United States?

PubMed Central

Baird, Katherine E

2016-01-01

Background: This article compares the burden that medical cost-sharing requirements place on households in the United States and Canada. It estimates the probability that individuals with similar demographic features in the two countries have large medical expenses relative to income. Method: The study uses 2010 nationally representative household survey data harmonized for cross-national comparisons to identify individuals with high medical expenses relative to income. Using logistic regression, it estimates the probability of high expenses occurring among 10 different demographic groups in the two countries. Results: The results show the risk of large medical expenses in the United States is 1.5–4 times higher than it is in Canada, depending on the demographic group and spending threshold used. The United States compares least favorably when evaluating poorer citizens and when using a higher spending threshold. Conclusion: Recent health care reforms can be expected to reduce Americans’ catastrophic health expenses, but it will take very large reductions in out-of-pocket expenditures—larger than can be expected—if poorer and middle-class families are to have the financial protection from high health care costs that their counterparts in Canada have. PMID:26985389

Sounds to Share: The State of Music Education in Three Reggio Emilia-Inspired North American Preschools

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Bond, Vanessa L.

2015-01-01

Renowned around the world, schools within the municipality of Reggio Emilia, Italy, have inspired North American early childhood educators for over 25 years. Despite the popularity and usage of the Reggio Emilia approach in the United States, music educators may find it unfamiliar. There is a lack of research that has discussed the use of music or…

Bridging the Gap 10 Years Later: A Tool and Technique to Analyze and Evaluate Advanced Academic Curricular Units

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Beasley, Jennifer G.; Briggs, Christine; Pennington, Leighann

2017-01-01

The need for a shared vision concerning exemplary curricula for academically advanced learners must be a priority in the field of education. With the advent of the Common Core State Standards adoption in many states, a new conversation has been ignited over meeting the needs of students with gifts and talents for whom the "standard"…

Commentaries on the National School Climate Standards. Benchmarks to Promote Effective Teaching, Learning and Comprehensive School Improvement. School Climate Brief, Number 2

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

National School Climate Center, 2010

2010-01-01

The majority of Americans have a shared vision that K-12 education needs to support children's ability to love, work and participate effectively in a democratic society. The National School Climate Center, a growing number of State Departments of Education and recently, the United States Department of Education believe that when school communities…

Southern pine beetle infestations in relation to forest stand conditions, previous thinning, and prescribed burning: evaluation of the Southern Pine Beetle Prevention Program

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John T. Nowak; James R. Meeker; David R. Coyle; Chris A. Steiner; Cavell Brownie

2015-01-01

Since 2003, the Southern Pine Beetle Prevention Program (SPBPP) (a joint effort of the USDA Forest Service and Southern Group of State Foresters) has encouraged and provided cost-share assistance for silvicultural treatments to reduce stand/forest susceptibility to the southern pine beetle (SPB)(Dendroctonus frontalis Zimmermann) in the southeastern United States....

Procedural Guide for International Gauging Stations on Boundary Waters Between Canada and the United States of America

USGS Publications Warehouse

Huberman, S.; Slater, James; Condes, A.

1985-01-01

INTRODUCTION Since 1909, the United States of America (U.S.A.) and Canada have employed a system of monitoring stream-flow and water levels for shared waters based upon professionalism, trust and goodwill. This document has been prepared in considerable detail for use by managers and field officers at all levels of government in Canada and the United States. Its purpose is to serve as a guide in attaining uniform procedures in the designation and operation of International Gauging Stations. For special situations where these procedures do not apply, specific mention is made in appropriate sections of the guide. This guide supersedes that of November 4, 1969, and the guide entitled 'The Procedural Guide for Operation of International Gauging Stations, St. Mary- Milk Rivers,' dated March 12, 1979.

Moving toward a Sustainable Future

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Rowe, Debra

2008-01-01

Sustainability is a lens through which increasing numbers of community colleges and other higher education institutions are collectively examining and acting upon the shared ecological, social, and economic world systems. In the United States, the national sustainability education trend is evident. In this article, the author discusses how…

7 CFR 1467.15 - Violations and remedies.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-01-01

... OF AGRICULTURE LOANS, PURCHASES, AND OTHER OPERATIONS WETLANDS RESERVE PROGRAM § 1467.15 Violations... contract, or any restoration cost-share agreement involving the participant, the participant shall be given... important wetland functions and values or other rights of the United States under the easement. The...

7 CFR 1467.15 - Violations and remedies.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-01-01

... OF AGRICULTURE LOANS, PURCHASES, AND OTHER OPERATIONS WETLANDS RESERVE PROGRAM § 1467.15 Violations... contract, or any restoration cost-share agreement involving the participant, the participant shall be given... important wetland functions and values or other rights of the United States under the easement. The...

Authorship Guidance in a Federal Research Laboratory: A Case Study

EPA Science Inventory

As science has become more specialized and collaborative, a need has emerged for research organizations to develop authorship guidance that can be shared and discussed with potential collaborators. We present the guidance developed for a United States (U.S.) federal research labo...

14 CFR 151.129 - Payments.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-01-01

... FEDERAL AID TO AIRPORTS Rules and Procedures for Advance Planning and Engineering Proposals § 151.129 Payments. (a) The United States' share of advance planning costs is paid in two installments unless the advance planning grant agreement provides otherwise. Upon request by sponsor, the first payment may be...

12 CFR 347.102 - Definitions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-01-01

... of business transaction. (f) Equity security means voting or nonvoting shares, stock, investment... extent in the regular course of its business; and (3) Has the power to accept demand deposits. (i...) Foreign branch means an office or place of business located outside the United States, its territories...

30 CFR 208.2 - Definitions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

... the period for which any royalty or net profit share is accrued or reserved to the United States... only be made if substantial amounts of royalty oil are turned back. Refined petroleum product means gasoline, kerosene, distillates (including Number 2 fuel oil), refined lubricating oils, or diesel fuel...

30 CFR 1208.2 - Definitions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-07-01

... the period for which any royalty or net profit share is accrued or reserved to the United States... only be made if substantial amounts of royalty oil are turned back. Refined petroleum product means gasoline, kerosene, distillates (including Number 2 fuel oil), refined lubricating oils, or diesel fuel...

30 CFR 1208.2 - Definitions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-07-01

... the period for which any royalty or net profit share is accrued or reserved to the United States... only be made if substantial amounts of royalty oil are turned back. Refined petroleum product means gasoline, kerosene, distillates (including Number 2 fuel oil), refined lubricating oils, or diesel fuel...

Bicyclist Safety Behaviors in an Urban Northeastern, United States City: An Observational Study.

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Wolfe, Elizabeth Suzanne; Arabian, Sandra Strack; Salzler, Matthew J; Bugaev, Nikolay; Rabinovici, Reuven

2016-01-01

Bicycling is gaining popularity in the United States, and laws and safety recommendations are being established to keep bicyclists safer. To improve road safety for bicyclists, there is a need to characterize their compliance with road laws and safety behaviors. Adult bicyclists were observed at three high-traffic intersections in Boston, MA, with state recommendations of wearing a helmet and riding in a bike lane. State law compliance for displaying reflectors during the day and of a front light and a rear light/reflector at night, obeying traffic signals, and giving pedestrians the right of way was also observed. Variables were compared between personal and shared/rented bicyclists and analyzed by time of day. A total of 1,685 bicyclists were observed. Because of the speed of the bicyclists and obstructed views, only a sampling of 802 bicyclists was observed for reflectors/front light. Overall, 74% wore a helmet, 49% had reflectors/front lights, 95% rode in bike lanes, 87% obeyed traffic signals, and 99% gave the right of way to pedestrians. Compared with shared bicyclists (n = 122), personal bicyclists (n = 1563) had a higher helmet-wearing behaviors (77% vs. 39%, p = .0001). Shared bicyclists had a higher (p = .0001) compliance with reflectors/lights (100%) than personal bicyclists (39%, n = 265). Boston bicyclists ride in bike lanes, obey traffic signals, give pedestrians the right of way, and wear helmets while having suboptimal compliance with light/reflector use. Educational programs and stricter law enforcement aimed at these safety behaviors should be part of the effort to improve safety for all road users.

Current and future funding sources for specialty mental health and substance abuse treatment providers.

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Levit, Katharine R; Stranges, Elizabeth; Coffey, Rosanna M; Kassed, Cheryl; Mark, Tami L; Buck, Jeffrey A; Vandivort-Warren, Rita

2013-06-01

Goals were to describe funding for specialty behavioral health providers in 1986 and 2005 and examine how the recession, parity law, and Affordable Care Act (ACA) may affect future funding. Numerous public data sets and actuarial methods were used to estimate spending for services from specialty behavioral health providers (general hospital specialty units; specialty hospitals; psychiatrists; other behavioral health professionals; and specialty mental health and substance abuse treatment centers). Between 1986 and 2005, hospitals-which had received the largest share of behavioral health spending-declined in importance, and spending shares trended away from specialty hospitals that were largely funded by state and local governments. Hospitals' share of funding from private insurance decreased from 25% in 1986 to 12% in 2005, and the Medicaid share increased from 11% to 23%. Office-based specialty providers continued to be largely dependent on private insurance and out-of-pocket payments, with psychiatrists receiving increased Medicaid funding. Specialty centers received increased funding shares from Medicaid (from 11% to 29%), and shares from other state and local government sources fell (from 64% to 46%). With ACA's full implementation, spending on behavioral health will likely increase under private insurance and Medicaid. Parity in private plans will also push a larger share of payments for office-based professionals from out-of-pocket payments to private insurance. As ACA provides insurance for formerly uninsured individuals, funding by state behavioral health authorities of center-based treatment will likely refocus on recovery and support services. Federal Medicaid rules will increase in importance as more people needing behavioral health treatment become covered.

Thin Film CIGS and CdTe Photovoltaic Technologies: Commercialization, Critical Issues, and Applications; Preprint

DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

Ullal, H. S.; von Roedern, B.

2007-09-01

We report here on the major commercialization aspects of thin-film photovoltaic (PV) technologies based on CIGS and CdTe (a-Si and thin-Si are also reported for completeness on the status of thin-film PV). Worldwide silicon (Si) based PV technologies continues to dominate at more than 94% of the market share, with the share of thin-film PV at less than 6%. However, the market share for thin-film PV in the United States continues to grow rapidly over the past several years and in CY 2006, they had a substantial contribution of about 44%, compared to less than 10% in CY 2003. Inmore » CY 2007, thin-film PV market share is expected to surpass that of Si technology in the United States. Worldwide estimated projections for CY 2010 are that thin-film PV production capacity will be more than 3700 MW. A 40-MW thin-film CdTe solar field is currently being installed in Saxony, Germany, and will be completed in early CY 2009. The total project cost is Euro 130 million, which equates to an installed PV system price of Euro 3.25/-watt averaged over the entire solar project. This is the lowest price for any installed PV system in the world today. Critical research, development, and technology issues for thin-film CIGS and CdTe are also elucidated in this paper.« less

Distribution of donor lungs in the United States: a case for broader geographic sharing.

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Iribarne, Alexander; Meltzer, David O; Chauhan, Dhaval; Sonett, Joshua R; Gibbons, Robert D; Vigneswaran, Wickii; Russo, Mark J

2016-06-01

To evaluate the association between allocation of donor lungs by geographic sharing type (GST) and lung allocation score (LAS). UNOS data included lung transplant recipients between 5/4/05 and 09/30/15 (n = 17 416) grouped by GST of donor lungs: local, regional, or national. Recipients were stratified by LAS <50, 50-75, and >75. Kaplan-Meier analysis was used to assess five-yr survival. The majority of lungs were shared locally (n = 9200; 52.8%) followed by nationally (n = 5356; 30.8%) and regionally (n = 2860; 16.4%). There was a significant difference in the mean LAS at transplant (local: 43.7 ± 15; regional: 49.5 ± 18.8; national 51 ± 19.4; p < 0.001). There was a significant association between GST and LAS (p < 0.001). The majority (n = 7431; 58.2%) of recipients with LAS <50 received local lungs. Recipients with LAS >75 received a majority of their organs from national (n = 881; 45.4%) and regional (n = 414; 21.6%) donors. Although statistically significant (p = 0.024), absolute decline in five-yr survival by GST in the national GST was only 1.1% compared to the local GST. Nearly half of all lungs in the United States are allocated locally to recipients with an LAS <50. Additional studies should determine if organ sharing over broader geographies would improve waitlist outcomes. © 2016 John Wiley & Sons A/S. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

7 CFR 625.15 - Violations and remedies.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-01-01

... Agriculture Regulations of the Department of Agriculture (Continued) NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE... listed species and forest ecosystem functions and values or other rights of the United States under the..., NRCS may withhold any easement and cost-share payments owing to landowners at any time there is a...

Mission of PROCINORTE'S Tropical and Subtropical Fruit Task Force

USDA-ARS?s Scientific Manuscript database

Canada, Mexico and United States are countries that share many interests in agricultural affairs. The three countries have been commercial partners for many years, and most recently they have been working under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) umbrella. The three countries are natura...

Mint Viruses: Beauty, Stealth and Disease

USDA-ARS?s Scientific Manuscript database

Mint has been cultivated for thousands of years for the unique fragrances produced by its volatile oils. The major areas of production include India, the United States, China, and Brazil. Mint is a vegetatively propagated crop and world-wide sharing of plant material along with repeated clonal propa...

Safety of High-Speed Guided Ground Transportation Systems : Shared Right-of-Way Safety Issues

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

1992-09-01

One of the most important issues in the debate over the viability in the United States of high-speed guided ground : transportation (HSGGT) systems, which include magnetic levitation (maglev) and high-speed rail (HSR), is the : feasibility of using e...

Family Relational Values in the Parent-Adolescent Relationship

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Edgar-Smith, Susan E.; Wozniak, Robert H.

2010-01-01

This study measured the relational family values system of upper-middle-class mothers, fathers, and adolescents in the United States. Results revealed that participants shared common family values that mainly reflected the importance of individualism, equality in family relationships, family member interdependence, and parental guidance. Parent…

A 10-year ecosystem restoration community of practice tracks large-scale restoration trends

EPA Science Inventory

In 2004, a group of large-scale ecosystem restoration practitioners across the United States convened to start the process of sharing restoration science, management, and best practices under the auspices of a traditional conference umbrella. This forum allowed scientists and dec...

Spatial and temporal interactions of elk, mule deer, and cattle.

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Priscilla K. Coe; Bruce K. Johnson; Kelley M. Stewart; John G. Kie

2004-01-01

Elk (Cervus elaphus), mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) and cattle share millions of acres of public and private forests and rangelands across the western United States and Canada. These three species have important social, ecological and economic values. Understanding their interspecific interactions may clarify two recurring...

Mission of PROCINORTE’s Tropical and Subtropical Fruit Taskforce

USDA-ARS?s Scientific Manuscript database

Canada, Mexico and United States are countries that share many interests in agricultural affairs. The three countries have been commercial partners for many years, and most recently they have been working under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) umbrella. The three countries are natural...

Indirect effects of introduced trout on Cascades frogs (Rana cascadae) via shared aquatic prey

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Maxwell B. Joseph; Jonah Piovia-Scott; Sharon P. Lawler; Karen L. Pope

2010-01-01

1. The introduction of trout to montane lakes has negatively affected amphibian populations across the western United States. In northern California’s Klamath–Siskiyou Mountains, introduced trout have diminished the distribution and abundance of a native ranid frog, Rana (=Lithobates)

Investigating technical challenges and research needs related to shared corridors for high speed passenger and railroad freight operations.

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2013-05-01

The development of both incremental and dedicated high-speed rail lines in the United States poses a number of questions. Despite nearly 50 years of international experience in planning, designing, building and operating high-speed passenger infrastr...

International Partnerships: A Game Theory Perspective

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Jie, Yiyun

2010-01-01

Institutions of higher education in China and the United States are increasingly seeking international partners to deliver degree programs to the Chinese populace. This article illustrates how shared and divergent partner motivations and outcome expectations in a Chinese cross-border higher education program have created synergy and challenged the…

Advancing eco-driving strategies for drivers and automated vehicles traveling within intersection vicinities : final report.

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2016-01-01

Vehicle emissions occupy a considerable share of emission inventories in the United States. One of the approaches taken to minimize vehicle emissions is eco-driving. Supported by advanced ITS technologies, it is available to provide the real-time eco...

Transmission and epidemiology of zoonotic protozoal diseases of companion animals.

PubMed

Esch, Kevin J; Petersen, Christine A

2013-01-01

Over 77 million dogs and 93 million cats share our households in the United States. Multiple studies have demonstrated the importance of pets in their owners' physical and mental health. Given the large number of companion animals in the United States and the proximity and bond of these animals with their owners, understanding and preventing the diseases that these companions bring with them are of paramount importance. Zoonotic protozoal parasites, including toxoplasmosis, Chagas' disease, babesiosis, giardiasis, and leishmaniasis, can cause insidious infections, with asymptomatic animals being capable of transmitting disease. Giardia and Toxoplasma gondii, endemic to the United States, have high prevalences in companion animals. Leishmania and Trypanosoma cruzi are found regionally within the United States. These diseases have lower prevalences but are significant sources of human disease globally and are expanding their companion animal distribution. Thankfully, healthy individuals in the United States are protected by intact immune systems and bolstered by good nutrition, sanitation, and hygiene. Immunocompromised individuals, including the growing number of obese and/or diabetic people, are at a much higher risk of developing zoonoses. Awareness of these often neglected diseases in all health communities is important for protecting pets and owners. To provide this awareness, this review is focused on zoonotic protozoal mechanisms of virulence, epidemiology, and the transmission of pathogens of consequence to pet owners in the United States.

Socioeconomic Segregation in Large Cities in France and the United States.

PubMed

Quillian, Lincoln; Lagrange, Hugues

2016-08-01

Past cross-national comparisons of socioeconomic segregation have been undercut by lack of comparability in measures, data, and concepts. Using IRIS data from the French Census of 2008 and the French Ministry of Finance as well as tract data from the American Community Survey (2006-2010) and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Picture of Subsidized Households, and constructing measures to be as similar as possible, we compare socioeconomic segregation in metropolitan areas with a population of more than 1 million in France and the United States. We find much higher socioeconomic segregation in large metropolitan areas in the United States than in France. We also find (1) a strong pattern of low-income neighborhoods in central cities and high-income neighborhoods in suburbs in the United States, but varying patterns across metropolitan areas in France; (2) that high-income persons are the most segregated group in both countries; (3) that the shares of neighborhood income differences that can be explained by neighborhood racial/ethnic composition are similar in France and the United States; and (4) that government-assisted housing is disproportionately located in the poorest neighborhoods in the United States but is spread across many neighborhood income levels in France. We conclude that differences in government provision of housing assistance and levels of income inequality are likely important contributing factors to the Franco-U.S. difference in socioeconomic segregation.

Transmission and Epidemiology of Zoonotic Protozoal Diseases of Companion Animals

PubMed Central

Esch, Kevin J.

2013-01-01

Over 77 million dogs and 93 million cats share our households in the United States. Multiple studies have demonstrated the importance of pets in their owners' physical and mental health. Given the large number of companion animals in the United States and the proximity and bond of these animals with their owners, understanding and preventing the diseases that these companions bring with them are of paramount importance. Zoonotic protozoal parasites, including toxoplasmosis, Chagas' disease, babesiosis, giardiasis, and leishmaniasis, can cause insidious infections, with asymptomatic animals being capable of transmitting disease. Giardia and Toxoplasma gondii, endemic to the United States, have high prevalences in companion animals. Leishmania and Trypanosoma cruzi are found regionally within the United States. These diseases have lower prevalences but are significant sources of human disease globally and are expanding their companion animal distribution. Thankfully, healthy individuals in the United States are protected by intact immune systems and bolstered by good nutrition, sanitation, and hygiene. Immunocompromised individuals, including the growing number of obese and/or diabetic people, are at a much higher risk of developing zoonoses. Awareness of these often neglected diseases in all health communities is important for protecting pets and owners. To provide this awareness, this review is focused on zoonotic protozoal mechanisms of virulence, epidemiology, and the transmission of pathogens of consequence to pet owners in the United States. PMID:23297259

A Shared Focus: Comparing the Australian, Canadian, United Kingdom and United States Pharmacy Learning Outcome Frameworks and the Global Competency Framework.

PubMed

Stupans, Ieva; Atkinson, Jeffrey; Meštrović, Arijana; Nash, Rose; Rouse, Michael J

2016-09-10

This paper presents an analysis of the end of degree expectations, expressed as learning outcomes, for pharmacy graduates from Australia, Canada, United Kingdom and United States. The authors compare the end of degree expectations, through mapping these requirements to the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) Global Competency Framework (GbCF). The anticipated end of degree expectations are similar but also reveal some individual characteristics. Irrespective of degree title, achievement of learning outcomes specified in any one of the four jurisdictions should enable students to become pharmacists who are patient-orientated medicines experts. The mapping provides impetus for cross-border institutional networking to generate a dependable set of assessment tools across national borders developing a common metric for outcome assessment irrespective of different program delivery.

Saving our shared birds: Partners in Flight tri-national vision for landbird conservation

USGS Publications Warehouse

Berlanga, Humberto; Kennedy, Judith A.; Rich, Terrell D.; Arizmendi, Maria del Coro; Beardmore, Carol J.; Blancher, Peter J.; Butcher, Gregory S.; Couturier, Andrew R.; Dayer, Ashley A.; Demarest, Dean W.; Easton, Wendy E.; Gustafson, Mary; Iñigo-Elias, Eduardo E.; Krebs, Elizabeth A.; Panjabi, Arvind O.; Rodriguez Contreras, Vicente; Rosenberg, Kenneth V.; Ruth, Janet M.; Santana Castellon, Eduardo; Vidal, Rosa Ma.; Will, Tom

2010-01-01

Landbirds are the most abundant and diverse group of birds in North America, with nearly 900 species distributed across every major terrestrial habitat. Birds are indicators of environmental health; their populations track changes in habitat, water, disease, and climate. They are providers of invaluable ecosystem services, such as pest control, seed dispersal, and pollination. As the focus of bird watching, they help generate billions of dollars for national economies. Yet, we are in danger of losing this spectacular and irreplaceable bird diversity: landbirds are experiencing significant declines, ominous threats, and shrinking habitats across a continent with growing human populations, increasing resource consumption, and changing climate. Saving Our Shared Birds presents for the first time a comprehensive conservation assessment of landbirds in Canada, Mexico, and the continental United States. This new tri-national vision encompasses the complete range of many migratory species and highlights the vital links among migrants and highly threatened resident species in Mexico. It points to a set of continent-scale actions necessary to maintain the landbird diversity and abundance that are our shared responsibility. This collaborative effort of Partners in Flight (PIF) is the next step in linking the countries of the Western Hemisphere to help species at risk and keep common birds common through voluntary partnerships—our mission since 1990. Saving Our Shared Birds builds upon PIF’s 2004 North American Landbird Conservation Plan, which presented science-based priorities for the conservation of 448 landbird species in Canada and the United States. Our three nations have expressed their commitment to cooperative conservation through numerous international treaties, agreements, and programs, including formation of the North American Bird Conservation Initiative (NABCI) a decade ago. The NABCI partnership recognizes that effective conservation requires a concerted effort within each country, as well as a tri-national strategy to address issues throughout the full life cycles of our birds. Today more than ever, it is urgent for the people of Canada, Mexico, and the United States to work together to keep common birds common, prevent extinction of our bird species at greatest risk, and ensure the diversity and abundance of birdlife across North America and throughout the hemisphere, far into the future. Saving Our Shared Birds shows the way forward.

Tuberculosis along the United States-Mexico border, 1993-2001.

PubMed

Schneider, Eileen; Laserson, Kayla F; Wells, Charles D; Moore, Marisa

2004-07-01

Tuberculosis (TB) is a leading public health problem and a recognized priority for the federal Governments of both Mexico and the United States of America. The objectives of this research, primarily for the four states in the United States that are along the border with Mexico, were to: (1) describe the epidemiological situation of TB, (2) identify TB risk factors, and (3) discuss tuberculosis program strategies. We analyzed tuberculosis case reports collected from 1993 through 2001 by the tuberculosis surveillance system of the United States. We used those data to compare TB cases mainly among three groups: (1) Mexican-born persons in the four United States border states (Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas), (2) persons in those four border states who had been born in the United States, and (3) Mexican-born persons in the 46 other states of the United States, which do not border Mexico. For the period from 1993 through 2001, of the 16 223 TB cases reported for Mexican-born persons in the United States, 12 450 of them (76.7%) were reported by Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas. In those four border states overall in 2001, tuberculosis case rates for Mexican-born persons were 5.0 times as high as the rates for persons born in the United States; those four states have 23 counties that directly border on Mexico, and the ratio in those counties was 5.8. HIV seropositivity, drug and alcohol use, unemployment, and incarceration were significantly less likely to be reported in Mexican-born TB patients from the four border states and the nonborder states than in patients born in the United States from the four border states (P < 0.001). Multivariate analysis revealed that among pulmonary tuberculosis patients who were 18-64 years of age and residing in the four border states, the Mexican-born patients were 3.6 times as likely as the United States-born patients were to have resistance to at least isoniazid and rifampin (i. e., to have multidrug-resistant TB) and twice as likely to have isoniazid resistance. Mexican-born TB patients from the four border states and the nonborder states were significantly more likely to have moved or to be lost to follow-up than were the TB patients born in the United States from the four border states (P < 0.001). Increased collaborative tuberculosis control efforts by the federal Governments of both Mexico and the United States along the border that they share are needed if tuberculosis is to be eliminated in the United States.

The development of a droplet-vitrification method to conserve Vitis collections in the USDA-ARS National Plant Germplasm System and UDESC-CAV Santa Catarina State University in Brazil

USDA-ARS?s Scientific Manuscript database

Both the United States and Brazil maintain vast collections of grape genetic resources. We share a common interest in using cryopreservation methods for the secure, long-term back-up of accessions within these field collections of the USDA-ARS National Plant Germplasm System and UDESC-CAV Santa Cata...

12 CFR 701.32 - Payment on shares by public units and nonmembers.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-01-01

... needs, sources and intended uses of public unit and nonmember shares; (ii) Provision for matching maturities of public unit and nonmember shares with corresponding assets, or justification for any mismatch...

12 CFR 701.32 - Payment on shares by public units and nonmembers.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-01-01

... needs, sources and intended uses of public unit and nonmember shares; (ii) Provision for matching maturities of public unit and nonmember shares with corresponding assets, or justification for any mismatch...

Trends in cost sharing among selected high income countries--2000-2010.

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Hossein, Zare; Gerard, Anderson

2013-09-01

Many high income countries increased their level of patient cost sharing between 2000 and 2010 as one component of their policy agenda to reduce the level of health care spending. We use data from the OECD, European Observatory, and country-specific resources to analyze trends in the UK, Germany, Japan, France, and the United States. Some forms of cost sharing-deductibles, co-insurance, or co-payments-increased in all these countries, with the highest rates of increase occurring in the pharmaceutical sector. In spite of higher levels of cost-sharing, out-of-pocket spending as a percentage of total spending remained unchanged in most of these countries because they instituted programs to protect certain categories of individuals by creating out-of-pocket limits, exempting people with certain chronic diseases, or eliminating cost sharing for certain demographic groups and low-income people. Copyright © 2013 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ireland Ltd.. All rights reserved.

Examining Data Repository Guidelines for Qualitative Data Sharing.

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Antes, Alison L; Walsh, Heidi A; Strait, Michelle; Hudson-Vitale, Cynthia R; DuBois, James M

2018-02-01

Qualitative data provide rich information on research questions in diverse fields. Recent calls for increased transparency and openness in research emphasize data sharing. However, qualitative data sharing has yet to become the norm internationally and is particularly uncommon in the United States. Guidance for archiving and secondary use of qualitative data is required for progress in this regard. In this study, we review the benefits and concerns associated with qualitative data sharing and then describe the results of a content analysis of guidelines from international repositories that archive qualitative data. A minority of repositories provide qualitative data sharing guidelines. Of the guidelines available, there is substantial variation in whether specific topics are addressed. Some topics, such as removing direct identifiers, are consistently addressed, while others, such as providing an anonymization log, are not. We discuss the implications of our study for education, best practices, and future research.

Mission Networks: An Evolution in Information Sharing

DTIC Science & Technology

2012-03-20

Publication 6-0 Joint Communications System states that the Global Information Grid ( GIG ) composed of the Defense Information Systems Network (DISN...of the GIG while the other branches of the United States Government (USG) such as the Department of State (DoS) utilize the ’.gov’ sub-network of...the GIG . The result is that unless the DOD has a ’need to know’ it will never have access to the DOS information that resides on the ’.gov’ sub-network

COMPARISON OF EUROPEAN AND UNITED STATES APPROACHES TO NEW AND EXISTING SUBSTANCES REGULATION

EPA Science Inventory

Chemical regulation in Europe and the U.S. share the goal of protection of human health and the environment, but regulatory requirements differ between the two jurisdictions. This presentation will review the approach taken in the U.S. under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSC...

Impact of high-speed passenger trains on freight train efficiency in shared railway corridors.

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2015-01-01

In the United States, freight rail demand had doubled from 0.9 trillion ton-miles in 1980 to 1.8 trillion tonmiles : in 2007, and railroad carriers reached a 39.5% market penetration in 20071 : . As intercity passenger : rail is widely recognized as ...

Human Papillomavirus - Prevalence of High-Risk and Low-Risk Types among Females Aged 14-59 Years, National Health and ...

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... 14 – 59 Years, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2003 – 2006 Recommend on Facebook Tweet Share Compartir ... United States, the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2003–2006. J Infect Dis. 2011;204(4): ...

Nonprofit Sharing

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Koss, Linda

2007-01-01

The United States is home to about 1.3 million organizations that fall under the IRS's 501(c)(3) classification of "[tax]-exempt organizations," known informally as nonprofits. A nonprofit is defined as a formally incorporated nongovernmental organization that operates in the public interest, rather than in order to make a profit. Its income, in…

77 FR 70679 - Thanksgiving Day, 2012

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2012-11-27

... Thanksgiving Day, 2012 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation On Thanksgiving Day... day is a time to take stock of the fortune we have known and the kindnesses we have shared, grateful... distinguished our Nation since its earliest days. Many Thanksgivings have offered opportunities to celebrate...

Togetherness in the Americas.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Black, Jan Knippers

1984-01-01

There is a growing unacknowledged reality to the oneness of America. Latin America is increasingly sharing not only the blessings of U.S.-style modernization, but its demons as well. Also, many problems that have long plagued Latin America, e.g., indebtedness and militarism, are becoming more apparent in the United States. (RM)

Guess Who's Coming to Graduation?

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Miller, Ann

2010-01-01

In this article, the author shares her experience in assisting seniors and two teachers at Kalamazoo (Michigan) Central High School when they joined a national contest to have the President of the United States deliver the commencement address to the class of 2010. One of the author's favorite memories surrounds the distribution of commencement…

Southern Pine Bark Beetle Guild

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T. Evan Nebeker

2011-01-01

Dendroctonus frontalis (southern pine beetle), D. terebrans (black turpentine beetle), Ips avulsus (small southern pine engraver or four-spined engraver), I. grandicollis (five-spined engraver), and I. calligraphus (six-spined engraver) comprise the southern pine bark beetle guild. Often they are found sharing the same hosts in the Southeastern United States. They...

14 CFR 151.61 - Grant payments: Partial.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-01-01

... payments: Partial. (a) Subject to the final determination of allowable project costs as provided in § 151.63 partial grant payments for project costs may be made to a sponsor upon application. Unless... partial payments to the estimated United States share of the project costs of the airport development...

14 CFR 151.61 - Grant payments: Partial.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-01-01

... payments: Partial. (a) Subject to the final determination of allowable project costs as provided in § 151.63 partial grant payments for project costs may be made to a sponsor upon application. Unless... partial payments to the estimated United States share of the project costs of the airport development...

14 CFR 151.61 - Grant payments: Partial.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-01-01

... payments: Partial. (a) Subject to the final determination of allowable project costs as provided in § 151.63 partial grant payments for project costs may be made to a sponsor upon application. Unless... partial payments to the estimated United States share of the project costs of the airport development...

DOBIS and NOTIS: A Contrast in Design.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Juergens, Bonnie; Blake, Ruth

1987-01-01

Compares and contrasts two systems designed for library automation applications--NOTIS, which was developed in the United States, and DOBIS, which was developed in Europe. The differences in the systems are discussed in terms of the availability or absence of machine readable bibliographic sharing capacities in the countries of origin. (CLB)

38 CFR 41.105 - Definitions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-07-01

... share common compliance requirements. The types of clusters of programs are research and development (R... agency has the same meaning as the term agency in section 551(1) of title 5, United States Code. Federal... programs are: (i) Research and development (R&D); (ii) Student financial aid (SFA); and (iii) “Other...

29 CFR 99.105 - Definitions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-07-01

... share common compliance requirements. The types of clusters of programs are research and development (R... agency has the same meaning as the term agency in Section 551(1) of title 5, United States Code. Federal...) Research and development (R&D); (ii) Student financial aid (SFA); and (iii) “Other clusters” as described...

29 CFR 99.105 - Definitions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-07-01

... share common compliance requirements. The types of clusters of programs are research and development (R... agency has the same meaning as the term agency in Section 551(1) of title 5, United States Code. Federal...) Research and development (R&D); (ii) Student financial aid (SFA); and (iii) “Other clusters” as described...

29 CFR 99.105 - Definitions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-07-01

... share common compliance requirements. The types of clusters of programs are research and development (R... agency has the same meaning as the term agency in Section 551(1) of title 5, United States Code. Federal...) Research and development (R&D); (ii) Student financial aid (SFA); and (iii) “Other clusters” as described...

29 CFR 99.105 - Definitions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-07-01

... share common compliance requirements. The types of clusters of programs are research and development (R... agency has the same meaning as the term agency in Section 551(1) of title 5, United States Code. Federal...) Research and development (R&D); (ii) Student financial aid (SFA); and (iii) “Other clusters” as described...

38 CFR 41.105 - Definitions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-07-01

... share common compliance requirements. The types of clusters of programs are research and development (R... agency has the same meaning as the term agency in section 551(1) of title 5, United States Code. Federal... programs are: (i) Research and development (R&D); (ii) Student financial aid (SFA); and (iii) “Other...

29 CFR 99.105 - Definitions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

... share common compliance requirements. The types of clusters of programs are research and development (R... agency has the same meaning as the term agency in Section 551(1) of title 5, United States Code. Federal...) Research and development (R&D); (ii) Student financial aid (SFA); and (iii) “Other clusters” as described...

38 CFR 41.105 - Definitions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-07-01

... share common compliance requirements. The types of clusters of programs are research and development (R... agency has the same meaning as the term agency in section 551(1) of title 5, United States Code. Federal... programs are: (i) Research and development (R&D); (ii) Student financial aid (SFA); and (iii) “Other...

38 CFR 41.105 - Definitions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

... share common compliance requirements. The types of clusters of programs are research and development (R... agency has the same meaning as the term agency in section 551(1) of title 5, United States Code. Federal... programs are: (i) Research and development (R&D); (ii) Student financial aid (SFA); and (iii) “Other...

38 CFR 41.105 - Definitions.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-07-01

... share common compliance requirements. The types of clusters of programs are research and development (R... agency has the same meaning as the term agency in section 551(1) of title 5, United States Code. Federal... programs are: (i) Research and development (R&D); (ii) Student financial aid (SFA); and (iii) “Other...

75 FR 16837 - Public Review of Draft United States Thoroughfare, Landmark, and Postal Address Data Standard

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2010-04-02

... the structure of their address information but have not defined the elements that constitute an address. Knowledge of structure, content, and quality is required to successfully share information in a... discrete elements of address information and provides standardized terminology and definitions to alleviate...

Learning Theory and Psychometrics: Room for Growth

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Briggs, Derek C.

2017-01-01

In the United States, students have historically taken large-scale assessments for many different purposes. One purpose that is shared with many other countries is a desire to monitor aggregate trends in educational attainment in core subject domains such as literacy, mathematics, and science. In this commentary, the author examines testing,…

Identification of unique volatile compounds associated with repelling whiteflies (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) in desert watermelon (Citrullus colocynthis)

USDA-ARS?s Scientific Manuscript database

Commercial watermelon cultivars (Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus) share a narrow genetic base and are susceptible to many insect pests and diseases. The insects include whiteflies which cause serious economic damages to this important cucurbit crop. However, several United States Plant Introduction a...

31 CFR 352.7 - Issues on exchange.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-07-01

... redemption value exceeded, but was not an even multiple of $500, the owner had the option either: (1) To add... United States Savings Notes (Freedom Shares) at their current redemption values for Series HH bonds...) Computation of issue price. The total current redemption value of the eligible securities submitted for...

Practicing Culturally Responsive Pedagogy in Physical Education

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Young, Shawna; Sternod, Brandon M.

2011-01-01

As a result of continuous global immigration to the United States, several microcultures coexist within the country. Today's classroom should provide an interface where individuals from different cultural backgrounds have the potential for sharing a rich place of learning--a place where the teacher embraces and celebrates individual differences,…

The Search for Shelter.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Greer, Nora Richter

This report describes the response of the American Institute of Architects' Housing Committee to the homeless crisis in the United States. Based on information shared at two conferences held by the Committee in 1985, this publication examines the question of how to provide secure, dignified shelter for those with little financial resources. It…

Support from Chief Executives to Sponsored Programs Administration at Baccalaureate Universities in the United States

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Hamilton, Zoya

2012-01-01

This research study examined support to sponsored programs administrators (SPAs, or research administrators) at baccalaureate universities from their chief executives. Support to SPAs strengthens the shared purpose of the university, enabling SPAs to serve as effective organizational representatives in business transactions pertaining to grants…

Comprehensive Truck Size and Weight (TS&W) Study. Phase 1-synthesis, working paper 11 : environment and truck size and weight regulations

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2013-11-01

The United States (US) Department of Transportation (USDOT) and the Road Bureau of Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism (MLIT) of Japan have a long history of sharing information on ITS (Intelligent Transportation Systems) activit...

Democratic Parenting: Paradoxical Messages in Democratic Parent Education Theories

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Oryan, Shlomit; Gastil, John

2013-01-01

Some prominent parent education theories in the United States and other Western countries base their educational viewpoint explicitly on democratic values, such as mutual respect, equality and personal freedom. These democratic parenting theories advocate sharing power with children and including them in family decision making. This study presents…

DOE New Technology. Sharing New Frontiers.

DTIC Science & Technology

1992-11-01

Simpson Mr. Philip W. Krey Stanford Linear Accelerator Center U.S. Department of Energy P.O. Box 4349 Environmental Measurements Laboratory Stanford, CA...Washington, DC (United netic field controller. Kotler , D.K.; Rankin, R.A.; Morgan, States). USA Patent 5,026,154/A/. 25 Jun 1991. Filed date J.P. To

78 FR 21633 - International Mail Product

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2013-04-11

... of United States Postal Service Filing of a Functionally Equivalent International Business Reply...); Attachment 3--a copy of Governors' Decision No. 08-24; and Attachment 4--an application for non-public... equivalent to the baseline agreement filed in Docket No. CP2011-59 because it shares similar cost and market...

78 FR 21632 - International Mail Product

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2013-04-11

... of United States Postal Service Filing of a Functionally Equivalent International Business Reply...' Decision No. 08-24; and Attachment 4--an application for non-public treatment of materials filed under seal... equivalent to the baseline agreement filed in Docket No. CP2011-59 because it shares similar cost and market...

The foliar chemistry dynamic in eastern hemlock and how it relates to the competitive mechanism between two invasive herbivores: Adelges tsugae and Fiorinia externa.

Treesearch

Mailea R. Miller-Pierce; Evan L. Preisser; Dave A. Orwig

2009-01-01

While invasive species themselves have been examined, little work has addressed the question of competition between two invasive specialists on a shared host. An example of this situation exists in the eastern United States, where...

50 CFR 34.2 - Authority.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-10-01

... 50 Wildlife and Fisheries 6 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 false Authority. 34.2 Section 34.2 Wildlife and Fisheries UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (CONTINUED) THE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SYSTEM REFUGE REVENUE SHARING WITH COUNTIES § 34.2 Authority. (a) The Act of October 17...

Understanding Latina Doctoral Student Experiences: Negotiating Ethnic Identity and Academic Success

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Arocho, Omayra

2017-01-01

Latinas currently attain the lowest number of terminal degrees in the United States when compared to White, African American, and Asian American women. While Latina doctoral students share common struggles with other minority/female doctoral students, the unique cultural expectations associated with their racial/ethnic and gender related…

The Pediatric Diabetes Consortium: Improving care of children with Type 1 diabetes through collaborative research

USDA-ARS?s Scientific Manuscript database

Although there are some interactions between the major pediatric diabetes programs in the United States, there has been no formal, independent structure for collaboration, the sharing of information, and the development of joint research projects that utilize common outcome measures. To fill this un...

Issues and Problems in Distance Teaching to Rural Communities: A Western Perspective.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Sparks, Barbara; Farr, Charlotte

The Western Brokering Project (WBP) is a cooperative effort to share resources and programming across educational institutions in the western United States. Administered by the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education and the Western Cooperative for Educational Telecommunications, the WBP works with 6 community colleges and universities…

40 CFR 33.405 - How does a recipient determine its fair share objectives?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

... AND OTHER FEDERAL ASSISTANCE PARTICIPATION BY DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES IN UNITED STATES... Business Pattern (CBP) database, determine the number of all qualified businesses available in the market... the number of all businesses to derive a base figure for the relative availability of MBEs and WBEs in...

Exploring Rural Contexts with Digital Storytelling

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Wake, Donna G.

2012-01-01

This article describes rural middle school students' exploration of their identity and their rural contexts through the vehicle of digital storytelling. Participants included 40 7th and 40 9th grade students at two rural schools in the Southeast United States. Students worked in shared writing groups to create digital stories expressing their…

Higher Education beyond the United States: A Glimpse of Short-Cycle Higher Education in Other Countries.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Kintzer, Frederick C.

1992-01-01

Defines short-cycle higher education (postcompulsory, subbaccalaureate education). Identifies characteristics shared by short-cycle systems worldwide and the ways in which individual systems differ. Discusses issues of low esteem, community education, articulation and transfer, business/industry relations, financial support. Offers recommendations…

Christian Community in Action: Bruderhof Schools

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Spielhagen, Frances R.; Cooper, Bruce S.

2007-01-01

The Bruderhof communities in the United States have organized their own private schools with a distinctly Christian philosophy of education, adding to the interesting mix of American private and religious schools. Rooted in early 20th century German pedagogy, romanticism, and shared responsibility, Bruderhof schools represent the essence of a…

Advancing nursing enterprises: A cross-country comparison.

PubMed

Pittman, Patricia; Salmon, Marla E

2016-01-01

Health system transformations in the United States are creating new opportunities for nursing innovation, although financial sustainability has limited the expansion of nurse managed clinics. We explore case studies of nursing enterprises in the developing world and discuss their potential for informing related work in the United States. Cases were selected from the Center for Health Market Innovations. We describe a professional association network of clinics in Tanzania, a social franchise in Kenya, and a cooperative in the Philippines. All programs empowered nurses to own, lead, and advance their professional influence. They had a social mission of improving access to care for disadvantaged populations, while increasing employment and autonomy of women. They also provided a shared platform for branding, purchasing, and quality assurance. Organization sponsors in these models may be relevant to different actors in the United States. Each demonstrates the importance of a collective approach to advancing nursing enterprises. Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

2012 ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit Keynote Presentation (Bill Clinton, 42nd President of the United States)

ScienceCinema

Clinton, William J.

2018-05-03

The third annual ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit was held in Washington D.C. in February, 2012. The event brought together key players from across the energy ecosystem - researchers, entrepreneurs, investors, corporate executives, and government officials - to share ideas for developing and deploying the next generation of energy technologies. Former President Bill Clinton, the 42nd President of the United States, gave the final keynote address of the 2012 Summit on February 29. He addressed the importance of government investment in research that will help move the world toward a cleaner and more secure energy future.

2012 ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit Keynote Presentation (Bill Clinton, 42nd President of the United States)

DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

Clinton, William J.

The third annual ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit was held in Washington D.C. in February, 2012. The event brought together key players from across the energy ecosystem - researchers, entrepreneurs, investors, corporate executives, and government officials - to share ideas for developing and deploying the next generation of energy technologies. Former President Bill Clinton, the 42nd President of the United States, gave the final keynote address of the 2012 Summit on February 29. He addressed the importance of government investment in research that will help move the world toward a cleaner and more secure energy future.

Joint Antarctic School Expedition - An International Collaboration for High School Students and Teachers on Antarctic Science

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Botella, J.; Warburton, J.; Bartholow, S.; Reed, L. F.

2014-12-01

The Joint Antarctic School Expedition (JASE) is an international collaboration program between high school students and teachers from the United States and Chile aimed at providing the skills required for establishing the scientific international collaborations that our globalized world demands, and to develop a new approach for science education. The National Antarctic Programs of Chile and the United States worked together on a pilot program that brought high school students and teachers from both countries to Punta Arenas, Chile, in February 2014. The goals of this project included strengthening the partnership between the two countries, and building relationships between future generations of scientists, while developing the students' awareness of global scientific issues and expanding their knowledge and interest in Antarctica and polar science. A big component of the project involved the sharing by students of the acquired knowledge and experiences with the general public. JASE is based on the successful Chilean Antarctic Science Fair developed by Chile´s Antarctic Research Institute. For 10 years, small groups of Chilean students, each mentored by a teacher, perform experimental or bibliographical Antarctic research. Winning teams are awarded an expedition to the Chilean research station on King George Island. In 2014, the Chileans invited US participation in this program in order to strengthen science ties for upcoming generations. On King George Island, students have hands-on experiences conducting experiments and learning about field research. While the total number of students directly involved in the program is relatively small, the sharing of the experience by students with the general public is a novel approach to science education. Research experiences for students, like JASE, are important as they influence new direction for students in science learning, science interest, and help increase science knowledge. We will share experiences with the planning of the pilot program as well as the expedition itself. We also share the results of the assessment report prepared by an independent party. Lastly, we will offer recommendations for initiating international science education collaborations. United States participation was funded by the NSF Division of Polar Programs.

Defense Management: Steps Taken to Better Manage Fuel Demand but Additional Information Sharing Mechanisms Are Needed

DTIC Science & Technology

2012-06-28

Report to the Chairman, Committee on Armed Services, U.S. Senate June 2012 GAO-12-619 United States Government Accountability Office...PROJECT NUMBER 5e. TASK NUMBER 5f. WORK UNIT NUMBER 7. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES) U.S. Government Accountability Office,441 G...Street NW,Washington,DC,20548 8. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION REPORT NUMBER 9. SPONSORING/ MONITORING AGENCY NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES) 10. SPONSOR

Family Background Buys an Education in Minnesota but Not in Sweden

PubMed Central

Johnson, Wendy; Deary, Ian J.; Silventoinen, Karri; Tynelius, Per; Rasmussen, Finn

2010-01-01

Educational attainment, the highest degree or level of schooling obtained, is associated with important life outcomes, at both the individual level and the group level. Because of this, and because education is expensive, the allocation of education across society is an important social issue. A dynamic quantitative environmental-genetic model can help document the effects of social allocation patterns. We used this model to compare the moderating effect of general intelligence on the environmental and genetic factors that influence educational attainment in Sweden and the U.S. state of Minnesota. Patterns of genetic influence on educational outcomes were similar in these two regions, but patterns of shared environmental influence differed markedly. In Sweden, shared environmental influence on educational attainment was particularly important for people of high intelligence, whereas in Minnesota, shared environmental influences on educational attainment were particularly important for people of low intelligence. This difference may be the result of differing access to education: state-supported access (on the basis of ability) to a uniform higher-education system in Sweden, versus family-supported access to a more diverse higher-education system in the United States. PMID:20679521

Family background buys an education in Minnesota but not in Sweden.

PubMed

Johnson, Wendy; Deary, Ian J; Silventoinen, Karri; Tynelius, Per; Rasmussen, Finn

2010-09-01

Educational attainment, the highest degree or level of schooling obtained, is associated with important life outcomes, at both the individual level and the group level. Because of this, and because education is expensive, the allocation of education across society is an important social issue. A dynamic quantitative environmental-genetic model can help document the effects of social allocation patterns. We used this model to compare the moderating effect of general intelligence on the environmental and genetic factors that influence educational attainment in Sweden and the U.S. state of Minnesota. Patterns of genetic influence on educational outcomes were similar in these two regions, but patterns of shared environmental influence differed markedly. In Sweden, shared environmental influence on educational attainment was particularly important for people of high intelligence, whereas in Minnesota, shared environmental influences on educational attainment were particularly important for people of low intelligence. This difference may be the result of differing access to education: state-supported access (on the basis of ability) to a uniform higher-education system in Sweden versus family-supported access to a more diverse higher-education system in the United States.

Coastal watershed management across an international border in the Tijuana River watershed

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Fernandez, Linda

2005-05-01

The paper develops and applies a game theoretic model of upstream and downstream countries to examine cooperative and noncooperative strategies of a common watershed. The application to the Tijuana River watershed shared by the United States and Mexico provides quantification of the strategies for internalizing water quality externalities to upstream and downstream originating from sedimentation. Results show that different transfer payments, such as the Chander/Tulkens cost sharing rule and the Shapley value, imply the size of the existing transfer from downstream to upstream could increase the amount currently allocated.

International Policies on Sharing Genomic Research Results with Relatives: Approaches to Balancing Privacy with Access.

PubMed

Branum, Rebecca; Wolf, Susan M

2015-01-01

Returning genetic research results to relatives raises complex issues. In order to inform the U.S. debate, this paper analyzes international law and policies governing the sharing of genetic research results with relatives and identifies key themes and lessons. The laws and policies from other countries demonstrate a range of approaches to balancing individual privacy and autonomy with family access for health benefit, offering important lessons for further development of approaches in the United States. © 2015 American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics, Inc.

Performing an allreduce operation using shared memory

DOEpatents

Archer, Charles J [Rochester, MN; Dozsa, Gabor [Ardsley, NY; Ratterman, Joseph D [Rochester, MN; Smith, Brian E [Rochester, MN

2012-04-17

Methods, apparatus, and products are disclosed for performing an allreduce operation using shared memory that include: receiving, by at least one of a plurality of processing cores on a compute node, an instruction to perform an allreduce operation; establishing, by the core that received the instruction, a job status object for specifying a plurality of shared memory allreduce work units, the plurality of shared memory allreduce work units together performing the allreduce operation on the compute node; determining, by an available core on the compute node, a next shared memory allreduce work unit in the job status object; and performing, by that available core on the compute node, that next shared memory allreduce work unit.

Performing an allreduce operation using shared memory

DOEpatents

Archer, Charles J; Dozsa, Gabor; Ratterman, Joseph D; Smith, Brian E

2014-06-10

Methods, apparatus, and products are disclosed for performing an allreduce operation using shared memory that include: receiving, by at least one of a plurality of processing cores on a compute node, an instruction to perform an allreduce operation; establishing, by the core that received the instruction, a job status object for specifying a plurality of shared memory allreduce work units, the plurality of shared memory allreduce work units together performing the allreduce operation on the compute node; determining, by an available core on the compute node, a next shared memory allreduce work unit in the job status object; and performing, by that available core on the compute node, that next shared memory allreduce work unit.

Joint Facial Action Unit Detection and Feature Fusion: A Multi-conditional Learning Approach.

PubMed

Eleftheriadis, Stefanos; Rudovic, Ognjen; Pantic, Maja

2016-10-05

Automated analysis of facial expressions can benefit many domains, from marketing to clinical diagnosis of neurodevelopmental disorders. Facial expressions are typically encoded as a combination of facial muscle activations, i.e., action units. Depending on context, these action units co-occur in specific patterns, and rarely in isolation. Yet, most existing methods for automatic action unit detection fail to exploit dependencies among them, and the corresponding facial features. To address this, we propose a novel multi-conditional latent variable model for simultaneous fusion of facial features and joint action unit detection. Specifically, the proposed model performs feature fusion in a generative fashion via a low-dimensional shared subspace, while simultaneously performing action unit detection using a discriminative classification approach. We show that by combining the merits of both approaches, the proposed methodology outperforms existing purely discriminative/generative methods for the target task. To reduce the number of parameters, and avoid overfitting, a novel Bayesian learning approach based on Monte Carlo sampling is proposed, to integrate out the shared subspace. We validate the proposed method on posed and spontaneous data from three publicly available datasets (CK+, DISFA and Shoulder-pain), and show that both feature fusion and joint learning of action units leads to improved performance compared to the state-of-the-art methods for the task.

Wynoochee Hydropower/Fish Hatchery Study: Draft Feasibility Report and Environmental Impact Statement

DTIC Science & Technology

1981-11-01

c . Distribute any energy and capacity which is produced from the hydropower facility. d . Furnish power free of cost to the United States for...and the State of Washington would be the local sponsor of the fish C -35 L NPSEN-PL-HP Honorable John D . Spellman hatchery. The combined project would...sharing poli cy, provi~de a cash contribution equal to 10 percent of the allocated 3 C -

78 FR 53509 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; BATS Exchange, Inc.; Order Approving a Proposed Rule Change, as...

Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

2013-08-29

... for the following securities: Index-Linked Exchangeable Notes; Equity Gold Shares; Trust Certificates; Commodity-Based Trust Shares; Currency Trust Shares; Commodity Index Trust Shares; Commodity Futures Trust Shares; Partnership Units; Trust Units; Managed Trust Securities; and Currency Warrants (together with...

Improved Cognitive Development in Preterm Infants with Shared Book Reading.

PubMed

Braid, Susan; Bernstein, Jenny

2015-01-01

To examine the effect of shared book reading on the cognitive development of children born preterm and to determine what factors influence shared book reading in this population. Secondary analysis using the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort, a large, nationally representative survey of children born in the United States in 2001. One thousand four hundred singleton preterm infants (22-36 weeks gestation). Cognitive development measured using the Bayley Mental Scale score from the Bayley Scales of Infant Development Research Edition. Adjusting for neonatal, maternal, and socioeconomic characteristics, reading aloud more than two times a week is associated with higher cognitive development scores in two-year-old children born preterm (p < .001). Race/ethnicity and maternal education affect how often parents read to their children. Shared book reading holds potential as an early developmental intervention for this population.

A perioperative nurse's experience in Haiti.

PubMed

Stobinski, J X

1999-02-01

Haiti is a poor Caribbean nation plagued by years of political uncertainty and a wealth of unmet health care needs. A significant amount of its health care, especially for indigent people, is provided by volunteer nongovernment organizations, including military medical staff members from the United States and Canada. One perioperative nurse, who served with a US Navy surgical company in Port au Prince, Haiti, shares his impressions and experiences of providing surgical care to United Nations troops and Haitian citizens at five hospitals in the Port au Prince area.

Fritz Goro on Tape: An Emigre Photojournalist's Professional Biography.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Smith, C. Zoe

Emigres associated with Black Star Picture Agency and "Life" shared much in common: most were well-educated European Jews who became journalists after being involved in other professions and most had worked for German magazines and had emigrated to the United States to pursue their careers while escaping the Nazis. After being trained on…

Leadership Behavior That Produces a Positive College Climate: Putting Your Energy in the Right Places.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Kelly, J. Grant

Community colleges in the United States and Canada share common problems going into the 1990s, including funding constraints, aging personnel, underprepared students, low morale, burnout, collective bargaining, and declining enrollments. Satisfactory resolution of these critical issues and problems depends heavily on effective leadership at all…

Infusing Multicultural Literature into Teacher Education Programs: Three Instructional Approaches

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Howlett, Kristina M.; Bowles, Freddie A.; Lincoln, Felicia

2017-01-01

Today's classrooms in the United States reflect the growing diversity of the changing world. In order to prepare high-quality multicultural educators, the authors of this article, three teacher educators at a large, mid-south, research-one university, collaborated to share successful strategies to infuse multicultural literature into the three…

3 CFR 8774 - Proclamation 8774 of January 13, 2012. Religious Freedom Day, 2012

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-01-01

... 3 The President 1 2013-01-01 2013-01-01 false Proclamation 8774 of January 13, 2012. Religious... 13, 2012 Proc. 8774 Religious Freedom Day, 2012By the President of the United States of America A... religious freedom. Hailing from diverse backgrounds and faiths, countless settlers have shared a simple...

75 FR 17843 - National Donate Life Month, 2010

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2010-04-07

... Donate Life Month, 2010 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation As Americans, we..., tissue, stem cell, and blood donation. During National Donate Life Month, we honor donors who provide others with a second chance for a healthy life and encourage more Americans to share this precious gift...

An Essay on the Teaching of Leadership to Undergraduates in Business Schools

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Kosicek, Paul Michael

2008-01-01

Business schools across the United States since the late 1800s have taught accounting concepts, business tactics, and management skills in their predominately management-oriented core curricula. They strive to provide students with an effective toolbox designed to improve market share and the bottom line. The teaching of management exposes the…

Sino-US cooperation in water saving technologies: essential international problems

USDA-ARS?s Scientific Manuscript database

The United States and China share many agricultural problems, but one of great importance is the need to produce more crop yield in the face of water scarcity. Common recognition of this problem led to the development of a joint Sino-US Water Saving Technologies Flagship project within the larger US...

78 FR 55135 - Request for Comments on Additional Participants in Trade in Services Agreement

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2013-09-09

... Congress of the Administration's intention to enter into negotiations for a Trade in Services Agreement... negotiating TISA ``will expand as negotiations progress to include others who share our ambitious goals. This... consensus to allow these new participants to join the negotiations. The Office of the United States Trade...

33 CFR 116.50 - Apportionment of costs under the Truman-Hobbs Act.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-07-01

... traffic, and actual capital costs of the used service life. The United States will bear the balance of the... quality than similar items in the bridge prior to alteration. Examples include improved signal and fender... service life of old bridge ____ $____ Subtotal ____ $____ Share to be borne by the bridge owner...

33 CFR 116.50 - Apportionment of costs under the Truman-Hobbs Act.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

... traffic, and actual capital costs of the used service life. The United States will bear the balance of the... quality than similar items in the bridge prior to alteration. Examples include improved signal and fender... service life of old bridge ____ $____ Subtotal ____ $____ Share to be borne by the bridge owner...

33 CFR 116.50 - Apportionment of costs under the Truman-Hobbs Act.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-07-01

... traffic, and actual capital costs of the used service life. The United States will bear the balance of the... quality than similar items in the bridge prior to alteration. Examples include improved signal and fender... service life of old bridge ____ $____ Subtotal ____ $____ Share to be borne by the bridge owner...

33 CFR 116.50 - Apportionment of costs under the Truman-Hobbs Act.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-07-01

... traffic, and actual capital costs of the used service life. The United States will bear the balance of the... quality than similar items in the bridge prior to alteration. Examples include improved signal and fender... service life of old bridge ____ $____ Subtotal ____ $____ Share to be borne by the bridge owner...

Cultural Adjustment of International Students in the U.S.: A Reevaluation Using Reformulated Learned Helplessness.

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Reinicke, Melinda June

In addition to academic pressures shared with American students, students from other countries studying in the United States have the stress of living in an unfamiliar culture. Common symptoms of culture shock (irritability, loneliness, depression, rigidity) have been identified. Parallel symptoms have been described in the learned helplessness…

Investigating Uses and Perceptions of an Online Collaborative Workspace for the Dissertation Process

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Rockinson-Szapkiw, Amanda J.

2012-01-01

The intent of this study was to investigate 93 doctoral candidates' perceptions and use of an online collaboration workspace and content management server, Microsoft Office SharePoint, for dissertation process. All candidates were enrolled in an Ed.D. programme in the United States. Descriptive statistics demonstrate that candidates frequently use…

Distance Education in the United States: From Correspondence Courses to the Internet

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Caruth, Gail D.; Caruth, Donald L.

2013-01-01

Online learning is a descendant of distance education. Online education has a shared history with correspondence learning. In 1873, Anna Eliot Ticknor founded the Society to Encourage Studies at Home. Ticknor's Society established one of America's first correspondence schools, a distance learning option conducted through the mail. This Society was…

3 CFR 8749 - Proclamation 8749 of November 1, 2011. National Native American Heritage Month, 2011

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-01-01

... of the United States of America A Proclamation From the Aleutian Islands to the Florida Everglades... among America’s most distinguished authors, artists, scientists, and political leaders, and in their... promises. My Administration recognizes the painful chapters in our shared history, and we are fully...

Rhetorical Analysis of Fast-Growth Businesses' Job Advertisements: Implications for Job Search

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Engstrom, Craig L.; Petre, James T.; Petre, Elizabeth A.

2017-01-01

This article presents findings from a rhetorical analysis of job advertisements posted by the fastest growing companies in the United States (Inc. 5000 rankings). The analysis suggests that companies rely on standard rhetorical figures and share similar rhetorical visions of novelty that likely effect their organizational culture, paradoxically…

Development of Essentialist Thinking about Religion Categories in Northern Ireland (and the United States)

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Smyth, Kirsty; Feeney, Aidan; Eidson, R. Cole; Coley, John D.

2017-01-01

Social essentialism, the belief that members of certain social categories share unobservable properties, licenses expectations that those categories are natural and a good basis for inference. A challenge for cognitive developmental theory is to give an account of how children come to develop essentialist beliefs about socially important…

Three Constructive Interventions for Divorced, Divorcing, or Never-Married Parents

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Sommers-Flanagan, John; Barr, Laura

2005-01-01

Divorce in the United States affects millions of children and families. Many of these children and families seek individual/family counseling or educational services offered by counselors and, therefore, counselors need to be well-equipped to work with nontraditional families. The purpose of this article is to share three counseling techniques for…

The Undereducated American

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Carnevale, Anthony P.; Rose, Stephen J.

2011-01-01

The United States has been underproducing college-going workers since 1980. Supply has failed to keep pace with growing demand, and as a result, income inequality has grown precipitously. From 1915 to 1980, supply grew in tandem with demand. But, starting in 1990, the share of college-educated young people in the workforce rose very slowly. If the…

The Soldier-Musician: Professional Opportunities for Recent Instrumental Graduates

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Welborn, Daniel C.

2015-01-01

This article explores career opportunities in the United States Army available to recent high school or college graduates trained as instrumental musicians. Two current U.S. Army musicians share their journeys to the military ranks. The recruitment process, training requirements, professional opportunities, and day-to-day life of a musician in a…

Reflecting on a Daughter's Bilingualism and disAbility Narratively

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Kim, Hyun Uk

2017-01-01

This paper explores societal perceptions of a child's disability and bilingualism through the author's observations and reflections. Drawing from the observations of the child in different public schools in the United States, the author shares how the child has been viewed differently and similarly by school personnel. By reflecting on different…

Embedded Creativity: Building a Culture of Innovation. An AGB White Paper

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Welch, Edwin H.

2017-01-01

Smaller, private, independent institutions of higher education across the United States are facing challenging times. This white paper by Edwin H. Welch, president of the University of Charleston, shares lessons gleaned from the institution's innovative efforts over almost 30 years. Welch's hope is that the experiences at the University of…

Health Information Exchange: The Determinants of Usage and the Impact on Utilization

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Vest, Joshua Ryan

2010-01-01

Health information exchange (HIE) is the process of electronically sharing patient-level information among different organizations with the objectives of quality and cost improvements. The adoption of HIE in the United States is not widespread, but numerous efforts at facilitating HIE exist and the incentives for electronic health record system…

An Art Therapy Exploration of Immigration with Latino Families

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Linesch, Debra; Aceves, Hilda C.; Quezada, Paul; Trochez, Melissa; Zuniga, Elena

2012-01-01

This grounded theory study utilized art therapy techniques to explore the experiences of 8 Latino families that had immigrated to the United States. Focus group facilitators invited the parents and adolescent children in the families to share their acculturation experiences verbally and in family drawings. Emergent themes from each of three focus…

Early Childhood Mentoring Programs: A Survey of Community Initiatives.

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Breunig, Gretchen Stahr; Bellm, Dan

Mentoring programs offer experienced caregivers and directors new encouragement to remain in the field by helping them learn to share their skills with others and grow in the profession. This report is the result of an information-gathering process among mentoring programs for early childhood educators in the United States. Following an…

The Undereducated American. Executive Summary

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Carnavale, Anthony P.; Rose, Stephen J.

2011-01-01

The United States has been underproducing college-going workers since 1980. Supply has failed to keep pace with growing demand, and as a result, income inequality has grown precipitously. From 1915 to 1980, supply grew in tandem with demand. But, starting in 1990, the share of college-educated young people in the workforce rose very slowly. If the…

International Trade: A Small Business Primer. Growing Businesses.

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Axtell, Roger E.

The United States' declining share of world trade is connected with the fact that hundreds of thousands of medium- and small-sized businesses are ignoring trade and exports. The cure for their fear of the unknown is information and education. Exports have a number of advantages: increased profits, spread of overhead costs, smooth seasonal…

77 FR 65095 - National Forest Products Week, 2012

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2012-10-24

... National Forest Products Week, 2012 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Since... Products Week, we celebrate sustainable uses of the lands we share and recommit to protecting them for... making our Nation what it is today, and they remain vital to our progress in the years ahead. This week...

8 CFR 1212.6 - Border crossing identification cards.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-01-01

... seeks to travel temporarily to the United States for business or pleasure without a visa and passport... similar stamp in a passport). (i) A Canadian citizen or other person sharing common nationality with... similar stamp in a passport) issued by the DOS prior to April 1, 1998, that does not contain a machine...

8 CFR 1212.6 - Border crossing identification cards.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-01-01

... seeks to travel temporarily to the United States for business or pleasure without a visa and passport... similar stamp in a passport). (i) A Canadian citizen or other person sharing common nationality with... similar stamp in a passport) issued by the DOS prior to April 1, 1998, that does not contain a machine...

8 CFR 1212.6 - Border crossing identification cards.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-01-01

... seeks to travel temporarily to the United States for business or pleasure without a visa and passport... similar stamp in a passport). (i) A Canadian citizen or other person sharing common nationality with... similar stamp in a passport) issued by the DOS prior to April 1, 1998, that does not contain a machine...

8 CFR 1212.6 - Border crossing identification cards.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-01-01

... seeks to travel temporarily to the United States for business or pleasure without a visa and passport... similar stamp in a passport). (i) A Canadian citizen or other person sharing common nationality with... similar stamp in a passport) issued by the DOS prior to April 1, 1998, that does not contain a machine...

8 CFR 1212.6 - Border crossing identification cards.

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-01-01

... seeks to travel temporarily to the United States for business or pleasure without a visa and passport... similar stamp in a passport). (i) A Canadian citizen or other person sharing common nationality with... similar stamp in a passport) issued by the DOS prior to April 1, 1998, that does not contain a machine...

Leading Education Innovations in Rural Schools: Reflections from i3 Grantees

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Fox, Tom; Friedrich, Linda; Harmon, Hobart; McKithen, Clarissa; Phillips, Andie; Savell, Susan; Schaefer, Victoria; Silva, Mihiri

2017-01-01

The Investing in Innovation (i3) Improving Rural Achievement Community, a professional learning community of grantees under the US Department of Education's i3 program, created this document to share knowledge and experiences related to working in rural districts across the United States. Grounded in field-based experiences and lessons, it serves…

Folklife Annual, 1987.

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Jabbour, Alan, Ed.; Hardin, James, Ed.

This annual publication is intended to promote the documentation and study of the folklife of the United States, to share the traditions, values, and activities of U.S. folk culture, and to serve as a national forum for the discussion of ideas and issues in folklore and folklife. The articles in this collection are: (1) "Eating in the Belly…

Comprehensive Truck Size and Weight (TS&W) Study. Phase 1-synthesis, working paper 9 : the effects of TS&W regulations on truck travel and mode share

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2012-04-01

This report presents the Transit System Data Test Plan for the national evaluation of the Los Angeles Congestion Reduction Demonstration (Metro ExpressLanes) under the United States Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) Congestion Reduction Demonst...

Accountability for What Matters Most

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Wagner, Tony

2012-01-01

During the author's travels all over the United States speaking to a wide variety of audiences, and his visits with leadership groups in the Middle East and Far East, he has encountered diverse audiences who share his concern that the majority of students are leaving high school without the skills that matter most--even in those school districts…

Preserving the Global Environment: The Challenge of Shared Leadership.

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Matthews, Jessica Tuchman, Ed.

In April of 1990, a three-day conference was convened at which 76 men and women from 18 countries representing a spectrum of government, business, labor, academia, the media, and the professions gathered to discuss how the United State should reorient its policies and relations toward other countries and international institutions to preserve the…

Differences in Social and Moral Hierarchical Values among American Preservice Teachers and Professors.

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Escobar-Ortloff, Luz Marina; Ortloff, Warren G.

This paper shares reflections from a doctoral dissertation that investigated differences in hierarchical values (social and moral) that existed between preservice teacher education students and professors of education in the United States and Colombia. The study used the Rokeach Value Survey instrument to determine students' and faculty members'…

Small Voices, Big Impact: Preparing Students for Learning and Citizenship

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Cody, Jennifer L.; McGarry, Lorraine S.

2012-01-01

In this article, two teachers from a public school in the United States describe their beliefs about the importance of using student voice as a foundation for increasing student efficacy, recognizing student individuality, and addressing curriculum standards. Sharing examples from their classrooms, the authors illustrate how student voice can help…

Inclusion in Two Languages: Special Education in Portugal and the United States

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Linn, Margaret Inman

2011-01-01

Each culture's values shape its education practices. A comparison of U.S. and Portuguese practices in including children with disabilities in regular classrooms illuminates much about both our systems. The Portuguese value interdependence, and their education system promotes shared responsibility by students in a class to help the education of a…

3 CFR 8586 - Proclamation 8586 of October 15, 2010. National Character Counts Week, 2010

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-01-01

... has shaped our Nation’s development and will continue to cast our future. As parents and educators, community leaders and mentors, we share the responsibility for instilling in our children this fundamental... our next generation of leaders. NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of...

Evolving Identities: The Person(al), the Profession(al), and the Artist(ic)

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Kaimal, Girija

2015-01-01

In this viewpoint, the author shares some experiences of living in the United States for the past 16 years and explores the uses of art and narratives in uncovering bias, illustrating lived experience, and informing research enterprises. In addition, contradictions, vulnerabilities, and complexities that underlie evolving constructions of culture,…

78 FR 41259 - Importation of Fresh Citrus Fruit From Uruguay, Including Citrus

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2013-07-10

... net increase in the U.S. supply of fresh citrus varieties, as well as some displacement of the... statement in the economic analysis that ``any product displacement that may occur because of the proposed... share (product displacement) for current foreign suppliers of fresh citrus to the United States. U.S...

Employment and Earnings in High-Tech Ethnic Niches

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Lee, Jennifer C.

2013-01-01

The increase in high-skilled immigrants to the United States coincided with the expansion of the high-technology sector, and now a large share of Asian immigrants concentrate in high-tech industries. Despite much research on the relationship between ethnic concentration and labor market outcomes, the association between ethnic niche employment and…

Rescheduling/timetable optimization of trains along the U.S. shared-use corridors : development of the hybrid optimization of train schedules (HOTS) model.

DOT National Transportation Integrated Search

2016-11-23

A growing demand for passenger and freight transportation, combined with limited capital to expand : the United States (U.S.) rail infrastructure, are creating pressure for a more efficient use of the current : line capacity. This is further exacerba...

Inviting and Sponsoring Soviet Guests: A Handbook for American Hosts.

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Institute for Soviet-American Relations, Washington, DC.

The purpose of this handbook is to encourage exchange visits between citizens of the United States and the USSR. Person-to-person encounters remain the most effective means of bringing home the reality that people from diverse cultures do share similar needs, emotions, and aspirations. The information provided is intended for individuals and…

Toward a Marxist Critique of the Romantic School Critics.

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Woock, Roger R.

Fourteen romantic school critics share as a group common views of: the goodness of man in his natural state; the organizational or technological society as inhibiting and limiting individual development; teaching as a nurturing act; and conflict in American society as something which unites. They all write in an a-political non-programatic tone…

From Orphans to Scholars: Narratives of Educational Mobility of Khmer International Students

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Gross, Jacob C.

2013-01-01

Due to social and economic forces in Cambodia, marginalized youth rarely experience educational mobility without intervention from external organizations. This study presents the results of a narrative study on the educational mobility of seven Khmer international students pursuing higher education in the United States who share the common…

Understanding the College First-Year Experience

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Kidwell, Kirk S.

2005-01-01

Each fall, thousands of high school graduates launch into the next phase of their academic careers: college. They arrive on campuses across the United States full of hope and optimism, trepidation and anxiety. All intensely feel both the eagerness to excel and the fear of failure. The author shares his experience of dealing with college first-year…

Microcomputers in American Public Schools: A National Survey.

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Ingersoll, Gary M.; And Others

1983-01-01

In the 1981-82 school year, microcomputers were located in one-third of United States schools. The dominant share for school-based microcomputers was held by Apple Computer followed by Tandy-Radio Shack and Commodore, but this was regionally related. The majority of teachers polled possess positive attitudes toward classroom use of microcomputers.…

3 CFR 8375 - Proclamation 8375 of May 8, 2009. Military Spouse Day, 2009

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-01-01

... Proc. 8375 Military Spouse Day, 2009By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Military spouses share the sacrifices of service with our Nation's men and women in uniform. As members of... household finances to comforting children impacted by a military parent's absence, military spouses take on...

34 CFR 692.100 - What requirements must a State meet to receive an allotment under this program?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

2014-07-01

... plan for using the Federal funds allotted under this subpart and the non-Federal matching funds; and... applicable, other contributing partners. (b) Serve as the primary administrative unit for the partnership; (c) Provide or coordinate non-Federal share funds, and coordinate activities among partners; (d) Encourage...

34 CFR 692.100 - What requirements must a State meet to receive an allotment under this program?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

2011-07-01

... plan for using the Federal funds allotted under this subpart and the non-Federal matching funds; and... applicable, other contributing partners. (b) Serve as the primary administrative unit for the partnership; (c) Provide or coordinate non-Federal share funds, and coordinate activities among partners; (d) Encourage...

34 CFR 692.100 - What requirements must a State meet to receive an allotment under this program?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

2010-07-01

... Federal funds allotted under this subpart and the non-Federal matching funds; and (ii) The methods by..., other contributing partners. (b) Serve as the primary administrative unit for the partnership; (c) Provide or coordinate non-Federal share funds, and coordinate activities among partners; (d) Encourage...

34 CFR 692.100 - What requirements must a State meet to receive an allotment under this program?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

2012-07-01

... plan for using the Federal funds allotted under this subpart and the non-Federal matching funds; and... applicable, other contributing partners. (b) Serve as the primary administrative unit for the partnership; (c) Provide or coordinate non-Federal share funds, and coordinate activities among partners; (d) Encourage...

34 CFR 692.100 - What requirements must a State meet to receive an allotment under this program?

Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

2013-07-01

... plan for using the Federal funds allotted under this subpart and the non-Federal matching funds; and... applicable, other contributing partners. (b) Serve as the primary administrative unit for the partnership; (c) Provide or coordinate non-Federal share funds, and coordinate activities among partners; (d) Encourage...

The Alternative Media's Values for the 21st Century.

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Jassem, Harvey C.

There are thousands of alternative media outlets in the United States. By definition, they differ from the mainstream dominant media. The idea that the media represent and promulgate societal values is widely held. While not monolithic, the dominant media which grew alongside mass industrialization share an overriding bias. The dominant media…

DOE New Technology. Sharing New Frontiers

DTIC Science & Technology

1993-09-30

Meskanick, G.R.; Rosso , D.T. To ington, DC (United States). Order Number DE93015702. Dept. of Energy, Washington, DC (US). USA Patent Source: OSTI; NTIS...halo, e.g., Ucensing Contact: Robert J. Marchick, (202) 686-4792 DOE New Technology 23 * cHEMNsTRV bmg.nis, 22gtl, uW tdPyWhd Chamhta Sectioni0 toro

Innovation and Productivity in Higher Education.

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Tuma, David T., Ed.

A concern shared by private and public institutions of higher education in the United States is how to provide quality education at reduced cost, in the face of rising expenses, changing social values, and falling enrollments. A compilation of essays by innovators in college-level instruction deals with this topic by addressing: general issues and…

Value Preferences Associated With Social Class, Sex, and Race

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Malpass, Roy S.; Symonds, John D.

1974-01-01

Preferences for 92 values were measured for 10 groups of black and white males and females of lower and middle class status in two geographically distinct settings in the United States. Factor analysis showed five shared value composites: (1) the good life, (2) pleasant working companions, (3) balance and adjustment; (4) artistic creativity, and…

77 FR 74540 - Self-Regulatory Organizations; BATS Exchange, Inc.; Order Granting Approval of Proposed Rule...

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2012-12-14

... Kingdom, the United States, and Venezuela.\\10\\ Countries may be added to, eliminated from, or replaced in... Venezuela $72. The universe of sovereign debt currently includes securities that are rated ``investment... disclosure policies, distributions, taxes, and reports to be distributed to beneficial owners of the Shares...

Technology collaboration by means of an open source government

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Berardi, Steven M.

2009-05-01

The idea of open source software originally began in the early 1980s, but it never gained widespread support until recently, largely due to the explosive growth of the Internet. Only the Internet has made this kind of concept possible, bringing together millions of software developers from around the world to pool their knowledge. The tremendous success of open source software has prompted many corporations to adopt the culture of open source and thus share information they previously held secret. The government, and specifically the Department of Defense (DoD), could also benefit from adopting an open source culture. In acquiring satellite systems, the DoD often builds walls between program offices, but installing doors between programs can promote collaboration and information sharing. This paper addresses the challenges and consequences of adopting an open source culture to facilitate technology collaboration for DoD space acquisitions. DISCLAIMER: The views presented here are the views of the author, and do not represent the views of the United States Government, United States Air Force, or the Missile Defense Agency.

Living Together Apart in France and the United States

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Martin, Claude; Cherlin, Andrew; Cross-Barnet, Caitlin

2014-01-01

Union formation involves a number of stages, as does union dissolution, and new couples often spend an initial period in a non-cohabiting intimate relationship. Yet while certain couples never share the same dwelling, “living apart together”1 has not developed widely as a long-term lifestyle option. Claude Martin in France, and Andrew Cherlin and Caitlin Cross-Barnet in the United States have studied a symmetrical phenomenon, that of couples who continue to live together while considering themselves to be separated. In this article, they draw together their analyses to describe an arrangement which, while marginal, reveals situations where residential separation is not possible, either because of the need to keep up appearances, often for the children’s sake, or because total separation is too frightening or living in separate homes is unaffordable. Beyond the differences between the two countries and the two survey fields, the authors analyse the ways in which persons who “live together apart” describe their loveless relationship that has led to explicit conjugal separation within a shared home. PMID:25170338

Weighing the Balance of Science Literacy in Education and Public Policy

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Buxner, S.; Impey, C.; Johnson, B.

2015-11-01

Science literacy is a concern of educators and policy makers in the United States and all over the world. Science literacy is defined by society and includes important knowledge for individuals that varies with culture and local knowledge systems. The technological societies of the western world have delegated the knowledge that underpins their everyday world to mechanics who know how their cars work, technicians who know how their computers work, and policy wonks who know how their individual choices and actions will affect the environment and their health. The scientific principles that frame and sculpt the technological world are invisible and mysterious to most people. A question for debate is whether or not this is a healthy situation or not, and if not, what to do about it. The panelists shared their prospects and challenges of building science literacy with individuals in the United States and with Tibetan monks. As they discussed their efforts working with these different populations, they shared lessons based on common issues and unique solutions based on local knowledge systems and communities of learners.

VAR and generalized impulse response analysis of manufacturing unit labor costs

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Ewing, Bradley T.; Thompson, Mark A.

2008-04-01

This paper examines the relationship among manufacturing unit labor costs in the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada. The analysis is conducted within the context of an economic system utilizing the recently developed method of generalized impulse response analysis to simulate the responses of the cost series to disturbances. The results indicate that, while unit labor costs do not share a common stochastic trend, there are significant responses in the unit labor costs of each country to shocks in the costs of other countries that are not captured by standard interpretation of the multiple-equation model results. The findings indicate the presence of significant linkages among unit labor costs in the countries studied. The results are consistent with the economic environment of manufacturing operations being characterized by a competitive, integrated marketplace.

Expanding the Supply of Pasteurized Donor Milk: Understanding Why Peer-to-Peer Milk Sharers in the United States Do Not Donate to Milk Banks.

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Perrin, Maryanne Tigchelaar; Goodell, L Suzanne; Fogleman, April; Pettus, Hannah; Bodenheimer, Amanda L; Palmquist, Aunchalee E L

2016-05-01

Lactating women in the United States have several options for what they do with excess breast milk, including donating to milk banks that serve medically fragile infants, sharing directly with families seeking milk, and selling to individuals or for-profit entities. The World Health Organization and the US Surgeon General have issued calls to increase access to pasteurized donor milk for medically fragile infants. To explore how lactating women with a surplus of breast milk come to the decision to share their milk with a peer rather than donate to a milk bank. A qualitative design using a grounded theory approach was employed. Semistructured telephone interviews were conducted with 27 women who had shared milk with a peer but not with a milk bank. Five dominant themes were identified: a strong belief in the value of breast milk, unexpected versus planned donation, sources of information regarding milk exchange, concerns and knowledge gaps about milk banks, and helping and connecting. This research offers insights into potential strategies for promoting milk bank donation among peer-to-peer milk sharers, including developing donor education campaigns focused on knowledge gaps regarding milk banks and developing health care professional referral programs that can reduce barriers associated with the convenience of milk bank donation. © The Author(s) 2016.

Somos Hermanas Del Mismo Dolor (We Are Sisters of the Same Pain): Intimate Partner Sexual Violence Narratives Among Mexican Immigrant Women in the United States.

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Kim, Tiffany; Draucker, Claire B; Bradway, Christine; Grisso, Jeanne Ann; Sommers, Marilyn S

2016-04-28

Migration across international borders places tremendous stress on immigrant families and may put women at greater risk for intimate partner violence. In this study, we used narrative analysis methods to explore how nine Mexican immigrant women in the Northeastern United States described their experiences of intimate partner sexual violence, and how these stories were embedded within narratives of transition and movement across borders. We identified three major themes: The Virgin and the Whore, The Family, and Getting Ahead. We share important implications for researchers and health and social service providers working with this population. © The Author(s) 2016.

Social Media and Men's Health: A Content Analysis of Twitter Conversations During the 2013 Movember Campaigns in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom.

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Bravo, Caroline A; Hoffman-Goetz, Laurie

2017-11-01

The Movember Foundation raises awareness and funds for men's health issues such as prostate and testicular cancers in conjunction with a moustache contest. The 2013 Movember campaigns in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom shared the same goal of creating conversations about men's health that lead to increased awareness and understanding of the health risks men face. Our objective was to explore Twitter conversations to identify whether the 2013 Movember campaigns sparked global conversations about prostate cancer, testicular cancer, and other men's health issues. We conducted a content analysis of 12,666 tweets posted during the 2013 Movember campaigns in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom (4,222 tweets from each country) to investigate whether tweets were health-related or non-health-related and to determine what topics dominated conversations. Few tweets ( n = 84, 0.7% of 12,666 tweets) provided content-rich or actionable health information that would lead to awareness and understanding of men's health risks. While moustache growing and grooming was the most popular topic in U.S. tweets, conversations about community engagement were most common in Canadian and U.K. tweets. Significantly more tweets co-opted the Movember campaign to market products or contests in the United States than Canada and the United Kingdom ( p < .05). Findings from this content analysis of Twitter suggest that the 2013 Movember campaigns in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom sparked few conversations about prostate and testicular cancers that could potentially lead to greater awareness and understanding of important men's health issues.

Nurse manager perspective of staff participation in unit level shared governance.

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Cox Sullivan, Sheila; Norris, Mitzi R; Brown, Lana M; Scott, Karen J

2017-11-01

To examine the nurse manager perspective surrounding implementation of unit level shared governance in one Veterans Health Administration facility. Nursing shared governance is a formal model allowing nursing staff decision-making input into clinical practice, quality improvement, evidence-based practice and staff professional development. Unit level shared governance is a management process where decision authority is delegated to nursing staff at the unit level. Convenience sampling was used to recruit ten nurse managers who participated in face-to-face semi-structured interviews. Data were analysed using content analysis and constant comparison techniques. Demographic data were described using descriptive statistics. The participants included seven female and three male nurse managers with seven Caucasian and three African American. Participant quotes were clustered to identify sub-themes that were then grouped into four global themes to describe unit level shared governance. The global themes were: (1) motivation, (2) demotivation, (3) recommendations for success, and (4) outcomes. These research findings resonate with previous studies that shared governance may be associated with increased nurse empowerment, self-management, engagement, and satisfaction. These findings reflect the need for nurse managers to promote and recognize staff participation in unit level shared governance. © 2017 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

The effect of the Statewide Sharing variance on geographic disparity in kidney transplantation in the United States.

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Davis, Ashley E; Mehrotra, Sanjay; Kilambi, Vikram; Kang, Joseph; McElroy, Lisa; Lapin, Brittany; Holl, Jane; Abecassis, Michael; Friedewald, John J; Ladner, Daniela P

2014-08-07

The Statewide Sharing variance to the national kidney allocation policy allocates kidneys not used within the procuring donor service area (DSA), first within the state, before the kidneys are offered regionally and nationally. Tennessee and Florida implemented this variance. Known geographic differences exist between the 58 DSAs, in direct violation of the Final Rule stipulated by the US Department of Health and Human Services. This study examined the effect of Statewide Sharing on geographic allocation disparity over time between DSAs within Tennessee and Florida and compared them with geographic disparity between the DSAs within a state for all states with more than one DSA (California, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Wisconsin). A retrospective analysis from 1987 to 2009 was conducted using Organ Procurement and Transplant Network data. Five previously used indicators for geographic allocation disparity were applied: deceased-donor kidney transplant rates, waiting time to transplantation, cumulative dialysis time at transplantation, 5-year graft survival, and cold ischemic time. Transplant rates, waiting time, dialysis time, and graft survival varied greatly between deceased-donor kidney recipients in DSAs in all states in 1987. After implementation of Statewide Sharing in 1992, disparity indicators decreased by 41%, 36%, 31%, and 9%, respectively, in Tennessee and by 28%, 62%, 34%, and 19%, respectively in Florida, such that the geographic allocation disparity in Tennessee and Florida almost completely disappeared. Statewide kidney allocations incurred 7.5 and 5 fewer hours of cold ischemic time in Tennessee and Florida, respectively. Geographic disparity between DSAs in all the other states worsened or improved to a lesser degree. As sweeping changes to the kidney allocation system are being discussed to alleviate geographic disparity--changes that are untested run the risk of unintended consequences--more limited changes, such as Statewide Sharing, should be further studied and considered. Copyright © 2014 by the American Society of Nephrology.

CAEP 2015 Academic Symposium: Current State and Recommendations to Achieve Adequate and Sustainable Funding for Emergency Medicine Academic Units.

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Lang, Eddy S; Artz, Jennifer D; Wilkie, Ryan D; Stiell, Ian G; Topping, Claude; Belanger, François P; Afilalo, Marc; Renouf, Tia; Crocco, Anthony; Wyatt, Kelly; Christenson, Jim

2016-05-01

To describe the current state of academic emergency medicine (EM) funding in Canada and develop recommendations to grow and establish sustainable funding. A panel of eight leaders from different EM academic units was assembled. Using mixed methods (including a literature review, sharing of professional experiences, a survey of current EM academic heads, and data previously collected from an environmental scan), 10 recommendations were drafted and presented at an academic symposium. Attendee feedback was incorporated, and the second set of draft recommendations was further distributed to the Canadian Association Emergency Physicians (CAEP) Academic Section for additional comments before being finalized. Recommendations were developed around the funding challenges identified and solutions developed by academic EM university-based units across Canada. A strategic plan was seen as integral to achieving strong funding of an EM unit, especially when it aligned with departmental and institutional priorities. A business plan, although occasionally overlooked, was deemed an important component for planning and sustaining the academic mission. A number of recommendations surrounding philanthropy consisted of creating partnerships with existing foundations and engaging multiple stakeholders and communities. Synergy between academic and clinical EM departments was also viewed as an opportunity to ensure integration of common missions. Education and networking for current and future leaders were also viewed as invaluable to ensure that opportunities are optimized through strong leadership development and shared experiences to further the EM academic missions across the country. These recommendations were designed to improve the financial circumstances for many Canadian EM units. There is a considerable wealth of resources that can contribute to financial stability for an academic unit, and an annual networking meeting and continuing education on these issues will facilitate more rapid implementation of these recommendations.

Agrichemicals in surface water and birth defects in the United States

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Winchester, Paul D; Huskins, Jordan; Ying, Jun

2009-01-01

Objectives: To investigate if live births conceived in months when surface water agrichemicals are highest are at greater risk for birth defects. Methods: Monthly concentrations during 1996–2002 of nitrates, atrazine and other pesticides were calculated using United States Geological Survey's National Water Quality Assessment data. Monthly United States birth defect rates were calculated for live births from 1996 to 2002 using United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention natality data sets. Birth defect rates by month of last menstrual period (LMP) were then compared to pesticide/nitrate means using logistical regression models. Results: Mean concentrations of agrichemicals were highest in April–July. Total birth defects, and eleven of 22 birth defect subcategories, were more likely to occur in live births with LMPs between April and July. A significant association was found between the season of elevated agrichemicals and birth defects. Conclusion: Elevated concentrations of agrichemicals in surface water in April–July coincided with higher risk of birth defects in live births with LMPs April–July. While a causal link between agrichemicals and birth defects cannot be proven from this study an association might provide clues to common factors shared by both variables. PMID:19183116

US Pharmaceutical Innovation in an International Context

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Wang, Steven; Hebert, Paul; Carpenter, Daniel; Anderson, Gerard

2010-01-01

Objectives. We explored whether the United States, which does not regulate pharmaceutical prices, is responsible for the development of a disproportionate share of the new molecular entities (NMEs; a drug that does not contain an active moiety previously approved by the Food and Drug Administration) produced worldwide. Methods. We collected data on NMEs approved between 1992 and 2004 and assigned each NME to an inventor country. We examined the relation between the proportion of total NMEs developed in each country and the proportion of total prescription drug spending and gross domestic product (GDP) of each country represented. Results. The United States accounted for 42% of prescription drug spending and 40% of the total GDP among innovator countries and was responsible for the development of 43.7% of the NMEs. The United Kingdom, Switzerland, and a few other countries innovated proportionally more than their contribution to GDP or prescription drug spending, whereas Japan, South Korea, and a few other countries innovated less. Conclusions. Higher prescription drug spending in the United States does not disproportionately privilege domestic innovation, and many countries with drug price regulation were significant contributors to pharmaceutical innovation. PMID:20403883

Using 3d Bim Model for the Value-Based Land Share Calculations

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Çelik Şimşek, N.; Uzun, B.

2017-11-01

According to the Turkish condominium ownership system, 3D physical buildings and its condominium units are registered to the condominium ownership books via 2D survey plans. Currently, 2D representations of the 3D physical objects, causes inaccurate and deficient implementations for the determination of the land shares. Condominium ownership and easement right are established with a clear indication of land shares (condominium ownership law, article no. 3). So, the land share of each condominium unit have to be determined including the value differences among the condominium units. However the main problem is that, land share has often been determined with area based over the project before construction of the building. The objective of this study is proposing a new approach in terms of value-based land share calculations of the condominium units that subject to condominium ownership. So, the current approaches and its failure that have taken into account in determining the land shares are examined. And factors that affect the values of the condominium units are determined according to the legal decisions. This study shows that 3D BIM models can provide important approaches for the valuation problems in the determination of the land shares.

Shared vision between fathers and daughters in family businesses: the determining factor that transforms daughters into successors

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Overbeke, Kathy K.; Bilimoria, Diana; Somers, Toni

2015-01-01

Family businesses are critical to the United States economy, employing 63% of the workforce and generating 57% of GDP (University of Vermont, 2014). Family business continuity, however, remains elusive as approximately 70% of family businesses do not survive the second generation (Poza, 2013). In order to augment our understanding of how next generation leaders are chosen in family businesses, we examine daughter succession. Using a sample of pairs of family business fathers and daughters and drawing on an earlier study of the dearth of successor daughters in family businesses (Overbeke et al., 2013), we reveal that shared vision between fathers and daughters is central to daughter succession. Self-efficacy and gender norms influence shared vision and when fathers and daughters share a vision for the future of the company, daughters are likely to be transformed into successors. PMID:26074830

Shared vision between fathers and daughters in family businesses: the determining factor that transforms daughters into successors.

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Overbeke, Kathy K; Bilimoria, Diana; Somers, Toni

2015-01-01

Family businesses are critical to the United States economy, employing 63% of the workforce and generating 57% of GDP (University of Vermont, 2014). Family business continuity, however, remains elusive as approximately 70% of family businesses do not survive the second generation (Poza, 2013). In order to augment our understanding of how next generation leaders are chosen in family businesses, we examine daughter succession. Using a sample of pairs of family business fathers and daughters and drawing on an earlier study of the dearth of successor daughters in family businesses (Overbeke et al., 2013), we reveal that shared vision between fathers and daughters is central to daughter succession. Self-efficacy and gender norms influence shared vision and when fathers and daughters share a vision for the future of the company, daughters are likely to be transformed into successors.

Racial disparity in hospice use in the United States in 2002.

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Connor, S R; Elwert, F; Spence, C; Christakis, N A

2008-04-01

We used complete Centers for Disease Control death certificate records and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services 100% Standard Analytic File for hospice claims for 2002 to examine differences in hospice utilization between African-American and white decedents living in the United States. White decedents were more likely to use hospice in the year before their death than African-American decedents (29% vs 22%). Cause-specific hospice utilization rates among women were consistently higher than among men within a given race. African-American decedents were consistently less likely to use hospice than white decedents for almost all conditions. Hospice utilization was lower among African-American than among white decedents in 31 of 40 states. The higher the overall hospice utilization in a state, the less the positive difference between white and African-American usage rates; that is, the more accepted hospice is, as measured by 'market share', the lower the racial disparity in its use.

The debate over weight- versus price-based taxation of snuff in the United States' state legislatures.

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Timberlake, David S; Sami, Mojgan; Patel, Sonam; Thiagarajan, Shamili; Badiyan, Ramin; Willard, Shay

2014-08-01

Discount snuff, known for its cheap price, high nicotine content, and popularity among youth, has increased substantially in market share in the United States. As a likely result, the leading manufacturer of premium snuff has supported legislation changing the basis for taxing snuff from price to weight. To determine which public health issues arose in legislative debates, we transcribed 17 of 52 bills from US state legislatures and coded for arguments broadly categorized into public health, fair taxation, tax revenue, tax efficiency, and anti-competitiveness. State legislators expressed frustration that equitable taxation, revenue generation, and prevention of youth tobacco use were frequently conflated in the debates. Public health advocates expressed concerns over youths' incentives to purchase low-weight snuff, but seldom discussed youths' growing preference for discount snuff. The evolving market of moist snuff is a critical consideration for US state legislators as well as policy makers from other countries who may evaluate taxation methods for alternate tobacco products.

Gulf Coast Resilience Coalition: An Evolved Collaborative Built on Shared Disaster Experiences, Response, and Future Preparedness.

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Hansel, Tonya Cross; Osofsky, Howard J; Langhinrichsen-Rohling, Jennifer; Speier, Anthony; Rehner, Tim; Osofsky, Joy D; Rohrer, Glenn

2015-12-01

For close to a decade, the Gulf Coast of the United States has been in almost constant disaster recovery mode, and a number of lessons have been learned concerning disaster recovery and behavioral health. The purpose of this report was to describe the natural development of a Gulf Coast Resilience Coalition (GCRC). The GCRC methods began with state-specific recovery goals following Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and transitioned to a shared multistate and multidiscipline coalition. The coalition's effectiveness is demonstrated through continuation, procurement of funding to provide response services, and increased membership to ensure sustainability. The coalition has enhanced response, recovery, and resilience by providing strategic plans for dissemination of knowledge; post-disaster surveillance and services; effective relationships and communication with local, state, and regional partners; disaster response informed by past experience; a network of professionals and community residents; and the ability to improve access to and efficiency of future behavioral health coordination through an organized response. The GCRC can not only improve readiness and response, but work toward a shared vision of improved overall mental and behavioral health and thus resilience, with beneficial implications for the Gulf South and other communities as well.

76 FR 53693 - Notice of Invitation To Participate; Coal Exploration License Application COC-74911, Colorado

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2011-08-29

...] Notice of Invitation To Participate; Coal Exploration License Application COC-74911, Colorado AGENCY..., as amended by the Federal Coal Leasing Amendments Act of 1976, and to Bureau of Land Management (BLM... cost-sharing basis, in a program for the exploration of coal deposits owned by the United States of...

Civic Consciousness Development of Youth in the Context of Educational Reforms: The US Experience

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Kovalchuk, Vasyl

2015-01-01

The article analyzes the experience of patriotic education and civic consciousness of youth in the United States. The author shares his experience of training under the programme "Civic consciousness development of youth in the context of educational reforms" of the US Agency for International Development (USAID). It has been found that…

Neighbors On Line: Enhancing Global Perspectives and Cultural Sharing with the Internet.

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Lee, Okhwa; Knupfer, Nancy Nelson

The purpose of this study was to investigate the status of computer use within Korean and United States schools, and then use the Internet to establish cross cultural communication between schools. It was hoped that through international communication using the Internet, students at the elementary, junior high, and high school levels would gain…

Prayer in Clinical Practice: what does evidence support?

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Kim-Godwin, YeounSoo

2013-01-01

A Korean-born U.S. nurse educator shares a perspective on prayer in clinical settings in South Korea and asks what appropriate, ethical prayer practice should be in the United States. A review of research on prayer for health and in nursing practice is offered, concluding with evidence-based suggestions for prayer with and for patients in clinical settings.

Preach Americanism! The Education of Immigrants during the Great War.

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Brumberg, Stephan F.

For the United States, fighting World War I involved not only preparing young citizens to fight the enemy abroad, but rooting out alien enemies at home. The national consensus, believed vital to success, presupposed a common set of values, shared behaviors, and a high degree of identification with the nation. The more homogeneous the population,…

Fifty Years in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

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Werry, John

2013-01-01

John Werry completed training in child and adolescent psychiatry at McGill University in Montreal, and has been a world renowned leader in children's mental health. Drawing on a half century of work in Canada, the United States, and his native New Zealand, he shares his reflections and vision for the future in the interview given for this…

Video Games as a Context for Numeracy Development

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Thomas, Troy A.; Wiest, Lynda R.

2013-01-01

Troy Thomas and Lynda Wiest share an engaging lesson on statistics involving analysis of real-world data on the top ten video game sales in the United States during a one-week period. Three upper-primary classes completed the lesson, providing insight into the lesson's effectiveness. The lesson description includes attention to the manner in which…

The Unlikelihood of Family: A Photographic Essay on Transnational Experiences

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Navarro, Cristina Llerena

2015-01-01

In this photo essay, Cristina Llerena Navarro captures moments in the everyday lives of mixed-status families. Through her narrative and images, Llerena shares the stories of these families, their journeys to the United States as well as the consequences of deportation on the family unity. She evokes the children's deep yearning to be reunited…

Rio Grande/Rio Bravo Basin Coalition

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Sarah Kotchian

1999-01-01

In June 1994, one hundred people gathered for the first Uniting the Basin Conference in El Paso to discuss the state of their basin and to explore ways to improve its sustainability for future generations. One of the recommendations of that conference was the formation of an international non-governmental coalition of groups throughout the Basin to share information...

Developing a global aeronautical satellite system

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Dement, Donald K.

1988-01-01

Arinc, an airline industry-owned and operated company in the United States, has taken steps toward establishing a global aeronautical satellite communications system. Plans call for initiation of a thin-route data operation in 1989, upgrading to establish voice communications via shared spot-beam transponders carried on other satellites, and deploying a worldwide network using dedicated satellites by 1994.

Sharing, Trading, Stealing: Exploring the Role of Peers in Shaping Foods Available at Lunchtime

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Sutter, Carolyn; Nishina, Adrienne; Scherr, Rachel E.; Zidenberg-Cherr, Sheri; Ontai, Lenna L.

2016-01-01

Childhood obesity continues to be a major concern in the United States, warranting a comprehensive approach. However, the majority of research studies continue to neglect the influence of peers on dietary behaviors. The present descriptive study aimed to provide information about the ways peers directly shape dietary choices via food exchanges…

3 CFR 8495 - Proclamation 8495 of April 9, 2010. Pan American Day and Pan American Week, 2010

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2011-01-01

... United States of America A Proclamation More than 200 years of history and significant current events... Americas. The year 2010 marks the 80th anniversary of the first Pan American Day Proclamation; the..., and Chile. These milestones remind us of our shared histories of independence and interdependence, and...

Partnership between the US and Iraqi Air Forces: One Airman’s Perspective

DTIC Science & Technology

2012-01-01

Prime Minster Nouri al-Maliki in 2008, virtually all US military members should have left Iraqi soil, as the United States makes good on its pledge...received information on the health of the T-6 fleet but also had opportunities to share lessons learned and take part in some of the processes involving

Shared Responsibility for Teacher Evaluation: A Cross-Site Study of Principals' Experiences in Peer Assistance and Review Programs

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Munger, Mindy S.

2012-01-01

Research shows that traditional, principal-led teacher evaluation in the United States is desperately in need of reform. While principals aspire to be instructional leaders, their attention is spread thin across their vast managerial and instructional leadership responsibilities. For many principals, teacher evaluation falls by the wayside. Peer…

Try a New Approach: Using German Practice in Harmonica Education

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Prosek, Jacob

2016-01-01

This article looks at some best practices for teaching the harmonica as demonstrated in schools in southern Germany. The author describes the role the harmonica has played in music education, offering a brief overview of the instrument's use in the United States. He shares what certain German educators are doing and how their techniques can be…

To Lift as We Climb: A Textbook Analysis of the Segregated School Experience

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Pellegrino, Anthony; Mann, Linda; Russell, William B., III

2013-01-01

In this paper we share findings of a textbook analysis in which we explored the treatment of segregated education in eight, widely-used secondary United States history and government textbooks. We positioned our findings within the historiography related to the African American school experience which challenges the notion that the lack of…

United States societal experiments via the Communications Technology Satellite

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Donoughe, P. L.

1976-01-01

After a brief description of the Communication Technology Satellite and its U.S. coverage, the U.S. societal experiments via the CTS are discussed. These include education (college curriculum sharing, and project interchange), health care (biomedical communications, health communications, and communication support for decentralized education), and community and special experiments (satellite library information network, and transportable earth terminal).

One Small Blue Bead.

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Schweitzer, Byrd Baylor

Written in poetry, this children's story focuses upon the shared dreams of an old man and a young boy who are prehistoric cave dwellers living in the southwestern part of the United States. The poem's theme centers upon the question of whether or not there are people other than those of this particular tribe living on the earth. This question is…

Connecting mountain islands and desert seas: Biodiversity and management of the Madrean Archipelago II

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Gerald J. Gottfried; Brooke S. Gebow; Lane G. Eskew; Carleton B. Edminster

2005-01-01

The Madrean Archipelago, or Sky Island, region of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico is recognized for its great biological diversity and natural beauty. This conference brought together scientists, managers, and other interested parties to share their knowledge about the region and to identify needs and possible solutions for existing and emerging...

Projection and Reflection of American Culture via Mass Media--Case Study: Australia.

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Breen, Myles P.

The current Australian scene is a good example of how American culture as portrayed in the mass media is reflected by a receptor national culture. Australia, sharing a similar history and a common language with the United States, has virtually no resistance to American culture. Some differences in national characteristics, such as the Australian…

Unity and Duality in Barack Obama's "A More Perfect Union"

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Terrill, Robert E.

2009-01-01

Faced with a racialized political crisis that threatened to derail his campaign to become the first African American president of the United States, Barack Obama delivered a speech on race titled "A More Perfect Union." He begins by portraying himself as an embodiment of double consciousness, but then invites his audience to share his…

Historical Celebrations: A Handbook for Organizers of Diamond Jubilees, Centennials, and Other Community Anniversaries.

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Petersen, Keith

Celebrations of shared personal, religious, occupational, and historic events are worldwide and ancient phenomena. In the United States, most people participate, as either major or minor actors or members of the audience, in private events marking the human cycle and life experiences, from birth and birthdays to weddings and anniversaries to death…

Creating Change in the Large Urban Public Schools of the United States

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Heyman, Ernest L.; Vigil, Peter

2008-01-01

Minority groups make up a large share of the working and the non-working poor. Moreover, throughout the last several decades, many minority students in the large urban schools, particularly Hispanic, Native and African-American, have had a difficult time taking advantage of a public education. The major tension points and associated problems…

Multicultural Literature as a Classroom Tool

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Osorio, Sandra L.

2018-01-01

Multicultural literature can be found all across classrooms in the United States. I argue it is more important what you do with the literature than just having it in the classroom. Multicultural literature should be seen as a tool. In this article, I will share how I used multicultural literature as a tool to (a) promote or develop an appreciation…