World Health Organization: World Health Statistics 2011
2011 report from the World Health Organization on progress in meeting the U.N.’s health-related Millennium Development Goals.
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Population of gray catbirds in the suburban matrix
Study by researchers at Towson University and the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute on survival rates and causes of death of gray catbirds.
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Effects of family type and resources on children’s academic performance
2011 study in the Journal of Marriage and Family on educational results for children in nontraditional families and related causes.
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Missed opportunity: Transit and jobs in metropolitan America
2011 study by the Brookings Institution on how well U.S. public-transportation networks line up with the needs of workers and commuters.
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Weapon of the strong? Participatory inequality and the Internet
2010 study by Perspectives on Politics on Internet usage and patterns of participatory inequality in American politics.
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Survey of youth in residential placement: Needs and services
2010 report by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and U.S. Department of Justice on the life experiences of young people in custody.
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Greater transparency in death penalty decisions
2010 study by Pepperdine University School of Law published in Temple Law Review on prosecutorial procedures and the death penalty.
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Financially fragile households: Evidence and implications
2011 study for the National Bureau of Economic Research on the vulnerability of American households to financial emergencies.
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Can social navigation inform online privacy preferences?
2011 study by the University of California, Irvine, on how users determine personal privacy settings on social networks.
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Body norms and fat stigma in global perspective
2011 study by Arizona State University published in Current Anthropology how body norms and fat stigma are evolving worldwide.
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