…period of study and sustained compliance by subjects. Furthermore, health interventions for overweight children might be more likely to succeed in a supportive school environment. Tags: children, nutrition, obesity, poverty…
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…are that hybrids are cleaner, more energy-efficient and quieter. However, one of these apparent benefits carries with it potential risks for other road users, who are accustomed to an environment…
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…As with any evolving information environment, the dynamics of “influence” — a concept of long-standing interest to social scientists and marketers alike — have only begun to emerge clearly. In…
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…terms of confidence, 57% of Hispanics say they don’t have enough knowledge about computers to be competitive in the current job environment, compared with only 46% of whites and 45%…
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…measurement services or firms. Some digital managers report that this environment makes decision-making difficult. The crucial measurement of “unique visitors” remains in dispute; influential organizations such as the Web Analytics…
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…sets to participants. Cultivation of a newsroom environment that supported both a dynamic group process and journalistic innovation. Read the full case study. Laura Ruel is assistant professor in visual…
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…media environment. The researchers, based at West Virginia University, the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse and the World Bank Institute, state that the study demonstrates that “a country resistant to change can…
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…Medicine, “Medical Bankruptcy in Massachusetts: Has Health Reform Made a Difference?” compared bankruptcy filers from 2007, before reforms were implemented, to those filing in the post-reform 2009 environment to see…
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…new apartments and condos have been built. Beginning in the 1990s, new building permits began to increase in many core urban areas. A 2011 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency report, “Residential…
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…how to ensure a more inclusive environment over the long term remain at issue. For example, a record 95 women were elected to serve in the 111th Congress — among…
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