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Weighing U.S. Troop Withdrawal from Iraq: Strategic Risks and Recommendations

Supporting a stable and friendly Iraq is in the long-term interest of the United States, and this requires maintaining a small force of military advisers to help train and develop Iraqi military capabilities so that Iraq can defend itself.

May 19, 2020

Ben Connable, James Dobbins, Howard J. Shatz, Raphael S. Cohen, Becca Wasser
Journal Article

Journal Article

Do Recent Experiences of Sexual Violence and Co-Occurring Depression and Anxiety Symptoms Predict Poorer Functioning One Year Later During the Transition to Young Adulthood?

This study suggests that past year experiences of sexual violence, along with concurrent depression and anxiety symptoms, can affect functioning across a variety of health domains one year later during early young adulthood.

May 19, 2020

Jordan P. Davis, Eric R. Pedersen, Anthony Rodriguez, Joan S. Tucker, Rachana Seelam, Regina A. Shih, Elizabeth J. D'Amico
Report

Report

U.S. Coast Guard Workforce 2040: Better Management Through Transparency

This Perspective describes several ways in which the U.S. Coast Guard can effectively recruit and retain its future workforce by providing greater transparency in personnel management practices, inspired by a U.S. Coast Guard Evergreen V workshop.

May 18, 2020

Susan A. Resetar, Michelle D. Ziegler, Aaron C. Davenport, Melissa Bauman
Journal Article

Journal Article

Day by Day: Investigating Variation in Elementary Mathematics Instruction That Supports the Common Core

This article investigates the extent to which students were being engaged in complex practices exemplified by Common Core State Standards for Mathematics and the Standards for Mathematical Practice on a daily basis, according to teachers' reports.

May 15, 2020

Jonathan Schweig, Julia H. Kaufman, V. Darleen Opfer
Journal Article

Journal Article

The Social Structure of Climate Change Research and Practitioner Engagement: Evidence from California

This study thus examines the perspectives and experiences of researchers regarding practitioner engagement, drawing from an original survey of California's climate research community and supplemental interviews.

May 15, 2020

Zeke Baker, Julia A. Ekstrom, Kelsey D. Meagher, Benjamin Lee Preston, Louise Bedsworth
Report

Face Recognition Technologies: Designing Systems that Protect Privacy and Prevent Bias

In this report, the authors propose a heuristic with two dimensions -- consent status and comparison type -- to determine levels of privacy and accuracy in face recognition technologies. They also identify privacy and bias concerns.

May 14, 2020

Douglas Yeung, Rebecca Balebako, Carlos Ignacio Gutierrez Gaviria, Michael Chaykowsky
Report

Report

Writing Instruction in U.S. Classrooms: Diverging Perspectives for Teachers Across Content Areas

This American Educator Panels Data Note provides insights into secondary teachers' perceptions of their preparedness to teach and assess writing skills and their levels of support in the classroom.

May 14, 2020

William R. Johnston
Report

The Risk-Mitigation Value of the Transportation Worker Identification Credential: A Comprehensive Security Assessment of the TWIC Program

The Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) is designed to enhance security at U.S. ports. This report provides the findings from an assessment of the TWIC program, along with the assessors' recommendations.

May 13, 2020

Heather J. Williams, Kristin Van Abel, David Metz, James V. Marrone, Edward W. Chan, Katherine Costello, Ryan Michael Bauer, Devon Hill, Simon Veronneau, Joseph C. Chang, Ian Mitch, Joshua Lawrence Traub, Sarah Soliman, Zachary Haldeman, Kelly Klima, Douglas C. Ligor
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Planning Hospital Needs for Ventilators and Respiratory Therapists in the COVID-19 Crisis

The coronavirus disease 2019 crisis has caused shortages in ventilators and respiratory therapists, increasing risk for patients. The authors describe a model they developed to allocate these resources among hospitals to minimize patient wait time.

May 13, 2020

John F. Raffensperger, Marygail K. Brauner, R. J. Briggs
Journal Article

Journal Article

Decision-making Competence in Older Adults: A Rosy View from a Longitudinal Investigation

Our study depicts a generally positive picture of age-related changes in three important aspects of decision-making competence and it shows that starting levels of decision-making competence are predictive of decision-making performance over time.

May 12, 2020

Fabio del Missier, Patrik Hansson, Andrew M. Parker, Wandi Bruine de Bruin, Timo Mäntylä
Journal Article

Journal Article

Mental Health Services and Personal Recovery in California: A Population-Based Analysis

This observational study examined personal recovery in a representative sample of adults in California with elevated psychological distress.

May 12, 2020

Ryan K. McBain, Rebecca L. Collins, Eunice C. Wong, Joshua Breslau, Matthew Cefalu, Elizabeth Roth, M. Audrey Burnam
Report

Tracking and Disrupting the Illicit Antiquities Trade with Open Source Data

The sale of illicit goods provides an important funding source for terrorist organizations, organized crime, and rogue states. The authors of this report use open-source data to examine these networks and guide future policy to disrupt the trade.

May 12, 2020

Matthew Sargent, James V. Marrone, Alexandra Evans, Bilyana Lilly, Erik Nemeth, Stephen Dalzell
Journal Article

Journal Article

Settling the Score: Maximizing the Public Health Impact of Opioid Litigation

This Article responds to skeptics of a potential global opioid settlement agreement by proposing terms that would further public health goals.

May 12, 2020

Rebecca Lee Haffajee, Michael R. Abrams
Research Brief

Research Brief

Supporting Summer Programs: Navigating Federal, State, and Local Program Support Opportunities

This research brief summarizes how policy environment affects school districts' attempts to scale and sustain quality summer programs.

May 12, 2020

Catherine H. Augustine, Lindsey E. Thompson
Journal Article

Journal Article

Economic Losses from Extreme Weather in the U.S. Gulf Coast Region: Spatially Differential Contributions of Climate Hazard and Socioeconomic Exposure and Vulnerability

A novel socio-climate hazard typology (SCT) was developed that integrates locally defined climate hazard and socioeconomic exposure and social vulnerability typologies. We regressed the SCT types and their constituent hazard and socioeconomic components against the cumulative economic loss from extreme weather events in order to attribute economic losses to different interactions among climate hazards, socioeconomic exposure, and vulnerability.

May 12, 2020

Sujithkumar Surendran Nair, Anthony W. King, Jay Gulledge, Benjamin Lee Preston, Ryan McManamay, Christopher Clark
Journal Article

Journal Article

Age Differences in Reported Social Networks and Well-Being

We present secondary analyses of data collected with a national adult life span sample to examine age differences in reported social network size, including the number of close friends, as well as associations with social satisfaction and well being.

May 12, 2020

Wandi Bruine de Bruin, Andrew M. Parker, JoNell Strough
Journal Article

Journal Article

Changes in ART Adherence Relate to Changes in Depression as Well! Evidence for the Bi-directional Longitudinal Relationship Between Depression and ART Adherence from a Prospective Study of HIV Clients in Uganda

While other research has examined and supported the influence of depression on ART adherence, our data support the reciprocal relationship: that non-adherence and changes in adherence are associated with levels and changes in depression.

May 12, 2020

Glenn Wagner, Bonnie Ghosh-Dastidar, Barbara Mukasa, Sebastian Linnemayr
Journal Article

Journal Article

Practical Factors Determining Adolescent Substance Use Treatment Settings: Results from Four Online Stakeholder Panels

This study aimed to identify practical factors that stakeholders find most critical to consider when planning adolescent substance use treatment.

May 12, 2020

Sean Grant, Sarah B. Hunter, Eric R. Pedersen, Beth Ann Griffin
Journal Article

Journal Article

Psychological Symptoms Among Frontline Healthcare Workers During COVID-19 Outbreak in Wuhan

To examine the psychosocial impact of COVID-19 on frontline healthcare workers in Wuhan, we collected data between February 13-17, 2020 through a smartphone-based survey.

May 12, 2020

Jiang Du, Lu Dong, Tao Wang, Chenxin Yuan, Rao Fu, Lei Zhang, Bo Liu, Mingmin Zhang, Yuanyuan Yin, Jiawen Qin, Jennifer Bouey, Min Zhao, Xin Li
Report

Military Trends and the Future of Warfare: The Changing Global Environment and Its Implications for the U.S. Air Force

This volume of the Future of Warfare series examines significant factors shaping military trends over the next 10–15 years: changes in the size, quality, and character of military forces available to the United States and its potential adversaries.

May 11, 2020

Forrest E. Morgan, Raphael S. Cohen

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