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If I Knew Then What I Know Now... A Short Guide to Introducing New Technology in Adult Social Care
This booklet is for decision makers considering using technology in social care.
Mar 7, 2023
Jon Glasby, Ian Litchfield, Sarah Parkinson, Lucy Hocking, Denise Tanner
Journal Article
Evaluation Framework for the Strength in Places Fund: A Report for UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)
This report sets out the evaluation framework for the Strength in Places Fund. It includes a process evaluation to understand what has worked in the design and delivery of the fund and an impact evaluation to understand what SIPF has achieved.
Mar 7, 2023
Sarah Karlsberg, Susan Guthrie, Andrew Leicester, Advait Deshpande, Will Carpenter, Mann Virdee
Journal Article
Low Tech, High Potential: Using Technology to Improve Communication Across Home Care Workers
Our findings suggest that a basic workflow process—communication among HCWs—is limited in many home care settings. Simple technologies could be developed to support HCWs to navigate the challenges of providing care to clients in their homes.
Mar 7, 2023
Julia Bandini, Daniel Siconolfi, Katie Feistel, Jason Michel Etchegaray
Report
Strategic advantage in a competitive age: Definitions, dynamics and implications
SONAC commissioned RAND Europe to refine their working definition of strategic advantage. The team developed case studies and conducted expert workshops to explore the types of advantage and how actors seek to maintain and exploit their advantages.
Mar 6, 2023
James Black, Diana Dascalu, Megan Hughes, Benedict Wilkinson, Maeve Ryan, Ahron Bregman, Peter Carlyon, Jennifer Cheung, Lawrence Freedman, Rebecca Lucas, Alessio Patalano, Patrick Porter, Fiona Quimbre, Sam Stockwell, Mann Virdee
Report
Quantifying the link between COVID-19, conflict risk, and the global economy
Our research suggests that COVID-19 will significantly increase the risk of civil conflict in African countries. We estimate this effect will, in turn, have negative global repercussions via international trade losses.
Mar 3, 2023
Grant Johnson, Sean M. Zeigler, Marco Hafner, Catherine Galley
Journal Article
A New Ethical Principle for Analysts Who Use Models
Analysts have long embraced the ethic of revealing assumptions that underlie their conclusions. Analysts should preemptively explain how their conclusions vary with changes of important assumptions reflecting uncertainties and disagreements.
Mar 3, 2023
Paul K. Davis
Report
Assessment of Joint All Domain Command and Control Requirements and the Use of Live, Virtual, and Constructive Capabilities for Training
This report presents research findings addressing the use of live, virtual, and constructive simulation capabilities for continuation training at air operation centers in the U.S. Air Force, in support of Joint All Domain Command and Control.
Mar 2, 2023
Timothy Marler, Carra S. Sims, Mark Toukan, Ajay K. Kochhar, Shawn Cochran, Christine Kistler LaCoste, Matt Strawn
Journal Article
Association of an Alcohol Abstinence Program With Mortality in Individuals Arrested for Driving While Alcohol Impaired
Individual-level analysis finds that among those arrested for driving under the influence, participation in 24/7 Sobriety reduces risk of death during study period—on the order of 50 percent.
Mar 2, 2023
Nancy Nicosia, Beau Kilmer, Gregory Midgette, Marika Booth
Research Brief
Growing Toward a Low-Carbon Future: Policy Implications of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Their Trade-Offs in California's Westlands Water District
The authors assessed the greenhouse gas emissions of crop production in California's Westlands Water District and the trade-offs of policies aimed at decarbonization. They provide policy insights and recommendations to local and state decisionmakers.
Mar 1, 2023
Michelle E. Miro, Nidhi Kalra, Jonathan Lamb, Nihar Chhatiawala
Report
Growing Toward a Low-Carbon Future: Estimating Greenhouse Gas Emissions in California's Westlands Water District
The authors assessed the greenhouse gas emissions of crop production in California's Westlands Water District and the trade-offs of policies aimed at decarbonization. They provide policy insights and recommendations to local and state decisionmakers.
Mar 1, 2023
Michelle E. Miro, Nidhi Kalra, Jonathan Lamb, Nihar Chhatiawala
Journal Article
Community-Level, Participatory Co-Design for Landslide Warning with Implications for Climate Services
This paper describes a community-level co-design process among academic, state, and federal scientists and the community of Sitka, Alaska to develop a novel landslide warning system for the small coastal town.
Mar 1, 2023
Robert J. Lempert, Lisa Busch, Ryan Andrew Brown, Annette Patton, Sara Turner, Jacyn Schmidt, Tammy Young
Report
Gaining Victory in Systems Warfare: China's Perspective on the U.S.-China Military Balance
The authors provide a detailed analysis of the factors and components associated with People's Republic of China leaders' assessments of the Chinese People's Liberation Army's strength and the implications for the U.S.-China military balance.
Mar 1, 2023
Mark Cozad, Jeffrey Engstrom, Scott W. Harold, Timothy R. Heath, Sale Lilly, Edmund J. Burke, Julia Brackup, Derek Grossman
Journal Article
Capacities of Health Systems in Climate Migrant Receiving Communities: Insights in the US Gulf Coast
This report examines how health care delivery systems in receiving communities meet the needs of climate migrants in three case study sites in the US Gulf Coast.
Mar 1, 2023
Aaron Clark-Ginsberg, Anita Chandra, Alejandro Uriel Becerra-Ornelas
Journal Article
Child Cognitive Development and Parent Roles: A Preliminary Comparison of Moroccan Parents to United States and United Kingdom Benchmarks
This article describes and compares the views and behaviors of parents with children 0-6 years old from Casablanca, Morocco, the US, and the UK on early parental engagement.
Feb 28, 2023
Rita T. Karam, Gail L. Zellman, Michal Perlman
Journal Article
A Quantitative Analysis of the Costs of Corruption in the EU
The aim of this report is to quantify the economic and societal losses due to corruption in the European Union, and to identify potential for action at EU level, to address the challenges identified.
Feb 28, 2023
Marco Hafner, Eliane Dufresne, Stijn Hoorens, Emma Disley
Testimony
Russian Military Operations in Ukraine in 2022 and the Year Ahead
Testimony presented before the U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services on February 28, 2023.
Feb 28, 2023
Dara Massicot
Report
Skills for Success: Developing Social and Emotional Competencies in Out-of-School-Time Programs
This report offers guidance for out-of-school-time programs that wish to incorporate social and emotional learning activities into their programming. The lessons are derived from the RAND Corporation's study of more than 100 afterschool programs.
Feb 27, 2023
Jennifer T. Leschitz, Susannah Faxon-Mills, Andrea Prado Tuma, Katie Tosh, Catherine H. Augustine, Heather L. Schwartz
Report
Types of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment in the Active-Duty Army
This report describes results of analyses that identify different types of sexual assault and sexual harassment experiences and assess how common each type is in the Army. It uses data from the 2018 Workplace and Gender Relations Survey.
Feb 24, 2023
Terry L. Schell, Sarah O. Meadows, Avery Calkins, Matthew Cefalu, Linda Cottrell, Rebecca L. Collins
Report
Talent Management and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Private-Sector Organizations: A Qualitative Review of Promising Practices
Researchers reviewed academic literature and conducted interviews with private-sector organizations to identify promising practices in support of the Department of the Air Force's goal of building a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive workforce.
Feb 23, 2023
Devon Hill, Kirsten M. Keller, Monica Rico, Melissa Shostak, Miriam Matthews
Report
Countering Domestic Racially and Ethnically Motivated Violent Terrorism on Social Media: Introducing the Racist and Violent Extremist Flock Tool
Researchers developed the Racist and Violent Extremist Flock (RVE-Flock) tool to explore and analyze textual content on racially and ethnically motivated violent extremist–affiliated social media. This guide explains the tool's functionality.
Feb 23, 2023
Daniel Tapia, Kristin Warren, Jacqueline Gardner Burns, Khrystyna Holynska, Jordan R. Reimer, Peter Schirmer, Will Shumate

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The Science of Gun Policy: A Critical Synthesis of Research Evidence on the Effects of Gun Policies in the United States, Third Edition 2023

Little in Common: Prospects for U.S.-China and U.S.-Russia Security Cooperation 2023

Assessing Pittsburgh's Science- and Technology-Focused Workforce Ecosystem 2023

Expanding Army Cooperation Between the United States and France in the Indo-Pacific 2023

Evaluation of Mental Health First Aid in New York City 2023

Gaining Victory in Systems Warfare: China's Perspective on the U.S.-China Military Balance 2023