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Depressive Symptoms Among US Adults During the Great Recession and Economic Recovery

National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data show a statistically significant increase in depressive symptoms from 2005/2006 to 2007/2008 (the beginning of the Great Recession), but there were no significant or consistent changes after 2007/2008.

Jul 7, 2022

Annie Chen, Roland Sturm
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Diet Quality in the United States Improved During the Great Recession and Deteriorated During Economic Recovery

During the Great Recession, American diets became more consistent with Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommendations, possibly because of a shift toward food prepared at home instead of prepared food bought away from home.

Jul 7, 2022

Annie Chen, Roland Sturm
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Toolkit for Weighting and Analysis of Nonequivalent Groups: A Tutorial for the R TWANG Package

This tutorial describes the use of the TWANG package in R to estimate propensity score weights when there are two treatment groups, and how to use TWANG to estimate nonresponse weights.

Jul 7, 2022

Greg Ridgeway, Daniel F. McCaffrey, Andrew R. Morral, Matthew Cefalu, Lane F. Burgette, Joseph D. Pane, Beth Ann Griffin
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Toolkit for Weighting and Analysis of Nonequivalent Groups: A Tutorial on the TWANG Shiny App for Two Treatments

This tutorial describes how to use a menu-driven Shiny application based on the Toolkit for Weighting and Analysis of Nonequivalent Groups (TWANG) R package.

Jul 7, 2022

Beth Ann Griffin, Ricardo Sanchez, Matthew Cefalu, Christopher E. Maerzluft, Chuck Stelzner, Lynsay Ayer, Donna L. Coffman, Brian G. Vegetabile, Joseph D. Pane, Lane F. Burgette, Daniel F. McCaffrey
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RCVS Under Care and 24/7 Emergency Care Review

This study explored the views of the veterinary profession on under care and out of hours care to feed into the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons review of their regulations.

Jul 7, 2022

Tom Ling, Lucy Hocking, Chris Heywood, Matthew Evans, Kayte Ashton
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Forecasting Demand for U.S. Ground Forces: An Interactive Tool

This interactive tool uses a dynamic forecasting model to project future demand for U.S. ground forces. The resulting forecasts can help inform U.S. military decisions regarding future force planning, posture, and investments.

Jul 6, 2022

Bryan Frederick, Jennifer Kavanagh, Matthew Lane
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Forecasting Demand for U.S. Ground Forces: Assessing Future Trends in Armed Conflict and U.S. Military Interventions

This report identifies potential future demands for U.S. ground forces under different scenarios, including size, location, and capabilities, to inform Army decisions regarding future force planning, posture, and investments.

Jul 6, 2022

Matthew Lane, Bryan Frederick, Jennifer Kavanagh, Stephen Watts, Nathan Chandler, Meagan L. Smith
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Identifying Critical IT Products and Services

Researchers have identified the software and businesses that provide critical information technology products and services and developed a framework to continue this analysis as technology evolves. They assessed both software risk and business risk.

Jul 6, 2022

Sasha Romanosky, John Bordeaux, Michael J. D. Vermeer, Jonathan W. Welburn, Aaron Strong, Zev Winkelman
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French Army Approaches to Networked Warfare

The French concept of network-centric warfare argues that information-sharing enables forces to forgo armor and mass and underpins France's push for a middle-weight force -- one that can deploy to Africa but is robust enough for higher-end threats.

Jul 6, 2022

Michael Shurkin, Raphael S. Cohen, Arthur Chan
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Career Services and College-Employer Partnership Practices in Community Colleges: Colleges in California, Ohio, and Texas

In this report, the authors systemically examine the type of career services and college-employer partnership practices across three states -- California, Ohio, and Texas -- and a sample of community colleges that operate within them.

Jul 6, 2022

Rita T. Karam, Charles A. Goldman, Monica Rico
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The Impact and Implementation of the Chicago Collaborative Teacher Professional Development Program

The authors evaluated the Leading Educators Chicago Collaborative, a teacher professional development program aligned to Common Core State Standards, examining the program's implementation and its impact on student achievement.

Jul 6, 2022

Kata Mihaly, Isaac M. Opper, Lucas Greer
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Artificial Intelligence, Deepfakes, and Disinformation: A Primer

This Perspective provides an overview of the threat of deepfakes and reviews the fundamental artificial intelligence-driven technologies that make them possible. It highlights deepfakes' threats, as well as factors that could mitigate them.

Jul 6, 2022

Todd C. Helmus
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Space Competition and the Dynamics of Conflict: Using Game Theory and Artificial Intelligence to Gain Strategic Insight

The authors summarize research about using a game-theoretic model of competition and cooperation in space to examine the dynamics of conflict there, short of wars of total destruction. They focus specifically on the dynamics of space competition .

Jul 5, 2022

Bonnie L. Triezenberg, Krista Langeland, Bryce Downing
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Pods in Action: Community Works

This case study describes Community Works, a pandemic-era learning pod in New Orleans, LA. This case study is part of an effort by the Center for Reinventing Public Education to capture lessons learned from pandemic-era schooling.

Jul 1, 2022

Heather Gomez-Bendaña, Elizabeth D. Steiner
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Pods in Action: Hyde Park Neighborhood Club

This case study describes Hyde Park Neighborhood Club, a pandemic-era learning pod in Chicago, IL. This case study is part of an effort by the Center for Reinventing Public Education to capture lessons learned from pandemic-era schooling.

Jul 1, 2022

Rebecca Ann Lawrence
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Pods in Action: Neighborhood North

This case study describes Neighborhood North, a pandemic-era learning pod in Beaver Falls, PA. This case study is part of an effort by the Center for Reinventing Public Education to capture lessons learned from pandemic-era schooling.

Jul 1, 2022

Elizabeth D. Steiner, Heather Gomez-Bendaña
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Use of Personalized Learning Platforms in One Pandemic-Era Microschool: A Case Study

The many pandemic-era uses of personalized learning platforms can provide insight into how they might affect students' academic, social, and emotional outcomes. This report discusses one example: the Southern Nevada Urban Micro Academy (SNUMA).

Jul 1, 2022

Christopher Joseph Doss, Elizabeth D. Steiner
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Diversity in U.S. Military Families: An Environmental Scan of the Peer-Reviewed Literature on Race and Ethnic Variation for Select Well-Being Outcomes

Researchers explore the literature on race and ethnicity in relation to U.S. military service member well-being in the areas of mental health, behavioral health, family violence, marital satisfaction, and financial stress.

Jul 1, 2022

Sarah O. Meadows, Sierra Smucker, Dionne Barnes-Proby, Julia Vidal Verástegui, Rosemary Li, Elliott Brennan
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Managing Adverse and Reportable Information Regarding U.S. Military Officers: 2019 Update

The authors analyze the policies and processes for reporting unfavorable information about U.S. military officers being considered for appointments, promotions, or retirements and make recommendations for improvement.

Jul 1, 2022

Katherine L. Kidder, Laura L. Miller, Samantha E. DiNicola, Phillip Carter
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Understanding and evaluating the impact of dental program accreditation

Dental program accreditation activities undertaken by the Australian Dental Council influence education providers via directive, anticipatory, strategic, stakeholder, and relational impact mechanisms.

Jun 30, 2022

Katherine I. Morley, Jade Yeung, Gemma-Claire Ali, Samiha Alom, Pamina Smith, Carl Rhodes

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Los Angeles County's Preparedness for California's Edible Food Recovery Mandate (SB 1383) 2022

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Identifying and Understanding Ways to Address the Impact of Racism on Patient Safety in Health Care Settings 2022

The Societal Foundations of National Competitiveness 2022