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Aug 15, 2024

Centering Equity in the Implementation of Emerging Digital Health Technologies

This paper centers health equity in the implementation of digital health technologies, such as personalized genomic medicine, by adapting methodological frameworks to support planning and evaluation.
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Do Small Outdoor Geoengineering Experiments Require Governance?

Cancellation of SCoPEx - the world's first outdoor stratospheric aerosol injection (SAI) experiment. SAI, a type of solar geoengineering (SG), seeks to cool the planet by releasing aerosols into the stratosphere to reflect sunlight.
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Project Labor Agreements and Affordable Housing Production Costs in Los Angeles: Revisiting the Effects of the Proposition HHH Project Labor Agreement Using Cost Data from Completed Projects

This study estimates the effects of a project labor agreement (PLA) on the production costs of publicly funded affordable housing in Los Angeles. The results indicate the PLA added 21 percent to total costs of affected projects.
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Understanding the Needs of Transition Age Youth Navigating the Foster Care and Housing Systems in Los Angeles County

This report presents data from a survey of nearly 400 transition age youth, ages 18 to 25 years old, experiencing housing instability in Los Angeles County, with an emphasis on youth with foster care involvement.
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RAND experts discussed findings from their latest report on the number of people living unsheltered in Hollywood, Skid Row, and Venice and this population's housing needs, experiences, and preferences.
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A Preliminary Analysis of Stress Burden and Cognitive Function and Clinically-Adjudicated Cognitive Outcomes in Black American Adults

This study estimated the effect of an index of stress and psychological distress (i.e., stress burden) on cognitive function and clinically-adjudicated cognitive outcomes among older Black American adults and examined sleep as a mediator of effects.
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Strengthening the US Public Health Lab System: Summary of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) After Action Review Workshop

The objective of this paper is to identify actionable recommendations for building a more resilient public health laboratory system based on previously published lessons learned from COVID-19.
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Ten Years Later: How Water Crises in Flint and Detroit Transformed the Politics of U.S. Water Policy

The 2014 water crises in Flint and Detroit brought renewed attention to the inadequacies of U.S. drinking water policy. Ten years later, we reflect on how the politics of U.S. water policy have shifted, and what remains to be done.
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Annual Trends Among the Unsheltered in Three Los Angeles Neighborhoods: The Los Angeles Longitudinal Enumeration and Demographic Survey (LA LEADS) 2023 Annual Report

This report presents findings from the 2023 Los Angeles Longitudinal Enumeration and Demographic Survey, a study of unsheltered homelessness in three Los Angeles neighborhoods: Hollywood, Skid Row, and Venice.
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Proceedings of the U.S.-Japan Socioeconomic Policy Research Exchange: Harnessing Quantum Technology for the Benefit of Society — How the United States and Japan Are Moving Quantum Science Research from the Lab to Everyday Life

Quantum technology is relatively new but could eventually affect many aspects of life. These conference proceedings summarize U.S. and Japanese speakers' remarks from a January 2024 conference that explored issues regarding quantum technology.
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Opportunities for an Artificial Intelligence–Focused Research Hub in Jackson, Mississippi

In this report, the authors outline approaches to developing an artificial intelligence–focused research hub in Jackson, Mississippi. The analysis draws on a combination of a scoping literature review and interviews with key stakeholders.

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