500 Cities Project: Local Data for Better Health 2014

The 500 Cities Project-Local Data for Better Health-is a collaboration among the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the CDC Foundation, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), whose purpose is to provide high quality small area estimates for behavioral risk factors that influence health status, for health outcomes, and the use of clinical preventive services. These estimates can be used to identify emerging health problems and to develop and implement of effective, targeted public health prevention activities. This report is specific to Buffalo, NY

Minding the Gap: An Assessment of Racial Disparity in Metropolitan Chicago

In cooperation with the Human Relations Foundation of Chicago (HRF), CURL and the Jane Addams Hull House examined inequalities among racial and ethnic groups in Chicago. Drawing from a broad range of existing data sources, researchers documented areas of reduced inequality as well as other areas of persistent inequality. Minding the Gap: An Assessment of Racial Disparity in Metropolitan Chicago examines seven quality of life measurements: income, wealth and employment, education, housing, transportation, health, the lives of children and the criminal justice system. This report, by examining these seven systems, not just one, creates a unique context for understanding both the complexity of these individual systems and the relationships between these systems. The goal of this effort is not only to educate the public about these gaps, but also to serve as a catalyst for public and social policy discussion throughout the region by initiating a community engagement process. The report was featured in a Sun-Times Editorial

The Nonprofit Research Collaborative: November 2010 Fundraising Survey

In this ninth annual survey of nonprofit organizations (charities and foundations), respondents answered questions comparing their organizations’ total contributions in the first nine months of 2010 compared with the same period in 2009. Nearly the same percentage of organizations reported that giving was up as those that reported giving was down. Of the about 2,500 responses, 36 percent said giving rose and 37 percent said giving fell, while the other 26 percent reported that total giving remained the

Implementing Elements of The Physics Suite at a Large Metropolitan Research University

A key question in physics education is the effectiveness of the teaching methods. A curriculum that has been investigated at the University of Central Florida (UCF) over a period of two years is the use of particular elements of The Physics Suite. Select sections of the introductory physics classes at UCF have made use of Interactive Lecture Demonstrations as part of the lecture component of the class. The lab component of the class has implemented the RealTime Physics curriculum, again in select sections. The remaining sections have continued with the teaching methods traditionally used. Using pre- and post-semester concept inventory tests, a student survey, student interviews, and a standard for successful completion of the course, the data indicates improved student learning

Measuring the social impact of population trends and development : report of an expert group meeting

The meeting brought together experts from ESCAP member and associat member countries to exchange views and experiences in the area of social indicators. The conclusion reached by this group was that social indicators would be most useful for planning purposes if better techniques of analysis are developed which will alow an improved examination of the determinants of interaction among various social phenomena. The report summarizes the discussions at the meeting; the paper "Social indicators: definition, purposes and development" is included as an annex

Motivational interviewing to enhance nicotine patch treatment for smoking cessation among homeless smokers: a randomized controlled trial

Aims To assess the effects of adding motivational interviewing ( MI ) counseling to nicotine patch for smoking cessation among homeless smokers. Design Two‐group randomized controlled trial with 26‐week follow‐up. Participants and setting A total of 430 homeless smokers from emergency shelters and transitional housing units in M inneapolis/ S t Paul, M innesota, USA . Intervention and measurements All participants received 8‐week treatment of 21‐mg nicotine patch. In addition, participants in the intervention group received six individual sessions of MI counseling which aimed to increase adherence to nicotine patches and to motivate cessation. Participants in the standard care control group received one session of brief advice to quit smoking. Primary outcome was 7‐day abstinence from cigarette smoking at 26 weeks, as validated by exhaled carbon monoxide and salivary cotinine. Findings Using intention‐to‐treat analysis, verified 7‐day abstinence rate at week 26 for the intervention group was non‐significantly higher than for the control group (9.3% versus 5.6%, P  = 0.15). Among participants who did not quit smoking, reduction in number of cigarettes from baseline to week 26 was equally high in both study groups (−13.7 ± 11.9 for MI versus −13.5 ± 16.2 for standard care). Conclusions Adding motivational interviewing counseling to nicotine patch did not increase smoking rate significantly at 26‐week follow‐up for homeless smokers.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/98308/1/add12140.pd

Innovations in Forestry: Public Participation in Forest Planning

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AGENDA: Water Negotiation Workshop

Sponsored by: The Natural Resources law Center of the University of Colorado Law School; Funding provided by: The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. Facilitators: Lucy Moore and Steve Snyder. June 4 and 5, 2003, Community House, Chautauqua Park, Boulder, Colorado. Contents: Agenda -- Roster of workshop participants -- Biographies of workshop participants -- Maps of Klamath basin -- Key water-related events in the upper Klamath basin -- Federal-state decisionmaking on water : applying lessons learned / David J. Hayes -- Turbulence in the Klamath River basin / Sharon Lev

AGENDA: Water Negotiation Workshop

Sponsored by: The Natural Resources law Center of the University of Colorado Law School; Funding provided by: The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. Facilitators: Lucy Moore and Steve Snyder. June 4 and 5, 2003, Community House, Chautauqua Park, Boulder, Colorado. Contents: Agenda -- Roster of workshop participants -- Biographies of workshop participants -- Maps of Klamath basin -- Key water-related events in the upper Klamath basin -- Federal-state decisionmaking on water : applying lessons learned / David J. Hayes -- Turbulence in the Klamath River basin / Sharon Lev

Binary and Millisecond Pulsars at the New Millennium

We review the properties and applications of binary and millisecond pulsars. Our knowledge of these exciting objects has greatly increased in recent years, mainly due to successful surveys which have brought the known pulsar population to over 1300. There are now 56 binary and millisecond pulsars in the Galactic disk and a further 47 in globular clusters. This review is concerned primarily with the results and spin-offs from these surveys which are of particular interest to the relativity community.Comment: 59 pages, 26 figures, 5 tables. Accepted for publication in Living Reviews in Relativity (http://www.livingreviews.org