Taxation Burden and Fairness in Nevada

Nevada has long been a low-tax state. In a 1968 study, The Amount and Source of State Taxes in Nevada, Robert Rieke reported taxes on Nevada residents were considerably below the national average as a fraction of income. These taxes were regressive, falling more heavily on low income Nevadans than on high income Nevadans

Socioeconomic impacts of the second stage of the Southern Nevada Water Project and its alternatives

This study evaluates the socioeconomic impacts of the Second Stage of the Southern Nevada Water Project of the United States Bureau of Reclamation, comparing that project with the alternatives of importing water from Nevada areas somewhat removed from the Las Vegas Valley and of leaving the water supply of the Valley basically as it is, the no project alternative. The study follows, with adaptations and extensions, the general methodology for socioeconomic impact studies as developed and still being evolved in successive socioeconomic analyses of Bureau of Reclamation water projects. The methodology recognizes that the complexity of modern society and water impacts requires that water project analyses extend beyond the dollar cost benefit approach, which usually is the most reliable guide to decision, to considerations of qualitative effects, which often are of dominant importance despite their difficulty of measurement. Such analysis requires the tools of economics, sociology, engineering, law, political science and other related fields. It also dictates a step-by-step process which insures comprehensive consideration of the direct and indirect impacts of water projects on all of the social sectors which command public interest and concern. Such a step-by-step process constitutes the six chapters of this report

Oral Fluid Testing during 10 Years of Rubella Elimination, England and Wales

Surveillance of rubella in England and Wales has included immunoglobulin M testing of oral (crevicular) fluid from reported case-patients since 1994. The need for laboratory confirmation to monitor rubella elimination is emphasized by poor sensitivity (51%, 95% confidence interval 48.9%–54.0%) and specificity (55%, 95% confidence interval 53.7%–55.6%) of the clinical case definition. During 1999–2008, oral fluid from 11,709 (84%) of 13,952 reported case-patients was tested; 143 (1.0%) cases were confirmed and 11,566 (99%) were discarded (annual investigation and discard rate of clinically suspected rubella cases was 2,208/100,000 population). Incidence of confirmed rubella increased from 0.50 to 0.77/1 million population when oral fluid testing was included. Oral fluid tests confirmed that cases were more likely to be in older, unvaccinated men. Testing of oral fluid has improved ascertainment of confirmed rubella in children and men and provided additional information for assessing UK progress toward the World Health Organization elimination goal

Scope

Scope, later retitled Centerscope, was published by the Boston University Medical Center to report on events at and around the Center

Expert consensus statement on the science of HIV in the context of criminal law.

CAPRISA, 2018.Abstract available in pdf

Rembrandt"s Hat

204 hal,21,5c

The magic Barrel

188 p. ; 18 cm

Pictures of Fidelman - an Exhibition

218 hal; 21,5 c