It's About Time: A Look at Out-of-School Time for Urban Teens

Investigates after-school opportunities and experiences for high school age youth in 21 U.S. cities, with a focus on Baltimore, Chicago, Denver, Kansas City, and Fort Worth. Includes a look at the steps necessary for building a citywide collaboration

Measuring Poverty at the State Level

Outlines a model for using the National Academy of Sciences poverty measure, which accounts for all income, non-discretionary work and out-of-pocket health expenses, and geographic cost variations, to estimate the effects of poverty reduction policies

Credit in the family budget (2002)

"Information from Human Environmental Sciences Extension.""Consumer and family economics."Revised 7/02/5M

Lodging consumer complaints (2002)

"Information from Human Environmental Sciences Extension.""Consumer and family economics.""This publication was previously revised by Carole Bozworth."Revised 8/02/5M

Challenges, solutions and future directions for public health innovations targeting dementia prevention for rural and remote populations

Currently, individuals living in rural and remote areas experience 1.4 times the total burden of chronic disease, including an 80% greater risk of late-life cognitive impairment and dementia, 2.5 times the number of preventable hospitalisations and a reduced life expectancy of up to 12 years compared to their metropolitan counterparts. Traditionally, health service planning and public health interventions have been largely built on the needs and characteristics of metropolitan populations. This disproportional focus can contribute to significant physical and cognitive health status disparities for rural and remote communities. This article focuses on existing challenges and strategies surrounding the cognitive health of rural and remote populations and provides short and long-term opportunities involving Australian public health policy and clinical practice to innovate dementia prevention for rural and remote communities

VEGF189 binds NRP1 and is sufficient for VEGF/NRP1-dependent neuronal patterning in the developing brain

© 2015. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd. This research was funded by a Wellcome Trust PhD fellowship to M.T. [092839/Z/10/Z] and a BBSRC project grant to C.R. and L.E. [BB/J00930X/1]. Deposited in PMC for immediate release.Peer reviewedPublisher PD

VEGF-A and neuropilin 1 (NRP1) shape axon projections in the developing CNS via dual roles in neurons and blood vessels

We thank Vann Bennett and Daizing Zhou (Department of Biochemistry, Duke University Medical Center) for the design and generation of the Brn3bCre knock-in mice. We are grateful to Bennett Alakakone and Susan Reijntjes for help with preliminary experiments and to Anastasia Lampropoulou for preparing tissue culture media. We thank the staff of the Biological Resource Unit at the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology and the University of Aberdeen Institute of Medical Sciences Microscopy and Histology Facility and Medical Research Facility for technical assistance. Funding This research was funded by project grants from the Wellcome Trust [085476/A/08/Z to L.E., C.R.] and Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) [BB/J00815X/1 to L.E.; BB/J00930X/1 to C.R.] and a Wellcome Trust PhD Fellowship [092839/Z/10/Z to M.T.]. Deposited in PMC for immediate release.Peer reviewedPublisher PD

Revisiting household coordinates for CCAFS Baseline in the initial regions: East Africa, West Africa and Indo-Gangetic Plains

In 2010-2012, the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) implemented a baseline in 15 sites across three initial target regions: East Africa, West Africa and Indo-Gangetic Plains. The baseline was setup in such a way that the households selected could be a revisited after five and ten years. The aim is to track behavioral change over time in each of the sites by collecting agricultural and household data. Through analyzing the collected data, the aim is to promote a food-secure world through the provision of science-based efforts that support sustainable agriculture and enhance livelihoods while adapting to climate change and conserving natural resources and environmental services

A Case Study of Engineering Students’ Experiences with the Co-Op Application Process

Engineering faculty and advisors emphasize the importance of obtaining industry experience in addition to academic learning. One way universities encourage their students to obtain hands-on work experiences is through cooperative education (co-op) programs. Previous studies have examined the advantages and disadvantages of co-op participation, but the application process for students has not been closely examined. Studying this process will show how academic institutions and companies can potentially enhance the student experience of applying for a co-op position. This study examines student experiences with the co-op application process based on interviews with engineering students at a research-intensive university in the Midwestern U.S. Results indicate that barriers to co-op participation include conflicting offer deadlines established by companies and unclear processes for students in employer matching. Research findings regarding the co-op application and placement process can potentially inform universities and companies on how students use resources designed to help students during the co-op application process, as well as the challenges some students encounter

Interdisciplinary Research Journeys

This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. Interdisciplinarity' has become a rallying cry among funders and leaders of research. Yet, while the creative potential of interdisciplinary research is great, it poses many challenges. If you don't have disciplinary boundaries, how do you decide what to include or leave out? And what are the parameters for evaluating the research? This book provides a practical guide for researchers and research managers who are seeking to develop interdisciplinary research strategies at a personal, institutional and multi-institutional level. The book draws on examples from across the social and natural sciences but also offers valuable lessons for other combinations of more proximate disciplines. At a time when interdisciplinary research is increasingly centre stage in the research agenda, this book offers a crucial practical guide for researchers, research funders and managers from all backgrounds and contexts