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The False Dichotomy of School Inspections vs. Test-Based Accountability

In a recent post on the Brookings Brown Center Chalkboard, Helen Ladd urges states to experiment with replacing test-based accountability with school inspections, visits by trained experts who rate the schools they visit and then issue reports.




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A memoir of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand / Office of His Majesty's Principal Private Secretary




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'Every mother's son is guilty' : policing the Kimberley frontier of Western Australia 1882 - 1905 / Chris Owen

Owen, Chris, author




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A council & its crises : challenge and response in Fremantle's community during three times of crisis : the Bubonic Plague, the Great War, and the Depression era / by Michelle McKeough

McKeough, Michelle, 1966- author




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Islamic civilization in thirty lives : the first 1,000 years / Chase F. Robinson

Robinson, Chase F., author




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A history of the modern Middle East / William L. Cleveland (late of Simon Fraser University), Martin Bunton (University of Victoria)

Cleveland, William L., author




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Storied city

English, Charlie, author




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Redefining Southern culture : mind and identity in the modern South / James C. Cobb

Cobb, James C. (James Charles), 1947-




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A history of the Jewish War : A.D. 66-74 / Steve Mason (University of Groningen)

Mason, Steve, 1957- author




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The Roman empire : economy, society and culture / Peter Garnsey & Richard Saller ; with Jas Elsner ... [and three others] ; and with collaboration of Marguerite Hirt

Garnsey, Peter, author




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Imperialism, power, and identity : experiencing the Roman empire / David J. Mattingly

Mattingly, D. J., author




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Golden destiny : the centenary history of Kalgoorlie-Boulder and the Eastern Goldfields of Western Australia / by Martyn and Audrey Webb

Webb, Martyn J. (Martyn Jack), 1925-2016




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Virat topples Shah Rukh as most valuable celebrity

Deepika 3rd; Varun Dhawan, P V Sindhu enter Duff and Phelps brand value list




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CRS Employment Opportunities: Analyst in Security Assistance, Security Cooperation and the Global Arms Trade

CRS is accepting applications for an Analyst in Security Assistance, Security Cooperation and the Global Arms Trade, GS-13 until December 18, 2019.

Click here for more information.




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FCC Providing Flexibility to Volunteer Examiners in Developing Remote Testing Methods

The FCC has clarified that nothing in its rules prohibits remote amateur radio testing, and no prior approval is needed to conduct remote exam sessions.

“The Commission provides flexibility to volunteer examiners and coordinators who wish to develop remote testing methods or to increase remote testing programs already in place,” the FCC said in an April 30 news release. “We recognize that some v...




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[ASAP] High-Field Asymmetric Waveform Ion Mobility Spectrometry and Native Mass Spectrometry: Analysis of Intact Protein Assemblies and Protein Complexes

Analytical Chemistry
DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c00649




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[ASAP] Toward the Rational Design of Universal Dual Polarity Matrix for MALDI Mass Spectrometry

Analytical Chemistry
DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c00570




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[ASAP] Zirconium–Metalloporphyrin Frameworks–Luminol Competitive Electrochemiluminescence for Ratiometric Detection of Polynucleotide Kinase Activity

Analytical Chemistry
DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c01262




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[ASAP] Characterizing and Quantitating Therapeutic Tethered Multimeric Antibody Degradation Using Affinity Capture Mass Spectrometry

Analytical Chemistry
DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.9b05739




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[ASAP] Capping Ligand Size-Dependent LSPR Property Based on DNA Nanostructure-Mediated Morphological Evolution of Gold Nanorods for Ultrasensitive Visualization of Target DNA

Analytical Chemistry
DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c00321




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[ASAP] Discovering New Lipidomic Features Using Cell Type Specific Fluorophore Expression to Provide Spatial and Biological Specificity in a Multimodal Workflow with MALDI Imaging Mass Spectrometry

Analytical Chemistry
DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c00446




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[ASAP] Breaking the Affinity Limit with Dual-Phase-Accessible Hotspot for Ultrahigh Raman Scattering of Nonadsorptive Molecules

Analytical Chemistry
DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.9b05727




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[ASAP] Hydrogen/Deuterium and <sup>16</sup>O/<sup>18</sup>O-Exchange Mass Spectrometry Boosting the Reliability of Compound Identification

Analytical Chemistry
DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.9b05379




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[ASAP] In Situ Study of the Drug–Target Protein Interaction in Single Living Cells by Combining Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy with Affinity Probes

Analytical Chemistry
DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c00263




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[ASAP] Collision-Induced Unfolding Studies of Proteins and Protein Complexes using Drift Tube Ion Mobility-Mass Spectrometer

Analytical Chemistry
DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c00772




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Police Chief Strips in Protest After Being Relieved of Duty

Richard Lee had been the lone police officer in the small town of Croydon, New Hampshire for 20 years. So, when the local board decided to outsource their law enforcement needs to the state police, Lee walked out, disgusted.

But disgust was likely shared by many of his fellow residents and onlookers, ...




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Delhi University forms working group to study on college exams

The working group will study the feasibility of conducting the exams online and review the preparedness, informs Indian Express.




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Coronavirus: I am being harassed for breaking lockdown rules, says Manchester City’s Kyle Walker

The defender was forced to issue an apology last month after media reports that he had hosted a party at his home.




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Coronavirus: Premier League should resume only after public safety is assured, says Britain minister

Premier League clubs are due to meet on Monday to discuss the latest plans for “Project Restart” – a day after an expected minor easing of coronavirus lockdown.




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Samit Basu’s new novel looks at how reality is shaped and what humans can do about it

‘Chosen Spirits’ is neither simple dystopic science-fiction nor straightforward political satire, but a call for freedom in an age of puppy adoption shows.




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Vanessa Bryant sues LA County sheriff for taking unauthorised photographs of Kobe’s crash site

Vanessa is seeking damages in the wake of revelations that eight sheriff’s department deputies took graphic photos of the scene and shared them with others.




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Against all odds: Natalia Partyka, the one-armed TT player, who inspires the world

Too often, people only see the hurdles. But Partyka only saw the possibilities.




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[ASAP] Hydration Structure and Hydrolysis of U(IV) and Np(IV) Ions: A Comparative Density Functional Study Using a Modified Continuum Solvation Approach

The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.9b11862




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[ASAP] Reactivity Parameters and Substitution Effect in Organic Acids

The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.9b10258




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[ASAP] Acoustic Vibrations of Al Nanocrystals: Size, Shape, and Crystallinity Revealed by Single-Particle Transient Extinction Spectroscopy

The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.0c01190




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[ASAP] A Multilayer Approach to the Equation of Motion Coupled-Cluster Method for the Electron Affinity

The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.0c01793




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[ASAP] Molecular Design of Heptazine-Based Photocatalysts: Effect of Substituents on Photocatalytic Efficiency and Photostability

The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.0c00488




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[ASAP] Solvent Dependence of Cationic-Exciplex Emission: Limitation of Solvent Polarity Functions and the Role of Hydrogen Bonding

The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.0c01774




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[ASAP] Density Functional Theory Investigation of the Binding of ThioTEPA to Purine Bases: Thermodynamics and Bond Evolution Theory Analysis

The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.0c01792




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Onc Daily: Center to Pay $100M Penalty, Blood Test Aids Detection

These are the most important oncology stories you need to know about today.
Medscape Medical News




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Community Cancer Practices Battered by Closures, Now COVID-19

Since 2018, there has been a 20.8% increase in practices merging or being acquired, and more recently they have also taken a beating from COVID-19.
Medscape Medical News




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Androgens May Explain Male Vulnerability to COVID-19

Striking differences in how men and women are affected by COVID-19 might be explained by deleterious effects of androgens in males, say Italian researchers.
Medscape Medical News




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Metrics for Assessing Physician Activity Using Electronic Health Record Log Data

Electronic health record (EHR) log data have shown promise in measuring physician time spent on clinical activities, contributing to deeper understanding and further optimization of the clinical environment.




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Six-Year Earnings and Disability Benefit Outcomes of Youth Vocational Rehabilitation Applicants

The authors document the earnings in the sixth calendar year after youths’ vocational rehabilitation (VR) applications and Social Security Administration (SSA) benefit outcomes during the six years after their VR applications.




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Mathematica Named Grand Prizewinner in the Visualization Resources of Community-Level Social Determinants of Health Challenge Sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) announced today that Mathematica is the grand prizewinner of the Agency’s Visualization Resources of Community-Level Social Determinants of Health Challenge for its Data Visualization Tool.




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Development of the Uncertainty Communication Checklist: A Patient-Centered Approach to Patient Discharge From the Emergency Department

Clear communication with patients upon emergency department (ED) discharge is important for patient safety during the transition to outpatient care.




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Legacy of the MacArthur Foundation’s Maternal Health Quality of Care Strategy in India

This report presents the findings from Mathematica’s cumulative review of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation’s Maternal Health Quality of Care (MHQoC) strategy in India.




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Significant Contributions Advance the Understanding of Disability Programs and the People They Serve

Mathematica’s Center for Studying Disability Policy has provided valuable insights into the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) disability programs during its seven years as a research center for the SSA’s Disability Research Consortium (DRC).




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Inventory of State-Level Medicaid Policies, Programs, and Initiatives to Improve Maternity Care and Outcomes

Mathematica was contracted by Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) to create an updated inventory of state- and territory-level Medicaid policies, programs, or initiatives that are designed to improve the access to, quality of, and outcomes of maternity care services.




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As the Global Community Continues to Grapple with COVID-19, Mathematica is Remotely Maintaining our Operations

At Mathematica, our mission has always been to protect and improve public well-being. In this time of increased concern over the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), the health and safety of all Mathematica employees, clients, and partners is our top priority. We are adhering to guidance and best practices issued by health authorities, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO).