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[ASAP] The Vagabond Fluorine Atom: Dissociative Photoionization of <italic toggle="yes">trans</italic>-1,3,3,3-Tetrafluoropropene

The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.0c01804




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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] Predicting Deprotonation Sites Using Alchemical Derivatives

The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.9b09472




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[ASAP] Prediction of Solvation Free Energies of Ionic Solutes in Neutral Solvents

The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.0c01606




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Neoadjuvant Nivolumab 'Promising' in Merkel Cell Carcinoma

A longer follow-up and larger cohort are needed, but results from a new study showed safety and a survival benefit among patients who received nivolumab as an adjunct to surgery.
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Onc Daily: Lung Cancer Drug Approval, Practice Struggles

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




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Mathematica Showcases Innovative Analysis, Data Mining, and Visualizations at Health Datapalooza

At this year’s Health Datapalooza in Washington, DC, Mathematica staff will showcase their expertise in data visualizations, machine learning, and data mining to help progress together on critical issues in today’s health policy environment.




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Insights About the Transition System for SSI Youth from the National Evaluation of Promoting Readiness of Minors in SSI (PROMISE)

This article discusses insights gained from the national PROMISE evaluation about the current transition system, which are relevant to current initiatives supporting youth with disabilities during the transition to adulthood.




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Positive Findings from Year 2 of the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services’ Million Hearts&#174; Cardiovascular Disease Risk Reduction Model

Mathematica has released positive evaluation findings from Year 2 of the Million Hearts® model, just in time for American Heart Month this February.




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Mathematica at SXSW EDU: Highlighting Innovative Tools and Strategies in Education

For 10 years, the South by Southwest (SXSW) EDU conference has provided a venue to share cutting-edge ideas and tools with a community of creative and passionate changemakers who want to advance teaching and learning.




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Arnold Ventures Awards $6 Million Grant to Study Replication and Evaluation of Penn Nursing’s Transitional Care Model

Mathematica study will evaluate the effectiveness of the Transitional Care Model (TCM) in reducing rehospitalizations and will promote widespread use of the program in a number of health systems.




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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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MCC Indonesia Nutrition Project Impact Evaluation Final Report

This report presents findings from a 5-year randomized control trial of a $120 million maternal and child health project in Indonesia funded by the Millennium Challenge Corporation. The project sought to improve stunting, along with a host of other pre-, postnatal, and early childhood health outcomes.




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How Much Bias Results if a Quasi-Experimental Design Combines Local Comparison Groups, a Pretest Outcome Measure and Other Covariates?: A Within Study Comparison of Preschool Effects

This study examines when nonexperiments might substitute for experiments that are done in real-world settings in order to learn what works to affect some socially valued outcome.




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New Report Highlights the MacArthur Foundation’s Grantmaking Legacy to Advance Maternal Health in India

Mathematica released findings from its 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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Challenges and Solutions in Evaluation Technical Assistance During Design and Early Implementation

This case study discusses two federal grant initiatives and the evaluation technical assistance (ETA) provided to the grantees.




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Putting Rigorous Evidence Within Reach: Lessons Learned from the New Heights Evaluation

This article uses an evaluation of New Heights, a school-based program for pregnant and parenting teens in the District of Columbia Public Schools, to illustrate how maternal and child health programs can obtain rigorous evaluations at reasonable cost using extant administrative data.




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Evaluating a Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program for Middle School Boys

This brief summarizes findings from a random assignment impact study of Wise Guys, a long-standing, widely implemented curriculum designed to help adolescent males make responsible decisions about their sexual behavior.




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Emerging Findings from the 2012-2017 National Cross-Site Evaluation of the Regional Partnership Grant (RPG) Program (Summary)

This summary presents emerging findings from the national cross-site evaluation for the Regional Partnership Grant program. The program supports partnerships between providers of child welfare and social services to improve the well-being of children impacted by substance abuse.




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Improving Effect Estimates by Limiting the Variability in Inverse Propensity Score Weights

This study describes a novel method to reweight a comparison group used for causal inference, so the group is similar to a treatment group on observable characteristics yet avoids highly variable weights that would limit statistical power.




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Recent trends in human and animal mycology / Karuna Singh, Neelabh Srivastava, editors

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Medically important plant biomes: source of secondary metabolites / Dilfuza Egamberdieva, Antonio Tiezzi, editors

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Advances in plant transgenics: methods and applications / Ramalingam Sathishkumar, Sarma Rajeev Kumar, Jagadeesan Hema, Venkidasamy Baskar, editors

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Synthetic seeds: germplasm regeneration, preservation and prospects / Mohammad Faisal, Abdulrahman A. Alatar, editors

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Sustainable Rice Straw Management Martin Gummert, Nguyen Van Hung, Pauline Chivenge, Boru Douthwaite, editors

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Making ecologies on private land: conservation practice in rural-amenity landscapes / Benjamin Cooke, Ruth Lane

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Factors influencing child survival in Tanzania: comparative analysis of diverse deprived rural villages / Kumiko Sakamoto

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The ecology of tropical East Asia / Richard T. Corlett, Center for Integrative Conservation, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

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Microbial biofilms in bioremediation and wastewater treatment / editors, Y.V. Nancharaiah, Biofouling and Biofilm Processes Section, Water and Steam Chemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu, India and Vayalam P. Venugopala

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La nueva humanización del agua: una lectura desde el ambientalismo inclusivo / Aníbal Faccendini ; prólogos de Riccardo Petrella y Leonardo Boff

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How nature works: rethinking labor on a troubled planet / edited by Sarah Besky and Alex Blanchette, School for Advanced Research Press, Santa Fe

Rotch Library - GF75.H69 2019




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Linnaeus, natural history and the circulation of knowledge / edited by Hanna Hodacs, Kenneth Nyberg and Stéphane van Damme

Hayden Library - QH44.L556 2018




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Landscape impact assessment in planning processes / Ingrid Belčáková, Paola Gazzola, Eva Pauditšová ; managing editor Agnieszka Topolska, language editor Jonathan Wotton

Rotch Library - GF90.B45 2018




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Planning for the planet: environmental expertise and the international union for conservation of nature and natural resources, 1960-1980 / Simone Schleper

Hayden Library - QH75.S257 2019




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The last whalers: three years in the far Pacific with a courageous tribe and a vanishing way of life / Doug Bock Clark

Hayden Library - SH383.5.I5 C53 2019




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Formation and control of biofilm in various environments Hideyuki Kanematsu, Dana M. Barry

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Strategic Corporate Conservation Planning: A Guide to Meaningful Engagement / by Margaret O'Gorman

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Ecology, conservation, and restoration of Chilika Lagoon, India C. Max Finlayson, Gurdeep Rastogi, Deepak R. Mishra, Ajit K. Pattnaik, editors

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Biological control in Latin America and the Caribbean: its rich history and bright future / edited by Joop C. van Lenteren, Vanda H.P. Bueno, M. Gabriela Luna and Yelitza C. Colmenarez

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Marine hydrocarbon seeps: microbiology and biogeochemistry of a global marine habitat / Andreas Teske, Verena Carvalho, editors

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Socio-economic and eco-biological dimensions in resource use and conservation: strategies for sustainability / Niranjan Roy, Shubhadeep Roychoudhury, Sunil Nautiyal, Sunil K. Agarwal, Sangeeta Baksi, editors

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Tropical wetlands: proceedings of the International Workshop on Tropical Wetlands - Innovation in Mapping and Management, October 19-20, 2018, Banjarmasin, Indonesia / edited by Yiyi Sulaeman, Laura Poggio, Budiman Minasny, Dedi Nursyamsi

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Management of fungal pathogens in pulses: current status and future challenges / Bhim Pratap Singh, Garima Singh, Krishna Kumar, S. Chandra Nayak, N. Srinivasa, editors

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Reconciling human needs and conserving biodiversity: large landscapes as a new conservation paradigm: The Lake Tumba, Democratic Republic of Congo / Bila-Isia Inogwabini

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Possessing the city: property and politics in Delhi, 1911-1947 / Anish Vanaik

Rotch Library - HD880.D4 V36 2020




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Estuaries and coastal zones in times of global change: proceedings of ICEC-2018 / Kim Dan Nguyen, Sylvain Guillou, Philippe Gourbesville, Jérôme Thiébot, editors

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Sustainable Food Chains and Ecosystems: Cooperative Approaches for a Changing World / edited by Konstantinos Mattas, Henk Kievit, Gert van Dijk, George Baourakis, Constantin Zopounidis

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The ecology of invasions by animals and plants / by Charles S. Elton ; with contributions by Daniel Simberloff and Anthony Ricciardi

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Fire in California's ecosystems / edited by Jan W. van Wagtendonk, Neil G. Sugihara, Scott L. Stephens, Andrea E. Thode, Kevin E. Shaffer, and JoAnn Fites-Kaufman

Dewey Library - QH105.C2 F57 2018




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Cultivating nature: The Conservation of a Valencian Working Landscape / Sarah R. Hamilton

Dewey Library - QH77.S7 H36 2018