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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.
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Leptomeningeal Carcinomatosis in Breast Cancer

Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis has been understudied for years, and its increasing prevalence now has researchers working overtime to make much-needed progress in its treatment.
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Cancer Screening, Monitoring Down During Pandemic

Use of some cancer screening and monitoring tests came to 'a near standstill' in early April in the US, a new report indicates.
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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.
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Onc Daily: Nivolumab for Tough Tumor, End-of-Life Wording

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




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Assistive Technology Services for Youth in the Vermont Linking Learning to Careers Program

The Vermont Division of Vocational Rehabilitation’s Linking Learning to Careers (LLC) program provides enhanced services to help high school students with disabilities as they make the transition to careers or postsecondary education. These enhanced services include access to assistive technology.




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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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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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Planning Title IV-E Prevention Services: A toolkit for States, Introduction to the Toolkit

This toolkit aims to help states develop a plan for Title IV-E prevention services, and to assist states in planning an array of services to help address substance use, mental health, and parenting issues (“prevention services”).




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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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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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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).




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Testing Municipal Wastewater to Flexibly Monitor Health and Safety

When combined with data on prescriptions filled at local pharmacies, EMS drug overdose calls, and drug seizures by law enforcement, wastewater testing can yield insights into the extent of black-market activity, policing impact on community drug use, and where and when drug overdoses might occur.




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Effects of Individual and Combined Water, Sanitation, Handwashing, and Nutritional Interventions on Child Respiratory Infections in Rural Kenya: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial

Poor nutrition and hand hygiene are risk factors for acute respiratory infections (ARIs). Safe drinking water and sanitation can reduce exposure to pathogens and encourage healthy immune responses, reducing the risk of ARIs.




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Touchpoints for Addressing Substance Use Issues in Home Visiting: Phase 1 Final Report

This report describes project findings around six touchpoints and four implementation system inputs through which home visiting programs can engage and support families to prevent, identify, and address substance use issues.




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Touchpoints for Addressing Substance Use Issues in Home Visiting: Executive Summary of Phase 1 Final Report

This report describes project findings around six touchpoints and four implementation system inputs through which home visiting programs can engage and support families to prevent, identify, and address substance use issues.




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Association of Organizational Factors and Physician Practices’ Participation in Alternative Payment Models

Consolidation among physician practices and between hospitals and physician practices has accelerated in the past decade, resulting in higher prices in commercial markets.




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Financial Toll of Untreated Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders Among 2017 Births in the United States

The authors developed a mathematical model based on a cost-of-illness approach to estimate the impacts of exposure to untreated PMADs on mothers and children.




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Mathematica to Lead Transitional Program Office to Expand Graduate Medical Education in California

The California Health Care Foundation is funding a transitional graduate medical education program office in California to help address physician shortages.




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Microbes and Enzymes in Soil Health and Bioremediation Ashok Kumar, Swati Sharma, editors

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Ganoderma and health: pharmacology and clinical application / Zhibin Lin, Baoxue Yang, editors

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Phytoplasmas: plant pathogenic bacteria. / Assunta Bertaccini, Kenro Oshima, Michael Kube, Govind Pratap Rao, editors

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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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Octopus crowd: maritime history and the business of Australian pearling in its schooner age / Steve Mullins

Hayden Library - SH377.A8 M85 2019




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Current trends in landscape research / Lothar Mueller, Frank Eulenstein, editors

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Food safety & mycotoxins / Aibo Wu, editor

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Microbial interventions in agriculture and environment. Dhananjaya Pratap Singh, Vijai Kumar Gupta, Ratna Prabha, editors

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Agronomic Crops. Mirza Hasanuzzaman, editor

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Plant breeding: classical to modern / P. M. Priyadarshan

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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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In Vitro Plant Breeding Towards Novel Agronomic Traits: Biotic and Abiotic Stress Tolerance / Manoj Kumar, Annamalai Muthusamy, Vivek Kumar, Neera Bhalla-Sarin, editors

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Services in family forestry Teppo Hujala, Anne Toppinen, Brett J. Butler, editors

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Grinnell: America's environmental pioneer and his restless drive to save the West / John Taliaferro

Dewey Library - QH31.G74 T35 2019




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Microbial interventions in agriculture and environment. Dhananjaya Pratap Singh, Ratna Prabha, 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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Factors influencing child survival in Tanzania: comparative analysis of diverse deprived rural villages / Kumiko Sakamoto

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Cottage Industry of Biocontrol Agents and Their Applications: Practical Aspects to Deal Biologically with Pests and Stresses Facing Strategic Crops / Nabil El-Wakeil, Mahmoud Saleh, Mohamed Abu-hashim, editors

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Science and Technology Parks and Regional Economic Development: An International Perspective / Sara Amoroso, Albert N. Link, Mike Wright, editors

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The Stockholm paradigm: climate change and emerging disease / Daniel R. Brooks, Eric P. Hoberg, and Walter A. Boeger

Dewey Library - QH543.B76 2019




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Wild sea: a history of the Southern Ocean / Joy McCann

Dewey Library - GC461.M33 2019




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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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Alaska codfish chronicle: a history of the Pacific cod fishery in Alaska / James Mackovjak

Dewey Library - SH351.P24 M33 2019




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The potato crop: its agricultural, nutritional and social contribution to humankind / Hugo Campos, Oscar Ortiz, editors

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Shaping natural history and settler society: Mary Elizabeth Barber and the nineteenth-century Cape / Tanja Hammel

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Ecological modelling for sustainable development / editors, Koh Hock Lye [and four others]

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White gold: the commercialisation of rice farming in the Lower Mekong Basin / Rob Cramb, editor

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Coffee is not forever: a global history of the coffee leaf rust / Stuart McCook

Dewey Library - SB608.C6 M33 2019