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Adoption: Every child deserves a home

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Finding a permanent home for children and youth who are in the care of welfare agencies should be a priority for all Canadians, write Laura Eggertson, Dr. Noni MacDonald, Cindy Baldassi and Dr. Paul Hébert in an editorial ...


More support needed for families adopting from foster care

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new University of Illinois study of families adopting from foster care revealed significant declines in professional services and social support over the first three years of adoptive family life, even though parents indicated ...


It's the network: Researchers examine behavior influenced by network structure

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jan 28, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

A team of computer scientists at the University of Pennsylvania investigating the political, social and economic struggle between individual self-interest and the need to build a consensus have learned that, depending only ...





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State privacy rules reduce electronic medical sharing by 24 percent

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jul 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

States that have passed privacy laws restricting the ability of hospitals to disclose patient information have seen the sharing of electronic medical records suffer by more than 24%, according to the Management Insights feature ...


Barriers to adoption of electronic personal health records outlined

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 10, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Interest in personal health records as an electronic tool to manage health information is increasing dramatically. A group led by a UCSF researcher has identified cost, privacy concerns, design shortcomings and difficulties ...


Parents' sexuality influences adoption choices

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Apr 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A couple's sexual orientation determines whether or not they prefer to adopt a boy or a girl. Gay men are more likely to have a gender preference for their adopted child whereas heterosexual men are the least likely. What's ...


FCC chair touts broadband as top priority

Technology / Telecom

created Aug 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The Federal Communications Commission's top "strategic" priority will be to encourage greater availability and adoption of broadband Internet access, the agency's new chairman, Julius Genachowski, said in a meeting Monday ...


School voucher adoption affected by political decision-making

Other Sciences / Other

created Oct 15, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

In many countries, school vouchers have come to be a controversial policy which allows parents to pay for the education of their children at a school of their choice, rather than the public school to which they are assigned. ...


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US government takes leap into the Internet 'cloud'

Technology / Internet

created Sep 15, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 1

The US government took a leap into a cloud computing future on Tuesday, opening up an online storefront where agencies can purchase the Internet-based services.


Study finds US hospitals extremely slow to adopt electronic health records, citing cost

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

There is broad consensus that electronic health records (EHR) have the potential to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of healthcare providers. Yet, to date, there has been no reliable estimate of the prevalence of ...


Why Things Become Unpopular

Why Things Become Unpopular

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jun 04, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (29) | comments 13

(PhysOrg.com) -- "Why is everybody suddenly wearing those new sandals and listening to that new band? It's so trendy!" A recent study has investigated this sentiment in order to understand why some cultural ...


Electronic health records may lower malpractice settlements

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created Nov 25, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Use of electronic health records (EHRs) may help reduce paid malpractice settlements for physicians, according to a new study. The study, which appeared in the November 24 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, showed a tren ...


Maize research reduces poverty in west and central Africa

Biology / Other

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

An analysis of three and half decades of maize research in African farming communities finds big benefits. A multi-country study, in Agricultural Economics, reports the significant role international maize research plays ...



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