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International Evidence On Medical Spending., Robert D. Lieberthal, Phd

College of Population Health Lectures, Presentations, Workshops

Presented for the Casualty Actuarial Society 2011 Seminar on Reinsurance, Philadelphia, PA.

Handouts are also available at: http://www.casact.org/education/reinsure/2011/handouts/C17-Lieberthal.pdf

the audio is available at: http://www.casact.org/education/reinsure/2011/audio/C17.mp3

and it is associated with the paper: http://jdc.jefferson.edu/healthpolicyfaculty/45/

23 PowerPoint slides.

United States Court Of Appeals For The District Of Columbia Circuit: Vern Mckinley V. Board Of Governors Of The Federal Reserve System, United States District Court: District Of Columbia

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Supporting Alternative Incentive Mechanisms For Digital Content: A Comparison Of Canadian And Us Policy, Michael B. Mcnally

FIMS Publications

This paper compares the Government of Canada’s copyright focused approach for encouraging the production of digital content with the U.S. Government’s adoption of a range of incentive systems for the production of content through a content analysis of government policy papers. The first part of the paper examines Canadian policy outlined in the Improving Canada’s Digital Advantage consultation paper and the proposed amendments to the Copyright Act (Bill C-32). The paper argues the government is overly reliant on copyright to encourage the production of creative digital content. Though Bill C-32 would expand the definition of fair dealing and create a …

Treasury Announces Agreement To Exit Remaining Stake In Chrysler Group Llc, United States: Department Of The Treasury

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U.S. Department of the Treasury announces that it reached an agreement to sell to Fiat Treasury's 6 percent fully diluted equity interest in Chrysler Group LLC and Treasury's interest in an agreement with the UAW retiree trust. After the completion of this transaction, Treasury will have fully exited its TARP investment in Chrysler Group LLC.

The Economic Situation, 2011 June, Bruce Yandle

Publications

Quarterly report on the economic situation of the United States and South Carolina.

Partnering Urban Academic Medical Centers And Rural Primary Care Clinicians To Provide Complex Chronic Disease Care, Sanjeev Arora, Summers Kalishman, Denise Dion, Dara Som, Karla Thornton, Arthur Bankhurst, Jeanne Boyle, Michelle Harkins, Kathleen Moseley, Glen Murata, Miriam Komaramy, Joanna Katzman, Kathleen Colleran, Paulina Deming, Sean Yutzy

Project ECHO Bibliography

Many of the estimated thirty-two million Americans expected to gain coverage under the Affordable Care Act are likely to have high levels of unmet need because of various chronic illnesses and to live in areas that are already underserved. In New Mexico an innovative new model of health care education and delivery known as Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) provides high-quality primary and specialty care to a comparable population. Using state-of-the-art telehealth technology and case-based learning, Project ECHO enables specialists at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center to partner with primary care clinicians in underserved areas …

Aircraft­Borne Thermal And Visible Imagery Acquisition And Ground Data­ Instrument Recovery Of Caves, Mojave Desert, California, J. Judson Wynne

KIP Data Sets and Technical Reports

Explorers Club Flag Report (Flag # 139) Submitted: 17 June 2011 Jut Wynne 1,2, Murzy Jhabvala 3, Brittany Wells 4, Marty Trout 4, Dave Decker 5, Daniel R. Ruby 6, Keith Muhlestein 7, Doug Billings 8, James Rice 8, Brian Taylor 9, Daniel Loewen 10, Jacques Vachon 4and Nathalie A. Cabrol 1 1SETI Institute, Carl Sagan Center, Mountain View, CA; 2Colorado Plateau Research Station and Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff; 3NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD; 4NASA, Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA; 5Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM; 6Fleischmann …

Potential Water Quality Changes Due To Corn Expansion In The Upper Mississippi River Basin, Silvia Secchi, Philip W Gassman, Manoj Jha, Lyubov Kurkalova, Catherine L Kling

Articles

While biofuels may yield renewable fuel benefits, there could be downsides in terms of water quality and other environmental stressors, particularly if corn is relied upon exclusively as the feedstock. The consequences of increased corn production will depend importantly on where (and how) the additional corn is grown, which, in turn, depends on the characteristics of land and its associated profitability. Previous work has relied on rules of thumb for allocating land to increased acreage based on historical land use or other heuristics. Here, we advance our understanding of these phenomena by describing a modeling system that links an economics-driven …

A Historiografia Da Educação Nos Estados Unidos: 1950-2000 [Educational Historiography In The United States: 1950-2000], Karl M. Lorenz

Education Faculty Publications

Esse estudo examina a historiografia educacional nos Estados Unidos de 1950 a 2000, com o objetivo de apresentar um perfil da produção científica realizada nesse período. Foram identificados quatro sistemas para classificar as pesquisas da área. Cada tipologia foi desenvolvida em relação a uma determinada década que organiza a historiografia educacional em uma perspectiva singular. Os quatro sistemas classificam as pesquisas dos pontos de vista temático, bibliográfico, especulativo e empírico. A descrição das tipologias é precedida por uma discussão do desenvolvimento da tradição de pesquisa histórico-educacional norte-americano.

This study examines the educational historiography originating in the United States from 1950 …

97th Annual Report 2010, Federal Reserve System: Board Of Governors

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New York Fed 101: Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (Talf), Federal Reserve System: Federal Reserve Bank Of New York

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The Resurgence Of The American Automotive Industry, United States: The White House: Obama Administration, United States: The White House

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Summaries Of New Decisions, U.S. Department Of Justice: Office Of Information Policy

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Surgical Management Of Complete Atrioventricular Septal Defect: Associations With Surgical Technique, Age, And Trisomy 21., Andrew M. Atz, John A. Hawkins, Minmin Lu, Meryl S. Cohen, Steven D. Colan, James Jaggers, Ronald V. Lacro, Brian W. Mccrindle, Renee Margossian, Ralph S. Mosca, Lynn A. Sleeper, L Luann Minich, Pediatric Heart Network Investigators, Girish S. Shirali

Manuscripts, Articles, Book Chapters and Other Papers

OBJECTIVES: We sought to evaluate the contemporary results after repair of a complete atrioventricular septal defect and to determine the factors associated with suboptimal outcomes.

METHODS: The demographic, procedural, and outcome data were obtained within 1 and 6 months after repair of a complete atrioventricular septal defect in 120 children in a multicenter observational study from June 2004 to 2006.

RESULTS: The median age at surgery was 3.7 months (range, 9 days to 1.1 years). The type of surgical repair was a single patch (18%), double patch (72%), and a single atrial septal defect patch with primary ventricular septal defect …

Federal Reserve Lending Disclosures, Scott G. Alvarez, Thomas C. Baxter Jr.

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Chilean Education & A Radical Atmosphere Of Change, Kelly Scheuer

Social Sciences

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Evaluation Of The Use Of Patient-Focused Simulation For Student Assessment In A Surgery Clerkship., Gerald A Isenberg, Katherine W Berg, Judith A Veloski, Dale D Berg, J J. Veloski, Charles Yeo

Department of Surgery Faculty Papers

BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the use of simulated patients in conjunction with anatomic and tissue task-training models to assess skills.

METHODS: Faculty reviewed the objectives of the clerkship to identify skills to be acquired. Three cases were developed related to rectal examination, suturing, and inserting intravenous lines and nasogastric tubes. Student scores were based on their ability to gather data from simulated patients and perform procedures on simulation models.

RESULTS: A total of 670 students were assessed between 2006 and 2009. Alpha reliability coefficients were .97 for Communication/Interpersonal Skills, .71 for Procedures, and .58 for …

Geithner Op-Ed: 'A Rescue Worth Fueling', United States: Department Of The Treasury

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Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner discusses the Obama Administration's successful restructuring of GM and Chrysler.

Too Much Discretion To Succeed: Why A Modified Bankruptcy Code Is Preferable To Title Ii Of The Dodd-Frank Act, James H. M. Sprayregen, Stephen E. Hessler

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Submission in Response to Federal Reserve Request for Information Relating to Dodd-Frank Act Section 216 Study Regarding the Resolution of Financial Companies Under the Bankruptcy Code

How Will Changes To U.S. Ethanol Subsidies Affect Brazil?, Inter-American Dialogue's Latin American Energy Advisor

Latin American Energy Dialogue, White Papers and Reports

Last month, U.S. senators introduced competing legislation regarding the ethanol producer subsidy and import tariff, which are set to expire this year. A bill proposed by Democrat Dianne Feinstein (Calif.) and Republican Tom Coburn (Okla.) would eliminate the 45-cent subsidy for ethanol producers and 54-cent tariff for ethanol imports, while legislation from R Senators Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) and Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) would sharply reduce, but still retain, the measures. What are the advantages and drawbacks of the bills and is one likely to pass? How would the legislation affect the ethanol industry? Does Brazil have the infrastructure and capacity to …

A New Species Of Parochodaeus Nikolajev From The Southwestern United States (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Ochodaeidae, M. J. Paulsen

Insecta Mundi

A new species of Parochodaeus Nikolajev (Scarabaeoidea: Ochodaeidae) with extremely small adults is described from west Texas, P. pixius Paulsen. The species is compared with the sympatric P. biarmatus (LeConte), to which it is most similar in size.

Did The Federal Reserve's Mbs Purchase Program Lower Mortgage Rates?, Diana Hancock, Wayne Passmore

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"Secret Loans" That Were Not So Secret, David E. Altig

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It’S Time To Reconsider Graduation Prayer In Public High Schools, Bruce Ledewitz

Ledewitz Papers

Published scholarship collected from academic journals, law reviews, newspaper publications & online periodicals.

Fed Gave Banks Crisis Gains On Secretive Loans Low As 0.01%, Bob Ivry

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Secondary Sources: Fed Crisis Loans, Long-Term Unemployment, U.S. Default, Phil Izzo

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Chrysler Repays Outstanding Tarp Loans, United States: Department Of The Treasury

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U.S. Department of the Treasury announces that Chrysler Group LLC has repaid its outstanding Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) loans. Chrysler's repayment comes six years before the scheduled maturity of those loans in 2017.

Treasury Announces Pricing Of Public Offering Of Aig Common Stock, United States: Department Of The Treasury

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Dufilho, Grandchamps, Or Peyroux? The Development Of Professional Pharmacy In Colonial And Early National American Louisiana, Laurel A. Dorrance

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

This paper will examine the hidden history of the New Orleans Pharmacy Museum and investigate the claims regarding the first licensed pharmacist in the United States. Drawing from legislative, church, medical, legal and institutional records, this study argues that colonial control, such as regulations governing medical practice and licensing requirements, established by continental powers in their overseas colonies, tended to recreate traditions and laws found in the home countries. For instance, the more rigorous licensing requirements for medical professionals, as practiced in France and Spain, were also the custom in Louisiana. However, when Louisiana became part of the Unites States, …

What Trends Are Shaping The Future Of Biofuels?, Inter-American Dialogue's Latin American Energy Advisor

Latin American Energy Dialogue, White Papers and Reports

Biodiesel production in Argentina this year is expected to climb 60 percent as compared to 2010. Meanwhile, in Brazil, industry leaders have called the biofuels sector "ripe for consolidation" as it needs to increase capacity and the country recently signed cooperation agreements with the United States to advance aviation biofuels. Meanwhile, high food prices have led to criticism that producing biofuels, especially from corn ethanol in the United States, diverts agricultural production from food crops. How will the development of biofuels play out in Brazil and elsewhere in the Americas? What are the most viable solutions for the food vs. …