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Daily Archives: December 2, 2014

Diabetes State Atlas Now Available Online

“CDC’s Division of Diabetes Translation announces the launch of the Diabetes State Atlas (available athttp://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/data), an interactive Internet tool for the public to view maps and charts of diabetes data and trends at the U.S. state level. Some of the features of the atlas include 1) customizable maps and graphics of diabetes surveillance data, 2) an interactive application to view state-specific trends by age and sex, and 3) downloadable maps, charts, and data tables that can be used in grant applications, reports, articles, and publications. The Diabetes State Atlas can help state public health officials document the burden of diabetes in their states, monitor trends, identify high-risk groups and assess disparities between groups, and track progress in achieving Healthy People 2020 diabetes objectives. In the United States, about 29 million persons have diabetes (2). An additional 86 million adults have prediabetes, putting them at increased risk for developing type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and stroke (2). However, persons with diabetes can take steps to control the disease and prevent complications, and those with prediabetes can prevent or delay the onset of type 2 diabetes through weight loss and physical activity (3). Information about diabetes prevention and control is available online from CDC’s Division of Diabetes Translation.”

Do Homeownership and Rent Subsidies Protect Individuals from Material Hardship?

Do Homeownership and Rent Subsidies Protect Individuals from Material Hardship? Robert I. Lerman and Sisi Zhang, November 2014. “Homeowners and subsidized renters experience significantly lower material hardship than unsubsidized renters, even after taking account of income, income variability, race, education, and family structure. Homeownership conveys more protection against hardship than do rent subsidies. Using the Survey of… Continue Reading

FCC Should Track the Application of Fixed Internet Usage-Based Pricing and Help Improve Consumer Education

BROADBAND INTERNET: FCC Should Track the Application of Fixed Internet Usage-Based Pricing and Help Improve Consumer Education, GAO-15-108: Published: Nov 24, 2014. Publicly Released: Dec 2, 2014. “Based on an analysis of consumer data plans of the top 13 fixed—in home—and 4 mobile Internet providers, GAO found that mobile providers employ usage-based pricing (UBP) more commonly than… Continue Reading

Computer and Internet Use in the United States: 2013

“For many Americans, access to computers and high-speed Internet connections has never been more important. We use computers and the Internet to complete schoolwork, locate jobs, watch movies, access healthcare information, and find relationships, to name but a few of the ways that we have grown to rely on digital technologies. Just as our Internet activities have increased, so too have… Continue Reading

Report – Most College Students Don’t Earn a Degree in 4 Years

“In their latest report, Four-Year Myth, Complete College America and its Alliance of States reveal that the vast majority of full-time American college students do not graduate on time, costing them and their families tens of thousands of dollars in extra college-related expenses, as well as lost wages from delaying entry into the workforce. The… Continue Reading

High-Frequency Trading and Extreme Price Movements

Brogaard, Jonathan and Riordan, Ryan and Shkilko, Andriy and Sokolov, Konstantin, High-Frequency Trading and Extreme Price Movements (November 26, 2014). Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2531122 “This paper examines the relation between high-frequency trading (HFT) and extreme price movements (jumps). Some market observers allege that HFT causes and exacerbates price jumps thus contributing to market… Continue Reading

WaPo – Is Uber’s rider database a sitting duck for hackers?

Craig Timberg – Washington Post: “Before #Ubergate recedes entirely from the news, let’s pause on one aspect of the story that hasn’t gotten much attention so far: the cybersecurity risk of collecting massive troves of private travel information in online databases. Imagine for a second that your job is to gather intelligence on government officials in Washington, or financiers… Continue Reading

New on LLRX – U.K. vocabulary study shows long-term benefits of reading for fun

Via LLRX – U.K. vocabulary study shows long-term benefits of reading for fun: Lower nursing home bills, not just better K-12 scores? – David Rothman cites and discusses two British research studies that conclude “reading for pleasure puts children ahead in the classroom” and “those who had regularly read for pleasure at 10 scored 67 per cent in… Continue Reading

Nature makes all articles free to view – with major restrictions

News release: “All research papers from Nature will be made free to [emphasis added] read in a proprietary screen-view format that can be annotated but not copied, printed or downloaded, the journal’s publisher Macmillan announced on 2 December. The content-sharing policy, which also applies to 48 other journals in Macmillan’s Nature Publishing Group (NPG) division, including Nature Genetics,… Continue Reading