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About the Center for Audit Excellence – Given the demands and challenges of today’s world, government accountability is more important than ever. Effective accountability organizations are an essential tool in helping improve government performance and the sound use of public resources. With a cadre of highly experienced staff with expertise in a wide array of …
Matthew Reisz, Times Higher Education: “A new book celebrates 100 of the academics, artists and activists who have been boldest in crossing disciplinary boundaries. The project is the brainchild of Gianluigi Ricuperati, creative director of the Domus Academy in Milan, a private postgraduate school of design that describes itself as “a living laboratory, an incubator …
Victims of Identity Theft, 2014 – Erika Harrell, Ph.D., – BJS Statistician “An estimated 17.6 million persons, or about 7 percent of U.S. residents age 16 or older, were victims of at least one incident of identity theft in 2014, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. These statistics were similar to those in …
Harvard Injury Control Research Center – includes the following: May 1, 2015 Self-defense gun use article – “Data come from the National Crime Victimization Survey 2007-2011. Self-defense gun use occurred in fewer than 1% of all contact crimes reported. Males and rural dwellers were most likely to use a gun in self-defense. Self-defense gun use …
“The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) seeks to encourage the identification, protection and preservation of cultural and natural heritage around the world considered to be of outstanding value to humanity. This is embodied in an international treaty called the Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, adopted by …
“WWF’s Living Blue Planet Report takes a deep look at the health of our oceans and the impact of human activity on marine life. Data on marine ecosystems and human impacts upon them is limited, reflecting the lack of attention the ocean has received to date. Nevertheless, the trends shown here present a compelling case …
Predatory’ open access: a longitudinal study of article volumes and market characteristics. Cenyu Shen and Bo-Christer Björk. Information Systems Science, Hanken School of Economics, Arkadiankatu 22, Helsinki 00101, Finland The electronic version of this article is the complete one and can be found online at: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/13/23 – Published: 1 October 2015. BMC Medicine 2015, 13:230 …
Abou SSRN: “SSRN’s new page centralizes all the tools you need to find stuff in the eLibrary. We combined Quick Search and Advanced Search onto one tab, and made it simple to switch to Browse SSRN Networks or Browse JEL Codes. Did you even know all of those functions existed?.. What’s New for the Savvy …
Although this article is not available without a fee or subscription the abstract provides the requisite information to substantiate its posting here. I have posted a wide range of information, studies, documentation and information on the multi-facted, complex and highly developed ability of animals to communicate, live in communities on land and in water, nuture …
SEC news release Sept. 24, 2015: “Strong regulations are central to the Commission’s mission. For more than 80 years, we have used rulemaking to establish a comprehensive framework for our securities markets that protects investors, enhances market integrity, and promotes capital formation. The rulemaking process is the means through which the Commission responds to the …
Bank for International Settlements Working papers, October 1, 2015: • The influence of monetary policy on bank profitability: “This paper investigates how monetary policy affects bank profitability. We use data for 109 large international banks headquartered in 14 major advanced economies for the period 1995-2012. Overall, we find a positive relationship between the level of …
“Over 400 violent crimes per 100,000 residents were reported in the United States in 2010. The rate has fallen every year since to a four-year low of 366 violent crimes per 100,000 residents in 2014. Though the decline in violent crime nationwide has made the country safer, a number of American cities are still especially …
