Day archives: December 6th, 2015

Lessons Learned from the 2015 Civil Unrest in Baltimore

Lessons Learned from the 2015 Civil Unrest in Baltimore. September 2015 Police Executive Research Forum. “The Baltimore Police Department contracted with the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) to conduct this study and produce this report. PERF is a Washington, DC-based research organization that specializes in identifying best practices and policies in the field of policing. …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

House Hearing – Improving Customer Service for the Copyright Community

Hearing: Improving Customer Service for the Copyright Community: Ensuring the Copyright Office and the Library of Congress are able to meet the demands of the digital age. Committee on House Administration. Wednesday, December 2, 2015. Witnesses Mr. David S. Mao Acting Librarian of Congress, Library of Congress Added 12/01/2015 at 03:15 PM Ms. Maria A. …

Subjects: Congress, Copyright, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Legislation, Libraries

University of Michigan ongoing survey – U.S. Health and Retirement Study

“About the Health and Retirement Study – The University of Michigan Health and Retirement Study (HRS) is a longitudinal panel study that surveys a representative sample of approximately 20,000 Americans over the age of 50 every two years. Supported by the National Institute on Aging (NIA U01AG009740) and the Social Security Administration, the HRS explores …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Health Care

Contagion in Mass Killings and School Shootings

Open Access – Towers S, Gomez-Lievano A, Khan M, Mubayi A, Castillo-Chavez C (2015) Contagion in Mass Killings and School Shootings. PLoS ONE 10 (7): e0117259. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0117259 “Background – Several past studies have found that media reports of suicides and homicides appear to subsequently increase the incidence of similar events in the community, apparently due …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Legislation

Dog Aging Project website

“Welcome to the Dog Aging Project website. Our goal is to increase the healthy lifespan of pet dogs by targeting the aging process directly. For millions of people, pets are part of our family. Unfortunately, companion animals such as dogs and cats age rapidly and have life expectancies that are far too short.  Scientists at …

Subjects: Health Care, Knowledge Management, Medicine

New on LLRX – Information Quality Resources and Expert Resources

Via LLRX – Information Quality Resources and Expert Resources – Marcus Zillman’s guide is a comprehensive and selective bibliography including search engines, world wide web resources, services and sites currently offering free, value added content on the web. As more and more of the global population is accessing the web, making informed choices about what …

Subjects: Education, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Libraries

Yes We Have No Bananas – Fungus threatens future of world’s favorite fruit

Ordonez N, Seidl MF, Waalwijk C, Drenth A, Kilian A, Thomma BPHJ, et al. (2015) Worse Comes to Worst: Bananas and Panama Disease—When Plant and Pathogen Clones Meet. PLoS Pathog 11(11): e1005197. doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1005197 “The banana is the most popular fruit in the world and ranks among the top ten food commodities for Southeast Asia, Africa, …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Economy, Environmental Law, Food and Nutrition

Report – ISIS in America: From Retweets to Raqqa

ISIS in America: From Retweets to Raqqa, by Lorenzo Vidino and Seamus Hughes, George Washington University’s Program on Extremism, December 2015. “Searching for Answers – What explains the recent surge in American jihadi recruits? Who are the Americans lured by the siren songs of ISIS’s propaganda? How do they embrace such radical ideology, turning their …

Subjects: Blogs, Civil Liberties, Defense, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Social Media