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Via The Lancet, www.thelancet.com, Vol 387 April 2, 2016 – Trends in adult body-mass index in 200 countries from 1975 to 2014: a pooled analysis of 1698 population-based measurement studies with 19·2 million participants. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(16)30054-X Background – Underweight and severe and morbid obesity are associated with highly elevated risks of adverse health outcomes. We …
Urban, Jennifer M. and Karaganis, Joe and Schofield, Brianna L., Notice and Takedown in Everyday Practice (March 29, 2016). Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2755628 “It has been nearly twenty years since section 512 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act established the so-called notice and takedown process. Despite its importance to copyright holders, online service …
NIST – IR 7977 – NIST Cryptographic Standards and Guidelines Development Process, Cryptographic Technology Group Computer Security Division Information Technology Laboratory, March 31, 2016.” “This document describes the principles, processes and procedures that drive cryptographic standards and guidelines development efforts at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). This document reflects public comments received …
Via Metrocosm – “Through most of its history, the federal government did not have the power to tax incomes. How was it funded before the income tax? Today’s national debt is big by historical standards, but it has been bigger. When was the country’s deepest debt, and how long did it take to pay back? …
This tool was developed by Max Galka: “Making a Freedom of Information Request is a burdensome process that may involve days or even weeks of work to identify what records are available and enough information about how they are stored to property phrase the request. Government agencies are required to disclose a list of their “Major …
Effective June 1, 2016 with the launch of the new AP Stylebook, the word internet will be written in lowercase. Per another tweet – “Also, we will lowercase web in all instances – web page, the web, web browser – effective June 1.”
