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Personalized Nutrition by Prediction of Glycemic Responses

Personalized Nutrition by Prediction of Glycemic Responses. Zeevi et al., 2015, Cell 163, 1079–1094/ November 19, 2015 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2015.11.001 “Highlights High interpersonal variability in post-meal glucose observed in an 800-person cohort Using personal and microbiome features enables accurate glucose response prediction Prediction is accurate and superior to common practice in an independent cohort Short-term personalized dietary …

Subjects: Health Care, Knowledge Management

PWC 2015 US CEO Survey

“For the first time in five years in PwC’s Annual Global CEO Survey, more business leaders rate the US as their most important market for overseas growth ahead of all others, including China’s. As the US recovery gains traction, it is gaining more adherents. Challenges remain, yet key measures of US economic health are improving. …

Subjects: E-Commerce, E-Mail, Economy, Financial System, Internet, Knowledge Management

Pew – Searching for Work in the Digital Era

Aaron Smith: “The internet is an essential employment resource for many of today’s job seekers, according to a new survey by Pew Research Center. A majority of U.S. adults (54%) have gone online to look for job information, 45% have applied for a job online, and job-seeking Americans are just as likely to have turned …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System

Analysis reveals info on 1.1 Billion NYC Taxi and Uber Trips

Todd W. Schneider – An open-source exploration of the city’s neighborhoods, nightlife, airport traffic, and more, through the lens of publicly available taxi and Uber data – “The New York City Taxi & Limousine Commission has released a staggeringly detailed historical dataset covering over 1.1 billion individual taxi trips in the city from January 2009 …

Subjects: Economy, Knowledge Management, Transportation

GAO Reports – Critical Infrastructure Protection, Federal Real Property, Climate Change, Fuel Pricing

Critical Infrastructure Protection: Sector-Specific Agencies Need to Better Measure Cybersecurity Progress, GAO-16-79: Published: Nov 19, 2015. Publicly Released: Nov 19, 2015. Federal Real Property: Additional Authorities and Accountability Would Enhance the Implementation of the Federal Buildings Personnel Training Act of 2010, GAO-16-39: Published: Oct 20, 2015. Publicly Released: Nov 19, 2015. Highlights of a Forum: …

Subjects: Climate Change, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Energy, Government Documents

IMF Global Financial Stability Report

“The Global Financial Stability Report provides an assessment of the global financial system and markets, and addresses emerging market financing in a global context. It focuses on current market conditions, highlighting systemic issues that could pose a risk to financial stability and sustained market access by emerging market borrowers. The Report draws out the financial …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Government Documents

Google – Updated Search Quality Rating Guidelines

Google Webmaster Central Blog: “Developing algorithmic changes to search involves a process of experimentation. Part of that experimentation is having evaluators—people who assess the quality of Google’s search results—give us feedback on our experiments. Ratings from evaluators do not determine individual site rankings, but are used help us understand our experiments. The evaluators base their …

Subjects: E-Commerce, Internet, Knowledge Management, Marketing, Search Engines

State Report Card on Transparency of Physician Quality Information

“For a third year in a row most states receive a failing grade for providing information to consumers on the quality of physician care. While national attention has been placed on price transparency, a commensurate spotlight has not been shone on quality transparency. Even in states that have fully implemented all-payer claims databases, the use …

Subjects: Economy, Government Documents, Health Care, Knowledge Management

World Migration Report 2015: Migrants and Cities

World Migration Report 2015: Migrants and Cities: “We live in a world which is becoming increasingly urban. Over 54 per cent of people across the globe were living in urban areas in 2014. The current urban population of 3.9 billion is expected to grow to some 6.4 billion by 2050. Migration is driving much of …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Economy, Government Documents, Housing

Open Data Inception – 1600+ Open Data Portals Around the World

“You can find the list geotagged on a map at opendatainception.io. When building the best Open Data portals, the same question always comes up. Where can I find clean and usable data? Our answer is usually: “Did you search on existing Open Data portals?” But the truth is, some Open Data portals can be hard …

Subjects: Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management

Outpatient Antibiotic Prescriptions by State 2013

Pew – Mapping U.S. Geographic Variations in Outpatient Antibiotic Prescribing – “The prescribing of antibiotics in outpatient health care facilities, such as primary care clinics and emergency rooms, represents a large proportion of antibiotic use in the United States. One study found that these settings accounted for over 60 percent of all dollars spent on …

Subjects: Health Care, Knowledge Management, Medicine

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