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Chimpanzees in Biomedical and Behavioral Research: Assessing the Necessity, December 15, 2011. Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. “For many years, experiments using chimpanzees have been instrumental in advancing scientific knowledge and have led to new medicines to prevent life-threatening and debilitating diseases. However, recent advances in alternate research tools have rendered chimpanzees largely …
County Compensation by Industry, 2010: “Compensation increased in 2,480 counties and declined in 633 counties in the U.S. in 2010, as the average annual compensation per job increased 2.7 percent to $58,451, according to statistics released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). Total compensation of U.S. workers increased 2.2 percent in 2010, …
Basel III definition of capital – Frequently asked questions, Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, December 2011 “The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has received a number of interpretation questions related to the 16 December 2010 publication of the Basel III regulatory frameworks for capital and liquidity and the 13 January 2011 press release on the …
News release: “The Federal Trade Commission today sent a letter to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the organization that oversees Internet domain names, expressing concern that the organization’s plan to dramatically expand the domain name system could leave consumers more vulnerable to online fraud and undermine law enforcers’ ability to track …
Smart Grid Legislative and Regulatory Policies and Case Studies, December 12, 2011 [299 pages, PDF] “In recent years, a number of U.S. states have adopted or are considering smart grid related laws, regulations, and voluntary or mandatory requirements. At the same time, the number of smart grid pilot projects has been increasing rapidly. Recent activity …
Are Recoveries from Banking and Financial Crises Really So Different? , Greg Howard, Robert Martin, and Beth Anne Wilson, (November 2011) “This paper studies the behavior of recoveries from recessions across 59 advanced and emerging market economies over the past 40 years. Focusing specifically on the performance of output after the recession trough, we find …
Tossed and Turned: Wealth Dynamics of U.S. Households 20072009, Arthur B. Kennickell “For many years, the cross-sectional Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF) has shown relatively weak or inconsistent changes in the shape of the distribution of net worth, despite many shifts in income and other economic factors. In 2009, households that had taken part in …
“As part of its Energy and Financial Markets Initiative, EIA is assessing the various factors that may influence oil prices physical market factors as well as those related to trading and financial markets. This website describes 7 key factors that could influence oil markets. The analysis explores possible linkages between each factor and oil …
Moral Science – Protecting Participants in Human Subjects Research, Presidential Commission, for the Study of Bioethical Issues – December 2011 “The Commission collected basic, project-level data about human subjects research, including study title, number and location of sites, number of subjects, and funding information. These data were compiled into the Commissions Research Project Database, and …
Follow up to postings on driving distractions and texting, this news release and related documentation: “The NTSB voted unanimously for a nationwide ban on the nonemergency use of portable electronic devices (other than those designed to support the driving task) for all drivers.” NYT: Reframing the Debate Over Using Phones Behind the Wheel: “..in an …
via IEEE Spectrum, Geothermal Energys Promise and Problems: “Geothermal energy is touted as one of the few renewable resources that could be used for base-load (round-the-clock) power generation: Earths heat is always on, and its not dependent on the vagaries of wind or sun. New research from Southern Methodist Universitysponsored by Googles philanthropic armsuggests massive …
