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By Glenda Quintini. Today, the OECD publishes Skills Matter: Further Results from the Survey of Adult Skills, the Second International Report for the Survey of Adults Skills – an international assessment of the proficiency of adults…

DEDEDO, Guam – The U.S. Department of Labor encourages construction industry employers in Guam to participate in a survey to help establish accurate prevailing wage rates and reduce the need for contractors to seek additional labor…

By Paulina Granados Zambrano. The recently published Second International Report for the Survey of Adults Skills, Skills Matter: Further Results from the Survey of Adult Skills, looks in detail at the extent to which proficiency in…

Cardiovascular diseases are considered the leading cause of death worldwide. Approximately 17.9 million people lose their lives to this set of diseases annually, accounting for 32% of fatalities worldwide . This group of diseases…

Chefs are in hot demand. “Chefs, chefs, chefs! Virtually impossible to find anyone,” lamented one Auckland restaurant owner recently. Australia is seeing a similar gap, with chefs ranked the eighth most in-demand occupation. Given…

1. IntroductionClimate mitigation (encompassing measures taken to diminish greenhouse gas emissions) has been advocated as a solution to “slow harms”, given that mitigation measures in one country diminish greenhouse gas emissions all…

The forthcoming sections are dedicated to the presentation and discussion of the results. During the survey, respondents were prompted with multiple questions designed to produce a comparative analysis of their behaviours pre-COVID…

1. IntroductionUrine pH (UpH) refers to urine acidity. On average, UpH is slightly acidic with a pH of 6.0, and acidic urine means a pH of less than 5.5 . It is known to be influenced by systemic factors such as an individual’s diet,…

Credit: Andrea Piacquadio from Pexels A team of community health specialists at the Boston University School of Public Health, working with a…

The Advancing Women in the Workplace Legal Forum celebrated two successful years of the AWW mentorship program, unveiled the results of a survey analyzing barriers and challenges for Black women in the legal profession and announced the…

JPM, Vol. 14, Pages 341: The Use of Artificial Intelligence in Head and Neck Cancers: A Multidisciplinary Survey Journal of Personalized Medicine doi: 10.3390/jpm14040341 Authors: Giannitto Carnicelli Lusi Ammirabile…

For immediate release: March 13, 2024   (24-029) Contact: DOH Communications  OLYMPIA – The statewide 2023 Healthy Youth Survey (HYS) results are now available, representing the voices of over 217,000 Washington students in grades…

In this qualitative study of 341 families with a child with ADHD and/or ASD, we aimed to explore negative and positive experiences of distance learning due to school lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our results revealed six major…

Changes in survey coverage and population. Eligibility and fields of study. 2020: Starting in GSS 2020, the list…

Then-Vice President Joe Biden, left, and Israeli Prime…

Then-Vice President Joe Biden, left, and Israeli Prime…

UN police in MINUSCA hold a training to equip local police academy students in the Central African Republic to prevent gender-based violence. August 7, 2020. (UN Photo) Over the past decade and a half, specialized police teams…

Structural connectivity (SC) refers to anatomical links and is usually estimated using fiber bundles derived from diffusion MRI; Functional connectivity (FC) and…

1. IntroductionDue to the various environmental, socioeconomic, and political issues faced today, the continued focus on sustainable solutions has paved the way for the electrification of several industries. The automotive industry is…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In the courtroom, Quebec provincial police officers seem to be broadly in favor of having images captured…

Africans generally have a low regard for the quality of policing on the continent. Perceptions of police misconduct, corruption and brutality are widespread, according to a new survey by Afrobarometer. The independent research…

Photo of Flagstaff Science Campus (FSC), Flagstaff, Arizona. There are 5 Science Centers located on the FSC: the Arizona Water Science Center, the Astrogeology Science Center, the Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science…

Photo of Flagstaff Science Campus (FSC), Flagstaff, Arizona. There are 5 Science Centers located on the FSC: the Arizona Water Science Center, the Astrogeology Science Center, the Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science…

Starting around June 13 and lasting up to a week based on weather conditions, a helicopter will make flights over portions of the Colorado River near Granby, Colo., from Windy Gap Reservoir downstream to Hot Sulphur Springs.   Helicopter…

Word: Blue Carbon   Definition: Atmospheric carbon, particularly carbon dioxide, or CO2, can be sequestered by terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems around the world. When that CO2 is absorbed and stored in coastal and oceanic ecosystems,…

Portrait of Florence Bascom  One such trailblazer is Florence Bascom, the innovative ‘first lady’ of the U.S. Geological Survey. Bascom has a long list of noteworthy firsts, including being the first woman hired by the USGS. Like…

The Recruit Assessment Program is a cross-sectional, baseline survey of United States. Marine recruits administered at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego. This report presents RAP study procedures and survey content that was…

The Recruit Assessment Program is a cross-sectional, baseline survey of U.S. Marine recruits administered at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego. This report presents RAP study procedures and survey content that was…

The Recruit Assessment Program is a cross-sectional, baseline survey of U.S. Marine recruits administered at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego. This report presents RAP study procedures and survey content that was…

The Southwest Biological Science Center (SBSC) conducts and provides scientific information as part of our mission and Federal Trust Responsibility to strengthen relationships and build partnerships with sovereign tribal…

Reuters file photoPeople pray towards the sea to mourn victims of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami to mark the 12-year anniversary of the disaster in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture on March 11, 2023. The Yomiuri Shimbun 1:00 JST, March 11,…

WASHINGTON — David Applegate was sworn in as Director of the United States. Geological Survey (USGS) by Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland today. David has been serving as USGS’s Associate Director for Natural Hazards, exercising…

WASHINGTON — David Applegate was sworn in as Director of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) by Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland today. David has been serving as USGS’s Associate Director for Natural Hazards, exercising the delegated…

For Release ThursdayMarch 7, 2024 RAND has created a new, nationally representative youth survey panel as well as a school parent panel to gather perceptions of school, college, entry into the workforce, and respondents' take…

Behavioral Sciences, Vol. 14, Pages 217: Leveraging Artificial Intelligence to Predict Health Belief Model and COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake Using Survey Text from US Nurses Behavioral Sciences doi: 10.3390/bs14030217 Authors: Omranian…

1. IntroductionPsychedelics, also known as mystico-mimetics and entheogens, encompass a class of psychoactive substances that primarily act on the 5-HT2A receptors in the neurons of the central nervous system (CNS), particularly in the…

More than 70% of residents who live near a central Brooklyn hospital oppose New York State’s plans to close the medical center and move some of its services across the street, according to a poll published Monday by opponents of the…

UK, March 4, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ — SkillReactor, a project-first developer upskilling platform, has released insights from its Developer Survey 2024, shedding light on the dynamic landscape of the tech industry. The survey…

UK, March 4, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- SkillReactor, a project-first developer upskilling platform, has released insights from its Developer Survey 2024, shedding light on the dynamic landscape of the tech industry. The survey…

Why Study Freshwater Mussels? Did you know that freshwater mussels can live to be 100 years old or older? The shells of these centenarians bear the scars of time spent pummeling against…

This is an early access version, the complete PDF, HTML, and XML versions will be available soon. Submission received: 22 January 2024 / Revised: 28 February 2024 / Accepted: 29 February 2024 / Published: 3 March 2024 Abstract Since…

1. IntroductionTriggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, Public Health Emergency Operations Centers (PHEOCs) were activated around the globe, putting their functionality and capabilities to the test . As a focal point of emergency…

That's it. That's it. Launches Inaugural Snacking Trends Report #1 Trend: More Fruits & Vegetables Healthy Snacking Company Launches Nutrition Expert Council and Unveils Inaugural Snacking Trends Report for National Nutrition…

SIOUX FALLS, SD – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division is surveying the building and heavy construction industry of South Dakota to set prevailing wage rates, as required under the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts, for the…

Californians have slightly more positive views of their personal finances over the next six months. Half (52%) expect their financial situation to be about the same, while about one in five expect it to be stronger (4% much…

Title: Student Reports of Bullying: Results From the 2022 School Crime Supplement to the National Crime Victimization Survey Description: The tables in this report…

Eight in ten employed Californians say they have a least a fair amount of job security, including strong majorities across demographic, regional, and partisan groups who say this. However, there is one exception among income…

Alexandria, Va., Feb. 27, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- As rumors swirl in Washington, D.C., that lawmakers may once again be punting on PBM reform, the National Community Pharmacists Association today released a survey showing many local…

1. IntroductionModifiable health behaviors, such as tobacco use, physical inactivity, an unhealthy diet and alcohol consumption, all increase the risk of noncommunicable diseases such as cancer, coronary heart disease and diabetes.…

5.1. Item Reduction via Item Response TheoryTo assess the items and concepts, we used the statistical program IRTPRO v4.2 and a graded response model using the Bock–Aitkin estimation method. The principles of classical test theory…