Policy & Ethics
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9-Dec-2024
Pulte Institute joins global consortium using research to end poverty
University of Notre DameGrant and Award Announcement
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has awarded $75 million to a consortium of leading global institutions, including the Pulte Institute for Global Development at the University of Notre Dame’s Keough School of Global Affairs, to enhance the effectiveness of poverty alleviation programs through research.
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- USAID
9-Dec-2024
Laws on healthcare worker rights align with global standards with room for improvement
PLOSPeer-Reviewed Publication
More than half of laws and policies on healthcare workers’ rights align with international standards, according to a study published December 9, 2024 in the open-access journal PLOS Global Public Health by Matthew Kavanagh from Georgetown University, U.S., James Campbell from the World Health Organization, Switzerland, and colleagues.
- Journal
- PLOS Global Public Health
9-Dec-2024
Republicans respond to political polarization by spreading misinformation, Democrats don't
American Marketing AssociationAlthough Republicans may understand the misinformation content is very likely false, they are willing to spread it to help their party gain an advantage over the opposition.
- Journal
- Journal of Marketing
9-Dec-2024
Queen Mary University of London data center waste heat to provide hot water and heating for campus
Queen Mary University of LondonBusiness Announcement
Queen Mary University of London's Tier 2 data centre is now powering up sustainability. By repurposing waste heat to provide hot water and heating for the Joseph Priestley Building and Mile End campus, Queen Mary is reducing our carbon footprint by 625 tonnes of CO2 annually. This innovative approach not only enhances the university's energy efficiency but also supports cutting-edge particle physics research with CERN's Large Hadron Collider and other groundbreaking projects. Data centres are typically energy-intensive, requiring significant electricity to maintain low temperatures. The heat generated during their operation is often wasted. By capturing and reusing this waste heat, this initiative repurposes this energy, reducing our reliance on gas boilers and cutting fossil fuel consumption.
9-Dec-2024
Informaticians apply tools and techniques to eliminate ambiguity and better implement guidelines and policies in pediatric care
Regenstrief Institute
In “Better Guidelines and Policies: AAP’s Partnership for Policy Implementation,” published in the journal Pediatrics, the authors write that with the increasing use of electronic health records (EHRs) in pediatrics, medical societies need to eliminate ambiguity in their guidelines to standardize care delivery, improve care quality and patient outcomes and reduce variation and costs. "Informaticians are ideally suited to help with the implementation and the clarity that guidelines need to be implemented or incorporated into EHRs that are widely prevalent in our healthcare systems," said Regenstrief Institute Research Scientist Randall Grout, M.D., M.S. Dr. Grout is also the chief health informatics officer at Eskenazi Health and an assistant professor of pediatrics at the Indiana University School of Medicine.
- Journal
- PEDIATRICS
9-Dec-2024
Students are less likely to feel safe at their schools, compared to staff and parents
Society for Risk AnalysisReports and Proceedings
School shooting incidents have doubled in the last three years, according to the K-12 School Shooting Database, which tracks each time a firearm is discharged on school property. Many schools have taken measures to improve safety, including metal detectors, interior door locks, emergency drills, and undercover security. But do students and staff feel any safer?
- Meeting
- Society for Risk Analysis Annual Meeting