“Alzheimer’s Disease Therapeutics Program (U01).” (RFA-AG-13-014, application deadline is Jan. 14, 2013, National Institute on Aging, in conjunction with two other agencies. For more information see:
November 5, 2012
CAAR – US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Article – November 5, 2012
“Linking Medicare, Medicaid, and Cancer Registry Data to Study the Burden of Cancers in West Virginia,” by Pramit A. Nadpara and Suresh S. Madhavan (Medicare & Medicaid Research Review, Vol. 2, No. 4, November 2012, .pdf format, 25p.).
www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/Research/MMRR/MMRR-Published-Articles.html
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CAAR – Public Library of Science (PLoS) Articles – November 5, 2012
A. “A Longitudinal Study of Atrophy in Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment and Normal Aging Revealed by Cortical Thickness,” by Zhijun Yao, Bin Hu, Chuanjiang Liang, Lina Zhao, and Mike Jackson, the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (PLoS ONE 7(11): e48973. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0048973, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 11p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0048973
B. “A Peptide Binding to the {beta}-Site of APP Improves Spatial Memory and Attenuates A{beta} Burden in Alzheimer’s Disease Transgenic Mice,” by Shi-gao Yang, Shao-wei Wang, Min Zhao, Ran Zhang, Wei-wei Zhou, Ya-nan Li, Ya-jing Su, He Zhang, Xiao-lin Yu, and Rui-tian Liu (PLoS ONE 7(11): e48540. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0048540, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 12p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0048540
C. “Dopaminergic Neuronal Loss and Dopamine-Dependent Locomotor Defects in Fbxo7-Deficient Zebrafish,” by Tianna Zhao, Herma Zondervan-van der Linde, Lies-Anne Severijnen, Ben A. Oostra, Rob Willemsen, and Vincenzo Bonifati (PLoS ONE 7(11): e48911. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0048911, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 11p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0048911
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CAAR – National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper – November 5, 2012
“Retirement Pay and Officer Retention,” by Jeffrey S. Smith and James E. West (w18502, November 2012, .pdf format, 26p.).
Abstract:
We use data from a natural experiment in which retirement benefits were reduced by congressional legislation and later restored to estimate the effect of future retirement benefit eligibility upon the decision of whether to remain in the U.S. military. We find that the generosity of retirement benefits is significantly correlated with the decision to remain in service until members qualify for benefits. The estimated effect of a 20 percent reduction in the generosity of retirement benefits upon the probability of remaining on active duty is equivalent to the effect of a 0.27 percentage point reduction in the unemployment rate, or approximately a 2 percent increase in the GDP growth rate.
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CAAR – British Medical Journal Article – November 5, 2012
“Effect of hormone replacement therapy on cardiovascular events in recently postmenopausal women: randomised trial,” by Louise Lind Schierbeck, Lars Rejnmark, Charlotte Landbo Tofteng, Lis Stilgren, Pia Eiken, Leif Mosekilde, Lars Kober, and Jens-Erik Beck Jensen (BMJ 2012;345:e6409, Vol. 345, No. 7881, November 3, 2012, .pdf and HTML format, 11p.).
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CAAR – Human Mortality Database – November 5, 2012
- Data for Total Germany, East Germany, and West Germany were revised and updated through 2010. (Nov. 2, 2012).
www.mortality.org/cgi-bin/hmd/DataAvailability.php
- Data access.
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