Health Care That's Not for Dummies Archives | Issues in Science and Technology https://issues.org/issue/29-3/ The best minds on the most important topics. Fri, 15 Jul 2022 22:36:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://issues.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/cropped-issues-favicon-32x32.png Health Care That's Not for Dummies Archives | Issues in Science and Technology https://issues.org/issue/29-3/ 32 32 Needed: Research Guidelines for Solar Radiation Management https://issues.org/morgan-3/ https://issues.org/morgan-3/#respond Mon, 01 Apr 2013 04:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/morgan-3/ Emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases (GHGs) continue to rise. The effects of climate change are becoming ever more apparent. Yet prospects for reducing global emissions… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/morgan-3/feed/ 0 Education, Equity, and the Big Picture https://issues.org/education-equity-low-income-minority-students-achievement-gap-nielsen/ https://issues.org/education-equity-low-income-minority-students-achievement-gap-nielsen/#respond Mon, 01 Apr 2013 04:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/nielsen/ Education has long been recognized as important to individual well-being and the nation’s economic growth. Yet, despite significant public and private investment, disparities in educational opportunities, behavior, attainment, and achievement exist… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/education-equity-low-income-minority-students-achievement-gap-nielsen/feed/ 0 Applying the Social and Behavioral Sciences to Policy and Practice https://issues.org/prewitt/ https://issues.org/prewitt/#respond Mon, 01 Apr 2013 04:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/prewitt/ Smart electric meters and the smart grid are innovations in the delivery of electrical services to homes and businesses that can, in principle, permit both consumers and suppliers to save energy,… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/prewitt/feed/ 0 The Path to Continuously Learning Health Care https://issues.org/robert/ https://issues.org/robert/#respond Mon, 01 Apr 2013 04:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/robert/ Health care in the United States has experienced an explosion in biomedical knowledge, dramatic innovations in therapies and surgical procedures, and expanded capacity to manage conditions that previously were debilitating or… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/robert/feed/ 0 Forum – Spring 2013 https://issues.org/forum-spring-2013/ https://issues.org/forum-spring-2013/#respond Mon, 01 Apr 2013 04:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/forum-68/ Reaching the middle class
In “Pathways to the Middle Class: Balancing Personal and Public Responsibilities” (Issues, Winter 2013), Isabel Sawhill, Scott Winship, and Kerry Searle Grannis present achievable early milestones… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/forum-spring-2013/feed/ 0 From the Hill – Spring 2013 https://issues.org/hill-64/ https://issues.org/hill-64/#respond Mon, 01 Apr 2013 04:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/hill-64/ Sequestration follies

In spite of substantial debate and controversy in the days leading up to the deadline, sequestration went into effect on March 1 as required by law. Cuts to defense and… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/hill-64/feed/ 0 Science, Gender, and the Balanced Life https://issues.org/perspectives-2/ https://issues.org/perspectives-2/#respond Mon, 01 Apr 2013 04:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/perspectives-2/ People often ask how I “broke through the glass ceiling” to succeed in a field that is predominantly male and overcame the barriers women face in science. They don’t always like my… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/perspectives-2/feed/ 0 Shorter Lives, Poorer Health https://issues.org/real_numbers-2/ https://issues.org/real_numbers-2/#respond Mon, 01 Apr 2013 04:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/real_numbers-2/ Americans’ life expectancy and health have improved over the past century but these gains have lagged behind those in other high-income countries. This health disadvantage has occurred even though the United … Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/real_numbers-2/feed/ 0 Schools Alone Cannot Close Achievement Gap https://issues.org/beatty/ https://issues.org/beatty/#comments Mon, 01 Apr 2013 04:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/beatty/ Gaps in student achievement are well documented. Members of some ethnic minority groups and low-income students consistently perform less well on achievement tests than their peers do. For example, a more… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/beatty/feed/ 1 Making Fuel Cells Work https://issues.org/behling/ https://issues.org/behling/#comments Mon, 01 Apr 2013 04:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/behling/ For more than five decades, fuel cells have been heralded for their potential as a cost-efficient, environmentally friendly means to convert readily available chemical energy into electric energy. So far this… Read More

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