Background: Links between air pollution and asthma are less well established for older adults than some younger groups. Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) concentrations are widely used as an indicator of transport-related air pollution, and some literature suggests NO2 may directly affect asthma.Carthy, ...
WHY did Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld announce on the day before 9-11 that over $2 billion of Pentagon funds were somehow unaccounted for? WHY were two US Navy carrier groups and 17,000 US troops presciently sent to the middle east a few weeks before the attacks? WHY was AWOL US...
As shown in Table 11, there is no evidence that rising stars drive our aggregate results; if anything, the results are driven by older cadres, though the signs and general results are fairly consistent throughout age groups. Table 11 Baseline regression (Table 4) repeated on age group sub-...
Trump campaigned on a “mass deportation” policy but I’ve been skeptical that we’ll see anything like what he’s promised. Actually implementing the program would be incredibly costly, logistically challenging, and draw massive opposition from all manner of groups. To say nothing of the abject...
Mixing of '50s and '60s sounds -- elements of early rock and roll stylings (particularly Buddy Holly and Roy Orbison), doo-wop, girl groups, surf and R&B -- with more modern garage-punk grit, singer/bassist Shaw and singer/guitarist Cody Blanchard first started playing...
The versatile player frequently performs with groups paying tribute to specific bands or songwriters, but his latest creative outlet has found Capelle and his collaborators recreating a remarkable range of material. The Red Room Orchestra was initially formed to pay t...
Groups like the American Civil Liberties Union have argued that the law is outdated as written, though the law has been amended by several later laws including the controversial USA PATRIOT Act. [Pictured: A person demonstrates of installation of a wiretap device in a telephone.] 1987: Edwards...
However, while in Nukualofa on Tongatapu, Wilkes inserted himself as a negotiator into a local war between two native groups – the Christians, led by King Josiah (or Tubou) and the (so-called) “Devils,” those who did not follow the Christian teachings of the London Missionary Society....
Treatments may also include hospitalization, rehabilitation or therapy community programs that are secure and monitored or outpatient programs. In addition, Alcoholics Anonymous or Narcotics Anonymous are alternative treatment options and support groups for current and former addicts. ...
(with a view of the Hollywood sign), take in a lecture, and if you’re lucky you can enjoy one of the monthly “public star parties.” Once a month on a Saturday night, the Griffith Observatory partners with local astronomy groups to turn their telescopes over to the public to gaze ...