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The impact of age on the validity of psychosis-risk screening in a sample of help-seeking youth
(Elsevier B.V., 2019-04)Self-report screening instruments offer promise in furthering early identification of at-risk youth, yet current efforts are limited by false positive rates. Identifying moderators of accuracy is a potential step towards ... -
Effects of antimicrobial exposure on detrital biofilm metabolism in urban and rural stream environments
(Elsevier B.V., 2019-05-20)The occurrence of antimicrobials and other pharmaceuticals in streams is increasingly being reported, yet the impacts of these contaminants of emerging concern on aquatic ecosystems are relatively unknown. Bacteria and fungi ... -
Are Public Sector Workers in Developing Countries Overpaid? Evidence from a New Global Data Set
(Elsevier Inc., 2019-02-25)This paper examines the public sector wage premium using nationally representative household surveys from 91 countries. The public sector generally pays a wage premium compared to all private sector salaried employees, but ... -
Making Home Away From Home
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Retracing the Reservation: A Walking Tour of the Historic Lumbee Indian Community of East Baltimore
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Point of Entry: The Faces and Voices of Some of Baltimore’s Older Immigrants
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Aging in Place Changing Socio-ecology and the Power of Kinship on Smith Island, Maryland
(University of Pittsburgh Press, 2019)This article examines how the people known as Smith Islanders interact with their environment over the life-course. The purpose of the study is to contribute to a better understanding of aging in a small, rural, coastal ... -
Matching with Medicaid Data to Increase Benefits and Access and Improve Health Outcomes
(The Hilltop Institute, 2014-06-08)Hilltop staff made several presentations at the 2014 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting (ARM) held June 8 through June 10 in San Diego. Hilltop Deputy Director Michael A. Nolin, MA, presented this poster at the State ... -
‘The Martiall Maide’: Joan of Arc and the French in England
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Rapid population decline in migratory shorebirds relying on Yellow Sea tidal mudflats as stopover sites
(Springer Nature Switzerland AG., 2017-04-13)Migratory animals are threatened by human-induced global change. However, little is known about how stopover habitat, essential for refuelling during migration, affects the population dynamics of migratory species. Using ... -
Incorporating breeding abundance into spatial assignments on continuous surfaces
(John Wiley & Sons, 2017-04-21)Determining the geographic connections between breeding and nonbreeding populations, termed migratory connectivity, is critical to advancing our understanding of the ecology and conservation of migratory species. Assignment ... -
Students’ Understanding and Perceptions of Assigned Team Roles in a Classroom Laboratory Environment
(NSTA, 2018-03-01)Using a cooperative learning framework in a quantitative reasoning laboratory course, students were assigned to static teams of four in which they adopted roles that rotated regularly. The roles included: team leader, ... -
Effects of head-only or whole-body exposure to very low doses of ⁴ He (1000 MeV/n) particles on neuronal function and cognitive performance
(Elsevier Ltd, 2019-02)On exploratory class missions, astronauts will be exposed to a range of heavy particles which vary in linear energy transfer (LET). Previous research has shown a direct relationship between particle LET and cognitive ... -
The Law “Justice Under the Constitution, Not Over It”: Public Perceptions of FDR’s Court‐Packing Plan
(Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress, 2019-01-18)This article presents the first cross‐sectional analysis of attitudes toward Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Court‐packing plan and seeks to evaluate whether citizens viewed this episode through a partisan or constitutional ... -
Opioid Use Disorders in Baltimore City Prevalence and Treatment Rates
(The Hilltop Institute, 2016-02-09)This report provides what are believed to be the most detailed estimates of opioid (including heroin) abuse, dependence, and treatment in Baltimore City from July 1, 2013, to June 30, 2014. Hilltop wrote this report with ... -
Part D Utilization Management Barriers for Persons with Serious Mental Illness
Hilltop staff made several presentations at the 2015 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting (ARM) held June 13 through June 15 in Minneapolis. Senior Research Analyst Michael T. Abrams, MPH, presented this poster at an ARM ... -
Service Utilization and Expenditures among Adults with Diabetes in Maryland’s Medicaid Managed Care Program
(2017-06-24)Hilltop staff made several presentations at the 2017 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting (ARM) in New Orleans. At the State Health Research and Policy Interest Group Meeting on June 24, Policy Analyst Jamie John, MPH, ... -
The CATS Hackathon: Creating and Refining Test Items for Cybersecurity Concept Inventories
(2019-01-29)For two days in February 2018, 17 cybersecurity educators and professionals from government and industry met in a "hackathon" to refine existing draft multiple-choice test items, and to create new ones, for a Cybersecurity ... -
Narrative Memory and Reconciliatory Genre Encounters in Norte (2011) by Edmundo Paz Soldán
(Middle Atlantic Council of Latin American Studies, 2018-12-27)In Norte (2011) Edmundo Paz Soldán explores multiple perspectives of immigration from Latin America to the United States during the 20th and 21st centuries. The narratives of each of the four protagonists Michelle, Martín, ... -
A Tree without Roots
(2018-05-08)
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