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Studying the Mysteries of the Titanium Star
neutron star that they long have suspected lurked at the heart of Cas A, but which had eluded detection in radio, optical, and even X-ray wavelengths. Click for RealVideo of NASA's "First Light" Press Conference"Last Thursday night we pointed Chandra in...
National Geographic: Tornadoes
National Geographic: Eye in the Sky--Tornadoes BYPASS INTRODUCTION
Tornado Phenomena Image Gallery
National Geographic: Eye in the Sky--Tornadoes Photograph by Jim Zuckerman © Jim Zuckerman/Corbis Profiled by lightning, a tornado menaces a farm. 1 of 5 © 1996-2003 National Geographic Society. All rights reserved.
Tornado Science Image Gallery
National Geographic: Eye in the Sky--Tornadoes © Bettmann/Corbis A 1957 tornado cuts a swath through Dallas, Texas. 1 of 5 © 1996-2003 National Geographic Society. All rights reserved.
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: automated
program will be required to solve—the problem domain. The domain can be very large, as would be the case for a general-purpose theorem prover for first-order logic, or be more restricted in scope as in a special-purpose theorem prover for...
U.S. Reconnaissance Satellites: Domestic Targets
Adviser for Science Applications, U.S. Geological Survey, Memorandum of Agreement between the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Space and the U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior for Cooperation in Wildland Fire Detection, Volcanic...
Fire! NASA Demonstrates New Technology for Monitoring Fires From Space
Goddard DAAC) NASA Demonstrates New Technology for Monitoring Fires from Space —by David Herring May 29, 1998 Earth scientists at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center recently demonstrated that the MODIS instrument, scheduled to launch in December 1999 on NASA'...
 An Overview of Medical and Public Health Literature Addressing Literacy Issues: An Annotat...
NCSALL Reports #14 January 2000 38 Glazer, H.R., Kirk, L.M., & Bosler, F.E. (1996). Patient education pamphlets about prevention, detection, and treatment of breast cancer for low literacy women. Patient Education & Counseling, 27(2), 185-189. Analyzes 19 breast cancer ed...
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NCSALL Reports #14 January 2000 38 Glazer, H.R., Kirk, L.M., & Bosler, F.E. (1996). Patient education pamphlets about prevention, detection, and treatment of breast cancer for low literacy women. Patient Education & Counseling, 27(2), 185-189. Analyzes 19 breast cancer education pamphlets using Right Writer. Materials were found to have an average readability of ninth grade. The authors suggest that literature should be
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NCSALL Reports #14 January 2000 38 Glazer, H.R., Kirk, L.M., & Bosler, F.E. (1996). Patient education pamphlets about prevention, <span class="highlight">detection</span>, and treatment of breast cancer <span class="highlight">for</span> low literacy women. Patient Education & Counseling, 27(2), 185-189. Analyzes 19 breast cancer education pamphlets using Right Writer. Materials were found to have an average readability of ninth grade. <span class="highlight">The</span> authors suggest that literature should be
On assessing pro-poorness of government programmes:international comparisons
and free school lunches – have higher values of the PPP index for the severity of poverty measure. Since the severity of poverty measure gives greater weight to the ultra-poor, the absolute benefits of low-income medical cards and free school lunch pro...
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and free school lunches – have higher values of the PPP index for the severity of poverty measure. Since the severity of poverty measure gives greater weight to the ultra-poor, the absolute benefits of low-income medical cards and free school lunch programmes flow to the ultra- poor more than the moderately poor. We have also calculated the PPP index in the hypothetical case of a universal pension system. Suppose that every elderly person over 65 years of age receives a pension from the government
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and free school lunches – have higher values of <span class="highlight">the</span> PPP index <span class="highlight">for</span> <span class="highlight">the</span> severity of poverty measure. Since <span class="highlight">the</span> severity of poverty measure gives greater weight to <span class="highlight">the</span> ultra-poor, <span class="highlight">the</span> absolute benefits of low-income medical cards and free school lunch programmes flow to <span class="highlight">the</span> ultra- poor more than <span class="highlight">the</span> moderately poor. We have also calculated <span class="highlight">the</span> PPP index <span class="highlight">in</span> <span class="highlight">the</span> hypothetical case of a universal pension <span class="highlight">system</span>. Suppose that every <span class="highlight">elderly</span> person over 65 years of age receives a pension from <span class="highlight">the</span> government
Contested Ground: Performance Accountability in Adult Basic Education
how did people in different relationships perceive things, what were the problems and barriers as well as success and achievements? Evaluation can be a useful tool for program improvement at all levels – local, state and national. It can document program services and othe...
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how did people in different relationships perceive things, what were the problems and barriers as well as success and achievements? Evaluation can be a useful tool for program improvement at all levels – local, state and national. It can document program services and other system components, including professional development, technical support, monitoring, planning. Evaluation may be ongoing, but it is not routine: it seeks answers to particular questions at particular points of time. Again
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how did people <span class="highlight">in</span> different relationships perceive things, what were <span class="highlight">the</span> problems and barriers as well as success and achievements? Evaluation can be a useful tool <span class="highlight">for</span> program improvement at all levels – local, state and national. It can document program services and other <span class="highlight">system</span> components, including professional development, technical support, <span class="highlight">monitoring</span>, planning. Evaluation may be ongoing, but it is not routine: it seeks answers to particular questions at particular points of time. Again
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