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| LIF | Experts Available for Early Childhood Literacy Findings
A National Early Literacy Panel report will be released Jan. 8. Experts from the National Center for Family Literacy, including the report’s principal investigator, will be available for interviews. The report identifies literacy practices that build the skills needed for later reading success.
Expert available | 07-Jan-2009
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| Study Shows Need for Standardizing Nursing Home Social Workers' Credentials
Social workers play a vital role in improving the quality of nursing home residents' lives. But qualifications of nursing home social workers vary wildly in part because of low federal standards and inconsistent state laws, the first national study on nursing home social workers reveals. Only half of nursing home social workers have a degree in social work, and 20 percent do not have a four-year degree, a University of Iowa survey of 1,071 nursing home social service directors shows.
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Journal of Gerontological Social Work | 05-Jan-2009
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| LIF | Mideast Expert in Israel, Available for Comment on Gaza
An American academic, who also formerly served in the Israel Defense Forces, is in Israel now and is prepared to address issues related to the situation in Gaza from both academic and practical perspectives.
Expert available | 05-Jan-2009
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| LIF | Obama’s Inauguration May be Most Spirited Since Jackson’s
Temple historian predicts monumental significance for 44th presidential inaugural.
Expert available | 05-Jan-2009
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| LIF | A Post-Racial Era? Think Again, Temple Experts Say
On the eve of Obama’s inauguration, Temple experts weigh in on Michelle Obama, race relations, Camelot, hate crimes, media images, and white privilege.
Expert available | 05-Jan-2009
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| LIF | Adult-Onset Diabetes Slows Mental Functioning in Several Ways, With Deficits Appearing Early
Adults with diabetes experience a slowdown in several types of mental processing, which appears early in the disease and persists into old age, according to new research. Given the sharp rise in new cases of diabetes, this finding means that more adults may soon be living with mild but lasting deficits in their thought processes. (Embargo expired on 05-Jan-2009 at 00:00 ET.)
Neuropsychology, Jan-2009 | 05-Jan-2009
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| Expectant Brains Help Predict Anxiety Treatment Success
A network of emotion-regulating brain regions implicated in the pathological worry that can grip patients with anxiety disorders may also be useful for predicting the benefits of treatment. (Embargo expired on 02-Jan-2009 at 00:00 ET.)
Am. J. of Psychiatry | 02-Jan-2009
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| LIF | Extremist Hackers Declare Cyber Propaganda War in Gaza Conflict
This past weekend more than 300 Israeli Web sites were defaced in a period of 48 hours, said Gary Warner, Director of Research in Computer Forensics at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). | 30-Dec-2008
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| LIF | Top Five Tips for Keeping Resolutions
Each January 1, many of us resolve to alter ourselves in some way. We will give up smoking. We will eat healthier. We will be more patient. However by January 15, we’ve chucked it out the window. But all is not lost, says John O’Neill, LCSW, LCDC, CSAT, director of Addiction Services for The Menninger Clinic in Houston. | 30-Dec-2008
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| LIF | Tip Sheet: Experts Available to Discuss Latest Israel/Hamas Attacks
Tipsheet on current conflict between Israel and Hamas, which has escalated to the bombing of Gaza.
Expert available | 29-Dec-2008
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