Immigration and the U.S. labour market (2009)
Over the last several decades, two of the most significant developments in the U.S. labor market have been: (1) rising inequality, and (2) growth in both the size and the diversity of immigration...
Using microdata from the 2000 U.S. Census and from recent years of the Current Population Survey (CPS), we investigate whether selective intermarriage and endogenous ethnic identification interact to...
Using microdata from the 2000 U.S. Census, we analyze the responses of Mexican Americans to questions that independently elicit their “ethnicity” (or Hispanic origin) and their “ancestry.” We...
SPECIAL Feature AAHA Senior Care (2008)
Mark Epstein Dvm, Diplomate Acvb, B. Duncan, X. Lascelles, Phd Mrcvs, Diplomate Acvim, ...
for Dogs and Cats This paper provides a working framework for enhancing the well-being of senior pet dogs and cats. Approaches to screening the medical status of senior pets are described in detail,...
ALLSPD-3D Version 1.0a By (2007)
K-h Chen, B. Duncan, Chen Duncan Fricker, J. Lee, A. Quealy
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Gallacher, J, Mayes, T, Crossan, B, Cleary, P, Duncan, B, Smith, L, ...
Community Learning Centres (CLCs) linked to further education (FE) colleges can play a key role in re-engaging learners who are traditionally very hard to reach. But this area of education has been...
A trajectory-based estimate of the tropospheric ozone column using the residual method (2007)
Schoeberl, M.R., Ziemke, J.R., Bojkov, B., Livesey, N., Duncan, B., Strahan, S., ...
Ethnic Identification, Intermarriage, and Unmeasured Progress by Mexican Americans (2006)
Using Census and CPS data, we show that U.S.-born Mexican Americans who marry non- Mexicans are substantially more educated and English proficient, on average, than are Mexican Americans who marry...
Providing Further Education in the community (2006)
Gallacher, J, Duncan, B, Mayes, J, Smith, L, Watson, D
Around 30% of Learndirect Scotland branded learning centres are within the further education college sector. This article focuses on the provision of community-based learning, identifying reason for...
Duncan, B, Gallacher, J, Mayes, T, Smith, L, Watson, D
Our project – Understanding and Enhancing Learning Cultures in Community-Based Further Education – aims to achieve an enhancement of the student experience in community based further education...
Export of Pollution from Europe: Seasonal and Interannual Variation (2003)
Pollution can undergo long-range transport and impact the tropospheric chemistry thousands of kilometers downwind from the source region. Recently, there is interest in the intercontinental transport...
Screening and the construction of scepticism: the case of Chlamydia (2001)
Duncan, B., Hart, G., Scoular, A.
Screening for disease is an integral component of UK preventative health policy, and there are proposals to introduce a screening programme for the sexually transmitted infectionChlamydia...
Scoular, A., Duncan, B., Hart, G.
Background: A stigma is a pejorative social label. Stigmatisation is a process by which individuals are made to experience isolation and reduced opportunities in life. Some diseases are particularly...
Parameterization of OH for Efficient Computation in Chemical Tracer Models (2000)
B. Duncan, D. Portman, I. Bey, C. Spivakovsky
Abstract. We present a parameterization for the tropospheric concentration of the hydroxyl radical (OH) which can be used to overcome the costs of solving kinetic equations in chemical tracer models....
Shrestha, AK, Duncan, B, Taren, D, Canfield, LM, Greivenkamp, JE, Shrestha, N, ...
Vitamin A deficiency is the leading cause of preventable childhood blindness in developing countries. Each year, an estimated 13.5 million children world-wide are unable to adapt to the dark and half...
Duncan, B, Canfield, L, Barber, B, Greivenkamp, J, Oriokot, FO, Naluyinda, F
It is estimated that 41 per cent of the population aged under 5 in the developing world has an inadequate vitamin A dietary intake resulting in increased morbidity and mortality. Half a million...
Hysteresis Studies of 7075 Material Test Performed by Schijve and Jacobs (1998)
The Hysteresis fatigue Analysis (HFA) method uses a cyclic stress-strain curve in conjunction with a Neuber analyses to describe a notch stress-strain history. The notch stresses are then used in a...
ALLSPD-3D. Version 1.Oa. (1997)
Chen, K. H., Duncan, B., Fricker, D., Lee, J., Quealy, A.
This report describes the ALLSPD-3D computer program for the calculation of thee-dimensional, chemically reacting flows with sprays. ALLSPD-3D employs a coupled, strongly implicit solution procedure...
ALLSPD-3D Version 1.0a By (1996)
K-h Chen, B. Duncan, D. Fricker, J. Lee, A. Quealy
DISTRIBUTION POLICY NASA policy, as outlined in NASA Management Instruction (NMI) 2210.2B, paragraph 6, subparagraph a(5), allows the release of preliminary or development versions of computer codes...
HUMAN IG PRODUCTION AND ISOTYPE SWITCHING IN SEVERE COMBINED IMMUNODEFICIENT-HUMAN MICE (1993)
Vandekerckhove, Bart, Jones, D., Punnonen, J., Schols, D., Lin, H., Duncan, B., ...
Severe combined immunodeficient (SCID) mice were transplanted with different human fetal organs (SCID-hu mice), including thymus, liver, spleen, and omentum, and the serum levels of human IgM, IgG,...
Screening and the construction of scepticism: the case of Chlamydia
Duncan, B., Hart, G., Scoular, A.
Screening for disease is an integral component of UK preventative health policy, and there are proposals to introduce a screening programme for the sexually transmitted infectionChlamydia...
Scoular, A., Duncan, B., Hart, G.
Background: A stigma is a pejorative social label. Stigmatisation is a process by which individuals are made to experience isolation and reduced opportunities in life. Some diseases are particularly...
A comparison of growth: Spanish-surnamed with non-Spanish-surnamed children.
Duncan, B, Smith, A N, Briese, F W
Weight, height, and head circumference measurements of 4,167 Spanish-surnamed school-aged children were compared with similar data from 2,322 non-Spanish surnamed children who resided in the same...
Prognosis of new and worsening angina pectoris.
Duncan, B, Fulton, M, Morrison, S L, Lutz, W, Donald, K W, Kerr, F, ...
The natural history of new and worsening angina pectoris was studied in 251 men aged under 70 years. Most were ambulant and all were referred by selected general practitioners to a special hospital...
Bicycle helmet use by children: knowledge and behavior of physicians.
A survey of pediatricians and family physicians in Tucson, Arizona revealed that the majority knew that bicycle accidents are an important cause of childhood mortality and were aware that head trauma...
A comparison of growth: Spanish-surnamed with non-Spanish-surnamed children.
Duncan, B, Smith, A N, Briese, F W
Weight, height, and head circumference measurements of 4,167 Spanish-surnamed school-aged children were compared with similar data from 2,322 non-Spanish surnamed children who resided in the same...
Prognosis of new and worsening angina pectoris.
Duncan, B, Fulton, M, Morrison, S L, Lutz, W, Donald, K W, Kerr, F, ...
The natural history of new and worsening angina pectoris was studied in 251 men aged under 70 years. Most were ambulant and all were referred by selected general practitioners to a special hospital...
Bicycle helmet use by children: knowledge and behavior of physicians.
A survey of pediatricians and family physicians in Tucson, Arizona revealed that the majority knew that bicycle accidents are an important cause of childhood mortality and were aware that head trauma...
Screening and the construction of scepticism: the case of Chlamydia
Duncan, B., Hart, G., Scoular, A.
Screening for disease is an integral component of UK preventative health policy, and there are proposals to introduce a screening programme for the sexually transmitted infectionChlamydia...
Scoular, A., Duncan, B., Hart, G.
Background: A stigma is a pejorative social label. Stigmatisation is a process by which individuals are made to experience isolation and reduced opportunities in life. Some diseases are particularly...
Natural history of acute coronary heart attacks. A community study.
Armstrong, A, Duncan, B, Oliver, M F, Julian, D G, Donald, K W, Fulton, M, ...
Dipyridamole: pharmacokinetics and effects on aspects of platelet function in man.
Gregov, D, Jenkins, A, Duncan, E, Siebert, D, Rodgers, S, Duncan, B, ...
1. The effect of dipyridamole on platelet function was measured in twelve normal subjects given 150 or 200 mg tablets as single and multiple doses, and in six subjects given single doses of 25, 50...
Scoular, A., Duncan, B., Hart, G.
Background: A stigma is a pejorative social label. Stigmatisation is a process by which individuals are made to experience isolation and reduced opportunities in life. Some diseases are particularly...
A social science perspective on screening for Chlamydia trachomatis
A recent report from the chief medical officer's expert advisory group on Chlamydia trachomatis has recommended the setting up of two pilot projects to assess the feasibility of introducing a...