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...International Migration Review, 38, 191-220. . Congressional Bud... was presented at the International Consortium for Social Development, July 16-20, 2007, Hong Kon...
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Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia (No. 97cv01837)
Jerry R. Goldstein argued the cause for the appellant.
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On Oct 30, 2006, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and the Midwest Higher Education Compact held a conference on higher education and economic growth. To begin the conference, Michael Moskow, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, noted that the Midwest's higher education institutions represent a primary asset to the region's economy, providing highly skilled human capital and research and development potential for new businesses and technology transfers. Richard Lester, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, presented his work on a multi-year study conducted by an international consortium of universities that addressed university involvement in local economic change. Lester found that the "one-size-fits-all" approach to economic development does not always work well in real-world scenarios...
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First industry consortium to address Internet PIN debit as the cross-border payment method of choice
ATLANTA -- Acculynk today announces the formatio...
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DANBURY, Conn. -- MannKind Corporation (Nasdaq: MNKD) today announced that it was awarded two poster awards at the 2011 conference of the Internationa...
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Faster, Less Toxic Drug Regimens Would Increase TB Cure Rates
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., March 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Family Health International (FHI), a nonprofit global health and development organization working to improve the lives of the world's most vulnerable people, recently joined the Tuberculosis Trials Consortium (TBTC), an international body that researches new TB drugs and treatment strategies. The consortium is funded by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). As part of the consortium, FHI is partnering with Duke University Medical Center to conduct clinical trials that aim to reduce the duration of TB treatment and lessen the side effects of TB drugs.
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Reporters have traced vice rackets in the United Kingdom to the Kosovar Albanian mafia, money laundering by Eastern European crime families to Cyprus and the tiny country Liechtenstein, and heroin from Afghan poppy fields transported through the Balkans to Bosnian diaspora communities in Germany and Scandinavia. The project was founded in 2007 by Drew Sullivan, a former investigative reporter for the Nashville Tennessean and advising editor to the group, and Paul Radu, field editor for OCCRP Radu, cofounder of the Romanian Center for Investigative Journalism, exercised caution while working on exposés of the mob's control of professional soccer leagues and betting in Eastern Europe in 2008. Kaplan of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists credits frontline workers l...
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The establishment of the U.S.-Dutch Mass Spectrometry Consortium for advanced biological structure and imaging applications, led by Mary T. Rodgers, professor of Chemistry in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Wayne State University, was awarded by the National Science Foundation.
The establishment of the U.S.-Dutch Mass Spectrometry Consortium for advanced biological structure and imaging applications, led by Mary T. Rodgers, professor of Chemistry in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Wayne State University, was awarded by the National Science Foundation.
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BOSTON -- Converted Organics Inc. (NASDAQ:COIN) announced today that it has been named as the Lead Technology Partner of the World Sports Alliance (WS...