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WHO Guidelines on Ethical Issues in Public Health Surveillance
(World Health Organization, 2017-06-27)Public health surveillance is the bedrock of outbreak and epidemic response, but it reaches far beyond infectious diseases. It is sometimes called the radar of public health: it allows health offi cials to map disease, ... -
A copula-based precipitation forecasting model: Investigating the interdecadal modulation of ENSO’s impacts on monthly precipitation
(American Geophysical Union, 2014-01)The influence of two large-scale circulation patterns (the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO)), and the effect of the interdecadal modulation of ENSO on precipitation in the state ... -
A bivariate mixed distribution with a heavy-tailed component and its application to single-site daily rainfall simulation
(American Geophysical Union, 2013-02)This paper presents an improved bivariate mixed distribution, which is capable of modeling the dependence of daily rainfall from two distinct sources (e.g., rainfall from two stations, two consecutive days, or two instruments ... -
Studying service and metadata models of research information management systems
(2017-07-13)As the uses for research information management (RIM) systems grow, digital curation communities are increasingly interested in building shared, sustainable, community-based models for RIM services and metadata, and ... -
Special Education in Costa Rica
(John Wiley & Sons, 2008)Recent educational initiatives have exponentially increased the number of students receiving special education in Costa Rica and the Minstry of Education is making a focused effort to coordinate these services. Undeniably ... -
Special Education in Costa Rica
(John Wiley & Sons, 2000)Costa Rica has the strongest public education system in Central America. The 1869 constitution mandated a free, obligatory, and state supported educational system- making Costa Rica one of the first countries in the world ... -
Trends in Texas High School Student Enrollment in Mathematics, Science, and CTE-STEM Courses
(International Journal of STEM Education, 2017-05)Background: In the context of Texas of the USA, House Bill 5 signifies a major policy shift requiring entering high school students starting in fall 2014 to choose an endorsement, like science, technology, engineering, and ... -
Learning disabilities in Costa Rica: Challenges for an "Army of Teachers"
(1997)Special education services in the country of Costa Rica have been affected by factors that most developing countries confront: shortages of trained personnel, geographic isolation of a large sector of the population, and ... -
“Veterinary Medicine: All Collections Great and Small.” In: Library Collection Development or Professional Programs: Trends and Best Practices.
(IGI Global, 2013)The purpose of this chapter is to present the specifics of veterinary collection development within the context of general health sciences collection development. A basic understanding of the principles of collection ... -
Exploring the Veterinary Literature: A Bibliometric Methodology for Identifying Interdisciplinary and Collaborative Publications
(Assn. of College & Research Libraries, a division of the American Library Association, 2014-09)Veterinary medical research traditionally focuses on animal health and wellness; however, research activities at veterinary colleges extend beyond these traditional areas. In this study, we analyzed eleven years of Web of ... -
Designing and creating centralized and sharable reading lists: Using LibGuides collaboratively
(Assn. of College & Research Libraries, a division of the American Library Association, 2015-10)Clinical veterinarians often pursue earning specialty credentials in a medical subject or technique similar to human medical specialties. These specializations have requirements beyond the doctor of veterinary medicine ... -
Special Education in Costa Rica
(John Wiley & Sons, 2000)Costa Rica has the strongest public education system in Central America. The 1869 constitution mandated a free, obligatory, and state supported educational system- making Costa Rica one of the first countries in the world ... -
Growing ORCIDs at Texas A&M University Libraries
(Elsevier, 2015-04-13)ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID - orcid.org) is an open, free registry of unique researcher identifiers that attaches persistent links between individual authors and their works. This enables researchers to corral ... -
It is evidentiary, My Dear Watson: searching for the evidence you need to practice
(National Association of Veterinary Technicians in America, 2015-06)Objective: After reading this article, participants will be able to define Evidence-Based Veterinary Medicine (EBVM), have the tools to develop a clinical question, and an understanding of how the type of evidence is ... -
Librarious Veterinarius
(Texas Veterinary Medical Association, 2016-06) -
Exploring Vertical Search Engines
(Texas Veterinary Medical Association, 2016-08) -
Information: Integral to Evidence
(Texas Veterinary Medical Association, 2016-10) -
PubMed Part 1: Happy Birthday
(Texas Veterinary Medical Association, 2016-12) -
PubMed Part 2: Sophisticated and Simple,”
(Texas Veterinary Medical Association, 2017-02) -
Can You Hear Us?: Veterinary Podcasts
(Texas Veterinary Medical Association, 2017-04)
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