Article link: Canine Detection Evidence (LLRX)

Canine Detection Evidence (by Ken Strutin, published on LLRX)

"For nearly 15,000 years (1) dogs have lived with and served humankind as companions, hunters, shepherds and most recently detectives. (2) The average canine possesses hundreds of millions of receptors for odors, compared with a few million for humans. (3) Their outstanding sensory endowment, olfaction, makes dogs sought after by law enforcement. And in the last century, the cultivation and harnessing of this ultrasensitive faculty has become a part of many facets of criminal investigation.
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This article surveys select studies, standards and resources about canine scent detection evidence."

Set the Trend 2010: Be Present

What is Set the Trend? Click on the link and find out... the WSU Libraries is sponsoring two associated classes - Enhancing the Study Experience: Getting the Most out of YOUR Education (by the amazing Zinthia Briceno) and Be There: Lost in a Good Book (finding fiction, taught by me).

2011 ICPSR and RCMD Research Paper Competitions

"The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research and the Research Center for Minority Data are pleased to announce our 2011 Research Paper Competitions. This year, ICPSR and RCMD are holding three competitions – two for undergraduates and one for master’s students.

The purpose of these competitions is to highlight student research papers using RCMD or ICPSR data. The objective is to encourage students to explore the social sciences by means of critical analysis of a topic supported by quantitative analysis of a dataset(s) held within ICPSR or the RCMD archive and presented in written form. Entries to the either undergraduates or master’s competition could be papers written for a capstone course, a senior seminar, or any writing intensive course for which the student uses quantitative data analysis to support or refute a hypothesis. A master’s thesis could be appropriate provided that the terms above are met.

One of the undergraduate competitions is for papers using data in the RCMD archive; the other can use dataset(s) from any ICPSR archive. The master’s competition can use data from any ICPSR archive.

Competitions awards are $1,000 for first place and $750 for second place. The deadline for submission is January 31, 2011. For more information, submission guidelines, and promotional posters, please visit the competition Web site http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/prize/index.jsp

American Enterprise Institute Political Report (9/2010)

Each month conservative think tank AEI publishes a political report that brings together polling data from a number of sources along with a bit of analysis. They always put something fun in the mix - this month they have some numbers on marital bliss and what supernatural creature people think is most likely to exist (ghosts!) . AEI Political Report (09/2010)

"Highlights of the September 2010 edition of Political Report include:

• The 2010 elections: How big is the Republican advantage?

• The parties head-to-head on the issues

• Congress and the country

• The economy: Have we hit bottom yet?

• Ideology in America: How do Americans identify themselves, the parties, and President Obama?

• How progressive is the Progressive label?

• Tea and Taxes: How do people view the Tea Party movement? Should the Bush tax cuts be extended?

• Barack Obama's Birthplace and His Religion

• Drinking, smoking, drugs, marital bliss, UFOs, and more!"

OpentheGovernment Releases 2010 Secrecy Report Card

Press Release: http://www.openthegovernment.org/otg/2010SRC_PR_%20FINAL.pdf

Full Report: http://www.openthegovernment.org/otg/SecrecyRC_2010.pdf

New & Updated ICPSR Studies

New Releases through 2010-08-30

Below is a list of new data collection additions to the ICPSR data archive along with a list of released data collections that have been updated:

New Additions

22220 Retention Challenges for HIV-Infected Primary Care Patients 2001-2004 [United States] http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR22220

25867 Evaluation of a Multi-Site Demonstration of Collaborations to Address Domestic Violence and Child Maltreatment in the United States, 2001-2006
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR25867

27065 New York City Community Health Survey, 2004
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR27065

28841 National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health),
1994-2002: Wave III Alcohol Outlet Density [Restricted Use]
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR28841

28843 National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health),
1994-2002: Political Context Database [Restricted Use]
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR28843

Updates

2611 CBS News/New York Times Monthly Poll #4, September 1998
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR02611

6165 Immigrants Admitted to the United States, 1991
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06165

6449 Immigrants Admitted to the United States, 1992
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06449

6456 Immigrants Admitted to the United States, 1993
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06456

7838 Health Interview Survey, 1970
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07838

8336 Health Interview Survey, 1971
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08336

20681 National Health Interview Survey, 2006
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR20681

26681 CRELES: Costa Rican Longevity and Healthy Aging Study, 2005 (Costa Rica Estudio de Longevidad y Envejecimiento Saludable)
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR26681

27063 China Multi-Generational Panel Dataset, Liaoning (CMGPD-LN), 1749-1909
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR27063

27201 National Health Interview Survey, 2007
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR27201

27341 National Health Interview Survey, 2008
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR27341

28721 National Health Interview Survey, 2009
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR28721