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UNC SRP CEC and collaborators recommend improvements to North Carolina well policy in new white paper

UNC Epidemiology Blog

Read the paper By: Chase Bergeson, UNC SRP Research Translation Associate The post UNC SRP CEC and collaborators recommend improvements to North Carolina well policy in new white paper appeared first on UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health.

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Expanded access to anti-obesity medications could boost life expectancy and save society billions

News Medical Health Sciences

A new USC Schaeffer Center white paper finds expanded access to anti-obesity medications would lead to significant increases in life expectancy and disease-free years while generating a substantial societal return on investment, even after accounting for treatment costs.

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Football proven to prevent and treat lifestyle diseases

News Medical Health Sciences

Danish researchers, in collaboration with the Danish Football Association, have released a White Paper that describes football as an effective recipe in the prevention and treatment of lifestyle-related diseases.

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University Web Developer Programs Must Prep Students For Big Data Era

Smart Data Collective

As we pointed out in a previous post, a white paper from PwC shows that the time that it takes to fill a Data scientist job is twice as high as the national average. Joshua Eckroth of Stetson University wrote a white paper on the different factors that universities need to evaluate while educating their students about big data.

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How Machine Learning Enhances Momentum of Cryptocurrency Price Movements

Smart Data Collective

Interestingly, nearly 200 hedge funds began specializing in cryptocurrency trading in the 12 months before that white paper was published. The researchers analyzed daily market data from nearly 1,700 cryptocurrencies that were sold between November 2015 and April 2018.

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It is not transformation if nothing changes

Frontiers

A Frontiers white paper on the impact of transformative agreements in the transition to open access publishing. This paper exposes several of the negative, often unintended, consequences of “transformative agreements” (TAs).

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4 Crucial Metrics All SaaS Companies Must Track with Big Data

Smart Data Collective

The Science and Information Organization talks about this in detail in one of their white papers written by Alazar Baharu. Tracking the right metrics is an important part of running a successful business. Big data is crucial for helping organizations achieve this goal.

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