Journal of Archaeological Research Marilyn A. Masson*, Timothy S. Hare, Carlos Peraza Lope, Bárbara C. Escamilla Ojeda, Elizabeth H. Paris, Betsy Kohut, Bradley W. Russell, Wilberth Cruz Alvarado ABSTRACT: The complexity of the organization of craft production mirrors multiple aspects of the larger political economies of premodern states. At the late Maya urban center of [...]
American Journal of Human Biology Timothy B. Gage*, Furrina F. Lee*, Erin K. O'Neill, Jeff Napierala*, and Gregory Dirienzo* Abstract Objective: In the developmental programming literature, the association of birth weight and blood pressure later in life is modest at best. This article reexamines this issue using Covariate Density Defined mixture of regressions (CDDmr) to determine [...]
By Michael S. Bloom , Romeo Micu, Iulia Neamtiu Modern chemical instrumentation has fostered a revolution of sorts, in which epidemiologic studies of female infertility can now devote attention to very low level, “background” exposures to “emerging” non-persistent organic pollutants, rather than on “legacy” persistent organic pollutants. Predicated on widespread and frequent contact, and substantial experimental [...]
by Brett Harris, Benjamin Shaw, Hal Lawson and Barry Sherman BACKGROUND Adolescent substance use is associated with chronic health conditions, accidents, injury, and school-related problems, including dropping out. Schools have the potential to provide students with substance use prevention and intervention services, albeit with confidentiality challenges. School-based health centers (SBHCs) provide confidentiality, positioning them as [...]
By Lei Lei, Scott South Background: Although Black and Hispanic young adults in the U.S. are less likely than Whites to move out of the parental home and more likely than Whites to return, reasons for these differences have not been clearly identified. Objective: This study examines the ability of racial/ethnic disparities in life course transitions, [...]
Objective This paper advances current understanding of the contemporary crime drop by focusing on the changes in the age distribution of arrests from 1990 to 2010. Using the New York State Computerized Criminal History (CCH) file, which tracks every arrest in the state, we apply standard demographic methods to examine age-specific arrest rates over time. [...]
ALBANY, N.Y. (December 21, 2015) -- Benjamin Shaw, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Health Policy, Management and Behavior in the University's School of Public Health and director of the Center for Social and Demographic Analysis, has been named a fellow of the Gerontological Society of America (GSA). Click the link to read full story--January 2016 -- [...]
