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An audit of perioperative blood transfusions in a regional hospital to rationalise a maximum surgical blood ordering schedule by Blank, R. M., Blank, S. P., Roberts, H. E.

“…Appropriate preoperative blood typing and cross-matching is an important quality improvement target to minimise costs and rationalise the use of blood bank…”
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The importance of hyperosmolarity in diabetic ketoacidosis by Blank, S. P., Blank, R. M., Ziegenfuss, M. D.

“…Aim Diabetic ketoacidosis is a hyperglycaemic emergency that is often treated in intensive care units (ICUs) despite having a low mortality and good prognosis…”
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The need for anaesthetic assessment in obstetric patients with airway abnormalities by Blank, R.M., Rodriguez, J.L.

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What Causes Public Assistance Caseloads to Grow? by Blank, Rebecca M.

“…This paper uses state panel data to investigate changes in public assistance caseloads through the end of the AFDC program in 1996, with particular attention…”
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Review: The molecular regulation of apoptosis and implications for radiation oncology by R. BLANK, M. S. RUDOLTZ, G. D. KAO, R. J. MUSCHEL and W. GILLIES McKENNA, K.

“…One of the major goals of cancer research is to identify and understand the causes of cellular proliferation. The role of cell death, or lack thereof, in…”
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When Do Women Use Aid to Families with Dependent Children and Food Stamps? The Dynamics of Eligibility Versus Participation by Blank, Rebecca M., Ruggles, Patricia

“…This paper investigates dynamic patterns in the relationship between eligibility and participation in the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) and…”
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When Can Public Policy Makers Rely on Private Markets? The Effective Provision of Social Services by Blank, Rebecca M.

“…The privatisation of social services is being increasingly discussed. The social services market is characterised by multiple market failures, including…”
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State abortion rates the impact of policies, providers, politics, demographics, and economic environment by Blank, Rebecca M., George, Christine C., London, Rebecca A.

“…This paper uses data on abortion rates by state from 1974–1988 to estimate two-stage least squares models with fixed state and year effects. Restrictions on…”
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N-Phenyl-2-pyridinecarbothioamides as gastric mucosal protectants by Kinney, William A, Lee, Nancy E, Blank, Robert M, Demerson, Christopher A, Sarnella, Carol S, Scherer, Noreen T, Mir, G. Nabi, Borella, Luis E, DiJoseph, John F, Wells, Cheryl

“…A series of substituted 2-pyridinecarbothioamides was synthesized and evaluated for gastric mucosal protectant activity in the rat. Out of this investigation…”
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Recent Trends in Insured and Uninsured Unemployment: Is There an Explanation? by Blank, Rebecca M., Card, David E.

“…This paper explores the recent decline in the fraction of unemployed workers who receive unemployment insurance benefits. Using March Current Population…”
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Down and Out in North America: Recent Trends in Poverty Rates in the United States and Canada by Hanratty, Maria J., Blank, Rebecca M.

“…This paper examines why Canadian poverty rates fell relative to U. S. poverty rates during the periods 1970–1979 and 1979–1986. During the 1970s the principal…”
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The Changing Incidence and Severity of Poverty Spells among Female-Headed Families by Card, David, Blank, Rebecca M.

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Changes in Inequality and Unemployment over the 1980s: Comparative Cross-National Responses by Blank, Rebecca M.

“…This paper reviews the research evidence regarding high and persistent unemployment in the western European nations and widening inequality in the United…”
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When Can Public Policy Makers Rely on Private Markets? The Effective Provision of Social Services by Blank, R M

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Poverty, Policy, and Place: How Poverty and Policies to Alleviate Poverty Are Shaped by Local Characteristics by Blank, Rebecca M.

“…This article synthesizes an extensive literature on how local characteristics might affect the nature of poverty, particularly U.S. rural poverty. The…”
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Tracing the Economic Impact of Cumulative Discrimination by Blank, Rebecca M.

“…An extensive literature in the social sciences seeks to identify the presence and extent of discrimination and its effects on social or economic outcomes. This…”
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Distinguished Lecture on Economics in Government: Fighting Poverty: Lessons from Recent U.S. History by Blank, Rebecca M.

“…Welfare reform efforts in the 1990s aimed at reducing welfare dependence and moving women into work. Public assistance use fell and labor force participation…”
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Comment: The State of British Economics by Blank, Rebecca M.

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The Effects of Double-Blind versus Single-Blind Reviewing: Experimental Evidence from The American Economic Review by Blank, Rebecca M.

“…The results from a randomized experiment conducted at The American Economic Review on the effects of double-blind versus single-blind peer reviewing on…”
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U.S. Welfare Reform: What's Relevant for Europe? by Blank, Rebecca M

“…This paper reviews the U.S. welfare reform efforts over the 1990s and the effects of these reforms to date. Seven lessons of potential interest to European…”
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