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The condition of education, 2005 (2005)
Report
Hampden-Thompson, G., Wirt, J., Choy, S., Rooney, P., Hussar, W., & Provasnik, S. (2005). The condition of education, 2005. U.S. Government Printing Office

This document summarizes important developments and trends in education using the latest available data. The report presents 40 indicators on the status and condition of education and a special analysis of the mobility of elementary and secondary sch... Read More about The condition of education, 2005.

Does family policy environment moderate the effect of single-parenthood on children's academic achievement? A study of 14 European countries (2005)
Journal Article
Hampden-Thompson, G., & Pong, S. (2005). Does family policy environment moderate the effect of single-parenthood on children's academic achievement? A study of 14 European countries. Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 36, 227--248

This paper examines whether national family and welfare policies reduce or exacerbate the effects of single-parenthood on a child's educational achievement. Using the Third International Math and Science Study (TIMSS), we compare 5th grade students f... Read More about Does family policy environment moderate the effect of single-parenthood on children's academic achievement? A study of 14 European countries.

Multispeed cities and the logistics of living in the Information Age (2005)
Report
Crang, M., & Graham, S. D. N. (2005). Multispeed cities and the logistics of living in the Information Age. [No known commissioning body]

We now have a wealth of data on how the use of information and digital technologies (ICTs) is unevenly mapped onto different income, gender and ethnic groups. However we remain poorly equipped to understand how ICTs, with their intrinsic abilities to... Read More about Multispeed cities and the logistics of living in the Information Age.

Implementation of e-science tools for complex analysis of human-environmental interaction (2005)
Conference Proceeding
Lyon, S., Sillitoe, P., & Wilson, R. (2005). Implementation of e-science tools for complex analysis of human-environmental interaction.

An e-science approach allows the integration of different data types to develop coherent analyses of past and expected impacts of natural and human caused environmental change and the corresponding impact on human population structures. Demographic a... Read More about Implementation of e-science tools for complex analysis of human-environmental interaction.

Local weather affects the degree of polygyny in breeding grey seals (Halichoerus grypus). (2005)
Conference Proceeding
Twiss, S., Thomas, C., & Pomeroy, P. (2005). Local weather affects the degree of polygyny in breeding grey seals (Halichoerus grypus).

Individual variation in reproductive success is a major driver of sexual selection and determinant of population genetics. We examined variation in male grey seal mating success in relation to weather conditions at the island colony of North Rona (Sc... Read More about Local weather affects the degree of polygyny in breeding grey seals (Halichoerus grypus)..

All things 'e' with a little bit of 'i', and hopefully some 'd' and 'p': Basic building blocks and the digitisation of European public administrations. (2005)
Presentation / Conference
Blakemore, M. (2005, December). All things 'e' with a little bit of 'i', and hopefully some 'd' and 'p': Basic building blocks and the digitisation of European public administrations. Paper presented at International Workshop: The Digitisation of European Public Administrations: What’s the Political Dimension of Electronic Governance? EIPA., Maastricht, The Netherlands

The Association Between Gas and Galaxies (2005)
Conference Proceeding
Jannuzi, B., & Morris, S. (2005). The Association Between Gas and Galaxies. In American Astronomical Society Meeting 207, id.203.05; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 37