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The emergence of Early–Middle Formative exchange patterns in Mesoamerica
Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, Volume 39, September 2015, <a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0278416515000100">Pages 19–35</a>.Early and Middle Formative exchange networks in Mesoamerica initiated lasting patterns of interaction that persisted through the duration of Prehispanic Mesoamerica. This is particularly true with relationships between the Gulf Coast and central Mexico. Recent…
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Tipping the Scales?
The need to cultivate political support for nominations to higher office creates a conflict of interest for U.S. attorneys and the prosecutors they supervise in cases involving the two major parties. We find evidence of partisan differences in the timing of public corruption case filings…
Working memory differences between children living in rural and urban poverty
<a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4263265/">Journal of Cognition and Development 15(4): 599-613</a>Author(s): Michele TineThis study was designed to investigate if the working memory profiles of children living in rural poverty are distinct from the working memory profiles of children living in urban poverty. Verbal and visuospatial working memory tasks…
Medically At-Risk Drivers
New Hampshire does not impose additional license renewal requirements on older drivers. In 2011, the state stopped requiring drivers age 75 and older to pass a road test to renew their licenses. The state’s policies regarding older drivers are now broadly similar to many state…
New Hampshire Wetlands Buffer Policy
Wetlands buffer zone minimum requirements are currently devolved to local governments in New Hampshire. Each municipality determines its own buffer requirement, and some towns impose no buffer requirement. This policy brief assesses the desirability of continuing to set the buffer zone requirements at the local…
A Watershed Approach to Governing New Hampshire's Lakes and Rivers
New Hampshire adopted water management and protection laws in a piecemeal manner over many years, often without addressing the complex relationships between regional water systems and sources of nonpoint pollution. The Department of Environmental Services (DES) is currently implementing a more holistic watershed approach, based…
Youth Re-entry into Out-of-Home Replacement
When a child or youth enters out-of-home placement, one of the primary goals of the New Hampshire Division for Children Youth and Families (DCYF) in the Department of Health and Human Services (NH DHHS) is to maintain a stable environment. With more stable living situations…
Child Maltreatment in New Hampshire
This report examines the rate of maltreatment substantiation for youths under the age of 18 in New Hampshire. Substantiation rates refer to the proportion of assessments investigated by the Division for Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) deemed to exhibit evidence of abuse or neglect. New…
E-Court Transition in New Hampshire
New Hampshire is currently entering the evaluation and implementation phase of its e- Courts Project, commissioned in July 2011. The project aims to “...increase efficiency in the New Hampshire Judicial Branch (NHJB) by implementing automated systems through re-engineering of business processes resulting in reduced cost…