Always makes me think: http://www.perceptualedge.com/articles/visual_business_intelligence/expressing_proportions.pdf
Not sure I agree so much with this edition, but I like that he is taking on those goofy unit charts (and I missed the Unit Charts are for Kids essay the first time around http://www.perceptualedge.com/articles/visual_business_intelligence/unit_charts_are_for_kids.pdf )
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Food Literacy: How Do Communications and Marketing Impact Consumer Knowledge, Skills, and Behavior? Workshop Summary
http://www.nap.edu/catalog/21897/food-literacy-how-do-communications-and-marketing-impact-consumer-knowledge
Applying an Implementation Science Approach to Genomic Medicine: Workshop Summary
http://www.nap.edu/catalog/23403/applying-an-implementation-science-approach-to-genomic-medicine-workshop-summary
Establishing an African Association for Health Professions Education and Research:
http://www.nap.edu/catalog/23485/establishing-an-african-association-for-health-professions-education-and-research
The Promises and Perils of Digital Strategies in Achieving Health Equity:
Workshop Summary
http://www.nap.edu/catalog/23439/the-promises-and-perils-of-digital-strategies-in-achieving-health-equity
Ending Discrimination Against People with Mental and Substance Use Disorders
http://www.nap.edu/catalog/23442/ending-discrimination-against-people-with-mental-and-substance-use-disorders
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Another one for the reading list:
Article alert
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The following new articles have just been published in Population Health Metrics
Research
A novel method for estimating distributions of body mass index
Ng M, Liu P, Thomson B, Murray C
Population Health Metrics 2016, 14 :6 (12 March 2016)
http://pophealthmetrics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12963-016-0076-2
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Metrics That Matter for Population Health Action: Workshop Summary
http://www.nap.edu/read/21899/chapter/1
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Article alert
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The following new article has just been published in Population Health Metrics
Research
Causes of death in Vanuatu
Carter K, Tovu V, Langati J, Buttsworth M, Dingley L, Calo A, Harrison G, Rao C, Lopez A, Taylor R
Population Health Metrics 2016, 14 :7 (15 March 2016)
http://pophealthmetrics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12963-016-0074-4
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This could be a useful guide: http://terrytangyuan.github.io/2016/03/14/scikit-flow-intro/
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Healthy Algorithms 