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...bolster their findings, the authors cite a smaller 2002 study that arrived at similar results: in that paper, published in the American Journal of Psychiatry, Dr. Mark Zimmerman of Brown University and his colleagues found that of 315 patients with major depressive disorder who sought care, only 29, or 9.2%, met typical criteria for an efficacy trial. Similarly, psychologist Ronald Kessler of Harvard co-authored a 2003 paper in the Journal of the American Medical Association that concluded that most "real world" patients with major depression would be excluded from clinical trials because of comorbidities...
Largely the brainchild of Massachusetts Senator Edward M. Kennedy ’54-’56, the act aims to dramatically bolster the number of college graduates who opt to participate in national service...
...finding engineers may actually prove easier than getting enough good recruits to bolster the army. The Kremlin plans to retire about half the army's 300,000 aging officers over the next three to six years, and train hundreds of thousands of fresh, paid soldiers in modern warfare. But today's high school graduates were born when Russia's birth rate hit an all-time low in the early 1990s, and were raised during the disastrous Chechen war. Near the decrepit train station of Vladimir, a military town near Moscow, an army-recruiting center promises a life of adventure...
...formal deal agreed on before the draft’s conclusion. At defensive end, Bryant finished the 2008 campaign with 20 total tackles, including 12 solos and eight assisted. Four and a half of those tackles accounted for losses totaling 14 yards. Bryant will be looking to bolster a Raider defense that ranked 31st in rush yards allowed, 27th in total yards allowed, and 24th in points allowed. Oakland finished third in the AFC West last season at 5-11. —DIXON MCPHILLIPS
...Most of the headlines about Microsoft are about how much it needs a deal with Yahoo! (YHOO) to bolster its online business. That may be true, but overall it is a tiny part of the world's largest software company. In the last quarter, Microsoft's online operation had modest revenue of $721 million, a drop of 15% compared to the same quarter a year ago. Yahoo! suffered a similar decline in its first quarter, so putting the two businesses together might not be as exciting a business prospect as most analysts believe...