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...global warming - contained a good portion of the most-polluted counties and cities in America. Other highly polluted areas, such as the tri-state New York-Connecticut-New Jersey region and the Chicago area, also made it into the top 25 most air-polluted places. The charts - categorized by short-term particle pollution, year-round particle pollution and year-round ozone pollution - break down how many people afflicted by illnesses such as asthma and emphysema live in regions with the poorest air quality...
...Most Polluted Cities by Short-Term Particle Pollution: 1. Pittsburgh-New Castle, PA 2. Fresno-Madera, CA 3. Bakersfield, CA 4. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA 5. Birmingham-Hoover-Culman...
...Adderall does improve performance in normal, learning-disabled, and ADHD/ADD students, as measured by short-term improvements in tests and grades. The improvement comes as a result of more efficient test-taking and studying, in the form of more focus, deliberation, efficient methodology, and decreased fatigue...
...Despite the short-term academic gains, there is no evidence that Adderall improves learning overall or that short-term gains in learning persist without the continued use of the drug. What a user produces on an exam will not necessarily translate to long-term knowledge or improved performance without the continued use of the drug...
...year decline in the net interest margin, a core measure of bank profitability that is the difference between what banks pay to borrow and what they charge to lend. The net interest margin is partly a product of interest rates: banks borrow short term and lend long term, so when long-term interest rates drop below short-term rates (as happened three times in the past 15 years), margins are squeezed. But another big factor has been the rise of nonbank competitors. The barely regulated shadow-banking system of securitization, investment banks and hedge funds took lots of business away...