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		<title>SAGE launches MobileStudy</title>
		<description>SAGE today announced the launch of its highly innovative digital revision tool, MobileStudy to aid student learning on the go.</description>
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		<title>Experts dispute conclusion of PIP breast implant scandal investigation</title>
		<description>Experts writing in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine disagree with the conclusion that PIP breast implants do not show any evidence of significant risk to human health.</description>
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		<title>Junior doctors lack understanding of NHS reforms</title>
		<description>Junior doctors are uninformed about current NHS reforms, despite being interested and concerned, according to new research published today by JRSM Short Reports.</description>
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		<title>SAGE and Coursera announce a pilot program to supplement online courses with high-quality content</title>
		<description>SAGE today announced a partnership with Coursera, a leading massive open online course (MOOC) provider</description>
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		<title>SAGE and AOSSM launch the Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine</title>
		<description>) SAGE today announces the launch of a new international open access (OA) journal, the Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine (OJSM).</description>
		<link>http://www.uk.sagepub.com/aboutus/press/2013/may/3_may.htm</link>
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		<title>SAGE announces the fully-digital statistics textbook IntroStats Online</title>
		<description>SAGE today announced the launch of IntroStats Online, a new interactive introductory-level statistics textbook written by Greg Francis (Purdue University).</description>
		<link>http://www.uk.sagepub.com/aboutus/press/2013/may/2_may3.htm</link>
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      <title>SAGE begins publishing Public Personnel Management</title>
      <description>SAGE today announced that it has begun publishing Public Personnel Management, a quarterly-published journal specifically for human resource executives and managers in the public sector.</description>
      <link>http://www.uk.sagepub.com/aboutus/press/2013/may/2_may2.htm</link>
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      <title>Corporate sustainability: What it could mean for arms control, climate change, and biosecurity</title>
      <description>Corporate sustainability initiatives - commonly known for reducing accidents in the workplace and making businesses greener - may seem an unlikely deterrent to organizations bent on terror.</description>
      <link>http://www.uk.sagepub.com/aboutus/press/2013/may/2_may.htm</link>
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      <title>SAGE to publish Canada's pre-eminent International Journal</title>
      <description>SAGE has begun a partnership with the Canadian International Council (CIC) and the Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary International History (CCIH)...</description>
      <link>http://www.uk.sagepub.com/aboutus/press/2013/apr29/_apr.htm</link>
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      <title>Forthcoming study explores use of intermittent fasting in diabetes as cardiovascular disease</title>
      <description>Intermittent fasting is all the rage, but scientific evidence showing how such regimes affect human health is not always clear cut.</description>
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      <title>SAGE begins publishing Journal of Experiential Education </title>
      <description>SAGE has been chosen by the Association for Experiential Education (AEE) to publish its journal, the Journal of Experiential Education beginning in April 2013</description>
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      <title>Achilles Tendon Injuries More Likely in Male "Weekend Warriors" Than Others</title>
      <description>Male athletes are the group most likely to tear their Achilles tendon, according to a new study published...</description>
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      <title>SAGE increases international presence and growth in China by setting office up as Wholly Foreign Owned Enterprise (WFOE)</title>
      <description>SAGE, today announced that SAGE's office in Beijing is now a Wholly Owned Enterprise (WFOE) in China...</description>
      <link>http://www.uk.sagepub.com/aboutus/press/2013/apr/22_apr2.htm</link>
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      <title>Adam Matthew launches new content to its "Popular Culture in Britain and America" collection</title>
      <description>Primary sources publisher, Adam Matthew, has today announced the release of new material available to its Popular Culture in Britain and America</description>
      <link>http://www.uk.sagepub.com/aboutus/press/2013/apr/22_apr.htm</link>
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      <title>SAGE strengthens commitment to digital with two Executive appointments</title>
      <description>SAGE today announced the internal appointments of Martha Sedgwick as Executive Director of Product Innovation within the UK...</description>
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      <title>SAGE supports library travel grant for ALPSP International Conference 2013</title>
      <description>has announced it will be sponsoring a librarian place again at this year's Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) International conference.</description>
      <link>http://www.uk.sagepub.com/aboutus/press/2013/apr/19_apr.htm</link>
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      <title>NHS leaders must be held to account for Mid Staffs</title>
      <description>A former Deputy Chief Medical Officer has called for NHS leaders to be held responsible for the failures at Mid Staffordshire Hospital.</description>
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      <title>Older patients have higher expectations and are more satisfied with healthcare</title>
	<description>New research on patients' experiences of health services and how these relate to their expectations and satisfaction, published by the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine...</description>
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      <title>Winners of SAGE sponsored international blogging awards announced</title>
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      <title>Graduate glut spells underused skills and dissatisfaction for many</title>
      <description>Graduates are taking up jobs that don't fully use their skills and as a result are causing high turnover for employers, claims new research...</description>
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      <title>Largest class survey reveals polarised UK society and the rise of new groups</title>
      <description>The largest survey of the British class system ever carried out has revealed a new structure of seven social divisions...</description>
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      <title>SAGE Announces David Ross as Executive Publisher of Open Access</title>
      <description>SAGE is pleased to announce that David Ross has been appointed as Executive Publisher of Open Access.</description>
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      <title>The essential social science literature review tool is now live!</title>
      <description>SAGE launches SAGE Navigator, a resource to simplify the literature search and review process</description>
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      <title>SAGE to publish The Journal of Inborn Errors of Metabolism and Screening (JIEMS)</title>
      <description>A new open access, online-only journal in 2013, with manuscripts being accepted in mid-April.</description>
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      <title>SAGE to publish the South African Journal of Psychology</title>
      <description>SAGE has begun a partnership with the Psychological Society of South Africa, (PsySSA) to publish its flagship journal the South African Journal of Psychology. </description>
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      http://www.uk.sagepub.com/aboutus/press/2013/mar/27_mar.htm
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      <title>Adam Matthew launches new content to its 'Foreign Office Files for China' collection</title>
      <description>Primary sources publisher, Adam Matthew, has today announced the release of additional material to its 'Foreign Office Files for China'; collection covering 1919-1929...</description>
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      http://www.uk.sagepub.com/aboutus/press/2013/mar/26_mar.htm
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      <title>How common is 'The John Next Door'?</title>
      <description>While the media is replete with examples of 'normal' men who seek out prostitutes regularly, how common are prostitute-seeking men...</description>
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      <title>Index awards winners 2013: Schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai, journalist Kostas Vaxevanis, internet activist Bassel Khartabil and photographer Zanele Muholi</title>
      <description>Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai, Greek journalist Kostas Vaxevanis, Syrian internet activist Bassel Khartabil and South African photographer Zanele Muholi were honoured at the Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards in London this evening.</description>
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      <title>Index on Censorship magazine launches new print edition</title>
      <description>). To celebrate more than 40 years as the world's most influential free speech magazine, Index on Censorship has launched a new print edition.</description>
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      http://www.uk.sagepub.com/aboutus/press/2013/mar/19_mar.htm
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      <title>Does Greek coffee hold the key to a longer life?</title>
      <description>The answer to longevity may be far simpler than we imagine; it may in fact be right under our noses in the form of a morning caffeine kick.</description>
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      <title>SAGE: Ending political science funding is not in the United States' interest</title>
      <description>California-headquartered academic publisher SAGE today urged Senators not to defund the Political Science Program of the National Science Foundation.</description>
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      <title>Younger doctors more likely to train and work closer to home</title>
      <description>Younger doctors are more likely than older generations to train and work in the same region as their home before entering medical school. </description>
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      <title>SAGE launches fourth edition of Discovering Statistics Using IBM SPSS Statistics</title>
      <description>Best-selling textbook by Professor Andy Field now digitally enhanced </description>
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      <title>Adam Matthew launches third part of its award winning Mass Observation Online Portal</title>
      <description>Primary sources publisher, Adam Matthew, has today announced the release of the third part of the highly renowned and award winning Mass Observation Online portal (from the Mass-Observation Archives at the University of Sussex).</description>
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      <title>SAGE Reference titles and Online Library Resources honored by Library Journal</title>
      <description>SAGE Reference titles and online library resources continue to receive recognition for their excellence.</description>
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      <title>Putting a Face on Bullying</title>
      <description>) In recent years, research and documentaries have brought the issue of bullying to the forefront of the American conscience by illustrating the heartbreaking impact that it can have in schools and in the workplace.</description>
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      <title>SAGE welcomes OSTP announcement on Increasing Access to the Results of Federally Funded Scientific Research</title>
      <description>Marar, Global Publishing Director of the academic and professional publisher SAGE, has welcomed the OSTP Director's memorandum to Heads of Executive Department and Agencies directing agencies to develop clear and coordinated policies to increase access.</description>
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      <title>US May Face Inevitable Nuclear Power Exit</title>
      <description>In a 2012 report, the Obama administration announced that it was 'jumpstarting' the nuclear industry.</description>
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      <title>Facebook "Likes" a good indicator of quality hospital care</title>
      <description>While those active on social media aren';t shy about expressing opinions on their Facebook pages, how much do their 'Likes' really reflect the quality of an organization?</description>
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      <title>SAGE to publish The Bible Translator from April 2013</title>
      <description>SAGE and United Bible Societies (UBS) today announced a new agreement to publish The Bible Translator from April 2013.</description>
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      <title>SAGE and DIA announce new Editor-in-Chief of Therapeutic Innovation and Regulatory Science</title>
      <description>FDA Deputy Commissioner Stephen P. Spielberg to Bring New Vision and Leadership to DIA</description>
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      <title>SAGE to publish Measurement and Control from April 2013</title>
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      <title>SAGE to address library value in the developing world</title>
      <description>SAGE...is conducting a research study to investigate library value in the developing world.</description>
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      <title>SAGE to launch Communication and Sport in March 2013</title>
      <description>SAGE and the International Association for Communication and Sport (IACS) are pleased to announce a partnership to publish Communication and Sport (C and S) from March 2013.</description>
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      <title>SAGE publishes Student Learning through Mentored Scholarship </title>
      <description>...a new peer-reviewed open access journal that disseminates research on the successful experiences of higher-education faculty as they support student-initiated research.</description>
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      <title>Support needed for children losing parent at early age</title>
      <description>A study exploring the impact of early parental death has revealed the long-term damage and suffering that can be experienced by individuals in adult life...</description>
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      <title>SAGE to publish The Economic and Labour Relations Review from March 2013</title>
      <description>SAGE and the University of New South Wales today announced an agreement to publish its journal The Economic and Labour Relations Review (ELRR) from March 2013.</description>
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      <title>Tourists face health risks from contact with captive sea turtles</title>
      <description>Tourists coming into contact with sea turtles at holiday attractions face a risk of health problems</description>
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      <title>Four SAGE titles named Outstanding Reference Sources by RUSA</title>
      <description>SAGE today announced that the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA, a division of ALA) has placed four SAGE/CQ Press titles on its Outstanding Reference Sources List...</description>
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      <title>SAGE and ALA Announce Peter Lyman Memorial Scholarship Winner</title>
      <description>SAGE and the American Library Association recently announced that Samantha Jane Thomason, from the University of Maryland, is the recipient of the 2012 Peter Lyman Memorial Scholarship...</description>
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      <title>Safe sex practices among African American women</title>
      <description>Researchers have found that African American women exhibit a higher risk for sexually transmitted infections including HIV/Aids.</description>
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      <title>SAGE makes Open Access more accessible to social science and humanities scholars SAGE Open author publication fee discounted to $99 per article</title>
      <description>...the price of publication in SAGE Open has been discounted to $99 per article.</description>
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      <title>Botox beats steroids for painful foot condition, plantar fasciitis</title>
      <description>Plantar fasciitis is the most frequent cause of chronic heel pain, leaving many sufferers unable to put their best foot forward for months at a time.</description>
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      <title>New study examines on/off relationships and 'sex with an ex' among teenagers and young adults</title>
      <description>new study finds that nearly half of older teenagers and young adults break up and get back together with previous dating partners...</description>
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      <title>Compensation negotiation among women in the workplace</title>
      <description>Studies have shown that women are less likely to take the most direct approach to ensure that they receive fair pay compared to their male counterparts</description>
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      <title>Doomsday Clock stays at FIVE minutes to midnight</title>
      <description>Politics of economic recovery have distracted world leaders from the long-term threats that face humanity, specifically the dangers presented by climate change and nuclear weapons...</description>
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      <title>SAGE Knowledge Named SIIA Content CODiE Award Finalist for Best General Reference Service</title>
      <description>SAGE today announced that SAGE Knowledge, the ultimate social science online library,  is a finalist for the 2013 SIIA Content CODiE Awards...</description>
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      <title>Dr. Jeffrey Burr Named Editor-in-Chief of Research on Aging</title>
      <description>...an international journal from SAGE that publishes research on the critical issues that face today's elderly population</description>
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      <title>A French Nuclear Exit?</title>
      <description>France has been held up, worldwide, as the forerunner in using nuclear fission to produce electricity.</description>
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