DASH Diet- PICO: Will adhering to a DASH diet lead to lower blood pressure in hypertensive adults?
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DASH Diet: Annotated Bibliography
PICO: Will adhering to a DASH diet lead to lower blood pressure in hypertensive adults?
Central Intelligence Agency. (2010). Country comparison: Internet users. The World Factbook Online. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2153rank.html
The CIA Fact Book provides statistics on internet users in the United States compared to other countries. The Fact Book web site is produced by the United States Central Intelligence Agency which is a trusted source of information. The internet user statistics gives a date of 2008 which was more recent than other similar statistic web sites. The statistics are given in a graphical display with numbers next to each country, ranked in order of highest user. The graphics are clear and appropriate for the statistics and give a comparison of up to 216 countries, a high sample size.
Pew Research Centers Project for Excellence in Journalism. (2010, March 1). Understanding the participatory news consumer. http://www.journalism.org/analysis_report/understanding_participatory_news_consumer
The Pew Research Centers Project for Excellence in Journalism uses empirical data to study the performance and methods of the news media in todays society. This study was very recently done and shows the statistics behind new technologies and the way people use them to get involved with the news through social contacts. The Pew Research Center expresses itself as an unbiased source of information. This study in particular contains well researched and organized data necessary in understanding the changing world of journalism.
Ruva, C., McEvoy, C., & Bryant, J. B. (2007). Effects of pre-trial publicity and jury deliberation on juror bias and source memory errors. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 21, 45-67. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.1254
This journal article provides research into pretrial publicity when a jury deliberates a case. The authors credentials are listed and the journal is a well-respected scholarly journal in the psychology field. The article is timely and provides a scientific explanation rather than a social one in understanding how jurors exposure to pretrial publicity can unwittingly influence their decision.
U.S. Department of State. (2009, July). Anatomy of a jury trial. eJournal USA, 14(7), 1-45. http://www.america.gov/media/pdf/ejs/0709.pdf
In this e-journal published by the US Department of State the reader is led through the roles played by all participants in a US jury trial. This journal presents an unbiased view of each persons role as well as common legal terms used at trials. This information is important in understanding the basic tenets of American law during a trial.
US v. Skilling, 554 F.3d 529 (5th Cir. 2009). http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=1418107983925207050&q=Skilling+v.+U.S.&hl=en&as_sdt=40002
This is a United States Supreme Court case heard in March of 2010 as to whether or not Enron executive Jeffrey Skilling received a fair trial in part based on pretrial media exposure by the jury. The cases currency makes this topic more relevant than older cases. The brief was found from a Google Scholar Legal search and simply states the facts as read by the Supreme Court in granting Skilling an audience.
