Reported conflicts among expert advisors had been significantly reduced, and the most concerning type of conflict had become exceedingly rare, USC Schaeffer Center research finds.

Farmers in Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi, pay four to six times more for crop insurance than their counterparts in the upper Midwest, and Hunter Biram wanted to know why. The result of his research with colleagues in Kansas was published in late July in the American Journal of Agricultural Economics.

Urolithiasis is rising in prevalence, imposing a significant healthcare burden globally. Researchers from China analyzed global health database to reveal increase in total incidence and mortality from urolithiasis over the last 30 years. Age-standardized incidence and mortality rates were higher in males, particularly in countries with low socio-economic development. Notably, China has succeeded in reducing incidence rates of urolithiasis, and insights from their strategies will strengthen measures to reduce the disease burden in vulnerable regions.