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Before you even enter Quinci Worthey’s office at Concord High School, the message is clear.

A new study from MIT and other institutions suggests that the “impact factor” used to evaluate scientific journals and research papers does not accurately capture the impact of medical papers on health outcomes for all patients, particularly those in low or middle-income countries. As an alternative, the researchers developed a metric that they call the “diversity factor.”

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We're just 43 days away from the iowa caucus. when the first americans make their pick for the democratic nominee. over the next few weeks it's all hands on deck. candidates on the trail and air waves. tonight i spoke fo two of the candidates. senator booker. and businessman tom steyer. first to senator booker who didn't make the cut at the democratic debate. leaving yang as the only minority on the debate stage. here's part of the conversation on that. >> let's talk about the diversity factor here. i asked journalist about why perhaps there was that lack of diversity. here's what he thinks. >...

Leadership and nonmerit based things should be taken into consideration. look, it is ridiculous to think that race is not used in admissions policies. even if the universities don't talk about it, i'm the applicant i'm going to talk about my race. you're going to know i'm a ew, - minority student, so we can pretend race doesn't exist, but the reality is race is a huge factor. >> professor, respond to that, if you would. >> well, the problem is that race is treated deferently, if it was treated like geographic background or socioeconomic status, i don't think there would be a mismatch issue, bu...