News tagged with classification system

Scotland Yard deploys mobile fingerprint devices

(AP) -- Scotland Yard says it's equipping its police officers with handheld fingerprint devices, something the force says will help identify suspects in a matter of seconds.

Technology / Other

created May 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Green schools and students' science scores are related

A nationwide survey shows a positive correlation between Green School practices and student achievement in science. The study was conducted by the University of Colorado Denver's Department of Geography and Environmental ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Feb 29, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 4

Study challenges rural lack of access to surgery

(AP) -- A surprising study of nearly 46 million Medicare patients says older residents in rural areas are more likely to have any of nine common surgeries than people in cities.

Medicine & Health / Other

created May 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New classification of sphincter of Oddi dysfunction

A research team from China proposed a new classification system for sphincter of Oddi dysfunction (SOD) based on clinical data of patients. The new classification system has significant advantages for guiding the diagnosis ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 31, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Select agents should be defined by DNA sequence in today's era of synthetic biology

A DNA sequence-based system to better define when a pathogen or toxin is subject to Select Agent regulations could be developed, says a new report from the National Research Council, which adds that this could be coupled ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Aug 03, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Visual system interprets sign languages

Spanish sign language is used by over 100,000 people with hearing impairments and is made up of hundreds of signs. CVC-UAB researchers Sergio Escalera, Petia Radeva and Jordi Vitria selected over twenty of these signs to ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jun 02, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New lung cancer staging system revealed

For the first time in more than 10 years, the universally accepted lung cancer staging system has been revised to more accurately reflect the prognosis for patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jul 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1