News tagged with deprived
Lack of sleep may produce unethical behavior, management research shows
(Medical Xpress) -- Can lack of sleep make you behave unethically? Researchers think so.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Apr 24, 2012 |
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A nation of frustrated home-movers
The downturn in the housing market in the last three years has left the UK a nation of frustrated, unfulfilled house-movers, according to the latest data from Understanding Society, a study of 40,000 UK households funded ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 06, 2012 |
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Third of looters were 'from deprived areas'
Nearly a third of UK looters punished for taking part in the Manchester and Salford riots came from areas with high levels of social deprivation, an academic has found.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 02, 2012 |
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Planting depth's effect on container-grown trees
Many landscape trees are started in-ground, then sold as bare-root ''liners'' to producers who plant them in large containers to grow. To minimize wind damage and to facilitate transport from potting areas ...
Nov 17, 2011 |
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Research finds the under-reporting of children with significant reading difficulties
New research at the University of York has found that nearly 50 per cent of secondary school pupils with reading difficulties are not on the Special Educational Needs (SEN) Register.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jun 29, 2011 |
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Protein keeps sleep-deprived flies ready to learn
(PhysOrg.com) -- A protein that helps the brain develop early in life can fight the mental fuzziness induced by sleep deprivation, according to researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
May 05, 2011 |
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Evidence of medical complicity in torture at Guantanamo Bay
Inspection of medical records, case files, and legal affidavits provides compelling evidence that medical personnel who treated detainees at Guantanamo Bay (GTMO) failed to inquire and/or document causes of physical injuries ...
Apr 26, 2011 |
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Bursting to get your appendix removed? Hold on
A small but growing body of evidence suggests that doctors need not rush to perform appendectomies, the most common emergency general surgical procedure in the United States.
Apr 11, 2011 |
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Russia sheds light on Gagarin death mystery (Update)
Russia on Friday declassified documents that shed light on Yuri Gagarin's mysterious death in a training flight in 1968, saying his jet likely manoeuvred sharply to avoid a weather balloon.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 08, 2011 |
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Algae and bacteria hogged oxygen after ancient mass extinction, researchers say
(PhysOrg.com) -- After the biggest mass extinction in Earth's history -- 250 million years ago -- ocean algae and bacteria rebounded so fast that they consumed virtually all the oxygen in the sea, slowing ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 25, 2011 |
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All-nighters can bring on euphoria, risky behavior
(PhysOrg.com) -- A sleepless night can make us cranky and moody. But a lesser known side effect of sleep deprivation is short-term euphoria, which can potentially lead to poor judgment and addictive behavior, ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 23, 2011 |
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Toxin found in sardines that clogged US marina
(AP) -- The millions of sardines that were found floating dead in a Southern California marina this week tested positive for a powerful neurotoxin, researchers said Friday. ...
Mar 12, 2011 |
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Sleep-deprived people make risky decisions based on too much optimism
The powers that be in Las Vegas figured out something long before neuroscientists at two Duke University medical schools confirmed their ideas this week: Trying to make decisions while sleep-deprived can lead to a case of ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 08, 2011 |
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Moderate sleep loss impairs vigilance and sustained attention in children with ADHD
A new study in the March 1 issue of the journal Sleep indicates that the ability of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder to remain vigilant and attentive deteriorated significantly after losing less than o ...
Mar 01, 2011 |
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Investigating sickle cell disease
Until recently, the pairing of molecular biology and mechanical engineering would have been viewed as highly unusual. But thanks to an explosion of imaging and simulation techniques over the past few decades, ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 25, 2011 |
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