News tagged with set
Company You Keep Influences How Much You Eat
(PhysOrg.com) -- Thin friends who eat a lot could put your waistline in danger. That’s the warning from researchers studying how other people’s weight and food choices influence how much we eat.
Aug 24, 2009 |
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Overall antibiotic prescription rates for respiratory tract infections decreasing
From 1995 to 2006 the rate of antibiotic prescriptions for acute respiratory tract infections decreased significantly, attributable in part to a decline in ambulatory visits for ear infections in young children, according ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 18, 2009 |
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New Law of Physics Could Explain Quantum Mysteries
(PhysOrg.com) -- Since the early days of quantum mechanics, scientists have been trying to understand the many strange implications of the theory: superpositions, wave-particle duality, and the observer’s ...
Aug 17, 2009 |
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Gigabit Powerline Networking offers speedy solutions
Although we've always been able to see and hear in "High Definition," we think of that phrase as belonging to the 21st century. High Definition or HD devices such as television sets, Blu-Ray DVD players, digital still and ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Aug 07, 2009 |
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Invisible ink? What Rorschach tests really tell us
One of the most well-known psychological tools is the Rorschach Inkblot Test. A viewer looks at ten inkblots, one at a time, and describes what they see. The rationale behind this test is the idea that certain aspects of ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 30, 2009 |
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UCSF team focuses on patient safety in ambulatory care system
Health care experts at the University of California, San Francisco highlight in a new report the hidden risks and complexities that compromise patient safety for ambulatory patients with chronic disease.
Jul 28, 2009 |
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DVD protector Macrovision changes name and purpose
(AP) -- Macrovision Solutions Corp., once a maker of copy-protection technology for DVDs, officially changed its name Thursday to Rovi Corp. to mark its transition into a provider of TV listings data and related services.
Jul 16, 2009 |
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TV makers hope thin is in for newest sets
(AP) -- Lee Richman installs high-end home theater systems that can cost as much as $170,000. Lately, he's noticed that some of his clients - or their interior designers - are perking up when they hear about ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jul 06, 2009 |
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Facebook plans to simplify privacy settings
(AP) -- Facebook is overhauling its privacy controls over the next several weeks in an attempt to simplify its users' ability to control who sees the information they share on the site.
Jul 01, 2009 |
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What makes a great footballer?
Scientists are studying footballing ability to gain insight into the role that skill plays in the physical performance of vertebrates. The results, to be presented at the Society for Experimental Biology meeting on Sunday, ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 28, 2009 |
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Hospitalized patients need better understanding of CPR and outcomes
Many hospitalized patients overestimate their chance of surviving an in-hospital cardiac arrest and do not know what CPR really involves, a University of Iowa study has shown.
Jun 03, 2009 |
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Shrinking 'ridiculous' data sets to manageable size
Two decades ago a renowned statistician described a computer data set of 1 billion bytes as "huge" and 10 trillion bytes as "ridiculous."
Technology / Computer Sciences
May 14, 2009 |
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Here's a guide to social networking for clueless adults
Welcome to Facebook, children of the 20th century. Since the social network, initially developed for students, relaxed its rules in 2006 to let in pretty much anyone older than 13, millions of users who predate the Internet ...
May 13, 2009 |
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Adobe extends Flash to TVs, Blu-ray players
(AP) -- Adobe Systems Inc. is extending its Flash platform to digital home entertainment devices like TV sets, Blu-ray players and set-top boxes.
Apr 20, 2009 |
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Activity of individual brain cells predicts cognitive flexibility
A new study provides intriguing insights into mechanisms of cognitive flexibility at the single cell level. The research, published by Cell Press in the March 26th issue of the journal Neuron, may help to explain how we can ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 25, 2009 |
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