News tagged with statements
Online tool can detect patterns in US election news coverage
The US presidential election dominates the global media every four years, with news articles, which are carefully analysed by commentators and campaign strategists, playing a major role in shaping voter opinion. ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Apr 24, 2012 |
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Study finds cancer information on Wikipedia is accurate, but not very readable
It is a commonly held that information on Wikipedia should not be trusted, since it is written and edited by non-experts without professional oversight. But researchers from the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson have found ...
Jun 01, 2010 |
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Technique Could Improve Accuracy of Child Testimony
(PhysOrg.com) -- Seven open-ended questions could make children less suggestible during interviews.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 22, 2009 |
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Stock traders look to Facebook, Twitter for tips
The next big stock tip might be as close as a Twitter feed. Professional traders are developing computer programs that scour Internet posts in search of the next stock market darling. Their technology analyzes everything ...
Apr 03, 2012 |
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Failing the sniff test: Researchers find new way to spot fraud
Companies that commit fraud can find innovative ways to fudge the numbers, making it hard to tell something is wrong by just looking at their financial statements. But research from North Carolina State University unveils ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Nov 09, 2009 |
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Researchers examine correlation between political speeches, voting
Although politicians are often criticized for making empty promises, when it comes to their voting records, their words may carry more weight than previously thought, according to findings by two Penn State information technology ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Dec 08, 2009 |
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True or false? How our brain processes negative statements
Every day we are confronted with positive and negative statements. By combining the new, incoming information with what we already know, we are usually able to figure out if the statement is true or false. Previous research ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 11, 2009 |
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Researchers question effectiveness of warning labels on over-the-counter drugs
Medicine packages barrage consumers with information, some required to be "prominent" and "conspicuous." But marketing claims and brand names still overshadow critical fine print on nonprescription medications, ...
Mar 31, 2009 |
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Experts advocate realigning type 2 diabetes treatments with disease's natural history
A new consensus statement published in the September, 2010, issue of The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM) finds that the increasing recognition that beta-cell failure occurs much e ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 06, 2010 |
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Auditor's report needs significant changes
Every year public companies release a financial statement that includes a report from an auditor. That report provides assurance about the quality of the financial information and is meant to help the company attract investors, ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Jan 31, 2012 |
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Yours, mine, ours: When you and I share perspectives
While reading a novel, as the author describes the main character washing dishes or cooking dinner, we will often create a mental image of someone in the kitchen performing these tasks. Sometimes we may even imagine ourselves ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 18, 2009 |
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Frequent inaccuracies in testosterone testing lead to call for standardization
The use of testosterone assays for patient care and research is on the rise as new research links testosterone to a variety of diseases and conditions. Although the assays are heavily used, discrepancies and inaccuracies ...
Oct 08, 2010 |
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Conflicts of Interest Affect Conservation Science
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a perfect world, scientific research is supposed to be completely objective and free of conflicts of interest. But University of South Florida researchers say that politics can overtake facts, with potentially ...
May 06, 2010 |
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Sociological study reflects high financial malfeasance rates in largest US corporations
The need to "fix" or restate financial statements is an admission by corporate management that these reports (prior to their being corrected) to the government and the investing public misrepresented the corporations' financial ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jun 02, 2010 |
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Appeals court orders new trial in Brocade case
(AP) -- A federal appeals court has tossed out the criminal conviction of the first Silicon Valley executive to go to trial in a stock options scandal that triggered charges against at least a dozen executives.
Aug 18, 2009 |
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