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A federal law called FERPA prevents administrators, faculty and other “officials” at the University from disclosing information about a student, present or past. In this post, I want to explore what role, if any, FERPA played in Notre Dame’s ongoing response to the Manti Te’o hoax. As I hope to show, Notre Dame decided... | 1.775475 | 1,020 | 1,018 |
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Virtual Soil Monoliths: Blending Traditional and Web-Based Educational Approaches Maja Krzic * a, Rachel A. Strivelli b, Emma Holmes b, Stephanie Grand b, Saeed Dyanatkar c, Les M. Lavkulich band Chris Crowley c aUniv. of British Columbia, 2357 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z4, and Faculty of Forestry, Uni... | 1.530048 | 1,014 | 1,011 |
What do you do if you’re a provincial leader in China and you think you won’t meet your energy targets? Face the music from your superiors? Learn your lesson on how you can do better next time? Or unilaterally stop electricity for much of the day to factories, traffic lights and hospitals?
According to the
Beijing Time... | 1.647656 | 971 | 969 |
Eating Disorders in Males: Clinical Characteristics and Treatment
Males conservatively make up approximately 10% of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa patients (bulimia nervosa is the more common disorder). The typical age range at presentation is adolescence to young adulthood.
1 However, for binge eating disorder, ... | 1.43882 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
in exercise rather than spend time with family or attend school or work. Furthermore, these patients continue to engage in exercise even when injured or despite being underweight, and they experience increased emotional distress when exercise is limited. Also, excessive exercising tends to occur in isolation, with a t... | 1.787323 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
as “female” problems, and they experience appropriate emotional expression that is identified as strength rather than weakness.
Because of the increased likelihood of externalized coping skills and anger as a symptom of depression, a treatment team member’s ability to be comfortable with the male population can facili... | 1.576234 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
osexuality as a risk factor for eating disorder symptomatology in men. J Men Studies. 2009;17(3):210-225. 9. Surgenor LJ, Fear JL. Eating disorder in a transgendered patient: a case report. Int J Eat Disord. 1998;24:449-452. 10. Hepp U, Milos G. Gender identity disorder and eating disorders. Int J Eat Disord. 2002;32:4... | 1.083298 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
Career and Education Opportunities for Property Managers in Austin, Texas
Many educational and employment opportunities exist for property managers in the Austin, Texas area. About 37,260 people are currently employed as property managers in Texas. By 2016, this is expected to grow by 13% to about 41,910 people employe... | 1.428559 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
in Engineering : Achieving the Certified Professional Landman designation is an important step in the professional development of landmen.
For more information, see the American Association of Professional Landmen website.
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Título: Environmental-friendly underwater acoustic communication and networks Autor: Jesus, S. M. Data: 2012 Editora: NATO STO Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation (CMRE) Citação: S.M. JESUS, ''Environmental-friendl... | 1.677568 | 1,020 | 1,018 |
Every year it seems like we start planning for an upcoming holiday earlier than the last. Walk into a grocery store today, and you’ll already see Cadbury Eggs lining the shelves despite it being mid-February. (Don’t get me wrong, I could eat Cadbury Eggs any day of the year.) As public relations and marketing professio... | 1.684062 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
Business reporter Louis Uchitelle, who apparently favors a doubling of the minimum wage, treats an effort by incoming Democrats to raise the wage as a noble proposal whose time has finally come - but which also doesn't go far enough.
That sensibility is also evident in the hurry-up-and-do-it headine: "Raising the Floor... | 1.75712 | 1,020 | 1,018 |
Feminists can’t have your cake and eat it too. The fact is that by nature of gender, women have different things to consider than men, particularly when it comes to working. Every time women try to FIX nature, FIX God’s intention, it backfires. You can’t FIX being a mother, because there is nothing to fix. There is no ... | 1.772528 | 986 | 984 |
With just two months left for the free Windows 10 upgrade offer, Microsoft has to confront the secret problem that threatens to undermine this promotion: Many previously activated PCs will not successfully activate Windows 10 when the OS is later reinstalled.
This has happened to me at least twice, and I’ve heard from ... | 1.586766 | 1,000 | 999 |
A high-tech mix used in shock absorbers and clutches in Russian military vehicles has been recast as an award-winning U.S. technology for polishing precision optics, vital components in today's products such as camcorders, CD players, surgical lasers, bar-code scanners, and telescopes.
A team of scientists in Minsk, Be... | 1.586734 | 954 | 952 |
It’s not yet 8 a.m. and Darla Haley is in high demand.
A parent of a child at Southern View Elementary School called and described their situation. He and his son had nowhere else to go but a relative’s home on South 12th Street, nearly three miles from the boy’s school.
The man didn’t have a car, and nobody else at th... | 1.495068 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
to see who is eligible for assistance and direct them to social service agencies. She also said she will distribute school supplies or hygiene packs when needed.
Homeless liaisons also work closely with a school district’s transportation department. Under the McKinney-Vento Act, students have the right to remain in th... | 1.728066 | 1,018 | 1,016 |
Education; BLACK ENGLISH DEBATE FADES IN ANN ARBOR WHERE IT BEGAN Published: May 5, 1981
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One exception came in January when Federal District Judge William Wayne Justice, in ruling that bilingual programs in Texas public schools were seriously flawed, declared, ''Both the language and the cultural heritage... | 1.772067 | 988 | 986 |
It's the topic which dominates most conversations in America.
People meet up, exchange greetings and then ask how much it cost to fill up. The rise in petrol prices is hitting everyone where it hurts - in the pocket. At a petrol station in Virginia we checked out, the price of a gallon of petrol went up ten cents o... | 1.818977 | 1,006 | 1,004 |
Bush mission mercifully over but sorry legacy is foreign wars and domestic woes ANALYSIS:Foreign misadventures and indulgent neglect of the economy dash hopes of a Bush vindication, writes Patrick Smyth
‘MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.” George W Bush’s final press conference last week had something of the delusional quality of t... | 1.672233 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
the Bush administration would be undermined by allegations of incompetence and wilful myopia over its belated responses to Hurricane Katrina, the calamitous collapses of Enron and, more recently, Lehman Brothers.
Last week Bush forgave himself for his role in the country’s economic meltdown by arguing that he took off... | 1.808789 | 1,008 | 1,006 |
Indian Man Single Handedly Plants 1,200 Acre Forest
We all try to do our share in helping reduce global warming with small things like generating less trash, taking shorter showers or turning off unnecessary lights. However, very few of us do anything that can make an impact on the entire world, only because we believe... | 1.556043 | 943 | 941 |
The survey by Populus for The Times found almost half - 49 per cent - wanted a referendum immediately while a further third - 33 per cent - believed there should be one "in the next few years".
Fewer than a fifth - 18 per cent - saw no need for a referendum in the foreseeable future.
A third - 32 per cent - wanted the ... | 1.332575 | 870 | 869 |
Archive for the ‘ Wicked Problems’ Category
Data scientists are sometimes blind to the possibility that the predictions of their algorithms can have unforeseen negative effects on people. Ethical or social implications are easy to overlook when one finds interesting new patterns in data, especially if they promise sign... | 1.137881 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
targeting young people of a certain demographic for stop and frisk actions can alienate them to a point where they might well turn to crime out of anger and exasperation.
As Goldratt famously said, “
Tell me how you measure me and I ’ll tell you how I ’ll behave.”
This is not news: savvy managers have known about the ... | 1.197609 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
have shown that the quiet satisfaction of carrying out a civic duty is less likely to move people than the possible judgement of friends and neighbours…The Facebook started out with a constructive and seemingly innocent goal to encourage people to vote. And it succeeded…researchers estimated that their campaign had in... | 1.185973 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
ahead of profit.
Excellent words for data scientists to live by.
I am delighted to announce that my new business book,
The Heretic’s Guide to Management: The Art of Harnessing Ambiguity, is now available in e-book and print formats. The book, co-written with Paul Culmsee, is a loose sequel to our previous tome, The He... | 1.267504 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
often impossible to rate options meaningfully because of information asymmetry– we know more about some options than others. For example, when choosing whether or not to switch jobs, we know more about our current situation than the new one. Even when ratings are possible, different people will rate options differentl... | 0.772739 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
above emphasizing, once again, that many real life situations are prone to such complications.
State space uncertainty
The standard view of uncertainty assumes that all possible states are given as a part of the problem definition – as in the omelet example discussed earlier. In real life, however, this is often not t... | 0.70597 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
even, remove – this by defining a catch-all state (labelled, say, “all other outcomes”). It is easy to see that although one has formally reduced state space uncertainty to zero, one has increased the severity of the uncertainty because the catch-all state is but a reflection of our ignorance and our refusal to do any... | 1.298888 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
of “What should we do about X?” where X is the issue that is of interest to a group. For example, in the case of a group of executives, X might be rapidly changing market condition whereas in the case of a group of IT people, X could be an ageing system that is hard to replace. Ideas(or positions): these are responses... | 1.596962 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
gIBIS represents a key step between the original Rittel-Kunz version of IBIS and its more recent version as implemented in Compendium. Amongst other things, IBIS was finally off paper and on to disk, opening up a world of new possibilities.
gIBIS aimed to offer users:
The ability to capture design rationale – the opti... | 1.872329 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
The state of the argument (discussion) at any time can be inferred at a glance (unlike the case in written records). See this post for more on the advantages of visual documentation over prose. Often times it happens that the commonality of issues with other, similar issues might be more important than its precise mea... | 1.74866 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
, submit a schedule, have them reviewed, track of the credits of the classes selected and whether a student’s selections meet graduation requirements;
All of this and more was developed by 16 to 18 year olds and all at a level of quality that I know most SharePoint consultancies would be jealous of…
Although the exampl... | 1.947001 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
has not been developed as yet, but I mention it because it offers some exciting possibilities in the future.
To summarise: since Glyma stores all its data in an enterprise-class database, maps can be made available across an organization. It offers the ability to tag nodes with pretty much any kind of media (documents... | 1.61837 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
is intended to address. The most important implication of social complexity is that it cannot be tackled using rational methods of planning, design and implementation that are taught in schools, propagated in books, or evangelized by standards authorities and assorted snake oil salespersons. Enter emergent design
The ... | 1.71696 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
The main rationale behind iterative and incremental approaches to software development is that they encourage (and take advantage) of continuous learning. Incremental increases in functionality are easier to test exhaustively and errors are also easier to correct. Reviews and retrospectives also tend to be more focused... | 1.696235 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
to note from the foregoing is that the framing of questions matters, particularly when one wants people to come up with ideas. For example, instead of asking people what they like (or dislike) about a particular approach, it is generally better to ask them what
aspects of the approach are important to them. The latter... | 1.568957 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
designs that are close in all other respects. However, there is more to it than just that. I have found it particularly useful in making decisions regarding IT outsourcing and software as a service. There is very little critical scrutiny of the benefits of these as claimed by vendors and advisories. This principle can... | 1.629469 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
nesting site of a Carnaby White Tailed Cockatoo which triggers the environmental biodiversity protection act which in turn triggers issues with local councils and so on. NP
Complexity in projects often arises from situations like these, where the issue is not just about delivering on time and on budget, but also creat... | 1.84361 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
, JR Hackman, an organizational psychologist said it quite brilliantly. He called our fixation on the hero myth (in the context of change) the leadership attribution error – he argues that we tend to over-attribute the success of a change process to the salient things that we can see – which is (usually) the leader. As... | 1.717515 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
to do things that have nothing to do with their work…and they just might do something that goes above and beyond their regular jobs. But of course what underpins all this is
trust. Without trust you simply cannot build in flexibility or resilience. : This really strikes a chord and let me tell you why. I read Taleb’s ... | 1.765117 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
the best possible decision based on data
and ethics. – one has to use both IQ and EQ. This is the convergent side of the coin.
Another problem is that one often has the data one needs to make the right decision, but the decision does not get made for reasons of ideology. Then it becomes a question of power rather than... | 1.809172 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
that many people do not understand. It isn’t about doing things right, rather it is about doing the right things. KA : Yes, and this is related to what I call “meaning over motivation” – the idea being is that instead of attempting to NP motivatepeople to do something, try providing them with meaning. When you do this... | 1.602393 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
to the café. The air-conditioning there is so much better,” he added, somewhat apologetically.
As they walked out of the prof’s office, Rich couldn’t help but wonder why the prof stuck around in a place where he remained unrecognized and unappreciated.
—
The café was busy. Though it was only mid-afternoon, the crowd w... | 1.546194 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
October 7, 2010
Gulf oil spill, London Olympics, driver distraction to be featured in College of Engineering fall lectures
Over the next few weeks, the College of Engineering’s popular fall lectures will take a more technical look at some of the topics currently in the news. This year’s series, “Engineering in the Head... | 1.778592 | 1,008 | 1,005 |
Use only oil that has the API (American Petroleum Institute) designation "SJ," "SJ/CC" or "SJ/CD."
Since the viscosity (thickness) of the engine oil affects fuel economy, it is recommended to select oil with reference to the outside temperature. For satisfactory lubrication, use lower viscosity oil for colder temperatu... | 1.06505 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
Causes Here's a sample of our volunteer opportunities:VIEW AS Close to Home Missio n
Close to Home’s mission is to foster community-wide responsibility to prevent and respond to domestic and sexual violence. We achieve this by working with local community members, policy makers, service providers, and other leaders in ... | 1.638491 | 998 | 996 |
Jason McElligott. Royalism, Print and Censorship in Revolutionary England. Suffolk: Boydell Press, 2007. x + 274 pp. $105.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-84383-323-9. Reviewed by Michael Mendle Published on H-Albion (November, 2008) Commissioned by Brian S. Weiser Royalist Scribblers and their Hunters
“This,” begins Jason McEll... | 1.853715 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
and pamphlets” (p. 216) is to give the censorship model a loophole large enough to drive a carriage through. Moreover, to say that it was sometimes brutal is not a response to the argument that censorship was ineffective. As McElligott often resorts to analogies and comparisons, one may be offered here: running down o... | 1.856527 | 1,024 | 1,022 |
Man to Man: Stop Domestic Violence
Pointed questions and consistent support can help
IF only the police had done more. If only the courts had taken stern action. If only the man had been sent to counseling. The O. J. Simpson case has sparked discussion about what can and should be done to stop domestic violence. But th... | 1.727638 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
ED Letter Hed goes here two lines
Re: the April 28 article “Sheriff’s budget a taxing proposal.”
Pima County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry says there needs to be a property tax increase of 11 cents to the primary rate to support an increase to the Pima County Sheriff’s Office budget.
The Star loves reducing things to... | 1.809453 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
Concerta Side Effects Although most people tolerate Concerta well, there are some potential side effects of the medication. Some of the most common side effects of Concerta include headaches, upper respiratory infections, and abdominal pain. In many cases, the side effects are minor and may easily be treated by you or ... | 1.25336 | 1,014 | 1,011 |
Older consumers remain strongest supporters of U.S. car brands
PRINCETON, NJ -- In their car purchasing decisions, Americans are now less likely to show exclusive loyalty to foreign brands than they were in the recent past. Six percent in a March 4-7 Gallup survey say they would consider only foreign makes when buying ... | 1.027134 | 954 | 953 |
With factors coming together to produce heightened FX volatility, a number of compelling trade possibilities are setting up, but none more attractive than shorting the yen against much stronger counterparts like the US dollar.
The lack of US economic data on Monday did not stop the USDJPY from powering higher. The curr... | 1.67002 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
-year average is 100, and at minimum, a full 30% move from the low would take USDJPY to 103, if not higher.
When it comes to USDJPY, it is important to realize that trends in the pair can last for a very long time and extend further than most would imagine. The 100 level should be only the first stop for USDJPY, and be... | 1.685757 | 1,000 | 998 |
Climate change is a very real threat that has many industries concerned over how their businesses with be affected. More importantly, it’s this changing climate that has and continues to push many industries into developing better ways to function that has less environmental impact as well as developing ways to functio... | 1.591849 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
of them.
• Taking into account the energy and emissions of all categories related to producing and distributing a bottle of wine,
the two categories with the highest relative impact were vineyard activities and consumer shopping. • Recycling of the glass bottle and refrigeration at home contributed very little to the ... | 1.59552 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
Thought you'd hit every item on the year 2000 checklist?
Add one more: Check the Y2K repair work, including the installation of patches, that you think has been done by outside vendors or systems integrators.
That's the lesson The Boston Children's Hospital learned on two systems maintained by outside vendors. While th... | 1.630042 | 1,009 | 1,008 |
November 15 2012
Charlotte Hays
While running for president, Mitt Romney once said, in response to a question, “If you want free stuff, vote for the other guy.”
In a final conference call yesterday with his finance committee, Romney reportedly said, in effect, he lost because many voters wanted free things, and so they... | 1.661273 | 953 | 952 |
Amazon Video Ambitions
By Mindshare Background The New York Times
and other media are reporting that Amazon is set to launch an online video service that will feature advertising in order to make it available for free to consumers. The reports suggest the new service would be de-coupled from the existing $99 Prime Inst... | 1.860012 | 1,012 | 1,010 |
US-based processor Vantiv launched Vantiv One Network Experience (O.N.E.), a three-part solution that will make it simpler for developers to build applications for omnichannel payments.
The platform has three components: TechTools, which provides APIs and software development kits (SDKs), sample code, and testing envir... | 1.74842 | 1,024 | 1,022 |
The California Health Benefits Exchange Board held their fourth meeting today.
The first substantive presentation made by Joel Ario, Director of Office of Health Insurance Exchanges at the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight (CCIIO) at the Center for Medicaid and State Operations. Ario outlined the ... | 1.71794 | 921 | 919 |
Is Our Over-Sexualized Culture Actually Killing Our Sex Lives?Hortense Smith3/29/09 11:30amFiled to: Let's Talk About SexSexRelationshipsDatingSexuality52EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink The idea of sex is everywhere: society's obsession with sex has led to a culture of overshare that l... | 1.950649 | 1,007 | 1,005 |
As the S&P 500 posts one all-time high after another, one stock, more than any other, epitomizes its remarkable run. That’s Apple (aapl). Put simply, the ascent in Apple’s stock price reinforces the view that fast-growers with gigantic earnings can keep swelling those gigantic earnings at a rapid pace for a long time t... | 1.625343 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
Since 2008, its balance sheet has swelled by $167 billion, and $123 billion of that money has gone into cash, bonds and other investments that, at today’s rates, produce little profit.
Apple’s future isn’t necessarily dire. It’s returning lots of cash to investors through share buybacks and dividends. In April, it exp... | 1.762552 | 1,013 | 1,011 |
For people who love to cook, a kitchen scale is something that they cannot do without. In fact, it does not matter whether you are a professional cook, someone who cooks for fun or someone who is learning how to cook; a scale is an important tool. There are a number of uses that makes it such a vital gadget in any kitc... | 1.496098 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
Thibault Le Grand Paris
The top steel producer, ArcelorMittal, stumbled into the red last year with a net loss of $3.72 billion (R33bn) largely due to costs related to Europe, but said yesterday that its shuttering of plants was sufficient to support a rebound this year.
ArcelorMittal has had a difficult couple of mont... | 1.482587 | 909 | 908 |
By Olga Mack , General Counsel at ClearSlide, Inc., and Jesal Shah, Corporate Counsel at ClearSlide, Inc.
With the amount of data stored in the cloud increasing exponentially every day, the amplified scrutiny of data protection security measures, and the quickly changing landscape of data protection laws, it is no wond... | 1.740803 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
access to data covered by the Clauses. The list is usually included as an exhibit in the agreement with the data exporter or published online in a way that's easily accessible by the data exporter. The list is then directly referenced in the agreement with the data exporter. Obtaining consent from each and every EU da... | 1.703118 | 1,003 | 1,001 |
Those who are going to succeed in JEE Mains 2017 will wake up with the resolution of clearing JEE Mains at any cost. With JEE Mains 2017 round the corner, aspirants appearing for the exam must gear up. Most of the candidates appearing for the exam may be preparing for the last 2 years and some even for 3 to 4 years.
Pr... | 1.714287 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
As part of our remit for protecting public health in England, we run a ‘Tick Recording Scheme’ (TRS) which receives ticks found by members of the public, GPs, vets and those working with wildlife.
This enables us to map tick species across the United Kingdom so we can establish a baseline for tick distribution and acti... | 1.426497 | 1,016 | 1,014 |
Nuclear magnetic resonance study on the evaluation of energy metabolism in the brain in vivo-A case of rat brain intoxicated with methymercury-
Project/Area Number 04454219 Research Category
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B).
Research Field Hygiene Research Institution National Institute for Environmental Studie... | 1.310608 | 1,022 | 1,020 |
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A report from Theirworld and KANCO says Kenya has made progress over the past 15 years in improving access to early years care - but more action is needed to ensure every child has the best start in life.
This report offers... | 1.43289 | 1,008 | 1,006 |
The recent news of OnDeck’s IPO filing, and the estimated valuation of $1.5 billion have generated a lot of discussion around alternative small business lending.
In recent years, online commercial lenders (commonly selling merchant cash advances) have grown in popularity in the small business community. As traditional ... | 1.610521 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
The University of Toronto landed a $2.5-million Andrew W. Mellon grant to augment its Fluid project, which is focused on developing a library of user interfaces that will allow the differently abled and people with unique cultural backgrounds or languages to navigate Web applications more easily.
The director of Univer... | 1.968357 | 986 | 984 |
“The urban community has become lost in strategic planning, master-planning, zoning and landscaping… All these have their own purposes, of course—but they don’t address the principal question, which is the relationship in a city between public space and buildable space.”
— Dr. Joan Clos, Executive Director, UN-Habitat
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JUNEAU — Kaye Kanne can be considered the mother of midwifery in Alaska. From founding the Juneau Family Health and Birth Center to successfully lobbying midwifery legislation into law, she has given thousands of women in Juneau and other Southeast communities something that was never available before, the option of al... | 1.474962 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
ACS Assessment Tool for Chemistry in Two-Year College Programs
The
ACS Assessment Tool for Chemistry in Two-Year College Programs is a resource to help your institution evaluate the strengths and opportunities for growth in: Chemistry transfer programs Chemistry-based technology programs Chemistry courses offered in su... | 1.485861 | 1,002 | 1,000 |
Something fishy’s going on…
Have you ever heard of JJ Virgin? She’s a super nutritionist/health coach/fitness expert who wrote a best selling diet book called The VIrgin Diet last year. She is totally my kind of nutritionist: organic, soy-free, gluten-free, healthy fats, good proteins, no artificial colors, flavors, et... | 1.931163 | 999 | 997 |
What Closing the HIPAA Gaps Means for the Future of Healthcare Privacy By Kirk J Nahra, Partner and Chair of Privacy and Data Security Practice at Wiley Rein, LLP.
By now, most people have felt the effects of the HIPAA Privacy Rule (from the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act). HIPAA has set the primar... | 1.705275 | 992 | 991 |
Unfortunately when people experience hives on nearly a daily basis, finding the cause is even harder than if the patient experienced them only infrequently. Even so, it is still important to visit the doctor to have an evaluation.
During the doctor visit
What I usually do when a patient comes in with hives is to first ... | 1.544543 | 1,020 | 1,018 |
Kanwisher's group, along with others, ran experiments using a noninvasive technique known as transcranial magnetic stimulation, or TMS, to interfere with brain activity near the fusiform
face area while subjects were viewing faces.
Fusiform
rust needs living tissue, while the fungus that causes pitch canker depends on ... | 1.597083 | 972 | 970 |
Chinese police say they are battling an ever-growing drug trade with outdated resources. But their efforts are still paying off. They recently arrested 12 Hong Kong residents, and seized 700 kilograms of heroin - the biggest drug bust to date in the southwestern province, Yunnan, which borders the drug-producing region... | 1.347239 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
Medical Specialist Malpractice Locate a Local Personal Injury Lawyer Who Is a Medical Specialist?
A medical specialist is a doctor who is an expert in treating specific health problems, diseases, certain age groups, or parts of the body. Generally, a medical specialist is a doctor who is not a general family practition... | 1.466385 | 995 | 993 |
My ears were bleeding this afternoon when I listened to my local talk radio hosts discussing the “pink slime” story that has hit the mainstream media. Pink slime, as you may have learned, is lean finely-textured beef (LFTB), or boneless lean beef trimmings (BLBT) that is often added to ground beef.
What caused my angst... | 1.551355 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
Higher doses of antidepressants may raise suicide risk in teens, young adultsCBS News
When prescribing antidepressants for teens and young adults, doctors should not start with high doses of the drugs because it might raise the risk of suicidal behavior, new research suggests.read on The study, which was published onli... | 1.180833 | 858 | 856 |
Persuasive Trash Cans Activation of Littering Norm by Design
Yvonne A. W. de Kort
L. Teddy McCalley
Cees J. H. Midden
Eindhoven University of Technology
Please reference to source, this paper for note only
Two studies tested littering norm activation by trash can design. The first was a scenario study using a 4 (norm t... | 1.609659 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
, psychology is contributing to this domain based on a vast body of theory and research on persuasion and behavior change. The present research represents an effort to test the efficacy of psychological insights in norm activation for designing persuasive trash cans.
The Activation of Norms
Recent research on littering... | 1.270183 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
witzer, Lee-Chai, Barndollar, & Trötschel, 2001). Aarts and Dijksterhuis (2003) have demonstrated how norms can be activated automatically, for example, speaking softer on being primed with a picture of a library.
Cialdini et al. (1990), Kallgren et al. (2000), and Reno et al. (1993) have in fact mainly used implicit n... | 1.409788 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
in Figure 1. In the explicit conditions, norm activation was carried out by placing a text message directly on the trash can. The various explicit norm activations are presented below:
Control: No message placed on the trash can.
Personal: “Do you leave your litter lying around?”
Social injunctive: “This is how it sho... | 1.37569 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
norms regarding the relevant actions or behavior (Duval & Wicklund, 1972). A similar method, employing closed-circuit TV monitor pictures, was used by Kallgren et al. (2000) to create internal focus in a littering experiment.
We hypothesized that both types of norm activation (i.e., explicit and implicit) would reduce... | 1.362274 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
(58%) than taken along (31%), both behaviors were almost equally likely (47% vs. 43%) in the implicit norm condition. The combined condition shows intermediate percentages for both alternatives.
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An analysis of age differences did render significant results. The chi-square of a cross-tabulation with the three age gro... | 1.471719 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
=.04, and age,F(2, 69) =16.33,p<.001. Men (M=3.79, SD =0.74) scored somewhat lower than women (M=4.14, SD=0.59). But, more importantly, participants in the youngest age group (M=3.39, SD=0.66) scored much lower than those in the middle (M=3.95, SD=0.70) and oldest age groups (M=4.36, SD=0.37).
Discussion
The survey sug... | 1.723779 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
ations
Some limitations of the study should be mentioned. First, in all studies researchers addressed all passing individuals, or at more crowded times at random. Sampling was based on self-selection. Self-selection always implies a risk of sampling bias; however, based on the high response rates, this risk is limited.... | 1.566157 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
park.
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Chapman, C., & Risley, T. R. (1974). Anti-litter procedures in an urban high-... | 0.962046 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
Eggen, & E. A. W. H. van den Hoven (Eds.), Persuasive technology(Vol. 3962, pp. 1-5), Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Berlin, Germany: Springer.
Kallgren, C.A., Reno, R. R., & Cialdini, R. B. (2000). A focus theory of normative conduct: When norms do and do not affect behavior. Personality and Social Psychology Bul... | 0.840966 | 1,011 | 1,009 |
American Friends Service Committee and Human Rights Defense Center For Immediate Release
PHOENIX, AZ – Last Friday, the
Arizona Republic reported that House Appropriations Chairman John Kavanagh had inserted $900,000 in additional funding into the House state budget for the GEO Group, the nation’s second-largest for-pr... | 1.435169 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
Potential Return of Long Security Lines Loom Large If Changes Aren’t Made
This spring as the busy summer travel season approached, long security lines at airports were becoming a serious issue. People were being asked to arrive at the airport earlier and earlier as wait times continued to swell.
An influx of funding, c... | 1.771224 | 999 | 997 |
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