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Tying education to future goals may boost grades more than helping with homework

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created May 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Helping middle school students with their homework may not be the best way to get them on the honor roll. But telling them how important academic performance is to their future job prospects and providing specific strategies ...





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Classifying molar pregnancy

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers from The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions have used short tandem repeat (STR) genotyping and p57 immunohistochemistry to distinguish hydatidiform moles. The related report by Murphy et al "Molecular Genotyping ...


Pandemic toolkit offers flu with a view

Pandemic toolkit offers flu with a view

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- As communities brace for rising wintertime influenza cases, scientists are developing a mathematical and visual analytic toolkit to help health officials quickly analyze pandemics and craft ...


The new myths of gifted education (w/ Podcast)

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1

More than 25 years after myths about gifted education were first explored, they are all still with us and new ones have been added, according to research published in the current Gifted Child Quarterly (GCQ), the official journa ...


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The Queen and I: How autistic brain distinguishes oneself from others

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Scientists at the University of Cambridge have discovered that the brains of individuals with autism are less active when engaged in self-reflective thought. The study published today in the journal Brain provid ...


Radware Raises Web App Acceleration Stakes

Technology / Other

created May 01, 2007 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The company's acquisition of Covelight Systems and its real-time fraud detection technology will improve its Application Delivery Controller offerings, Radware says.


Money changes what we think is fair, research finds

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Thinking of rewarding your sales department for a job well done? You might not want to make cash part of the pay-off.


Adding technology to geometry class improves opportunities to learn

Adding technology to geometry class improves opportunities to learn

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A new study co-written by a University of Illinois expert in math education suggests that incorporating technology in high school-level geometry classes not only makes the teaching of concepts such as congruency ...


Distorted self-image due to visual brain glitch, research finds

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 03, 2007 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Although they look normal, people suffering from body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) perceive themselves as ugly and disfigured. New imaging research reveals that the brains of people with BDD look normal, but function abnormally ...


Distorted self-image the result of visual brain glitch, study finds

Distorted self-image the result of visual brain glitch, study finds

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 04, 2007 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Although they look normal, people suffering from body dysmorphic disorder, or BDD, perceive themselves as ugly and disfigured. New imaging research reveals that the brains of these people look normal but function ...


Cognitive therapy key to tackling depression

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- New research from The University of Western Ontario shows why people suffering from depression may have a far greater hope of finding lasting relief by receiving cognitive therapy, rather than simply taking ...



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