News tagged with classes
New DVT guidelines: No evidence to support 'economy class syndrome'
New evidence-based guidelines from the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) address the many risk factors for developing a deep vein thrombosis (DVT), or blood clot, as the result of long-distance travel. These risk ...
Feb 07, 2012 |
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Gamers on 3-D mission to save world, just don't tell them they are learning cell biology
After growing up on an entertainment diet of X-Men and Xbox, high school and college-age students may find a textbook on cell biology to be a little, well, bland.
Feb 03, 2012 |
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Class size matters to those who struggle most
Research shows that class size does matter; and that it matters most for socio-economically disadvantaged learners, the very groups that the Government says it is most concerned about, says Massey University Professor of ...
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Feb 03, 2012 |
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E-learning must synch or sink
(PhysOrg.com) -- According to one University of Alberta researcher, people looking to further their education through e-learning may want to look carefully at the conditions under which online coursework will ...
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Jan 30, 2012 |
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Is there a dark side to moving in sync?
Moving in harmony can make people feel more connected to one another and, as a result, lead to positive collective action. Think of those feel-good vibes created in a yoga class as students move in unison through their downward-facing ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 11, 2012 |
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BlackBerry's annus horribilis in Indonesia
Few companies better understand the difficulties of doing business in Indonesia than BlackBerry maker Research In Motion.
Jan 01, 2012 |
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French breast implant maker faced US lawsuits
Breast implants made by troubled French firm PIP have been at the heart of multiple lawsuits in the United States, where they were sold up until 2000, documents filed with the US government show.
Dec 26, 2011 |
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Lower classes quicker to show compassion in the face of suffering
(Medical Xpress) -- Emotional differences between the rich and poor, as depicted in such Charles Dickens classics as “A Christmas Carol” and “A Tale of Two Cities,” may have a scientific ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 20, 2011 |
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Seniors in Sweden 'stayin' alive' with exercise
The disco beat of 'Stayin' Alive' pulses through the room as Lennart Zetterqvist heaves dumbbells out to his side, zipping through the paces of a workout class with a twist: it's for seniors aged 90 and up.
Dec 12, 2011 |
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Parkinson's & dance: An unusual partnership unites
(AP) -- The two things that have brought Michael and Roslyn Lieb closer together couldn't be more different: Parkinson's disease and dance, one slowly taking away, the other giving back in ways they never ...
Dec 07, 2011 |
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China to top world in e-commerce by 2015: report
China, already home to the world's largest online population, is likely to replace the United States as the biggest e-commerce market by 2015, according to new research.
Nov 23, 2011 |
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Fast food most popular with middle incomes
(Medical Xpress) -- A new national study of eating out and income shows that fast-food dining becomes more common as earnings increase from low to middle incomes, weakening the popular notion that fast food should be blamed ...
Oct 28, 2011 |
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Yoga eases back pain in largest US study to date
Yoga classes were linked to better back-related function and diminished symptoms from chronic low back pain in the largest U.S. randomized controlled trial of yoga to date, published by the Archives of Internal Medicine as an ...
Oct 24, 2011 |
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No butts: Reebok slapped in US on rear-toning claims
US government regulators have clamped down on sportswear maker Reebok for claims that its buttock-toning footwear would lead to a more shapely butt for its wearers.
Sep 28, 2011 |
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Breathless - understanding asthma
More than 5 million people in the UK suffer from asthma, and we still don’t know what causes it. Researchers have drawn up a long list of possible risk factors but findings are frequently contradictory. ...
Sep 21, 2011 |
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