News tagged with comparison
Alice.com grasps the woes of buying toilet paper
Jul 01, 2009 |
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(AP) -- If shopping for household essentials like toilet paper and soap isn't your favorite activity, a new Web site might eliminate the task - while saving you cash.
Expressing comparisons is possible even without language, researchers find
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Making comparisons between objects, like comparing a tiger to a cat, is elemental in the development of a child’s ability to grasp the concept of categories.
More competitors, less competition
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Americans love competition, but the more challengers involved, the less likely we are to compete, says a University of Michigan professor.
New computational technique allows comparison of whole genomes as easily as whole books
Jan 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Taking a hint from the text comparison methods used to detect plagiarism in books, college papers and computer programs, University of California, Berkeley, researchers have developed an improved ...
Siblings of mentally disabled face own lifelong challenges, according to researchers
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 09, 2008 |
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People who have a sibling with a mental illness are more likely to suffer episodes of depression at some point in their lives, say researchers who analyzed four decades of data.
Mix of taiji, cognitive therapy and support groups benefits those with dementia
Dec 04, 2008 |
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Those diagnosed with early stage dementia can slow their physical, mental and psychological decline by taking part in therapeutic programs that combine counseling, support groups, Taiji and qigong, researchers ...
No justification for denying obese patients knee replacements
Jul 24, 2008 |
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There is no justification for denying obese patients knee replacement surgery: They benefit almost as much as anyone else from the procedure, concludes a small study published ahead of print in the Annals of the Rheumatic Di ...
