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Incorporating education in exercise programs increases benefits for arthritis patients
Oct 08, 2008 |
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Arthritis is the nation's most common cause of disability. The number of adults with doctor-diagnosed arthritis is projected to increase to 67 million by 2030, and a large proportion of U.S. adults will limit their activity ...
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Survey highlights trainee teachers' misconceptions about the brain
Sep 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Many teachers appear to be leaving training college with serious misconceptions about how the brain functions, new research suggests.
Educational home visits can improve asthma in children, study suggests
Nov 30, 2009 |
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A few home visits by a health care specialist to educate children with asthma about basic strategies for earlier symptom recognition and improving medication use can lead to fewer flare-ups and less frequent trips to the ...
Researchers aim to improve asthma patients' care through computer-based simulation program
May 19, 2008 |
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Mayo Clinic pulmonary researchers have designed and tested a new patient education computer program intended to help people with asthma manage their disease. The program allows asthma patients (an estimated 7 percent of the ...
Combination of old and new media deepens mathematical understanding
Mar 19, 2009 |
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By combining the trusty old book, pen and paper with the possibilities offered by the computer and the interactive whiteboard, ICT can help to improve students’ understanding in maths education. So conclude a team of researchers ...
Butterfly payload to launch Nov. 16 on space shuttle
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 10, 2009 |
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When NASA's space shuttle Atlantis launches for the International Space Station on Nov. 16 it will carry a University of Colorado at Boulder butterfly experiment that will be monitored by thousands of K-12 ...
Team to Establish a Renewable Hydrogen Fueling Station
Apr 16, 2009 |
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NASA's Glenn Research Center is leading a team of industry and university partners in demonstrating a prototype of a commercial hydrogen fueling station that uses wind and solar power to produce hydrogen from water. This ...
UC San Diego to develop ocean observing cyberinfrastructure
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 02, 2009 |
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The U.S. has taken the next step toward construction of the revolutionary Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI): a network of ocean observing components, and their associated cyberinfrastructure, that will allow scientists ...
Computer-assisted learning - Fun and usefulness combined
Feb 27, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Electronic learning systems must be easy to use, flexible and interactive so as to enable knowledge to be conveyed successfully. Researchers from the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft will be showcasing ...
Today's children decide their school and career path early
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Nov 15, 2009 |
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Children as young as 12 have a strong sense of their personal futures and can reflect thoughtfully on what life might hold for them, according to new research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council and led by ...
Awareness of racism affects how children do socially and academically
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Nov 13, 2009 |
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Most children actively notice and think about race. A new study has found that children develop an awareness about racial stereotypes early, and that those biases can be damaging.
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