News tagged with human mobility
Swine Flu Worst Case Scenario: Computer Simulations (w/Video, Podcast)
Apr 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Large-scale computer simulations run by Northwestern University researchers show worst-case scenario projections of approximately 1,700 cases of swine flu for the entire United States four ...
New human movement model can aid in studying epidemic outbreaks, public planning
Apr 27, 2009 |
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Researchers have developed a new statistical model that simulates human mobility patterns, mimicking the way people move over the course of a day, a month or longer. The model, developed by scientists at North Carolina State ...
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IU informaticists show new levels of refinement in predicting human mobility, epidemic spread
Technology / Computer Sciences
Dec 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The interplay of human mobility patterns like those between local metropolitan commuters and long-range airline travelers during a global epidemic can be modeled in such detail so as to offer ...
Opioids and cannabinoids influence mobility of spermatozoids
Jun 20, 2008 |
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A PhD thesis from the University of the Basque Country has concluded that there are opioid and cannabinoid receptors in human sperm and that these influence the mobility of spermatozoid. The research by Mr Ekaitz Agirregoitia ...
'Corrective genes' closer thanks to enzyme modification
Jul 28, 2009 |
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Scientists from the Université de Montréal and McGill University have re-engineered a human enzyme, a protein that accelerates chemical reactions within the human body, to become highly resistant to harmful ...
The last supper of the hominids establishes the times they lived at the sites
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jul 14, 2009 |
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In the French cave of Arago, an international team of scientists has analyzed the dental wear of the fossils of herbivorous animals hunted by Homo heidelbergensis. It is the first time that an analytical method ...
Swell gel could bring relief to back pain sufferers
Medicine & Health / Medications
Mar 19, 2007 |
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Scientists at The University of Manchester believe injections of tiny sponge-like particles could provide an alternative to major surgery in the treatment of chronic lower back pain.
How HIV cripples immune cells
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Sep 16, 2009 |
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In order to be able to ward off disease pathogens, immune cells must be mobile and be able to establish contact with each other. The working group around Professor Dr. Oliver Fackler in the Virology Department ...
Lightweight and long-legged males go the distance for sex
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Sep 05, 2008 |
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Finding a mate can take considerable legwork as recently illustrated by the flightless and nocturnal Cook Strait giant weta Deinacrida rugosa. This cricket relative is found in New Zealand and is one of the ...
Education Budget Cuts to Cause Increase in Mobile Technology Use
Dec 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- As budget cuts in education continue, we will see more use of mobile technologies in the classroom in 2010, predicts Dr. Vivian Wright, a University of Alabama educator.
Gorillas are new source of HIV, scientists reveal
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Aug 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have discovered that gorillas are a source of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1), having diagnosed a Cameroonian woman living in Paris with a strain that is different to those previously ...
Japan: Total Mobility Project Converts Standard Auto to Solar
Nov 01, 2007 |
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The Prefecture of Fukushima, Japan and the Total Mobility Project have announced the creation of a solar powered auto converted from a standard Mazda Roadster. The joint efforts of government and citizen groups ...
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