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SIMONE's email feel-good factor

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Mar 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A computer model called SIMONE, for Simulator for Interruptions and Message Overload in Network Environments described in the latest issue of the International Journal of Simulation and Process Modelling, could help solve ...


Disruptions in daily routine can adversely affect a couple's conversation

Other Sciences / Other

created Feb 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Is the communication in your relationship a little frosty? It may be the little things you're not doing in daily routines are playing a part, says researcher Leanne Knobloch. Things like forgetting to walk ...


What was I doing? Interruptions can change purchase decisions

Other Sciences / Other

created Sep 15, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

You're on your computer, about to buy a vacation package when the phone rings. According to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research, when you return to the computer after the interruption, you may have a completely differ ...





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Incomplete radiation therapy common among medicare recipients with head and neck cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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

Medicare recipients with head and neck cancer commonly do not complete radiation therapy without interruptions or at all, according to a report in the September issue of Archives of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery. Patien ...


Interruptions in Medicaid coverage linked to increased hospitalization

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 15, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Interruptions in Medicaid coverage are associated with a higher rate of hospitalization for conditions that can often be treated in an ambulatory care setting, including asthma, diabetes, and hypertension, according to a ...


Now where was I again?

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Although the actual interruption may only last a few moments, the study shows that we then lose more time when we try to find our place and resume the task that was interrupted.


Lab identifies new role for factor critical to transcription

Biology /

created Jun 17, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The Stowers Institute's Shilatifard Lab has identified a new role for the elongation factor ELL in gene transcription by RNA polymerase II (Pol II) — the enzyme that synthesizes messenger RNA to carry genetic information ...


More compressions, fewer interruptions lead to higher cardiac arrest survival

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created May 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 2

Survival rates from out-of-hospital sudden cardiac arrest almost doubled when professional rescuers using cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) gave better chest compressions and minimized interruptions to them, according to ...


Study says the best energy strategies to meet the world’s growing demand for electricity are green, small and local

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 20, 2007 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 0

The wisest energy strategy for the United States, and indeed other countries facing similar challenges, is to move away from their reliance on large-scale centralized coal and nuclear plants, and instead, invest in renewable ...


During CPR, more chest compressions mean more saved lives

Medicine & Health / Other

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

The chance that a person in cardiac arrest will survive increases when rescuers doing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) spend more time giving chest compressions, according to a multi-center study reported in Circulation: Jo ...


Race and gender determine how politicians speak

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 13, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Race and gender influence the way politicians speak, which is not always to their advantage. Camelia Suleiman from Florida International University and Daniel O'Connell from Georgetown University in the US have come to this ...


Rhapsody streaming app approved for iPhones (AP)

Rhapsody streaming app approved for iPhones

Technology / Software

created Sep 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- RealNetworks Inc.'s subscription music service Rhapsody has been approved for use on iPhones and iPod Touches, the first time Apple Inc. has allowed an on-demand music streaming program on its devices ...


New barrier coating offers savings for aluminium smelters

New barrier coating offers savings for aluminium smelters

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A barrier coating developed through CSIRO’s Light Metals Flagship offers aluminium smelters significant annual savings in reduced consumption of petroleum coke alone.



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