News tagged with measurement formula
Improving speed measurements for cars, bullets
May 21, 2009 |
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While today's law enforcement officers don't wear utility belts full of crimefighting gadgets like Batman, they do rely on a variety of state-of-the-art technologies to do their jobs efficiently and safely. ...
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Measurement of kidney function in children with kidney disease improved
Jan 20, 2009 |
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A formula used to measure kidney function in children with chronic kidney disease has been revised to make it more precise, according to a study published online January 21 in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. ...
Supplementing babies' formula with DHA boosts cognitive development
Sep 15, 2009 |
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Research has shown that children who were breast fed as infants have superior cognitive skills compared to those fed infant formula, and it's thought that this is due to an essential fatty acid in breast milk called docosahexaenoic ...
Evaluation of standard liver volume formula for Chinese adults
Sep 16, 2009 |
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Living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) has been used to alleviate the shortage of available liver donors. Accurate estimation of the standard liver volume (SLV) of the living donor and recipient is crucial. Scholars of ...
We’ll Be Back After These Messages -- Will You?
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jun 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- For at least 50 years, television advertisements have been ordered randomly within commercial breaks. But given the spread of digital video recorders (DVR) that allow users to blip-blip past the ads in fast-forward, ...
FDA tells doctors new heparin formula less potent
Medicine & Health / Medications
Oct 01, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration is alerting doctors that a widely used blood thinner has been reformulated to improve its safety, though the change could open the door to dosing errors.
World-first sustainable racing car to take on Formula 3 at Brands Hatch (w/ Video)
Oct 05, 2009 |
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Can the idea of 'green motorsport' actually work? Yes, according to Dr Kerry Kirwan at the University of Warwick, who led the research team which designed and built the worldfirst fully sustainable Formula 3 racing car.
Maybe it's raining less than we thought
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 11, 2009 |
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It's conventional wisdom in atmospheric science circles: large raindrops fall faster than smaller drops, because they're bigger and heavier. And no raindrop can fall faster than its "terminal speed"—its speed when the downward ...
Measuring distances in microseconds
Nov 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Standard laser devices are fast enough for measuring the size of a room, but they need to be faster for outdoor mobile applications. Researchers have brought these scanners up to speed -- ...
Assuring quality in lightweight construction
Oct 21, 2009 |
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Aerospace, automotive and airplane construction count on lightweight construction. But to make sure that lightening the load does not come at the cost of safety, Fraunhofer researchers are working on new quality assurance ...
Professor discovers new way to calculate body's 'Maximum Weight Limit'
Sep 18, 2009 |
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Most of us are familiar with the term, Body Mass Index, or BMI, as an index to determine healthy body weight. But, calculating BMI involves a complex formula: weight in pounds is multiplied by 703, and then divided by height ...
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