News tagged with monitoring
Fires Burning Near Big Sur, California
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 01, 2008 |
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Fires near Big Sur, Calif., continued to burn unchecked when the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) instrument on NASA's Terra satellite captured this image on Sunday, June ...
Hacker attack shuts down Twitter, Facebook also slows down (Update 2)
Aug 06, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Hackers on Thursday shut down the fast-growing messaging service Twitter for hours, while Facebook experienced intermittent access problems.
Highest-ever winter water temperatures recorded
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Tasmania’s east coast is recording its highest-ever winter water temperatures of more than 13ºC - up to 1.5ºC above normal - due to a strengthening of an ocean current originating north of ...
Breakthrough in monitoring tropical deforestation announced in Copenhagen
Dec 10, 2009 |
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Tropical forest destruction accounts for some 20% of global greenhouse gas emissions. But quantifying these emissions has not been easy, particularly for tropical nations. New technology, developed by a team ...
What's in our water?
Nov 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Although America's supply of drinking water is considered among the world's safest, there is an urgent need to develop more stringent regulations to guide how water is monitored for pollutants, ...
USGS to help Chile develop volcano early warning system
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 25, 2008 |
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The U.S. Geological Survey is partnering with the Chilean government to develop a volcano early warning and emergency response system for the country after the historic eruption of Chaitén Volcano on May 2.
Exhaled nitric oxide monitoring does not improve on guidelines-based asthma management
Sep 19, 2008 |
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Exhaled nitric oxide serves as a biomarker of inflammation in the lungs, and proponents have suggested that monitoring nitric oxide levels could help improve management of asthma. However, new research, which will be published ...
Monitoring against another Pompeii
Aug 04, 2008 |
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A wimax-based connection to the internet will enable real-time monitoring of potentially dangerous active volcanoes.
Sensor in artery measures blood pressure
Jan 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- High blood pressure can be a trial of patience for doctors and for sufferers, whose blood pressure often has to be monitored over a long time until it can be regulated. This will now be made ...
The minerals on Mars influence the measuring of its temperature
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 14, 2009 |
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A team of researchers from the CSIC-INTA Astrobiology Centre in Madrid has confirmed that the type of mineralogical composition on the surface of Mars influences the measuring of its temperature. The study ...
World's rarest gorilla ready for its close-up (w/ Video)
Dec 16, 2009 |
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The world's rarest -- and most camera shy -- great ape has finally been captured on professional video on a forested mountain in Cameroon, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society and Germany's NDR Naturfilm.
Study examines cost-effectiveness of HIV monitoring strategy in countries with limited resources
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Sep 22, 2008 |
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In a computer-based model evaluating the benefits and costs of three types of HIV disease monitoring strategies, early initiation of antiretroviral therapy and monitoring using the CD4 count, a measure of immune system function, ...
Massive monitoring project to identify dairy air quality parameters
Oct 19, 2009 |
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Optimizing expertise and equipment to get solid answers both producers and government agencies can use was the goal of a massive two-week air quality monitoring project at an eastern New Mexico dairy, according to project ...
Continuous glucose monitoring in diabetic pregnant women lowers risk of complications
Sep 26, 2008 |
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Continuous glucose monitoring as part of antenatal care for women with diabetes improves maternal blood glucose control and lowers birth weight and risk of macrosomia (excessive birth weight in babies), according to a study ...
Google to step up anti-porn efforts in China
Jun 19, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Google Inc. said Friday that it was working to block pornography reaching users of its Chinese service after a mainland watchdog found the search engine turned up large numbers of links to obscene ...
