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Food choices evolve through information overload

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

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

Ever been so overwhelmed by a huge restaurant menu that you end up choosing an old favourite instead of trying something new?


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 ...


Iron overload: An important co-factor in the development of liver disease in alcoholics

Medicine & Health / Research

created Feb 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Alcohol and iron are believed to have a synergistic effect in the development of liver injury. Furthermore, alcohol enhances iron absorption. Primary hemochromatosis is a genetic disorder, mostly resulting from mutations ...


Rice University software helps ID terrorists carrying out attacks

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jan 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Rice University researchers have created a sophisticated new computer program that rapidly scans large databases of news reports to determine which terrorists groups might be responsible for new attacks. During the Thanksgiving ...


Key site in iron metabolism aids in diagnosing anemia of chronic disease

Medicine & Health / Research

created Aug 05, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

University of Utah School of Medicine researchers have developed a new tool that facilitates diagnosis of anemia related to chronic illness, as well as diseases of iron overload. The results of a study detailing the new tool ...