News tagged with performance

Human cognitive performance suffers following natural disasters, researchers find

Not surprisingly, victims of a natural disaster can experience stress and anxiety, but a new study indicates that it might also cause them to make more errors - some serious - in their daily lives. In their upcoming Human Fa ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Physically abused children report higher levels of psychosomatic symptoms

Children who display multiple psychosomatic symptoms, such as regular aches and pains and sleep and appetite problems, are more than twice as likely to be experiencing physical abuse at home than children who do not display ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Engineers boost computer processor performance by over 20 percent

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new technique that allows graphics processing units (GPUs) and central processing units (CPUs) on a single chip to collaborate – boosting processor performance ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Intel packs performance and reliability into its latest SSD 520 series

Intel Corporation announced today its fastest, most robust client/consumer solid-state drive (SSD) to date, the Intel Solid-State Drive 520 Series (Intel SSD 520), a 6 gigabit-per-second (gbps) SATA III SSD ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 4

India's air the worst, says annual study

India has the worst air quality in the world, poorer even than its neighbour China, according to an annual survey based at Yale and Columbia universities in the United States.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 5

Paper calls for more to be done to help young people with depression

Depression is one of the most common mental health problems in young people worldwide, but it often goes unrecognised and untreated. Left untreated, adolescent depression increases the risk of suicide, substance abuse, and ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A glass of milk a day could benefit your brain

Pouring at least one glass of milk each day could not only boost your intake of much-needed key nutrients, but it could also positively impact your brain and mental performance, according to a recent study in the International Da ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Adolescents with autism spend free time using solitary, screen-based media

Children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) tend to be fascinated by screen-based technology. A new study by a University of Missouri researcher found that adolescents with autism spend the majority of their free time using ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Study: Adolescents from unstable families lose ground in rigorous high schools

Research continues to support a connection between instability in the home and school performance in adolescents, but a new study in the January issue of Sociology of Education takes the research a step further by explor ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The general link between worker happiness and productivity challenged

Managers encouraging employees to be more proactive and flexible do make gains in performance and productivity. But this is at the expense of employee job satisfaction, according to the latest research in the journal Human Re ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jan 23, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A big leap toward lowering the power consumption of microprocessors

The first systematic power profiles of microprocessors could help lower the energy consumption of both small cell phones and giant data centers, report computer science professors from The University of Texas ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (14) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

India's largest IT firm TCS Q3 profit up 23%

India's biggest outsourcing company, Tata Consultancy Services, reported on Tuesday that net profit rose 23 percent in the third quarter, matching forecasts, thanks to a rise in orders.

Technology / Business

created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Wanted: High-quality jobs and a skilled workforce

As the United States slowly recovers from the Great Recession, it needs to focus on creating not just more jobs but more high-quality jobs and providing workers with the skills necessary to perform those jobs, according to ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Fitness products galore at gadget show

If your New Year's resolution was to get more exercise and you're slipping already how about a digital personal trainer?

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 13, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Surgeons aged between 35 and 50 provide the safest care

Surgeons aged between 35 and 50 years provide the safest care compared with their younger or older colleagues, finds a study published in the British Medical Journal today.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Performance

A performance, in performing arts, generally comprises an event in which one group of people (the performer or performers) behave in a particular way for another group of people (the audience). Sometimes the dividing line between performer and the audience may become blurred, as in the example of "participatory theatre" where audience members might get involved in the production. Singing choral music, and performing in a ballet are examples. Usually the performers participate in rehearsals beforehand. Afterwards audience members often clap, indicating appreciation. However, sometimes this rule is reversed. In Japan, the greatest compliment is complete silence.[citation needed]

Performances, for example in theatre, can take place daily, or at some other regular interval. Performances can take place at someone's house, in a subway, or even at a dollar store. Talent, on the other hand, is subjective.

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