News tagged with standards
Explained: Sigma
It's a question that arises with virtually every major new finding in science or medicine: What makes a result reliable enough to be taken seriously? The answer has to do with statistical significance -- but ...
Feb 09, 2012 |
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Workplace safety program can reduce injuries if aggressively enforced, study finds
A longstanding California occupational safety program requiring all businesses to eliminate workplace hazards can help prevent injuries to workers, but only if it is adequately enforced, according to a new study by the RAND ...
Jan 26, 2012 |
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How the Finnish school system outshines U.S. education
(PhysOrg.com) -- Educational philosophy in Finland is strikingly different than in the United States, but the students there outperform U.S. learners.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jan 23, 2012 |
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UN sets stage for blazing fast new mobile devices
(AP) -- A United Nations telecom meeting has approved the next generation of mobile technology, which experts say will make devices 500 times faster than 3G smartphones and eliminate the wait time between the tap of a finger ...
Jan 19, 2012 |
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CMS in 2011: A mountain of particle collision data
Datasets are the currency of physics. As data accumulate, measurement uncertainty ranges shrink, increasing the potential for discoveries and making non-observations more stringent, with more far-reaching ...
Jan 17, 2012 |
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India's HCL profit jumps 43%, shares gain
India's fourth-biggest software services firm, HCL, Tuesday posted a 43 percent jump in quarterly net profit, beating forecasts, thanks to stronger outsourcing demand and a weak rupee.
Jan 17, 2012 |
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Calif. imposes battery charger energy standards
(AP) -- California will require cellphones, tablets and hundreds of other electronic devices to have energy-efficient battery chargers beginning next year.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jan 13, 2012 |
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Expert says lessons should be learned from breast implant crisis
The social, and psychological reasons women have breast implant surgery are complex and multi-faceted says Professor Julie Kent a sociologist from the Center for Health & Clinical Research at UWE Bristol. These considerations, ...
Jan 13, 2012 |
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Developing universal standards for health-care data
(Medical Xpress) -- The Center for Innovation in Healthcare Logistics at the University of Arkansas has released a decision-support tool to help hospitals understand and adopt universal standards for identifying ...
Jan 09, 2012 |
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Record air pollution hammers Calif's ag heartland
(AP) -- This is the time of year when residents who often live with the nation's worst pollution often can draw a breath of fresh air. But this winter has not been kind to people who want to play outside ...
Jan 08, 2012 |
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Key to school improvement: Reading, writing, arithmetic ... and character?
A study of 20 elementary schools in Hawaii has found that a focused program to build social, emotional and character skills resulted in significantly improved overall quality of education, as evaluated by teachers, parents ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Dec 30, 2011 |
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NY bill would require bachelor's degrees for RNs
(AP) -- New registered nurses would have to earn bachelor's degrees within 10 years to keep working in New York under a bill lawmakers are considering as part of a national push to raise educational standards for nurses, ...
Dec 30, 2011 |
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New EPA air quality rules outweigh costs and provide major health and environmental benefits
A report by researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health provides an expanded review of six new air quality regulations proposed or recently adopted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA). ...
Dec 21, 2011 |
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Delhi's air as dirty as ever despite some reforms
(AP) -- A decade ago, plans for a metro and clean-fuel buses were hailed as New Delhi's answer to pollution. But air in the Indian capital is as dirty as ever - partly because breakneck development has brought ...
Dec 16, 2011 |
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Closest Type Ia supernova in decades solves a cosmic mystery
Type Ia supernovae (SN Ia's) are the extraordinarily bright and remarkably similar "standard candles" astronomers use to measure cosmic growth, a technique that in 1998 led to the discovery of dark energy ...
Dec 14, 2011 |
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