USA Today
A fall 2010 report by the Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service, ERS, called "Fuel for Food: Energy Use in the US Food System," found that while energy consumption per capita fell by 1 percent between 2002 and 2007, food-related energy ...
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EyeTrackShop uses webcams for online eye tracking
Retail Customer Experience
Bander said Tobii eventually realized that the technology could also be used for market research. About 18 months ago, the company decided to develop and implement the webcam, and now sells the equipment and software to companies such as Procter ...
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That's no pet, it's a 'companion animal'
Globe and Mail
Clerics from Malaysia to Qatar have struggled with the impact of new technology on such proceedings. But in few places have digital innovations muddied the waters as much as in this Central Asian nation.” “Disturbing new research finds that ...
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Globe and Mail
ECU Notes: Celebration honors achievement
Greenville Daily Reflector
Dr. Deirdre Mageean, vice chancellor for research and graduate studies, explained the award will annually recognize a faculty member for achievement in a sustained commitment to partnered scholarly endeavors with communities. ...
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Mayo Clinic finds new genetic cause of neurodegeneration
EurekAlert (press release)
"We were able to do this now because of Next Generation genomic sequencing technology," says Christopher Klein, MD, Mayo Clinic neurologist and lead author of the study. "We also had the invaluable help of our international collaborators who helped ...
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Helping women to step back into study
The National
The Dubai Women's College, one of the Higher Colleges of Technology's 16 campuses across the country, has opened its doors to students of any age. About time, according to its director, Dr Howard Reed. "We must be the last country in the world that has ...
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The National
Marketing: Stakeholders espouse youth influence
Nigeria Daily Independent
This was the view of the Governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Raji Fashola, represented by the Honourable Commissioner for Science & Technology, Dr. Kadiri Obafemi Hamzat who gave some eye-opening insights to the significance of Science & Technology in ...
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$12m flood alert program
The Age
The studies would also examine what engineering solutions might be possible to reduce the risk, he said. ''The priority is about protecting houses,'' he said. The research is expected to take 12-18 months. The government will work with catchment ...
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Cancer Biomarker Technical Guide
Proteo Monitor
New studies have shown that these efforts have resulted in longer lives, lower mortality rates, and more efficient treatment of patients. But cancer is a pernicious disease — it finds ways to hide, grow, migrate, develop, and mutate. ...
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How TCS became 'truly global'
Business Standard
The growth and transformation story of the company is a part of management school case studies. From the time when the company had to wait for several months to get permission from the government to import computers, to the day the company spanned its ...
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Business Standard
Keeping Up With Legal Developments in Employment Law and Selection
Akron Beacon Journal (blog)
Kimmaree Menendez Horvath of Medina, a senior at the University of Akron, was selected to receive a Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation valued at a total of $90000 over three of the next five years. ...
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Strength in numbers at Kingswood High
Cumberland Courier Newspapers
As part of their technology mandatory class students researched and built bridges using pine wood, hot glue, string and nails. Technological and applied studies head teacher Simon Szymkow said the kids had a great time doing their assessment. ...
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Cumberland Courier Newspapers
Reliable military and aerospace communications depend on advanced military ...
Military & Aerospace Electronics
To meet the needs of this burgeoning market segment, technology firms are doubling their research-and-development efforts and growing their product portfolios. ADTI, for instance, has expanded development of next-generation lightweight and small-size ...
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AP IMPACT: Ties bind Japan nuke sector, regulators
The Associated Press
Research by Yoshihiro Kinugasa, a professor at the Tokyo Institute of Technology and veteran on regulatory panels, tended to underestimate fault line lengths — thus helping reduce projected earthquake risks for nuclear power plants. ...
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Bioptigen Unveils Image Analysis Software
PR.com (press release)
Research Triangle Park, NC, May 01, 2011 --(PR.com)-- Bioptigen Inc., a medical device company whose innovative ophthalmic imaging technologies produce highly resolved images for researchers and clinicians, has released a new software package, ...
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Asian Hospital participates in 33rd Asia Pacific Dental Congress
Malaya
This year's theme, "Advancing the Pinnacles of Dental Health Care," aims to let participants in on the future of dentistry as it zeroes in on up-to-date dental research, studies and technology in pursuit of enhanced dental practice and better dental ...
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The true cost of a 5-year pay freeze
Federal Times
All of the studies of employee engagement have a lesson here — when employee engagement falls, performance declines. When employees become "actively disengaged," to use the phrase from Gallup's research, they become disruptive and undermine the ...
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iPhone and Android users face many companies who want to know where they are
San Jose Mercury News
“For the average user, making informed decisions about apps based on what data is collected and how it is used is simply a hopeless task,” said Arvind Narayanan, a computer science researcher at Stanford University who studies privacy issues. ...
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How to build a better teacher
Richmond Times Dispatch
The symposium collected and shared recent research that can help teachers teach better and provided an invigorating look at new ways of teaching and transferring these techniques to other teachers through innovative technologies. ...
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Over 3000-year-old ritual commences at Panjal
Central Chronicle
Former director of International School of Photonics, Cochin University of Science and Technology and Emeritus scientist at Council for Industrial and Scientific Research, VPN Nampoori is heading the research wing of the Athirathram. Studies will also ...
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“Prostate Cancer: Hype and Hope” program coming to Wellesley Free Library
The Swellesley Report
His CTC research involves translational and clinical applications of a novel technology developed by collaborators in engineering and cancer biology at MGH. The Wellesley Cancer Prevention Project is a nonprofit, nonpartisan group that studies the ...
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Paper: Ghana's Democratic Development Since 1992: Prospects and Deficits
Myjoyonline.com
Keynote address by Dr. Michael Whyte Kpessa, Research Fellow Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana, Legon, & Executive Director, Center for Policy Research, Ghana It is a great honour to be invited to give the keynote address for this ...
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Always a car guy
Test & Measurement World
Huang earned his bachelor's degree and master's degree in electrical engineering from Hefei University of Technology in China, and then came to the US to continue his studies. After receiving his master's degree from the University of Detroit, ...
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Illinois Wesleyan Celebrates 2011 Graduates
Illinois Wesleyan University
Endowed professorships and chairs honor faculty members who have distinguished themselves in terms of teaching, research and service. Professor of Hispanic Studies and Chair of the Hispanic Studies Department Carolyn Nadeau was honored as the inaugural ...
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Col. Charbonneau named to academic fellowship in Israel
Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
Charbonneau will travel to Israel at the beginning of June for an intensive course in terrorism studies, and in particular, how democracies can defeat the worldwide terrorist threat. “Terrorism is the greatest threat today to the world's democracies, ...
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A lesson North Carolina can take from Detroit (!)
News & Observer
The project is also designed to provide a northern link to a growing "creative corridor" that includes the Detroit Institute for the Arts, the Detroit Science Center (also featuring a co-located charter school focused on science, technology, ...
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News & Observer
iCo Therapeutics Announces Year-End 2010 Financial Results
PR-USA.net (press release)
Published results of our studies in several peer reviewed journals and notable scientific conferences. In February 2011, iCo completed drug product manufacturing activities as part of its Phase II clinical program investigating multiple doses and ...
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Profiles of 2011 Teacher of Year nominees
Newnan Times-Herald
Teresa Barr teaches math, science and social studies to fifth grade students at Newnan Crossing Elementary School. “My philosophy of education is to view each child in a holistic manner,” said Barr. “Education plays a significant role in developing ...
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MIT Web Tools Help Small Landowners Navigate Gas Leasing Frenzy
Reuters
Improved recovery technology known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, has made the resource economical to extract in recent years, fueling a drilling frenzy as well as highly publicized environmental concerns. Recent reports reveal that wastewater ...
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Royal families and new world order
Press TV
S. Hammons posted on Earthpages.org, “Studies are showing that our IQ and aptitudes, athletic ability, musical talents and even our psychological and emotional traits might be drastically affected by our DNA within. Let's say you have always had a ...
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Emily Zheng
Centre Daily Times
I would probably focus on business degrees in my undergraduate studies, but I would love to get both my JD and my MBA in the future. What would you like to do with your degrees? I love being bossy. One of the very strong tendencies I see in myself is ...
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People in Business
The Daily Advertiser
Magdy Bayoumi, director of the Center for Advanced Computer Studies and department head of computer science at UL, has been selected as a Distinguished Lecturer for the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Circuits and Systems Society for ...
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Pa. official: End nears for wastewater releases
Corning Leader
For months, drillers have been introducing technology that returns brine to deep wells, rather than discarding it as waste. By the end of last year, this reuse was being considered by most big drillers as the industry's future. ...
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Subsidies to government firms more than double in 1st quarter
BusinessWorld Online
... Cottage Industry Technology Center, P2 million. The Philippine Rice Research Institute got P8 million in the first quarter, while the Philippine Institute for Development Studies received P4 million in March to bring its total take to P6 million. ...
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Kohala kids prove Wall Street worth
Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Teachers use the SMS to incorporate economics, finance, current events, math, social studies and technology in the classroom. The interactive, team format promotes collaboration and strengthens students' computer and Internet skills. ...
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Too little sleep can harm young brains
Tehran Times
Tech temptations Studies have shown that the brain uses sleep to organize the deluge of information that floods in during waking hours. Not every experience needs to be remembered and it's the brain's job, when consciousness goes offline, ...
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Many poorer families simply ignore their teeth
Jerusalem Post
Dov Chernichovsky, chairman of the Taub Center for Social Policy Studies health policy program and a senior Ben- Gurion University health economist, who wrote a new report with Dr. Guy Navon of the Bank of Israel and a policy fellow at the Jerusalem ...
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Shades of Grey: LSU Researcher Studies South Louisiana's ...
Faculty & Staff Focus, Research, Science & Technology ... Michael Pasquier, assistant professor of religious studies and historian at LSU, has developed ...
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