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SCIENCE News, Studies, Research, Technology, Aug 15, 2011


National efforts under way to raise bar for science, social studies curriculums
The Herald-Mail
Some local science teachers attended training sessions this summer to learn about those standards and teaching strategies such as promoting science, technology and engineering in a cross-disciplinary approach, said Clyde Harrell, director for ...
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“Children's Scientific Leadership will Determine India's Leadership Among ...
Press Information Bureau (press release)
Shri Vilasrao Deshmukh, Minister of Science and Technology and Earth Sciences urged children to study science, pursue a career in research and avail the facilities available under other components of INSPIRE programme of the Ministry of Science and ...
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Professors measure computer efficiency
Roanoke Times
Virginia Tech researchers will be part of a project to better understand the effect of carbon dioxide on geologic formations. The Virginia Center for Coal and Energy Research at Tech will lead the test project, in which 20000 tons of carbon dioxide ...
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SALINE: Saline High School pilots Senior Capstone Experience course
Heritage Newspapers
About 70 students are enrolled for the pilot course, which combines English, social studies andscience in a college-style lecture format and seeks to prepare students for their foray into global society. "We wanted to take that iconic coasting year ...
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Parents concerned about high-tech classrooms in Connecticut
West Hartford News
In Connecticut, schools and economic development agencies alike are working to prepare a new generation of students for careers in math in science, with new jobs being created by projects like the new Bioscience Connecticut. While these high-tech ...
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Progress towards Mexican silverside commercial farming
FIS
After a decade of research, scientists at the Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo (UMSNH) -- supported financially by the National Council of Science andTechnology (Conacyt) and the Joint Funds of the state of Michoacán -- developed a ...
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FIS
After bumpy start, East Tech connects with its students
Plain Dealer (blog)
Two of East Tech's academies -- Ninth Grade and Engineering, Science and Technology -- are holdovers. To those were added New Tech, which stresses project-based learning," and Community Wrap Around, which will integrate school with social and other ...
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Educational institutions celebrate Independence Day
Pakistan Daily Times
He said that there was a need to promote science and technology to bring Pakistan at par with the developed nations. A flag hoisting ceremony at Lahore College For Women University (LCWU) was held which was attended by Acting Vice-Chancellor Dr Farhat ...
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SSC II position-holders unsatisfied with curricula
Pakistan Daily Times
According to her parents play major role in the success of students. She urged the students to focus on their studies while shunning absenteeism. Samar suggested that new technologies should be introduced in the syllabi. “There is a big difference in ...
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Dreaming of a walk in space
Trinidad News
She is also one of 41 Caribbean women who have made significant contributions to science,technology and innovation, who were featured in the new book “Caribbean Women in Science and Their Careers”. Wardrop Alleyne has been in Trinidad since Monday, ...
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Nanotechnology improves chilling of fish
Anchorage Daily News
And the science can easily be applied to making better ice. NanoICE technology, invented in Iceland 10 years ago, is available for the first time in the US The ice is made up of tiny crystal particles about the size of most bacteria, and the frigid ...
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Decision to allow Pistorius to compete against able-bodied athletes a ...
Insidethegames.biz (blog)
Dr Ross Tucker, a senior lecturer with the University of Cape Town's Exercise Science and Sports Medicine Department, has offered insidethegames a new analysis of the Court of Arbitration for Sport's (CAS) decision in May 2008 to allow Pistorius to ...
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Crackdown on SAT hagwon finds lots of violations
JoongAng Daily
The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology and the Gangnam office of the Seoul Metropolitan Education Office said yesterday that 28 hagwon specializing in SAT preparation for US colleges were checked since July 12. Of them, 18 were found to have ...
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Taiwan awards 25 Belizeans scholarships
The Reporter Belize
Brian Samayoa and Luis Hernandez will study tropical agriculture at National Pintung University of Science and Technology. Gale Quiroz and Evami Tench will both study business administration at National Cheng-Chi University; while Kimberley Westby will...
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The Reporter Belize
New initiatives set for Rapides Parish schools in 2011-12
Alexandria Town Talk
Streaming Plus gives students access to a variety of information on various subjects, including physical science, chemistry, math, language arts, reading and social studies. The library also uses various delivery methods, such as videos, pictures and ...
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Rain Dance Capital: Civic-minded investment group plays key role in Abilene ...
ReporterNews.com
Another investment of at least a million has been into Texas Multicore Technologies, a company founded by Dan Cooke, who was chairman of Texas Tech University's computer science department at the time of his death in October. ...
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Grower's Secret: Chance discovery a 'rough gem' in Pacific
Maui News
It's one of those things we found by accident," said Wesley Chun, chief science officer of Grower's Secret, the company that markets Hiromoto's discovery. The result of Hiromoto's accidental finding and the development of the plant growth enhancer have ...
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Chair, Prof. Supply Chain Management at Penn State Smeal College of Business
Venture Outsource
His most recent research has focused on evaluating total distribution costs in global supply chains, the design and application of mode-choice models, and the pooling of lead-time risk. Dr. Tyworth has been a principal investigator in major studies ...
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Interim EPISD Superintendent Terri Jordan brings hope amid scrutiny
El Paso Times
Jordan has held positions as executive director of technology services, assistant superintendent for language arts and social studies, assistant superintendent of college readiness, associate superintendent for secondary schools, and chief of staff. ...
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Beneficiaries appeal for extension of Scholarship Programme
Ghana News Agency
Beneficiaries like Ms Georgina Adongo Atibire, a Social Science Student of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology and Ms Elizabeth Awewegu, also a Social Science Student of the University of Development Studies, as well as others, ...
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Whalewatchers attack starvation claim
Victoria Times Colonist
However, spokesmen for the whale-watching fleet deny Anderson's claims and say his science is faulty. Marine zoologist Anna Hall, who skippers a vessel for Prince of Whales Whale Watching, said the whales are not starving and studies do not conclude ...
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A breast cancer breakthrough?
Boston Globe
I want every woman to have access to this technology. I got my sisters down here when it was approved. I was like, 'You're all going to get this!' Because in my heart I know it's better.” Andy Smith, Hologic's vice president of imaging science, ...
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Boston Globe
Customer frustrations as starting point
Business Times (subscription)
But eventually, it realised there was a limit to relying on internal skills, and it started to tap researchagencies throughout the world, said Mr Brown. P&G has a partnership with Singapore's Agency forScience, Technology and Research (A*Star), ...
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What makes me angry?
Tucson Citizen
13, 2011, under Uncategorized Recently a local radio station featured a discussion about the EthnicStudies issue with Tucson Citizen and Arizona Independent writer, Lori Hunnicutt. I listened to the entire program and it made me incensed. ...
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Future bright for summer Penn State graduates
Centre Daily Times
Coulter's degree, a Bachelor of Science in human development and family studies, was one of more than 1200 undergraduate degrees conferred by the university Saturday as part of its summer commencement ceremony. Coulter was one of a few hundred ...
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Centre Daily Times
Movers & Shakers from the Aug. 15, 2011 issue
Worcester Business Journal
He has a bachelor's degree from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi-Ghana and a master's from Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Perrin joined the bank in 2006 and previously served as a sales manager for Workers' Credit Union in ...
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Tacoma schools in $4B federal improvement experiment receive varying levels of ...
TheNewsTribune.com
He took a nationally recognized school model called STEM – for science,technology, engineering and math – and grafted the arts onto it. He calls the concept STEAM. He also has tried to foster partnerships between the three schools. ...
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TheNewsTribune.com
Culture: Preserving endangered languages
Summit County Citizens Voice
As part of that effort, the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National ScienceFoundation are helping with a series of grants, this year totaling $3.9 million, a small price to pay for preserving such a basic facet of human culture and ...
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Our Social Networks
Republican & Herald
David presented his research at the 2010 international conference on security and management and published his first paper in the 2010 World Congress in computer science, computer engineering and applied computing. His co-ops were with Rochester Gas ...
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Irish, Robare exchange wedding vows
The Hillsdale Daily News
The groom has a bachelor of science degree in education from Central Michigan University and is a middle school social studies teacher. After a Baltic cruise, the Robares are at home in Three Rivers. Read the story here or in our print edition.
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Trinity Students Develop Android App to Aid Haitian Relief Efforts
TMC Net
A prototype was unveiled in Haiti in March by Ralph Morelli, professor of computer science and principal investigator of Trinity's HFOSS program, and Trishan de Lanerolle, HFOSS project director. Six students who participated in the HFOSS Summer ...
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Book considers a world of Edens
TheDay.com
Wilensky-Lanford approaches her subjects with respect, enthusiasm and conscientious research, and succeeds in doing what the best one-subject historical studies do, which is to reframe history, freshening up long-familiar events. ...
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An Open Letter to the Lemon Grove City Council: Stop the SDG&E Smart Meters
Patch.com
[8] There are literally thousands of studies that raise concerns about the health impacts from EMF. Many of these are detailed on the Center for Electrosmog Prevention www.electrosmogprevention.org, EMF Safety Network www.emfsafetynetwork.org, ...
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Shark bite victim becomes pioneer to serve amputees
The Tennessean
Hutto also reviews other studies and literature about prostheses for the team. Vanderbilt researchers estimate there are 620000 people in the United States with a major lower limb amputation, and about half are above the knee, similar to Hutto's. ...
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School news
Tuscaloosa News
Holt High welcomed new faculty: JT Gosnell, math; Matt Patterson, social studies; Renea Richardson, science; and Itaya White, commerce and information technology. -- Opportunities for Holt High School students, parents, teachers, and community are: ...
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New Website Targets Teachers and Students to Study Native Responses to ...
Art Daily
Users can see how tribes use their traditional culture, values and indigenous knowledge in combination with contemporary science and technologies to inform their environmental work. One of the primary objectives is that students everywhere will see a ...
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JHS class of 2011 reflects on graduation, future
Joplin Globe
He had talked enthusiastically about attending Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla for degrees in electrical engineering and computer engineering, and about one day owning a robotics firm. At the time, he was even building his first ...
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Two Consumer Studies Reveal That Chinese Save Money, Americans ...
By Juliana Chan
For her study, published in the Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal, Yao looked at three common savings motives: precautionary, education and retirement. By studying and comparing results from the American 2007 Survey of ...
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