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How To Manipulate Perceptual Focus In Advertisements
In a new study, researchers demonstrate how advertisements can be manipulated to cause overemphasis of a particular feature, and increase the likelihood that a certain product is chosen. Their finding runs contrary to economic models, which assume that choices are based on stable preferences and should not be influenced by the inclusion of inferior options. Experiments Unraveled Dynamic Core Movements Of Magnetic Swirls
Physicists investigated an unusual arrangement of three magnetic "swirls"- so called magnetic vortices - in a thin magnetic film. Their experiments unraveled the dynamic core movements of these magnetic swirls for the first time. Study Identifies Several New Bacterial Species Associated With Common
Researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have shed new light on BV by using genetic-sequencing technology to detect several new bacterial species -- enough to almost double the number of known strains associated with the infection. Most Distant Explosion Detected, Smashes Previous Record
Scientists using NASA's Swift satellite and several ground-based telescopes have detected the most distant explosion yet, a gamma-ray burst from the edge of the visible universe. This powerful burst was detected September 4. It marks the death of a massive star and the birth of a black hole. It comes from an era soon after stars and galaxies first formed, about 500 million to 1 billion years after the Big Bang. Fatty Liver A Possible Risk For Hypertension, Cardiovascular Disease
The accumulation of fat in the liver, or "fatty liver,"resulting from accumulation of central body fat, and perhaps not alcohol consumption, may represent an important underlying mechanism for the association between liver enzymes and hypertension. Getting into the Cochrane Library for free
Today, I was following up a press release about a review of clinical trials. The analysis suggests that the cannabinoid receptor antagonist rimonabant could help people quit smoking without gaining weight. The research was published today in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, a repository of clinical trials data and analyses that is an invaluable resource for those in healthcare, medical research, patient advocacy groups and patients and their carers, the medical media, and others. Anyway, more on the actual story later this month in the summer issue of Reactive Reports. Now whenever I have needed access to information held in the Cochrane Library database previously, I’ve simply gone through the usual journalist’s route to get at such nuggets. However, the press release pointed out that Cochrane Librarypublications are also available entirely free of charge to particular groups and to members of the public depending on where you are. Guest users can access abstracts for all Reviews in the database, but if you live in any of the following places, there are special access points through which you can get publications
forfreeget publications for free from the Cochrane Collection (either that or the country tag of your computer’s IP address gives you free access: Australia
New Zealand
Denmark
England
Finland
Ireland
Norway
Scotland
Spain
South Africa
Sweden
Wales
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Wyoming So, now you know how to get into the Cochrane Library for free. Of course, if you are in Michigan, Montreal or Moscow you may have to move house. Share This  Blogbib: An Annotated Bibliography on Weblogs and Blogging, With a Foc
"This annotated bibliography includes definitions, articles about blogging and about library blogs, books, studies, links to samples of the myriad library blogs, tools for creating and using blogs, and links to presentations on blogging. ... While most entries are from the United States of America, BlogBib includes blogs and commentary from Canada, Europe, and Australia as well. Coverage includes academic, public, school, and special libraries."By librarian Susan Herzog. Vegetables, Not Fruit, Help Fight Memory Problems In Old Age
Eating vegetables, not fruit, helps slow downthe rate of cognitive change in older adults, according to a study published in the Oct. 24, 2006, issue of Neurology, the scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology Dead On Target: Nanoparticle Seeks Out And Binds WIth Cancer Cells
Researchers have devised dendrimer nanoparticle systems which are able to seek out and specifically bind to cancer cells. Scientists have designed dendrimer nanoparticle systems that are stable, water soluble, and biocompatible. Robot Walks, Balances Like A Human
If you nudge this robot, it steps forward and catches its balance -- much like a human. The machine called RABBIT, which resembles a high-tech Tin Man from "The Wizard of Oz,"minus the arms, was developed by University of Michigan and French scientists over six years. It's the first known robot to walk and balance like a human.
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