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Baby, You Can Drive My Song: ESP Interface Puts Non-musicians On A Dig
A new University of Southern California computer system lets a user "drive"a piece of music, using a wheel and foot controls. The Expression Synthesis Project (ESP) interface could be in the hands of consumers within two years. [Interesting] Smelly Co-Workers Most Annoying
Germans find smelly co-workers to be the most annoying aspect of their jobs, according to a survey by the German business magazine Junge Karriere. Auditory Disabilities: Deaf Culture
Background about the strong sense of community (known as "deaf culture") among those "for whom sign language is their primary language"and how this sense of community differs from that of deaf people who have been "raised in the oral tradition, meaning that they were taught to speak vocally, and to 'read the lips' of others."From WebAIM, an initiative for web accessibility of the Center for Persons With Disabilities at Utah State University. Financial Relationships Between Medical Schools and Industry Highly Pr
A study led by members of the Massachusetts General Hospital Institute for Health Policy has found that institutional academic-industry relationships -- financial relationships companies have with medical schools or teaching hospitals rather than with individual physicians or scientists -- are as common and pervasive as individual relationships. Surgery, Radiation Gives Early Survival Advantage In Bile Duct Cancer
Researchers are reporting the discovery of an early survival advantage when a combination of surgery and radiation therapy is used for patients with a rare but deadly bile duct cancer. "Surgery and radiotherapy shows an early response benefit. It shows that the addition of radiation is potentially reasonable for the first-line treatment,"said the principal investigator of the study. Researchers Build New Model Of Bio-exploration
Two land-grant universities have developed a new approach to global bio-exploration, one that returns most of the fruits of discovery to the countries that provide the raw materials on which the research depends. The new approach has become a model of sustainable, non-exploitive research in the developing world. Chicano &Latino Artists in the Pacific Northwest
This exhibit features images and information from the collection of the Chicano/Latino Archive (at the Evergreen State College Library), "a research and teaching resource focusing on Chicano and Latino art and culture in the Pacific Northwest."Includes interpretative exhibition panels, profiles of two artists, and an extensive exhibit catalog. Some material also in Spanish. From The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington state. Gene Linked With Childhood Asthma Is Identified, Giving Hope For New T
A gene that is strongly associated with a risk of developing childhood onset asthma is identified in new research published online today in Nature. Health of the Amish People
Transcript of a June 2005 interview with Dr. Alan Shuldiner (professor and Head of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition at the University of Maryland School of Medicine) about "how the lifestyle of the Amish people in the U.S. influences their health."Discusses genetic diseases that are rare in the general population but occur more often in the Amish community, as well as diabetes, exercise, and diet. From the Health Report, Radio National, Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). Relatively Few US Adults Report Having A Healthy Lifestyle
Despite clear evidence of the health benefits, few US adults conform to four common healthy behaviors that together characterize a healthy lifestyle, according to the April 25 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
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