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Stimuli And Desire Linked To Help Stroke Patients
Once-paralyzed stroke victims are regaining arm and hand functions thanks to an innovative treatment developed by University of Toronto and Toronto Rehabilitation Institute researchers. Open WorldCat Program
This program "makes records of library-owned materials in OCLC's WorldCat database available to Web users on popular Internet search, bibliographic and bookselling sites. The result: OCLC member libraries are more visible on the Web."Includes a FAQ and a tutorial on providing "deep"links to your library's online catalog. ("'Deep' linking enables end users of Open WorldCat ... to link from their search results ... to the Find in a Library interface.") 'Smart' Buildings To Guide Future First Responders
The best response to a building emergency is a fast and informed one. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is working with the building industry as well as the public safety and information technology communities to achieve both objectives.NIST researchers are studying how "intelligent"building systems can be used by firefighters, police and other first responders to accurately assess emergency conditions in real-time. Federal Aviation Administration: Runway Safety
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) documents and data on runway incursions, which are "occurrence[s] in the airport runway environment involving an aircraft, vehicle, person, or object on the ground that creates a collision hazard or results in a loss of required separation with an aircraft taking off"or landing. The "2005 Runway Safety Report"includes detailed information about runways at specific U.S. airports. Historical runway incursion data is available for 2001 to the present. Child Health Advice
"These guidelines (topics) are intended to help you determine how sick your child is and if you need to call your child's doctor. Their second purpose is to help you treat your child at home when it is safe to do so."Topics include head lice, eye injury, earache, sore throat, croup, diaper rash, diarrhea, and athlete's foot. From Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center, Seattle, Washington state. Dung Beetles Inspire Video Enhancements for Camera Phones
A Swedish start-up has created an algorithm, inspired by dung beetles, that can be integrated into camera modules to offer high-quality video in extremely low-light situations.
 Study Identifies Possible Mechanism For Brain Damage In Huntington's D
Researchers from the MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease have identified a possible mechanism underlying how the gene mutation that causes Huntington's disease leads to the degeneration and death of brain cells. Hearing Loss From Chemotherapy Underestimated
An Oregon Health &Science University study found the incidence and severity of childhood hearing loss from ototoxicity, a condition in which platinum-based chemotherapy drugs damage tiny hair cells in the inner ear, has long been underreported by the medical community. It says a well-known classification system used for reporting toxicities in patients doesn't consider high-frequency hearing loss, allowing the magnitude of ototoxicity in children treated with platinum agents for tumors to be miscalculated. Natural Selection Has Strongly Influenced Recent Human Evolution, Stud
The most detailed analysis to date of how humans differ from one another at the DNA level shows strong evidence that natural selection has shaped the recent evolution of our species, according to a study by researchers from Cornell University, Celera Genomics and Celera Diagnostics published in the Oct. 20 issue of the journal Nature. Symbols Can Help Children Control Impulses, Get More Of What They Want
Researchers investigating how self- control develops in young children found that abstract symbols can lead the youngsters toward a more optimal decision than when they have to make a choice with tangible objects such as candy.
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