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• Using clickers on multiple sites in a distributed undergraduate medical program

  
  Tony Bates — Authority: 542
  Terris, B. (2009) University Uses ‘Clickers’ to Quiz Students in Multiple Location Chronicle of Higher Education , September 14 The University of British Columbia recently completed a trial of a new satellite polling system by i>clicker, which sells student-response systems. The new system allowed students ...
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• Daydreaming makes the brain sharper

  
  movies, news, photos, gossip, videos - Searchandhra.com — Authority: 157
  Daydreaming makes the brain sharperMost of the time people say
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• Exposure to air pollution increases infants’ bronchiolitis risk (Re-issue)

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 710
  Washington, Nov 8 (ANI): Increased exposure to air pollution might put infants at an increased risk of developing bronchiolitis, reveals a new study.The researchers found that traffic-derived air pollutants as well as wood smoke and industrial emissions were associated with infant bronchiolitis.“There has been very ...
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• The Fiction Writer on Amazon.com!

  
  Darwin's Paradox — Authority: 92
  “ The Fiction Writer is at the top of the required reading list for my students. With its engagingly direct, conversational style and easily accessible format, it is a veritable cornucopia of hands-on help for aspiring writers of any age…the quintessential book for the soon-to-be published.”—Susan H. ...
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• Fort Hood: Shrinks Are Not Crazier, But Less Treated

  
  Blogs — Authority: 160
  I have no more idea than any media consumer about the particular motivations for Nidal Malik Hasans killing spree at Fort Hood yesterday, and todays rampage in Orlando shows, of course, that violent behavior does not come with a job description. But there is evidence that mental health providers labor under a greater ...
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• Exposure to air pollution increases infants’ bronchiolitis risk

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 710
  Washington, Nov 6 (ANI): Increased exposure to air pollution might put infants at an increased risk of developing bronchiolitis, reveals a new study.The researchers found that traffic-derived air pollutants as well as wood smoke and industrial emissions were associated with infant bronchiolitis.“There has been very ...
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• Common pain reliever may trigger asthma in children and adults

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 710
  Washington, Nov 6 (ANI): Widely used pain reliever acetaminophen may be associated with an increased risk of asthma and wheezing in both children and adults exposed to the drug, finds a new research. Researchers from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, conducted a systematic review and ...
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• Air pollution increases infants risk of bronchiolitis

  
  Science Blog - Science news straight from the source — Authority: 626
  Infants who are exposed to higher levels of air pollution are at increased risk for bronchiolitis, according to a new study.
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• Acetaminophen may be linked to asthma in children and adults

  
  Science Blog - Science news straight from the source — Authority: 626
  New research shows that the widely used pain reliever acetaminophen may be associated with an increased risk of asthma and wheezing in both children and adults exposed to the drug.
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• Tasktop Finds Path to Profits, Via a More Efficient Interface Inspired by Brain Science

  
  Xconomy — Authority: 710
  Software , IT , startups Gregory T. Huang wrote: For Mik Kersten, it all started when he saw Maria Klawe speak at the University of British Columbia. It was the mid-1990s, and Klawe, a distinguished mathematician and computer scientist—now the president of Harvey Mudd College and recently appointed ...
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• The End of Fish on Fresh Air

  
  The New Republic - The Plank Feed — Authority: 149
  Be sure to check out Daniel Pauly, a professor of fisheries at the University of British Columbia, on NPRs Fresh Air today. Hell be discussing a piece he recently wrote for TNR, "Aquacalypse Now: The End of Fish," about the global fishing industrys threat to the fish population.
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• Labour Law Lecture & Conference 2009

  
  Omar Ha-Redeye — Authority: 121
  UWO Law hosted the 2009 Labour Law Lecture & Conference on Equity in the Workplace: 25 Years After the Abella Report . Hon. Justice Rosalie Abella of the Supreme Court of Canada delivered the keynote speech on Oct. 30, 2009. Kamila Pizon, a 3L at UWO Law, did a write-up on the speech available from ...
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• Join our live chat on Smart Cities this Wednesday

  
  FP Executive Blog — Authority: 118
   Imagine a city that made it easy for its citizens to learn and socially interact, was environmentally responsible -- and economically successful. Imagine your Smart City.  Join urban experts Glenn Murray and John Robinson Wednesday, Nov. 4, from noon to 1 p.m. for a live online discussion on the Smart City. A ...
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• UBC students to transform Volkswagen Beetle into electric car for 2010 Winter Games

  
  Green Diary — Authority: 442
  After playing all sorts of high jinks with a working 37-year-old Volkswagen Beetle, the engineering students at the University of B.C. , Vancouver, have finally decided to transform the gas-guzzler into an electric machine. They hope to drive the car along the Sea to Sky Highway to Whistler at the 2010 Winter Games. ...
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• Aerobic exercise no big stretch for older adults but helps elasticity of arteries

  
  Science Blog - Science news straight from the source — Authority: 626
  Edmonton -- Just three months of physical activity reaps heart health benefits for older adults with type 2 diabetes by improving the elasticity in their arteries -- reducing risk of heart disease and stroke, Dr. Kenneth Madden told the 2009 Canadian Cardiovascular Congress, co-hosted by the Heart and Stroke ...
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• Why some men fail to control sexual arousal

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 710
  Washington, Oct 25 (ANI): While some men are able to control their physical and mental sexual arousal, there are others who can’t do it. Now, a new study by University of British Columbia researchers has explained why it is so.The study found that men, who can regulate their arousal to some degree, are the ones [...]
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• Scientists find microbe that is key biological indicator of oceanic dead zones

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 710
  Washington, October 23 (ANI): In a new study, a team of scientists has mapped the genome of a microbe that is a key biological indicator of oceanic dead zones.The study was carried out by a team of researchers at the University of British Columbia, along with colleagues at the US Dept. of Energy Joint Genome [...]
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• Facebook, Freud and Marx: Social stratification and profit in social media

  
  Senses: A blog about the Thirdi Software perception — Authority: 129
  A post of mine from earlier this month explored how many smaller and medium sized businesses have had difficulties embracing social media as a profit generating tool . In fact, many companies have banned all social media from being used by employees in what I still think is an example of poor business practice- ...
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• Mind: How Nonsense Sharpens the Intellect

  
  Through Your Body: — Authority: 427
  By BENEDICT CAREY In addition to assorted bad breaks and pleasant surprises, opportunities and insults, life serves up the occasional pink unicorn. The three-dollar bill; the nun with a beard; the sentence, to borrow from the Lewis Carroll poem, that gyres and gimbles in the wabe. An experience, in short, that ...
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