Technology to improve learning for visually-impaired children
...children and related user organisations as well as observations of actual group work in schools. The objective was to determine how visually-impaired children collaborate in school with peers and teachers, and to understand to what extent they engage in group work. "The interaction among the pupils, with teachers...Born dead: Over 3 million stillbirths every year
...systematic review. The final data consisted of 323 observations from 103 countries, and all world regions were presented. Under-reporting of stillbirths is a major problem. The countries with the highest risk of stillbirth have the least data that is useable and recent. Stillbirth rates range from five per 1000 t...Doctors widely prescribe drugs without adequate scrutiny, Stanford scientist finds
...lly recognized pharmaceutical compendium. Rigorous observations in clinical settings and controlled trials must determine the drug's efficacy before such a rating is assigned. The medication gabapentin was prescribed off-label most frequently-about 83 percent of the total prescriptions for that drug. In 66 percen...The ESC releases guidance document on Cardiac Rhythm Management product performance
...s to the media and other interested persons. These observations and ideas outline a framework for future actions on the regulatory and the public policy front and a basis for formulating clinical guidelines. The full text can be found in the May issue of the EUROPACE Journal.......ent a microwave radar instrument that can acquire observations during both day and night and through any weather conditions. The images were acquired on 28 April and 1 May 2006 at Kiruna Esrange and were processed at ESRIN, ESA's Earth observation centre in Frascati, Italy. In addition to these instruments, AL...Patients, be patient: Brain images suggest new therapy for severe depression can take months to work
...liminary brain scan research that confirms earlier observations by psychiatrists about vagal nerve stimulation. Saint Louis University, working in collaboration with Washington University School of Medicine, conducted a pilot study of brain scans of a small group of depressed patients who received vagal nerve sti...New targeted therapy shows promise in children with metastatic gastrointenstinal stromal tumor
...he results of this initial trial confirm our prior observations that sunitinib is an effective therapy for GIST cells without kinase mutations, and it is particularly important for these pediatric patients with imatinib-resistant GIST," says Demetri, the study's senior author and an associate professor of medicin...Study: Breast cancer in younger black women is more likely to be an aggressive variety
...g laboratory discoveries to the clinic or clinical observations to the lab. This collaborative project exemplifies the multidisciplinary nature of the SPORE Program," Gomez said. Study co-authors from the UNC School of Medicine are Dr. Chad A. Livasy, department of pathology and laboratory medicine; Lynn G. Dress...... function independently from their mother. "These observations prompt us to explore new roles for the COX enzymes in biology," says FitzGerald. "Perhaps their embrace will extend to other enzymes, such as the lipoxygenases and the nitric oxide synthases, in ways that prompt us to re-evaluate basic assumptions ab...Flood forecasting for Newfoundland and Labrador available online
...oncerted effort to combine ground- and space-based observations to develop an integrated environmental monitoring ...n said. "When ice conditions are changing rapidly, observations can be made by the satellite twice daily. It also helps us analyse how the ice conditions change bet...4x4 drivers more likely to flout mobile phone and seat belt laws
...on (1-2 pm), and early evening (4-5 pm). The first observations were carried out in February 2004, within the "grace" period regarding use of hand held mobile phones, during which police only cautioned offenders. Observations were repeated one month later, after police began to impose penalties for non-compliance...International Association for Dental Research presents awards & fellowships
...t cells can occur both in vitro and in vivo. These observations have opened up a new field of investigation in immunology. His use of H-2 mutant mice, in defining the specificity of the interaction, has been particularly elegant. In addition to his experimental findings, he has also contributed significantly to t...Rutgers/EOHSI builds model to assess World Trade Center fallout
...e scientists built their model to fill the gaps in observations and crack a puzzle of missing pieces. To reconstr...11 attacks. "The integration of model results and observations allows us to roughly estimate the amount of aerosol produced and conclude, for example, that the max...Drivers on cell phones are as bad as drunks
...helps us move beyond mere suspicions to scientific observations of driver behavior." The study first gained public notice after Strayer presented preliminary results in July 2003 in Park City, Utah, during the Second International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Training and Vehicle Desi...Mass. General study finds potential ovarian cancer stem cells
... of less than 30 percent. Those factors and other observations suggested that cancer stem cells may also be found with ovarian tumors, leading to the current study. The MGH researchers first examined two mouse ovarian cancer cell lines and identified cells with characteristics of the cancer stem cells found w...BIDMC's Shapiro Simulation and Skills Center receives American College of Surgeons accreditation
...tual patients" that appear via video. Instructors' observations and information collected through advanced sensors and computer equipment enable faculty members to provide detailed feedback on students' performances. Up to 65 learners can be accommodated in a large teleconference room with the capacity to recei...Washington, DC getting a summertime air quality exam
...ity monitoring site located here. Multi-instrument observations like this make the Howard site a real gem." The experiment is also focusing on a key measurement for both global climate change and local weather forecasting: water vapor. "Measuring water vapor is a tricky business, because it varies greatly in qu...Study finds safety intervention increases use of child safety restraints in shopping carts
...ntion sites. Trained study personnel conducted the observations unobtrusively in all seven stores, recording the status of shopping cart restraint use as caregivers approached the store checkout areas. The increase in safety-restraint use in shopping carts was greater in the intervention stores than in the cont...Young teens see pregnancy as a way to enhance relationships
...advantages to having a baby earlier in life. These observations offer some insight into how to prevent teen pregnancies, researchers say in a paper published in the current issue of Pediatrics. "We need to help teen-agers identify ways to connect with others in life besides motherhood," says lead author Cynthia ......sed risk of oral cancer. Mason notes that these observations raise the question, "does cigarette smoke promote ...nhances cancer risk." Overall, Mason says, "our observations do not support a mechanistic role for folate in development of oral cancer. However, they do not exc...