Author: timbatchelder

  • Google Ngram Viewer: Sciences vs. Religion

    Google Ngram Viewer. Related articles Google Labs’ NGram Viewer: what we learned from 5 million books (nextlevelofnews.com) Colossal is shrinking, but massive continues to grow (diginsider.com) Optimal algorithm for finding all ngrams from a pre-defined set in a text (cs.stackexchange.com) Semantics: Ecohydrology vs. Hydroecology (snowhydro1.wordpress.com) Digital Signage in the Workplace Trends (themarlincompany.com) The Rise of…

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  • EMF levels in hybrids: fact or fiction?

    A recently concern has emerged over the EMF emissions of hybrids which contain a powerful (AC) electric motor and may subject occupants to unhealthy EMF levels. However Consumer Reports conducted testing and found that in reality conventional cars often have just as high EMF levels (though from a slightly less dangerous DC motor). Mythbuster: EMF…

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  • Innerscope and Affectiva apply biometric and anthropometric techniques to consumer behavior

    A basic principle of behavioral science (actually originally from anthropology) is that subjective measures of behavior such as surveys or interviews are almost always fraught with inaccuracies because people’s words and behaviors do not always align. Now,with the emergence of both the massive online data collection made possibly by the internet and also new biometric…

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  • HowAboutWe: accidental anthropologists capitalize on the principle of homophily in online dating

    Recently social data science has found fertile new ground in the booming field of online dating. By tweaking algorithms to increase the likelihood of a match, many online dating sites are becoming defacto behavioral science labs, constantly analyzing what makes people want to hang out, or start a relationship. Now along comes another company that…

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  • Brandeis University Health Informatics program integrates computer, social and bio sciences

    Yet another Boston area school has launched a health and medical informatics program, largely online. Know for its bioinformatics degree, Brandeis is now adding courses in these other areas. Health and Medical Informatics | Programs and Courses | Graduate Professional Studies | Brandeis University. Related articles Information Technology improves patient care and increases privacy, informatics…

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  • When the treatment is worse than the disease: social perspectives on cancer care

    For many cancer survivors, the conventional mainstream treatment, radiation and chemotherapy come with a host of side effects which are crippling and sometimes lethal, which might be slow growing or treatable more conservatively. For example, new studies show that survivors of Hodgkin’s disease once considered the lone example of the effectiveness of radiation and chemotherapy…

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  • TAP® – Thornton Adjustable Positioner: the search for usability in sleep apnea therapies

    TAP® – Thornton Adjustable Positioner :: The TAP® prevents snoring and sleep apnea.. Related articles Snoring ‘may be linked to bad behaviour’ (time4sleep.co.uk) Sleep Apnea FAQ (topdentists.com) What Are Sleep Apnea Causes? (topdentists.com) Is It Snoring or Sleep Apnea? (topdentists.com) Sleep Apnea Tied to More Brain Damage in Women Than Men (nlm.nih.gov) Understanding Sleep Apnea…

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  • SomnoMed: new oral appliances for sleep apnea to increase usability and compliance

    Sleep apnea patients have long suffered from a lack of ethnographic research and usability studies of the conventional therapy, the CPAP. Many find it very uncomfortable to use and thus compliance is low. Fortunately new research is showing that oral appliances have much higher usability. SomnoMed Home. Related articles Available Sleep Apnea Treatments (topdentists.com) Is…

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