Boating is unpleasant for the skipper and passengers if it is difficult to hear normal conversation in the cockpit. VTT's Quiet boats project examined both…
Various order and discipline functions are a clear part of everyday activities in preschool and primary education, and sometimes involve children being given…
The thesis examines what children negotiate over, how they negotiate and the strategies they use. The results show that young children are skilled negotiators.Torgeir Alvestad has looked into how young children learn, through play, which negotiation strategies are appropriate and which aren’t. …
Multiple sclerosis patients who directly confronted the stress of the Second Lebanon War suffered fewer attacks than those who chose to cope with the situation…
Each year more than 6,000 adults in the United States are living kidney donors. Over time, these donors typically have some decline in function of their…
“Surgical treatment, such as laparoscopic gastric banding, is increasingly recognized as the most effective means of achieving weight loss and improving blood…
The Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act, 2004, requires that all school districts have a Wellness Policy if they participate in federal school meal…
An assessment of patients with adult Tourette syndrome (TS) to identify clinical factors that contribute to psychosocial and occupational disabilities…
The researchers used existing data to develop the first estimates on the number of elderly individuals left alone, without any adult support, as a result of…
The finding adds to understanding of the cold sensing protein TRPM8 (pronounced trip-em-ate), first identified in a Nature paper in 2002 by USC College…
The study, published in the Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, found antibiotic-resistant bacteria in every fish species sampled. The researchers also found…
The 2005 Medicare Modernization Act, which substantially reduced Medicare payments to physicians for administering outpatient chemotherapy drugs, has had a…
In the June issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings, researchers from Italy describe four patients with locked-in syndrome who also had dancing eye syndrome…
Unemployment is hovering near 10 percent — the highest in more than 26 years. That figure doesn’t include those involuntarily working part-time (one to 34…
The study compared two competing theories. One theory — the conventional wisdom in political science — sees drug attitudes as primarily coming from people's…
Cyclical changes in atmospheric pressure and sea surface temperature in the North Atlantic Ocean affect drought in the Sahel region on the southern Sahara rim….