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Awareness of racism affects how children do socially and academically
Most children actively notice and think about race. A new study has found that children develop an awareness about racial stereotypes early, and that those biases can be damaging. view more (2009-11-13)
Quality Profile Will Provide Fuller And Fairer Assessment Of Research
The next Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) planned for 2008 will use quality profiles to provide a fuller and fairer assessment of research carried out in universities and colleges in the United Kingdom. The four UK higher education funding bodies (Note 1) have agreed the framework and timing of the next RAE, following a major review and... view more... (2004-02-10)
University to pioneer accessible skills curriculum
The University of Leicester has won funding for a flagship initiative to improve employability opportunities for students with disabilities. The University's Educational Development and Support Centre (EDSC) has received a £100,000 grant from the Higher Education Funding Council, England, (HEFCE) to fund an innovative project to develop key... view more... (2003-03-27)
The company Eurimage is interested in resolution improvement methods
Maria Gonzalez de Audicana, professor of the Public University of Navarre (Basque Country) proposes in her thesis new merging procedures to improve the quality of images used in the discrimination of cultivations. The company Eurimage is the distributor of satellite images of Europe. The images of the satellites IKONOS and QuickBird, which have... view more... (2002-08-28)
Raman spectroscopy to undergo a UV transformation - New technique could help rapid detection of infecting organisms in hospitals and prove authenticity of foods such
Researchers at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth (UWA) are about to put ultra-violet Raman spectroscopy through its paces as a new technique for studying biological materials. Dr Roy Goodacre and colleagues in the Institute of Biological Sciences have been awarded a grant worth £306,291 by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research... view more... (2002-03-01)
New £1m Research Centre for the study of Law, Gender And Sexuality
A £1m Research Centre for the study of Law, Gender and Sexuality is being launched on 24 September 2004 at the University of Kent. The first research centre to focus on these areas in the UK, it is the result of a partnership between Kent, Keele and Westminster Universities, and will bring together academic expertise to develop understanding... view more... (2004-09-15)
Heart Disease In Scotland, UK: Room For Improvement Out Of Hospital (p 1213)
Deaths from coronary heart disease (cardiac infarcts) in Scotland, UK, fell between 1986 and 1995, probably due to a decrease of tobacco-smoking and a healthier diet, report Simon Capewell and colleagues from The Department of Public Health in Liverpool, UK, in this week's issue of THE LANCET. Many people with heart attacks die before reaching... view more... (2001-10-10)
Preventive treatments in elderly people needs rethinking
Rather than prolonging life, preventive treatments in elderly people may simply change the cause of death - the manner of our dying, say doctors in this week's BMJ. view more (2007-08-10)
Researchers urge ethics guidelines for human-genome research
A global team of legal, scientific and ethics experts have put forward eight key recommendations to establish much needed guidelines for conducting human-genome sequencing research. view more (2008-03-27)
Should we test for HIV status in pregnant women?
Dr Lorraine Sherr, Professor Chris Hudson, and colleagues from several UK and European medical schools, have been studying the way other European countries are handling the problem, and found that the major variations between countries reflect the complexity of the ethics involved. view more (1999-06-03)
New study on rural HIV care has economic and health implications
An Indiana University study found that HIV care providers in rural Indiana report significant stigma and discrimination in the rural medical referral system surrounding issues of HIV and substance abuse. Providers felt that these factors impeded their ability to offer quality care to their patients. view more (2008-09-12)
Doctors differ on whether hospices should follow CPR guidelines
Experts in two papers published on bmj.com today disagree on whether cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) guidelines should apply to hospices. view more (2009-03-27)
Climate change threats to HIV rates
Social factors, including economic pressures caused by climate change, could lead to an increase in HIV infection rates world-wide, warns a leading researcher from the University of New South Wales (UNSW). view more (2008-04-30)
Violence Against Women (pp 1172, 1232)
This week marks the start of a new Lancet series-Violence against Women. Over the next six weeks, the series will discuss current challenges and debates on violence against women and the implications for public health. In the first article, Charlotte Watts and Cathy Zimmerman from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK, discuss the... view more... (2002-04-04)
Children's peer victimization -- a mix of loyalty and preference
New research into childhood prejudice suggests that loyalty and disloyalty play a more important role than previously thought in how children treat members of their own and other groups. view more (2007-11-12)
HUMAN GENETICS COMMISSION ANNOUNCES PRELIMINARY PRIORITIES
A key role of the HGC is to promote debate, to listen and gather public and other stakeholders' views, to consider these thoroughly and to provide its expert advice. view more (2000-03-20)
Who owns genetic information?
Who owns genetic information? view more (2002-05-24)
Launch of handbook for European sex workers - UK press briefing
Drawing directly from the experience of sex workers, Hustling for Health is a practical guide which promotes health and safety in the sex industry through better access to good services. The guide was produced by a network of projects in health care, social services and the sex industry in 16 European countries, and has been supported by the... view more... (1999-06-03)
Seeing two figures in coordinated action helps brain pick out movements of one
A new study by vision scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, finds that the human visual system is better able to discriminate the movements of a single person when his or her actions are coordinated in a meaningful way with a second individual. view more (2006-09-08)
Hypertension data may mask racial disparities among Hispanics
Black Hispanics in America are suffering higher rates of hypertension than their Hispanic counterparts who are white, a new study finds. view more (2006-01-26)
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