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Humanitarian health computing using artificial intelligence and social media: A narrative literature review. "The feasibility

Humanitarian health computing using artificial intelligence and social media: A narrative literature review. "The feasibility of using AI to extract valuable information during a humanitarian health crisis is proven in many cases. There is a lack of research on how to integrate the use of AI into...
Source: nih.gov

The challenge of measuring real world community-based interventions. Exposure to a multi-level multi-component childhood

The challenge of measuring real world community-based interventions. Exposure to a multi-level multi-component childhood obesity prevention community-randomized controlled trial: patterns, determinants, and implications. - PubMed - NCB "Treatment effects may be attenuated in community-based trials,...
Source: nih.gov

Rural Life in the past Was a Battle for Survival: People in preindustrial Europe generally lived a miserable, handtomouth

Rural Life in the past Was a Battle for Survival: People in preindustrial Europe generally lived a miserable, handtomouth existence which would be foolish to romanticize.
Source: humanprogress.org

Wales' Brexit vote had deeper roots than many are willing to admit: Martin Johnes, Professor of History at Swansea University

Wales' Brexit vote had deeper roots than many are willing to admit: Martin Johnes, Professor of History at Swansea University The Brexit vote was a profound shock to those who like to believe that Wales has a distinctive and progressive culture. It is little wonder that people looked for someone to...
Source: nation.cymru

Frailty predicts mortality in all emergency surgical admissions regardless of age. An observational study: “Frail patients

Frailty predicts mortality in all emergency surgical admissions regardless of age. An observational study: “Frail patients in any age group are more likely to die than those that are not frail. We aimed to evaluate the impact of frailty on clinical mortality, readmission rate and length of stay for...
Source: oup.com

Climate change 'greatest threat', UN told: Naturalist Sir David Attenborough says climate change is humanity's greatest

Climate change 'greatest threat', UN told: Naturalist Sir David Attenborough says climate change is humanity's greatest threat in thousands of years.
Source: bbc.com

Inspired by @oldaily's #el30 Elearning 3.0 series I have just added a #meded project to the distributed web. It now has

Inspired by @oldaily's #el30 Elearning 3.0 series I have just added a #meded project to the distributed web. It now has a permanent place on the web without even requiring a server. #eldercareApp https://gateway.ipfs.io/ipfs/Qme7F72usRCWJtRzRXBaUeKmeQW2xCChdCHaVXQdTJP2c3/ So what does that all...
Source: ipfs.io

Reforms must prepare the UK countryside for climate change and ensure that our use of land supports reduced emissions -

Reforms must prepare the UK countryside for climate change and ensure that our use of land supports reduced emissions - Committee on Climate Change: The Paris Agreement demands tougher action to remove greenhouse gas emissions from the atmosphere. We must, at the same time, prepare for the inevitable...
Source: theccc.org.uk

Humans blamed for mass wildlife loss: A WWF report blames "exploding consumption" for average losses of 60% among vertebrates

Humans blamed for mass wildlife loss: A WWF report blames "exploding consumption" for average losses of 60% among vertebrates since 1970.
Source: bbc.com

Famed mathematician claims proof of 160-year-old Riemann hypothesis | New Scientist

Famed mathematician claims proof of 160-year-old Riemann hypothesis | New Scientist
Source: newscientist.com

The New Science of Designing for Humans (SSIR): The rise of behavioral science and impact evaluation has created a new way

The New Science of Designing for Humans (SSIR): The rise of behavioral science and impact evaluation has created a new way for engineering programs and human interactions.
Source: ssir.org

Redruth vegan woman's 'shock' at frog in her Aldi lettuce: A would-be vegan finds unwanted animal protein in her Aldi salad.

Redruth vegan woman's 'shock' at frog in her Aldi lettuce: A would-be vegan finds unwanted animal protein in her Aldi salad.
Source: bbc.com

Marree Man: The enduring mystery of a giant outback figure: Etched into the outback 20 years ago, the vast figure remains

Marree Man: The enduring mystery of a giant outback figure: Etched into the outback 20 years ago, the vast figure remains a subject of fascination.
Source: bbc.com

Slate’s Facebook traffic has dropped by 87 percent since 2017. (Anyone else wanna share numbers?)

Slate’s Facebook traffic has dropped by 87 percent since 2017. (Anyone else wanna share numbers?)
Source: niemanlab.org

Screening for Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement: This 2018 Recommendation

Screening for Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement: This 2018 Recommendation Statement from the US Preventive Services Task Force recommends screening for osteoporosis with bone measurement testing to prevent osteoporotic fractures in women 65...
Source: jamanetwork.com

Chatbot claims to beat GPs at medical exam: The Royal College of General Practitioners disputes the abilities of Babylon's

Chatbot claims to beat GPs at medical exam: The Royal College of General Practitioners disputes the abilities of Babylon's software. Aiming your chatbot at published, purposefully language clue-filled test items from the MRCGP exam seems to me to be more about self-publicity than actually funding and...
Source: bbc.co.uk

Annulab Debuts The First Learning Record Store (LRS) Plugin For Moodle: For all the excitement surrounding Learning Record

Annulab Debuts The First Learning Record Store (LRS) Plugin For Moodle: For all the excitement surrounding Learning Record Stores (LRS), and their potential to store xAPI-encoded data about student behavior and performance and then extract meaningful insights, the prog…
Source: moodlenews.com

A robot has performed eye surgery on humans for the first time: For the first time, six people have had eye surgery performed

A robot has performed eye surgery on humans for the first time: For the first time, six people have had eye surgery performed by a robot that was able to filter out the tremors from a surgeon's hand
Source: newscientist.com

Bloom's 2 Sigma Problem

blog post image I've been looking for another way of presenting evidence for instructional design that is more efficient than simple lectures. The data collected by Benjamin Bloom and published in 1984 seems useful and I've redrawn the graph so it looks more modern than the line drawings of the original. Learning...
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The Digital Future of Education: Heutagogy and the Digital Future of Education Presentation at DTCE Manchester University

The Digital Future of Education: Heutagogy and the Digital Future of Education Presentation at DTCE Manchester University This is an overview of Fred Garnett's work on digital projects since 1995 and how it might inform us about the future.
Source: wordpress.com