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Increase in Self-Harm Emergencies Noted After Bariatric Surgery: By Joe Elia Edited by Susan Sadoughi, MD, and Richard

Increase in Self-Harm Emergencies Noted After Bariatric Surgery: By Joe Elia Edited by Susan Sadoughi, MD, and Richard Saitz, MD, MPH, FACP, FASAM Patients undergoing bariatric surgery show a small but definite increase in self-harm emergencies after the procedure, researchers report in JAMA Surgery...
Source: jwatch.org

Breathing training before surgery for reducing lung complications after surgery in adults undergoing heart and major abdominal

Breathing training before surgery for reducing lung complications after surgery in adults undergoing heart and major abdominal surgery | Cochrane
Source: cochrane.org

Our book "Urban myths about learning and education" summarized on one page: Yesterday I discovered this one-page summary

Our book "Urban myths about learning and education" summarized on one page: Yesterday I discovered this one-page summary of our book by Oliver Cavigliol and it looks great (note to myself, be careful with the Coca Cola...). This is a new updated version, including my 2 co-...
Source: theeconomyofmeaning.com

Dear Ms Morgan, your thinking is from the stone age : Why does an anonymous authoritarian prescribe what our children learn?

Dear Ms Morgan, your thinking is from the stone age : Why does an anonymous authoritarian prescribe what our children learn? Instructing teachers on what they ‘should’ do takes away the excitement of discovery
Source: theguardian.com

Big Data has a degree problem by Meris Stansbury - e-Learning Feeds: The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

Big Data has a degree problem by Meris Stansbury - e-Learning Feeds: The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) reveals that the growing data science field can pull from an incredible number of statistics majors, but it’s still not enough.
Source: elearningfeeds.com

Disease free water, a global health challenge, commands an international team effort: Peter Vikesland, an expert in the

Disease free water, a global health challenge, commands an international team effort: Peter Vikesland, an expert in the optimization of drinking water disinfection practices and a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Virginia Tech, is the principal investigator for a new five-year $3.6...
Source: eurekalert.org

How to “nudge” smokers to reduce tobacco use? - reduce the nicotine in cigarettes. Now@NEJM: Health problems due to

How to “nudge” smokers to reduce tobacco use? - reduce the nicotine in cigarettes. Now@NEJM: Health problems due to smoking account for 6 million deaths annually and are the leading cause of death worldwide. Despite the dramatic reduction of smoking rates in the past 50 years in the U.S., nearly...
Source: nejm.org

Here are the Top 100 Tools for Learning 2015: Over 2,000 learning professionals from around the world from both education

Here are the Top 100 Tools for Learning 2015: Over 2,000 learning professionals from around the world from both education and enterprises contributed to the 9th Annual Survey of Learning Tools. Very many thanks to all those who took the time t...
Source: c4lpt.co.uk

Introducing Facebook and Summit’s K-12 Education Project | Facebook Newsroom: A group of Facebook engineers has partnered

Introducing Facebook and Summit’s K-12 Education Project | Facebook Newsroom: A group of Facebook engineers has partnered with local educators to create a classroom experience that takes advantage of all the technology and information accessible to a kid growing up today.
Source: newsroom.fb.com

Facebook Takes a Step Into Education Software reports the New York Times.

Facebook Takes a Step Into Education Software reports the New York Times.
Source: nytimes.com

State Gun Law Environment and Youth Gun Carrying in the United States: This observational study determined that more restrictive

State Gun Law Environment and Youth Gun Carrying in the United States: This observational study determined that more restrictive overall gun control policies are associated with a reduced likelihood of youth gun carrying; these findings are relevant to gun policy debates about the critical importance...
Source: jamanetwork.com