Thinking Allowed

medical / technology / education / art / flub

showing posts for 'nâ'

Responding to social media posts with pictures of a cute hedgehog in a hat. When you see a post and don't quite know what

Responding to social media posts with pictures of a cute hedgehog in a hat. When you see a post and don't quite know what to say then perhaps the only option is to respond with a picture of a hedgehog in a hat. After all isn't that why the internet was invented? First of all the social media machine...
Source: tineye.com

Patient-Reported Symptoms May Be Left Out of EMRs: By Amy Orciari Herman Edited by André Sofair, MD, MPH, and William

Patient-Reported Symptoms May Be Left Out of EMRs: By Amy Orciari Herman Edited by André Sofair, MD, MPH, and William E. Chavey, MD, MS "Patient-reported symptoms may fail to make it into a practice's electronic medical record (EMR), according to a study in JAMA … NEJM Journal Watch." It...
Source: jwatch.org

VC predictions 2017 – Earlybird’s view: Personal insights on the future of tech, business and venture capital.

VC predictions 2017 – Earlybird’s view: Personal insights on the future of tech, business and venture capital.
Source: medium.com

I specialise in the psychology of torture, so I know the truth behind Trump's waterboarding claims: In a recent television

I specialise in the psychology of torture, so I know the truth behind Trump's waterboarding claims: In a recent television interview, President Trump stated that in order to “keep our country safe”, he intends to “fight fire with fire”, and if that includes using waterboarding and other forms...
Source: independent.co.uk

Higher ed social media platform taps instructional design firm | University Business Magazine

Higher ed social media platform taps instructional design firm | University Business Magazine
Source: universitybusiness.com

If it wants British businesses to do well, the British Government should stop Brexit: “I’m from the government and I’m

If it wants British businesses to do well, the British Government should stop Brexit: “I’m from the government and I’m here to help.” Ronald Reagan said these were the nine most terrifying words in the English language. It was a joke, but for a quarter of a century British ministers took Reagan’s...
Source: independent.co.uk

Paramedics spend 500,000 hours outside busy A&Es, say auditors: Ambulance trusts breaching call response targets and struggling

Paramedics spend 500,000 hours outside busy A&Es, say auditors: Ambulance trusts breaching call response targets and struggling to recruit and retain staff, National Audit Office finds
Source: theguardian.com

Campaign to adopt Wales' organ donation law in England - BBC News: A campaign for Wales' organ donation laws to be adopted

Campaign to adopt Wales' organ donation law in England - BBC News: A campaign for Wales' organ donation laws to be adopted in England is launched by a mother whose daughter needed a transplant.
Source: bbc.co.uk

Deep learning network as good as medics at identifying skin cancers. "While there are still many visual tasks where humans

Deep learning network as good as medics at identifying skin cancers. "While there are still many visual tasks where humans perform better than computers, computers are catching up. Part of the reason for computers' progress has been the development of what are called "deep neural networks," which chain...
Source: arstechnica.com

China, already dominant in supercomputers, shoots for an exascale prototype in 2017 - ExtremeTech: China is working on a

China, already dominant in supercomputers, shoots for an exascale prototype in 2017 - ExtremeTech: China is working on a prototype exascale (1,000-petaflop) system that it aims to complete by the end of this year, according to state media.
Source: extremetech.com

Paradigm change and an explanation of science as a social construct. Review of Khun's "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions".

Paradigm change and an explanation of science as a social construct. Review of Khun's "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions". I've been meaning to read this for sometime and it was worth it. The 50th anniversary edition has an excellent introduction by Ian Hacking which invites you to ask questions...
Source: amazon.co.uk

Brexit and Trump explained and how (liberal) globalists have probably got it wrong. "When and Why Nationalism Beats Globalism:

Brexit and Trump explained and how (liberal) globalists have probably got it wrong. "When and Why Nationalism Beats Globalism: And how moral psychology can help explain and reduce tensions between the two. ... ... globalists often support high levels of immigration and reductions in national sovereignty;...
Source: the-american-interest.com

Association of Body Mass Index with DNA Methylation and Gene Expression in Blood Cells and Relations to Cardiometabolic

Association of Body Mass Index with DNA Methylation and Gene Expression in Blood Cells and Relations to Cardiometabolic Disease: A Mendelian Randomization Approach Michael M. Mendelson. Riccardo E. Marioni. Roby Joehanes. Chunyu Liu. Åsa K. Hedman. Stella Aslibekyan. Ellen W. Demerath. Weihua Guan....
Source: plos.org

Study suggests top humanities journals favor research from elite institutions: Study suggests top humanities journals favor

Study suggests top humanities journals favor research from elite institutions: Study suggests top humanities journals favor research by professors working at or who earned Ph.D.s at elite institutions.
Source: insidehighered.com

Obama: “My instinct is everybody hates media right now…that has to be an opportunity”: President Obama appeared on

Obama: “My instinct is everybody hates media right now…that has to be an opportunity”: President Obama appeared on the latest episode of the new podcast Pod Save America, in what was billed as his last interview as president of the United States before Donald Trump's inauguration on Friday. (Pod...
Source: niemanlab.org

Global Temperature Record Broken for Third Consecutive Year : Image of the Day: The planet’s average surface temperature

Global Temperature Record Broken for Third Consecutive Year : Image of the Day: The planet’s average surface temperature has risen about 1.1°C (2.0°F) since the late 19th century.
Source: nasa.gov

APOD: 2017 January 22 - SpaceX Falcon 9 to Orbit

APOD: 2017 January 22 - SpaceX Falcon 9 to Orbit
Source: nasa.gov


Source: elsevierhealth.com

Another survey finds users aren’t that engaged with online video: News organizations have been producing loads of video

Another survey finds users aren’t that engaged with online video: News organizations have been producing loads of video content to fill social media feeds and attract higher ad rates, but a new report from the social analytics firm Parse.ly finds that users engage with video much less than other content...
Source: niemanlab.org

The Internet Archive is building up a Trump presidential library — of everything he’s ever said, on video: President-elect

The Internet Archive is building up a Trump presidential library — of everything he’s ever said, on video: President-elect Donald J. Trump says a lot of things — and often denies a lot of the things he's said. The Internet Archive launched Thursday a huge Trump Archive dedicated to housing videos...
Source: niemanlab.org