Cheap Plasmonic Interferometer Could Enable Prickless Glucose Monitor: Turns out plasmonic internferometers don't need a coherent light source to take measurements
Source: ieee.org
"In its ongoing effort to make MOOCs more and more like traditional
education, Coursera has launched 'mentor-guided courses' for the cost of
$US 248." I like Stephen Downes and the way he pokes fun at the big MOOC companies. Their aim though is simply to try and monetize their courses. The mentor...
Source: downes.ca
Donald Clark Plan B: The LMS is dead, long live the LMS! (10 pros & 10 cons)
Source: blogspot.co.uk
Briefly Noted: Mice Show How High-Fat Diet Could Cause Intestinal Tumors: By the Editors
A study in mice shows a possible mechanism for the known link between obesity and colon … NEJM Journal Watch.
Source: jwatch.org
Beyond investing: Making global health a reality for all | PLOS Biologue: A grand convergence in global health will require strategic investments in R&D and an aggressive scale-up of health-care delivery systems to ensure health tools reach those who need them most.
Source: plos.org
A Possible Game-Changer for Open Educational Resources?: Amazon is reportedly poised to get into the open educational resources game. This could be huge, and not just for the most obvious reasons.
Source: sspnet.org
Diagnosis and Management of Diabetes: Synopsis of the 2016 American Diabetes Association Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes James J. Chamberlain. Andrew S. Rhinehart. Charles F. Shaefer. Annie Neuman. Annals of Internal Medicine.
Source: annals.org
What Instagrams Look Like in Food Deserts: Social-media photos can be a rich source of information about the diets of people who don’t have access to grocery stores.
Source: theatlantic.com
Google neural network can tell where photos were taken better than humans | ExtremeTech: This neural network has virtually visited millions of locations to learn what the world looks like.
Source: extremetech.com
Windows 10 now shows ads on the lock screen — here’s how to kill them | ExtremeTech: Microsoft has begun using the Windows 10 lock screen to advertise content -- but while the game it chose is excellent, some people won't like the precedent this sets.
Source: extremetech.com
Kenyan students staying in Kenya in greater numbers but quality concerns persist. Market intelligence for international student recruitment: Kenyan students are becoming less likely to leave their country for major study abroad destinations, and more likely to pursue higher education within Kenya. The...
Source: icef.com
Berwick: "You cannot achieve excellence in combat with your future workforce" - Hospital Dr article on comments after the imposition of the junior doctor contract.
Source: hospitaldr.co.uk
Statin-Associated Autoimmune Myopathy - Now@NEJM: Statins significantly reduce the incidence of cardiovascular disease, are generally safe, and have an acceptable side-effect profile. It is now recognized, however, that in very rare cases, an autoimmune myopathy develops in patients treated with statins;...
Source: nejm.org
Royal colleges say that 40,000 deaths a year linked to air pollution and costs UK £20bn a year - Hospital Dr
Source: hospitaldr.co.uk
How does England’s NHS pay for hospital stays? « Healthcare Economist
Source: healthcare-economist.com
eLearning Modules will Die… and 702010 will hold the Smoking Gun: "When talking about technology and learning it’s hard not to think about elearning modules. They’ve been the bread and butter of digital learning solutions for decades and the industry behind them has helped many, including myself,...
Source: learnnovators.com
10 ways MOOCs have forced Universities into a rethink. "MOOCs have made us think. As one of the most fascinating developments in
higher education in my lifetime, they are,in many ways, a pioneer of a
more ‘open’ spirit
in learning. I’d contend that MOOCs, for all their promises and faults,...
Source: blogspot.co.uk
Agreement of treatment effects for mortality from routinely collected data and subsequent randomized trials: meta-epidemiological survey Lars G Hemkens. Despina G Contopoulos-Ioannidis. John P A Ioannidis. BMJ.
Source: bmj.com
Citable Items: The Contested Impact Factor Denominator: Thomson Reuters' approach of indexing by journal section and revising by demand leads to great inconsistencies across journals and inflates the Impact Factors of elite journals. The solution: remov...
Source: sspnet.org
A new budget exoskeleton could help paraplegics walk at a drastically lower price | ExtremeTech: A new type of powered exoskeleton aims to extend the benefits of the technology to people at a much lower price tag.
Source: extremetech.com