Study traces an infectious language epidemic | ScienceDaily - 0 views
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Rho's work is grounded in a social science framework called Fuzzy Trace Theory that was pioneered by Valerie Reyna, a Cornell University professor of psychology and a collaborator on this Virginia Tech project. Reyna has shown that individuals learn and recall information better when it is expressed in a cause and effect relationship, and not just as rote information. This holds true even if the information is inaccurate or the implied connection is weak. Reyna calls this cause-and-effect construction a "gist."
Traffic speeds decrease when bike lane is present | ScienceDaily - 0 views
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Researchers conducting a study at a high-traffic intersection in a Jersey Shore town have found that the installation of a bike lane along the road approaching the convergence reduced driving speeds.
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"We are giving you more evidence that bike lanes save lives,"
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The research team started by creating a temporary bike lane on Cookman and Asbury Avenues on the side of the road heading toward the beach, delineating it with orange road cones.
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Though you COULD NOT do something this manipulative, you COULD contact municipalities nearby and inquire about current and near-future efforts to install bike lanes... and THEN collect pre-and most traffic data in real-time. This would be quite feasible and super interesting. It would be all about doing the legwork to find where these design changes are being made, and of course the timing of it all.
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Frontiers | Overview of Carbon Capture Technology: Microalgal Biorefinery Concept and S... - 1 views
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The impending danger of climate change and pollution can now be seen on the world panorama. The concentration of CO2, the most important Green House Gas (GHG), has reached to formidable levels.
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(iii) microalgae cultivation
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Furthermore, microalgae can be fed with notorious waste gasses such as CO2 and NOx, SOx from flue gas, inorganic and organic carbon, N, P and other pollutants from agricultural, industrial and sewage wastewater sources so as to provide us with opportunities to transform them into bioenergy, valuable products and forms that cause least harm to the environment
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OK, so... you could likely create a biofuel from algae produced via the insertion of CO2 into a bioreactor system (perhaps even test the one you have vs. a creation fo your own to maximize growth with a more powerful set of lights and extensive tubing). Right off the top of my head, I know we can easily access commercial CO2 canisters that are used in aquarium setups to boost plant growth. Fluval makes such canisters. You would have to find out the volume/mass of CO2 contained in one. You'd have to be less concerned with toxins of you are able to choose a different algae for this capture vs. the rather toxic species you worked with last year.
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Airplane Noise Exposure May Increase Risk of Chronic Disease | SPH - 0 views
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people who were exposed to higher levels of noise from aircraft were more likely to have a higher body mass index, an indicator for obesity that can lead to stroke or hypertension. The findings highlight how the environment—and environmental injustices—can shape health outcomes
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self-reported body mass index (BMI)
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The study is the first to explore a connection between aircraft noise exposure and obesity nationwide in the United States; past studies on this subject have focused on European populations, and results have varied
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