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Beyond Google: How do students conduct academic research? | Head | First Monday - 1 views

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    A study on how modern students conduct academic research
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National Cancer Institute - 0 views

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    A fact sheet about the National Cancer Institute funding of cancer research. National Cancer Institute Fact Sheet 1.1
  • jurasovaib on 29 Jun 14
     
    A fact sheet about the National Cancer Institute funding of cancer research. National Cancer Institute Fact Sheet 1.1
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U.S. Federal Funding for HIV/AIDS: The President’s FY 2015 Budget Request | The H... - 0 views

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    This fact sheet provides an overview of federal funding for HIV/AIDS in the President's Fiscal Year 2015 budget request, with key funding highlights for domestic and global HIV/AIDS programs and comparisons over time.
  • jurasovaib on 29 Jun 14
     
    This fact sheet provides an overview of federal funding for HIV/AIDS in the President's Fiscal Year 2015 budget request, with key funding highlights for domestic and global HIV/AIDS programs and comparisons over time.
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Inside China's Insane Witch Hunt For Slash Fiction Writers - 1 views

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  • Bonnie Boaz on 30 Jun 14
     
    Wow! My son is in China this summer. I never talk to him. Facebook, even Google -- censored. : (
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MAKING WAVES: Kanzius Research Advances - Kanzius Cancer Research Foundation - 1 views

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  • Beginning in February, large nonhuman subjects have received weekly injections of cancer cells into their livers, creating a consistent model in a "controlled environment." This month, the subjects will undergo MRIs to determine whether they now have liver cancer. If affirmative, the Kanzius noninvasive radio-wave cancer treatment will be administered, allowing data to be collected and analyzed. The success of these tests is mandatory to move forward in approaching the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and ultimately advancing to human trials.
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Information, Awareness & Donations - National Breast Cancer Foundation - 0 views

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  • 1 in 8 Women, will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime
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U.S. Breast Cancer Statistics - 0 views

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  • About 1 in 8 U.S. women (just under 12%) will develop invasive breast cancer over the course of her lifetime.
  • In 2013, an estimated 232,340 new cases of invasive breast cancer were expected to be diagnosed in women in the U.S.,
  • About 2,240 new cases of invasive breast cancer were expected to be diagnosed in men in 2013. A man’s lifetime risk of breast cancer is about 1 in 1,000.
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  • For women in the U.S., breast cancer death rates are higher than those for any other cancer, besides lung cancer.
  • Besides skin cancer, breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among American women. Just under 30% of cancers in women are breast cancers.
  • White women are slightly more likely to develop breast cancer than African-American women. However, in women under 45, breast cancer is more common in African-American women than white women. Overall, African-American women are more likely to die of breast cancer. Asian, Hispanic, and Native-American women have a lower risk of developing and dying from breast cancer.
  • A woman’s risk of breast cancer approximately doubles if she has a first-degree relative (mother, sister, daughter) who has been diagnosed with breast cancer. About 15% of women who get breast cancer have a family member diagnosed with it.
  • About 5-10% of breast cancers can be linked to gene mutations (abnormal changes) inherited from one’s mother or father. Mutations of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes are the most common. Women with a BRCA1 mutation have a 55-65% risk of developing breast cancer before age 70, and often at a younger age that it typically develops. For women with a BRCA2 mutation, this risk is 45%.
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Genetics - 0 views

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  • About 5% to 10% of breast cancers are thought to be hereditary, caused by abnormal genes passed from parent to child.
  • Women who are diagnosed with breast cancer and have an abnormal BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene often have a family history of breast cancer, ovarian cancer, and other cancers. Still, most people who develop breast cancer did not inherit an abnormal breast cancer gene and have no family history of the disease
  • Abnormal BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes may account for up to 10% of all breast cancers, or 1 out of every 10 cases
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  • Steps you can takeIf you know you have an abnormal gene linked to breast cancer, there are lifestyle choices you can make to keep your risk as low it can be: maintaining a healthy weight exercising regularly limiting alcohol eating nutritious food never smoking (or quitting if you do smoke)
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Taylor & Francis Online :: A Less Toxic Feminism: Can the Internet Solve the Age Old Qu... - 0 views

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  • Bonnie Boaz on 30 Jun 14
     
    I couldn't follow the link Justin, but I'm in Thailand and the internet here has a mind of its own. The title "A Less Toxic Feminism" -- really makes me want to read this. I'll Google!
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SECURITY AND PRIVACY: IN SEARCH OF A BALANCE.: EBSCOhost - 0 views

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    Obamas speech on the balance of national security and civil liberties
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Will You Accept the Government's Friend Request? Social Networks and Privac...: EBSCOhost - 0 views

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  • symone008 on 27 Jun 14
     
    Great article on the study of if the increased of social media users (and their exposure to limited privacy) would led to the public being more accepting to the governments proposed anti-privacy laws
  • symone008 on 27 Jun 14
     
    Great article on the study of if the increased of social media users (and their exposure to limited privacy) would led to the public being more accepting to the governments proposed anti-privacy laws
  • Bonnie Boaz on 30 Jun 14
     
    Interesting article Symone!
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School subject paradigms and teaching practice in lower secondary Swedish schools influ... - 0 views

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    Computers & Education
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