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Monday March 28, 2011 Found a book I needed at Steeple People Thrift Store: Martha Beck, _Steering by Starlight: Find your own right life no matter what!_ (More on this later, after I've gone through and used the book.)
Across the street to the Wedge Coop, then south to Uptown.
Movie marquee sighting: JANE EYRE/BASED ON A BOOK/I THINK. (Uptown Theatre.)
CVS Pharmacy, Rainbow supermarket, and then home.
***China is on course to overtake the US in scientific output possibly as soon as 2013 - far earlier than expected.
That is the conclusion of a major new study by the Royal Society, the UK's national science academy.
....
An analysis of published research - one of the key measures of scientific effort - reveals an "especially striking" rise by Chinese science.
....
The figures are based on the papers published in recognised international journals listed by the Scopus service of the publishers Elsevier.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12885271
***Measuring the Welfare Gain from Personal Computers: A Macroeconomic Approach
Posted: 28 Mar 2011 06:34 AM PDT
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Measuring the Welfare Gain from Personal Computers: A Macroeconomic Approach Source: Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta The welfare gain to consumers from the introduction of personal computers is estimated here. A simple model of consumer demand is formulated that uses a slightly modified version of standard preferences. The modification permits marginal utility, and hence total [...]
***Public Release: 28-Mar-2011
Research proves no 2 of us are alike, even identical twins
Just like snowflakes, no two people are alike, even if they're identical twins according to new genetic research from the University of Western Ontario. Molecular geneticist Shiva Singh has been working with psychiatrist Dr. Richard O'Reilly to determine the genetic sequencing of schizophrenia using identical or monozygotic twins. The study is published in this month's PLoS ONE.
Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Ontario Mental Health Foundation, Schizophrenia Society of Ontario
Contact: Kathy Wallis
kwallis3@uwo.ca
519-661-2111 x81136
University of Western Ontario
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-03/uowo-rpn032811.php
Across the street to the Wedge Coop, then south to Uptown.
Movie marquee sighting: JANE EYRE/BASED ON A BOOK/I THINK. (Uptown Theatre.)
CVS Pharmacy, Rainbow supermarket, and then home.
***China is on course to overtake the US in scientific output possibly as soon as 2013 - far earlier than expected.
That is the conclusion of a major new study by the Royal Society, the UK's national science academy.
....
An analysis of published research - one of the key measures of scientific effort - reveals an "especially striking" rise by Chinese science.
....
The figures are based on the papers published in recognised international journals listed by the Scopus service of the publishers Elsevier.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12885271
***Measuring the Welfare Gain from Personal Computers: A Macroeconomic Approach
Posted: 28 Mar 2011 06:34 AM PDT
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FullTextReports/~3/T5k_YQpHfx8/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email
Measuring the Welfare Gain from Personal Computers: A Macroeconomic Approach Source: Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta The welfare gain to consumers from the introduction of personal computers is estimated here. A simple model of consumer demand is formulated that uses a slightly modified version of standard preferences. The modification permits marginal utility, and hence total [...]
***Public Release: 28-Mar-2011
Research proves no 2 of us are alike, even identical twins
Just like snowflakes, no two people are alike, even if they're identical twins according to new genetic research from the University of Western Ontario. Molecular geneticist Shiva Singh has been working with psychiatrist Dr. Richard O'Reilly to determine the genetic sequencing of schizophrenia using identical or monozygotic twins. The study is published in this month's PLoS ONE.
Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Ontario Mental Health Foundation, Schizophrenia Society of Ontario
Contact: Kathy Wallis
kwallis3@uwo.ca
519-661-2111 x81136
University of Western Ontario
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-03/uowo-rpn032811.php