Tag Archives: technique

Designing language proficiency tests

Posted on June 2, 2012 by kwc

I. Introduction Continuous focus on quality and productivity forces many institutions to assess competency of potential candidates. Effective communication strengthens proficiency, while ineffective communication weakens it. Language testing can prove to be a powerful tool in measuring proficiency, through detailed … Continue reading →

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Researchers Want To Super Stimulate Our Immune Systems With A Universal Flu Vaccine

Posted on May 10, 2012 by kwc

Dave Mihalovic Prevent Disease The population is getting wise to the ineffectiveness of flu shots and both public health agencies and the medical community itself know it. The numbers and complacency rates speak for themselves. So the pseudoscientists at Vaccine … Continue reading →

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Sugar production switch in liver may offer target for new diabetes therapies

Posted on April 9, 2012 by kwc

Andy Hoang EurekAlert Salk researchers find molecular switch that controls liver glucose production and may represent a new avenue for treating insulin-resistant type II diabetes. In their extraordinary quest to decode human metabolism, researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological … Continue reading →

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Why singing helps people with speech disorders – it’s about the rhythm not the tune

Posted on March 27, 2012 by kwc

Source: Daily Mail It was a technique that therapist Lionel Logue used to help George VI, as shown in The King’s Speech – now scientists have discovered why singing is so effective at treating a stammer. Surprisingly it has nothing … Continue reading →

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Why Would I Want A Dead Tooth In My Mouth For Life?

Posted on March 14, 2012 by kwc

Health Coach GreenMedInfo Of all the dental procedures and dental materials utilized throughout the field of dentistry there is none more destructive to human health than root canals. “It like putting a bullet in your mouth, and then just waiting … Continue reading →

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Unlabelled clone meat allowed on shop shelves as food safety proposals are ripped up

Posted on March 10, 2012 by kwc

Sean Poulter Daily Mail Food from the offspring of cloned animals, including meat and milk, has been approved for sale without labels. The Food Standards Agency yesterday tore up proposals that would have required it to go through a safety … Continue reading →

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Fracking could ruin Ireland warn experts

Posted on March 5, 2012 by kwc

Al Jazeera The windswept hills of Ireland are believed to be sitting on a treasure trove of natural gas. One company wants to use a controversial drilling technique – called fracking – to get it out but critics says the … Continue reading →

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How to rescue the immune system

Posted on February 27, 2012 by kwc

Jim Ritter EurekAlert Study in Nature Medicine could lead to novel therapy for cancer. MAYWOOD, Ill. – In a study published in Nature Medicine, Loyola researchers report on a promising new technique that potentially could turn immune system killer T … Continue reading →

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DISREGARDED HISTORY – The Power of Nonviolent Action

Posted on February 26, 2012 by kwc

Fragmentsweb This lengthy article was originally published in the March 1976 issue of Fellowship magazine. Dr. Sharp adapted it from two of his oral presentations. I like this piece because the tone is more conversational and passionate than Sharp’s books, … Continue reading →

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In new mass-production technique, robotic insects spring to life

Posted on February 16, 2012 by kwc

Caroline Perry EurekAlert Cambridge, Mass. – February 15, 2012 – A new technique inspired by elegant pop-up books and origami will soon allow clones of robotic insects to be mass-produced by the sheet. Devised by engineers at Harvard, the ingenious … Continue reading →