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Interview with Pain Management Nurse

Jamie Davis, the Podmedic — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 03:05:13 +0000

The Nursing Show

In this episode of the Nursing Show, host Jamie Davis covers this weeks nursing related news items and then turns to an interview segment with Pain Management Nurse Esther Bernhofer from the Cleveland Clinic. Esther shares a program that teaches pain management techniques and best practices to nurses throughout her facility so that patients in all areas can have nurse advocates to manage their pain.

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Livestock vs. nematodes

Am. Society of Animal Science — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:11:46 +0000

Small roundworms called nematodes can infect livestock and cause health and production problems in the animal industry. In this podcast, a student researcher explains how a seaweed extract could ward away nematodes in goats. Why goats? She says goats are a good source of protein in developing countries.

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Big Picture Science: Skeptic Check: Saucer's Apprentice

SETI Institute — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000

UFO sightings are as common as flies at a picnic, but proof of visitation is alien – find out why belief persists.

Pythagoras' Trousers - Episode #68

Pythagoras' Trousers — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 20:30:34 +0000

Whitehall II Report and Patriot Nurse
This week, Julie Gould reports on the results from the Whitehall II report relating to dementia, our STEM Ambassador of the Week is Ben Tapley from the Cardiff University School of Engineering, Rhys talks to Martine O'Callaghan about autism, vacine denial and the patriot nurse and Subject of Science looks at Heike Kamerlingh Onnes.

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BacterioFiles Micro Edition 76 - Glacial Growth

BacterioFiles — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 21:14:16 +0000

This episode: Bacteria are active even encased in ice!

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News item/Journal Paper

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Booze in the Brain: Dr. Donita Robinson on Addiction

PsychTalk — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 20:15:23 +0000

Listen here. Singers Amy Winehouse and Whitney Houston both had serious alcohol problems. How do people we admire and care about get swallowed up by addiction? We go straight to the source of the problem: the brain. Dr. Donita Robinson gives us a tour of the brain activity underlying our craving for food, sex and drugs. Then she explains how alcohol affects us in the short and long term. From there we delve into the fascinating world of her research in rats–research that tells us about teenagers, the drug treatments of the future, and much more.

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InSCIght Episode 24: ParaViewWeb

inSCIght — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 06:14:22 +0000

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On episode 24, we discuss ParaViewWeb, software for interative, 3D browser-based web visualization based on a client-server architecture. We go over the technologies that make this possible, including JavaScript, WebGL, Java Applets, Flex, and JSON-RPC. The role of this next-generation collabortive visualization technology is discussed along with its challenges including high-bandwidth connections and sometimes limited hardware and software support. On today's show our crew of hosts includes:

Utkarsh Ayachit (special guest)
Sebastien Jourdain (special guest)
Matthew McCormick (moderator)

This week Utkarsh Ayachit joins us from Kitware, Inc. He has been one of core developers of ParaView for the past 7 years and is the Project Lead for ParaViewWeb. Also from Kitware, Sebastien Jourdain started as a Research and Design engineer for the Scientific Visualization team in February 2010. Since then he developed ParaViewWeb and the Collaboration framework underneath the latest ParaView. Intro/Outro Music: 'Boolean Array' -Social Bot

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ParaViewWeb Wiki (http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaViewWeb)
ParaViewWeb Demonstration Server (http://paraviewweb.kitware.com/)

Big Picture Science: Aware am I?

SETI Institute — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:28:00 +0000

From food to sex to fine art, humans are pleasure-seekers - discover the surprising motivation behind our desires.

BacterioFiles Micro Edition 75 - Personalizing Prokaryotic Protection

BacterioFiles — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 04:51:07 +0000

This episode: Scientists figure out how to utilize the prokaryotic immune system!

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Pythagoras' Trousers - Episode #67

Pythagoras' Trousers — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:43:35 +0000

Book Reviews and Science of Art
Dominic Lenton from Engineering & Technology Magazine recommends the latest science and technology related books, our STEM Ambassador of the Week is Asif Rahman, Christina Phillips talks about combining science with art and this week’s Subject of Science is Galileo Galilei.

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