© 2013 Peter Free Citation — to an overview article Ralph I. Horwitz, Mark R. Cullen, Jill Abell, and Jennifer B. Christian, (De)Personalized Medicine, Science 339 (6124): 1155-1156, DOI: 10.1126/science.1234106 (08 March 2013) Greed has transformed medicine in undesirable ways — and “personalized” medicine is going to be another avenue for corporate-sponsored medical fraud Greed [...]
Categories: Biology,Medicine,Public Health,Science,Statistics
Tagged: (De)Personalized Medicine, behaviors, chance, diet, genetic and molecular mechanisms, genetically homogeneous Berbers of Morocco, genomics, greed, Jennifer B. Christian, Jill Abell, Mark R. Cullen, medical fraud, personalized medicine, Ralph I. Horwitz, RNA molecules, socioeconomic factors, stress, transcriptome
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- 27 March 2013 – 13:21
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- By BrainiYak
Citation Jos Lelieveld, Daniel Kunkel, and Mark G. Lawrence, Global risk of radioactive fallout after major nuclear reactor accidents, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 12(9): 4245-4258, doi:10.5194/acp-12-4245-2012 (12 May 2012) Note A currently free version of the paper is here. Good science in aid of bad premises turns into poor predictions The above paper is a [...]
Categories: Environment,Science
Tagged: becquerel, cesium 137, Chernobyl, contamination, Daniel Kunkel, Fukushima, global risk, greed, iodine 131, Jos Lelieveld, kilobecquerels, Mark G. Lawrence, Max Planck Gesellschaft, Max Planck Institute, nuclear reactor accidents, radiation, radioactive fallout, stupidity
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- 22 May 2012 – 17:05
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These guys should be ashamed of themselves The entirety of their abstract reads: Seven studies using experimental and naturalistic methods reveal that upper-class individuals behave more unethically than lower-class individuals. In studies 1 and 2, upper-class individuals were more likely to break the law while driving, relative to lower-class individuals. In follow-up laboratory studies, upper-class [...]
Categories: Psychology
Tagged: confounding variable, Dacher Keltner, Daniel M. Stancato, ethical, greed, lower-class, Paul K. Piff, Rodolfo Mendoza-Denton, social class, socioeconomic class, Stéphane Côté, unethical, unethical decision-making, upper-class
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- 3 April 2012 – 10:28
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- By BrainiYak
From the Office of Naval Research By combining several metals with standard manufacturing techniques, High-Density Reactive Material (HDRM) has the potential to dramatically increase the explosive impact of most weapons with little or no compromise in strength or design. Unlike conventional munitions, the innovative materials approach integrates the casing with approved warhead explosives for increased [...]
Categories: Uncategorized
Tagged: bomb, explosive, greed, High-Density Reactive Material, IED, kill, lethal, lethality, mines, Office of Naval Research, terrorist
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- 10 August 2011 – 16:16
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- By BrainiYak
Look at Tom Tomorrow’s “Language Is a Virus” cartoon http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/04/11/965457/-Language-is-a-Virus?detail=hide
Categories: Culture
Tagged: cartoon, elderly, extreme, greed, Language Is a Virus, lunatic, Republican, Right Wing, Tom Tomorrow
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- 15 April 2011 – 08:32
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- By BrainiYak