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Alertbox on Research Methods

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:18:04 GMT

clipped by: bdenneen
clipper's remarks: Nice summary of the basic approaches to user research and when to use them.

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Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox, October 6, 2008:

When to Use Which User Experience Research Methods

By Christian Rohrer

Summary:
Modern day user experience research methods can now answer a wide range of questions. Knowing when to use each method can be understood by mapping them in 3 key dimensions and across typical product development phases.

Tags: usability, research

Some pics of the Ig nobel prizes :)

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:44:04 GMT

clipped by: balthazarus
clipper's remarks:

Clip Source: www.boston.com

Ig Nobel Prizes

Ig Nobel last year for their research of sword swallowing

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Physics

heaps of hair, or string, will inevitably tangle

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Peace

adopting the principle that plants have dignity

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Nutrition

food tastes better if it sounds better. So, the crispier, the tastier

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Biology

fleas that live on a dog can jump higher than fleas that live on cats

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Archaeology

detailing the ability of armadillos to move artifacts up, down, and even laterally by several yards at archaeological dig sites.

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Medicine

people felt better when they took more expensive fake medicines than cheaper fake medicines.

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Chemistry

Diet Coke's effectiveness as a spermicide.

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Economics

exotic dancers make more money when they are at peak of their fertility cycles.

"some lap dancers have scheduled shifts based on this research."

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Cognitive Science

slime molds can do more than just feed on microorganisms in decaying vegetable matter; they can also solve puzzles.

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Literature

A Narrative Exploration of the Experience of Indignation within Organizations

Tags: nobel prizes

Hydrogen-Producing Bacteria Provide Clean Energy

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:21:21 GMT

clipped by: firstteam
clipper's remarks: This alternative energy source has many attractive features. Most attractive to me is that the resultant left-over after using the gas is water.

Clip Source: www.ars.usda.gov

Hydrogen-Producing Bacteria Provide Clean Energy

By Rosalie Marion Bliss
August 25, 2008

A new "green" technology developed cooperatively by scientists with the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and North Carolina State University (NC State

A new "green" technology developed cooperatively by scientists with the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and North Carolina State University (NC State) could lead to production of hydrogen from nitrogen-fixing bacteria.

August 25, 2008

Renewable sources of energy—such as hydrogen—that don't produce pollutants or greenhouse gases are needed to solve global energy shortages. Fossil fuels such as coal, oil and natural gas are nonrenewable energy sources implicated in global warming.

Tags: alternative energy, hydrogen, nitrogen-fixing bacteria

Don't Stress! Bacterial Cell's 'Crisis Command Center' Revealed

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 04:17:22 GMT

clipped by: Silkweaver
clipper's remarks: If a bacteria cell finds itself in a dangerous situation - for example, if the temperature or saltiness of the bacteria's environment reach dangerous levels which threaten the survival of the bacteria -a warning signal from the cell's surface is transmitted into the cell.

Using cutting edge electron microscopy imaging techniques the authors of the new research observed that the stressosomes receive this warning signal, and in response several proteins called RSBT break away from the large stressosome. This breakaway triggers a cascade of signals within the cell which results in over 150 proteins being produced - proteins which enable the cell to adapt, react and survive in its new environment.

Clip Source: www.sciencedaily.com

A bacteria cell's 'crisis command centre' has been observed for the first time swinging into action to protect the cell from external stress and danger, according to new research published in Science.

The research team behind today's study says that finding out exactly how bacteria respond and adapt to stresses and dangers is important because it will further their understanding of the basic survival mechanisms of some of the most resilient, hardy organisms on Earth.

The crisis command centre in certain bacteria cells is a large molecule, dubbed a 'stressosome' by the scientists behind today's research. These cells have around 20 stressosomes floating around inside them, and although scientists knew they played an important role in the cell's response to stressful situations, the complexities of this process had not been fully understood until now.

Tags: molecular biology, bacteriology

SEO Keyword Research, Part 1 of 2

Sun, 05 Oct 2008 20:40:36 GMT

clipped by: meghbala
clipper's remarks: SEO Keyword Research, Part 1 of 2

Clip Source: www.campustudents.info

SEO Keyword Research, Part 1 of 2

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Keyword Research for SEO, Part 2 of 2

Sun, 05 Oct 2008 20:39:26 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Keyword Research for SEO, Part 2 of 2

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Keyword Research for SEO, Part 2 of 2

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SEO Keyword Tools, Research, Analysis

Sun, 05 Oct 2008 20:28:29 GMT

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clipper's remarks: SEO Keyword Tools, Research, Analysis

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SEO Keyword Tools, Research, Analysis

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Ways of Completing Internet Marketing Research

Sun, 05 Oct 2008 10:48:04 GMT

clipped by: carolshaw
clipper's remarks:
Every Business needs a medium to propagate and what can be better medium than internet to market and grow.With it wide reach it caters to wide market and universal reach.Google Snatch contains plenty of useful internet marketing research tips. If you are an internet marketer, you will find Google Snatch very interesting and useful, so get it right now.

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Discover Google's Undisclosed Secret, The Free Click Formula, Hidden
Since 1998 (The Birth Of Google) ...

'The Google Ultimatum' Strategy That Allows You To Snatch Every Possible Cash Paying Customer From Every Corner Of The Web, Even If It's On Yahoo & MSN Or ANY Other Search Engine You Can Think Off ... All Done Without Spending a Single Dime!

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Most importantly ... it has got NOTHING to do with blogs, list building, domain names, eBay, Adsense, social bookmarking or even Adwords! What it exposes is the NEVER-TALKED "free click formula" hidden deeply inside Google's vault since birth. A method that NOBODY wants to reveal, even the gurus...

Tags: internet marketing podcast, internet marketing professionals, internet marketing programs, internet marketing report, internet marketing research

Solariums 'killing 43 people a year'

Sun, 05 Oct 2008 09:43:08 GMT

clipped by: tabsey
clipper's remarks: Does the same thing happen in the US and UK. Becoming fashionable to die from these things, who can control fashion.

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New research suggests tanning beds might be responsible for killing more than 40 Australians a year.

A team at the Queensland Institute of Medical Research (QIMR) has used a British mathematical model to estimate the number of cases of melanoma skin cancer cases each year that are linked to the use of sun beds.

It found there were 281 cases a year, with 43 melanoma-related deaths believed to be attributed to tanning beds.

The researchers have used the findings to make a case for tough federal government regulations that either ban or restrict access to solariums.

Tags: death

Smoking in China - 83million dead in 25 years

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 19:16:00 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Population control meets air pollution

Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk

China lung disease 'to kill 83m'

A US study has suggested that more than 80 million people in China will die in the next 25 years as a result of lung disease.

One in three cigarettes in the world is smoked in China

The research says the vast majority of those premature deaths are preventable.

The study focused on the devastating impact of smoking and the widespread practice of burning wood or coal at home for cooking and heating.

The Harvard School of Public Health research looked at a 30-year period, spanning the last five and the next 25.

Respiratory disease is already a leading cause of death in China, but this latest study suggests a startling rise.

In the 30-year period, it calculates, about 83 million Chinese people will die prematurely of lung disease.

Big Pharma in the News

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 16:47:07 GMT

clipped by: AtlLiberal
clipper's remarks: Money talks. And money corrupts. The story behind this story of one psychiatrist is that of the buying and selling of the nation's health. For profit healthcare is a no win situation for the consumer. Depending on an "open market" when the financial stakes are so high leads to corruption and scandal. And the consumer is sure to lose in the end.

Clip Source: www.ajc.com

Emory psychiatrist investigated over $1.2M in drug fees

Congressional inquiry indicates Charles B. Nemeroff didn’t report income, violated federal research rules

An Emory University psychiatrist who is among the nation’s most influential earned more than $2.8 million in consulting arrangements with drug makers from 2000 to 2007, failed to report at least $1.2 million of that income to his university and violated federal research rules, according to documents provided to congressional investigators.

In one telling example, Nemeroff signed a letter dated July 15, 2004, promising Emory administrators that he would earn less than $10,000 a year from GlaxoSmithKline to comply with federal rules. But on that day, he was at the Four Seasons Resort in Jackson Hole, Wyo., earning $3,000 of what would become $170,000 in income that year from that company — 17 times the figure he had agreed on.

China lung disease 'to kill 83m'

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 10:52:48 GMT

clipped by: tabsey
clipper's remarks: Smoking, not pollution. In fact, no mention of pollution. Delusion?

Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk

A US study has suggested that more than 80 million people in China will die in the next 25 years as a result of lung disease.

The research says the vast majority of those premature deaths are preventable.

The study focused on the devastating impact of smoking and the widespread practice of burning wood or coal at home for cooking and heating.

The Harvard School of Public Health research looked at a 30-year period, spanning the last five and the next 25.

Respiratory disease is already a leading cause of death in China, but this latest study suggests a startling rise.

In the 30-year period, it calculates, about 83 million Chinese people will die prematurely of lung disease.

Intervention plea

That includes lung cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, an even bigger killer.

Most of these early deaths are preventable, it says, caused by smoking and the common practice of burning wood and coal in home stoves.

Tags: people

Trizeon - Keyword Research technique

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 07:31:59 GMT

clipped by: ettemallika
clipper's remarks: Keyword stemming is the process of modifying a popular keyword by adding prefixes or suffixes, or making it a plural. Several words could be generated from a single keyword using this simple technique.

Clip Source: keywordresearchtechnique.ning.com

Keyword Research Technique

Keyword stemming is the process of modifying a popular keyword by adding prefixes or suffixes, or making it a plural. Several words could be generated from a single keyword using this simple technique. This can give webmasters more freedom when writing their content. Also, the resultant keywords help in the expansion of a website in different ways, which eventually draws more traffic. Keyword matching options like keyword stemming help in increasing the conversion rate.

Tags: trizeon, seo, seo services, organic seo, seo experts, seo tips, seo company, keyword stemming, keyword research, keywords

Plants have Inherent Dignity -- Swiss

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 00:23:43 GMT

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clipper's remarks: I'm all for respecting life and to not destroy it arbitrarily, but this may go too far.

Clip Source: www.practicalethicsnews.com

The Swiss federal Gene Technology Law stipulates that any scientific research should respect the "dignity of creation". All plant biotechnology grant applications must now state how they take plant dignity into consideration

The guidelines give a fine overview of ethical considerations related to the value of plants in themselves (rather than to humans or in relation to anything else)

The main problem is the lack of clear examples of plants being handled in undignified ways.

One of the few examples given is "terminator technology", modifying plants so that their offspring are sterile. Does this imply that seedless grapes or any of the other commonly used agricultural plants that do not reproduce sexually are an affront to the dignity of creation? Should researchers try to help naturally asexually reproducing species to reproduce in a more dignified manner?

Tags: switzerland, plant dignity, research, ethics

IgNobel research prizes awarded

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:46:08 GMT

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2008 IgNobels

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Ten science research prizes were awarded last night: biology (fleas on dogs jump further than fleas on cats), nutrition (modifying the sound of potato-chip crunching to make the eater think they're fresher than they are), physics (all string will eventually tangle itself up), chemistry (competing findings that Coca-Cola is/isn't an effective spermicide), archaeology, medicine, cognitive science, economics, literature, and peace (Swiss scientists declaring that plants have dignity). Agence France-Presse via Yahoo /// Annals of Improbable Research