To coincide with Icelandic design festival DesignMarch, which began in Reykjavik yesterday, here are some parchment gas masks by Reykjavik designer Sruli Recht. (more…)
Ambulatory blood pressure testing suggests that people with passive domestic or work exposure to tobacco smoke are at increased risk of masked hypertension, Greek researchers report in the August issue of the American Journal of Hypertension. Reuters Health Information
To coincide with Icelandic design festival DesignMarch, which began in Reykjavik yesterday, here are some parchment gas masks by Reykjavik designer Sruli Recht. (more…)
(Reuters) - Major U.S. banks temporarily lowered their debt levels just before reporting in the past five quarters, making it appear their balance sheets were less risky, the Wall Street Journal said, citing data from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
After a 70-year absence from Canada, black-footed ferrets will once again prowl the prairies, following todayâs release of more than 30 captive-bred animals into Canadaâs Grasslands National Park. Â Â Leading the reintroduction were staff from a dozen different conservation organizations, governments and zoos, including species experts from WWF-US and WWF-Canada.
Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Masked Hypertension, and Arterial Stiffness in Men
American Journal of Hypertension advance online publication, December 17, 2009. doi:10.1038/ajh.2009.246
Authors: Luciano F. Drager, Luzia Diegues-Silva, Patrícia M. Diniz, Luiz A. Bortolotto, Rodrigo P. Pedrosa, Roberta B. Couto, Bianca Marcondes, Dante M.A. Giorgi, Geraldo Lorenzi-Filho
& Eduardo M. Krieger
What kind of mental objects are letters? Research on letter perception has mainly focussed on the visual properties of letters, showing that orthographic representations are abstract and size/shape invariant. But given that letters are, by definition, mappings between symbols and sounds, what is the role of sound in orthographic representation?