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RIP, Aaron Swartz, And Why Open-Access Matters
Last week, 26-year-old Aaron Swartz hanged himself. Swartz was a champion of open everything: open access code, open access journals, and fought for a utopian version of the internet. In that utopian version of the internet, people have access to information, and freedom of speech trumps SOPA and other draconian copyright laws... Read More »
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Rise Of Superbugs Threatens Antibiotic Crisis
Lethal drug-resistant organisms mean threat must be listed on register of civil emergencies, says chief medical officer Read More »
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Rise Of The Machines
This term “transactive grid” suddenly is getting a lot of attention. It seems the vacuum left by the late, great “smart grid” (ca.2004-2012) demands to be filled. So here comes another inscrutable buzzword to excite sales people, confuse politicians, and annoy engineers. Read More »
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Rita Gardner Reflects On Open Access And Learned Societies
Learned societies are a fundamental part of the research ecology, providing a substantial intellectual, public and reputational good, at minimal cost to the UK public purse. Read More »
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Roambi Named 2013 Ventana Research Technology Innovation Award Winner
Leading Research Firm Selects Roambi as a Visionary and Transformative Technology Pioneer in Business Intelligence Read More »
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Robot Turtles Is A Board Game Designed By A Googler To Teach Kids Core Coding Principles
There are plenty of online resources aimed at teaching kids coding but here’s an offline take that uses old school gamification to get kids engaged and learning programming principles while they’re having some good old-fashioned family fun (as board game makers used to put it, in the 1980s)... Read More »
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Robot-Like Machines Helped People With Spinal Injuries Regain Function
Scientists with the international scientific collaboration known as the "Walk Again Project" use noninvasive brain-machine interfaces in their efforts to reawaken damaged fibers in the spinal cord. Researchers in Brazil who are trying to help people with spine injuries gain mobility have made a surprising discovery: Injured people doing brain training while interacting with robot-like machines were able to regain some sensation and movement...
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Robotic Help
Ten years ago, during his surgical fellowship, Dr. Ravi Nagubandi got a glimpse of his future when he observed an early version of robot-assisted surgery... Read More »
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Robotic Surgery Opens Up
If the open-source approach to building robot surgeons can cut costs and improve performance, patients will increasingly find them at the other end of the scalpel Read More »
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Roche, Medivation, Santen and Biomarin Will Discuss CDISC Implementation Challenges At The Next Silicon Valley BioTalks
Panel composed of CDISC experts from Roche, Medivation, Santen, Biomarin and Clinovo will discuss and share ideas around the topic: “CDISC for Medical Device Companies: Progress Made and Best Practices from Pharma/Biotech Implementation”. Read More »
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Rochester RHIO Plots Value Of HIEs And Imaging
When the Rochester RHIO was established in 2006 to improve the quality and efficiency of care in the greater Rochester, NY, area, one of the requirements from a local matching grant was to enable diagnostic-image sharing among healthcare providers. Read More »
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Roger Baker Joins Agilex
Former Department of Veterans Affairs CIO Roger Baker, who left the agency in March after four years of service, has taken his IT talents to the private sector. Read More »
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ROI On EMR Not Being Measured Sufficiently
Most healthcare C-suite members are dissatisfied with their organizations' efforts to measure return-on-investment from clinical IT systems, according to a new report from Beacon Partners. Read More »
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Role for Skype Proposed in Telemedicine Push
To improve healthcare services in the remote parts of the country, the Planning Commission has suggested adopting telemedicine by using software applications such as Skype in its report on health for the 12th Five-Year plan. Read More »
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Roundup Linked To Global Boom In Celiac Disease And Gluten Intolerance
Celiac disease, gluten intolerance and irritable bowel syndrome are on the rise worldwide, and that rise has taken place in parallel with the increased use of glyphosate (Roundup) herbicide, shows a new US peer-reviewed paper from Dr. Anthony Samsel and Dr. Stephanie Seneff. The review has been published in the Journal of Interdisciplinary Toxicology.
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