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Blog: Other factorspor open06 hace 1 mes | 0 comentariosIt also confirmed a range of other risk factors that were already known such as babies having their heads covered in bedding, and sleeping under a duvet. However, the researchers estimated that as many as six out of 10 of all cot death cases in ...
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Blog: Experimental stagepor open05 hace 1 mes | 0 comentarios
The Duke LAN is experimental and operates within a small space but Professor Chase believes the techniques developed there could eventually help computer users obtain more efficient access to larger scale networks, including a future version of the ...
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Blog: Gigabit per second delivered to desktoppor open05 hace 1 mes | 0 comentarios
Computer scientists in the US have broken one gigabit per second data transfer to desktop computers in a local area network (LAN). This is 20,000 times faster than communication through a telephone modem and was achieved using TCP/IP, the ...
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Blog: Official cot death advice updatedpor open04 hace 1 mes | 0 comentarios
The DoH leaflet, Reduce the Risk of Cot Death, contains the advice: "The safest place for your baby to sleep is in a cot in your room for the first six months. "While it's lovely to have your baby with you for a cuddle or a feed, it's safest to put ...
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Blog: Optic fibre world records brokenpor open04 hace 1 mes | 0 comentarios
Bell Laboratories believe they have broken two world records in the use of optical fibres to transmit information. The huge increases in the use of mobile telephones and the internet mean that technical innovations such as these are crucial if ...
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Blog: Reduction is desirable'por open03 hace 1 mes | 0 comentarios
Professor George Haycock, consultant paediatrician and FSID's scientific advisor, said: "The US study has found a clear association between deaths in infancy from all causes and the levels of PM10 particles. "What was depressing was that three ...
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Blog: Constant review'por open03 hace 1 mes | 0 comentarios
The team, led by Dr Reinhard Kaiser of the University of Basel in Switzerland, accept their study is based on assumptions, rather than hard data But writing in Environmental Health: A Global Health Access Resource, they say: "Evidence for a causal ...
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Blog:. Pollutants linked to cot deathspor open02 hace 1 mes | 0 comentarios
Some cot deaths could be linked to babies being exposed to pollutants, researchers have suggested. A US study estimated 16% of cot deaths could be attributed to PM10s - fine sooty particles found in exhaust fumes. However, the study in Environmental ...
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Blog: Cot deaths 'peak at the weekend'por open02 hace 1 mes | 0 comentarios
The largest ever study of its kind has found that cot deaths peak at weekends. University of Aberdeen researchers looked at about 13,000 cot deaths which occurred between 1986 and 1998. Writing in Archives of Disease in Childhood, they said that ...
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Blog: Big fall in number of cot deathspor open10 hace 1 mes | 0 comentarios
The number of cot deaths in England and Wales fell by 15% between 2004 and 2005, provisional figures show. Data from the Office for National Statistics show the rate fell from 0.48 to 0.41 deaths per 1,000 live births. The figures also show cheap ...
