“I can Just Get all the Bits That I Need”: Practitioners’ Use of Open-Access Sport Science Podcasts

It’s All Just Bits

Defining “Computer Science” is tricky, and there are many competing definitions. My view is that Computer Science is primarily concerned with “HOW to do things with information?” In fact, many languages don’t even call our discipline Computer Science; for example, it’s “informática” in Spanish, “Informatik” in German, and “informatique” in French. It’s usually a good idea to start simple. What ...

Can I get a witness?

Methods The authors enrolled 570 relatives of active cardiac arrest patients receiving CPR by 15 pre-hospital emergency medical service units. The units were randomly assigned either to systematically offer the family member the opportunity to observe CPR (intervention group) or to follow standard practice regarding family presence (control group). Objective: The primary end point was the propo...

'I just saw this on Facebook, I need it now': Exploring Small Business use of Facebook

This paper reports on a study exploring social media adoption and use by twelve small businesses. Results indicate that Facebook is the dominant platform used and it can provide small businesses with a virtually cost free and easy way to reach customers. Businesses reported immediate results from using Facebook; customers arrived in store after seeing Facebook posts. Participants felt there wer...

Trypanosoma evansi control and horse mortality in the Brazilian Pantanal.

The impact of three treatment strategies for Trypanosoma evansi control on horse mortality in the Brazilian Pantanal based on four size categories of cattle ranches is explored. The region's 49,000 horses are indispensable to traditional extensive cattle ranching and T. evansi kills horses. About 13% of these horses would be lost, annually, due to T. evansi if no control were undertaken. One pr...

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