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Category Archives: Research
Research Spotlight: Study shows scientists want more children
Posted in Research
Tagged Anne Lincoln, careers in science, Dedman College, Elaine Howard Ecklund, faculty research, family issues, gender issues, Rice University, sociology, women in science
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Research Spotlight: The warning signs of sudden panic
Panic attacks that seem to strike out of the blue are not without warning after all, says SMU psychologist Alicia Meuret. In a rare study in which patients were monitored around the clock as they conducted their daily activities, portable … Continue reading
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Tagged Alicia Meuret, Ansgar Conrad, David Rosenfield, Enlu Zhou, faculty research, Frank H. Wilhelm, panic attacks, panic disorder, panic symptoms, psychology, Thomas Ritz, Walton T. Roth
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Research Spotlight: Four professors named 2011 Ford Research Fellows
Posted in For the Record, News, Research
Tagged awards and honors, Dedman College, faculty news, faculty research, fellowships, Ford Research Fellows, grants, Johan Elverskog, Neil Tabor, Perkins School of Theology, Sze-kar Wan, Thomas Hagstrom
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Research Spotlight: Real ads, false memories
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Tagged advertising ethics, advertising issues, Cox School of Business, faculty research, false memories, Nicole Montgomery, Priyali Rajagopal
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Research Spotlight: Antibiotics, not surgery, may provide better treatment for appendicitis
Antibiotics rather than surgery may be the better treatment for cases of appendicitis in which the appendix hasn’t burst, according to a new study. The study’s authors say the findings suggest that nonperforating appendicitis, as the disease is called when … Continue reading
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Tagged appendicitis, Dedman College, diverticulitis, Edward H. Livingston, faculty research, Robert W. Haley, Thomas Fomby, Wayne Woodward
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Research Spotlight: Cox study finds mortgage default minimal for Habitat homeowners
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Tagged Cox School of Business, faculty research, foreclosure rates, Habitat for Humanity, housing crisis, mortgage meltdown, subprime lending
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Research Spotlight: 3-D map confirms ancient Mayan structures at ‘Head of Stone’ site
Archaeologists have made the first three-dimensional topographical map of ancient monumental buildings long buried under centuries of jungle at the Maya site “Head of Stone” in Guatemala. The map puts into 3-D perspective the location and size of Head of … Continue reading
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Tagged 3-D mapping, archaeology, Brigitte Kovacevich, Dedman College, faculty research, Head of Stone, Holtun, Maya archaeology, Pre-Classic Maya culture
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Research Spotlight: Bamboo tool-making study shines light on East Asia’s Stone Age tool scarcity
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Tagged bamboo tools, Dedman College, flint-knapping, graduate student research, Meten Eren, Stone Age tools
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