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Gilbert W. Beebe Symposium: AI and ML Applications in Radiation Therapy, Medical Diagnostics, and Radiation Occupational Health and Safety
Login or Register for a free MyNAP member account to save 10% off online and receive other benefits. [Learn More] On March 13-14, 2025, the Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine hosted the most recent Gilbert W. Beebe symposium, with the goal of discussing the applications of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) in the fields of radiation therapy, medical diagnostics, and occupational health and safety.
Frontiers of Engineered Coherent Matter and Systems: Proceedings of a Workshop
Quantum networks are at the center of recent advances in quantum information, communication, and computation. These networks can be used to simulate complex materials and study the emergence of order in many-body systems.
Afternoon Naps vs. Bright Light: Which Boosts Brain Power More?
Why do we experience the post-lunch slump? How does an afternoon nap affect brain function? Can bright light exposure boost cognitive performance? Which method is more effective for staying alert? How can you integrate these techniques into your routine? by Alex Jordan, InnerSelf.com It’s not just your imagination—there’s a biological reason for the dreaded afternoon slump. Around midday, our circadian rhythm dips, causing a temporary decline in alertness and cognitive function.
Examining Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor (GLP-1R) Agonists for Central Nervous System Disorders: Proceedings of a Workshop
Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor (GLP-1R) agonists, originally developed for type 2 diabetes patients and popularized by their ability to rapidly reduce body weight in patients with obesity, have recently received a lot of national attention. Repurposing GLP-1R agonists to treat some central nervous disorders is promising, but comparatively understudied.
How to Get Control of Your Time in a World of Distraction
In this Article: Are digital distractions stealing your time? Why traditional time management methods fail in today's world Proven time management strategies to regain control The science behind productivity control and focus How to structure your day for maximum efficiency How to Get Control of Your Time in a World of Distraction by Alex Jordan, InnerSelf.com We live in an era where attention has become the most valuable commodity.
Outbreak - Lautlose Killer
» Wirkte schon damals unbequem glaubhaft « Beschreibung Militärarzt Dr. Sam Daniels hat bereits in der Vergangenheit Erfahrungen mit dem verheerenden Motabavirus gemacht. Nun ist es in eine US-Kleinstadt gelangt. Mit Hilfe seiner Exfrau Roberta sucht er nach einem Antiserum - während der Army eine endgültigere Lösung vorschwebt...
Armageddon im TV Programm: 24.10.
» Wilde Pathos-Ramme mit brillantem Cast « Beschreibung Ein Himmelskörper nimmt Kurs auf die Erde und droht den Planeten zu zerstören. Die Männer um Harry Stamper fliegen ins All und wollen den gigantischen Felsbrocken von innen heraus sprengen. Die Mission ist ein wahres Himmelfahrtskommando und die Zeit rennt...
Mitigating Arboviral Threat and Strengthening Public Health Preparedness: Proceedings of a Workshop
Arboviruses, or viruses carried by arthropods like mosquitoes or ticks, are responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths worldwide each year. As the climate changes globally, the geographic distribution of these diseases, including Zika, dengue, chikungunya, West Nile, and yellow fever, are steadily expanding.
Time poverty can keep college students from graduating
Black women are among the demographics with the least time for college. Klaus Vedfelt/DigitalVision via Getty Images What is time poverty, and how does it affect college students? Why is time management so crucial for student success? How do structural inequities contribute to time poverty in higher education? The link between student work, childcare, and academic outcomes. Can improved financial aid policies help alleviate student time poverty?
Why Spotting Lies is Harder Than You Think
Khosro/Shutterstock You don’t have to be in the middle of an election campaign to be concerned about your ability to spot a lie. Psychology research suggests people lie at least once a day. A 2006 review of 206 papers found that we are little better then chance at guessing whether something is a lie or not, 54% to be exact. Some lies are told to make others feel better.
Never Forget Again: Mastering the Art of Prospective Memory
People tend to lose prospective memory as they age. Malte Mueller/fStop via Getty Images Have you ever walked into a room and then wondered why you went there? If you’ve experienced this phenomenon, you’ve had a prospective memory lapse. Memory usually means remembering things that have already happened.
Is Modern Life Making You Miserable? Blame Evolution! Here's How.
frank60/Shutterstock Research is showing that many of our contemporary problems, such as the rising prevalence of mental health issues, are emerging from rapid technological advancement and modernisation. A theory that can help explain why we respond poorly to modern conditions, despite the choices, safety and other benefits they bring, is evolutionary mismatch. Mismatch happens when an evolved adaptation, either physical or psychological, becomes misaligned with the environment.
Cramming for Exams? Here’s How to Make It Work
Arieliona/Shutterstock Around the country, school and university students are hitting the books in preparation for exams. If you are in this position, you may find yourself trying to memorise information that you first learned a long time ago and have completely forgotten – or that you didn’t actually learn effectively in the first place. Unfortunately, cramming is a very inefficient way to properly learn. But sometimes it’s necessary to pass an exam.
Are Attractive People Really More Trustworthy?
Image by Jill Wellington What makes a person beautiful has fascinated artists and scientists for centuries. Beauty is not, as it is often assumed to be, “in the eye of the beholder” – but follows certain predictable rules. Symmetry and proportions play a role, and though culture and norms shape our perception of beauty, researchers observe a consistently striking agreement among people on whom they regard as beautiful.
Mental Workload: How To Prevent Your Brain From Overheating
Yan Krukau/Pexels, FAL Is it possible to read your e-mails while keeping weekend plans in mind and listening to someone on the phone? Multitasking is part and parcel of our daily lives, with teleworking and the rapid expansion – if not invasion – of digital technology. We may feel like we’re doing two things at the same time, but in reality our brain unconsciously shifts its attention from one task to another very quickly.
The Myths and Realities of Human Memory
Pause for a moment and truly appreciate the mind-blowing phenomenon of human memory. Most of us take it for granted but ponder how that ability to vividly recall experiences and ingrain knowledge is essentially the foundation for being you. With memory, learning from past mistakes or triumphs is possible. Each day would arrive as a baffling blank slate devoid of the rich context memories provide.
Inside the Mind of a Conspiracy Theorist: The Influence of Intuition
Analytical thinking can make you less likely to believe in conspiracy theories. Marijus Auruskevicius/Shutterstock I have been researching the psychology of conspiracy beliefs for seven years now and people often ask me why people believe in them. This is not a simple question. There are many reasons people might endorse conspiracy theories.
The Hidden Dangers of Toxic Stress and How to Fight Back
Toxic stress increases the risks for obesity, diabetes, depression and other illnesses. COVID-19 taught most people that the line between tolerable and toxic stress – defined as persistent demands that lead to disease – varies widely. But some people will age faster and die younger from toxic stressors than others. So how much stress is too much, and what can you do about it?
Can Subtitled Films Really Boost Your Language Skills?
In general, films in the original language and versions with subtitles in a range of different languages are both widely available in Europe. If the main aim of subtitles is allowing viewers to understand dialogue in films where they don’t know the language, subtitles are also being seen to an ever-greater extent through an educational lens. Clearly, watching a film in a foreign language that you’re studying is a good way to pick up vocabulary in that language.
Navigating Life's Highs and Lows with Grace
Three steps forward, two steps back" - we've all heard that old saying before, right? It's one of those classic phrases our parents, teachers, or friends have used to describe various situations. Maybe your dad said it when your family was trying to renovate the kitchen and kept running into issues. Or your math teacher used it as a metaphor for struggling with a tricky concept before it finally clicked.
How To Beat Mental Fatigue
Feeling wiped out by mental work has different causes than what drives physical fatigue. nensuria/iStock via Getty Images Plus Do you ever feel spacey, distracted and worn down toward the end of a long work-related task – especially if that task is entirely a mental one? For over a century, psychologists have been trying to determine whether mental fatigue is fundamentally similar to physical fatigue or whether it is governed by different processes.
Forgetting: Not a Flaw, but a Feature of the Human Memory System
Cast Of Thousands/Shutterstock, CC BY Forgetting in our day to day lives may feel annoying or, as we get older, a little frightening. But it is an entirely normal part of memory – enabling us to move on or make space for new information. In fact, our memories aren’t as reliable as we may think. But what level of forgetting is actually normal? Is it OK to mix up the names of countries, as US president Joe Biden recently did? Let’s take a look at the evidence.
Passive Learning: The Secret to Faster Skill Building
Learning a new skill usually requires actively practicing it through trial and error while getting feedback on your performance. However, scientists have found that passive exposure to relevant information can also boost learning, even without direct training or feedback. Researchers at UC Berkeley recently demonstrated this effect in mice learning to categorize sounds. They found that passive exposure to sounds before or during active training helped the mice learn faster.
Beyond IQ: Why Smart People Fall for Conspiracy Theories
The QAnon conspiracy theory has many powerful supporters. I T S/Shutterstock Over the last two decades, and in particular over the last five years, there has been a growing scientific interest in conspiracy theories and people who believe in them. Although, some may think belief in such stories is linked to intelligence, research is beginning to show that how people think could be more important.
Why Absolute Certainty in Finance Remains an Illusion
| It’s a mistake to assume that financial enthusiasts can predict the uncertain behaviour of markets. (Shutterstock) Some stock market enthusiasts claim to be able to predict financial market trends with fantastic accuracy. Despite the complexity of international finance, they assure us that substantial profits are within our reach if we follow their recommendations and imitate their behaviour. But is it really possible to accurately predict the behaviour of financial markets?
Language Learning Through Film Subtitles
In general, films in the original language and versions with subtitles in a range of different languages are both widely available in Europe. If the main aim of subtitles is allowing viewers to understand dialogue in films where they don’t know the language, subtitles are also being seen to an ever-greater extent through an educational lens. Clearly, watching a film in a foreign language that you’re studying is a good way to pick up vocabulary in that language.
Unlikely Secret:The Power of Empathy in Leadership
Dans un contexte d’augmentation des risques psychosociaux, ignorer les émotions au travail n’aide pas… Melissa Hogan/Wikimedia commons, CC BY-SA When asked what traits constitute a good leader, you may be tempted to list traditional qualities such as rationality, cool-headedness, and overall, an ability to detach oneself from one’s emotions. However, research has shown that the ability to feel empathy toward one’s colleagues is in fact the most critical leadership skills, and much-overlooked.
Obsessive Thoughts Unveiled: The Broader Spectrum of OCD
Elena Abrazhevich/Shutterstock At the age of 12, “out of nowhere”, Matt says he started having repetitive thoughts concerning whether he wanted to end his life. Every time he saw a knife, he would ask himself: “Am I going to stab myself?” Or, when he was near a ledge: “Am I going to jump?” Matt had heard a lot about teenage depression, and thought this must be what was going on. But it was confusing, he says: “I didn’t feel suicidal, I really enjoyed my life.
AI-Generated Faces Look Just like Real Ones
Can you tell which faces are real and which are synthetic? Answers are at the bottom of the article. Robin Kramer, Author provided For a while, limitations in technology meant that animators and researchers were only capable of creating human-like faces which seemed a little “off”. Films like 2004’s The Polar Express made some viewers uneasy because the characters’ faces looked almost human but not quite, and so they fell into what we call the “uncanny valley”.
Align Your Clock: How Knowing Your Chronotype Can Enhance Productivity
eggeeggjiew/iStock via Getty Images Plus Timing is everything. For early risers and late-nighters alike, listening to your internal clock may be the key to success. From the classroom to the courtroom and beyond, people perform best on challenging tasks at a time of day that aligns with their circadian rhythm. Circadian rhythms are powerful internal timekeepers that drive a person’s physiological and intellectual functioning throughout the day.
What Truly Defines a Good Thinker?
Good thinking is built from many ingredients. skynesher/E+ via Getty Images What does it mean to be a good thinker? Recent research suggests that acknowledging you can be wrong plays a vital role. I had these studies in mind a few months ago when I was chatting with a history professor about a class she was teaching to first-year students here at Wake Forest University.
Navigating Life's Nuances: The Middle Path to Harmony
We live in a world that urges us to pick a side and see things as good or bad, right or wrong. Perhaps it's an evolutionary relic—our ancestors needed to make quick decisions to survive. But this black-and-white thinking often makes us overlook the nuance in every aspect of life. While it might feel easier to categorize things as purely this or that, such simplification does a disservice our understanding and growth. Think of politics.
How to Build a Memory Super-Highway for Exam Success
Pixabay/Pexels With school and university exams looming, students will be thinking about how they can maximise their learning. Memory is a key part of how we learn. If students understand how memory works, they can prioritise effective study habits. This will help for exams as well as their learning in the longer term. What is memory? According to cognitive psychology (the study of our mental processes), there are three distinct types of memory.
Back-to-School Goals: Seizing the Fresh Start Effect
The back-to-school period is one of many temporal landmarks you can find throughout the year. chesterf/ Shutterstock Even if it’s been many years since you were last in school, you might still associate this time of year with that “back-to-school” mindset – that feeling of a page turning, a new phase beginning and the chance to start anew and reinvent yourself.
Mastering Study Habits: The Essential Guide to Daily Learning
Tatiana Buzmakova/iStock via Getty Images Plus Studying – you know you need to do it, but you just can’t seem to make it a habit. Maybe you forget, become distracted or just don’t want to do it. Understanding what a habit is, and how it forms, can help you figure out how to study on a daily basis. The habit loop A habit is a behavior you do regularly or routinely.
How Mothers’ Education Shapes Their Children’s Futures
Despite a social consensus regarding the importance of mothers as care providers, the crucial role mothers play in their children’s social mobility is often overlooked in research and policymaking. (Shutterstock) Providing equitable quality education for all people is one of the United Nations’ 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. To meet this goal, international organizations and national and local governments have invested heavily in expanding education.
How Mothers’ Education Shapes Their Children’s Futures
Despite a social consensus regarding the importance of mothers as care providers, the crucial role mothers play in their children’s social mobility is often overlooked in research and policymaking. (Shutterstock) Providing equitable quality education for all people is one of the United Nations’ 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. To meet this goal, international organizations and national and local governments have invested heavily in expanding education.
We Need Memory to Learn - But Not the Way We Currently Use It Original
Shutterstock / fizkes Sometimes we remember things that we did not even know we had memorised and sometimes the opposite happens – we want to remember something that we know we’ve learned but are not able to recall it. Faced with an exam, students only ask themselves about decontextualised exam content: in this situation, they may not be able to bring back the answer, even if they think they know it. It may even seem to them that they have forgotten everything they have studied.
How Important Is Solitude for Your Well-Being?
Watch Video Version on YouTube Spending time alone can induce fear in a lot of people, which is understandable. At the same time, the difference between moments of solitude and loneliness is often misunderstood. As a psychologist, I study solitude – the time we spend alone, not interacting with other people. I started this research more than ten years ago and, up to that point, findings on young people’s time alone had suggested they often experience low moods when alone.
How Much Energy Do We Expend Thinking and Using Our Brain?
This is Engineering/Pexels After a long day of work or study, your brain might feel like it has been drained of energy. But does our brain burn more energy when engaging in mental athletics than it does during other activities, such as watching TV? To answer this question, we have to look at the engine room of our brain: the nerve cells. The main energy currency of our brain cells is a molecule called adenosine triphosphate (or ATP), which our body makes from sugar and oxygen.
How to Repair a Damaged Reputation
A reputation can be damaged by a single mistake, or after months or even years of bad behaviour. Organisations may turn a blind eye to such behaviour by employees or business leaders, and sometimes it is tacitly enabled by a toxic culture that prioritises an end game – profits or “winning” – over people or planet. In either case, research can tell us about the drivers of reputational loss, as well as how to rebuild a reputation, and ways to avoid damaging it in the first place.
5 Ways Pressuring Young Athletes to Perform Well Harms Them
Top high school athletes often face significant pressure to perform. Chris Leduc/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images When Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin collapsed during a Jan. 3, 2022, NFL football game, much of the public attention was on the pressures athletes face to perform despite the perils they face on the field.
Responsible growth: From resilience to reinvention
This article originally appeared on KPMG. The Consumer Goods Forum brings consumer goods retailers and manufacturers together globally to collaborate and drive positive change, including greater efficiency across the ecosystem. In June 2022, business leaders came together in Dublin to reconnect and explore how the sector will shift and transform.
Armageddon
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Exploring a Dynamic Soil Information System: Proceedings of a Workshop
As a living substrate, soil is critical to the function of Earth's geophysical and chemical properties. Soil also plays a major role in several human activities, including farming, forestry, and environmental remediation. Optimizing those activities requires a clear understanding of different soils, their function, their composition and structure, and how they change over time and from place to place.
5 Tips for Productive Meetings Everyone Will Love
PeopleImages.com - Yuri A/Shutterstock Why are meetings often seen as unproductive? What key steps can you take to improve meeting efficiency? How can defining clear roles enhance meeting outcomes? How do workplace dynamics affect the need for meetings? When should a meeting be an email instead? 5 Tips for Productive Meetings Everyone Will Love by Francisco J. Pérez Latre, Universidad de Navarra.
How Napping In The Afternoon Can Improve Memory and Alertness
Short and long naps both have benefits. Rawpixel.com/ Shutterstock Some people swear by an afternoon nap – whether it’s to catch up on lost sleep or to help them feel more alert for the afternoon ahead. Even Boris Johnson supposedly favours a power nap during his work day (though the prime minister’s staffers contest this claim). Winston Churchill, Albert Einstein, and Leonardo Da Vinci were all famous nappers.
The Perfectionists
The revered New York Times best-selling author traces the development of technology from the Industrial Age to the Digital Age to explore the single component crucial to advancement - precision - in a superb history that is both an homage and a warning for our future. The rise of manufacturing could not have happened without an attention to precision.
Next Steps for Functional Genomics: Proceedings of a Workshop
Purchase Options Purchase Options MyNAP members save 10% online. Login or Register Copy the HTML code below to embed this book in your own blog, website, or application. Custom Size: × An uncorrected copy, or prepublication, is an uncorrected proof of the book. We publish prepublications to facilitate timely access to the committee's findings. The final version of this book has not been published yet. You can pre-order a copy of the book and we will send it to you when it becomes available.
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