Minor Scales

Research from University of Tromso provide new insights into pediatrics and language.
Pediatrics Week; 12/26/2009; 634 words; ...is presented, according to which children are sensitive to minor cues in the input, called micro-cues," wrote M. Westergaard...considered to be one major parameter, but several smaller-scale Cues, which are responsible for children's lack of syntactic...

Data on pediatrics detailed by L. Subhashini and co-authors.
Pediatrics Week; 12/26/2009; 626 words; ...consisted of 24 items, of which 18 items were rated on a 5-point scale ('strongly agree' to 'strongly disagree') and 6 items...9%) were pediatric residents. The knowledge about pain scales among the studied healthcare professionals was not widespread...that most were willing to allow the parental presence ...

Investigators at University of Insubria zero in on botany.(Report)
Ecology, Environment & Conservation; 12/25/2009; 662 words; ...Lombardy, Northern Italy)." "Five meso-scale variables (e.g. altitude, aspect and slope) and ten micro-scale variables (e.g. shading, plot position...slope. Photosynthetic organisms had a minor role in travertine formation, mostly...

Stealing puppies, and the show ; As Cruella, Rachel York puts the bite in `The 101 Dalmatians Musical'
The Boston Globe; 12/25/2009; 861 words; ...minions, Jasper and Jinx. In order to establish a sense of scale, the actors who play human beings, including York, perform...version that starred Glenn Close. For one thing, Perdita is a minor character in the musical. For another, Cruella has a...

Studies in the area of science reported from University of East Anglia.
Chemicals & Chemistry; 12/25/2009; 1011 words; ...night were predicted to cause diurnal changes in the micro-scale depth distribution of chlorophylls a and b and colloidal carbohydrate...pneumatophores, shade and leaf litter. In summary, there was some minor diurnal variation in the measured biochemical properties of...