USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education)

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Articles in August, 1997 issue of USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education)

• Viewing violent sports not a trigger - no correlation between viewing sporting events and reported cases of child abuse, according to a study by the George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington Univ - Brief Article
• Single-mindedness may be a virtue - Univ of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign researchers believe that managers who focus on a strategy are more successful than those who are flexible and adapt quickly - Brief Article
• Sharing the road with big trucks - Mayflower Transit offers tips on driving safely with moving vans - Brief Article
• Should you invest in a prepaid tuition plan? - Institute of Certified Financial Planners offers families tips on deciding whether to invest in a prepaid tuition plan - Brief Article
• Technological tools a mixed blessing - Univ of North Carolina history professors point to benefits of information technology, such as enhancing teaching, and drawbacks such as lack of archived data for posterity - Brief Article
• Making long-term care more affordable - Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act will allow taxpayers to deduct premiums for long-term care insurance - Brief Article
• Teenagers want more from public schools - study by the Public Agenda Foundation in New York shows that most high school students want schools to have stricter academic standards and greater expectations - Brief Article
• "Smart" machine mimics human brain - Tennessee State Univ researcher Geoffrey Yuen is developing B-14, a robot that will acquire rudimentary learning skills - Brief Article
• Bad smells add taste appeal - research shows that some compounds with bad smells account for the appealing taste of foods such as chocolate and popcorn - Brief Article
• Teaching ethics with comic strips - innovative teaching approach of philosophy professors Courtney Campbell and Lani Roberts of Oregon State Univ - Brief Article
• Businesses using Web sites conservatively - Univ of North Carolina survey of 82 national companies and how they are using the World Wide Web - Brief Article
• Improving fit of artificial limbs - Washington Univ School of Medicine researchers are using imaging technology to design artificial prostheses with better fit - Brief Article
• Races stay apart in children's literature - researchers point out that children's books seldom portray blacks and whites together - Brief Article
• Screening poses many difficult questions - moral and ethical controversy over genetic screening for hereditary diseases - Brief Article
• Can obesity be fought with drugs? - Pfizer Inc. has developed hormone-like compounds that increase the metabolic rate like exercise to burn more calories without increasing appetite - Brief Article
• Learning about life from the movies - Temple Univ psychology professor Marsha Weinraub uses movie characters to teach students about stages of adult development - Brief Article
• Eliminating data traffic jams. networks that steadily transfer data between computers at very high speeds - Ohio State Univ is developing asynchronous transfer mode ATM - Brief Article
• Tropical evidence of global warming - Ohio State Univ researchers believe that the strongest evidence of global warming is the melting of ice caps in the alpine regions of the tropics and subtropics - Brief Article
• The big change from high school to college - advice for parents on determining whether their children are ready to make the transition to college life - Brief Article
• Locating land mines with "artificial nose." - Tufts Univ is developing artificial nose that uses sensing chemistries to detect TNT in land mines - Brief Article
• What happens when grandparents take over? - Bell State Univ study shows that grandparents raising their grandchildren have improved parenting skills that emphasize more love and control - Brief Article
• Is Louisiana sinking? - dams on the Mississippi River are causing parts of Louisiana to sink as much as nine inches a year by holding back sediments that repair erosion - Brief Article
• How about a vacation in outer space? - survey reveals that more than 40% of Americans would like to spend a vacation in outer space - Brief Article
• Female entrepreneurs' different priorities - self-determination and personal growth rank above attaining wealth, according to a study by Univ of North Carolina researcher Holly Buttner - Brief Article
• Living tradition of Eskimo masks - exhibition at the Smithsonian Institution's Natl Museum of the American Indian's George Gustave Heye Center - Brief Article
• Age of universe is often disputed - Tufts Univ researcher Eric J. Chaisson points out mistakes made in calculation and that controversy has existed since the 19th century - Brief Article
• What is your tolerance for risk? - defining an individual's tolerance for investment risk and tips for weathering market downturns - Brief Article
• Protecting corporate officers from lawsuits - strategies for protecting top corporate officers and directors from growing number of suits include policies for mandatory indemnification - Brief Article
• Hogs may shed light on human growth - Purdue Univ research on hogs shows that vaccines for chronic diseases are just as important as nutrition in improving human longevity - Brief Article