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02
Aug

Chronotype in individuals with schizophrenia: A meta-analysis

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Linke M, Jankowski KS. Chronotype in individuals with schizophrenia: A meta-analysis. Schizophr Res. 2021 Jul 28;235:74-79. doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2021.07.020. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34332427. Abstract Objective: Emerging evidence shows that evening chronotype is associated with mental health problems, especially mood disorders, but few studies have investigated its association with schizophrenia. Based on meta-analytic methods, we aimed […]

02
Aug

Smartphone Use Among University Students During COVID-19 Quarantine: An Ethical Trigger

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Saadeh H, Al Fayez RQ, Al Refaei A, Shewaikani N, Khawaldah H, Abu-Shanab S and Al-Hussaini M (2021) Smartphone Use Among University Students During COVID-19 Quarantine: An Ethical Trigger. Front. Public Health 9:600134. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.600134 Link: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2021.600134/full Extract only, kindly see the link above for the full study. One significant lifestyle shift is the complete reliance on […]

02
Aug

Is 5G a waste of electricity? Experts say it’s complicated

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Source: https://news.cgtn.com/news/2021-08-01/Is-5G-a-waste-of-electricity-Experts-say-it-s-complicated-12lTM5o5r6E/index.html 01-Aug-2021 As 5G developers look desperately for a “killer app” to prove the usefulness of the superfast wireless technology, mobile carriers in China are complaining about the high energy cost of 5G signal towers. And the situation is, according to experts, more complicated than many have thought. The costly 5G 5G technology can […]

02
Aug

Thinking about selling your Echo Dot—or any IoT device? Read this first

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Deleting data from Echo Dots—and other IoT devices from Amazon and elsewhere—is hard. DAN GOODIN – 7/2/2021 Like most Internet-of-things (IoT) devices these days, Amazon’s Echo Dot gives users a way to perform a factory reset so, as the corporate behemoth says, users can “remove any… personal content from the applicable device(s)” before selling or discarding them. But […]

02
Aug

Skyglow forces dung beetles in the city to abandon the Milky Way as their compass

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Source: https://theconversation.com/skyglow-forces-dung-beetles-in-the-city-to-abandon-the-milky-way-as-their-compass-165110 July 29, 2021 5.12pm Globally, nights are becoming ever brighter. Increasing urbanisation and the installation of new streetlights, security floodlights and outdoor ornamental lighting all contribute to growing light pollution. This light floods directly into the eyes of animals that are active at night and also into the skies. There a proportion of it […]

27
Jul

5G and the Future Internet: Implications for Developing Democracies and Human Rights

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Link https://www.ndi.org/publications/5g-and-future-internet-implications-developing-democracies-and-human-rights 5G adoption is happening around the world, even in places with low internet penetration. As of February 2021, 131 countries had announced plans to invest in 5G and more than 60 of the 98 countries NDI works in were engaging corporations that have close ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in their 5G plans. […]