scholar @ jklmelton » Health http://scholar.jklmelton.net research technology teaching learning education e-learning Thu, 30 Jun 2011 04:41:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The latest on napping http://scholar.jklmelton.net/2009/08/04/the-latest-on-napping/ http://scholar.jklmelton.net/2009/08/04/the-latest-on-napping/#comments Tue, 04 Aug 2009 02:36:58 +0000 Jay http://scholar.jklmelton.net/?p=191 I wrote a bit about napping a couple of years ago. It seems to be gaining even more acceptance these days in the U.S. Here’s the latest from The LA Times.

]]> http://scholar.jklmelton.net/2009/08/04/the-latest-on-napping/feed/ 0 Put your computer’s idle time to good use http://scholar.jklmelton.net/2008/10/29/put-your-computers-idle-time-to-good-use/ http://scholar.jklmelton.net/2008/10/29/put-your-computers-idle-time-to-good-use/#comments Tue, 28 Oct 2008 23:11:16 +0000 Jay http://scholar.jklmelton.net/?p=147 If your computers are on for much of the day, you might want to consider downloading the BOINC software and choosing one or more projects. There are many projects out there, so look through them and add the ones that fit your view of helping out.

Here’s a video of just one of the projects out there (and it has 5 different applications)!:

You can run multiple projects and set the percentage of time for each.

]]> http://scholar.jklmelton.net/2008/10/29/put-your-computers-idle-time-to-good-use/feed/ 0 Hans Rosling: Global health expert; data visionary @ TED http://scholar.jklmelton.net/2008/07/03/hans-rosling-global-health-expert-data-visionary-ted/ http://scholar.jklmelton.net/2008/07/03/hans-rosling-global-health-expert-data-visionary-ted/#comments Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:48:42 +0000 Jay http://scholar.jklmelton.net/?p=137

Hans Rosling has a fascinating presentation at the TED site. Not only does he use actual data to talk about the economic and social changes rapidly occurring in the world, but he does it with beautiful graphics. ;-) Enjoy!

]]> http://scholar.jklmelton.net/2008/07/03/hans-rosling-global-health-expert-data-visionary-ted/feed/ 0 Tired in the afternoon? Take a nap! http://scholar.jklmelton.net/2007/03/14/tired-in-the-afternoon-take-a-nap/ http://scholar.jklmelton.net/2007/03/14/tired-in-the-afternoon-take-a-nap/#comments Wed, 14 Mar 2007 12:09:37 +0000 Jay http://scholar.jklmelton.net/2007/03/14/tired-in-the-afternoon-take-a-nap/ With last month’s report on the benefits of taking a nap comes the discussion of how it fits in American and other cultures. Here is one woman’s opinion. Since Louisa Thomas was a part of a study and she followed through by examining the results, she carries the credentials to be part of the discussion. How do you get through the part of the afternoon when your “homeostatic pressure to sleep briefly overwhelms the circadian signal to remain awake?”

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