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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Neurological injuries from car surfing.

30 Oct 2009 OBJECT: Trauma secondary to car surfing is a unique mechanism of head and spinal injury in children and adolescents. In this study, the authors present their experience with neurological injuries resulting from car surfing and describe the growing ... Read more...

The effects of TV commercials using less thin models on young women's mood, body image and actual food intake.

18 Aug 2009 This study experimentally tested the effects of exposure to television commercials using less thin models on mood, body focused anxiety and food intake, as compared to the effects of commercials using thin models. In a naturalistic setting, 110 ... Read more...

Radio frequency radiation (RFR) from TV and radio transmitters at a pilot region in Turkey.

9 Aug 2009 For the last 30 y, the biological effects of non-ionising radiation (NIR: 0-300 GHz) have been a major topic in bioelectromagnetism. Since the number of radiofrequency (RF) systems operating in this frequency range has shown an incredible increase ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Television'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Neurological injuries from car surfing. 30 Oct 2009
• 'Undercover nurse' struck off the professional register for misconduct. 30 Aug 2009
• Practice question. The Aged Care Channel. 30 Aug 2009
• Free TV Turnoff Week poster: September 20-26, 2009. 30 Aug 2009
• The effects of TV commercials using less thin models on young women's mood, body image and actual food intake. 18 Aug 2009
• Radio frequency radiation (RFR) from TV and radio transmitters at a pilot region in Turkey. 9 Aug 2009
• Correlates of college students' physical activity: cross-cultural differences. 3 Aug 2009
• Alcohol advertising during televised sports and alcohol consumption by adolescents. 3 Aug 2009
• Nursing on television: are we being served? 30 Jul 2009
• Why do we watch it? 30 Jul 2009
• Childhood body mass index in community context: neighborhood safety, television viewing, and growth trajectories of BMI. 30 Jul 2009
• The benefits of hearing aids and closed captioning for television viewing by older adults with hearing loss. 30 Jul 2009
• [Tele Tam-Tam, a communication video for hospitalized children] 30 Jul 2009
• Effectiveness of media and enforcement campaigns in increasing seat belt usage rates in a state with a secondary seat belt law. 30 Jul 2009
• Relation between socioeconomic status and body mass index: evidence of an indirect path via television use. 30 Jul 2009
• Associations between sedentary behavior and blood pressure in young children. 30 Jul 2009
• Neck/shoulder pain in adolescents is not related to the level or nature of self-reported physical activity or type of sedentary activity in an Australian pregnancy cohort. 18 Jul 2009
• Paging Dr. Obama. 11 Jul 2009
• Sri Lanka: the aftermath. 9 Jul 2009
• [TV addiction with skin manifestations: a new syndrome "TV addict bursitis"] 8 Jul 2009

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Technical information about 'Television'

Definition: The transmission and reproduction of transient images of fixed or moving objects. An electronic system of transmitting such images together with sound over a wire or through space by apparatus that converts light and sound into electrical waves and reconverts them into visible light rays and audible sound. (From Webster, 3rd ed)

Descriptor UI: D013690

Alternative terms: Television; Televisions;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; standards; supply & distribution; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics; instrumentation;

Tree Number: J01.897.280.500.898; L01.178.590.875; L01.178.820.090.898; L01.178.847.823;

Technical Notes: for color TV do not coord with COLOR unless specifically emphasized & then NIM only