MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'depletion'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:38:28 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5050741&cid=t_144498_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F07%2F22%2Fthe-situation-of-fairness%2F Carlos Alós-Ferrer, Anja Achtziger, and Alexander Wagner, recently posted their paper “Social Preferences and Self-Control” on SSRN. We study the interaction of different motives and decision processes in determining behavior in the ultimatum game. We rely on an experimental manipulation called ego depletion which consumes self-control resources, thereby enhancing the influence of default reactions or, in psychological terms, automatic processes. We find that proposers make lower offers under ego depletion, i.e. self-centered monetary concerns are the default mode and not other-regarding considerations (fairness towards others). Responders are more likely to reject low offers under ego depletion, i.e. the affect-influenced reaction to reject unfair offers (reaction to unfairne... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5050741 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 04:01:22 +0100 5050741 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4507246&cid=t_144498_87_f&fid=34902&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.futurepundit.com%2Farchives%2F007921.html Yet more evidence that the world's fisheries are over-harvested. Predatory fish such as cod, tuna, and groupers have declined by two-thirds over the past 100 years, while small forage fish such as sardine, anchovy and capelin have more than doubled over the same period, according to University of British Columbia researchers. Led by Prof. Villy Christensen of UBC's Fisheries Centre, a team of scientists used more than 200 marine ecosystem models from around the world and extracted more than 68,000 estimates of fish biomass from 1880 to 2007. They presented the findings today at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting in Washington, DC. Their finding of the simultaneous decline of predatory fish and increase of... (Source: FuturePundit) FuturePundit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4507246 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0100 4507246 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4405887&cid=t_144498_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2FJ4iZRHT3UoQ%2F More and more research suggests that our brains have difficulty differentiating between observing an action and actually participating in it. Empathy, for example, seems to hinge in part on our ability to “take on” another’s emotions through vicarious experience. I always think of this when watching a comedian fall flat. I can feel the embarrassment as if I’m standing there on stage looking at a room full of blank stares. A study in the journal Psychological Science investigated this dynamic, but from a different angle: researchers wanted to know if observing someone else exert self-control boosts or reduces one’s own self-control. Participants were asked to either take on the perspective of someone exerting self-control, or merely read about someone exerting self-control. They w... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4405887 Thu, 27 Jan 2011 15:54:11 +0100 4405887 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4225195&cid=t_144498_87_f&fid=34902&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.futurepundit.com%2Farchives%2F007713.html The Earth's oceans are being overfished after a rapid decades-long expansion in fishing. The Earth has run out of room to expand fisheries, according to a new study led by University of British Columbia researchers that charts the systematic expansion of industrialized fisheries. In collaboration with the National Geographic Society and published today in the online journal PLoS ONE, the study is the first to measure the spatial expansion of global fisheries. It reveals that fisheries expanded at a rate of one million sq. kilometres per year from the 1950s to the end of the 1970s. The rate of expansion more than tripled in the 1980s and early 1990s – to roughly the size of Brazil's Amazon rain forest every... (Source: FuturePundit) FuturePundit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4225195 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0100 4225195 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3998937&cid=t_144498_87_f&fid=34902&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.futurepundit.com%2Farchives%2F007516.html Expect more fisheries depletion. WASHINGTON—China leads the world in tonnage of fish caught annually as well as the amount of fish consumed, according to new findings reported in National Geographic magazine. It is troubling that even at current still fairly low per capita GDP ($6,567 per capita GDP in purchasing power parity in 2009) China already consumes more fish than any other country. Consider that at current GDP 98 countries (even Namibia!) have higher per capita GDP. Imagine what China's fish demand will be at double and eventually triple and quadruple its current per capita GDP. The ocean's fisheries already are harvested at an unsustainable level. Japan is number 2 and the US is number 3. Enough Asian nations are... (Source: FuturePundit) FuturePundit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3998937 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 23:00:00 +0100 3998937 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3403853&cid=t_144498_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fwalls-that-dont-talk-toxic%2F Mod Green Pod's vinyl-free wallpaper "Delight" Volatile organic compounds – also known as VOCs – don’t make good roommates. In fact, they stink. Besides their olfactory offense, VOCs have been linked to ozone depletion, smog build-up, respiratory problems, and even cancer. Yet some folks cozy up with VOCs day in day out by choosing vinyl wallpaper or carbon-loaded paint to cover their walls. But there’s no need to. In the past few years, the number of eco-friendly paints on the planet has proliferated; and now, their quality has caught up. This month, Consumer Reports published the results of its 2010 interior paint survey: Nearly all the high-scorers contained 50 grams or less of VOCs per liter. Low-VOC Behr Premium Plus Ultra received top marks in all categories (fr... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3403853 Wed, 24 Mar 2010 22:14:54 +0100 3403853 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2934637&cid=t_144498_87_f&fid=34902&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.futurepundit.com%2Farchives%2F006660.html Monsanto's genetic engineering to make soy beans produce omega 3 fatty acids (the kinds found in fish) has approval by the US Food and Drug Administration. Last week, the US Food and Drug Administration made public its ruling that the oil produced by GM soybeans is safe to eat, meaning food companies can begin testing it in products such as margarine. Developed by biotech giant Monsanto, the soybean is the first GM plant that has claimed health benefits for consumers, not just economic benefits to farmers. Two other companies, BASF (PDF) and Du Pont, say they are not far behind. In Europe the specter of genetically modified (GM) foods elicits enormous political opposition. But in the United States people have... (Source: FuturePundit) FuturePundit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2934637 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100 2934637 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2790261&cid=t_144498_87_f&fid=34902&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.futurepundit.com%2Farchives%2F006529.html On the surface this sounds like goods news since you might expect aquaculture fish to reduce the pressure to over-harvest wild fish. But no. Aquaculture, once a fledgling industry, now... (Source: FuturePundit) FuturePundit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2790261 Sat, 12 Sep 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2790261 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2699581&cid=t_144498_87_f&fid=34902&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.futurepundit.com%2Farchives%2F006450.html Some people are going to get thirsty. Irvine, Calif. – Using satellite data, UC Irvine and NASA hydrologists have found that groundwater beneath northern India has been receding by as... (Source: FuturePundit) FuturePundit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2699581 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2699581 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2447494&cid=t_144498_87_f&fid=34902&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.futurepundit.com%2Farchives%2F006255.html In a pretty good article written for Scientific American David A. Vaccari says we might run out of phosphorus reserves late in the 21st century. Since phosphorus is one of... (Source: FuturePundit) FuturePundit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2447494 Mon, 01 Jun 2009 04:00:00 +0100 2447494 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1870710&cid=t_144498_87_f&fid=34902&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.futurepundit.com%2Farchives%2F005620.html Robert Criss says the big problem is exponential population growth. Oct. 7, 2008 -- It's a 500-pound gorilla that Robert Criss, Ph.D., professor of earth and planetary sciences in Arts... (Source: FuturePundit) FuturePundit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1870710 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1870710 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1162834&cid=t_144498_87_f&fid=34902&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.futurepundit.com%2Farchives%2F004936.html A New York Times article by Keith Bradsher entitled "A New, Global Oil Quandary: Costly Fuel Means Costly Calories" draws attention to the growing direct competition between using land to... (Source: FuturePundit) FuturePundit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1162834 Sat, 19 Jan 2008 05:00:00 +0100 1162834 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=968281&cid=t_144498_87_f&fid=34902&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.futurepundit.com%2Farchives%2F004701.html The US West is in a drought. Lake Mead is only half full. Also, water is getting pumped up from deep aquifers much more rapidly than rain replaces it even... (Source: FuturePundit) FuturePundit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=968281 Sun, 21 Oct 2007 04:00:00 +0100 968281 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=835951&cid=t_144498_87_f&fid=34865&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecancerblog.com%2F2007%2F09%2F01%2Ftake-it-easy-when-running-from-cancer%2F Filed under: Diets, ExerciseI'm dizzy, light-headed, over-heated and just plain worn out after my workout this morning. Why? Because I overdid it. I've been so focused on running from cancer by eating right and strenuously exercising -- research says it take five hours of vigorous exercise per week to keep breast cancer away -- that I drove myself to depletion this morning. It hit me when a wave of dizziness came over me in the midst of my outdoor workout. My body felt heavy, my strength disappeared, and it took every ounce of energy I could muster to put one foot in front of the other so I could get home. I suspect it was a combination of dehydration -- I didn't take water with me -- and heat -- it's really hot here in Florida -- and pushing myself too hard. The fact that I feel a bit und... The Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=835951 Sat, 01 Sep 2007 04:00:00 +0100 835951