“Primary Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum” [article in Japanese], K. Togashi and Y. Hosaka, Kyobu Geka, vol. 60, no. 13, December 2007, pp. 1163–6. The authors, at Nagaoka Red Cross Hospital in Japan, explain [AIR 16:1]: “We report 5 cases of spontaneous pneumomediastinum [air in the space between the lungs]…. 1 patient had a karaoke-related condition. Primary spontaneous […]
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Self-Control in the Chicken
“Can Domestic Fowl, Gallus gallus domesticus, Show Self-Control?” S.M. Abeyesinghe, C.J. Nicol, S.J. Hartnell, and C.M. Wathes, Animal Behaviour, vol. 70, no. 1, July 2005, pp. 1–11. The authors, at the Silsoe Research Institute in Bedford, U.K. and at the University of Bristol, report [AIR 16:1]: An important aspect of cognition is whether animals live […]
Effect of Wind on Stock Market Returns
“Effect of Wind on Stock Market Returns: Evidence from European Markets,” Hui-Chu Shu and Mao-Wei Hung, Applied Financial Economics, vol. 19, no. 11, 2009, pp. 893–904, DOI 0.1080/09603100802243766. (Thanks to Kajbaje Sudhanshu for bringing this to our attention.) The authors, at National Taiwan University, report [AIR 16:1]: This study investigated the relationship between wind speed […]
Rolls: Food may reduce hunger
Rolls (and companions) probed the relationship between food and hunger: “Volume of Food Consumed Affects Satiety in Men,” B.J. Rolls, V.H. Castellanos, et al., American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, vol. 67, no. 6, June 1998, pp. 1170–7. The authors, at Pennsylvania State University, explain that: [AIR 15:6] “Subjects were served a milkbased drink or no […]