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...Thomas also acknowledges that at least part of the reason for the worse survival could be related to the fact that scalp lesions are harder to detect, and less likely to be screened, given that in most cases, the region is covered with hair. But even this can't explain the entire trend. "There is something independent of the screening that is going on that we don't really understand at this point," Thomas says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Scalp, Neck Skin Cancers Most Lethal | 4/21/2008 | See Source »

...forgive $30 million of Ecuador's debt if it invests that money in its border regions. Economic development, he told foreign reporters, "is the best strategy to fight the infiltration of these irregular groups" like the FARC. But he added that Ecuador will increasingly use electronic surveillance to detect both guerrillas and Colombian troops that might violate the border...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South America's Most Troubled Border | 4/18/2008 | See Source »

...keep them from chafing were installed too far apart, and in some cases backwards. That's when the FAA - sensitive about complaints from its own workers that it had been too cozy with Southwest Airlines, which had been allowed to keep its planes flying without required inspections to detect fuselage cracks - insisted American ground its MD-80 fleet until the required work was repaired...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: More Airline Chaos Ahead? | 4/16/2008 | See Source »

...James T. Engell ’73 offered up a humorous yet passionate speech in favor of the change, using the current unwieldy title and overdramatic language for comic effect.“Those of you who have followed literary studies in the past few decades may wish to detect in this some secret semiotic code or bewitchment,” he said of the change. “But you won’t find it.”The motion will have to be confirmed at the next Faculty gathering due to the lack of quorum at yesterday?...

Author: By Aditi Balakrishna, Maxwell L. Child, and Christian B. Flow, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Faculty Hiring Will Slow, Smith Says | 4/9/2008 | See Source »

...world would mice need to develop cells to detect upward motion?” Sanes said in a statement. “It’s a great mystery.”broader applications as a potential model for investigating other brain function disorders...

Author: By Crimson News Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Science News In Brief | 4/4/2008 | See Source »

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