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...study at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. The nurses placed noise dosimeters in patient rooms, and two volunteered to sleep over and note bothersome sounds in a thoracic-surgery unit packed with humming equipment and monitors. Peak dosimeter readings as high as 113 decibels--roughly equivalent to the din of a chain saw or jackhammer--came during the 7 a.m. staff changeover, and the 11 p.m. changeover was also quite noisy. By adopting remedial measures--some as simple as closing doors to patients' rooms and replacing clanking paper-towel dispensers--the staff reduced noise levels more than 80%, according...
...creating the special Iraqi tribunal’s statute, Dara Nor al-Din, a Baghdad judge and member of Iraq’s transitional government, and a team of jurists drew from the Geneva Conventions as well as Rwanda’s genocide tribunal and the International Criminal Court. At the same time, the tribunal’s statute borrows from laws and traditions enacted before the Ba’ath regime took power in 1968. That Iraq’s top jurists are studying the ever-evolving nature of war crime prosecution while keeping an eye on Iraq?...
...leader, founder and token grownup. Wish's group has a lot on its schedule: a run-through of a Carlos Santana tune, some funk and blues improvisation and a tutorial in stage presence. "Make a face like you're mad, like you mean it," Wish hollers over the din of nine acoustic guitars while windmilling his arm Pete Townshend--style. Their lips snarling, their E chords ringing, his bandmates are already killing--and they have math tests today...
...MUSIC | Din & Tonics...
This a capella concert, titled “Opp Eye For the Din Guy” features the Harvard Din & Tonics and the Harvard Opportunes. 8 p.m. Tickets $10; $7 students. Sanders Theatre...