Word: predictabilities
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...matter that's taken very seriously, and their appearance causes concern." But the official stressed that the tapes could be interpreted several different ways. For his part, Scheuer concedes that he has no idea where or when an attack might occur. "I've been wrong too often trying to predict dates," he says. --By Timothy J. Burger
...hardest things for heart doctors to do is predict, before the appearance of any symptoms, which of their patients are likely to have a heart attack. The Framingham Risk Score--which measures such variables as age, sex, smoking history, cholesterol level, blood pressure and diabetes--has helped doctors in the past, but it's not perfect. By combining the Framingham scores with advanced heart-imaging technology, scientists have found, physicians can significantly improve their ability to identify patients at risk. Known as the coronary-artery calcium score, the imaging data come from specialized CT scans of heart vessels that pick...
...delicate handicrafts are not her only specialty.An Earth and Planetary Sciences concentrator, Thompson is currently working on a thesis about the recent Mt. St. Helens eruption. Her thesis concerns “the method with which the seismologists and other scientists predict the eruption and…the way that information flows from them through the press and to the people...
...Unfortunately I have given up trying to predict what the Chinese government will do,” Genser said. “They make up their own judgments about his good behavior. It’s an internal process that’s not subjected to external scrutiny...
...deploy 3,320 peacekeeping troops by February, but even that deployment is running behind schedule - less than a third of that number now patrol Darfur, an area the size of Texas - and the soldiers' rules of engagement may be too narrow to make their intervention meaningful. Privately, officers predict that the number of peacekeepers will grow significantly, possibly to as high as 20,000. International aid organizations also complain of a shortage of personnel to manage the crisis. But while putting more neutrals on the ground may help keep a lid on things, it's not a recipe for lasting...