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| In earlier generations, teachers worried about students mastering skills rather than having high self-esteem. They knew that high self-esteem in the long run was the product of high achievement, not the other way around. But, based on spurious beliefs about what determines human performance, the emphasis of education has changed dramatically over the past two to three decades. |
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Reconfigurable Compu |
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| The era of reprogrammable hardware is upon us. And it’s quietly becoming big business. To keep you up to date on this hot high-tech movement, the Trends research staff has ferreted out the latest developments in this revolutionary field. |
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Mending a Broken Hea |
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| Worldwide, about 23 million people have heart attacks each year. Half of them die within five years. In the United States alone, heart failure costs $40 billion a year. |
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Intelligent Robots W |
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| One of the oldest dreams of science has been creating a human-like machine. Teams of researchers have been working for half a century to create machines that can do useful work and also share some characteristics of animals and humans ?in other words, robots. |
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Decision Making for |
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| Is it a safer investment for an American company to build a new plant in Mexico ?or in China? |
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