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If I read this correctly, hazard ratios of 1 would mean that mortality and myocardial infarction rates between the HRT treated (numerator) and control (denominator) groups are equal. Hazard ratios of less than 1 indicate that mortality is lower for the HRT treated groups, which is what the study concludes. Note that the 95% confidence…

Just read an article at itworld.com which mentions the Classic Start Menu feature of Classic Shell, which has been discussed here before, as a way to add a start menu to Windows 8. From the project homepage: Classic Shell is a collection of features that were available in older versions of Windows but were later…

EU electronic waste legislation becomes compulsory Retailers will be required to take back old electronic equipment By Jennifer Baker | IDG News Service | Published 08:33, 14 August 12 A European Union law that will require all large electronic retailers to take back old equipment came into force yesterday. The new rules are part of…

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21-cm cosmology Using radio telescopes to detect hydrogen emissions during a very early stage of the Cosmos before galaxies formed. Because the emissions were so old, the waves have stretched and are now 21 cm long. The line is of great interest in big bang cosmology because it is the only known way to probe…

There has been purslane at the farmers market recently. Purslane is in the same family as Miner’s lettuce – the Portulacaceae family which is also called the purslane family. There is purslane that grows wild all over San Francisco in the cracks of the streets. If you are bicycling along and look down at a…

After uninstalling earlier versions and installing the latest version of Photoshop on Windows 7 there is no longer a filetype association for Photoshop. For example, if one wants to open a .jpg file with Photoshop normally Photoshop would be listed in the “Open with…” menu. Photoshop does not appear in the “Open with…” list of…

Too bad there’s not a legend with this image so we can know exactly how deep each of these regions are, and how steep the dropoff is at the edge of the coastal shelf. It is hard to find images like this which show the topographic features of not just the land but also the…

It is possible to run S Voice which is the Samsung equivalent of Siri for iPhones, on a Galaxy Tab 10.1.  S Voice, like Siri, is an app that takes voice commands and does various things.  I would not rate it as a robust app (on the Galaxy Tab) but at least its available if…

Today was the 20th anniversary ride of Critical Mass in San Francisco. The amount of bicycles was simply astounding. At Market and Church as one looked back east down Market St. towards the Embarcadero it was a sea of flashing white bicycle lights unlike anything I’ve ever seen before. I wonder if it set a…