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LJ Syndication of diffblog
Hi LJ-folks.
The LJ-syndication service says it's checking the feed (diffblog), but is updating a good long time after the posts go up. It has been hitting 5-6 hours late for a while. Yesterday's post didn't hit LJ until this morning, and I wish I could do something about it.
As always, thanks for your readership, and your patience,
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Feed may be broken
I think I may have broken the main site this morning. This link should work, even if I broke the DNS settings for http://www.differenceblog.com/
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Feminism and Anti-Science
The syndicated feed for diffblog seems to be having trouble again. Today's post, "Feminism and Anti-Science" is posted. -
Attractiveness and Marital Satisfaction.
It looks like there might be a problem with the diffblog feed this morning. Just in case it doesn't pick it up, here's today's post: Attractiveness and Marital Satisfaction. -
today's topic: Skin tone, Gender, and Attractiveness.
Reminder: Differenceblog is now available at diffblog and Differenceblog.com. -
Differenceblog is moving!
Dear friends,
Difference Blog is moving! Please click this link to add the diffblog feed to your friends-list. You may prefer to add the Atom Feed, or visit DifferenceBlog.comIf I see comments on the LiveJournal feed, I will respond to them, but unfortunately, they aren't emailed to me, and they're only saved for two weeks. I recommend leaving comments ( Read more... ) -
Small changes for Big Problems
Several projects recently have suggested specific actions that could be taken in developing countries to improve the lot of women.- The Poverty Action Lab's ongoing project "Menstruation and Education in Nepal" is examining whether distributing menstrual cups can help Nepalese women and girls overcome cultural taboos that restrict their mobility ( Read more... )
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Physician Bias
Borkhoff et al (2008) sent two standardized (scripted) patients to visit 38 family doctors and 29 orthopedic surgeons within a 3 hour drive of Toronto, ON. The patients were scripted to have identical symptoms and circumstances related to osteoarthritis. However, the male patient had arthroplasty recommended 67% of the time, compared to only 33% ( Read more... ) -
Cognition and correlation
Burman and Booth (2008) searched for brain activation differences by sex that could explain the persistent performance differences on language tasks between boys and girls. Burman and Booth's fMRI study scanned 62 children (50% male) during rhyming and spelling tasks presented in written or verbal form. They concluded that boys and girls were ( Read more... )
