Science news articles about 'uncertainty'Not sure? Don't sweat it: Embrace Uncertainty
Governments and other large organisations should put more resources into ways of dealing with the unknown, according to experts pioneering a new approach to understanding and managing uncertainty.Perceived level of intimacy within a relationship predicts relational uncertainty
... the journal Personal Relationships evaluated associations between intimacy and relational uncertainty and found that fluctuations in perceptions of relationships are meaningful aspects of non-marital ... Uncertainty can be more stressful than clear negative feedback
Some individuals would rather receive clear negative information than deal with ambiguity or uncertainty, according to new research out of the University of Toronto. In a new study published in ... Uncertainty can be more stressful than clear negative feedback
Some individuals would rather receive clear negative information than deal with ambiguity or uncertainty, according to new research out of the University of Toronto.
read moreNASA Satellites Help Lift Cloud of Uncertainty on Climate Change
New findings from NASA's CloudSat and other Earth observing satellites offer
important insights into this year's record reduction of Arctic sea ice,
global rainfall patterns and the effects of ... High-flying electrons may provide new test of quantum theory
... reducing the effects of “virtual photons” it emits. These simplifications allow theoretical uncertainties to be as small as tens of parts in a quintillion (one followed by 18 zeros).
NIST researchers ... 'Emotional inflation' leads to stock market meltdown
... professionals, but the most attractive investments involve guesses about an uncertain future and uncertainty creates feelings. When there are exciting new investments whose outcome is unsure, the ... Does it matter that medical graduates don't get jobs as doctors?
... market for medical graduates is uncertain. Recent changes in skill mix have added to this uncertainty, he says. For example, the emergence of nurse prescribers, nurse practitioners, and the training ... Some women more likely to miss or ignore heart attack warning signs
... healthcare system and identified an array of factors that contributed to delays, ranging from:
Uncertainty
Preference to self-medicate
Perceived negative treatment by healthcare providers
... A gentle touch for better control, a quantum mechanical con, and milestone PRL papers
... the measurement were interpreted as phase transitions in solid helium-3. But because of uncertainties in the interpretation the authors used a crude version of what later was named "magnetic resonance ... Nanotube production leaps from sooty mess in test tube to ready formed chemical microsensors
... this form of carbon nanotubes appeared to be particularly useful in the area of catalysis but there was uncertainty as to whether it was the properties of the carbon nanotubes per se that provide this ... Study shows mercury levels from products decreasing, though still at dangerous levels
... in ways that are difficult to measure directly. Therefore, there are considerable uncertainties about the magnitude of mercury release into the environment that is associated with these products.
... Medical research is essential to improving the economy and bettering lives
... administration related to insurance reimbursement, unnecessary expenses created in the setting of medical uncertainty or futility, failure to embrace the hospice movement for end-of-life care, for- ... Global climate models both agree and disagree with actual Antarctic data
... of these factors will evolve during the coming century and therefore, there is still considerable uncertainty as to how much warming will occur in Antarctica,” he says.
“Most people are convinced ... Productivity rises when companies are facing closure
... situation where employees know what is going to happen, whereas employee downsizing creates uncertainty and conflicts.
Magnus Hansson’s research is based on the factories’ own production statistics, ...
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Not sure? Don't sweat it: Embrace Uncertainty
Governments and other large organisations should put more resources into ways of dealing with the unknown, according to experts pioneering a new approach to understanding and managing uncertainty.Perceived level of intimacy within a relationship predicts relational uncertainty
... the journal Personal Relationships evaluated associations between intimacy and relational uncertainty and found that fluctuations in perceptions of relationships are meaningful aspects of non-marital ...Uncertainty can be more stressful than clear negative feedback
Some individuals would rather receive clear negative information than deal with ambiguity or uncertainty, according to new research out of the University of Toronto. In a new study published in ...Uncertainty can be more stressful than clear negative feedback
Some individuals would rather receive clear negative information than deal with ambiguity or uncertainty, according to new research out of the University of Toronto. read moreNASA Satellites Help Lift Cloud of Uncertainty on Climate Change
New findings from NASA's CloudSat and other Earth observing satellites offer important insights into this year's record reduction of Arctic sea ice, global rainfall patterns and the effects of ...High-flying electrons may provide new test of quantum theory
... reducing the effects of “virtual photons” it emits. These simplifications allow theoretical uncertainties to be as small as tens of parts in a quintillion (one followed by 18 zeros). NIST researchers ...'Emotional inflation' leads to stock market meltdown
... professionals, but the most attractive investments involve guesses about an uncertain future and uncertainty creates feelings. When there are exciting new investments whose outcome is unsure, the ...Does it matter that medical graduates don't get jobs as doctors?
... market for medical graduates is uncertain. Recent changes in skill mix have added to this uncertainty, he says. For example, the emergence of nurse prescribers, nurse practitioners, and the training ...Some women more likely to miss or ignore heart attack warning signs
... healthcare system and identified an array of factors that contributed to delays, ranging from: Uncertainty Preference to self-medicate Perceived negative treatment by healthcare providers ...A gentle touch for better control, a quantum mechanical con, and milestone PRL papers
... the measurement were interpreted as phase transitions in solid helium-3. But because of uncertainties in the interpretation the authors used a crude version of what later was named "magnetic resonance ...Nanotube production leaps from sooty mess in test tube to ready formed chemical microsensors
... this form of carbon nanotubes appeared to be particularly useful in the area of catalysis but there was uncertainty as to whether it was the properties of the carbon nanotubes per se that provide this ...Study shows mercury levels from products decreasing, though still at dangerous levels
... in ways that are difficult to measure directly. Therefore, there are considerable uncertainties about the magnitude of mercury release into the environment that is associated with these products. ...Medical research is essential to improving the economy and bettering lives
... administration related to insurance reimbursement, unnecessary expenses created in the setting of medical uncertainty or futility, failure to embrace the hospice movement for end-of-life care, for- ...Global climate models both agree and disagree with actual Antarctic data
... of these factors will evolve during the coming century and therefore, there is still considerable uncertainty as to how much warming will occur in Antarctica,” he says. “Most people are convinced ...Productivity rises when companies are facing closure
... situation where employees know what is going to happen, whereas employee downsizing creates uncertainty and conflicts. Magnus Hansson’s research is based on the factories’ own production statistics, ...