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How A Teacher Turned To Technology To Solve A Thorny Problem And Raised $100K
The clincher, the thing that made Quick Key go viral, was a poorly-lit video of an excitable guy holding his iPhone up to a Scantron page, one of those test pages you used to fill out in school. He thumbs through page after page, making comments on students' performance as the app scans the page and instantly reports a grade. The video was amazingly compelling. The creator, Walter O. Duncan IV, can barely contain his excitement. His app looked great, it worked seamlessly, and the video struck a nerve with students and teachers, pocketing 260,000 views on YouTube and popping up on the front page of Reddit.
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New Versita Open Access book title on history of diplomatic relations between the US and Hungary
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Zoltn Peterecz's 'Jeremiah Smith, Jr. and Hungary, 19241926: the United States, the League of Nations, and the Financial Reconstruction of Hungary' is available now open access
In his monograph, Zoltn Peterecz presents the personality and work of Jeremiah Smith, Jr. (1870), the League of Nations Commissioner-General for the 1924 loan to Hungary. He deals also in extenso with the economic and political problems associated with the financial reconstruction of Hungary both on the domestic and international scene. Created in 1919, shortly after World War I, the League of Nations was principally designed to put an end to war. New Versita Open Access title offers a great opportunity to revisit a pre-war Hungary and to examine how the Treaty of Trianon deprived Hungary of its natural resources and forced a significant portion of its population to live under alien jurisdiction, setting the political and sociological climate in Hungary for the years to come.
In his multidimensional presentation, Zoltn Peterecz gives a vivid insight into the official and unofficial trends in the foreign policy of the United States after World War I. The author skilfully interweaves the diplomatic and economic history against the background of international events, and supports the narrative with an impressive body of diverse sources, which include archival materials, contemporary newspaper citations from a number of countries, and an extensive range of secondary sources.
Recommending the book, Ivan T. Berend, distinguished Professor of History at UCLA Department of History, says: "Dr. Peterecz first book on the Hungarian financial stabilization after World War I is an extremely well-researched comparative analysis. This has a lot of relevance to later financial stabilizations. The Hungarian case is embedded into the tragically wrong international political situation as a positive episode. An exemplary, very promising start of a young scholar"
The final result is indeed a valuable, well-executed and well-written work that will be welcomed not only by students of the interwar period, but also among non-specialist readers. Peterecz has provided a well-crafted book that fills a major gap in scholarly literature. The text also serves as an effective educational tool for courses on U.S. foreign policy, recent U.S. history, or 20th Century U.S. history.
Zoltn Peterecz was awarded his PhD by the Etvs Lornd University, Budapest, Hungary, in 2010. He specializes in American foreign policy and American-Hungarian relations in the 20th century. He is an Assistant Professor at the Department of American Studies, Eszterhzy Kroly College, Eger, Hungary.
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Zoltn Peterecz's 'Jeremiah Smith, Jr. and Hungary, 19241926: the United States, the League of Nations, and the Financial Reconstruction of Hungary' is available now open access
In his monograph, Zoltn Peterecz presents the personality and work of Jeremiah Smith, Jr. (1870), the League of Nations Commissioner-General for the 1924 loan to Hungary. He deals also in extenso with the economic and political problems associated with the financial reconstruction of Hungary both on the domestic and international scene. Created in 1919, shortly after World War I, the League of Nations was principally designed to put an end to war. New Versita Open Access title offers a great opportunity to revisit a pre-war Hungary and to examine how the Treaty of Trianon deprived Hungary of its natural resources and forced a significant portion of its population to live under alien jurisdiction, setting the political and sociological climate in Hungary for the years to come.
In his multidimensional presentation, Zoltn Peterecz gives a vivid insight into the official and unofficial trends in the foreign policy of the United States after World War I. The author skilfully interweaves the diplomatic and economic history against the background of international events, and supports the narrative with an impressive body of diverse sources, which include archival materials, contemporary newspaper citations from a number of countries, and an extensive range of secondary sources.
Recommending the book, Ivan T. Berend, distinguished Professor of History at UCLA Department of History, says: "Dr. Peterecz first book on the Hungarian financial stabilization after World War I is an extremely well-researched comparative analysis. This has a lot of relevance to later financial stabilizations. The Hungarian case is embedded into the tragically wrong international political situation as a positive episode. An exemplary, very promising start of a young scholar"
The final result is indeed a valuable, well-executed and well-written work that will be welcomed not only by students of the interwar period, but also among non-specialist readers. Peterecz has provided a well-crafted book that fills a major gap in scholarly literature. The text also serves as an effective educational tool for courses on U.S. foreign policy, recent U.S. history, or 20th Century U.S. history.
Zoltn Peterecz was awarded his PhD by the Etvs Lornd University, Budapest, Hungary, in 2010. He specializes in American foreign policy and American-Hungarian relations in the 20th century. He is an Assistant Professor at the Department of American Studies, Eszterhzy Kroly College, Eger, Hungary.
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3 Trends Shaping The Future Of Product Development - hypebot
Content providers are at a crossroads in the evolution of narratives online. Users are increasingly accessing content in ways that break the conventions of how stories should be told and articles delivered. Social channels are working to help content reach more people quicker than ever before, but these same viral mechanics mean that information often becomes disembodied and out of context. Publishers must also recognize that content is no longer static, and that instead the story only begins when the ?post? button is pressed.
This shifts expectations around how users want to engage with online media and be engaged. An online publication cannot simply deliver the news to someone, but must instead help them participate in its creation and lifecycle. Technology itself is changing how publishers tell stories by presenting new forms of developing stories that can connect with people wherever, whenever they are and on any mobile device they choose. This is empowering new levels of contextually relevant experience to emerge.
These new realities are being impacted by three broader trends. The first stems from how mobile devices have helped accelerate the adoption of emerging design methodologies powered by HTML5. Next is the overabundance of data and the opportunities that come from data-powered products. The last is how social functionality has evolved from being a feature to a necessary structural component of any experience. It is critical to examine how all of these factors are causing a fundamental shift in product development.
Mobile
The most disruptive change has been the rise of mobile devices and applications. This has caused a seismic shift in how those creating online experiences must approach design. The ubiquity of smartphones forces us to craft experiences that cater to mobile users. While the phrase ?mobile first? is certainly another piece of web jargon, the concept can be distilled to employing a methodology where feature development should occur in parallel across all device types while using the mobile experience as the catalyst for all feature development. Users are demanding more ?snackable? content that can be consumed on the go: quickly and succinctly. This has far-reaching ramifications for those on the editorial side of the house.
Publishers must rethink the ways in which they write and deliver stories so that they not only are optimized for mobile devices, but so that people can get their content in a ?to-go? box to be read later. Apps like Pocket excel at this by creating playlists of content that can be digested together. As such, content providers must evolve to embrace the ever changing desires and constantly shifting habits of their readers. Luckily, HTML5 is a tool publishers have at their disposal.
I am a strong believer in creating responsive designs that allow a site to seamlessly adapt to different resolutions. While I recognize that there is a limit to the media queries Kool-Aid, it still offers a great way to create a single code base that ensures a consistent and fluid experience on mobile, tablet, and desktop. HTML5 has also provided new ways of creating immersive content and stories that can exist in any browser.
While native applications can provide immersive experiences, they have a specific role. Namely, apps are best suited for times where features like push notifications, media uploading, and other device-specific API?s are necessary. However, the fragmentation of the mobile market and the continued adoption of HTML5 technologies means that responsive sites will continue to spread. Polygon shows how developers are pushing the envelope of what can be done with a single code base in powering a site across screens. Now technology can work in tandem with editorial to bring to life interactive narratives in new visually compelling ways.
Data
The trove of data that sites and services can peer into has also reshaped the landscape of media content. Users now exist in a world where their feedback is constantly collected in real-time, and the challenge is not how the sites get the data, but instead how to best analyze it in a meaningful way to gain actionable insights. Tools like Next Big Sound demonstrate how the real-time web is presenting companies with unprecedented opportunities to better understand the habits of their users.
The role that data plays goes beyond analytics. Open platforms and API?s allow for the creation of product mash-ups that have broken down barriers to content availability. One cannot underestimate the brilliance of platform-focused companies like SoundCloud and Spotify that allow innovation to occur rapidly and unfettered. Similarly, structured data is going to be increasingly impactful. Facebook?s Open Graph, for example, projects the foundation for the oft-mentioned semantic web.
The music industry must embrace this trend in order to embed meaning and value in the very fabric of the Internet. These vast amounts of data provide new ways of personalizing content that goes beyond the music recommendations offered by services like Pandora and companies like The Echo Nest. Data can no longer simply be a result of building products; it must also become a building block. However, sites must use caution when interpreting data, otherwise they may fall into the trap of making data-driven products which place too much emphasis on quantitative analysis over qualitative intuition. In the coming years, sites must continue to learn how to best leverage data to make data-informed decisions.
Social
The third driver of change in how one must approach product development stems from social networks and media. While this is certainly nothing new, there are new approaches that must be considered. The web has now reached a point where social can no longer be a site ?feature,? but it must instead be woven into the DNA of any product.
A repercussion of the dominance of the social web is that user expectation has shifted. Users want to be part of the experience. Turntable.fm clearly resonated with music fans, and Rdio?s growth through deep Facebook integration shows the power of social listening. However, social goes beyond playback and content providers need to bring their readers into the creation process. Branch and Quora both show how user-generated content does not have to be the realm of trolls. I am confident that success will come to those sites that focus on participation. Rap Genius is another example of the passionate community and high-quality content that can emerge through the power of co-creation.
The earlier successes in social have been around social services. We have seen more innovation from companies that are rethinking how products can be created when social interaction is a critical component from the onset. Publishers, on the other hand, still have to establish social relevancy that extends beyond social media strategies. Content providers will continue to better understand that while social channels can serve as an acquisition channel, more explosive viral distribution can occur when the content itself encourages community interaction. Newer experiments in commenting and discussion systems hint at the appetites of readers to be involved, and the lines between readers and contributors will continue to blur.
The Implications
While these three major trends will act as a catalyst for product innovation in the coming years, it is critical to point out that they also have pitfalls. With mobile-driven design, it is important to not discount the value of a desktop-optimized experience, because the mobile advertising marketplace is still immature and can lead to poor monetization. While applications have thrived via in-app purchases and micro-transactions, the mobile display ad business has not generated the same positive results. Since users are demanding ways to consume from a mobile device, it is critical to develop an experience that can bridge platforms, and so sometimes the more prudent route is to be ?mobile first, web second.? This approach also ensures that a design is truly cross-platform.
While responsive design can provide an elegant way to have parity across different screen sizes, it can also be ill-suited for certain types of interactions. Interaction patterns can be fundamentally different when using touch on a five-inch screen versus a mouse on a 27-inch display, and sometimes a product designed for all screens leads to a watered-down user experience that does not perform well on any screen.
When embracing data, publishers who veer too far off towards embracing automatic programming run the risk of substantially damaging the online content ecosystem. The adoption of algorithmically driven experiences should never supplant the importance of the editorial voice. Similarly, an over-reliance on social can cause a publisher to lose sight of the importance of curation and spontaneous discovery. Content providers must always be careful to make sure that they do not push users down a self-reaffirming path where the excitement of the new and the different is never found.
This is certainly a confusing time to be in the online content space. Companies must re-examine their assumptions about the ways in which they tell stories online and create delightful products. Luckily, there are enough people finding ways to flip these problems into opportunities that we are going to witness some exciting innovation in the coming years.
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Max Engel currently works as the Director of Music Product for Buzzmedia where he oversees product development for SPIN Magazine.
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Deloitte: according to Millenials, businesses won't grow without ...
"Innovation at the institutional level is needed to sufficiently shift an organization's mindset to allow new ideas to truly emerge and thrive," said Omar Fahoum, chairman and chief executive of Deloitte Middle East.
"While our current business leaders can debate how and where to innovate, it's clear how much importance our future leaders place on innovation?not just as a driver of business growth but also as a catalyst for solving society's most pressing problems," he added.
Deloitte surveyed close to 5,000 Millennials from 18 countries. When gauging the perception among future leaders about innovation and its impact on society, 84% say business innovations have a positive impact on society, and 65% feel their own company's activities benefit society in some way.
The business community is regarded as playing a lead role in developing innovations that will benefit society. Almost half of the respondents (45%) believe business drives the innovations that most positively impact society, compared to government (18%) and academic bodies (17%).
Talent as a catalyst for innovation
Innovation is also an important component of talent recruitment and retention. Two-thirds of the Millennials surveyed say innovation is a key factor in making an organization an employer of choice. This is particularly relevant to many companies, attracting the ever-growing number of Millenials, who are forecasted to make up 75% of the world's workforce by 2025.
However, discrepancies were found when Millennials were asked about the requirements for innovation:
?39% of respondents believe that encouragement and rewards for idea generation and creativity is a requirement for innovation to occur, whereas only 20% say their current organization operates in this way.
?34% say providing employees with free time to dedicate to learning and creativity is key to an innovative environment, versus 17% who characterize their workplace that way.
?32% consider openness and the freedom to challenge as key to innovation, versus 17% who say this is visible in their organizations.
?42% believe in the importance of encouraging innovative thinking at all levels of the organization, versus 26% who describe their places of employment that way.
"A generational shift is taking place in business as baby boomers, many of whom may have been wedded to the 'old way' of doing business, begin to step down from their leadership roles to retire," said Fahoum.
"Real opportunity exists for organizations to step up and create the conditions and commitment needed to encourage and foster innovation in their work environments. And there's a tremendous upside if we get this right: we can better retain talent, remain more competitive into the future, and more positively impact society," added Fahoum.
Views on innovation vary by geography and industry
?Respondents in the BRIC countries consider themselves and their companies to be innovative, while respondents from Japan place their companies at the bottom in nearly every aspect of innovation. For example, 70% of respondents within the BRIC countries rate their employers as innovative, while only 25% of respondents in Japan did so.
?Six in ten (62%) would describe themselves as innovative, ranging from India (81%), Thailand (79%), South Africa (78%), and Brazil (77%) to Japan (24%).
?65% of respondents feel their company's activities benefit society, led by Brazil (83%), India (74%), and Germany (73%). Only 46% answered affirmatively in South Korea.
?The sectors considered to be responsible for the most innovations are: technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) (52%); consumer goods/services (47%) and manufacturing (37%).
?The sectors considered to be most in need of innovations are: education (27%); electric power (18%), and national government (17%).
Source: http://www.ameinfo.com/deloitte-according-millenials-businesses-wont-grow-331039
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Heat blow huge lead then beat Cavs for 11th in row
Miami Heat forward LeBron James (6) drives to the basket against Cleveland Cavaliers forward Luke Walton (4) during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013, in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
Miami Heat forward LeBron James (6) drives to the basket against Cleveland Cavaliers forward Luke Walton (4) during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013, in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
Miami Heat forward Udonis Haslem (40) shoots against Cleveland Cavaliers guard Kyrie Irving (2) during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013, in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
Cleveland Cavaliers forward Tristan Thompson, right, looks for an opening past Miami Heat center Chris Bosh, left, and forward Udonis Haslem (40) during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013, in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
Cleveland Cavaliers center Tyler Zeller, left, and Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade battle for a loose ball during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013, in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
MIAMI (AP) ? LeBron James scored 28 points, Dwyane Wade scored 11 of his 24 in the final five minutes, and the Miami Heat extended the NBA's longest current winning streak to 11 games, beating the Cleveland Cavaliers 109-105 in a back-and-forth matchup Sunday night.
Mario Chalmers scored 16 points, Shane Battier added 14 and Ray Allen had 11 for the Heat, who took a 22-point lead early in the second half, then prevailed despite being outscored by a whopping 30 points over a 17-minute stretch.
Miami was down eight with 5:16 remaining, and still won.
Dion Waiters scored 26 points, C.J. Miles added 19 and Kyrie Irving scored 17 for Cleveland. The Cavaliers are now 1-8 against the Heat since James signed with Miami in July 2010.
Cleveland erased a 22-point deficit in the third quarter to take the lead, and led by 97-89 with 5:16 remaining ? before the Heat found a way to come back.
More specifically, before Wade found a way to come back.
Wade started what turned into a 16-4 run with a fadeaway with just under 5 minutes to go, then added a three-point play on the next Miami possession to cut the Cavs' lead to 97-94.
The Heat were back in business. And after Irving missed a layup with about 1:35 left, Wade got the rebound and wound up setting up Battier for a 3-pointer that put Miami on top again ? and for good.
From there, the Heat got a little bit of luck. Bosh set up James for what should have been an easy layup with about 40 seconds left. James somehow missed, and the ball wound up back in Bosh's hands, the Heat having a new shot clock. Wade wore it down, then drove the left side of the lane for a two-handed slam with 24.4 seconds to play, and Miami on top by four.
End result of James missing the easy one: Another 16 seconds coming off the clock, and Miami extending the lead to two-possession territory anyway.
Down 68-46 early in the third quarter, the Cavaliers looked finished ? last-place team, on the road, against the reigning NBA champions who just happened to have the league's longest current winning streak.
Midway through the third, Miami's lead was still 17.
With two minutes left in the period, the cushion was 10.
By the start of the fourth, it was nonexistent. The C.J. Miles Show lasted for all of 63 seconds. And they were a scintillating 63 seconds.
It starts with 1:35 left, a 3-pointer from Miles getting the Miami lead down to seven. Then he got a rebound, came downcourt and connected on another 3-pointer. Lead down to four. Another stop by the Cavs on one end, then another 3-pointer for Miles on the other ? that one coming both with him drawing a foul from Mario Chalmers, and with Heat coach Erik Spoelstra getting hit with a technical from referee Ed Malloy for arguing.
He made the technical free throw to tie the game, the free throw for the Chalmers hit to put the Cavs ahead, and they carried that 82-81 lead into the fourth, having closed the quarter on a 36-13 run.
Miami used a 23-4 run in the first half to take what looked like a commanding 42-22 lead ? with more than 9 minutes left until the break. The Heat then managed only one field goal in the span of about five minutes, giving Cleveland the chance claw back into things, which the Cavs did.
Thompson attacked the basket for a pair of scores, Waiters scored from close range as well, and the Cavs were suddenly within 48-41.
So Miami answered with another burst. James didn't miss in the final 4:29 of the half, scoring 10 points on a 4-for-4 run from the floor and fueling what became 16-5 spurt that gave Miami a 64-46 lead going into the locker room. And for good measure, Miami got the first two baskets of the second half, pushing the lead to 22, the biggest of the night.
Over, right?
Not even remotely close.
NOTES: Miami's two wins over Cleveland this season, both at home, have come by a combined six points. ... Heat F Mike Miller (ear infection) was back with the team Sunday, though did not play. "He can't hear anything we're saying," Spoelstra quipped before the game. ... The Heat held a moment of silence pregame for Los Angeles Lakers owner Dr. Jerry Buss, the moment ending with warm applause from the crowd. Heat President Pat Riley coached for Buss, and Cavaliers coach Byron Scott once played for the Lakers.
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Jewell and Keats in for London Welsh
Jewell and Keats in for London Welsh
February 22, 2013
London Welsh head to Exeter Chiefs on Saturday (kick-off 3pm) with head coach Lyn Jones making three changes for the trip.
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Two of those changes come in the backs with Seb Jewell and Tyson Keats replacing Sonny Parker and Alex Davies respectively. Parker moves to the bench.
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In the forwards, Greg Bateman is named at tight head in place of Paulica Ion.
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Dan George, Martin Purdy and Rob Lewis are all added to the bench.
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The Exiles will be hoping to bounce back from their 26-25 defeat to Sale Sharks last Sunday at the Kassam Stadium.
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The last time Welsh and the Chiefs met, the Exiles secured their first-ever Aviva Premiership win with a 25-24 victory at the Kassam in September - Seb Jewell converting Ed Jackson?s late try.
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But Sandy Park hasn?t been the happiest of hunting grounds for Welsh in the past, with the Exiles without a win in their previous five visits.
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London Welsh: 15. Tom Arscott, 14. Phil MacKenzie, 13. Gonzalo Tiesi, 12. Seb Jewell, 11. Nick Scott, 10. Gavin Henson, 9. Tyson Keats, 1. Franck Montanella, 2. Neil Briggs, 3. Greg Bateman, 4. Jonathan Mills (C), 5. Matt Corker, 6. Adam Balding, 7. Julio Cabello Farias, 8. Ed Jackson.
Replacements: 16. Dan George, 17. Tom Bristow, 18. James Tideswell, 19. Martin Purdy, 20. Michael Hills, 21. Rob Lewis, 22. Gordon Ross, 23. Sonny Parker.
Source: http://www.getbracknell.co.uk/sport/rugby/s/2129608_jewell_and_keats_in_for_london_welsh
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People worldwide hang out with astronauts on Google+
Via?Twitter, Google+ and YouTube, people from over the world joined the first-ever live online video conference with three astronauts aboard the International Space Station.
Astronauts (L to R) Marshburn, Ford and Hadfield float free aboard the International Space Station at the conclusion of the Google+ Hangout on Friday.
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EnlargeThousands of space fans young and old got a taste of what life in space is like Friday (Feb. 22) during NASA's first-ever Google+ Hangout with astronauts on the International Space Station.
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The live online video conference connected three members of the space station's crew with chat participants from around the world and came just days after the $100 billion space laboratory?briefly lost communications?with NASA Mission Control.
"The space station is a robust, tough space ship," Canadian Space Agency?astronaut Chris Hadfield?said when asked about the communications malfunction. "We worked together as a crew following the procedures as we're trained to do. After just a couple orbits, we had the computers talking to the antennas properly so we could talk to the ground. We were working together as a team."
Expedition 34 commander Kevin Ford and flight engineer Tom Marshburn, both of NASA, joined Hadfield in answering questions from their online audience, which peppered the crew with questions via Twitter, Google+ and YouTube. The questions ranged from what books the astronauts read to how a cat might deal with life in zero gravity. [Take a video tour inside the space station]
Two students from Union High School in Iowa asked the astronauts to explain why space agencies around the world have people living in space.
"The whole point of having a space station is to have some place in space where people can take their ideas," Ford responded. "We have a huge power supply up here. We have a lot of rack space, and we have a lot of scientists on the ground with a lot of ideas of things to do in space."
Other questions focused on the health of the astronauts.
Space station astronauts are expected to monitor their health very closely to see how the body changes when exposed to microgravity. Hadfield was in the middle of one of those health experiments today.
Marshburn ? a medical doctor ? explained that two non-invasive temperature probes attached to Hadfield's head and chest allow the scientists see how his natural body cycles have changed since being in orbit.
Because the space station experiences 16 sunsets and as many sunrises in any given day, the circadian rhythms of station astronauts tend to change a great deal while in orbit, the astronauts said. Hadfield's temperature-monitoring probe will help doctors keep track of just how much those change.
The space station residents have contingency plans for medical emergencies too.
A group of students from the Neil Armstrong Institute in Monterrey, Mexico asked the spaceflyers what would happen if one of their colleagues fell ill while in space.
Marshburn explained that there are always two medical officers as part of the six person crew. The designated residents are trained to perform medical procedures that will stabilize the injured spaceflyer until he or she can be sent back to Earth using the Russian Soyuz capsule that brought them to the station.?
The question and answer session with the space station lasted about 20 minutes, but NASA astronauts on the ground Nicole Stott and Ron Garan fielded questions from the audience for the other 40 minutes.
Hadfield, Ford and Marshburn make up half of the Expedition 34 crew currently living on the?International Space Station. Three Russian cosmonauts round out the crew.
The International Space Station is the largest structure ever built in space. It is the size of a football field and was constructed by 15 different countries working under five space agencies representing the United States, Russia, Europe, Canada and Japan.
Construction of the space station began in 1998 and it has been continuously staffed by international astronaut crews working on a rotating mission schedule since 2000.
NASA also provides?live video from the International Space Station?via Ustream, as well as?live audio from the space station.
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