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Firefox ProQuest PDF Bug?

Published by Yuletide on March 17, 2008 in Software and Troubleshooting. 0 Comments Tags: , , .

Site: http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=0&did=12033281&SrchMode=1&sid=3&Fmt=6&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1205792003&clientId=28381

Problem Type: Plugin not shown

Description:
Not sure exactly what’s going on here… but when I try to view a “formatted document” from ProQuest in Firefox, it shows a page with two frames. A small frame at the top with a header, and a blank white frame below, which seems to be linked directly to a pdf or something (since I can’t even right click on it). The page views fine in IE, and I can open PDF’s in Firefox w/out incident (except for in this case). Now it says in the status bar “The document has been closed by Acrobat - press the Refresh button to reload”. Also, I installed the “pdf download” plugin that intercepts pdf’s before they are handled by the adobe viewer (hoping this might somehow solve my problem) and the plugin doesn’t even intercept the pdf.

Platform: Win32

Product: Firefox/2.0.0.12

OS: Windows NT 5.1

Gecko: 2008020121

Build Config:
–enable-application=browser –enable-update-channel=release –enable-official-branding –enable-optimize –disable-debug –disable-tests –enable-static –disable-shared –enable-svg –enable-canvas –enable-update-packaging

Useragent:
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.12) Gecko/20080201 Firefox/2.0.0.12

Language:
en-US

Data Visualization: Modern Approaches | Graphics | Smashing Magazine

Published by Yuletide on March 16, 2008 in Cool and Design. 0 Comments Tags: , .

 

Data presentation can be beautiful, elegant and descriptive. There is a variety of conventional ways to visualize data - tables, histograms, pie charts and bar graphs are being used every day, in every project and on every possible occasion. However, to convey a message to your readers effectively, sometimes you need more than just a simple pie chart of your results. In fact, there are much better, profound, creative and absolutely fascinating ways to visualize data. Many of them might become ubiquitous in the next few years.

So what can we expect? Which innovative ideas are already being used? And what are the most creative approaches to present data in ways we’ve never thought before?

Let’s take a look at the most interesting modern approaches to data visualization as well as related articles, resources and tools.

[From Data Visualization: Modern Approaches | Graphics | Smashing Magazine]

 

Medications do not necessarily normalize cognition in ADHD patients.

Published by Yuletide on March 1, 2008 in ADHD and News. 0 Comments

From an article by Gualtieri CT, Johnson LG published in J Atten Disord. 2008 Jan;11(4):459-69. Epub 2007 (pubmed)

OBJECTIVE: Although ADHD medications are effective for the behavioral components of the disorder, little information exists concerning their effects on cognition, especially in community samples.

RESULTS: Significant differences were detected between normals and untreated ADHD patients. Treated patients performed better than untreated patients but remained significantly impaired compared to normal subjects.

CONCLUSION: Even with optimal treatment, based on parents’ and teachers’ opinions, subtle and not-so-subtle neurocognitive impairments persisted in the ADHD patients. Some ADHD patients may require additional educational assistance, even in the face of successful medication treatment.

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