iPads in hospitals. Truth about fingers.
Concordia in the news
Posted on June 17, 2015
Researchers in the news
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- Numerous media reprise or follow up on a Concordia news release about a study that examines whether wireless transmitters represent a danger to patients by causing electromagnetic interference with sensitive hospital equipment. The study, led by recent electrical engineering doctoral graduate Mehdi Ardavan and co-authored by Christopher Trueman, professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, finds that the risk of such interference is very small when hospital staff and visitors keep their wireless devices further than arm’s length from medical equipment: Science Daily, One News Page, Tech News Now,News Reality, Engineering News, Medical Replies, AZ News, (e) Science News, Regator, Phys Org, Medical News Today, Product Design and Development and Cellular News. The Concordia release is also found behind paywalls on The Municipal Information Network and AMEQ en ligne.
- Concordia is listed among the universities where researchers participated in a study of how the ratio of a man's index finger to his ring finger correlates with how good a romantic date he will be. The Concordia researcher involved is Gad Saad, professor in the Department of Marketing. Reports on the study appear in Business Standard, The Financial Express, News Nation and Zee News India. The study, published in Journal of Consumer Psychology, is also reported in numerous publications without Concordia attribution and Science Direct links to the research article behind a paywall.