In a study to be published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Diane Quinn, a psychology doctoral candidate, and psychology Prof. Jennifer Crocker found that overweight women felt worse about themselves if they endorsed the values of hard work, self-discipline and personal responsibility.
Belief in the Protestant ethic was associated with anxiety, depression and low self-esteem in overweight women. The study found women who did not consider themselves overweight were not affected by the Protestant ethic.
In another study, the researchers found that exposure to conservative ideology, such as the debate over welfare, was detrimental to the mental health of overweight women.
A new process developed by Penn State Prof. Joseph MacNeil is able to separate the membrane of an egg from the eggshell itself, reported the Daily Collegian, Penn State's student newspaper.
The new technology solves a serious food waste problem. Eggshell waste, MacNeil said, accounts for 120,000 tons of waste per year and most landfills do not accept the remains because of the horrible stench given off by rotting eggs.
The Environmental Protection Agency named eggshell disposal one of the worst ecological problems facing the food industry, according to MacNeil.
"That membrane is a tough cookie," MacNeil said. "We ground it and put it through hammer mills - any kind of machine I could think of - because we wanted to break that attachment."
After seven years of dedicated research, University of Florida researchers unveiled their latest marvel Tuesday morning at a Florida golf course, reported the Independent Florida Alligator, University of Florida's student newspaper.
Named the Kawasaki Mule, the prototype tractor is a highly evolved robot that can mow lawns without a driver. A small crowd gathered around the machine as it mowed the grass at the golf course.
"We've been funded by the government to build these systems and to look at commercial applications," said Carl Crane, a University of Florida mechanical engineering professor.
Costing about $300,000 to make, the Mule will not be the answer for teenagers seeking to shirk their household chores. But University of Florida engineers say the Mule could now be built for a mere $50,000 in just four months as compared to the two-and-a-half years it took to assemble the original Mule.
The federal government provides University of Florida engineers with $200,000 a year to build the advanced tractors.
With an increase in the Internet's use in recent years, the system has become bogged down with slow download times. New Internet connections being created by Ohio State and others allowed Ohio State doctors to show laparoscopic surgery performed at the Ohio State University Medical Center to members of Congress in Washington.
The surgery involved the insertion of tiny cameras into a patient's body so doctors could see what they were doing with their tools.
- Compiled by Daily Staff Reporter Gerard Cohen-Vrignaud.
02-25-99
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