The study, which the researchers believe is the first systematic review of literature on the subject, finds that the technique may be effective in alleviating pain either during or after dental surgery.

BBC: dentist

As the authors of the study point out, this is consistent with the growing literature from Heckman and others showing that non-cognitive skills affect outcomes.

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Why rhythmic rocking leads to better sleep went beyond the scope of the study, though the authors have several ideas based on the recent literature.

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My Moneybox predecessor Annie Lowrey did a great piece a while back reviewing some of the literature on the terrible consequences of long commutes, and now a new study gives us even more.

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Perhaps most significant is the broader historical study they make of similar trends in popular culture, fashion, literature and politics.

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The English literature lecturer discovered the piece in February, after being asked to study a collection of papers bought by a New Zealand library.

BBC: DH Lawrence article's 'enlightened' attitude to women

But he had Dickens as bedtime reading, finished high school and went on to study literature at Swarthmore, where after a couple of suspensions he graduated with the best degree.

ECONOMIST: James Michener

In response, several bloggers have argued that these elasticities are underestimated, pointing to the unreliability of estimates of long-run price elasticity of oil demand in general and to other literature with higher estimates than the IMF study.

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Australians who wanted to study their own literature at university, for instance, could not do so until 1962, when the University of Sydney set up the first full chair in Australian literature.

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