James Veitch

I woke up one morning to an email from my friend Alex that said she'd had her bag stolen. Ordinarily, I'm quite quick on the uptake, but - maybe because of the way it was worded - I immediately replied, 'What??????' As soon as I hit send, I realised I was being scammed. But then they replied, and I thought, 'Well, why not?

British Comedian

Chris Hoy

The uptake of people getting involved in cycling is partly down to the big success the team has had in the Tour de France, the Olympics and the World Championships.

British Driver

Henry Rollins

The Internet, the camera cellphone and the like have not only sped up the world's information uptake, but they have cheapened that which they capture.

American Musician

Robert Christgau

I'm slow on the uptake about things. I didn't understand that the first Wu Tang album was great when I first heard it.

American Journalist

Ethan Zuckerman

The uptake on mobile phones in Africa is phenomenal.

American Activist

Used mainly in biology-related texts to explain how organisms absorb substances.

Biological Context

Sometimes refers to non-physical processes, like systems absorbing data.

Not Always Physical

Describes how quickly a new concept or product is adopted by people or society.

Adoption Speed

Often used in discussions on how new inventions or ideas are received.

Innovation Emphasis

Primarily used in medical contexts to describe biological processes.

Medical Specificity

While medical, can be used to explain similar processes in industrial contexts.

Beyond Medicine

Highlights the process and success of learning or understanding new information.

Learning Process

Suggests that interactive methods can improve information uptake.

Interactive Learning

Refers to how well one understands and responds to humor or jokes.

Sensitivity to Humor

Can indicate the speed of someone's reaction, not just understanding.

Reaction Time

 conditions and the good times when food is plentiful and there's not a lot of stress in the environment then they promote the uptake of nutrients you can store the food use it for energy grow etc but always think is that under conditions of stress the levels of these hormones drop for example having limited

Experiments that hint of...

 So if you think about that, the context, the casualness with which we talk about trillion-dollar bailout here and trillion there, we are stacking ourselves up for long-term leverage. However, consumers have moved. They are taking responsibility. What we're seeing is an uptake in the savings rate.

John Gerzema: The...

 on sales of these devices that contain e-liquid flavors in retail locations like convenience stores and gas stations, and also introduce stricter regulations on sales of devices to minors over the internet. Is this going to be sufficient to change this rapid increase in youth uptake?

What you should know...

 but if you felt philosophically you wanted to do anything about that, there are ways to finance it. And at the same time to scrap inefficient old planes, so that if they were otherwise to come back in the air, they would waste more oil, and block the uptake of efficient, new planes.

Amory Lovins: We must...

 to talk about the toolkit and how it can help to guide through what, quite frankly, are otherwise some pretty awkward conversations. And I'm pleased to say that the uptake of the toolkit is increasing. So what should be a manager's first response when somebody says that they're sick

How work kept me going...

 their kids' diapers on their iPhone. They were making detailed journals of their spending, their mood, their symptoms, their treatments. Now, we know some of the technological facts that are driving this change in our lifestyle -- the uptake and diffusion of mobile devices,

Gary Wolf: The...

 The people who actually have no money, who have no extravagant budget, but who realize that actually you might achieve greater success in uptake of a government program by actually doubling the level of benefits you pay, but you'll probably achieve exactly that same effect

Rory Sutherland: Sweat...

 to build a wireless campus network serving the entire student body with the impact that pressure on overcrowded student labs dropped that the uptake of laptops by students went up dramatically as students wanted to take advantage of access to this network and even mobile

The future of...

 than it had been years ago. Trauma centers and hospitals are doing their part in stepping up. And the U.S. Conference of Mayors has endorsed not only the approach but the specific model. Where there's really been uptake even faster

Gary Slutkin: Let's...

 We failed both of them by not giving her anger the uptake and resolution that it deserved. Now that's a microcosm of a much bigger problem. Because culturally, worldwide,

Uptake