Environmental Reform: The Next Generation Project
...About 250 people have been involved in preliminary meetings in preparation for the workshop. The 14 teams were spearheaded by well- known leaders from business, non-governmental organizations and academia, each of whom contributed a chapter to The Next Generation compendium. Major portions of the compendium...Overweight Cats Risk Disease And Premature Death, Cornell Study Finds
...are effective. Just like going to Weight Watchers meetings for humans, there is a motivational factor in regular weigh-ins. Make sure the cat is eating what he's supposed to eat and nothing but. Avoid those calorie-rich snacks. Ask your veterinarian if a special weight-reduction diet is app...AAAS Announces Science Journalism Award Winners
...ore than 144,000members. It conducts a variety of meetings and programs in science educationand career development, science policy and international scientific cooperation. It publishes the weekly peer-reviewed journal Science and administersEurekAlert! [ www.eurekalert.org ], the online news service featuri...Good Ergonomics Is Good Economics
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...nference. I will be happy to assistyou and arrange meetings with scientists you might be interested in meeting. We are confident that our efforts to improve the knowledge on these timelyenvironmental issues are critical for the well being of humanity. For thisreason, we would very much like to have you join u...The Environmental Consequences Of Increasing Food Production
...Poster session of March 17.In addition, two ad hoc meetings dealing with agriculture and global change willbe held in March 16 and 17 during lunch time....American Society Of Gene Therapy To Hold Its First Annual Meeting
...herapy. A concurrent program of satellite meetings and institutional andcorporate symposia will be held on Thursday and Friday. The meetings will take place at the Washington State Convention Centerin downtown Seattle. Blocks of rooms have b...Coastal Development Threatens Rare Atlantic Shorebird
...esearch, which was presented last year at national meetings of theColonial Waterbird Society, the Association of Field Ornithologists and TheWildlife Society, was supported by grants from the Georgia Department of NaturalResources Wildlife Resources Division, the Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation andthe UGA Rese...Alaska Scientists Say Salmon Declines Inevitable
...ican Fisheries Society are scheduled to hold joint meetings with the ecosystem symposium. To learn even more about what scientists say about this year's salmon declines, see our web page, "Where are the salmon?" There, you'll find interviews with University of Alaska Fairbanks scientists and links to relate......affiliated organizations. It conducts a variety of meetings and programs inscience education and career development, science policy and internationalscientific cooperation. The Association also produces EurekAlert!(www.eurekalert.org), an online news service featuring the latest discoveries inscience, medicin...Children need their own dietary guidelines, say experts
... Dietetic Association, American Heart Association; meetings and workshops held by the American Health Foundation and Kelloggs, American Society for Nutritional Sciences (formerly the American Institute of Nutrition), American College of Nutrition, American Society for Nutritional Sciences; and surveys by the ...New Test Spots ALD Carriers With Near-Perfect Accuracy
...this week atThe American Society of Human Genetics meetings in Denver. ALD is an inherited disorder that, in its most devastating form, causesdeath of the brain's "white matter" -- nerve cells that transport informationwithin the brain and from brain to spinal cord. The adrenal glands also aredestro...Center Set Up To Evaluate Evidence Of Chemical Threats To Human Reproduction
... a chemical on reproductionand development. Panel meetings will be open to the public and will permitpublic comment. Michael D. Shelby, Ph.D., chief of the Laboratory of Toxicology at NIEHSwill direct the center's activities. Dr. Shelby said, "The center wasestablished in response to growing public ......l present their findings atthe Endocrine Society's meetings in San Diego, are compounds that are known tohave the capacity to disrupt natural hormone activity in humans - and whichcould, theoretically at least, pose a risk to normal development of the fetus. About 30 percent of the sample had measurable level...Evolutionary genetic tools trace cancer clone lines
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...l engineer JohnLittle. After three years of weekly meetings to learn each other's science, study of amodel microbe-mineral interaction, and cross-training of graduate students, theVirginia Tech group has received a three-year, $386,202 grant from theDepartment of Energy, effective Sept. 15, 1999. "The...Futurist research highlights chemists' national meeting March 26-30 in San Francisco
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