Highlights of the October 2004 Journal of the American Dietetic Association
... Concerns about the overall health and well-being of America's children continue to rise as the obesity epidemic continues to expand. Many nutrition experts say an increase in soft drink consumption among adolescents coupled with the easy access to soft drinks in school vending machines over the past two decades are contributing factors to excess weight among kids. ... .....4 October press briefing to focus on minority recruitment to science and engineering programs
More than one year after the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the value of diverse learning environments but struck down formulaic or points-based approaches to undergraduate admissions, a new report--scheduled for release 4 October--will clarify legally defensible options for protecting diversity in science and engineering programs....... The report, Standing Our Ground: A Guidebook for STEM Educator...Integrative biology of exercise APS Intersociety meeting October 6-9, 2004 in Austin
BETHESDA, MD (August 26) The American Physiological Society, Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology and American College of Sports Medicine announced the headline speaker as well as the complete schedule for their Intersociety Meeting on the "Integrative Biology of Exercise" to be held October 6-9, 2004 in Austin, Texas.... ...The three-day meeting features six pair of concurrent symposia, rep...JCI table of contents, 15 October, 2003
... ...In the October 15 issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, Michael Moskowitz and colleagues from Harvard Medical School report that fibroblast growth factor-2 (FGF-2) ...plays a critical role in the ability of the brain to make new cells following traumatic brain injury (TBI). The authors also demonstrate that administration of FGF-2 boosts the production of new brain cells and pro...Highlights of the October 2003 Journal of the American Dietetic Association
... Today, 99 percent of American adolescents have a television in their homes and 65 percent have televisions in their bedrooms. The rapid increase in kids' television watching has led researchers to factor in this habit when addressing the obesity epidemic especially among children. According to researchers at the University of Minnesota, television and video watching among both boys and girl...JCI Table of Contents, 1 October, 2003
...... Ischemic heart disease remains the primary cause of morbidity and mortality in the Western world. Current therapeutic strategies are aimed at relieving the ischemia by opening blocked arteries; however, no current therapies can directly protect the heart and ensure ongoing heart function. Faced with this challenge, Walter J. Koch and fellow researchers at Duke University Medical Center, N...Physics tip sheet #29 October 23, 2002
1) Physical Review E (Print issue: October 2002)... ...Icicles often have circular ridges around them but nobody has been able to explain the details until now. A new theory described how the ridges appear because of the interplay of different effects. If there is some sort of bump on the icicle, as can randomly happen, it will tend to enlarge because the bump increases the area through which th...JCI table of contents, October 21, 2002
... ... ... ... Selective parasympathetic innervation of subcutaneous and...intra-abdominal fat - functional implications ... ...CONTACT: ...Felix Kreier ...Netherlands Institute for Brain Research ...Meibergdreef 33, 1105 AZ ...Amsterdam ...THE NETHERLANDS ...Phone: 31-20-566-5500 ...Fax: 31-20-696-1006 ...E-mail: ... ...View the PDF of this article at: ... ... ... ......Chemical society convenes regional meeting in Albuquerque, October 12-15
Each paper is embargoed for release until date and time of presentation... ...Over 200 research findings are scheduled for presentation at the 17th biennial Rocky Mountain regional meeting of the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society, in Albuquerque, N. M., Oct. 12-15. Noted scientists as well as undergraduate and graduate students are expected to attend the meeting a...Science picks leads, feeds and story seeds (October 2002 edition)
...Faster Than a Speeding Bullet - A two-mile wide meteorite traveling 60 times faster than a fired bullet crashed into the Atlantic Ocean 35 million years ago, causing the sixth largest known impact crater on Earth. Hidden beneath the Chesapeake Bay, the impact crater is thousands of feet deep and more than 53 miles in diameter. USGS, in cooperation with Prince William County (Va.) Public Sch...JCI table of contents: October 1, 2002
Please find below two highlighted articles and the full table of contents for the October 1 issue....... **************************************************...... ...... If biologists have learned anything over the past decade, it is how similar all mammals are at the genetic level. Greater than 90% of the genes found in mice are also found in humans, and we even share a significant amount of gene...Chemical society convenes regional meeting in Santa Barbara, October 28-31
... ...Almost 200 research findings are scheduled for presentation at the 37th Western regional meeting of the American Chemical Society, the worlds largest scientific society, in Santa Barbara, October 28-31. Approximately 300 scientists, including Nobel Laureates Sir Harold Kroto, F. Sherwood Rowland and Alan J. Heeger, as well as undergraduate and graduate students are expected to attend the...Worlds largest scientific society convenes regional meeting October 10-13 in Lincoln, Neb.
... ...More than 250 research findings will be presented at the 36th Midwest regional meeting of the American Chemical Society, the worlds largest scientific society, in Lincoln, Neb., October 10-13. Over 500 scientists and students are expected to attend the meeting at the Cornhusker Hotel and Burnham-Yates Conference Center (402-474-7474). ... ...Inhibitors of HIV replication will be the topic...Tips from the Journals of the American Society for Microbiology: October 2001
...... Estrogen may play a role in protecting against endotoxic shock associated with Vibrio vulnificus infection, a finding that may help explain the vast difference between the infection in men and women. Researchers from the University of North Carolina report these findings in the October 2001 issue of the journal Infection and Immunity.......Vibrio vulnificus is a bacterium that can cause...Society for Vertebrate Paleontology to hold annual meeting in Montana in October
BOZEMAN, MONT--The worlds largest group of scientists that studies dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures will meet in Bozeman, Mont., Oct. 3-6 to talk about the latest discoveries.... ... A record 1,200 members of the Society for Vertebrate Paleontology are expected to attend the conference at Montana State University. This is the first time the society has met in Montana.... ... Shelley McKa....Journalists are invited to attend the first meeting of NSF's new Advisory Committee on Environmental Research & Education (ERE), on Wednesday, October 11, and Thursday, October 12, at the National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Blvd., Room 1235, Arlington, Va. .Agenda highlights include: .- Review of recent NSF activities in the environment .- Goal-setting and planning by the ERE Advisory Comm...University of Georgia to host 7th International Congress of Ethnobiology in October
. ATHENS, Ga. -- The first-ever meeting in the United States of the International Congress of Ethnobiology will be held at the University of Georgia Oct. 23-27, bringing together scientists and indigenous people from around the globe to discuss "Ethnobiology, Biocultural. Diversity and Benefits Sharing.". . "We believe having the Congress here is a signal event for the University of...October Geology and GSA Today highlights
.Following are highlights from the October issue of GEOLOGY and a summary of the science article from the October issue of in stories published. Please contact Ann Cairns at GSA to request advance copies of articles and for additional information or assistance. . . </...New dinosaurs appear to be oldest yet, as reported in the 22 October issue of Science
.Washington DC - The jaws of two of the oldest dinosaurs ever discovered and the.remains of eight other prehistoric animals have been unearthed by a team of.paleontologists working in Madagascar. The exquisitely preserved collection of.fossils provides a freeze-framed picture of life during the earliest days of.dinosaurs and mammals--a picture that has been largely obscured until now. The.team r...September/October 1998 Table Of Contents
. .Volume 113, Number 5, September/October 1998. . . . John T. Bruer . Is the link between neuroscience and early childhood policy justified? . . . . L. Christine Oliver, Bruce W. Shackleton . At the interface of clinical medicine, toxicology, psychology, and.engineering lie the understanding and remedies for this growing problem.</BLOCK...Duke Primate Center Sets October Expedition To Find 'Juliet'
.DURHAM, N.C. -- The Duke University Primate Center has announced an Oct..2-18 expedition to capture a mate for Romeo, the only diademed sifaka in.captivity. The diademed sifaka, a graceful bright-eyed lemur, is considered.perhaps the most beautiful of primates, with its silky fur in rich shades.of yellow, orange, gray, white and black. . .According to Primate Center Director Kenneth Glander, th...