East Texas feral hog numbers skyrocketed in last decade
... most of which were multiple-choice. The questions addressed such issue of control and how it was conducted, whether hogs were considered an asset or a liability, and property damage attributable to hogs. One question asked what year the landowners first noticed feral hogs on their property. The counts gradua...Loggerhead sea turtles nesting earlier due to warmer ocean temperatures
...ting dates raise several questions that need to be addressed in future studies, Weishampel said, including whether the turtles' food supplies -- crabs, shrimp and other invertebrates -- will be as plentiful earlier in the season and whether the hatchlings are less likely to survive if they are born earlier. Ad...Functional food Safety aspects
...red so far. For this reason, the Senate Commission addressed the question of functional food safety at an inter...abridged version of the symposium volume, which is addressed to decision makers in politics, but also to national and international monitoring agencies, the Sena...JCI table of contents, 2 April 2004
...leagues, from The Schepens Eye Research Institute, addressed this concern by testing the effects of VEGF-A inhibition on both hemangiogenesis and lymphangiogenesis using a mouse model of suture-induced inflammatory corneal neovascularization (pages 10401050). By administration of a fusion protein that traps VE...A picture is worth a thousand miles not traveled to measure the fossil of an ancient sea creature
...ia Tech professor of geosciences Michal Kowalewski addressed the first question by measuring brachiopods in photos and then measuring the actually specimens that were retained at museums. He reported, along with several colleagues, that the difference was negligible and was within the error range of the instru...Ohio State wetlands professor wins prestigious Water Prize
...m a respected national research council study that addressed the issues of wetland destruction and remediation in the United States. Mitsch is also a key researcher in addressing the annual hypoxia problem that recurs in the Gulf of Mexico. Each spring, the rush of nitrogen and other chemicals that flow into t...Educational program increases some safety behaviors for older drivers
...ss through a one-on-one intervention that not only addressed safety issues and strategies to increase safety, but also included a focus on awareness of limitations caused by the driver's visual deficits. The educational curriculum, Knowledge Enhances Your Safety (KEYS), was motivated by models of health behavi...Experts to lecture in US cities this spring about new human origins research
...the brain and cognition. Aiello's recent research addressed on the post-cranial evolution and adaptation of the Plio-Pleistocene hominids. - Ian Tattersall is currently Curator in the Department of Anthropology of the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. Tattersall is also a prominent inte...'Evo-devo' biology tackles evolutionary history's unanswered questions
...iation and the origins of animal larvae can now be addressed using evo-devo's mechanistic tools. Last month, the National Academy of Sciences chose Raff as the winner of its 2003 Elliott Medal for his role in founding evo-devo. Raff and IUB colleagues Loren Rieseberg, Thomas Kaufman, Michael Lynch and Jeffrey ...UN report: Accelerate global agreement to oversee exploitation of South Pole 'extremophiles'
...dressing these questions. Among the key issues not addressed by the ATS: Who owns the Antarctic genetic reso...the physical impact of bioprospecting is currently addressed by the ATS regime, establishing the legal and policy basis that controls the commercialization of ge...'Grey goo' misconceptions could harm poor in developing world
...r the legitimate risks of nanotechnology should be addressed through a new international process and not by resorting to a moratorium on research that promises vast improvement in the lives of five billion people in developing countries. Dr Singer said: "Opposition from Prince Charles and pressure groups ar...Gulf between rich, poor will grow if high-profile nanotechnology opponents prevail: ethics experts
...d issues have been flagged, they can and should be addressed without a crippling moratorium being called for on budding research that promises vast improvement in the lives of five billion people in developing countries, according to medical ethics experts at the University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethic...Pew report finds GM insects may offer benefits, but clear regulatory oversight is lacking
...ncern. All of these uncertainties will need to be addressed by regulators prior to the introduction and releas...unique issues raised by transgenic insects will be addressed in a manner that inspires public confidence and provides the scientific community with adequate guid...MBL scientists confirm evolutionary exception
...e in evolutionary time. While many hypotheses have addressed this problem, the paradox raises one of the most perplexing questions in biology: If asexual reproduction is more efficient than sexual reproduction, why does sexual reproduction predominate so thoroughly? New research from MBL evolutionary biologist...JCI Table of Contents, January 15 2004
...nd colleagues from Columbia University in New York addressed this question by generating mice that lacked the gene encoding the insulin receptor (Insr) in a varying percentage of their body's cells. The authors characterized mouse strains with 80% (_80) and 98% (_98) reduction in Insr levels and found that bot...Rodents bred for alcohol preference live longer than rats bred for alcohol avoidance
...and health problems. However, little research has addressed the effects of long-term, chronic alcohol consumption on survival itself. A study in the January issue of Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research uses rodents to do just that, and makes a surprising discovery: rats bred to prefer alcohol are ...Medical students inadequately prepared for clinical rotations, caring for chronically ill
... 5 scale, with 5 being essential, and whether they addressed these competencies using specific curricular metho...as at least moderately important, though they only addressed 14 (29 percent) of those skills using two or more specific curricular methods. Course directors gav...Can EPO prevent loss of brain function in schizophrenia?
...m reducing, brain function protecting measures are addressed with the term "neuroprotection". Neuroprotection i...n treatment in schizophrenic patients? The authors addressed these three questions successfully. Using rodent studies, immunohistochemical analysis of human post...Tip sheet for the November 25, 2003 Neurology journal
...experts. Questions regarding the conference can be addressed to Lesley White, IATP, 612-870-3466, or lwhite@iatp.org .......yal Society of London, Series B. The research team addressed how much influence a mother has on her babies' well-being verus the role the environment plays. "Everybody knew that the care a mother provides was important," said McAdam, who conducted the work in Boutin's lab at the U of A before moving to the Un...