President's Budget Proposal Cuts R&D By 14 Percent By 2002
...ownward slide of the past several years. Constant dollar R&D funding levels in all agencies except the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) would be lower in FY 1998 than they were in FY 1994. Outyear projections in the budget call for additional cuts, beyond those...Oaks' Defenses Help Gypsy Moth Caterpillar Fend Off Virus
...ous trees, which are the basis of the multimillion dollar pulp paperindustry. "However, there is another threat, the Asian gypsy moth, which eatsconifers and has been introduced at several seaports by ships from the FarEast," says Appel. "But so far, these introductions have been eradicated." ...Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution Receives $1.1 Million Grant From National Cancer Institute
...ey are the recipient of a three-year, $1.1 million dollar grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) for studies investigating the potential anticancer properties of the marine-derived compound, Discodermolide. Ross E. Longley, Ph.D., Immunology, Oncology and...Wake Forest University Study Takes Students In Flight With The Albatross
...ng satellites and tiny transmitters smaller than a dollar bill with the high-touch, interpersonal world of classroom learning. Each time they pass over the northern Pacific, the Argos System's satellites scan for the signals emitted by the seabirds' transmitters. If a positive contact is made, the sa...Good Ergonomics Is Good Economics
...rd, National Research Council, 1989). A $5 million dollar investment for a projected $910 million annual ret...rom 1,564 in 1985 to 2,900 in 1988, an increase in dollar value of $3.96 million. Union Pacific calculates the cost-benefit ratio as approximately 1 to 10 (As...Ohio State Professor Receives Patent For Infectious Bursal Disease Virus Detection Kit
...to choose. Chicken farming is a multi-billion dollar industry in the United States. IBDV is the second-leading cause of viral disease in chickens. The first is infectious bronchitis virus, a respiratory disease. “Neither disease is deadly, but each is important from an economic st...H Pylori Screening To Reduce The Risk Of Gastric Cancer
...on screening to save anadditional year of life---a dollar amount far lower than many commonly acceptedmedical interventions. "We set out to estimate the level of cancer risk-reduction necessary to make itworthwhile to recommend H pylori screening to individuals at low risk of gastriccancer on both clinical ...... here whose treatment bills farexceed the animal's dollar value. "With horses, especially foals, there are often values besides moneythat matter to people."...Horseshoe crab studies providing new insight into valuable ancient creatures
...e eyes and long optic nerve. Today a multi-million dollar industry exists around the collection ofhorseshoe crab blood. A clotting agent called Limulus Amoebocyte Lysate(LAL) is extracted from the blood, and used to test for the presence ofgram-negative bacteria. Human blood and all commercially producedint...Economic model to aid alligator farmers
... $12 million farmingenterprise and an $8.7 million dollar hunting effort. In 1995 in Florida, $3.9million came from farming and $5.3 million came from hunting. Heykoop and Dr. Darren Frechette, assistant professor of agriculturaleconomics, presented their dynamic economic model of the alligator ind...Underwater R2D2 in development
...cle will be a low-cost version of themulti-million dollar AUVs designed and built at other institutions. "They are making the Ferraris and the Rolls," said Manov. "We are makingthe Volkswagens. If you need a Ferrari, great, but maybe a VW will do thetrick." "Ours is technically innovative b...Penny wise and pound-foolish: Study shows need for second pathologist's opinion
... of 535 cases, at a savings of almost $2 for every dollar spent on the second workup. Both studies show that suspect or incorrect path reports come from a variety of sources. "We received them from community hospitals, commercial laboratories and large teaching institutions," says Epstein. Nor w...UCSF School of Medicine receives $3.8 Million grant for biomedical research
...1995, the School of Medicine received a $4 million dollar grant under thesame HHMI program. Sums averaging $100,000 helped to renovate each of 10laboratories, and similar amounts helped to equip 11 laboratories for newfaculty. In each case the researcher's department provided matching funds. HHMI, a medica...ASM statements on FY 2001 federal budget proposal: NIH, CDC, NSF
...ved by Congress, would double the previous largest dollar increase in the NSF's 50-year history. The American Society for Microbiology endorses the President's unprecedented NSF budget request as a positive step toward a future doubling of the Foundation's entire budget. "The President's budget request cl...Spring meeting press conferences
...nd developing countries. The prospect of placing a dollar value on carbon emissions, with trading between emissions in one place and land use changes in another may create a new "economy" based on carbon. Socioeconomic models can be used to identify key responses to Kyoto, as well as "perverse reactions" su...Ecological trends of food availability yield clues to Americans' weight problem
...od purchasing and preparation in America. Of every dollar used to buy food, American households spent 20% to eat away from home in the 1970s, but by 1992 this proportion had increased to 38%. Fast food restaurants are currently growing at a rate of 7% annually. Supermarkets increasingly offer convenience ...Putting a price tag on paradise
...gs people value that can't readily be expressed in dollar terms. We need to use other metrics, and to move cautiously." Daily and her fellow authors concede that coming up with a universally acceptable method for evaluating nature will be a challenge. "Ecosystems are idiosyncratic," they write. "What holds ...... announce work that could impact the multi-billion dollar heparin industry and change how the FDA regulates that common anti-clotting drug. The work is the first application of a novel analytical tool announced by the same core group of researchers last fall. Other important applications promise to follow. ...