The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners hosts 18th Annual Conference
... faculty presentations and state-of-the-art skills enhancement workshops to update attendees on current, practical, clinically-oriented practice information as well as on legislative, policy, and practice issues. (Expanded pre- and post-day conference workshops are being offered at no additional cost for those ...Advances in prosthetic, orthopedic, and audiologic diagnostic tools
...le), assessment of socket fabrication systems, and enhancement of prosthetic computer models....Supplements that increase the effects of resistance exercise identified
...hose resistance-training enthusiasts who seek body enhancement through the use of supplements.......d juveniles. The use of farm-reared fish for stock enhancement is not on the policy agenda here. Should it become an option, then the NC State team's methods could be key to determining the optimal water temperature to produce fingerling populations with 50:50 female:male sex ratios for restocking efforts, says ...Report to aid nation in managing freshwaters
...were not designed with environmental protection or enhancement in mind. According to the report, although it's not possible to restore the region to its pristine condition, efforts are underway to make it more compatible with the way the system used to function. Approximately 50 percent of the historic Everglad...A new animal study clarifies how different parts of the brain regulate sleep
...nd may serve as a marker of sleep homeostasis. The enhancement of SWA by prolonged waking and its subsequent mono... main-sleep period. On the other hand, there is an enhancement of low-frequency power during sleep deprivation. The novel aspect of the present study is the demon...Tips from the Journals of the American Society for Microbiology
...rates. The results of such studies may lead to an enhancement of ADF activity and ADF-fortified nematode application as a viable approach to agricultural and structural pest management." (X. Zhou, H.K. Kaya, K. Heungens and H. Goodrich-Blair. 2002. Response of ants to a deterrent factor(s) produced by sym...Study may direct solutions for air pollution disease affecting agricultural, industrial workers
...ostly neutrophils) took place without accompanying enhancement in airway reactivity; and the late or indirect phase (four weeks after the exposure), which was characterized by fibrotic airway remodeling and hyperresponsiveness. Finally, the results showed that inhibition of neutrophil recruitment in the earl...European scholars support development of germ line modification
...scussion whether access to uses that are closer to enhancement should be controlled by public policy or left to the mechanisms of the free market. 4. A fair decision making process This implies good information and communication as well as the informed participation of all relevant stakeholders in different ways...Researchers discover gene that controls ability to learn fear
...n we compared the mouse strains, we saw a powerful enhancement of learned fear in the knockout mice," said Kandel. Also, he said, the knockout mice showed an enhancement in the learning-related cellular process known as long-term potentiation. "It is interesting that w...Moderate alcohol consumption during pregnancy is risky too
...nt in generating experience- or learning-dependent enhancement of communication among hippocampal neurons. Savage concurs, adding that "identifying the neurochemical basis for these deficits is a critical first step towards determining whether fetal alcohol-induced learning deficits could be treated with therap...URI biological oceanographers study potentially toxic microalgae on the northeast coast
...ctly or indirectly, to bloom development and toxin enhancement in normally benign species," said Hargraves. "The global upward trend in harmful bloom events, the spread of the species involved, and the rise in economic impacts are not encouraging."......nters that men whose semen promotes long-term mood enhancement might have more chances to indulge in sexual activity....Science, Amersham Biosciences announce call for applicants for 2002 Prize for young scientists
...ld. Encouraging scientific progress and ultimately enhancement of health care is the goal of the prize." Past winners of the prize have significantly advanced the progress of turning the promise of molecular medicine into a reality and have seen the prize as a stepping stone in their career. Jamie H. Cate, the 1...NIH grants infrastructure awards for human embryonic stem cell research
...today the granting of four resource infrastructure enhancement awards for human embryonic stem cell (hESC) research. These awards will stimulate the use of hESC in basic research by providing funds for expansion, testing, quality assurance, and distribution of existing cell lines that meet the President's crite...University of Chicago chosen as Sun Microsystems Center of Excellence
...stablished Center of Excellence represents a major enhancement to the computational resources available for researchers here at the University," said Dr. Gerald Wyckoff, a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Human Genetics and the scientific liaison for the COE. "We look forward to fruitful collaborations w...Scientists enhance fruit fly memory using mouse protein: New clue to fundamental brain mechanism
...in called PKM. The scientists could trigger memory enhancement in the flies by using either a fly or a mouse vers...ause it is a rare example that demonstrates actual enhancement of memory formation."...Mating molds provide new insights into speciation and human reproduction
...sing PTGS to screen for disease resistance, flavor enhancement and other commercially valuable traits by turning off several genes simultaneously. "MSUD could provide a quick and dirty way of testing how genes function in meiosis," Shiu concluded. "We can silence a gene simply by inserting an extra copy, without...Tips from the Journals of the American Society for Microbiology: October 2001
...in this paper provide an additional option for the enhancement of immune responses to E7 and a possible immunotherapeutic agent for cervical cancers," say the researchers. (A. Lamikanra, Z.-K. Pan, S.N. Isaacs, T.-C. Wu, Y. Paterson. 2001. Regression of established human papillomavirus type 16 immortalized tum......ays Murphy. Among the team's first projects is enhancement of fluoroscopic computerized tomography (CT), using Toshiba's Aquilion CT unit. CT fluoroscopic imaging uses conventional CT scanning coupled with fluoroscopy. Another initiative will be establishing a center for image-guided therapy training that ...