JCI table of contents, 1 July 2004
...ontrollably from large or small blood vessels. The physical cause is the lack of functioning blood platelets, which promote blood clotting. There are several forms of thrombocytopenia, each with different genetic and molecular mechanisms underlying the lack of functioning platelets; studies in any one of thes...ORNL adds three R&D 100s to DOE lab-leading total
...id gland, which regulates metabolism in adults and physical development in children. The system created by ORNL uses a process known as selective ion exchange, which is the preferred treatment technology for removing contaminants such as perchlorate from water. However, the resins often absorb chemicals othe...Highlights of the July Journal of the American Dietetic Association
...nd model a healthy lifestyle that includes regular physical activity. Parents with concerns about their childr...ng a healthy eating plan and incorporating regular physical activity into a daily routine. The USDA's 1999-2000 Healthy Eating Index reveals "16 percent of the...Infusion of two peptides acts to accelerate appetite satisfaction
...of food allergy or dietary restriction; and normal physical examination and laboratory screening results. The study employed a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind, four-way crossover design in which each subject underwent four tests with the infusion of: saline, CCK-33, GLP-1, or CCK-33 plus GLP-1. ...In the obese, metabolic adaptations post-weight loss lead to regaining of shed pounds
...ntal stimuli (diet composition, food palatability, physical activity) influencing motivational and metabolic c...ith the increased intake of carbohydrates, regular physical exercise may be the key factor that counteracts these metabolic adaptations to weight loss....Early dexamethasone exposure has long-term neurodevelopment, neuroendocrine effects
...ere still lower in females. Neurodevelopment and physical maturation: Dexamethasone-treated animals experi...enced transient variations in neurodevelopment and physical maturation when compared to controls. However, no gross neurological deficits were observed in the ...Yale researchers receive $4.5 million grant to study spinal cord repair
...tter understand the interactions of biological and physical interventions in promoting functional recovery," said Kocsis, professor of neurology and associate director of the Center. In recent months, animal studies at CERF pinpointed a molecule responsible for chronic pain in SCI and blocked the pain succe...NIH awards grant for cancer research to the University of Wisconsin
...s A. Zerhouni, M.D., director of NIH. "By removing physical barriers, researchers at this facility can work as interdisciplinary teams---taking research gained from cellular and molecular discoveries in the laboratories and translating them into treatments and cures for patients suffering from breast cancer."...Clinical judgement still counts strongly alongside genetic testing
...netics which involves spotting disorders affecting physical development, before or after birth. It includes recognising particular patterns of physical features in patients with a range of problems or 'troubles', sometimes including delayed intellectua...Gestational diabetes not found to alter the metabolic processes in obese pregnant women
...monstrated by a three-day dietary record. Although physical activity decreased significantly (p=0.01) with advancing gestation, there was no significant difference between groups. Other key findings included: There was an approximately 30 percent increase in basal energy expenditure from pre-pregnancy t...New version of premier global climate model released
...matical formulas, which represent the chemical and physical processes that drive Earth's climate, for thousands of points in the atmosphere, oceans, sea ice, and land surface. CCSM3 is so complex that it requires about 3 trillion computer calculations to simulate a single day of global climate. With C...NASA data shows hurricanes help plants bloom in 'ocean deserts'
...hurricane Bonnie," Babin said. The study found the physical make-up of a storm, including its size, strength and forward speed, is directly related to the amount of phytoplankton that blooms. Bigger storms appear to cause larger phytoplankton blooms. An increased amount of phytoplankton should have more chlor...New multidisciplinary research tops chemists' meeting Aug. 22-26
...try to extreme lows - and discovering chemical and physical processes hidden at higher temperatures. How low can they go? A chilling millionth of a degree Kelvin. The ACS Division of Physical Chemistry is the symposium host. On Wednesday, Aug. 25, researchers will discuss new developments and future direction...... added, referring to uncertainties associated with physical climate-change models, which were the focus of the AAAS conference. "Unfortunately, these disagreements have often persuaded thoughtful newspaper readers that since the scientists can't agree, the issue can safely be ignored." Continued warming is ex...Espionage may have driven the evolution of bee language according to UCSD-led study in Brazil
...s, able to abstractly encode information about the physical world into signals understood by receivers. While scientists do not know what kind of communication the two species of bees employ within their hives, Nieh says his team's finding that they are able to spy on each other's olfactory markings sheds li...Ralph J. Cicerone nominated to be next National Academy of Sciences president
...al Center for Atmospheric Research. He was dean of physical sciences at the University of California at Irvine from 1994 to 1998, and was named chancellor in April 1998. He also holds the Daniel G. Aldrich Jr. Chair in Earth System Science and serves as professor of chemistry. Cicerone was elected to the Acad...Medical implants work better when you rough them up, study finds
...l implant." That the cells responded so readily to physical changes on the disk surfaces surprised the researchers. "Almost everything in the biological world responds primarily to chemical signals," von Recum said. "It was astonishing to find that these fibroblasts responded strongly to mechanical signals on...Changes to insect-seeking calls of horseshoe bats may drive new species formation
...enetic information, including changes that lead to physical or behavioral adaptations to the demands of their environments, would no longer be pooled. Future generations of bats found on one side of the mountain would begin to diverge genetically from those on the opposite side. Eventually, the two populati...Scientists receive awards, give lectures at the ASBMB/IUBMB meeting
...h interests have been broadly based in the area of physical biochemistry, with particular emphasis on bioenergetics and the structure and function of membrane proteins, magnetic resonance spectroscopy, and bioinorganic chemistry. The award honors both his research achievements in these diverse fields and the ......25, were being trained to withstand the mental and physical stresses of capture. After 48 hours without food o...eople got the gender wrong, and those subjected to physical threats were the worst at recognising their interrogator. Elizabeth Loftus, a psychologist at the U...