'Reverse CPR' performed on back could better restore blood flow
...n reverse CPR in the study, a 10-pound sandbag was placed underneath their lower chest to provide a counter-force to compressions being performed on their backs. Patients' heads also were turned to the side while a respiratory therapist delivered oxygen through a bag. During CPR performed outside a medica......er societies receive a 20% discount. Orders may be placed through the AGI Publications Center at http://www.agiweb.org/pubs , or by mail, telephone, fax, or e-mail (American Geological Institute, Attention: Publications Center, 4220 King Street, Alexandria, VA 22302, Tel: 703-379-2480, Fax: 703-379-7563, ...Seven CD-ROM global GIS data set available from AGI
...er societies receive a 20% discount. Orders may be placed through the AGI Publications Center at http://www.agiweb.org/pubs , or by mail, telephone, fax, or e-mail (American Geological Institute, Attention: Publications Center, 4220 King Street, Alexandria, VA 22302, Tel: 703-379-2480, Fax: 703-379-7563, ...Is there an unexpected price for late night high tech excitement?
... number was counted. The 17-inch color-display was placed at eye level 45 cm in front of the subject. The screen of the display was 240 mm long and 325 mm wide. The screen of the BD was white with 120 cd/m2, and the screen of the DD was black with 0.5 cd/m2. The vertical light intensities of the BD and DD w...NHGRI study may help scientists develop safer methods for gene therapy
... 2003, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) placed a "clinical hold" on 27 gene therapy studies after two children being treated by French researchers for a form of severe combined immunodeficiency disease developed a leukemia-like condition. Most current gene therapy experiments attempt to cure gen...160,000-year-old fossilized skulls from Ethiopia are oldest modern humans
...lt. Because of these similarities, the researchers placed the fossils in the same genus and species as modern humans but appended a subspecies name - Homo sapiens idaltu -to differentiate them from contemporary humans, Homo sapiens sapiens. Idltu, which means "elder" in the Afar language, refers to the adu...Deciphering how arteries contribute to hypertension
...ypertensive--supplied by the university center and placed them in a mechanical stress tester. The tester holds a small disc-shaped sample of the arterial tissue that is slowly stretched by pumping a special liquid against the back of the disc. The pressure of the liquid causes a bubble to form on the front ...Neural stem cells take a step closer to the clinic
...says the data from the gene chip analysis would be placed online and made available to other researchers studying neural stem cells....Flu discovery to help thwart next pandemic
...response) to fight related strains of flu that are placed in groups called serotypes. That is, vaccinations are developed to help protect us against one particular serotype. Flu viruses have serotype-specific protein fragments on their outside surface that our antibodies will recognise and attach themselve...Antibody coated stent a breakthrough in cardiovascular treatment
...into the future. Today, that future is here." When placed into a blocked area of an artery, the antibody coated stent captures endothelial progenitor cells (EPC) circulating throughout the blood. Endothelial cells are cells which line blood vessels, allowing blood to flow smoothly. The EPCs adhere to the h...Birds and humans have similar 'shopping' habits
...entrations. Coloured paper, to imitate petals, was placed around the feeding wells. The colour of the petals indicated the make-up of the nectar concentration and volume of the nectar contained in the flower. Under normal circumstances, hummingbirds prefer flowers containing sweeter or larger volumes of ne...Finicky snails provide new clues to the evolution of coastal ecosystems
...a mussels in check? To find out, the research team placed sea mussels in mesh cages specially designed to exclude sea stars, then attached the cages to intertidal sites in California and Oregon. After nine months, whelks had discovered and drilled nearly 20 percent of the caged mussels in California. ''In c...Early-life environments shape development of stress behaviors and learning abilities in mice
... have demonstrated that genetically identical mice placed in different environments both pre- and post-natally differ dramatically as adults in their stress responses and learning abilities. The finding, reported in the May issue of Nature Neuroscience, suggests that pre- and post-natal maternal environment...UCR scientists modify existing chemical scrubber to environmentally friendly, all-natural filter
...cked bed on which pollutant-degrading bacteria are placed in the form of a biofilm. These bacteria absorb and degrade gaseous pollutants. After the bacteria begin to multiply, their efficiency at converting hydrogen sulfide to sulfate is nearly 100 percent. Moreover, the system removes more odorant chemi...Scientists produce mouse eggs from embryonic stem cells, demonstrating totipotency even in vitro
...c stem cells. The work, in which mouse stem cells placed in Petri dishes -- without any special growth or transcription factors -- grew into oocytes and then into embryos, will be reported this week on the web site of the journal Science . The results demonstrate that even outside the body embryonic stem ...Highway deaths highest for males Male urban squirrels, that is
...rel reproduction with the aid of miniature cameras placed in nest boxes and viewable via the Internet."...Four gene 'micronet' found to regulate social behavior in female mice
...fter repeated instances when the normal animal was placed in the same space. The gene "knockout" mice also failed to investigate a new "intruder mouse" under circumstances where a genetically normal mouse would do so. As a result the Rockefeller team was able to infer for the first time the roles of oxytoc...Georgia Tech researchers use lab cultures to control robotic device
...g a few thousand living neurons from rat cortex is placed on a special glass petri dish instrumented with an array of 60 micro-electrodes. The neurons are kept alive in an incubator for up to two years using a new sealed-dish culture system that Potter developed and patented. The neural activity recorded b...Advances in prosthetic, orthopedic, and audiologic diagnostic tools
...whether a composite hip could withstand the stress placed on it through everyday activities. Methodology was suitable for locating the critical region within the composite femoral component, providing three-dimensional ply-level stress distributions, and predicting damage initiation and propagation efficien...