Cancer patient-physician partnership
...ienne Parry, Journalist and broadcaster Making the voice of cancer patients heard through the media...Fetus heart races when mom reads poetry
...n the ability of a fetus to recognize its mother's voice and even distinguish it from other female voices c...womb and can remember and recognize their mother's voice before they are even born. Their research findings are published in the current issue of the intern...Seal pups recognize mother's voices within days of birth
...ature. It is one of the few studies to investigate voice recognition in mammals. "The only other studies have been done on sheep but the constraint is not the same since mother and baby are always together," she said. "With fur pups, that recognition is vital since separation occurs immediately and frequen...Jane Goodall to receive 2003 Environmental Citizen Award
...ew England Aquarium. "She has a caring stewardship voice that speaks to everyone, and it must be listened to now more than ever." Jane Goodall began her landmark study of chimpanzees in Tanzania in June 1960. One of Dr. Goodall's most significant discoveries came in her first year in Gombe National Park, ...Nick Smith (R-MI) honored by 2 science coalitions in D.C.
...recognition of the importance of a broader, single voice in support of the non-biomedical biological sciences."...In a noisy world, how can the senses project and receive information at the same time?
... When we sing in the shower, why doesnt the active voice smother the rest of our bodys sensory systems? The answer to these questions may be found in the simple male cricket (Gryllus bimaculatus), which sing for hours at over 100 decibels sound pressure levels (dB SPL) in order to attract females. Backgr...Dyslexic children`s brains operate more like those of normal readers following training
...le, when a picture of a boy and a toy was shown, a voice from the computer would ask the player to point to... words. As the player progressed, the speed of the voice in the program slowly increased. ``Each child worked at his or her own level,`` Tallal said. ``The g...Braille found to be essential, regardless of age of blindness
...cted to ignore. The stimuli were created by a male voice reading nouns into a computer. Extraneous noise before and after each word was erased. Sound intensities for all words were equalized. The nouns were randomly assigned to eight different lists, one for each fMRI run. No noun was repeated within or a......nal and national level, and in providing a unified voice for these institutions on issues of importance to the oceans and coasts. SEA GRANT WEB SPOTLIGHT: Survival in Cold Water: Hypothermia Prevention http://www.seagrant.umn.edu/tourism/hypothermia.html Hypothermia is a risk for anyone who enjoys a...Virginia Tech professor Marjorie Grene is the first woman in The Library of Living Philosophers
...iology, a field in which she has been an important voice in the community of biological theorists in their on-going discussion of evolution and its various possible interpretations." Grene believes historical figures must be studied in the context of their time and not in terms only of "consciousness." "My...Ways to reduce death in schools focus of National Center for Early Defibrillation forum
...hms and advises the operator, through computerized voice instructions, when to push a button to deliver a potentially lifesaving shock to a victim in cardiac arrest. They are safe, effective and easy to use. Most AEDs today are no bigger than a laptop computer and weigh less than 10 pounds. Many experts ag...Fish profiling to stop ANS; dye test for fish disease; reauthorization
....R. 3389, the Sea Grant reauthorization bill, by a voice vote, sending it to President George W. Bush for signature. The bill reauthorizes the National Sea Grant College Program within NOAA. This followed Senate approval of the bill on October 11. The bill would authorize $60 million for FY 2003 increasin...UCLA scientists eavesdrop on cellular conversations by making mice 'glow' with firefly protein
...ar communication activity. "A cell receptor has no voice or vocal cord," Gambhir said. "It must plug into the cell's protein network to speak. One protein moves and acts on another, which sets off a chain reaction of conversations. Finally, the message reaches deep into the nucleus and tells the cells' gen...Telemedicine link with South Pole allows remote knee surgery
...ca. The U.S. Antarctic Program has used two-way voice and video links between the U.S. and Antarctica to assist in medical procedures, but this is the first time in the program's nearly 50-year history that telemedicine has been used for surgery. Doctors are assigned to all three U.S.-operated, year-ro...Bacterial control of zebra mussels, low power radio
...audio recorder to capture and repeatedly play back voice messages, an antenna, an AM radio transmitter, and roadway signs alerting potential listeners to the broadcast. As a result, it is an inexpensive and easy to use method of communication. Oregon Sea Grant has produced a video that showcases low pow...Radiation alone after surgery still the standard for head and neck cancer
...ed head and neck cancers located in the larynx, or voice box, the pharynx, which is part of the throat, and the oral cavity. These cancers are diagnosed in approximately 37,800 patients every year, and about 11,100 Americans will die from the disease....Popular weed killer disrupts frogs' sexual development
... the Midwest, leading some environmental groups to voice concern about its effect on children, infants and the fetus. France, Germany, Italy, Sweden and Norway are among countries that have banned the use of atrazine. To date, atrazine's effects on mammals and amphibians have been tested only at ...Popular weed killer demasculinizes frogs, disrupts their sexual development
... the Midwest, leading some environmental groups to voice concern about its effect on children, infants and ...rmones. The lowered androgens would interfere with voice box development, while increased estrogens would promote ovaries within the testes. More than 60 mil...New public-domain database could advance human computer interaction through sound
...s could operate a small, 'wearable' computer using voice commands, with spatial sound replacing a visual display." He added that the database could aid in the development of "immersion" systems that could allow scientists to interact with their data in a computer-generated, three-dimensional space incorpo...... Arias, a herpetologist, is respected as a leading voice for preserving Caribbean biodiversity. Grupo Jaragua was formed to advocate protection of Jaragua National Park, on the island of Hispanola. She was instrumental in getting the people who already lived on that land to preserve it; today, residents of...