A walking robot goes mountaineering
... network. Because of the hierarchical organization adjustment of the gait can be achieved by changing only a few parameters. Other factors will be automatically tuned through the regular circuits. At its first attempt to climb a slope, RunBot will fall over backwards, as it has not yet learned to react to its...University of Pittsburgh researchers culture blood-forming stem cells from human fat tissue
...tional constraints. In so doing, it requires rapid adjustment in its blood supply and supporting connective tissue, or stroma. Based on previous reports that the stromal vascular fraction of adipose tissue contains stem cells that give rise to pericytes cells surrounding small blood vessels the University of ...OSA symptoms more common among African-American women than Caucasians
...ined a significant predictor of OSA symptoms after adjustment for current body mass index (BMI), BMI change over time and menopausal status. "Although menopausal status did not predict OSA symptoms, OSA symptoms on our cohort of menopausal women increased with higher BMI and larger BMI increases over time," s...Satellites shed light on global warming
...o. "These waves are an important means of ocean adjustment to forcing. In a sense they set the rhythm for some aspects of the interactions between oceans and climate. Faster waves in a warmer ocean, as an effect of climate change, may result in complex repercussions on the climate system, many of which could...Research on microfluidics widens the possibilities for electronic devices
...l-time evaluation of effectiveness and a real-time adjustment of the dose. The faster that the doctor can know the effects of the drug, the better." More information on this research is available at the web site for Steckls lab at UC....Microcapsules like it hot and salty
...icts that it should be possible, by way of skilful adjustment of the conditions, to shrink initially swollen capsules and vice versa. This prediction was also confirmed in experiments. This continuous switching between the two states of quite different capsule sizes expands the range of possible uses for the...Consuming cola may up osteoporosis risk for older women
...lower bone mineral density," says Tucker. Although adjustment for fruit juice intake did not change results, women in the study who drank a considerable amount of cola not only consumed less calcium, but less fruit juice as well. Previous studies have also shown that low fruit and vegetable intake may affect bo...'Stress and the city': Urban birds keep cool
...tyle. If so, then it should be tested whether this adjustment is based on the flexibility of individuals experiencing different environmental conditions or is the result of micro-evolutionary adaptations that have evolved during the urbanisation process. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology A...How HIV 'exhausts' killer T cells
...e that it sees it's not winning, the body makes an adjustment to try to co-exist," he said. "But we really do not know at this point." Walker emphasized that the study could not have been done without his group's ongoing collaboration with the University of KwaZulu Natal. "These are studies that simply cou...AVELOX as effective as multi-dose combination therapy for intra-abdominal infections
...sicians a convenient treatment option with no dose adjustment required as symptoms improve and patients transition from intravenous (hospital-based) to oral therapy," said Joseph S. Solomkin, M.D., Professor in the Department of Surgery and Director of Research of the Division of Trauma/Critical Care at the Uni...Chornobyl radiation ups risk of thyroid cancer in children and adolescents
...ided in the absence of radiation. With appropriate adjustment for dose, this estimate demonstrates a substantial contribution of radioactive iodines to the excess of thyroid cancer that followed the Chornobyl accident." ...Newborn screening can cause unnecessary parental stress
... percent of mothers in the comparison group. After adjustment for socioeconomic factors, both mothers and fathers in the false-positive group had higher scores on the standardized Parenting Stress Index (PSI); 11 percent of mothers (versus no mothers in the comparison group) scored in the clinical range, in whi...Children's Hospital Boston presents at the 2006 Pediatric Academic Societies annual meeting
... significant reductions in weight and height after adjustment for age, study quality, type of stimulant and duration of treatment. The authors, from Children's Hospital Boston, Brigham and Women's Hospital and the Karolinska Institute, call for growth monitoring in children receiving stimulant drugs, the mainst...Earth from Space: Iceberg knocks the block off Drygalski Ice Tongue
...ds, thus telling us about important aspects of the adjustment in the ocean circulation since the departure of large grounded icebergs off Ross Island." The floating Drygalski Ice Tongue, which protrudes 80 kilometres into the ocean, is connected to the David Glacier. If it were to break loose, scientists fear ...Studies examine associations between provider characteristics and mortality rates in ovarian cancer
...m mortality following ovarian cancer surgery after adjustment for variation in patient clinical characteristics. They did find that longer term outcomes were somewhat more favorable for patients treated at high-volume hospitals compared with those treated at low-volume hospitals, but this difference was not of ...Anyway you slice it, tomatoes cut through drought with new gene
...oot system, and the root system could thentake the adjustment to drought stress better and thus grow better,"Hirschi said of the paper which details "a strategy to engineerdrought-resistant crop plants." For example, regular or control tomatoes used in the experimentsuffered irreversible damage after five d...Interim long-term follow-up data show AMG 531 increases platelets in patients with ITP
...ose was 1 g/kg by subcutaneous injection with dose adjustment to a maximum of 15 g/kg. Patients were administered AMG 531 by injection once weekly unless their platelet count exceeded 400,000 platelets per microliter. Once patients reached a stable dose and schedule, physician office visits were reduced from ...Environment, not genes, key in family relationships
...hips into nine variables six measuring adolescent adjustment and three assessing family relationships, and then further divided them into genetic and environmental components to explore the connections between them. The adolescent variables were antisocial behavior, autonomy, classroom engagement and success,...Interim data suggest major response with Aranesp(R) in anemic patients with MDS
...for target and maximum hemoglobin levels, and dose adjustment rules should be performed in line with regional prescribing information. In a study of Epoetin alfa-treated hemodialysis patients with clinically evident cardiac disease, where the target Hct was 42% (Hb =14 g/dL), an increased incidence of thromboti...Cure no quick fix for cancer survivors on long road to recovery
... with late physical complications and emotional or adjustment difficulties. "The ultimate goal should not only be eradication of cancer, but doing so in a way that leaves no physical, emotional or social complications behind, or at least minimizes them," Lee said. "Dr. Wingard's research confirms what many canc...