New Scripps Oceanography project to study sediments and ecosystem restoration in Venice lagoon
... such a local change. The researchers will conduct assessments by extracting short and long sediment cores, which will be analyzed for geochemical and biological parameters. Deheyn says that such an analysis is a fundamental precaution. "In SIOSED we will be extracting cores about two meters deep, and that could...Children born with extremely low-birth-weight have considerable health and educational needs
...idering the following strategies. First, follow-up assessments should be performed and reported for all survivors...portant question. And fifth, the use of follow-up assessments should be expanded in testing interventions used before or after nursery discharge to reduce adverse...In some cases, genetic resistance takes on a life of its own
...at single traits, rather than making more-thorough assessments of fitness in the wild. In their new work, the Bath researchers have shown that DDT resistance in fruit flies not only carries no fitness cost, but in fact confers an advantage when inherited through the female. This suggests that DDT-resistant fema...Global Climate and Energy Project awards five research grants totaling more than $11 million
... institutions around the world. GCEP is conducting assessments of advanced coal and advanced transportation technologies to identify technical barriers and opportunities for research that could lead to significant advances in those areas. The project also is conducting two workshops: * GCEP International Worksho...Fewer wrinkles and firmer skin linked to earlier use of estrogen therapy
...kin type were similar. The researchers made visual assessments of wrinkle severity at 11 facial locations. A plastic surgeon with no knowledge of which women were using hormone therapy rated the number and severity of wrinkles using a Lemperle scale. The team also measured skin elasticity using a durometer. The...The Future of Chemical Plant Security one-day symposium, Monday, Aug. 29
...r facilities have conducted security vulnerability assessments and have invested more than $2 billion in security improvements. Dorothy Kellogg, senior director of security and operations at the ACC, will outline industry initiatives, including those conducted independently or in cooperation with the Department ...Scientists must offer solutions for conserving tropical forests in a rapidly changing world
...at STRI, encourages tropical scientists to conduct assessments based on existing long-term records. Basic research will help us to understand the dimensions and mechanisms of forest responses to anthropogenic forcing. Conservation scientists must help to mitigate the number of species lost to extinction by enhan...Chernobyl: The true scale of the accident
...he reports are also reassuring, for the scientific assessments show that, except for the still closed, highly con...ate." People in the affected areas report negative assessments of their health and well-being, coupled with an exaggerated sense of the danger to their health from...Woods Hole Research Center scientist part of international initiatives to save the great apes
...abitat in Africa and to bring the results of these assessments to the attention of governmental policymakers in the region to promote conservation. Laporte estimates that the rate of logging assessed through logging road construction increased from an average of 150 km per year between the mid-1970s and the mid...Drug breakthrough for psoriasis sufferers
... was maintained throughout the trial. "Physicians' assessments of the patients' conditions backed up our findings," confirmed Professor Griffiths, "with 83% of those receiving the drug assessed as having minimal or cleared symptoms by week 10 of the trial as opposed to just 4% of those receiving the placebo."...Study examines cancer risks after cancer diagnosis in family member
...ournal of the National Cancer Institute . Accurate assessments of the risk of cancer among the family members of cancer patients are essential for clinical and genetic counseling. Knowledge of these risks may also help to identify environmental and/or heritable factors that are associated with the risks of speci...Historian at NJIT will discuss disseminating scientific knowledge in 19th century
...e. Whether through newspaper columns, pamphlets or assessments circulating in magazines, people could learn about the natural world, Gumienny said. Gumienny, a specialist in the history of science and early America, received his doctorate and master's degree from the State University of New York at Stony Brook a...Reify corporation announces Myosight(tm)
...pharmaceutical and biotech companies to make rapid assessments of how compounds affect large populations of isolated heart cells in vitro. Existing technologies limit analysis to one ion channel at a time, such as the hERG channel, one cell at a time, or a few cells in parallel experiments. In contrast, Myosight...COPAXONE may repair nerve damage in MS patients
... were included in the study. Baseline neurological assessments and magnetic resonance spectroscopy imaging (MRSI)...tion) and followed for two years with neurological assessments every six months and MRSI scans annually. Due to needle phobia, four patients elected to remain untr...Major study links chronic noise exposure to risk of heart attacks
...views and independent environmental and work noise assessments in their analysis. The findings apply to men and women under 70 living in cities, who had non-fatal heart attacks. Lead author Dr Stefan Willich, Director of the Institute for Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics at the medical centre, ...Study in Royal Society journal on link between creativity and mating success
...ylor The evolutionary status of ADHD is central to assessments of whether modern society created it, and is important in understanding its neurobiology and treatment. ADHD's association with a positively selected gene raises the possibility that ADHD itself is selected for. But previous suggestions of evolutiona...Speedier NIH review of research applications planned
...rs make their final funding decisions based on the assessments and recommendations that come out of the two-tiered review process. The pilot program was devised by CSR and a Trans-NIH Committee to Shorten the Review Cycle. This committee included representatives from the NIH Institutes/Centers and the Office of...Study of Latina women and children finds large variation in susceptibility to pesticides
... Lower enzyme activity means less protection. Risk assessments should consider exposures to these oxidized forms. We also need more field research to quantify the levels of these oxidized compounds in the environment." The ability of the PON1 enzyme to protect the body from the toxicity of pesticides is determin...Pesticides in the nation's streams and ground water
...es the data extensively in their exposure and risk assessments for regulating the use of pesticides. For example, EPA used USGS data in its risk assessments for the reevaluation of diazinon, chlorpyrifos, cyanazine and alachlor. Uses of three of these pest......ve herbivores' usual meal. Moreover, most previous assessments of this "natural enemies hypothesis," have focused on the effect that specialized insects have on plants. However, Parker notes that insects commonly reduce plant growth and biomass, but vertebrate herbivores are often larger and thus more commonly k...