Abalones along Pacific coast may owe their huge, dinner-plate size to sea otters
...easingly are attacking humans. "We make management decisions all the time without an evolutionary perspective on how the system assembled over time," Lindberg said. "An evolutionary perspective is critical for understanding ecological context."...Ranks of 'environmental refugees' swell, calls grow for better definition, recognition, support
...lowing the Mississippi Delta flood of 1927. Their decisions in many instances reflected a combination of pressures. Other questions include determining the permanence of environment-related dislocation the difference between 'refugees' and evacuees. "There is then the question of people forced to move involu...Life support services threatened, 700 experts urge more prominence of biodiversity on world agenda
...d the wider public." They said economic and policy decisions need to recognize biodiversity impacts and requested help for developing countries to undertake research and biodiversity protection initiatives. Presentations ranged on issue areas from biology to economics and international law, with emphasis on th...Two genetic traits giving Africans malaria protection lose effectiveness when they occur together
...illiams said the finding does not affect treatment decisions but is valuable to researchers as a stark example of the genetic interactions that can occur in malaria. He said the research also demonstrates why certain critical issues related to malaria cannot be resolved unless there are scientists equipped wi...Speedier NIH review of research applications planned
...tute and Center Directors 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/...Penn researchers provide recommendations for artificial nutrition and hydration
...ors, the five ethical principles that should guide decisions about ANH are: Decisions about the use of ANH should be made in the same way that decisions about other medical treatment are made. The same ethical reasoning applies whether withholding or ...Overfishing may drive endangered seabird to rely upon lower quality food
...e ecosystem, the researchers said. "Traditionally, decisions on how much to harvest were made by calculating the impact of fishing on a single species, or by determining how much can be fished in order for the population to rebound in subsequent years," said Becker. "Now, more people are taking an ecosystem ap...Genes in Uniform: Don't Test, Don't Tell
...t submit to genetic tests that can be used to make decisions about eligibility for service. Genetic information also can be used to determine eligibility for benefits in the event of a service member's medical discharge benefits may be denied if the cause of the illness is determined to be of genetic origin....Newer football helmet design may reduce incidence of concussions in high school players
...onitor injury effects and recovery and assist with decisions regarding return-to-play. ImPACT is the most widely used computerized neurocognitive test battery that evaluates cognitive functions such as memory, information processing speed and reaction time, as well as symptom levels, all of which can be affect...New software tool helps protect nation's drinking water
...eed timely and accurate information to guide their decisions on deploying first responders to best protect the public," said Douglas Ryan, manager of the Pacific Northwest Research Station's Aquatic and Land Interactions Program. "This information often can be drawn from sources that already exist, but they ar...Studies examine associations between provider characteristics and mortality rates in ovarian cancer
...nts may take such factors into account when making decisions about where and from whom to seek medical care. Ovarian cancer ranks fourth in cancer death in U.S. women and was expected to have claimed more than 16,000 lives in 2004. It is typically a disease of women in their sixth or seventh decade. To examin...The Gambia is first country to establish citizen forum for achieving 2010 biodiversity target
...of biodiversity by 2010. Dr. Djoghlaf stated, "The decisions announced by the President of The Gambia are major contributions for the preparation of the next global gathering on biodiversity to be held in Curitiba, Brazil, in March 2006. I am confident that these actions will inspire and guide the more than 1...Georgia Tech accelerates drug discovery with new IBM supercomputing cluster
...d system resources they need to make more accurate decisions in research and raise the profile of the Institute among the nation's most elite research facilities." "Only the most technologically savvy universities are able to compete in the field of drug discovery and bioinformatics," said Mike Cassidy, presid...Early California: A killing field
...rs an assumption "that is ultimately used to make decisions about how to manage and conserve threatened or endangered species," says Broughton, an associate professor of anthropology. "Since European discovery, California has been viewed by scholars and scientists, as well as the general public as a kind of...Other highlights in the February 15 JNCI
...rmation does not help doctors make better clinical decisions about the type of therapy a patient should receive...ression profiling might help doctors make clinical decisions more accurately than histologic grade. The researchers identified a 97-gene expression score associa...AAAS honors scientist's commitment to justice for workers and scientific integrity in public policy
... Budget more oversight and control over regulatory decisions based on scientific or technical data. He, along with others, objected to the initial proposal on the grounds that it could harm scientific research. Another aspect of scientific integrity to which Dr. Michaels has directed his energies is what he te...Disturbing former farmlands can rouse old pesticides, says Dartmouth research
...metals since they were applied, we can make better decisions about how to use our land." Renshaw and his colleagues studied two New Hampshire apple orchards where the pesticide lead arsenate was once used, and they compared the data to a nearby uncontaminated field. Their research was published in the January-...Apple trees resistant to fire blight and apple scab
...spread to other trees such as the pear. One of the decisions taken was to set up a research project, in which the Universities of Gerona, Valencia and Pamplona took part, in order to determine the class of apple trees that offered resistance or had low sensitivity to this pathogen. Some years later the study o...International policy workshop on nitrogen in Paris March 8 10, 2006
...rity area for action. Their involvement grew with decisions such as the report adopted by the UNEP Governing Council, meeting in Korea in 2004, that the issue demands more public attention and policy intervention. The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, a separate and distinct initiative (although many of the p...When seeing is misleading: Clutter leads to high-confidence errors
...at while their study focused on "simple perceptual decisions about a single stimulus attribute," the same type of processes may also apply to complex cognitive tasks involving problem solving and memory. If people find themselves confronted with multiple events in a chaotic, confusing environment, they may dec...