Study of energy and health in Africa focuses spotlight on charcoal and forest management
...of household energy," said Robert Bailis, graduate student at the Energy and Resources Group at UC Berkeley and lead author of the paper. But whichever path Africa takes, he added, "we are saying there are multiple consequences, including preventable deaths and pollution emissions. Decisions made now or in t...Charcoal and forest management could reduce greenhouse gas levels & save lives in Africa
...al production techniques. Robert Bailis, graduate student at the Energy and Resources Group at UC Berkeley and the lead author of the paper said, "If the rapid urbanization continues and all signs indicate that it will then the trend is going to be toward greater charcoal use in Africa. It's the most affo...Bullying among sixth graders a daily occurrence, UCLA study finds
...Juvonen and UCLA developmental psychology graduate student Melissa Witkow report that that middle school stud...edominantly minority and low?income students. Each student provides confidential reports and their teachers rate students' behavior. This long-term study is fu...RIT takes eye-tracking research to next level
...er study, conducted with a team including graduate student Justin Laird and faculty members Mitch Rosen and Ethan Montag, is funded by the Sharp Research Laboratory of America. In this case, Pelz's team is exploring how people view rapid motion on the new class of large displays. Knowing how fast an object ...Employment prospects good for most cancer survivors -- but not all
...rch, and Dr. Kaan Tunceli, Short's former doctoral student who is now at the Center for Health Services Research, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, Michigan. In the study, 1433 men and women, ages 25 to 62 who were working at the time of their cancer diagnosis, were interviewed about their employment and ...College alcohol problems exceed previous estimates
...ng and more than 600,000 were assaulted by another student who had been drinking," said Dr. Hingson. "We mus...e testing for alcohol and determination of college student status of all persons who die from falls, drownings, poisoning, homicide, suicide, and any other kin...Epidemiologist Trichopoulos receives $5.8 million Department of Defense 'Innovator Award'
... are engaged in teaching and training the 900-plus student body in a broad spectrum of disciplines crucial to the health and well being of individuals and populations around the world. Programs and projects range from the molecular biology of AIDS vaccines to the epidemiology of cancer; from risk analysis to...Yale authors raise concerns regarding regionalized heart attack care
...the study's first author and a second-year medical student at the Yale School of Medicine, is also concerned about the feasibility of regionalization. "Proponents often compare regionalization of acute coronary syndrome care to trauma, because trauma care is regionalized," Rathore said. "That's an unfair com...Protecting human subjects focus of national FDA conference at UH
...sions will begin at 8 a.m. each day that represent student work in the area. Montoya, the conference moderator and coordinator, will introduce Jay Gogue, chancellor of the UH System and president of UH, who will officially open the conference at 9 a.m., April 21. To kick off day one, OHRP Director Bernard...Benign separation process being advanced for pharmaceutical industry
...de." Jun (Sally) Zheng of Wuhan, China, a graduate student in chemistry at Virginia Tech, Taylor, and J. David Pinkston of Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals Health Care Research Center in Mason, Ohio, will present the poster, "Supercritical fluid chromatography of ionic analytes (MEDI 569)," from 6 to 8 p.m. ...Epstein-Barr virus protein crucial to its role in blood cancers
...ogy, with Penn's Abramson Cancer Center and MD/PhD student Jason Knight, published their results in the early March issue of Molecular and Cellular Biology. Using human cell cultures infected with the Epstein-Barr virus, the investigators found that a specific viral protein targets a molecule that normally ...Rhesus monkeys reason about perspectives of others in obtaining food
...tes of others," said Jonathan Flombaum, a graduate student in Yale's Department of Psychology and the first author of the study. "Seeing is the most elementary piece of this. The simplest mental state is perception, what you see." The experiments were conducted with semi-free-ranging rhesus monkeys on the is...Binge drinking can impair both mood and cognitive performance
...aid Crews. "The recent increase in female college student drinking could increase the incidence of females seeking treatment for alcohol dependence over the next decade or two." Crews added that these findings also provide important biological data on how binge drinking may be associated with the psychologi...Chemicals in tattoo inks need closer scrutiny
...ays Haley Finley-Jones, an undergraduate chemistry student and lead author of the study. "With the growing popularity of tattoos among young people, it is vital that we develop a better understanding of this form of self expression." The new research a joint effort between Finley-Jones and Leslie Wagner as ...Teen athletes continue tobacco use, despite severe consequences
...andTobacco use among junior and senior high school student athletes, especially boys, continues to be a serio...rivate schools, and a random sample of every fifth student (over 700 results), on tobacco use, specifically, demographics, the students' participation in sport...Awards & fellowships at the International & American Association for Dental Research General Session
... generously funded by the GC Corporation, allows a student to conduct research in another country or otherwise outside their home institution. Dr. Daronch will spend six months at the Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, on a research project entitled "Biological Effects of Near-UV Radiation from Dental Curi...Dartmouth researchers find where musical memories are stored in the brain
...tton," says first author David Kraemer, a graduate student in Dartmouth's Psychological and Brain Sciences Department. "We found that people couldn't help continuing the song in their heads, and when they did this, the auditory cortex remained active even though the music had stopped." The researchers say th...Student identifies electrical changes preceding heart failure
A Johns Hopkins undergraduate student has contributed to new research showing that elect...d that I did," Tomaselli said. "Sam is the type of student who has the attributes to become a leader in biomedical research." Hahn's work was supported through...College students at no greater risk of alcohol-related problems than peers
... estimated that alcohol is involved in about 1,400 student deaths, 500,000 injuries, 600,000 assaults, and 70,000 sexual assaults each year on college campuses. Other studies have generally found that, compared to their same-age peers, college students are more likely to take part in heavy and/or binge drink......of Chicago. Her co-authors are J. R. Yee, graduate student in human development, and Dr. Martha McClintock, professor of psychology, both at the University of Chicago. The rats used in the study spontaneously develop breast or pituitary tumors near the end of their lives. In the study, 93 percent of the rats...