Rice study identifies sources of Houston smog particulates
...study is part of ongoing national effort to better characterize and understand the sources of fine particles in the atmosphere. Compared to gas pollutants like carbon dioxide and ozone, relatively little research has been conducted in the area of airborne particulates. Air quality researchers want to know more be...Northwestern on trail of gene mutations that trigger sex reversal
...t cause developmental and fertility defects and to characterize the mutations responsible for these defects. The r...om, chemically induced mutations for sex reversal, characterize the mutations in detail and, it is hoped, find the responsible genes. This will involve comparing ph...Genetics of familial atrial fibrillation revealed, Science researchers report
...tic mutation causing the irregular heartbeats that characterize atrial fibrillation (AF). Nearly one out of every 20 individuals over age 65 suffer from this cardiac arrhythmia, which is increasing in prevalence as the population ages. When left unchecked, AF can lead to heart muscle dysfunction, embolism, ventri...Satellite images predict hantaviral transmission risk
...and mesquite. Dr. Glass said, Future studies could characterize the ecological dynamics of local environmental conditions and monitor SNV transmission in deer mouse populations and then compare theses sites with lower-risk locations. This approach will help identify the environmental determinants of SNV persisten......rous studies have examined the intense traits that characterize Type A personality and their potential effects on health. But results have been inconsistent, leading some researchers to explore whether different components of Type A have different health risks. "The TUI component of Type A is characterized by a...OHSU researcher presents findings on appetite-reducing hormone at neuroscience meeting
...d to PYY and other substances. "We're pleased to characterize another endogenous pathway that has the ability to impact food intake," said Cone, a senior scientist at the OHSU Vollum Institute. "However, scientists still have a long way to go before the development of a drug that can help fight severe obesity."...Evidence supports two types of heart failure
...olic group in the domains that doctors have agreed characterize typical heart failure," said Kitzman. "We believe ...is research is critically important for helping us characterize a condition that is common among older people," says Andre Premen, Ph.D., of NIA's Geriatrics and Cl...Innovative process reduces energy consumption and improves product quality in the food industry
...st standards of food safety and quality that truly characterize the vision of the Agricultural Policy Framework," said Lyle Vanclief, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food. "By combining research, innovation and environmental sustainability, we are recognizing the high expectations of today's consumers."...Dartmouth researcher Michael B. Sporn, M.D. honored for pioneering work in cancer prevention
...lso coined). His laboratory also was the first to characterize transforming growth factor-beta (TGFbeta), demonstrate its role in controlling cell growth, and show loss of its function in certain tumor cells. Sporn has recently begun to study certain triterpenoids - structures occurring in hundreds of plants all...Short-term pain can mean long-term gain for osteoarthritis patients
...sers." Additional research, he notes, is needed to characterize the post-exercise pain response of such individuals. The study was conducted at Wake Forest University, where funding came from the Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center and the General Clinical Research Center of Wake Forest Universi...Some sports linked to unhealthy eating behaviors in girls
...he American Journal of Health Promotion. To better characterize the young women at greatest risk, Sherwood and her colleagues analyzed selected data from a 1995-1996 survey of adolescent health in Connecticut. The sub-sample included 5,174 female public school students in the seventh, ninth, and 11th grades. Lik...Drug resistance may prove more pervasive in African HIV
...om South African patients. This will allow them to characterize different mutations that occur in HIV proteases and then make recombinant forms to test further against inhibitory drugs....Alignment key to knee surgery success
...ts medicine fellow. The Duke researchers sought to characterize the effects of malalignment on the knee joints of patients who had suffered damage to the cartilage within the knee. Specifically, they analyzed the pressures within the knee joint over the cartilage after the creation of a defect in the cartilage an...Award will boost HIV/AIDS research in China
...a and research infrastructure needed to accurately characterize the epidemic are lacking. CIPRA tackles this problem by providing long-term support, including training, tailored to the specific needs of the recipient country. It is hoped that the research conducted under the auspices of CIPRA will form the foun...Data reveals Lilly's PKC inhibitor improved symptomatic diabetic peripheral neuropathy
...concluded that the NTSS-6 is a valid instrument to characterize and follow changes in neuropathic symptoms, which reflect alterations in the underlying pathophysiology of diabetic peripheral neuropathy.[iii] To reach this conclusion, they conducted a number of tests to assess the reliability and construct validi...Test identifies patients at risk for severe organ rejection, say Univ. of Pittsburgh researchers
... (HLA), molecules on the surface of all cells that characterize each person as unique and enable the immune system to recognize both self and foreign antigens. If the patients antibodies bind with any of the antigens, then the test is considered positive. ELISA can make further distinctions to identify between th...Ultrasound senses 'feel' of breast lesions
...conventional palpation technique physicians use to characterize breast lesions with their fingers. But ARFI "is a...rch professor of biomedical engineering who helped characterize the mechanical properties of target tissues; and Gregg Trahey, the James L. and Elizabeth M. Vincent...Scientific society offers development sessions for industrial members
...l chemistry: using interdisciplinary techniques to characterize ancient beverages Tuesday, April 9, 11:00 a.m. This presentation will discuss archeological chemistry (also known as molecular chemistry) techniques that have led to the ground-breaking chemical confirmation of early instances of Royal Purple dye (ca...Physical activity is key to maintaining normal weight after weight loss
...ease in overweight and obesity, which together now characterize 55% of the American population. In an article published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Weinsier et al. compared the total free-living energy expenditures of normal weight women who had either maintained or gained weight over the year ...College freshmen more politically liberal than in the past, UCLA survey reveals
...dents entering four-year colleges and universities characterize their political views as liberal or far left, the highest percentage in two decades, and substantially higher than the 20.7 percent who consider themselves conservative or far right. The overall percentage of todays liberal freshmen increased from 27...