Engineers use computer simulation to design synthetic blood vessels
...ering at North Carolina State University, is using computer simulation to pioneer new, experimental methods of...atments. Kleinstreurer is an expert on the use of computer simulation to model fluid-particle dynamics. His research team includes Dr. Joseph P. Archie Jr., a ...Science, engineering and technology newstips
...ommunication networks is the object of research by computer scientist Biswanath Mukherjee and electronic engin...l traffic splits off. Mukherjee and Heritage use a computer modeling approach to work out how cross-connects should be positioned. "The question is, when shoul...Highest known catalytic rate for superoxide dismutation achieved
Researchers at MetaPhore Pharmaceuticals have used computer aided design techniques to achieve a hundred-fold increase in the catalytic activity of one of the companys synthetic manganese-based compounds previously shown to exert protective anti-inflammatory effects in animal models. The compounds, part of ...Ultrasonic microprobe may rapidly detect, identify cancer
...lliam OBrien Jr., a UI professor of electrical and computer engineering and the director of the Bioacoustics R... engineering professor David Payne, electrical and computer engineering professor Doug Jones, postdoctoral research associates Karen Topp, Pengi Han and Michael......t, physical education, classroom discussion, and a computer lab. They received caffeine-free breakfasts and lunches.At the end of each school day, students were tested on the material they had learned, were given computerized reaction-time tests, and also reported how sleepy they felt. To the surprise of the ......s. Ting-Chung Poon, professor of electrical and computer engineering and director of the Optical Image Proc... A. Lynn Abbott and Bin Yuan, of electrical and computer engineering, received patent 6,133,948 on Oct. 17 for an "Automatic identification of articles havin...Hands-on cancer biology workshop for journalists
...ands-on experience in the wet laboratories and the computer laboratories of the medical school. For example, journalists will be able to detect inhibitors to the COX-2 gene, which is an early-response gene induced by growth factors, cytokines, carcinogens, oncogenes and tumor promoters. Scientists suggest th......ch, each pathologist has a specially equipped home computer and monitor upgraded to display images at high resolution as well as high-end laptops. The system automatically pages the consulting pathologist in Pittsburgh when a new case is submitted. In Palermo, the pathologist's microscope contains a high-defi...AAPS announces short course on computer simulation
...well-rounded perspective of the issues surrounding computer simulation. Discussion topics include: modeling versus simulation and applications, random number generation, qualification of simulation models, development a simulation plan, and regulatory review of simulation results. This course is designed for ...Wolfgang Glasser receives ACS award for wood chemistry, bio-based composites research
...r industry, notably in the field of application of computer t echniques in the simulation of reactions with lignin. Through the extension and re finement of the techniques developed by the Glassers, much experimental work vital to the pulp andpaper industry can now be conducted more quickly and efficiently on...Risk of lung damage from ultrasound greater than once thought
...lliam OBrien Jr., a UI professor of electrical and computer engineering and the director of the Bioacoustics Research Laboratory at the universitys Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology. In experiments performed on mice, rats, rabbits and pigs, OBrien and colleagues at the UI found similar pat...PET scan results change patient management for sixty percent of breast cancer patients
...s signals that are picked up by the PET scanner. A computer reassembles the signals into images that display the distribution of metabolic activity as an anatomic image. Areas in which cancer is present will show up more brightly on the scan because the disease is more metabolically active than non-cancerous ...Americans leading healthier lives, reducing risk of death from heart disease, UCSF study finds
...nary Heart Disease (CHD) Policy Model, a validated computer simulation model of heart disease among the Americans between the ages of 35 and 84. Using this information, they estimated the blood pressure and cholesterol levels and the smoking characteristics of the US adult population during the period of 198...Virginia Tech students discoveries can help prevent water-borne diseases
...in the past. Scardina sent his graduate papers and computer models to Mendocino. "Paolos research has given us a good understanding of the sources of our problems," Schott notes. "Hes the only person Ive found in the United States who does work in the field of dissolved gases and their impact on treatment." ...HFES releases new multiperspective book on team activities
... factors practitioners, information technologists, computer scientists, psychologists, engineers, designers, s... of team coordination, team situational awareness, computer support for cooperative supervisory control, shared cognition, use of a knowledge elicitation approa...Contrast agents enhance optical coherence tomography
...aid Stephen Boppart, a professor of electrical and computer engineering and of bioengineering. No doubt there will be many instances where we will need to improve the contrast. In collaboration with UI chemistry professor Ken Suslick, Boppart and his students have developed microspheres that enhance the cont...Bangladesh flood and drought forecasting could bring farmers, cholera victims relief
...her and climate system forecasts are produced with computer modeling from probability statistics, each beginning with slightly different initial conditions, said Webster. Fifty-one short-term global forecasts are produced by the European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts every day for 10 days. Webst...Stanford study investigates treatment cost effectiveness after heart attack
...n death within the first year, Sanders said. A computer model next simulated the costs and outcomes that would have resulted from giving the patients ICDs, amiodarone or no special therapy. The costs considered were for implanting an ICD ($25,000), a month's prescription of amiodarone ($190), outpatient d...Researchers find better way to predict childhood brain tumor outcomes
...rn recognition algorithm that "trained" a powerful computer to learn the difference between patients who survived and those who didnt. "The bottom line is that there exists a gene expression signature of outcome in childhood medulloblastoma, and this signature is detectable at the time of diagnosis, before p......h has come up with an answer NavMedWatch. It is a computer network that will illuminate all the available medical resources in one visual map display. This tool will allow us to view what is going on across a region, react to current scenarios and conduct reactive planning to support current and future opera...