Rutgers College of Nursing faculty member is funded to develop an interactive computer system
...n support system on hand-held, laptop, and desktop computers to determine which format is preferred by young urban women. Together we will develop an innovative approach to deliver culturally relevant HIV health promotion messages in a medium that has not previously been fully explored." Participants will be ...Get ready for next generation surround sound
...hnologies, such as mobile communications, wearable computers and personal entertainment systems, largely depend on ear phones of one sort or another for their reproduction of sound. Ear phones are perfect for creating a virtual sound field using the York-Sydney team's method. Realism is only one benefit; the a...Mayo Clinic researchers find PDAs okay with pacemakers
...rs to establish a wireless network connection with computers or other data devices throughout a building or multiple buildings that have the necessary data infrastructure in place. The wireless capabilities allow physicians and other health care professionals immediate access to a variety of information when e...New technique scans electrical 'brainscape'
...ousandth of a second. "It's almost like two computers exchanging information over a modem, and they get synchronized in the process," he said. "Our analysis revealed significant functional insights into sleep," said Nicolelis. "For example, we found that there are only a few physiologically possi...Computer program helps doctors diagnose lung cancer
...ting malignancies of the masses. Radiologists with computers are able to detect more cancers than radiologists ...can be offered clinically. Hadjiyski stresses that computers will never replace the radiologist entirely but that the technology is meant to complement the radio...Safer drug prescribing for seniors in nursing homes: Canada leads the way
...ywhere in the building using mobile and stationary computers (laptops and PCs). They can also place orders through the system from their outside offices or homes. As a result of this leading effort, Baycrest will be the site of a 'landmark study' (funded with a prestigious grant from the U.S. Department of ...Scientists detail latest advances in development of prosthetic devices for paralyzed
...gy controls the speed and direction of the "hand," computers calculated the details of the arm's movements--such as the joint angles and the forces needed to move the arm. Future work from the group will examine more complex tasks, requiring precise movements of the arm, hand, and fingers. "Eventually, we hope...College of Nursing professor develops videos for computers to reduce HIV sexual risk behavior
...lot study to develop video vignettes for hand-held computers to reduce HIV sexual risk behavior in young women living in urban areas. Jones, assistant professor at the College of Nursing at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, received a two-year $155,500 grant from the National Institute of Nursing Re...UGA professor receives $3 million grant from National Cancer Institute for breast cancer research
... for me to apply my hobbies of messing around with computers and video, and harnessing that into something that is helpful." Springston is also involved in a $196,000 program funded by the Georgia Cancer Coalition with Robert Galen of the UGA College of Pharmacy to create a "one-stop shop" for cancer informati...Annals of Internal Medicine, tip sheet, September 7, 2004
...tual colonoscopy, a new procedure using X-rays and computers to form three-dimensional images, missed between 10 percent to 14 percent of the polyps (Article, p. 352). The virtual colonoscopies also identified 'blind spots,' parts of the colon that optical colonoscopies can often miss. Because of the study des...New technology shows axons are extremely sensitive to directional cues
...o be made for it to function properly. But, unlike computers that come with a user and troubleshooting manual, nerve fibers called axons must follow molecular cues to find the right targets. Much work has been done to understand what molecules are involved in this process, called axonal guidance. However, ...Speech recognition experts at OGI School of Science & Engineering receive nearly $700,000 in grants
... doesn't get frustrated with the machine. Ideally, computers should be trained to work with and for people, not the other way around." The OGI School of Science & Engineering (formerly the Oregon Graduate Institute of Science & Technology) became one of four specialty schools of Oregon Health & Science Univers...Computer prescribing systems risk patient safety
...nal Patient Safety Agency, they conclude. Although computers can reduce medication error rates by as much as 60%, patients still die from the remaining errors, writes an expert in an accompanying commentary. But timely and relevant warnings will prevent disaster. Hospital systems already exist that link patien...Novel MRI technique provides clear images of blood flow
...ional "slices." These slices are then converted by computers into three-dimensional images. While MRI technology itself is 20 years old, only in the past few years has technology improved to the point where accurate images of moving tissues can be taken. It was while studying these images of the heart and surr...Computer-assisted cognitive rehabilitation improves substance-abuse treatment response
...tive rehabilitation exercises involving the use of computers stayed in treatment significantly longer than others and twice as many of them "graduated" from treatment. The research, reported in the Winter 2003 issue of The Journal of Cognitive Rehabilitation, was funded by grants totaling $1 million from the ...Video games, not TV, linked to obesity in kids
...ed to play video games moderately but read or used computers for non-game purposes either very little or a lot ... with lower BMIs, on the other hand, used print or computers for non-game purposes moderately, and video games either more or less than their heavier peers. Thei...Brief mail- and computer-generated interventions work best for problem drinking among young people
...that brief intervention methods relying on mail or computers are both appealing and effective among this hard-to-reach population. Findings were presented during a symposium given at the joint June 2002 Research Society on Alcoholism/International Society for Biomedical Research on Alcoholism meeting in San Fr...Computer resources help doctors answer patient care questions
... addition, after training, the physicians used the computers significantly more often. "Physicians generally u...ecause that's generally what we have available. If computers will save time, we need to shift physicians' behaviors from using paper to using computer-based reso...Tiny nanotube antennas may yield better signals in cell phones, televisions
...that are nanotube-based, including logic gates for computers and diodes for light displays. The study appears in the December issue of Nano Letters , a monthly peer-reviewed publication of the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society. "No one knows exactly how these little tubes work......nts randomized into the study group show up on the computers in the emergency departments. For all patients, medics have access only to the standard information provided by a one-lead ECG, and they are not informed of the patients' group assignment. Drew expects that it will take five years to enroll and deter...