Study on toxic exposures in urban environments
...imarily exposed to a single type of steel that was ground into a fine dust. This was evident since both Fe and Cr concentrations had a strong tendency to follow Mn concentrations and the personal ratios of these metals, that is the Fe to Mn and Cr to Mn ratios were significantly different from the ratios n...Landslide warnings from satellites may save lives
...two thousand million Euro per year." Very gradual ground shifts are known to precede more major landslides....-scale Landslide Displacement Monitoring measuring ground deformation over particular sites of interest, and Landslide Susceptibility Mapping which merges the...Sounds of New York, evidence for a preferred ear, ultrasound for the eye
...ismic waves, which gently shake small areas of the ground and then use lasers or radar beams to detect the distinct vibrations of ground containing buried landmines. Many leading developers of these systems will report their latest prog...American Academy of Neurology awards 2004 Potamkin Prize to two scientists
..."Both Dr. Thal and Dr. Nitsch broke new scientific ground with their respective research into finding effective therapies to treat, and even prevent, Alzheimer's disease," said Roger R. Rosenberg, MD, member of the Potamkin Prize Committee and past President of the AAN. "Their work is proof that the fight a...Study finds lean beef can be part of healthy diet for teens
...e cuts of beef are going to be leaner than certain ground turkey and poultry products," Snetselaar said. "So often people think red meat should be limited, especially when dieting. What they should remember is that making good choices about lean cuts of red meat can actually be very good for one's diet." ...Malaria: Plasmodium togetherness a strategy for breeding success
...keep this form until they reach the ideal breeding ground the mosquito's stomach provides. Conditions there ...od of their meeting inside the propitious breeding ground the fly's stomach provides. The gametocytes differentiate into gametes that possess no particular me...Researchers examine oleic acid in atmosphere
...acts with ozone, which is a dangerous pollutant at ground level. Oleic acid and ozone react to form more fatty acids and free radicals in the air, which in high enough concentrations can cause health problems, Gopalakrishnan said. With their future work they hope to be able to quantify the...Envisat's rainbow vision detects ground moving at pace fingernails grow
...tonics at Oxford University. "To detect the fine ground deformation we are interested in, we require repea...InSAR can also be used to analyse much more abrupt ground motion: researchers have recently been employing Envisat data to chart ground deformation associated...Taking apart a hurricane: Multi-sensor Envisat sees through Frances
...heastern Tropical Advanced Remote Sensing (CSTARS) ground station has an agreement to acquire ASAR and MERIS data direct from Envisat, with ERS-2 wind scatterometer data set to follow in the near future. Their access to Envisat data has come just as the second hurricane in less than a month is heading towar...Envisat Symposium day one: Steady symphony of Europe's largest satellite
...working almost perfectly since the start, with its ground segment data distribution capabilities increasing ...ifference uses of InSAR, including measurements of ground subsidence in Pisa, ground deformation around the Mount Etna volcano, and landslides on one road int...ESA gives green light to funding for GMES
...ratory activities comprising architecture studies, ground segment design and initial definition studies for the five "sentinels" which will be the backbone of the future European Earth Observation System to monitor the environment. These activities will pave the way to the decision to be taken at the next E...Coast-mapping satellites will follow the tides
...veying, not replace it. The need for people on the ground is always there, because it is very difficult to interpret imagery without a ground presence." The 1 million COASTCHART project is being managed for ESA by LogicaCMG UK, and takes pla...Study lays down genetic basis for sinus disease and nasal polyps
...using mucous to build up, thus creating a breeding ground for infections. Figuring out how these effects were related to the body's immune response was the objective of this study, one of the first studies to evaluate the genetic details of these two illnesses. As a first step, the researchers conducted ...Cancer patients in Europe unite with doctors
...they face. "The Patient Seminar is breaking new ground by genuinely involving patients," said Lynn Faulds Wood, Chairperson of the European Cancer Patient Coalition (ECPC), a colorectal cancer survivor. "Many times patient involvement is only spoken about rather than acted upon, but ESMO is doing som...Anxiety good for memory recall, bad for solving complex problems
...hort phrase. For example, students were given way, ground and weather, for which the answer was "fair," to create fairway, fairground and fair-weather. For the second problem-solving test, students were to fill in the only blank spot on a grid that had a series of shapes and symbols. They were given a list ...Six new Roybal Centers for Applied Gerontology established by National Institute on Aging
...on will develop a unique senior community from the ground up, one in which the activities within this community can be studied unobtrusively to examine the well-being of older people as they age....Monitoring life, one breath at a time
...man breath. This sensing technology will break new ground in the development of medical devices that take advantage of the unique qualities of nanotechnology - small size, low power and high sensitivity." -- Alexander Star, Manager, Applications Development, Nanomix, Inc. "We are using two-layer nanodevice ...Research with red tide toxin yields potential therapies for cystic fibrosis
...ick, sticky mucus that provides a perfect breeding ground for bacterial growth. Cystic fibrosis patients are susceptible to more strains of bacteria than others, and have a much harder time fighting these infections. Symptoms of cystic fibrosis include frequent wheezing, chronic cough, and pneumonia. While...Millions who suffer from nut and milk allergies could benefit from Stanford researcher's test
...ic dogs tolerated eating much larger quantities of ground peanut after vaccination. As a group, they went from tolerating, on average, about one peanut to tolerating more than 37 peanuts. In fact, three of the four vaccinated dogs could eat a handful of peanuts - the maximum amount they were offered (about ...... Swedish counties into six classes on the basis of ground coverage of cesium 137. Most of the parishes in the seven counties, 333 out of 450, were impacted by the fallout. One class comprising 117 parishes received no fallout, and the individuals in these parishes were used as a control group. Those people ...