Protecting children from industrial chemicals in the environment
... serious health consequences from new and existing industrial chemicals in the environment, argue a group of res... health journal PLoS Medicine . Women exposed to industrial chemicals in the environment pass them on to their children across the placenta or via breast milk, ...Study shows use of budesonide reduced the risk of asthma related events by 40% in children
...mal dander, exercise, cold air, many household and industrial products, air pollutants, scents or simple stress. It is a chronic inflammatory condition that usually leads to breathing problems known as "episodes" a series of events that result in narrowed airways which is responsible for the difficulty in br...Use of inhaled corticosteroid led to fewer hospitalizations for young children with asthma
...mal dander, exercise, cold air, many household and industrial products, air pollutants, scents or simple stress. 4 About AstraZeneca AstraZeneca is a major international healthcare business engaged in the research, development, manufacture and marketing of prescription pharmaceuticals and the supply of healt...Countywide forecasts of water use available for Illinois, Midwest
...tric, public supplies,self-supplied commercial and industrial usage, irrigation, mining and livestock. Water use is expected to grow faster than the state's population, which is projected to increase by 1.5 million over the next 20 years," Dziegielewski said. "Projected water use increases from 1,302 gallons pe...New highly active agents against sandfly fever
...e particular aim of perfecting their production at industrial scale. Furthermore, assessment of their antiretroviral activity (HTLV-1) is being continued in a joint scientific project set up between the scientists and a research laboratory of the FIOCRUZ (Fondation Oswaldo Cruz, Salvador)....PCBs, fungicide open brain cells to Parkinson's assault
...s become risk factors for disease. PCBs, used as industrial coolants and lubricants, were banned in 1977 but remain widespread in the environment due to their improper disposal. They linger in the food chain, particularly in wild and farmed salmon and other fish. PCBs accumulate in the body in fat and brain c...More efficient ways of managing patient flow may benefit Los Angeles County/USC hospital
...olph Hall, principal investigator and professor of industrial and systems engineering in USC's Viterbi School of...stigator Maged Dessouky, an associate professor of industrial and systems engineering, and David Belson, senior research associate and lecturer in the Epstein Dep...Scents and emotions linked by learning, Brown study shows
...on with consumers. "Using odor to improve mood has industrial applications," she said. "Scent could even be used in schools or hospitals to improve performance or speed recovery." Herz conducted the experiments with the assistance of Sophia Beland, a former research assistant at Brown, and Margaret Hellerstein,...International gathering at UH examines top computer code
...sure to medical diagnostic and therapeutic uses or industrial and research uses are situations where care has to be taken to understand the effects and minimize exposures with shielding where it is appropriate." FLUKA works by simulating a particular environment in great detail. For example, full-body CT sca...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for December 2004 (second issue)
... exposure to insecticides in both agricultural and industrial settings, as well as with occupational exposure to "moldy" and "musty" environments. The investigators studied 706 newly diagnosed sarcoidosis patients, together with an equal number of age-race-, and sex-matched control subjects. They were trying ...Increased suicide rate is possibly linked to chemicals released from nearby asphalt plants
... but reducing potentially toxic exposures from the industrial plants and safe cleanup of the solvent and petroleum contaminated area sites will be crucial. We do not know with scientific certainty that the area suicides are linked to hazardous chemical exposures, but we know enough to recommend that it is not w...Sleep loss boosts appetite, may encourage weight gain
...ughnuts in favor of a low-fat yoghurt. "Our modern industrial society seems to have forgotten the importance of sleep," Van Cauter said. "We are all under pressure to perform, in school, at work, in social and professional settings, and tempted by multiple diversions. There is a sense that you can pack in mor...Encryption, data hiding and watermarking: Subject of new book by NJIT expert
... always blended his theoretical research work with industrial applications. He was the vice president of research and development at the IDT Corporation, Newark, from 2000-2001. He was also the president and CEO of PixWave, Newark, a subsidiary of the IDT Corp., where he led the development of the first softwar...Rice engineers demo first T-ray endoscope
...ging as explosives detection, cancer screening and industrial and post-production quality control. The research appears in the Nov. 18 issue of the journal Nature. It presents the emerging terahertz sensing industry with a unique new technology for transporting terahertz waves from a source and directing them a...Hong Kong think tank calls for pollution standards
In one of the world's fastest growing industrial regions, a study finding that a class of pollutant... and placing emission controls on power plants and industrial smokestacks among other measures could lower the amount of fine particles and ozone precursors in th...Designing an ultrasensitive 'optical nose' for chemicals
... analysis for medical diagnosis or monitoring, and industrial detection of leaks in subterranean pipes or storage tanks, the company says. Vescent recently signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with NIST. The company will work with NIST physicist Jun Ye (co-developer of the technology) to appl...$2.8 million public-private partnership to examine how surroundings can encourage active lifestyles
...es buildings like houses, schools, and workplaces; industrial or residential land uses; public areas like parks and museums; zoning regulations and transportation systems. "We'd like to determine if simple changes in the built environment and in individual behavior can enhance physical activity and reduce obes...Global air pollution map produced by Envisat's SCIAMACHY
...c nitrogen dioxide are carried out in many western industrial countries, but ground-based data sources are generally thin on the ground. Space-based sensors are the only way to carry out effective global monitoring: the first satellite sensitivity to tropospheric nitrogen dioxide was demonstrated with the Glo...World's largest scientific society holds regional meeting Sept. 29 - Oct. 2 in Fort Worth
...the green chemistry movement, including innovative industrial processes, green manufacturing and related topics. There will also be a session on nanotechnology in bioscience and electronic materials. The following awards will be presented at the meeting: Patrick Cassidy of Texas State University in S...Lord Sainsbury praises the work of the UK's Innovative Manufacturing Research Centres
...ramework both emphasised the importance of raising industrial investment and involvement in research. This event aims to show how the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council is doing this through its Innovative Manufacturing Research Centres. Speaking at the event, Lord Sainsbury, Parliamentary Unde...