Tiny nanotube antennas may yield better signals in cell phones, televisions
... signals," says Kosko. "Once we figure out all the parameters that are needed to fine tune them, both physically and chemically, we hope to turn these tubes into powerful little antennas." If all goes well, the tubes could start appearing in consumer products within five to ten years, he predicts. The finding....... This enabled the researcher to ascertain how the parameters of this known model depend on the metabolic rate, feeding behaviour, and body size of the animals....The Endocrine Society responds to Institute of Medicine report on testosterone therapy for older men
...trials of testosterone therapy, including specific parameters that should be considered in study design and conduct. The Endocrine Society agrees with the panel's key conclusions and believes that it is critical that the medical community determine whether testosterone treatment results in clear benefits for ...Implanted stimulator for Parkinson's disease impairs cognitive function
...ey believes it might be possible to set stimulator parameters lower to provide motor benefit without affecting cognitive function. "It's important to note that although the motor benefits of stimulation are very dramatic, the changes in cognitive function tend to be much less obvious," she says. "Those subtle e...ACPM recommends reproductive health care benefits for adolescents
...escents with an unplanned pregnancy. SCHIP's broad parameters allow states considerable latitude to set eligibility standards and to design a package of benefits. ACPM's recommendations appear in the ACPM position statement, "The Scope of Reproductive Health Care Benefits for Adolescents under the State Childre...Monkeys consciously control a robot arm using only brain signals
...he neurons to basically control different types of parameters sequentially. For example, after using a group of neurons to move the robot to a certain point, these same cells would then produce the force output that the animals need to hold an object. None of us had ever encountered an ability like that." Also ...Stanford computer model shows bypass surgery more cost-effective than stents
...nce the model was shown to work, they could change parameters based on how much a new procedure costs, what complications it prevents and how it improves patient outcome. "The model allowed us to update the usefulness of the BARI trial for new technology and also to extend the data that we have for the trial, w...Actonel helped preserve bone quality at five years, new data show
....90 +/- 0.04 at three years). In contrast, these parameters did not significantly change in the patients treat...years of treatment, and again the two bone quality parameters of crystallinity and collagen cross-link ratio had not changed from baseline. The crystallinity mea...Successful prostate surgery: It's quality of surgery not quantity that matters most
...ely for the quality of a particular surgeon. A few parameters could determine quality. The parameters used were length of surgery, blood loss, postoperative continence, the pathological status of the re...Emory researchers find Paxil improves memory and brain structure in PTSD sufferers
...ssessed by MRI before and after treatment. Stress parameters and measures of declarative memory function were also evaluated. Patients in the study experienced significant improvement in verbal declarative memory functions and retention, a four percent increase in the right hippocampus, which affects visual/sp...UCR scientists to study effects of ethanol in automobile exhaust and emissions
...effects of ethanol content and gasoline volatility parameters on exhaust emissions from the newest vehicles that meet current and upcoming emissions standards. "This research is important especially now because ethanol is going to play an important role in the blending and supply of gasoline in California and...Innovative Canadian companies receive funding to improve air quality
...t commercial pressures, temperatures and operating parameters - real world applications that run on a 24/7 basis - makes a significant contribution to this program." The Alberta Research Council and University of Waterloo have developed specialized expertise in polymer membrane technology, and will lead the mem...Study: Transferred patients hurt big hospitals' rankings
...use for ICU data, and collects more than the basic parameters -- including patient transfer status," says Rosenberg, who directs research in critical care medicine for the U-M Department of Anesthesiology and treats patients in the U-M's Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit. He credits co-author Charles Watts, M...Laser measurements reveal biological basis of distance perception
...the known influence on distance estimation of such parameters as the distance away of two objects in a scene, of the distance of objects at eye-level, at various angles of declination, and of objects separated from the observer by intervening ground structures. "What we found so extraordinary is that the ration...Virtual mass spectrometry laboratory transforms learning experience
...enter, depending upon what experimental instrument parameters are used in an analysis. No additional software is required to run VMSL other than an Internet browser, a program to manipulate molecules in space (CHIME tutorial) and a program to run virtual lab movies (QuickTime, Microsoft Corp.). This user-friend...Preventive Medicine 2003 to feature research findings, plenary sessions on disease prevention
...pective study on the association between body size parameters and the risk of developing prostate cancer. An assessment of the attitudes, perceptions, and practices of house staff and nursing personnel regarding medical error reporting. A review of adverse events and deaths associated with laboratory error...Patient simulator will enhance training for medical emergencies in space
...support contractor, Wyle Laboratories. "About 200 parameters can be changed, so we can create any type of patient and then simulate medical events that could happen." As mission lengths grow, the possibilities for medical problems in space increase. To expand the training of crew medical officers, NASA taske...Bone microarchitecture can significantly deteriorate in one year
...deterioration in the placebo group for these three parameters at one year versus baseline: bone volume decrease...on versus baseline in any of the microarchitecture parameters analyzed. About Osteoporosis According to the International Osteoporosis Foundation, an estimate...Data reveals Lilly's PKC inhibitor improved symptomatic diabetic peripheral neuropathy
...hange in NTSS-6 scores and changes in neurological parameters that were assessed. Finally, Dr. Vera Bril and colleagues reported that patients with early diabetic peripheral neuropathy appear to constitute a patient population most amenable to treatment.[iv] They concluded that the ability to detect sural nerv......ll be selected throughout the year 2002 based upon parameters that will be posted on the ABC2 Web site, http://www.abc2.org . ABC2 was founded May 2001 by Dan and Steve Case and their families, along with leading scientists and entrepreneurs. In order to accelerate progress in what has been an underserved fiel...