Envisat Symposium report day 2: GMES turns science to services
... the stuff of science fiction. However, as Envisat symposium participants learned at a special session on Tuesday, the first elements of GMES are already a reality, and providing operational services to users worldwide. "Humanitarian workers operating in strife-torn Darfur or flooded Bangladesh are guided by s...Taking apart a hurricane: Multi-sensor Envisat sees through Frances
...s from 50 countries are about to meet at a special symposium in Salzburg in Austria to review and discuss early results from the satellites, and present their own research activities based on Envisat data. Starting on Monday, the Envisat Symposium will address almost all fields of Earth science, including atm...Envisat witnesses return of the South Polar ozone hole
...s from 50 countries are about to meet at a special symposium in Salzburg in Austria to review and discuss early results from the satellites, and present their own research activities based on Envisat data. Starting next Monday, the Envisat Symposium will address almost all fields of Earth science, including a...Health benefits of citrus topic at American Chemical Society meeting in Philadelphia
...r pills" among research highlighted during two-day symposium on health benefits of citrus, Aug. 24-25 PHILADEL...cut drug costs will be presented during a two-day symposium at the 228 th national meeting of the American Chemical Society, the worlds largest scientific soci...3D neutron-based medical imaging, 4D lung scans, and hitting a moving tumor
... organ's structure and function; and a far-ranging symposium on the ultimate frontiers of medical imaging and t...ook at future trends in medical physics. The 1982 symposium included a presentation by Paul Lauterbur, who went on to share last year's Nobel Prize for magnetic...College students mandated to take alcohol interventions: what works
...s they receive. Four presentations given during a symposium at the June 2003 Research Society on Alcoholism meeting in Fort Lauderdale, Florida reviewed what is known about these high-risk students as well as the effectiveness of intervention approaches used with them. "A few studies have shown t...UT Southwestern's Dr. Charles Pak receives international award for kidney-stone research
...fetime Contributions in Stone Disease Award at its symposium in Hong Kong. The prestigious award, bestowed every four years, honors the top international researcher in kidney-stone disease, as chosen by his or her peers. Dr. Pak, who came to UT Southwestern in 1972, has been at the forefront of research and de...New global trials help to make FOSRENOL(R) the most extensively studied modern phosphate binder
..."The data we have seen today at the ERA-EDTA Shire symposium represent a comprehensive package of safety and efficacy data for this new phosphate binder", commented Professor Jorge Cannata-Andia, who chaired the symposium. "Taken together, these data demonstrate that FOSRENOL lowers phosphate levels effectivel...Emory conference to educate health professionals about 'metabolic syndrome'
...ome. The emerging health problem is the focus of a symposium for health professionals on Friday, May 21, hosted...le interested in attending one or both days of the symposium should contact the Emory Continuing Medical Education (CME) office at 404-727-5695 (toll-free 888-72...HIV, West Nile virus, SARS infections and thoracic transplantation
... lung transplant patients, is the focus of a joint symposium at the International Society for Heart and Lung Tr...ty of Transplantation (AST), is sponsoring a joint symposium for the first time. Research and commentary is being presented and discussed by experts from around ...Hormonal response to stress alters immune system function and alters mental and physical disease
... Dr. Bruce S. Rabin, University of Pittsburgh, the symposium is part of the scientific sessions of The American Association of Immunologists, one of the six sponsoring societies of Experimental Biology 2004. How does stress create damage? Dr. William B. Malarkey, Ohio State University, describes how the perc...Preventing another Columbine: Youth violence prevention conference
...unity for true interdisciplinary dialogue." The symposium will be of interest to researchers and practitioners with a variety of interests and backgrounds, including neuroscientists, pediatricians, psychiatrists, psychologists, healthcare specialists, counselors, educators, and others with an interest in in...Herbal supplements' testing topic of discussion at chemistry meeting March 30
...e common cold to cancer will highlight a three-day symposium at the 227 th national meeting of the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society. The symposium, "Challenges in Herb Research Chemical Analysis and Quality," begins at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 30, at the Hilton Anaheim, Pa...Acrylamide in food: Unraveling exposure and risk
...dress these questions and more, during a three-day symposium "Chemistry and Safety of Acrylamide in Food." A newsbriefing on acrylamide in food is scheduled for Monday, March 29th, at noon. Among the highlights: Monday, March 29 Rating cancer risk: Lorelei Mucci, ScD, of Harvard University's School of P...Doolittle Award honors UH professor for outstanding research in polymers
...said. Advincula also is organizing a special symposium on "Nanostructured Materials Based on Polyelectrol...m. (P.S.T.), Sunday, March 28. This international symposium brings together scientists from a variety of research fields and research groups involved in investi...Making the case for a dental caries vaccine
...ere with the processes causing dental caries. In a symposium during the 82nd General Session of the International Association for Dental Research, five scientists will make a case for the scientific and moral imperative of a vaccine to prevent caries in disadvantaged populations, in the United States and other...Center for Health Law and Policy presents symposium on developing innovative therapies
...nd The New York Academy of Medicine will co-host a symposium exploring the necessity and dangers inherent in "D...tives--medical, legal, ethical and economic. The symposium will provide opportunities for a dynamic dialogue among some of the most knowledgeable experts in th......s University School of Nursing will host a special symposium highlighting the leadership role of nurses in addressing the health care and health policies needed to support the aging population. "Who Will Care for Us?" will focus on the profile of aging in America, trends and policies in an aging society and th...Brief mail- and computer-generated interventions work best for problem drinking among young people
...reach population. Findings were presented during a symposium given at the joint June 2002 Research Society on A...go in New Zealand and corresponding author for the symposium proceedings. "In contrast with brief-intervention research in older populations, which has been goi...Promising new treatment options for people with co-existing alcohol-use and psychiatric disorders
...iated with addictions," said Charlene E. Le Fauve, symposium organizer and health scientist administrator at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. "Because of this separation, when a person with comorbid disorders enters one type of care, they are inadequately treated for the other condition...