NYU Child Study Center launches children's mental health public education campaign
...ir children. The campaign, which consists of five color ads, was designed pro bono by BBDO New York. Display space on telephone kiosks around New York City was donated by Van Wagner Communications. The ads will also appear in The New York Observer, New York Magazine and Education Update. "We are extreme...Out of sight, out of mind? Not necessarily
... accuracy for both the directional orientation and color tasks was significantly above chance," said Tony Ro, associate professor of psychology and principal investigator for the study. "Even though the human primary visual cortex activity was temporarily shut down, it's clear that detailed visual informa...Monkey math machinery is like humans'
... is nevertheless semantic in that the red and blue color cues carry meaning for the monkeys," said Cantlon. Brannon said the new findings represent further evidence of the fundamental similarity in numerical thinking in human and non-human primates. Said Brannon "This is another piece of the puzzle showing...Measurement and standards issues in telemedicine
...ate transmittal and rendering of images--including color fidelity and preservation of detail--are issues in fields as diverse as radiology, dermatology, neurology and even psychology. The Dec. 7 workshop on Imaging Metrology for Telemedicine at The Natcher Center (National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, M...Brain activity related to processing faces is similar in people with, without autism
...in black and white, fMRI offers digitally enhanced color images of brain function, depicting localized changes in blood flow and oxygenation. When particular regions of the brain increase their neural activity in association with various actions or thought processes, they emit enhanced blood oxygen level ...Toddlers with sleep apnea suffer more respiratory problems while sleeping on their backs
...uring sleep, including snoring, cyanosis (a bluish color of the skin and mucous membranes), and poor sleep quality. Daytime symptoms can include mouth breathing, behavior problems, hyperactivity and excessive daytime sleepiness. Kevin D. Pereira, M.D., professor of otolaryngology at the UT Medical School ...Body position affects sleep apnea among young children
...uring sleep, including snoring, cyanosis (a bluish color of the skin and mucous membranes), and poor quality of sleep. Symptoms during the day can include mouth breathing, behavior problems, hyperactivity, and excessive daytime sleepiness. While research among adults has shown a significant decrease in O...Mental stress may be another culprit in raising cholesterol levels in healthy adults
...lor-word task involved flashing a series of target color words in incongruous colors on a computer screen (ex. Yellow letters spelling the color blue). At the bottom of the computer screen, four names of colors were displayed in incorrect colors...Dentists report on new computerized tomography systems
...ssues and most soft tissues components, except the color texture of the skin's surface, enabling orthodontists to detect higher incidences of oral abnormalities such as oral cysts and buried teeth. The improved images allow for better airway analyses and management of conditions related to sleep apnea and...Women who undergo reconstructive breast implantation frequently develop short-term complications
...e using autologous tissue, and it can preserve the color of the skin of the breast and possibly some of its sensitivity. Trine F. Henrikson, M.D., of the Danish Registry for Plastic Surgery of the Breast (DPB), Copenhagen, Denmark, and colleagues analyzed data from 574 women in the registry who underwent ...Leading hepatology textbook edited by SLU researchers
...comes with a bonus CD-ROM that contains all of the color illustrations from the book, which can be downloaded into PowerPoint for presentations. Sections of the book include normal structure and function, evaluation, signs and symptoms, treatment techniques, diseases and disorders, considerations in speci...Study finds nerve damage in previously mysterious chronic pain syndrome
...ymptoms swelling, excess sweating, change in skin color and temperature after what may be a fairly minor ...ve endings transmit pain messages and control skin color and temperature and because damage to those fibers is associated with other painful disorders, the M......lves adding a fluorescent marker that lights up in color when activated by the right protein and sorting through the cells for those containing the marked proteins and their coding genes. Automated devices for sorting cells can handle many thousands of droplets per second. "Searches that now take a year to...Children in the South face higher health risks
...r the desk or put on hold because the maps show in color the disparities that children in the Deep South face every day."...Portable cocaine sensor developed at UC Santa Barbara
... cocaine manufacturers add a chemical to block the color change. "Our sensor can detect cocaine no matter what they have cut it with: powdered sugar, flour, or the coffee that is sometimes used to mask the smell from dogs." At this point the new sensor detects cocaine in the blood or saliva to a degree of ...Vol. 42, No. 5 JRRD tipsheet: Focus on spinal cord injury and prosthetics
...655 This study identified and resolved problems in color analysis of silicone prostheses. The current prost...cycle has the following drawbacks: subjectivity in color choice, high production costs, and long time frames for patient tests and prosthesis production. Inv...New 'litmus test' could aid discovery of anti-cancer drugs
EVANSTON, Ill. --- Using the unusual color properties of gold at the nanoscale, scientists at... the strength of the bond is indicated by a simple color change. In a paper reported online today (March 28) by the Journal of the American Chemical Societ...Pigment is focus of macular degeneration research
...fovea, the point of highest vision acuity and best color vision, to better understand what a healthy, norma... blue light the same light that gives the sky its color seems to be a major cause of oxidation and cell death. "So you are kind of rusting as you get old,"...Lizard 'third eye' sheds light on evolution of color vision
...plex animals like humans. Although the blue-green color comparison method used by the parietal eye is not ...does reveal one potential step in the evolution of color vision, the Hopkins researchers say. Human light-reception cells responsible for color vision are ca...Individuals with a family history of alcoholism: Will they too become alcoholics?
...ained Lovallo. "Participants first read a list of color words printed in ink that doesn't match the word. Next they recite just the color of the inks, which is much, much harder. The gambling task involves four decks of cards, each conta...