Daniel Zheng wins SIAM's first prize at INTEL-ISEF
...able to assume several key roles on the Math Team: introducing younger students to ideas they have not studied, volunteering for the most difficult events during competitions, and leading problem-solving exercises on the team events. Dan fills all of these roles with ease, poise, and graciousness," says Boulger....Marijuana-derived drug suppresses bladder pain in animal models
... addressed the hydrophobic properties of IP 751 by introducing the drug into a liposome, a tiny sac surrounded by fatty acids, allowing for the drug to be introduced directly into the bladders of rat models of varying degrees of bladder inflammation. IP 751 significantly suppressed bladder overactivity in both a...Intimate partner violence the hidden burden is common
...e associated with it," he writes in his commentary introducing the two research articles....Mothers use evasive action to protect sick children from smoking fathers
... "With an increasing number of countries worldwide introducing smoking bans in public areas such as bars and restaurants, there are fears that more parents will smoke at home and that this will have an even greater effect on children." Key findings include: The average age of the mothers was 34 and two-third...Low radiation dose still means successful interventional procedures, a new study shows
... standard radiation dose in the 12 months prior to introducing the low dose radiation technique was actually lower 87.5%," he said. It's important to note that "we can start with a very low dose and increase the dose if the procedure is not feasible at the lowest dose," Dr. Lucey said. In 12 patients undergoin...Training on virtual 'patient' improves carotid angiography skills
...rent risks. "In carotid angiography, where we are introducing catheters into the blood vessels that feed the brain, if a little piece of material breaks off or you do it incorrectly and knock a piece of blood clot or atherosclerotic plaque off the artery while you are putting the catheter in, it goes downstream...Protein's potential as a regulator of brain activity discovered
...that they could block these electrical impulses by introducing small fragments of agrin, which prevented the full agrin proteins from binding their sites on the sodium pump molecules and initiating action potentials. "The ability of agrin to modulate nerve cell excitability suggests that the agrin-sodium pump in...Accentia Biopharmaceuticals to begin shipping MD Turbo
...r of Respirics Inc. "We are all very excited about introducing a new product to the market that can improve the quality of care." More than 40 million MDIs are prescribed each year in the United States alone....Chaos=Order: Physicists make baffling discovery
...n University in St. Louis, one may create order by introducing disorder. While working on their model a network of interconnected pendulums, or "oscillators" the researchers noticed that when driven by ordered forces the various pendulums behaved chaotically and swung out of sync like a group of intoxicated sy...Real battle over mental health law about to begin
...te, he warns. Crucially, amendments should include introducing guiding principles into the act, including those of autonomy and reciprocal rights, in order to enhance consistent and ethical operation of the legislation. Unsurprisingly, this is resisted by the government. He urges professionals working in mental ...NHS cash crisis will delay national bowel screening programme, warns expert
...e in 2006, she adds, but doubts about the speed of introducing the programme risks harming the professional goodwill and motivation that have driven service improvements. "The government's short term financial difficulties should not be permitted to erode national confidence in its commitment to tackling bowel c...Vol. 42, No. 5 JRRD tipsheet: Focus on spinal cord injury and prosthetics
...t human skin color and assessed the possibility of introducing an automatic color detection system into the prosthetic production cycle. They found that automatic color detection for prosthesis production is complex due to intrinsic factors of the silicone. The systems tested require further development to meet ...Renaissance of medicine in the Middle East needed
...rena in the world today, states the lead editorial introducing this week's special issue of The Lancet focusing on the region. Though the status of health and medicine in the Middle East today is often compromised by political unrest many laudable efforts, such as the elimination of certain infectious diseases,...Resolvin E1 protects against inflammation and bone loss
...f the American Association for Dental Research are introducing Resolvins, a new family of biologically active products of omega-3 fatty acids. They are natural endogenous regulators of the inflammatory response. Since it is now known that inflammation plays a critical role in many diseases, including heart dise...People use separate brain mechanisms to make ambiguous and risky choices
...ange the way people perceive risk and ambiguity by introducing a medication that could influence brain chemistry, someday we might be able to alleviate some types of pathological decision making." The results provide important data for the emerging field of "neuroeconomics," Huettel added. Neuroeconomics is a re...MIT thinks small to find safer metals
...posed to the carcinogen. "Other countries also are introducing significant new controls, so this is a problem that is not going to go away," said Schuh. He said he expects industries using hexavalent chromium to undergo major structural changes to meet the new standards, including seeking alternative materials f...Have targets improved performance in the English NHS?
...f a regime of targets with sanctions? They suggest introducing more uncertainty in the way that performance is assessed and better auditing of performance data. They also call for an independent body to investigate the genuineness of reported improvements and the costs to other services. Although these changes w...IU School of Medicine scientists testing stem cells for peripheral artery disease
...counteract the shortage of those critical cells by introducing the stem cells and progenitor cells taken from the... production of special protein growth factors. By introducing the stem and progenitor cells taken from the patient's bone marrow, the IU scientists hope that they...Procedure allows women to freeze eggs to preserve future fertility
...nces and Director of the Yale Fertility Center, is introducing this technique at Yale in collaboration with an oocyte cryopreservation expert from Bologna, Italy. They will also be researching ways to improve the success of the technology. Oocyte cryopreservation is aimed at three particular groups of women: th...University of Toronto-led ethics network to help guide Grand Challenges in Global Health initiative
...hat are the cultural barriers in these settings to introducing an intra-vaginal vaccine to stop the spread of sexually transmitted disease? These and other ethical, social and cultural questions will be identified and addressed by a team of experts from the University of Toronto engaged to help guide the work of...