Envisat making first direct measurements of ocean surface velocities
...he impact of the assimilation of ASAR wave spectra processed with an upgraded algorithm on wave parameters wave height, period and direction stays efficient for more than three days into the forecast period, following the end of the assimilation. "We developed an assimilation system which conjointly uses RA...Predicting successful outcomes in living-donor liver transplants
... how indocyanine green (ICG), a non-toxic dye, was processed by the liver, assessed a non-invasive method of measuring its levels, and determined whether such a test would be a reliable indicator of outcome. The study involved 30 adult recipients who underwent LDLT between June 2003 and February 2005 at Mie Un...UCL scientists gauge pain in premature babies
... babies' brains, which indicates that the pain was processed in the higher levels of the brain. The somatosensory cortex is involved in processing sensations from the body surface and is known to be linked to pain sensation in adults. The results were found using near-infrared spectroscopy, which - like fMRI s...Explaining how the brain recognizes faces
...ations for understanding how faces and objects are processed in the human brain," wrote Ganel....Epstein-Barr virus may be associated with multiple sclerosis
... behaviors and submitted blood samples, which were processed and stored at cold temperatures. Between 1995 and 1999, the researchers searched medical records maintained by the health plan and selected 42 individuals with MS who had blood samples in storage. Three people with blood samples but without MS were...Oops! Researchers publish new findings on the brain's response to costly mistakes
...blems, but the electrical signal from the brain is processed in a different way. In prior studies, Gehring and his colleagues observed a distinct brain electrical response to errors, dubbing it ERN for "error-related negativity." Using ERP, Gehring and his colleagues localized the brain's response to errors to...Massive German floods monitored from space
...maps of Germany's flooded region. The Charter then processed this request and recruited the German Aerospace Center (DLR) to produce the maps using satellite images provided by the space agencies. ERS-2 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) images were one of the main sources of images used to delineate the flooded a...By combining different CT views, radiologists can better evaluate the GI tract
...nsverse scan images are recombined, manipulated or processed by the CT technologist at a computer workstation to produce images in the coronal plane. "If radiologists can detect more findings using both transverse images and coronal reformats as our study suggests, it could definitely benefit patients. In ad...ESA has for the first time acquired and processed images sent by ALOS Japan's four-tonne satellite ...28 April and 1 May 2006 at Kiruna Esrange and were processed at ESRIN, ESA's Earth observation centre in Frascati, Italy. In addition to these instruments, ALOS...More than just genetics: Lifestyle choices impact GI health
...emic index refers to how quickly a carbohydrate is processed into the blood stream, raising blood sugar levels. Foods that are lower in glycemic index take somewhat longer to raise blood sugar levels. Glycemic load multiplies the glycemic index of a food by the amount of carbohydrates (in grams) per standard...Alcohol consumption habits may threaten GI health
... that alcohol combined with sugar-free mixers were processed through the stomach and entered the blood stream much more quickly than alcohol with regular mixers. Researchers analyzed eight male volunteers who consumed orange-flavored vodka beverages with both a diet mixer and regular mixer. Participants were...Overcoming the debilitating loss of a loved one
...by accomplishing three goals: the loss needs to be processed and integrated into autobiographical knowledge, problematic beliefs and interpretations need to be identified and changed, and avoidance strategies need to be replaced to aid adjustment. The authors hope their conceptualization will facilitate resea...Wild vs. lab rodent comparison supports hygiene hypothesis
...se, increased mental stress and the consumption of processed food. Duke members of the research team included Aditya Devalapalli, Aaron Lesher, Karl Shieh, Jonathan Solow, Mary Lou Everett and Arpana Edala. Other team members included Parker Whitt and Nolan Newton of the N.C. Department of Environmental and Na...Cherry juice may prevent muscle damage pain
...ficacy of a fresh, highly-concentrated, specially- processed tart cherry juice blend in preventing the symptoms of muscle damage in a randomized, placebo-controlled study in 14 male college students. "The anti-inflammatory properties of cherry juice have been examined before, but the focus of this research was...Going where no unhydrogenated soybean oil has gone before
...an Association and United Soybean Board. They were processed during June into refined oil and packaged for distribution to the food industry. Fehr said that the evaluations by the food industry will be extremely important for assessing the importance of elevating oleic acid in soybean oil. "We know that the 1...Ultra low-dose estrogen shown safe for post-menopausal women
...ificant because medications taken in pill form are processed through the liver before they reach the bloodstream," explains Yaffe. "It's thought that estrogen in pill form might stimulate the liver to produce substances that can lead to clotting or other adverse side effects. With a patch, you bypass the liver...Multi-tasking adversely affects brain's learning, UCLA psychologists report
...d," Poldrack said. Different forms of memory are processed by separate systems in the brain, he noted. When you recall what you did last weekend or try to remember someone's name or your driver's license number, you are using a type of memory retrieval called declarative memory. (Patients with Alzheimer dis...Navigation guides robotic future
... look at how information is transmitted, received, processed and understoodin biological and artificial systems," she said. Professor David Siddle, UQ's Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) said he was delighted such an imaginative program of research had been funded. "The work represented in this proposal is......mplications regarding how olfactory information is processed by the brain. The findings appear in the August issue of Neuron. By demonstrating a clear relationship between odor sampling time and accurate odor identification, the Monell researchers solved a controversy centering on whether the brain processe...T cells activated to fight HIV basis for dendritic cell therapeutic vaccine
...ognizing the cells as foreign, the dendritic cells processed the antigen. Importantly, the dendritic cells presenting the HIV fragments were able to stimulate CD8 cells when the two cell types were combined. "This model of T cell activation by dendritic cells provides a basis for immunotherapy trials of per...