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GSK to implement Medidata Designer to optimize study design and expedite ...
pharmabiz.com
Medidata Solutions, a leading global provider of SaaS-based clinical technology solutions, announced that GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has decided to implement Medidata Designer, an innovative study design optimization solution, for its Clinical Research and ...
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Four earn exclusive internships
Pacific Daily News
The Organization for Tropical Studies Native American and Pacific Islander Research Education program, funded by the National Science Foundation, provides a unique, intensive opportunity for field research. The Organization aims to mentor students who ...
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Airport scanners may raise radiation risk if used improperly, study says
San Francisco Examiner
There are currently 486 imaging technology units at 78 US airports, according to the Transportation Security Administration. Though more scanners are appearing in airports, those who don't want to go through one can opt to do the old-fashioned pat-down ...
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San Francisco Examiner
How Technology Can Help Fight Our Most Expensive Health Care Burden
Huffington Post (blog)
A research study reported in Pediatric Diabetes showed that, compared to multiple daily insulin shots, children on insulin pump therapy for 12 months significantly and consistently lowered their A1C levels. In fact, insulin pump therapy has been shown ...
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German varsity invites city prof.
Deccan Chronicle
As a part of this joint research programme, Gitam University Institute of Technology, Engineering Physics Department assistant professor Dr G.Srinivasa Rao will conduct studies on paleoclimate evolution of the South Eastern Tibetan Pla-teau area to ...
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Transgenomic to present study results of high-sensitivity cancer mutation ...
News-Medical.net
... cancer mutation assays using two proprietary technologies, Ice COLD-PCR and BLOCker™-Sequencing. Results from these studies will be presented at the American Association for CancerResearch (AACR) meeting in Orlando, Florida, April 2-6, 2011. ...
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Journal Honors Pioneering ATEC Professor's Work
Media Newswire (press release)
Nadin is the director of antÉ, the Institute for Research in Anticipatory Systems at UT Dallas, and is internationally recognized for his pioneering work in the field of anticipation. The discipline studiesaction as informed not only by the past and ...
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Social Media Luminaries Barry Libert and Scott Wilder Join Gleanster
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
"I am excited to be a research fellow with Gleanster," said Libert. "I believe that my affiliation with Gleanster will help companies realize the power of social media, cloud technologies and mobility in every aspect of their business as they seek to ...
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Scientists Vigorously Objected to This Food - Are You Eating It?
Food Consumer
In fact, there are very few peer-reviewed studies available on the effects of GMOs. "There is quite a bit of research that has indicated that there may be health risks," Dr. Bereano says, "but thisresearch has not been funded for replication, ...
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Engineering Firm Buro Happold North America Wins ACEC New York Awards
PR.com (press release)
In the Building/Technology Systems category, Buro Happold received a Platinum Award for acting as sustainability consultants on the Hawaii Preparatory Academy's Energy Lab in Kamuela. Buro Happold received a Gold Award in Research and Consulting for ...
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Glenmark Announces the Discovery and Initiation of IND Enabling Studies of a ...
PR-USA.net (press release)
GBR 401 is developed completely in-house by Glenmark's Biologics Research Centre located in Switzerland. The disease areas primarily targeted by GBR 401 are lymphomas and leukemia's of B-cell origin. Lymphomas are cancers originating from the lymphatic ...
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Lawsuit seeks to invalidate Monsanto's GMO patents
Center for Research on Globalization
The suit points to studies citing harm caused by Monsanto's Roundup herbicide, including human placental damage, lymphoma, myeloma, animal miscarriages, and other impacts on human health. Plaintiffs condemn Monsanto for prohibiting independent research ...
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Center for Research on Globalization
Education ministry signs agreements to boost services
Gulf Today
The second agreement signed by Khalifa Juma Al Nabooda, is to create “Khalifa Juma Al Nabooda Professorship in Islamic Economics” for the institute of Islamic World Studies at Zayed University. The third agreement is with du signed by Osman Sultan, ...
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NewCardio Invited to Present Latest QTinno Performance Improvements at FDA ...
PR-USA.net (press release)
The new algorithm is a powerful extension of our platform technology, and further demonstrates NewCardio's ability to add value to every ECG." Vincent Renz, CEO of NewCardio, commented, "These study results represent yet another important and ...
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Spurring innovation through repeal of the medical device tax
Boston Globe
It will provide access to medical care for millions of the uninsured, test new delivery models to encourage physicians and hospitals to better coordinate patient care, and produce comparativestudies showing which treatments work best for which ...
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Chicago Woman Goes From Housing Projects to Ivy League
News One
He also served as a (MISSILE LAUNCH CREW COMMANDER) for the (STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND) and (ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF AIR SCIENCE) at Tennessee State University's (ROTC) program, where he pursed graduate studies. That was just to name a (FEW) (AFRICAN ...
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Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veteran Affairs ...
Military & Aerospace Electronics
These research funds will continue support for genomic medicine, point of care research, and medical informatics and information technology. Genomic medicine, also referred to as personalized medicine, uses information on a patient's genetic make-up to ...
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Rethink Autism Launches Video Series to Answer Key Questions About Autism for ...
PR-USA.net (press release)
As part of its commitment to the autism community, educational technology company Rethink Autism is helping to educate parents through a new video series on their home page, "Every Day Counts, Everyone Can Help." Developed by Rethink Autism's clinical ...
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How many green jobs can Kern really expect?
Bakersfield Californian
After earning a bachelor's degree in liberal studies from Fresno State, Sandhu tried student teaching with an eye toward becoming an educator, but quickly discerned it wasn't for him. He was out of work and trying to figure out what to do next when he ...
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Bakersfield Californian

N.C. lawmakers need to ban cellphone use while driving
Charlotte Observer
Senior researcher Arthur Goodwin of the UNC Highway Safety Research Center provides us this chart showing the hazards of cellphone driving. Over 200 research studies have examined this issue. As the graph at right shows, using a cellphone while driving ...
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Protagen to apply UNIarray Platform for Biogen Idec
pharmabiz.com
“Autoantibody signatures play an increasingly important role as a technology platform that could be used to identify patients for optimized treatment efficacy and to monitor disease progression.” “Pharmaceutical companies recognize more and more the ...
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Iran's Bushehr to endanger the Gulf if quake hits
Al-Arabiya
“Bushehr has been designed to withstand an earthquake of magnitude 8, and possibly up to magnitude 9,” said Dina Esfandiary, a research assistant at the International Institute for Strategic Studies. “This means that despite being located in an ...
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Al-Arabiya
Addressing emerging food crisis
Inquirer.net
Various studies show that the commercial-industrial technologies being applied in agriculture today have resulted in severe environmental consequences, including loss of topsoil, decrease in soil fertility, surface and ground water contamination, ...
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Champions enters exclusive license agreement with BCCA for Irinophore C
News-Medical.net
The Company plans to focus its research and development resources on the development of the Tumorgraft™ technology platform. The Company will continue to expand its Translational Oncology Solutions business which has been gaining increased acceptance ...
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Goup's virtual 3-D tour simulates nuke plant walk-through for new inspectors
TMC Net
Michel has a background in applied mathematics, computer science and astrodynamics. "I always felt the arts and science complimented each other very well, that they were not this separate, unequal set of studies," Michel said. ...
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Kidney cancer patients have fewer complications if they have only part of...
The Virtual Medical Centre
Those in the research and medical fields have been surprised that patient survival rates haven't increased despite earlier diagnosis of renal cell carcinoma. That concern led tostudies on partial vs. whole-organ removal. The results of this study will ...
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The Virtual Medical Centre
Douglass Residential College Celebrates Convocation of Jacquelyn Litt, Ph.D ...
PR-USA.net (press release)
As principal investigator for the National Science Foundation ADVANCE grant administered at Missouri, she has been responsible for establishing practices to promote gender equity in science,technology, engineering and mathematics as well as providing ...
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Roche Tarceva Drug's Use in Lung Cancer Predicted in Cancer Cell Genes
Bloomberg
In findings presented today at the American Association for Cancer Research meeting in Orlando, Heymach and his colleagues found a gene pattern that predicts a benefit from Tarceva in about 40 percent of the patients without one of the “driver ...
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Threadbared blog ties together a world of issues
San Francisco Chronicle
Pham is a research fellow at the Beatrice Bain Institute for Critical Feminist Studies at UC Berkeley. Nguyen is an assistant professor of Asian American studies and gender and women'sstudies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. ...
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True North Associates Team Joins Nexant Energy & Chemicals Consulting
Centre Daily Times
He was formerly chemicals sector leader at Ernst & Young and managing director for the intermediate research and technology sector at PRA (part of the Pera Innovation Network). In addition to his extensive industry network, he brings experience in the ...
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French fishing for ideas at ISRO
Deccan Chronicle
The concept of using technology to enhance the fish catch has caught the fancy of the French Parliamentary Space Committee which visited facilities of the space agency here on Wednesday and Thursday. “What struck us most about the Indian space ...
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New Report Recommends Research Priorities in Treatment of Sleep ...
By admin
OSA is now widely recognized as a major public health concern and studies have linked OSA with increased risk of cardiovascular disease and motor vehicle accidents. OSA is diagnosed using polysomnography (PSG), a technique that measures a ... Recommendations were developed regarding research study design and methodology, including the need to standardize technology, identify patients who would be "best fit" for ambulatory management of OSA, ensure patient safety and ...
Science Magazine News - http://www.sciencemagnews.com/
Viral Infection Not Responsible for Exacerbation of Lung Disease ...
By Health
In this study, the researchers enrolled 43 patients with acute exacerbation of IPF from two medical centers between 2006 and 2009. In addition, 69 patients with either stable IPF or acute lung injury (ALI) were enrolled from a single ... "This study uses the most current genomics-basedtechnologies to investigate the possible infectious etiology of acute exacerbations of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, and the majority of cases in this study demonstrate no evidence of ...
Health Medicine Daily News - http://www.healthmagdaily.com/
This Miriam College institute also received PEF funding | The ...
By Mt_fraynas
ANOTHER recipient of the Peace and Equity Foundation (PEF) money is the Miriam College Environment Studies Institute. Using PEF funding, Miriam was able to do research, including astudies on the Laiban dam project, technology options ...
The Manila Times - http://www.manilatimes.net/
Role from it News in Presenting Know-how Facts Brief & Effortless ...
By maxsmith
As an example essentially the most hot IT news is a stiff competition race The apple company and Google are relocating respect of Research with Motion also call (Side) involving their position inside smartphone market in US when revealed ... The IT News studies the desired info is further confronted with analysis before reporting. With the current economic survey that it was further says Android gains were determined by price of Nokia's Symbiam main system deployed in 10% ...
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Archaeologists explore Iraqi marshes for origins of Mesopotamian ...
By Tanushree
News at your tips ... The three National Science Foundation-supported researchers, Jennifer Pournelle, Carrie Hritz, and geologist Jennifer Smith, carried out the study late last year to look for links between wetland resources and the emergence of ... “This is an important project because it has the potential to shed new light on the processes by which civilization rose in the Near East,” John Yellen, an NSF program director for archaeological research, said. ...
India Talkies - http://www.indiatalkies.com/
Data suggest liver experts should take care when prescribing novel ...
By News
Professor Heiner Wedemeyer, EASL's Secretary General, said: "While the regulatory approval of these new treatments is a highly anticipated milestone in HCV therapy, these studies show that care must be taken in the prescription and use ...
Science Codex - Science news,... - http://www.sciencecodex.com/
Pfizer Oncology To Present Significant Clinical Studies Results ...
By Naeem
Pfizer Oncology To Present Significant Clinical Studies Results - NYSE:PFE. 2 April 2011. 17 Pfizer Inc NYSE:PFE yesterday announced that Pfizer Oncology is about to present nearly 30 abstracts highlighting research in new and ...
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Scientist's Book Casts Skeptical Eye on Genetically Modified Foods ...
Ms. Weasel received a National Science Foundation grant to research and publish her book. She spent five years researching and traveling the world to study the impacts of GM farming and food in the United States, Europe, India, Zambia, ... It's a question of who controls the science. Today we have privatization of science and technology where the focus is on developing products that generate the biggest profit. Food that is privatized may not be good for human health or ...
Signs of the Times - http://www.sott.net/articles/show/224661-US-Cyberstalking-Isn-t-Free-Speech
Nano-aquarium opens up a new realm of research into microorganisms
Nano-aquarium opens up a new realm of research into microorganisms. (Nanowerk News) Microalgae are photosynthetic organisms that appeared on Earth more than three billion years ago. Diatoms, Euglena and other members of this family typically inhabit in the sea or fresh ... Kawano joined the laboratory in 2003 to take advantage of his expertise gained at the Laser TechnologyLaboratory ( headed by Katsumi Midorikawa) of the RIKEN Advanced Science Institute, also in Wako. ...
Nanowerk Nanotechnology News - http://www.nanowerk.com/
HPCwire: Supercomputing Key to US Leadership
Last fall, Koonin's office held a Simulations Summit in Washington, which brought together more than 70 leaders from academia, industry, government, and national research laboratories to discuss howscience and technology policies affect the nation's ability .... boost warranty revenue, and improve sales team productivity. Two case studies are presented that highlight how to differentiate your business from competitors, while reducing costs and eliminating inefficiencies. ...
HPCwire: HPC News for Supercomputing... - http://www.hpcwire.com/news/
Skills Research: Use current events to improve the research skills ...
By Articles Max
My feelings watching the news has changed since my son has hit the college. He came home from school the day with a social studies assignment of events that “ woke me up.” I used to teach fifth grade and thinks that the assignment of ...
Articles Online Max - http://articlesmax.com/
Study says 20% of US moms have kids from many dads
By noreply@allvoices.com
News - An interesting study was presented on Friday at the Population Association of America that says 20 percent of all US women have children from multiple men. Looking closer, children from. ...Dorius' findings dovetail with some other recent research, says Katherine Stamps Mitchell, an assistant professor of human ecology and sociology at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.Studies have shown that, increasingly, . ...
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Goshen College Distance Learning — DistanceLearning.com
By Jason Allen
Goshen College offers many different programs of study for students to select from some of them are History and Political Science, Informatics, Mathematics, Modern and classical languages and literature, Music, Nursing, and Peace, ... Communication, Conflict Transformation Studies, Elementary Education, Elementary Education/Special Education, English, Entrepreneurship, Environmental Science, Global economics, Graphic design, Health, History, History and socialresearch, ...
DistanceLearning.com - http://www.distancelearning.com/
UberSocial fixes direct-message privacy bug | CIOPakistan.com ...
By cxo-research
Robert McMillan covers computer security and general technology breaking news for The IDGNews Service. Follow Robert on Twitter at @bobmcmillan. Robert's e- mail address is robert_mcmillan@idg.com. Popularity: 1% [?] ...
CIOPakistan.com - Business Technology... - http://ciopakistan.com/
Autism fears, measles spike among Minn. Somalis - Health news
Science/Technology ... Amid the outbreak, a now-discredited British researcher who claimed there was a link between vaccines and autism has been meeting with local Somalis. Some worry Andrew Wakefield is stoking vaccination fears, but organizers say the meetings were merely a ..."What we can tell people is that numerous attempts have been made to test the idea scientifically that there's a link between vaccines and autism using large, well-designed studies," he said. ...
Mail.com: Breaking News - http://www.mail.com/News.aspx/topheadlines
Judith J. Wurtman, PhD: The Obesity Stigma | The Daily Blitz: news ...
By admin_blitz
The brains behind the obesity problem Why do we over-eat? As concerns grow about the nation's obesity problem, BBC science presenter Michael... US-Israel study: Light at night can cause obesity Results of research on mice suggest that late- night eating might be a particular risk factor for obesity.... Sedentary lifestyle blamed for rising adolescent obesity rate in U.S. Despite suggestion by previous studies that genes may play a role in adolescent obesity, a new study. ...
The Daily Blitz: news, politics,... - http://www.thedaily-blitz.com/
Postdoctoral Researcher in Molecular Biology/Biochemistry ...
Scholarship Description:The University of Luxembourg is looking within its Faculty of Science,Technology and Communication. Participate in the research field of growth factor signal transduction. The research activities will involve ...
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News | Science, Technology and Innovation Studies
Science, Technology and Innovation Studies in the School of Social and ... about our ResearchCluster, including links to the Science Studies Unit, Innogen, ...
www.stis.ed.ac.uk/.../post-graduate_funding_opportunities_20...
Nasa Signs Earth and Space Science Studies Contract - Aerospace ...
Home • Industry News • Industry News Archives • Nasa Signs Earth and Space ... total of $95.8m to Goddard Earth Sciences Technology and Research (GESTAR). ...
www.aerospace-technology.com/news/news114881.html



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