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For more information or to sign up for the upcoming studies, please contact Pam Ibric, CIRL Research Coordinator, at CIRL@HarrisburgU.edu or 717.901.5155. Or go online at www.HarrisburgU.edu/FSTC/CIRL Harrisburg University of Science and Technology and ...
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Genetic testing for children approved by parents may prevent diseases in future
The Globe
It is something that cannot be ignored, whether you are in favor or oppose it. More tests and studies will need to be done before this type of technology becomes anywhere close to being available to the general public. However, science is definitely ...
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Hybrid auto sales will remain low, study says
Toronto Star
Ultimately, the true cost of the technology needs to come down substantially.” Quoting other studies, the Conference Board of Canada, a non-profit, independent research firm, said the extra costs could range from a few thousands dollars for a hybrid; ...
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Study focuses on what new teachers want
Coon Rapids Herald
St. Francis High School language arts teacher Michael Stoffel was one of the Generation Y teachers interviewed for a study by the American Institutes for Research and American Federation of Teachers study, funded by the Ford Foundation. ...
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Too much Net may turn teens into drug addicts: Study
Times of India
Study author Valerie Carson said that their research was "based on social cognitive theory, which suggested that seeing people engaged in a behaviour is a way of learning that behaviour". "Since adolescents are exposed to considerable screen time ...
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Science expo on wheels coming
The Hindu
The science exhibition, which is mounted on a specially designed 16 coach AC train, showcases visual images, video clips and multimedia exhibits dealing with cutting-edge research in science and technology. The coaches have exhibits on building blocks ...
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5 MicroRNA Mediates Gene-diet Interaction Related to Obesity
Scicasts.com
Latest business and finance news from the vast and fast-growing science and technology marketplace. Earn additional revenue and enhance your relationship with your customers and corporate members through your organization's own Scicasts news blogs and ...
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Toxic chemicals found in pet dogs
UPI.com
Indiana University scientists, writing in the journal Environmental Science & Technology, say pets could serve as "biosentinels" for monitoring human exposure to compounds present in the households they share. The study focused on the presence of ...
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Adherex Reports First Patient Enrolled in Phase 2 Study of Eniluracil in ...
DigitalJournal.com (press release)
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NORTH CAROLINA--(Marketwire - April 27, 2011) - Adherex Technologies Inc. (TSX:AHX)(PINK SHEETS:ADHXF), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of eniluracil and 5-fluorouracil today announced the enrollment of ...
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Neurorobotics reveals brain mechanisms of self-consciousness
EurekAlert (press release)
"Our findings on experimentally and pathologically induced altered states of self-consciousness present a powerful new research technology and reveal that TPJ activity reflects one of the most fundamental subjective feelings of humans: the feeling that ...
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Combining non-thermal techniques shows E.coli reduction potential - study
FoodQualityNews.com
Use of high intensity light pulses (HILP) and thermosonification (TS) is effective in cutting E.coli populations in orange juice, according to new research. The preliminary study by JG Lyng et al said application of the non-thermal technologies - both ...
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UNC leads transition to electronic records
Reesenews
Struggling with the technology can make visits longer, causing doctors to see fewer patients. Dr. Tim Carey, director of the Sheps Center for Health Services Research, successfully switched from paper to electronic records — but not without adjustment ...
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MIT class studies Kenyan slum's clinic quandary
The Associated Press
The group turned to Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Anjali Sastry, who sends graduate students across Africa and India for her Global Health Delivery Project class. The aim is for students to identify and study systemic problems at ...
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Validation and 'entanglement' in models of complex energy systems
Philippine Star
He is also the recipient of multiple scientific honors, including the 2004 Outstanding Young Scientist Award from the National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) and the 2007 Achievement Award from the National Research Council of the Philippines ...
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Michael Wesch
The Sag Harbor Express
Did you come up with the idea to study the effect of new technology on society as a direct outgrowth of that research? In New Guinea, I was in an isolated place where just a handful of people could read and write – maybe 10 out of 2000. ...
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The Sag Harbor Express
NNSA Announces New Space Debris Modeling
HPCwire (blog)
WASHINGTON, DC, April 27 -- All this week, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is highlighting its advanced supercomputing capabilities with a week of features demonstrating the science and technology work done by the Advanced ...
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Future of agriculture is online
Africa Science News Service
“New technologies provide African countries and additional tools for improving the welfare of farmers, different studies is a timely hand book for those seeking new ways of harnessing new technologies for development including poor farmers many of whom ...
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Regeneron and Bayer Report Positive Results for VEGF Trap-Eye in Second Phase ...
PR Newswire (press release)
Visual acuity is measured as a score based on the total number of letters read correctly on the Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study (ETDRS) eye chart, a standard chart used in research to measure visual acuity. In the GALILEO study, 60.2 percent ...
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Scientists hope to illuminate universe's dark side
Reuters
"Charged cosmic rays are a nearly unexplored region of science," said Massachusetts Institute of Technology physicist Samuel Ting, a Nobel laureate who heads the 600-member team that developed the $2 billion AMS. The pictures painted by AMS, ...
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Reuters
Gyros Continues Expansion into US Contract Research Organizations
PharmaLive.com (press release)
26 April 2011, Uppsala, Sweden: Gyros AB, a leader in utilization of microfluidic technologies to miniaturize and automate immunoassays, announced today that MPI Research, a contract research organization (CRO) based in Mattawan Michigan, ...
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Pluromed Adds Dr. William J. Cohn to Board of Directors
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Dr. Cohn is a cardiovascular surgeon and the Director of Minimally Invasive Surgical Technology at the Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital in Houston, Texas. He is the co-director of the Cullen Cardiovascular Research Laboratory and ...
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Trajectory updates Glimpses database with international research
Research Magazine
It collates academic studies, official statistics and other other published work on social and consumer trends, organised into eight categories covering globalisation, lifestyle and consumer behaviour, identity and values, media and technology, ...
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UW College of Arts and Sciences Names its 2011 Outstanding Graduates
University of Wyoming News
While at UW, Sorenson served as president of the International Studies club and coordinator of the Conversational Partnership program and was a member of the community gamelan group. Her two senior research projects focused on the family planning ...
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Mosby's eLearning and ASHI unveil Advanced Cardiac Life Support Blended ...
Knowledgespeak
RTS is the official journal of the French institute of science and technology for transport, development and networks IFSTTAR (Institut français des sciences et technologies des transports, de l'aménagement et des réseaux). The journal was previously ...
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HECB calls on students to pursue STEM fields
The Daily Evergreen
She said this hands-on experience is showcased in selective programs like Students Targeted toward Advanced Research Studies (STARS), an accelerated degree program for molecular bioscience students. Sophomore molecular biology major Corey Knadler is a ...
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South Africa pushes ahead with fracing ban
Petroleum Economist
On 21 April, the MRD said it will carry out a study into the environmental impact of fracing, working alongside the departments of trade and industry, and science and technology to conduct “full” research into the practice, which has increasingly drawn ...
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Carleton Designing Programs of the Future
Exchange Morning Post (press release)
“And we want Carleton to be at the forefront of studies and research that have applications to everyone, but keep disability in mind.'' CIF is also funding a clinical engineering research collaboration this year between Carleton students and two local ...
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NIH researchers create comprehensive collection of approved drugs to identify ...
EurekAlert (press release)
The National Human Genome Research Institute is one of the 27 institutes and centers at the NIH, an agency of the Department of Health and Human Services. The NHGRI Division of Intramural Research develops and implements technology to understand, ...
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Seeking Cure for Crohn's
Wall Street Journal
"The biggest thing that I've noticed over my time with the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America, is that the quality of life, medicines, science, money and technology have all come together," says Mr. Swarzman, who was diagnosed with Crohn's when he ...
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Arrowhead Research Announces RNAi Leader John J. Rossi, Ph.D. to Join Calando ...
Business Wire (press release)
Our actual results may differ materially and adversely from those expressed in any forward-looking statements as a result of various factors and uncertainties, including the future success of our scientific studies, our ability to successfully develop ...
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Life Technologies' CEO Discusses Q1 2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Seeking Alpha
We've had success with adopting our research tools and technologies for use in these market thus far. And have recently announced several new FDA and US FDA approved Real-Time PCR-based products for use in animal and food testing. ...
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Hutchinson Technology's CEO Discusses F2Q 2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Seeking Alpha
In addition, an independent randomized multi-site outcomes based study is being conducted to research the possible benefits of using StO2 to guide resuscitation of shock patients. And initial studies show that using StO2 to guide patient treatment ...
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CIT strengthens services in immunotoxicology
PharmaLive.com (press release)
About CIT Health & Safety Research Company http://www.citox.com CIT is a science-driven, independent, non-clinical contract research organization (CRO) specialized in safety and health research. Founded in 1969, CIT has carried out a vast number of ...
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Teaming Up to Develop Cutting Edge Parkinsons Therapy
HealthNews
By Lynn Walbrecht Sometimes two heads are better than one, and in the case of Parkinson's disease, teaming up a leading pharmaceutical company with a leading medical technology manufacturer may just prove to be a winner. ...
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19 Studies Link GMO Foods to Organ Disruption
Food Consumer
"Only two studies reviewed in this new publication were over 90 days—both were non-industry research." In order to obtain the raw data from the 90-day studies, the researchers had to take court actions and make official requests, and the results ...
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The Flap over Cisco's Flip: Why the Company Killed off a Popular Product
Knowledge@Wharton
Cisco Systems, which bought the Flip just two years ago, is closing the business in a move that illustrates how rapidly evolving technology and business strategies can force major corporate flip-flops. Cisco's abrupt decision in April to kill off a ...
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Knowledge@Wharton
GigaOM Structure 2011: Tickets Selling Fast for Industry's Must-Attend Cloud ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Founded in 2006, GigaOM has grown into the leading provider of online media, events and research for global technology innovators. The company is one of the most credible and insightful voices at the intersection of business and technology, ...
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QRxPharma Completes Patient Enrolment of MoxDuo®IR: Phase 3 Comparative Safety ...
PR Web (press release)
QRxPharma's lead product candidate, immediate release MoxDuo, has successfully completed pivotal Phase 3 studies and the Company expects to file its New Drug Application (NDA) with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in mid-2011. ...
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Preventing close encounters of the orbiting kind
PhysOrg.com
Satellites also help to advance scientific studies by providing data critical for Earth, marine and atmospheric science research. The primary function of about one quarter of all satellites is to support defense systems for countries around the globe. ...
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PhysOrg.com
Me, Myself And I: Studies Show College Students Are More Narcissistic Than Before
City Town Info Education Channel
According to The New York Times, most research has been centered around a questionnaire called the Narcissism Personality Inventory, which asks students whether they identify with statements such as "I try not to be a show-off" or "I will usually show ...
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City Town Info Education Channel
SNW Names Recipients of Spring 2011 Best Practices Awards
SYS-CON Media (press release)
"Among the most valuable aspects of SNW has always been the real-world case studies spotlighted in the conference's presentations and sessions, and in these Best Practices awards," said SNIA Chairman Wayne M. Adams. "The IT organizations recognized by ...
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AlgaePalooza to Kick Off Backyard Biofuels Citizen Scientist Project
PRLog.Org (press release)
Algaepalooza is the first opportunity in 2011 for citizens to pick up algae-collecting kits as part of the Backyard Biofuels citizen science research project. At Algaepalooza, visitors will have the opportunity to talk with the research scientists ...
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Bush More drilling would help lower gas prices
Politico
like as if they'll strike oil on the first hole) studies have shown from the time the drillbit starts turning, it takes ten years to get the gas to the gas station.......( like as if they'll strike oil on the first hole) Are you saying we shouldn't do ...
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Ph.D. Student Studies Formerly "Invisible" Soviet Research Towns ...
By Joanna Basile
Though many scholars have begun studying the history of Soviet technology itself , the lives of the actual scientists and the development of their Weltanschauungen (worldview) has been largely ignored. ... In the latter, she examined recently declassified documents from the Departments of Science, Ideology, and Propaganda of the Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party. She was also one of the first scholars to study the personal collections of Soviet scientists ...
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Scientists can track origin of shark fins using 'zip codes' in ...
By News
These research findings appear in two scientific articles. "Global phylogeography of the dusky shark, Carcharhinus obscurus: implications for fisheries management and monitoring the shark fin trade," has been published online in the journal ... wipe out our dusky sharks, and it will probably take a few centuries for their stocks to be replenished," said Martin Benavides, lead author of both studies and research assistant at the Institute for Ocean Conservation Science. ...
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India to double expenditure on science research | ATN - Asia Times ...
“The government is giving a big push to science and technology during the 12th ... great significance to science- and technology-related research studies to enthuse ... Any Times - Daily News from Asia; Business Articles · Health Care ...
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