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SCIENCE News, Studies, Research, Technology, Jul 18, 2011


Snead State Community College announces 2011 spring graduates
Gadsden Times
... of Science in communication studies/speech; Tiffany Diane Smith, Associate of Science in elementary education; Samuel Ray Tarvin, Associate of Applied Science in electronic engineeringtechnology, certificate in electronic engineering technology; ...
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30 universities and educational institutions in UAE embrace Amricon's Smart ...
AME Info
The Emirates College of Technology is among the first universities to implement this system." Dr. Mohamed Gedi, Dean of Admissions at Ajman University of Science and Technology, said: "It is imperative that the Smart chip solution is circulated among ...
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Genetics institute to terminate central research function
Bangor Daily News
Unlike the bench research performed using mice at The Jackson Laboratory and zebra fish at UMaine, or clinical trials of new drugs and technologies that use human subjects, MIHGH was to specialize in “translational” studies that bridge the two. ...
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Bangor Daily News
China's defence industry offers lessons to India
Business Standard
Earlier, the Chinese defence industry was separated, Soviet style, between research and development (R&D) and manufacturing units. When the R&D developed a product, the defence industrial ministry — called the Commission for Science, Technology and ...
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Dean of new UWM freshwater school won't just dip his toe in
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
He earned additional science degrees at the University of Sydney, married an Australian, and has since earned dual citizenship. He has held a succession of water research jobs and currently heads a technology incubator called the Environmental ...
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Antiretroviral prevention methods` not in competition` with each other
aidsmap
WHO and UNAIDS are working with CONRAD and the South African Ministry of Science andTechnology, two of the sponsors of the satellite meeting, to plan for introduction of tenofovir gel, and WHO will develop guidance on use of the microbicide so that it ...
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Envoy's vision: From science to diplomacy
The Korea Herald
“I plan to put a lot of emphasis on developing science and technology cooperation,” said PolandAmbassador Krzysztof Ignacy Majka during his first interview with the local English press. As a former scientist, Majka sees a lot of potential in fostering ...
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Climate data spark battle in Congress
Houston Chronicle
Fortunately for Texas and the nation, NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenco last month submitted a request to create a NOAA Climate Services program to a full hearing of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee. The proposed legislation would ...
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Gov't 'least important' in innovation
Sun.Star
The 2009 Innovation Survey was presented to stakeholders at a forum Friday by PIDS supervisingresearch specialist Francis Mark Quimba. The pilot study picked firms in food processing and manufacturing, electronics and information technology services ...
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The Google Effect: Man 'Symbiotic' with Computers
International Business Times
People who believed the data would be saved were less likely to remember, according to the study published online by the journal Science. "The results of four studiessuggest that when faced with difficult questions, people are primed to think about ...
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International Business Times
We always improve our systems fromwhatever we learn, says ISRO Chairman
Hindu Business Line
The science is exciting, challenging, drives technology development in terms of instruments and capability to reach there. That is a must. That will keep us going. The international community has a renewed interest in Moon and now we are there. ...
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Hindu Business Line
Five Reasons Why We Should Embrace Migrants
Wall Street Journal (blog)
According to Robert Putnam, immigrants have made up more than three times as many Nobel Laureates, National Academy of Science members and Academy Award film directors as have native-born Americans. Migrants have been founders of firms like Google, ...
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Autism summit offers latest answers
Daily Pilot
Panelists include Dr. Wendy Goldberg, professor of psychology and social behavior and education at UCI; Dr. Connie Kasari, professor of psychological studies in education and psychiatry at UCLA; Alison Singer, president of the Autism ScienceFoundation ...
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Daily Pilot
Pa. wind turbines deadly to bats, costly to farmers
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Technology is being developed on sound generators that would deter the creatures from getting too close with a high-pitched noise only heard by bats. Some studiessuggest that a slowdown in blade speed would reduce mortality. But new technologyis ...
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Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Youth leader in environment gets new laptop
Jamaica Observer
She excitedly told Career & Education that the new Acer 15.6-inch laptop will help her daughter in conducting research and other assignments at the University of Technology, where she will begin her tertiary education this September. ...
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Ruth C. Corson
phillyBurbs.com
A graduate of Pfeiffer College, she received a Master of Science degree in Educational Technologyfrom Lehigh University, and completed post-graduate studies at Temple UniversityTrenton State College, and Widener University. ...
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Lavery Library redefines librarian role at St. John Fisher College
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
It wasn't until well into her undergraduate studies that she discovered there was even a major in library science. Price never looked back after that. She earned a master in library science from SUNY Buffalo, as well as a master of arts in secondary ...
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Tresses and distresses
Jerusalem Post
Clinical studies are being conducted on a drug used for psoriasis.” Prof. Amos Gilhar, head of the skin research lab at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology's Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, told The Jerusalem Post at the conference about his ...
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The Job at Hand... Can the Women Deliver?
THISDAY Live
The university system would have to be restructured from the bottom up to employ the best qualified academics, engage in research, and must be adequately equipped to ensure that students are conversant with state-of-the-art global technologies. ...
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Achievements & Announcements
Huntington Herald Dispatch
She earned a bachelor's degree in exercise science and will pursue a master's degree at Wake Forest University in the fall. She was awarded a Graduate Assistant Position in Exercise Science Research. Amy Desauguste of Huntington earned her Master of ...
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College graduates on parade
SILive.com
Esposito plans to pursue a career in information technology. Lauren E. Whalen of New Dorpgraduated magna cum laude from SUNY New Paltz. Ms. Whalen, the daughter of Stephanie and Thomas Whalen, received a bachelor of science degree in early childhood ...
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Mahan Rykiel Adds Business Development Director, Landscape Architects
Citybizlist Real Estate
Blake Anderson received Bachelor of Science degrees in both Landscape Architecture and Communication Science and Rhetorical Studies from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. He spent a summer studying at Peking University in Beijing studying how the ...
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Citybizlist Real Estate
DAVID G. SELLARS ON THE WATERFRONT: Look for a triumphant return in the fall
Peninsula Daily
Lee Shore Boats is also building a 22-foot work boat/tender for RV Sikuliag, a 25- foot researchvessel that is currently under construction at the Marinette Marine Corp. in Marinette, Wis. The ship will be owned by the National Science Foundation, ...
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New school change orders now amount to $888317
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader
... technology education; and Ruth Skammer, wellness. The following middle school faculty members were appointed as secondary associate department chairpersons: Robin Moore, science; Kathleen Dolan, mathematics; Cynthia Finarelli, social studies; ...
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Praise for Lackham studends
Wiltshire Times
... animal care, science and management, countryside and environment, motorsports engineering, land-based technology and engineering, construction, plant and agricultural machinery, horticulture, floristry and foundation studies were all honoured. ...
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Preventing terrorism
South Asia Mail
EurekAlert! highlighted an article in The Journal of Management & Social Science suggesting that transcendental meditation was a scientifically verified way to prevent war and terrorism. It is the latest of many studies which have shown the positive ...
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First Adenovirus Cross Species Monkey-Human Jump Confirmed by UCSF
MedIndia
Findings appear in the July 14 issue of PLoS Pathogens, a weekly journal of the Public Library of Science, and can be found at http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.ppat. Adenoviruses naturally infect many animals, including humans, monkeys and rodents,...
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MedIndia
Neighbor Notes
vt.Buzz (blog)
Gillian Mann, a junior majoring in political science at Wheaton College in Norton, Mass., has been named to the dean's list for the spring semester. She is the daughter of Susan Taylor-Mann and Steven Mann of Burlington. Elizabeth Tobey, a first-year ...
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Chandra Embuldeniya, founder Vice Chancellor of Uva to bid farewell
Asian Tribune
The degree programs are unique to this university and cover valuable resource areas such as tea, latex, palm, minerals, aquatics, exports, entrepreneurship, management, science & technology, computer science, information technology, tourism, ...
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Born Outlaws? A Criminally Feeble Proposition
Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)
Meanwhile, follow-up studies of noninstitutionalized XYY men failed to corroborate claims that they are prone to violence. A 1993 report by the National ResearchCouncil, "Understanding and Preventing Violence," concluded that there is no correlation ...
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Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)
ImmuneTech Allergy Diagnostic Test Ideal for Corporate and Community Health ...
7thSpace Interactive (press release)
Studies have shown that allergic disease is a key driver of presenteesim, absenteeism and direct medical costs. Allergies have a tremendous impact on productivity and the bottom line. Companies are starting to look at health as an investment and are ...
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Ractopamine Almost Shoved Down the Throats of 70% of World's Pork Consumers...
NewsWithViews.com
[5] The Chinese Government has spent many millions of Yuan in studies of the health effects of ractopamine and, convinced of its health risks, has banned both its import and export.[6] As a further nail in ractopamine's coffin, EFSA and its member ...
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In motorcyclist's death, a cautionary tale
Tampabay.com
However, several studies have shown that rider inexperience is one of the top factors in fatal motorcycle accidents. According to statistics from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, riders of sport motorcycles like the one Schnetzer was driving ...
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Community Bulletin Board
Napa Valley Register
Explore the rich history of the Orient, as we experiment with desert science, taste foods of the desert and discover how art and mathematics meet in the zillij designs found in the mosaics and carpets of the Middle East. $240. 9 am The Young School, ...
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Researchers provide means of monitoring cellular interactions
EurekAlert (press release)
This innovation addresses needs in both science and medicine by providing the ability to further understand complex cell biology, track transplanted cells, and develop effective therapeutics. These findings are published in the July 17 issue of Nature ...
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Advance allows for earlier HIV diagnosis
ScienceBlog.com (blog)
The results are intriguing, and we hope to do further studies that could demonstrate the ability to get confirmed incidence data.” Dr. Constantine noted: “The SMARTube technology has a high potential to be used for epidemiologic purposes where ...
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Genetics and society; science and technology studies - Latest news ...
ESRC Genomics Network ESRC Society Today website. Latest news ... An Egenis PhD student has been awarded funding to continue his reseach at the Université ...
www.genomicsnetwork.ac.uk/egenis/news/.../title,24871,en.ht..

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