West Virginia University has formed a partnership with the nation's largest supplier of information management software to provide the school's financial and human resources management database system.
A Johns Hopkins computer scientist has developed software that dramatically increases the speed at which 3-D computer models can be put in motion on-screen. A preliminary version of the software is available free on the World WWide Web.
The Faculty Senate at the University of Massachusetts has approved the establishment of a Center for Neuroendocrine Studies. Neuroendocinologists are interested in how the body chemicals called hormones act in the brain, and how the brain influences hormones.
March 1998 Tipsheet from the APA: 1- Practices Are Changing; 2- HMOs Can Support More Psychiatric Staff; 3- Researchers Caution against Inflexible Therapy; 4- Recognizing Warning Signs Can Improve Treatment; 5- VA Medical Centers: Ideal Environment for Studies; 6- Clozapine Effective Treatment for Veterans With Psychosis; 7- Native American Veterans at Higher Risk for Homelessness
ATS Journal News Tips for Feb: 1- p21 Protein May Predict Degree of Lung Cancer Malignancy; 2- Study Questions Advantage of Peak Flow Meter in Monitoring Self-Management of Asthma.
The formula for finding a good lawyer isn't much different from the approaches most consumers use to find a good mechanic, contractor or plumber. Here's some consumer advice on how to spot the legal eagles from the turkeys.
The inventor of a piece of software embraced by Hollywood special-effects wizards in over 200 films is sharing his expertise in a new computer graphics course he is teaching at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
What is happening in pediatric research? Find out at the Pediatric Academic Societies' 1998 annual meeting May 1-5 in New Orleans.
Dr. Antoine Bechara, an assistant professor of neurology at the University of Iowa, thinks that both pleasure and avoidance of pain play a role in compulsive drug use, and that both behaviors are controlled by the brain.
A collegial conversation over a research laboratory bench, the image of a natural-looking tan, some transformational chemistry, and a commitment to protect people from the sun's harmful ultraviolet rays have proven to be a winning combination for a Yale University School of Medicine scientist.
The news is not good regarding the performance of U.S. 12th graders in math and science in the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS).
Researchers are examining the effects of tobacco, nicotine, the industries that support their production and the public health issues that develop from tobacco use. These programs deal with virtually every area of tobacco research, from the physiological effects of nicotine, to teen smoking, to legal and financial issues.
Materials science engineers have built an instrument to help them observe the process of sputtering---a method of "spray painting" films of atoms onto another surface. While sputtering is a common way of coating materials, it was not possible to monitor the process as it happened until now.
Results of a four-year study involving 3,040 men have shown that those taking the drug finasteride (Proscar) for enlarged prostate glands reduced their risk of needing surgery or experiencing acute urinary retention by more than half.
Workers report more symptoms in offices with poorer ventilation, a new Cornell University report on sick building syndrome shows, but none of almost three dozen potential irritants were linked to particular symptoms. Nevertheless, workers show a clear pattern of feeling worse by the end of each day.
A recent study, published in the Western Journal of Communication, by a West Virginia University assistant communications professor suggest that sons and daughters pattern their aggressive verbal styles after their mothers.
By taking bacteria directly from patients' mouths and exposing the samples to human blood platelets, researchers at Temple University Schools of Dentistry and Medicine have further confirmed a possible link between periodontal bacteria and heart disease.
Wake Forest University biologist David Anderson normally studies seabirds in the wild without much company, but thousands of schoolkids are tagging along this time via a Web site and e-mail. The Albatross Project is tracking Hawaiian albatrosses by satellite to find ways to reverse losses to longline fishing and answer evolutionary questions raised by their flights.
This monthly electronic broadcast is designed to keep you up-to-date on happenings at the Babson School of Executive Education, a provider of management development programs to clients around the world. Last month the School delivered custom executive programs to Atlantic Data Services, Pitney Bowes, Schwan's Sales Enterprises and Siemens Nixdorf.
Researchers are examining the effects of tobacco, nicotine, the industries that support their production and the public health issues that develop from tobacco use. These programs deal with virtually every area of tobacco research, from the physiological effects of nicotine, to teen smoking, to legal and financial issues.
1) Museum display sets millions a-quaking 2) Unexpected links found among acorns, gypsy moths and lyme disease 3) Knowledge and distributed intelligence initiative gets increased NSF support
For the first time, scientists have published research evidence that recombinant protein therapy can create new blood vessels to increase blood supply to the human heart. The report from German scientists appears in today's Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.
UMBC President Freeman A. Hrabowski, III will be featured in Director Spike Lee's Civil Rights documentary film, 4 Little Girls, to be broadcast nationally by the Home Box Office cable network on Monday, February 23, 1998, at 9 p.m. (est).
A Virginia Tech professor is using computer technology to help preserve and teach surviving languages and dialects of Native American culture.
February science tips from Iowa State University include: 1) Scientist will study polar climates and global climate change; 2) New tool can detect the beginning of cancer; and 3) Iowa State Science and Technology Fair is March 27-28.
Exactly two years ago Stephen P. Ryder, now a junior at the University of Delaware, created a web page about his hobby--the life and crimes of Jack the Ripper. Little did he know how his life would change. Today he is a rising star in the field of Ripperology, is about to have a book published and has been asked to serve as a consultant on a Showtime Television special on British murders which will air in April.
The National Science Board (NSB) will meet on Wednesday, February 25 through Friday, February 27, 1998 at the National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, Va. Sessions are open to the public on Thursday and Friday.
Virginia Tech researchers have developed a new biosensor which can quickly detect chemical and biological pathogens, like the biological agent Anthrax, at previously undetectable levels.
One of every 12 school-age children has a hearing problem because of an inability to distinguish individual sounds of normal speech. Children with this condition, called specific language impairment (SLI), have difficulty understanding and expressing spoken language.
Transplants of human neuronal cells derived from a tumor restored function in rats subjected to experimental stroke. Significantly, the cells were equally effective when frozen and then thawed prior to transplantation, suggesting a clinical potential as replacement therapy to reverse the deficits of stroke.
Prevention works. It is financially and socially advantageous to foster policies that prevent people from becoming welfare recipients, according to a report to be released by the Poughkeepsie Institute.
Each year since 1984, the Fellowship Program in Academic Medicine for Minority Students, sponsored by Bristol-Myers Squibb Company since 1990, gives 35 outstanding students grants to conduct biomedical research. The program provides the fellows with mentors to help them complete medical school and encourage them to pursue careers in academia and medical research.
"For many, the Screening Program will break the dangerous cycle that affects people with eating disorders. No one should suffer needlessly with the pain, fear, and shame associated with eating disorders when help is available," said NMHA President Mike Faenza. "Eating disorders, like all mental illnesses, are real, common and treatable. Our screenings provide a message of hope."
With a $6 million National Science Foundation grant and a group of researchers and educators from the University of Missouri-Columbia, middle- school students across the nation may soon be learning more mathematics and learning it better than before.
Medical training has taken an artistic turn for some students at Yale University School of Medicine. Irwin M. Braverman, M.D., professor of dermatology and in the Cancer Center at Yale, has introduced students to a method of learning that takes them out of the traditional classroom and into the museum.
MEDIA CONSENSUS CONFERENCE: Opportunity to explore and determine consensus among the media and psychiatry on controversial psychiatric issues in today's news
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University have taken an important step toward determining how the body comes to be identified as part of the self. The results of their unusual experiment appear in the scientific journal Nature today.
If hostilities break out in Iraq, Rice's James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy will open its International Conference Facility (ICF) for a specified period of time to provide local, regional, national and international media outlets expert analysis of events.
Many people who claim to be lactose intolerant really aren't, says Dennis Savaiano, dean of Purdue University's School of Consumer and Family Sciences. The problem, Savaiano says, is that dairy foods can be difficult to digest, and people who don't eat these foods often enough haven't acclimated themselves to the foods.
Research led by Rice University geologists estimates that within 400,000 years a new volcano could erupt in northern California, relatively soon in geologic terms.
Investors seeking to understand high finance should examine haute couture because finance and fashion styles are often cut from the same cloth, says a Bucknell finance professor.
A college education is designed to broaden minds and expand critical thinking, but it also should teach us how to better monitor what we say. This is especially true on the job, where a conversation about a popular television show can move very quickly from around the water cooler to a court of law.
Land use is a confusing and volatile issue in the Hoosier state in the '90s.
The chance of becoming obese in adulthood can be predicted based on the age at which a child is thinnest, according to a study by a physician at Children's Hospital Medical Center of Cincinnati.
DALLAS -- Monitoring cancer therapy and the global warming debate are among topics that will be discussed here March 29 through April 2 at the 215th national meeting of the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society.
Since the onset of the AIDS epidemic, many health care professionals have been hesitant or unwilling to treat people with HIV. But those attitudes may be changing. The results of a study of first-year medical students at the University of Chicago and the University of New Mexico indicate that barriers to care may be decreasing for people with HIV and AIDS.
Active listening techniques tuaght by many marriage counselors do not work when couples are in conflict. Instead a new study shows that "olnly those newlywed men who are acceptingof influence from their wives are winding up in happy, stable marriages, says John Gottman, University of Washington psychology professor
Stephen Zunes, USF assistant professor of politics and director of the USF Peace and Justice Studies Program, says "The threatened United States military strikes against Iraq are a bad idea..."
"Alcohol and Drugs on American College Campuses: Issues of Violence and Harassment," a report published by the Core Institute at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale (SIUC), is being mailed this week to college presidents nationwide. The report is based on surveys from 89,874 students at 171 institutions and describes issues of collegiate violence, harassment and campus climate.
Scientists at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas believe newly discovered hormones produced in the brain may influence development of obesity and diabetes.
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