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Intermodal Shipments, Warehousing, and Third Parties: A Special Measurement Issue
The Commodity Flow Survey CFS is designed to capture shipments moving by more than one mode, but appears to significantly under represent intermodal shipments. Possible reasons include gaps in coverage of shippers, misclassification of shipments because the shipper outsourced supply chain management or the carrier changed modes, and disparities between...
Future Truck and Bus Safety Research Opportunities
In 20 years, what will this nation's roads and highways look like and, more important, how will trucks and buses safely and efficiently navigate those highways? A group of industry, government, and university experts met at the Conference on Future Truck and Bus Safety Research Opportunities in Arlington, Virginia, on...
Privacy, Confidentiality, and Data Sharing
It is clear from the legislative history on privacy that when a person provides information to the government, or to a private entity, they do not give up all rights to how those data are used. Conversely, when the government receives information from the public, it is not free to...
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Global warming may increase kidney stones: researchers
WASHINGTON AFP — More Americans are likely to suffer from kidney stones in the coming years as a result of global warming, according to researchers at the University of Texas. Kidney stones, which are formed from dissolved minerals in the urine and can be extremely painful, are often...
Vaginal Microbicides Might Help More Men Than Women
A new study questions whether vaginal microbicides being developed to help protect women against HIV infection could lead to new drug resistance from the virus that causes AIDS. The study, published July 7 in the online issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , also shows that,...
Sidney Kimmel Foundation for Cancer Research Announces the Appointment of Dr. Theodore Lawrence to the Foundation's Medical Advisory Board
PHILADELPHIA -- Sidney Kimmel, Founder and Chairman of The Sidney Kimmel Foundation for Cancer Research, has announced the appointment of Theodore Lawrence, M.D., Ph.D. to the Medical Advisory Board of the Kimmel Scholar Award program. Theodore S. Lawrence, M.D., Ph.D., Isadore Lampe Professor of Radiation Oncology, is the...
Wake up and smell the coffee: Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
A new study co-authored by Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation scientist Linda Thompson found that mice immunized to develop a multiple sclerosis-like condition were protected from the disease by drinking caffeine. The research appears in the online edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. ...
Burnham Institute Researchers Link Early Stem Cell Mutation to Autism
LA JOLLA, Calif. -- In a breakthrough scientific study published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, scientists at the Burnham Institute for Medical Research have shown that neural stem cell development may be linked to Autism. The study demonstrated that mice lacking the myocyte enhancer factor...
Caffeine Could Stave Off Multiple Sclerosis
Caffeine just might prevent multiple sclerosis, a new animal study suggests. Giving mice the equivalent of 6 to 8 cups of coffee a day prevented mice from getting the animal model equivalent of MS, said Dr. Linda Thompson, of the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, and a member of the team...
Veterans not guinea pigs
Regarding your editorial "Test-vets deserve care" (June 16), you chastised the Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense for not supporting legislation to give medical care benefits to veterans supposedly exposed to and used as guinea pigs in dangerous chemical and germ tests. You failed to report that the so-called exposure...
Young keep the old young
On a visit to China, Chun-Fang Wu, a fruit fly researcher at the University of Iowa, observed extended families and noticed how vibrant elderly people living with younger relatives seemed. He wondered if living in a mixed-age setting would make the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster live longer too. He and...
4-H Responds to Groundbreaking Report Offering a Solution to America's Need for Future Scientific Leaders
4-H Announces National Youth Science Day Encouraging Youth Involvement in Science; Names Five States to Receive Grants for 4-H Science and Water Conservation Program CHEVY CHASE, Md. -- 4-H, America's largest youth development organization serving 6 million young people worldwide, announced that its university-based, out-of-school programming, which includes...
Lifestyle Changes Affect Cancer Genes
Genes may not fully control your destiny when it comes to cancer risk, according to a new study of men with prostate cancer. New research suggests that stringent dietary changes, getting more exercise and practicing stress reduction can change the expression of hundreds of genes. Some of the changes positively...
Brain Stem Cells Can Be Awakened, Say Schepens Scientists
Study Findings Promise to help in treatment of brain diseases BOSTON, June 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Scientists at Schepens Eye Research Institute have identified specific molecules in the brain that are responsible for awakening and putting to sleep brain stem cells, which, when activated, can transform into neurons...
Weight Management Solution Helps You Lose or Gain as Much Weight as You Choose
TUCSON, Ariz., June 5 /PRNewswire/ -- You can lose 15 pounds, 150 pounds and more, or even gain weight if you are below your ideal weight according to a new weight management system designed by Michael Dow, a new author. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080605/NYFNSA03 ) Dow...
Newark High School Students and Research Scientists Discuss Challenges of Making Medicines
New Educational Program Improves Science Education, Focuses on Career Opportunities NEWARK, N.J. -- More than 75 Newark high school students and teachers today probe the challenges and complexities of making medicines when they interact with research scientists in a roundtable discussion sponsored by RxeSEARCH, a new educational program...
What we learned as kids, but forgot
Though being outside can lower stress and improve mood, we're logging fewer hours than ever outdoors, found the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. "Now it's more common to see nature on TV," says co-author Patricia Zaradic, Ph.D. "But it's the hands-on experience that provides the most benefits." Take...
Arnold Elected to National Academy of Sciences
Frances H. Arnold, a professor of chemical engineering and biochemistry at the California Institute of Technology, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences. The Academy recognized Arnold for integrating molecular biology, genetics, and bioengineering into industry, including research in protein design and new biocatalysts. Arnold is also...
American School Bus Council Urges Parents to Talk About Vehicle Safety This Summer and 'Get On the Bus' Next School Year
New Children's Book Outlines Safety Tips for Riding the Yellow School Bus WASHINGTON, May 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Amid recent reports highlighting the dangers of teen driving, the American School Bus Council ASBC today urged parents to talk to their kids about vehicle safety and encourage them to...
DNA change no good for diabetics: increased protein production stimulates blood vessel growth and may lead to blindness and kidney failure
A TWEAK TO A DIABETIC'S DNA COULD TIP the balance toward blindness and kidney failure, a new study shows. Natural variation in just a single base pair--letters of the genetic alphabet--raises levels of erythropoietin, one of the proteins that stimulate red blood cell production and blood vessel growth....
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