Science Letter articles from October 2008

Science Letter archives from October 2008

From Inner City Chicago Kid to Creative Inspirational Writer.
October 7, 2008... Chicago native Aaron J. Dowdell has done what many told him he couldn't because he's an inner city kid raised in the most imperfect environment. He published his first book in 2003 then revised it in 2006 on Lulu.com Whether it was waking...

'Parenting the Guardian Class': New Book on How Parental Guidance Affects the New Millennials.
October 7, 2008... Dedicated consultant for the U.S. Departments of Justice, Education, and Health and Human Services on issues of child welfare, youth development and delinquency prevention, Jonathan I. Cloud has written "Parenting the Guardian Class: Validating...

Reshaping the Behavior of Markets Where Drugs Play a Central Role.
October 7, 2008... Blue Spoon Consulting Group, LLC, published a framework for pharmaceutical companies to reshape the behavior of markets where drugs play a central role. Available for download through the Blue Spoon Consulting website...

Ceragenix Satisfies Conditions for $1 Million Milestone Payment under Supply and Distribution Agreement.
October 7, 2008... Ceragenix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OTCBB:CGXP) (the "Company"), a medical device company focused on infectious disease and dermatology, announced that it had satisfied the conditions necessary for triggering a $1,000,000 milestone payment under...

Scientific Abstracts On Cystinosis Research Are Published In October Issue of Pediatric Nephrology.
October 7, 2008... Twenty-six scientific abstracts by international researchers studying the cause and treatments for cystinosis, a rare and fatal metabolic disease that afflicts mostly children, have been published in the October 2008 issue of Pediatric...

DailyLit Serializes Oxford University Press Books.
October 7, 2008... DailyLit (www.dailylit.com), an innovative digital publisher, announced a deal with Oxford University Press to begin serializing several of its popular books via email or RSS feed (see also DailyLit). Weird and Wonderful Words by Erin...

America's Flunking Schools: the Story Behind the Numbers on Education and Low Attainment.
October 7, 2008... Education is the key to economic opportunity, yet striking disparities in the success rates persist in local schools (see also Foundation for American Communications FACS). FACS will present two tele-seminars for journalists examining...

New Book Exposes Anti-Christian and Anti-Semitic Bias in U.S. K-12 Textbooks.
October 7, 2008... The Institute for Jewish & Community Research (IJCR) announces the release of The Trouble with Textbooks: Distorting History and Religion by Dr. Gary Tobin and Dennis Ybarra (see also Institute for Jewish and Community Research). The...

2008 Italy Industry & Market Outlook Features 5-Year Trend Establishments and Sales Totals.
October 7, 2008... Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/807421/2008_italy_industr) has announced the addition of the "2008 Italy Industry & Market Outlook" report to their offering (see also Research and Markets Ltd.). The 2008...

Compromised US and Chinese Computers Launch Greatest Number of Cyber Attacks, According to SecureWorks' Data.
October 7, 2008... SecureWorks(R), one of the market's leading Security-as-a-Service (SaaS) providers, has published the locations of the computers, from which the greatest number of cyber attacks were attempted against its clients in 2008. The United States...

Standard & Poor's Launches Target Date Index Series.
October 7, 2008... Standard & Poor's, the world's leading index provider, announced the launch of the S&P Target Date Index Series, bringing greater transparency and performance measurement to the fast growing target date fund market. A white paper on target date...

The Cost of the Bailout: $2,000 Per Person - WashingtonWatch.com.
October 7, 2008... Bailout legislation that may sail through Congress this week will cost about $6,500 per U.S. family, a little over $2,000 per person, according to an estimate published on the WashingtonWatch.com blog (see also WashingtonWatch.com). The...

Data from M. Vonkorff et al provide new insights into applied genetics.
October 7, 2008... According to recent research published in the journal Theoretical and Applied Genetics, "The objective of the present study was to identify quantitative trait loci (QTL) influencing agronomic performance across rain fed Mediterranean...

Data on applied genetics reported by T. Kashiwagi and co-researchers.
October 7, 2008... "Varietal differences among ten rice cultivars showed that stem diameter is a key factor in lodging resistance (measured in terms of pushing resistance). Two near-isogenic lines (NILs) were selected from a series of chromosome segment...

Investigators at Department of Agriculture zero in on applied genetics.
October 7, 2008... According to recent research from the United States, "Pre-harvest sprouting (PHS) of wheat is a major problem that severely limits the end-use quality of flour in many wheat-growing areas worldwide. To identify quantitative trait loci (QTLs)...

New applied genetics findings from B.L. Huynh and co-authors described.
October 7, 2008... "Fructans (fructo-oligosaccharides) are prebiotics that are thought to selectively promote the growth of colonic bifidobacteria, thereby improving human gut health. Fructans are present in the grain of wheat, a staple food crop," scientists in...

New applied genetics findings from M. Coque and co-authors described.(Report)
October 7, 2008... According to a study from France, "The objective of this study was to map and characterize QTLs for traits related to nitrogen utilization efficiency (NUE), grain N yield, N-remobilization and post-silking N-uptake. Furthermore, to examine...

New applied genetics study findings have been published by Y.M. Zhang and colleagues.
October 7, 2008... "The Haseman-Elston (HE) regression, developed in the 1970s, remains in common use to detect genetic linkage between a quantitative trait and a genetic marker. Although the technique has been improved in a number of ways, it predicts a high...

New research on applied genetics from E.D. Badaeva and co-authors summarized.
October 7, 2008... According to a study from Russia, "Seven Triticum aestivum (cv. Moisson)-Aegilops ventricosa addition lines and four VPM-1 lines were studied by C-banding, and compared with the parental common wheat cultivars Marne-Desprez (hereafter Marne),...

Report summarizes applied genetics study findings from R.S. Zwart and co-researchers.
October 7, 2008... According to a study from Melle, Belgium, "Genetic diversity in relation to Fusarium head blight (FHB) resistance was investigated among 295 European winter wheat cultivars and advanced breeding lines using 47 wheat SSR markers. Twelve...

Research from K. Sakamoto and co-authors in the area of applied genetics published.
October 7, 2008... "A number of clubroot resistant (CR) Chinese cabbage cultivars have been developed in Japan using resistant genes from CR European fodder turnips (B. rapa ssp. rapifera). Clubroot resistance in European fodder turnips are known to be controlled...

Research on applied genetics discussed by A. Lehmensiek and co-researchers.
October 7, 2008... According to a study from Toowoomba, Australia, "Using an established genetic map, a single gene conditioning covered smut resistance, Ruh.7H, was mapped to the telomere region of chromosome 7HS in an Alexis/Sloop doubled haploid barley...

Researchers from Department of Agriculture publish new studies and findings in the area of applied genetics.(Report)
October 7, 2008... According to a study from the United States, "High-temperature adult-plant (HTAP) resistance from the winter wheat (Triticum aestivum) cultivar 'Stephens' has protected wheat crops from stripe rust caused by Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici...

Researchers from Iowa State University, Department of Agriculture report details of new studies and findings in the area of applied genetics.
October 7, 2008... According to a study from the United States, "Mutability of the w(4) flower color locus in soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] is conditioned by an unstable allele designated w(4)-m. Germinal revertants, purple-flower plants, recovered among...

Scientists at University of California, Department of Agriculture describe research in applied genetics.
October 7, 2008... "The rice low phytic acid 1 (lpa1) mutant was originally identified using a forward genetics approach. This mutant exhibits a 45% reduction in rice seed phytic acid with a molar-equivalent increase in inorganic phosphorus; however, it does not...

Studies from Aarhus University in the area of applied genetics published.
October 7, 2008... According to a study from Slagelse, Denmark, "Seed yield is a trait of major interest for the key grassland species Lolium perenne L. An F2 mapping population of perennial ryegrass (VrnA), recently characterised for vernalisation response, was...

New applied microbiology research from University of Stellenbosch described.
October 7, 2008... In this recent report, researchers in Stellenbosch, South Africa conducted a study "To investigate the microbial community in sunki, an indigenous, unsalted, fermented vegetable, made from the leaves of red beet. Fermenting samples were...

Researchers from University of Navarra discuss findings in applied microbiology.(Report)
October 7, 2008... According to a study from Pamplona, Spain, "The aim of this study was to identify fungal populations in unroasted cocoa beans stored in Spain in order to evaluate the ochratoxin A (OTA)-production ability of certain Aspergillus isolates. Twenty...

Studies by N. Gutierrezmendez and co-authors describe new findings in applied microbiology.(Report)
October 7, 2008... "This study was carried out to explore the ability of wild and industrial strains of Lactococcus lactis to produce alpha-ketoglutarate (alpha-KG), which is essential during the conversion of amino acids to flavour compounds. Two pathways in...

Studies from D. Dussault and co-researchers update current data on applied microbiology.(Report)
October 7, 2008... "The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of gamma radiation on the carotenoid content of two strains of the Enterobacteriaceae: Pantoea agglomerans. Pantoea agglomerans strains ATCC 49174 and RL1 were used for this study,"...

Studies from S. Hamill and co-researchers update current data on applied microbiology.
October 7, 2008... In this recently published article, scientists in North Ireland conducted a study "To investigate the suitability of Hugh and Leifson's medium (HLM) as the basis of a simple screening test to differentiate between contaminants and Arcobacter...

Scientists at Rockefeller University release new data on biochemistry.
October 7, 2008... According to recent research from the United States, "Simulations of evolution have a long history, but their relation to biology is questioned because of the perceived contingency of evolution. Here we provide an example of a biological...

Data from S. Bonnanomi and colleagues advance knowledge in bone marrow transplantation.
October 7, 2008... "We report successful outcome in 13 children (median age 2.2 years) with high-risk AML who received SCT from an unrelated (11) or identical sibling (2) donor after a preparative regimen consisting of BU, CY and melphalan. Three children were...

New data from University of Ghent illuminate research in campylobacter.
October 7, 2008... According to recent research from Merelbeke, Belgium, "From February to November 2007, chicken meat preparations (n = 656) were sampled at 11 processing companies across Belgium. All samples were tested for Campylobacter by enrichment culture...

University of Bristol publishes research in campylobacter.(Report)
October 7, 2008... According to a study from Bristol, the United Kingdom, "This study investigated the relationship between flock health and Campylobacter infection of housed commercial broilers in Great Britain. Thirty ceca were collected at slaughter from...

Data on cell biology reported by researchers at University of Massachusetts.
October 7, 2008... According to recent research from the United States, "Dicer, an enzyme involved in microRNA (miRNA) maturation, is required for proper cell differentiation and embryogenesis in mammals. Recent evidence indicates that Dicer and miRNA may also...

New cell biology study findings have been reported from National University.
October 7, 2008... According to a study from Singapore, Singapore, "Multiple genetic pathways act in response to developmental cues and environmental signals to promote the floral transition, by regulating several floral pathway integrators. These include...

New cell biology study results reported from State University of New York.
October 7, 2008... "beta Catenin functions in both cell-cell adhesion and as a transcriptional coactivator in the canonical Wnt pathway. Nuclear accumulation of beta-catenin is the hallmark of active Wnt signaling and is frequently observed in human cancers,"...

Reports outline cell biology study results from University of California.
October 7, 2008... "Misfolded proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) are identified and degraded by the ER-associated degradation pathway (ERAD), a component of ER quality control. In ERAD, misfolded proteins are removed from the ER by retrotranslocation into...

Researchers at University of California release new data on cell biology.
October 7, 2008... "Platelet aggregation requires agonist-induced alpha IIb beta 3 activation, a process mediated by Rap1 and talin. To study mechanisms, we engineered alpha IIb beta 3 Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells to conditionally express talin and...

Studies from National Human Genome Research Institute update current data on cell biology.
October 7, 2008... "ross chromosomal rearrangement (GCR) is a type of genomic instability associated with many cancers. In yeast, multiple pathways cooperate to suppress GCR," investigators in the United States report (see also Cell Biology). "In a screen...

Studies from S. Kumari and colleagues reveal new findings on cell biology.
October 7, 2008... "Endocytosis of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (AChR) is a proposed major mechanism of neuromodulation at neuromuscular junctions and in the pathology of synapses in the central nervous system. We show that binding of the competitive...

Studies in the area of cell biology reported from University of California.
October 7, 2008... "In addition to disrupting the regulated intramembraneous proteolysis of key substrates, mutations in the presenilins also alter calcium homeostasis, but the mechanism linking presenilins and calcium regulation is unresolved. At rest, cytosolic...

University of Edinburgh reports research in cell biology.
October 7, 2008... According to recent research from Scotland, "Rapid nerve impulse conduction in myelinated axons requires the concentration of voltage-gated sodium channels at nodes of Ranvier. Myelin-forming oligodendrocytes in the central nervous system (CNS)...

Research reports on colloid science from A.M. Smith and colleagues provide new insights.
October 7, 2008... "We report a new strategy to minimize the hydrodynamic size of quantum dots (QDs) and to overcome their colloidal stability and photobleaching problems based on the use of multifunctional and multidentate polymer ligands. A novel finding is...

New findings reported from University of California describe advances in demographics.
October 7, 2008... According to recent research published in the journal Demographic Research, "Biodemography has emerged and grown over the last fifteen years, with loyal and farsighted support from its patrons. As it enters what might be called its adolescence...

Research from University of Nevada yields new findings on geography.
October 7, 2008... According to recent research published in the Geographical Journal, "Many least-wealthy, rural, remote and resource-poor small island communities are unlikely to benefit from high-profile global water improvement initiatives." "Their small...

Studies from Florida State University further understanding of geography.
October 7, 2008... According to a study from the United States, "Brazil is the largest economy in Latin America and the world's leading producer and exporter of coffee. Smallholders are the predominant producers of Brazilian coffee and have been significantly...

Studies in the area of geography reported from H.K. Adriansen and co-researchers.
October 7, 2008... According to a study from Copenhagen, Denmark, "Based on a case study from Sahelian Senegal, this paper analyses how various actors perceive the importance of pastoral mobility and presents issues of importance for understanding the use of...

Study data from University of Reading update understanding of geography.
October 7, 2008... According to a study from the United Kingdom, "Development geography has long sought to understand why inequalities exist and the best ways to address them. Dependency theory sets out an historical rationale for under development based on...

Researchers from Da-Yeh University publish findings in gliosarcoma.
October 7, 2008... "HSP90 chaperones are transducer proteins of many signaling pathways in cells. Using a highly specific inhibitor, geldanamycin (GA), an increasing number of the HSP90 client proteins have been identified," researchers in Changhua, Taiwan report...

New human communication research study results reported from A. Hall et al.(Report)
October 7, 2008... "A current debate in semantics and pragmatics is whether all contextual effects on truth-conditional content can be traced to logical form, or 'unarticulated constituents' can be supplied by the pragmatic process of free enrichment. In this...

Scientists at New York University release new data on human communication research.
October 7, 2008... According to recent research published in the journal Mind & Language, "How it is that one's own thoughts can seem to be someone else's? After noting some common missteps of other approaches to this puzzle, I develop a novel cognitive solution,...

Scientists at University of California publish research in human communication research.
October 7, 2008... "Type-B materialism is the thesis that though phenomenal states are necessarily identical with physical states, phenomenal concepts have no a priori connections to physical or functional concepts," investigators in the United States report (see...

Data on human factors detailed by researchers at University of Waterloo.
October 7, 2008... According to recent research published in the journal Human Factors, "We determine whether an ecological interface display for nuclear power plant operations supports improved situation awareness over traditional and user-centered displays in a...

Data on human relations published by researchers at University of Sydney.
October 7, 2008... "The status of human resource management (HRM) and its standing as a managerial profession has been a recurring concern for practitioners over time. In recent years, a normative discourse has developed which asserts that the path to improved...

New human relations study findings reported from Y. Baruch and co-authors.(Report)(Survey)
October 7, 2008... "This study examines the response rates for surveys used in organizational research. We analysed 1607 studies published in the years 2000 and 2005 in 17 refereed academic journals, and we identified 490 different studies that utilized surveys,"...

Research conducted at University of Miami has provided new information about human relations.
October 7, 2008... According to a study from the United States, "A number of studies have demonstrated that humor can impact both horizontal and vertical relationships in organizations, but little is known about the interpersonal processes underlying this link....

Studies from Maastricht University yield new information about human relations.
October 7, 2008... "Organizational gossip has largely been discussed in terms of effects at the individual level. In this article we turn our attention to the organization level," scientists in Maastricht, Netherlands report (see also Human Relations). "The...

Data on life sciences published by J.I.T. Heng and colleagues.
October 7, 2008... "Motility is a universal property of newly generated neurons. How cell migration is coordinately regulated with other aspects of neuron production is not well understood," investigators in Mill Hill, the United Kingdom report (see also Life...

Findings from B. Lascola et al in life sciences reported.
October 7, 2008... According to recent research published in the journal Nature, "Viruses are obligate parasites of Eukarya, Archaea and Bacteria. Acanthamoeba polyphaga mimivirus ( APMV) is the largest known virus; it grows only in amoeba and is visible under...

Findings from M. Oginuma et al in life sciences reported.
October 7, 2008... According to a study from Mishima, Japan, "The metameric structures in vertebrates are based on the periodicity of the somites that are formed one by one from the anterior end of the presomitic mesoderm (PSM). The timing and spacing of...

New findings from M. Albrecht and co-authors in the area of life sciences published.
October 7, 2008... "Arc'-shaped oligophenyl derivatives with terminal alkene moieties can be used to form, macrocycles by 'dimerization' through ring-closing metathesis. Hereby the introduction of templates connecting the two building blocks favors the...

New findings from University of Karlsruhe in the area of life sciences published.
October 7, 2008... "The diastereoselective auxiliary-based intramolecular Michael-type additions to alkylidene bissulfoxides derived from dithiane and dithiolane were investigated. Utilization Of Substrates bearing N- and O-nucleophilic functions led to the...

New findings reported from Harvard University, Medical Department describe advances in life sciences.
October 7, 2008... "MicroRNAs are endogenous similar to 23-nucleotide RNAs that can pair to sites in the messenger RNAs of protein- coding genes to downregulate the expression from these messages. MicroRNAs are known to influence the evolution and stability of...

New findings reported from S.S. Doeleman and co-authors describe advances in life sciences.
October 7, 2008... "The cores of most galaxies are thought to harbour supermassive black holes, which power galactic nuclei by converting the gravitational energy of accreting matter into radiation(1). Sagittarius A* ( Sgr A*), the compact source of radio,...

New life sciences data have been reported by researchers at Florida State University.
October 7, 2008... According to a study from the United States, "Atlantic tropical cyclones are getting stronger on average, with a 30- year trend that has been related to an increase in ocean temperatures over the Atlantic Ocean and elsewhere(1-4). Over the rest...

New life sciences data have been reported by researchers at University of Washington, Medical Department.
October 7, 2008... According to recent research from the United States, "Vertebrate pigment cells are derived from neural crest cells and are a useful system for studying neural crest-derived traits during post-embryonic development. In zebrafish, neural...

New life sciences data have been reported by X. Cai and co-authors.
October 7, 2008... According to a study from Guangzhou, People's Republic of China, "Responses of photosynthesis and the partition of energy utilization to high-nitrogen importation and high-light intensity in leaves of three dominant tree species of subtropical...

New life sciences findings from E.F. Aziz and co-authors described.
October 7, 2008... According to recent research from Berlin, Germany, "The hydroxide ion plays an important role in many chemical and biochemical processes in aqueous solution(1). But ourmolecular- level understanding of its unusual and fast transport in water,...

New life sciences research from National Heart, Lung, & Blood Institute outlined.
October 7, 2008... According to recent research published in the journal Nature, "Myosin Va transports intracellular cargoes along actin filaments in cells(1). This processive, two- headed motor takes multiple 36- nm steps in which the two heads swing forward...

New life sciences study findings have been reported by C. Wang and colleagues.(Report)
October 7, 2008... According to recent research published in the journal Science in China Series C - Life Sciences, "Members of the caveolin family played important roles during fundamental cellular processes, such as regulation of cell morphology, migration, and...

New life sciences study findings have been reported by scientists at Jagiellonian University.
October 7, 2008... According to recent research published in the journal Naturwissenschaften, "The rich fossil fauna in the Middle Jurassic claystones that crop out in the Krakow-Czestochowa Upland is extensively replaced by sulfide minerals, mainly pyrite....

New life sciences study findings recently were published by researchers at Cornell University.
October 7, 2008... "Aposematism is an anti- predator defence, dependent on a predator's ability to associate unprofitable prey with a prey- borne signal(1). Multimodal signals should vary in efficacy according to the sensory systems of different predators;...

New life sciences study results from University of Paris described.
October 7, 2008... According to recent research from Orsay, France, "Hydrazones were prepared by condensation oh carbocyclic and heterocyclic ketones with benzoyl- and tosylhydrazines." "These hydrazones underwent nucleophilic addition with phosphite to...

New research on life sciences from University of Kiel summarized.
October 7, 2008... According to a study from Kiel, Germany, "A number of N-omega-substituted L-arginines have been described to date, particularly with regard to nitric oxide synthase (NOS) modulators." "Elaborate multistep syntheses and low yields limit the...

Reports from K. Ortt et al highlight recent research in life sciences.
October 7, 2008... "Development of the skin epidermis and appendages such as hairfollicles involves coordinated processes of keratinocyte proliferation and differentiation. The transcription factor p63 plays a critical role in these steps as evident by a complete...

Reports from Polytechnic University advance knowledge in life sciences.
October 7, 2008... "Cell size and secondary cell wall patterning are crucial for the proper functioning of xylem vessel elements in the vascular tissues of plants. Through detailed anatomical characterization of Arabidopsis thaliana hypocotyls, we observed that...

Research from J.P. Zang and colleagues has provided new data on life sciences.
October 7, 2008... "QTLs for salt-tolerance (ST) related traits at the seedling and tillering stages were identified using 99 BC2F8 introgression lines (IL) derived from a cross between IR64 (indica) as a recurrent parent and Binam (japonica) from Iran as the...

Research from Nanjing University yields new data on life sciences.
October 7, 2008... According to recent research published in the journal Nature, "Mutation hotspots are commonly observed in genomic sequences and certain human disease loci(1-7), but general mechanisms for their formation remain elusive(7-11). Here we...

Research from S.J. Gaunt and colleagues has provided new data on life sciences.
October 7, 2008... According to a study from Cambridge, the United Kingdom, "To investigate the link between Cdx protein concentration and axial patterning in embryos, we made lines of mice OE1, OE2 and OE4 that overexpress each of the Cdx genes Cdx1, Cdx2 and...

Research from Stanford University provides new data about life sciences.
October 7, 2008... According to a study from the United States, "The Tbx4 transcription factor is crucial for normal hindlimb and vascular development, yet little is known about how its highly conserved expression patterns are generated. We have used comparative...

Research on life sciences described by K. Krohn and colleagues.
October 7, 2008... "The hydrolysis of 1,3-dithianes to their parent carbonyl compounds via their corresponding monosulfoxides was systematically investigated. The oxidation of the 1,3-dithianes was carried out in high yields using tent-butyl hydroperoxide,"...

Research results from H. Guo and colleagues update understanding of life sciences.
October 7, 2008... "Evaluation of forest ecosystem services is a hot topic, both in China and at abroad, but it has not yet obtained a consistency of evaluation indicator systems and evaluation methods. Under the framework of evaluation criteria to be implemented...