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Journal of Informetrics wins 2008 ALPSP Award for best new journal(Elsevier) Elsevier is delighted to announce that the Journal of Informetrics is the winner of the 2008 Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers award for Best New Journal. The distinguished ALPSP award is open to journals launched within the past three years and considers a range of attributes including high quality peer-reviewed articles. Read more | Comments
American Physical Society announces Physics, a new, free, online publication(American Physical Society) Finding the best in physics now becomes easier with the formal launch of Physics, a new, free, online publication from the American Physical Society. TCT update: Late-breaking clinical trial data will shape the future of interventional cardiology(Cardiovascular Research Foundation) Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics is the annual scientific symposium of the Cardiovascular Research Foundation. Attended by over 10, 000 participants each year, TCT gathers leading medical researchers and clinicians from around the world to present and discuss the latest developments in the field of interventional cardiology and vascular medicine. Universities develop a more sustainable future(University College London) Experts from the worlds of law, geography, economics, health and planning will meet at UCL on Friday, Sept. 19 to examine the ways in which today’ s universities can become locally-rooted champions for global sustainability, reaching out to the wider community to help bring about lasting change. The symposium, called: "The Sustainable University: Relating Ecological Thinking, Learning and Research, " will feature a keynote speech by Professor Michael M’ Gonigle, co-founder of Greenpeace International. Report offers advice to McCain, Obama on science and technology appointments(National Academy of Sciences) The importance of research in solving many of our national challenges, including economic ones, was emphasized today in a new report titled "Science and Technology for America's Progress: Ensuring the Best Presidential Appointments In the new administration." The report, sent to John McCain and Barack Obama with guidance for whomever is elected president in November, provides suggestions on filling key science appointments after the election. NSF funds multi-university center to study environmental implications of nanotechnology(Virginia Tech) Nanomaterials are attractive for use in everything from computer hard-drives to sunscreens, cosmetics and medical technologies. However, the environmental implications of these materials are virtually unknown. Researchers from geosciences and civil and environmental engineering at Virginia Tech are part of a consortium of four principal universities and five other schools awarded a multi-million dollar grant to study nanotechnology and the environment. Parenting program for low-income families reduces toddlers' problem behavior(Society for Research in Child Development) A study among 731 low-income families in the Women, Infants, and Children program found less problem behaviors in toddlers whose families participated in the intervention program known as the Family Check-Up, versus families receiving services as usual. Family Check-Up is a brief, motivational program to encourage positive parenting practices that is tailored to a family's needs and less expensive than traditional parenting interventions. Families with the highest-risk toddlers were most responsive to the program. Move over mean girls -- boys can be socially aggressive, too(Society for Research in Child Development) A new analysis contradicts the notion that "social" aggression, such as spreading rumors, is a female and not male form of aggression. The researchers analyzed 148 studies of social and physical aggression, encompassing 74, 000 children and adolescents. Children who carry out one form of aggression (social or physical) were inclined to carry out the other form. Social aggression is related to delinquency and ADHD-type symptoms, while physical aggression is related to depression and low self-esteem. Children who are concerned about parents arguing are prone to school problems(Society for Research in Child Development) A new study charted how children's concerns about their parents' relationship may increase their vulnerability to later adjustment problems. Children who worry a lot about conflict between their parents were found to have school problems because of difficulty focusing and sustaining attention. These attention problems were noted by teachers in the year that the concern was reported and one year later. The findings have implications for mental health programs among children dealing with parental discord. Vanderbilt researchers seek to make standardized tests accessible(Vanderbilt University) Standardized testing is an inescapable part of modern education; however, these tests often fail to meet the needs of students with learning disabilities. Vanderbilt University Learning Sciences Institute researchers Stephen N. Elliott, Peter A. Beddow and Ryan J. Kettler have developed a decision-making instrument called the Test Accessibility and Modification Inventory to address the issue of accessibility for students with special needs. NJIT talk by South Bronx leader to focus on sustainability of Newark(New Jersey Institute of Technology) Miquela Craytor, executive director of Sustainable South Bronx (SSBx), will speak Oct. 1, 2008, at NJIT about how green technology can meet the growing climate crisis and also benefit the nation’ s distressed urban centers. LSUHSC awarded grant to address nursing shortage(Louisiana State University Health Science Center) LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans School of Nursing has been awarded a $100, 000 grant by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to provide scholarships to individuals under-represented in nursing or from disadvantaged backgrounds in an accelerated nursing degree program. The funding will support ten scholarships in LSUHSC's Career Alternative RN Education, or CARE, Program, expanding enrollment and the number of fully qualified nurses prepared to practice. US must enact measures to support the role of IMGs in US health-care delivery, says ACP(American College of Physicians) In a new paper, released today, the American College of Physicians says that because of the important place that international medical graduates "have and will continue to have" in the internal medicine workforce, the US needs to enact measures that would support their role. The Role of International Medical Graduates in the US Physician Workforce outlines recommendations that ACP feels would support that role. Presidential science and technology appointments(National Academy of Sciences) A new report from the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and Institute of Medicine, offers advice to presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama on filling high-level federal science and technology positions after the election. NJIT physics professor directs effort to install 1.2 meter telescope in NJ(New Jersey Institute of Technology) NJIT physics professor Andrew Gerrard hopes by the end of October to be able to peer through what will be the second largest optical telescope east of Texas. Under his direction, a 1.2-meter diameter, fully-steerable Itek optical telescope will soon be installed far from city lights atop Jenny Jump Mountain, Hope. USGS Coalition to honor Reps. Dicks, Regula with Leadership Award(Crop Science Society of America) Representatives Norman Dicks (D-WA) and Ralph Regula (R-OH) will be presented with the first USGS Coalition Leadership Award on Monday evening, Sept. 15, 2008. The USGS Coalition is an alliance of 70 organizations united by a commitment to the continued vitality of the unique combination of biological, geological, hydrological and mapping programs of the US Geological Survey. 15 years later: Landmark hearing study follows up on farm youth(Marshfield Clinic) A landmark study conducted by Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation 15 years ago found that an educational intervention improved hearing protection use among farm youth.Now, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health has awarded a $954, 000 grant to MCRF to study the same group of Wisconsin youth to see whether the increase in hearing protection use continued into adulthood and whether it helped preserve hearing. ASP announces 2008 T. Franklin Williams Scholars(Association of Specialty Professors) The Association of Specialty Professors is pleased to announce the seventh class of T. Franklin Williams Scholars. These scholars are recipients of career development awards funded by a generous grant from the Atlantic Philanthropies (USA) Inc. and supported by the John A. Hartford Foundation. The 12 new investigators join the 52 previously announced T. Franklin Williams Scholars to achieve the goal of integrating geriatrics into the specialties of internal medicine. Mobile phones help secondary pupils(University of Nottingham) Ask a teacher to name the most irritating invention of recent years and they will often nominate the mobile phone. UCL academics awarded prestigious prizes for work on the heart(University College London) Two UCL academics have received prominent international awards from the European Society of Cardiology, in recognition of their work to understand and treat conditions of the heart. Internet-based instruction effective for teaching health-care professionals(Mayo Clinic) A study led by a team of education researchers from Mayo Clinic and published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association concludes that Internet-based education generally is effective. NJIT architecture professor opens Newark conference with challenge to revitalize Newark buildings(New Jersey Institute of Technology) With a charge not to tear down Newark's older buildings, but to rehabilitate them, NJIT research professor Deane Evans, an architect and executive director of NJIT's Center for Architecture and Building Science Research will open Newark's Green Future Summit tomorrow morning at NJIT. Evans, an advocate of sustainable building practices, also said that in the process of fixing and repairing people learn trades, skills and knowledge about the science behind good buildings. US Department of Justice awards NJIT $254,889 to continue developing gun technology(New Jersey Institute of Technology) The Department of Justice has awarded NJIT $254, 889 to continue developing childproof child-safe gun technology. US Sens. Frank R. Lautenberg and Robert Menendez and US Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. earmarked the grant in last year's annual Congressional appropriation bill. LRC named recipient of US Green Building Council's 2008 Green Building Research Fund grant(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) The Lighting Research Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has earned the notable distinction of receiving one of only 13 first-ever research grants awarded by the US Green Building Council. The $250, 000 grant will fund research for a project titled "Quantifying the Impact of Daylight and Electric Lighting on Student Alertness, Performance, and Well-being in K-12 Schools." Arctic science conference to focus on northern sustainability(University of Alaska Fairbanks) More than 150 scientists are expected to attend the 59th annual American Association for the Advancement of Science Arctic Division conference in Fairbanks, Alaska, Sept. 15-17, 2008. Rutgers College of Nursing professor Bob Atkins named RWJF Nurse Faculty Scholar(Rutgers University) Robert Atkins, an assistant professor in the College of Nursing at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, was one of 15 junior faculty nationwide to receive an inaugural Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Nurse Faculty Scholar Award. The three-year $350, 000 grant began Sept. 1. NIH awards $4.6M to expand global health network(NIH/Fogarty International Center) The Fogarty International Center, part of the National Institutes of Health, today announced it will award $4.6 million over three years to expand its network of global health education programs to include 12 additional campuses in the United States, China and Mexico. The Framework Programs for Global Health aim to raise awareness of global health within the academic community and support development of new cross-cutting curricula to prepare the next generation of global health researchers. New field guide provides a practical primer on soils(Soil Science Society of America) The Soil Science Society of America has released a new field guide created to provide a clear guidance on how to conduct specific activities related to improved soil management. Soil Science: Step-by-Step Field Analysis is designed to be carried in the field by professionals, including agronomists, crop consultants, government officials, environmental consultants, teachers and students, and features water-resistant pages and a spiral binding. 'Change we can believe in'(Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) The GAIN Annual Meeting in Boston encourages young researchers to return to Germany. Aerobic exercise for the wheelchair-bound(University of Texas at Austin, Electrical & Computer Engineering) Simple exercise machine makes it fun for wheelchair users to fight high obesity, diabetes and heart disease rates. |
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