Planning in Biological News

First neuroimaging study examining motor execution in children with autism reveals new insights

... and rely on more conscious, effortful motor planning because they are not able to rely on the ... of the brain regions involved in motor planning and execution in order to compare the activity ... the different brain regions involved in motor planning and execution. These results add to increasing ...

Traditional Dutch landscape under threat

... in the rest of the Netherlands. Long-term planning Slow planning must take centre stage in the policy for ... Dutch landscapes in the Randstad region: the planning rules, the ownership structure and the ...

Natural Capital Project to develop conservation software

... and incorporating those values into the planning process. "With Marine InVEST, people will be ... Project. "There are always tradeoffs in any planning process, but it's hard to get a sense of how big ... a beta version of InVEST for land-based resource planning that will serve as the technical framework for ...

International Council for Science launches major research program on natural disasters

... Canadian climatologist and Chair of the ICSU planning Group for Hazards. 'In 10 years, as a result ... Domingos Freires Lucio, a member of the ICSU planning Group and a former Director-General of the ... integrate disaster risk reduction in development planning and climate change adaptation.' The new ...

Army can boost mission success by better managing

... aspects of environmental considerations during planning and operations, and develop comprehensive ... related to the environment that affects the planning and execution of military operations or is ... operations. Use a "sustainability" model for planning for and managing environmental issues during ...

New planning grants to fund research on freshwater issues

... for the Environment has awarded five faculty planning grants to develop long-term research programs at ... researchers to submit proposals for freshwater planning grants to an evaluation committee chaired by ... Studies). "A common theme among the planning grants is the gathering of multidisciplinary ...

Manchester clears first hurdle in €170 million biobank building boom

... major European Union funding to begin joint planning of how millions of biological samples, such as ... will exceed 170 million. The initial planning phase will last two years and cost 5 million, the ... Management and associate coordinator for the planning phase, said: "This European biobanking ...

Great apes think ahead

... first to provide conclusive evidence of advanced planning capacities in non-human species. Their findings ... Animal Cognition . The complex skill of future planning is commonly believed to be exclusive to humans, ... primate species other than our own. In humans, planning for future needs relies heavily on two mental ...

4 GBIF-endorsed campaigns underway

... that Campaign activities after the initial planning stages will be supported by non-GBIF sources of ... Campaigns, and awarded 30,000 to each for the planning stage. Of primary importance during that planning stage is of course identifying the fundraising ...

LTER unveils a new decadal science plan

... is the culmination of three years of network-wide planning activities financed by the National Science ... being addressed in any comprehensive way. Since planning began almost three years ago, the Network has held scores of workshops and planning meetings that included scientists from the 26 ...

Like humans, monkey see, monkey plan, monkey do

... these tasks without thinking, however the motor planning necessary to grasp an object is quite complex. ... poured inside. Does this occur because motor planning abilities were crucial in facilitating the ... to provide evidence for more sophisticated motor planning than has previously been attributed to a nonhuman ...

Springer will publish Journal of Coastal Conservation

... month. The Journal of Coastal Conservation: planning and Management publishes both theoretical and ... to relaunch the Journal of Coastal Conservation: planning and Management with a major international ... relaunch of the Journal of Coastal Conservation: planning and Management. The wide-ranging aims and scope ...

What's protected, what's not?

... prepared in collaboration with the PAD-US Partnership, a public-private planning consortium comprised of federal, state, and non-governmental organizations ... efforts such as regional ecological assessments, strategic conservation planning by land trusts, and the identification of species and habitats that are ...

Two-day symposium in Baltimore to tackle the promises and perils of proton radiotherapy

... and operational startup and ongoing costs. Controversies related to planning and treatment uncertainties, the question of clinical trials, and ... is the cost justified? What are the ethical issues involved? How can the planning of proton treatments be improved? These and other questions will be ...

Low levels of vitamin B12 may increase risk for neural tube defects

... age to consume the recommended amount of Vitamin B12, whether they are planning a pregnancy or not. "Half of the women who become pregnant each year in the U.S. were not planning to become pregnant." "Our results offer evidence that women who have ...

MacArthur Foundation awards planning grant to improve decision-making in energy policy

... organizations in climate and energy policy decision-making. A $350,000 planning grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation supports the ... said. With this grant, the CIM-EARTH team will engage in a 12-month planning process focused on refining the scientific plan, assembling a global team ...

42nd Mid-year Topical Meeting of the Health Physics Society

... the Henry B. Gonzales Convention Center. The topic is "Recent Advances in planning and Response to Radiation Emergencies." Approximately 400 attendees are ... data Mobile labs Identifying enriched uranium Federal Agency planning (Tuesday a.m. session) EPA update of the protective action guides ...

Research exposes the risk to infants from the chemicals used in liquid medicines

... and long-term toxic effects. Our research highlighted this, and we are planning further studies on the chemicals to understand exactly what these effects ... companies to develop better medicines for children. Our research team is planning to engage with parents to talk about how they can be encouraged to allow ...

Oregon's Rogue River Basin to face climate-change hurdles

... of management based on historic patterns. It also calls for "expanded planning and decision-making to the landscape level rather than planning at the forest, county, city or project levels in isolation from other ...

Most US organizations not adapting to climate change

... of climate change. In addition, organizations lack relevant data for planning and forecasting, and the data that are available are typically outdated ... to consider climate change in their management plans. Federal planning guidelines that states and municipalities must follow to receive funding ...

Natural and social sciences: ICSU embraces the need to work more closely together

... science, said Anne Whyte, a member of ICSUs Committee on Scientific planning and Review (CSPR) and a former Director General for Environment and ... have involved both the natural and social sciences from the earliest planning stages. Indeed, it could be argued that ICSU is at a point in its history ...

Weather woes emphasize need for SSPEED

... partners formed to address deficiencies in storm prediction, disaster planning and evacuations, all topics that will be covered in depth at the ... simulation, Sam Brody of Texas A&M on developing a coastal communities planning atlas, Michael Savonis of the Federal Highway Administration on the impact ...

Rethinking who should be considered 'essential' during a pandemic flu outbreak

... Berman Institute of Bioethics, provides ethical guidance for pandemic planning that ensures a skeletal infrastructure remain intact at all times. Dr. ... represent a wide-range of expertise in several areas of pandemic emergency planning both at the state and federal levels. After examining several accepted ...

Many US public schools in 'air pollution danger zone'

... be given serious consideration in future urban development, transportation planning and environmental policies," says Sergey Grinshpun, PhD, principal ... its findings in the September 2008 issue of the Journal of Environmental planning and Management, an international scientific journal. This is believed to ...

Let the cat keep chasing the mouse

... 2004 started project "rescue network wildcat" of the BUND got a nationwide planning basis for nature conservation on the example of the wild cat. The BUND ... Park Hainich and the Thueringer Wald. "Nationwide or international planning of nature conservation is the basis for migration corridors of wild ...

Great Ape Trust's Wich lead author of Oryx paper on continuing orangutan population declines

... Rapid expansion of the palm oil industry coupled with poor land-use planning are further pressuring forests and the orangutans who depend on them for ... of threatened species. Also cited as an example of faulty land-use planning was a mega rice project, funded primarily by Indonesia's reforestation ...

New grants will support research in the sustainable built environment

... The Woods Institute for the Environment has awarded planning grants to 17 Stanford faculty members to develop a campus-wide research ... Institute invited faculty to submit research proposals to the SBE Faculty planning Committee led by Levitt and Doug McAdam, a professor of sociology. "In ...

Integrating restoration and conservation within the ecosystem approach

... According to Keith Bowers, SERs Vice Chair, large-scale conservation planning is now taking into account the important role of ecological restoration in ... private landowners, indigenous peoples, and government agencies) from planning to implementation and monitoring. According to Jim Harris, SERs Science ...

IEEE Fellow first woman to receive highest award in engineering profession

... Institute for Infrastructure Systems to broaden the scientific basis of planning and decision making on infrastructure projects, and to expand ... of the Engineers Forum on Sustainability. As director of Transportation planning for the Metropolitan Washington (D.C.) Council of Governments, he ...

International symposium explores fire suppression economics

... Rico, in conjunction with the University of Puerto Rico Graduate School of planning on April 29-May 2 so natural resource managers from around the world can ... costs of suppressing wildland fires. The Symposium on Fire Economics, planning and Policy: Common Problems and Approaches will also include economists, ...

Managing nuclear wastes for the millennia

... history. On Jan. 7-8, a symposium titled Uncertainty in Long-Term planning Nuclear Waste Management, a Case Study will bring experts together from ... director of the National Cancer Institute; Tom Isaacs, director of planning and special studies at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; ...

Air quality forecasts see future in space

... Weather broadcasts have long been a staple for people planning their day. Now with the help of NASA satellites, researchers are working ... project is currently in the experimental stage. In the United States, planning for the application of satellite data in regional air quality forecast ...

UD leads $5.3-million research project on rice epigenetics

... the National Science Foundation's own proposal review process. Since planning experiments and justifying these through writing proposals is such an ... in the program, exchanging proposals with UD, and UCLA and Ohio State are planning to join the program during the current four-year grant. My hope is that ...

Canada's pristine freshwater fisheries at risk

... fish communities -- a challenge that will require proactive land-use planning coupled with hard science. Freshwater ecosystems, meanwhile, are among ... fish and aquatic considerations into conservation-based land use planning in the region. Ontario really has a tremendous opportunity to ...

Canada's pristine freshwater fisheries at risk

... fish communities -- a challenge that will require proactive land-use planning coupled with hard science. Freshwater ecosystems, meanwhile, are among ... fish and aquatic considerations into conservation-based land use planning in the region. Ontario really has a tremendous opportunity to ...

UD leads $5.3-million research project on rice epigenetics

... the National Science Foundation's own proposal review process. Since planning experiments and justifying these through writing proposals is such an ... in the program, exchanging proposals with UD, and UCLA and Ohio State are planning to join the program during the current four-year grant. My hope is that ...

EMBO pioneers pension plan for internationally mobile postdoctoral researchers

... in the early years of their careers to benefit from exchange with experienced researchers in their chosen fields. Generally this has meant delaying planning for financial security later in life until they take up permanent positions. A survey conducted by the EMBO Fellowship office revealed that less ...

Urban water ecology at the ESA annual meeting

... nice for a garden party; it can make your city more environmentally friendly. Many American cities are beginning to incorporate greenroofs into their planning ordinances because they recognize that, planting a rooftop garden can offset heat, increase city biodiversity and decrease stormwater runoff. This ...

August 2009 Geology and GSA Today media highlights

... (about 50%) from the desertified lands in its adjacent north and west, due to anthropogenic activities. The new finding is not only critical in planning long-term strategies for dust control but also is a significant benefit to researches of environmental change-based eolian deposits. ...

Red List overlooks island species

... the scientific protocol designed to identify threatened plants and animals. Jos Luis Martn Esquivel, a researcher at the Centre for Environmental planning (CEPLAM) run by the Government of the Canary Islands, has assessed the conservation status of species that are supposed to be under threat in the ...