South America's vast pantanal wetland may become next everglades, UNU experts warn
...ays "the activities of these new stakeholders have impacted on the watershed on a large scale. In highlands surrounding the Pantanal, "the implementation of industrialized soybean, corn, sugar cane and cotton monoculture transformed millions of square kilometers of savannah, into open fields. Riparian forest...HIV-1 spread through six transmission lines in the UK
...infections. “Antiretroviral therapy may also have impacted on transmission rates, but our evidence does not demonstrate this. You would expect growth rates to decrease in the late rather than early 1990s around the time that potent therapy became widely used if this was the case. Instead, we see little corre...Elephant seal pups suffer from ocean warming
...es in the northeastern Pacific, elephant seals are impacted significantly by ocean thermal dynamics", conclude the authors. Le Boeuf and Crocker add that monitoring the mean weaning weight of elephant seal pups can therefore help track changes in ocean temperature cycles. ### This press release is based on...OHSU research shows vitamin C counteracts some negative impacts of smoking on unborn babies
...lastin levels in the lungs appeared to be slightly impacted by vitamin C. This finding may be significant as elastin plays a key role in the expansion and contraction of lung during breathing." "Smoking remains a very significant problem during pregnancy and also during infancy," explained Michael Gravett, M......onal Park area. The loss of willows has negatively impacted the numbers of nesting migrant songbirds. ...Supreme Court limits foreign reach of U.S. patents
...competes in a global marketplace and is negatively impacted by the loophole exposed in Microsoft should consider strategies for closing it. The Supreme Court stated in its decision that the best way for companies to prevent copying in foreign lands is to obtain and enforce foreign patents. Indeed, if AT&T ...Biotech officials praise focus of new venture fund
...ng, said Prekop, who said his business will not be impacted by the spin off. "As John Byrnes pointed out, there will be no confusion about what Dan Broderick will be doing. Another positive is Broadwell Venture's interest in syndicated deals. To a greater extent than Mason Wells Venture Funds, which sometime...CIO Leadership Series: Judy Lemke, Schneider National
... understand how every individual associate will be impacted by the change, and so they can engage people early on. First lesson During her career, Lemke has been entrusted with everything from driving revenue growth to executing system-wide implementations. She even been told, you're on your own, and it p......ng the specific skills areas in which they will be impacted most will have an advantage over others competing ...rganization that's already, or expects to soon be, impacted by the aging workforce? What are the potential effects in your view and what is your employer doing ...Breastfeeding not found to have an impact on weight of the child.
...ts were made to take other factors that could have impacted weight of the children into account. Thus researchers conclude, "Promoting breast feeding is important, but evidence for an important beneficial effect on obesity is still equivocal."...The Clue to a Diabetic Requiring an Amputation may lie in the Retina of ones Eye.
... the results to take other factors that could have impacted the need for amputations -- such as age, sex, blood sugar control, blood pressure, and history of feet ulcers -- into account. Researchers believe changes in the retina may provide a good way to predict which diabetic patients are most at risk for a...Female Smokers More Prone To Lung Cancer
...such as age, gender and number of years smoking -- impacted the probability of developing lung cancer. To best determine who is most at risk, these factors were combined with the size and texture of lung nodules found on CT scans. Seventy-seven lung cancers were diagnosed in the men and women screened. Resea......e attacked by bullies. In some cases, children are impacted both ways – they both bully others and are victims of bullies. In all cases, these children have more adjustment problems than their peers who aren’t involved in bullying. However, most studies have relied on self-reports when identifying bullying be...Progen's Phase 2 Liver Cancer Trial Exceeds Efficacy Objective
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