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Ethanol and biodiesel from crops not worth the energy

Turning plants such as corn, soybeans and sunflowers into fuel uses much more energy than the resulting ethanol or biodiesel generates, according to a new Cornell University and University of California-Berkeley study. "There is just no energy benefit to using plant biomass for liquid fuel," says David Pimentel, professor of ecology and agriculture at Cornell. "These strategies are not su...

Cure for cancer worth $50 trillion

A new study, to be published in a forthcoming issue of the Journal of Political Economy, calculates the prospective gains that could be obtained from further progress against major diseases. Kevin M. Murphy and Robert H. Topel, two University of Chicago researchers, estimate that even modest advancements against major diseases would have a significant impact ?a 1 percent reduction in mortality fr...

Sex: It's costly but worth it. Just ask a microbe

The next time you mutter about the high cost of relationship maintenance, take comfort in knowing that microbes share your pain. In the first study to examine the cost of sexuality in microbes, Jianping Xu, associate professor of biology at McMaster University, found that sex exacts physical, morphological and behavioural stress on microbes. His findings are published in the recent edition of Ge...

What's nature worth? New computer models tell all

Breath in. The air is free. But we'd all agree it's not worthless. So, what's the price tag on benefits provided by nature? In 1997, the University of Vermont's Robert Costanza and his co-authors put the answer at $33 trillion per year in a now-famous paper in the journal Nature. In the decade following, the science of "ecosystem services" has bloomed. This young discipline studies how na...

An 'elegant' idea proves its worth 25 years later

The effectiveness of sodium phenylaceta...

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Defining the X-factor: What is an ounce of software worth?

Huh? Size doesn't have units of time. How big was another 11,000-hour project that was canceled without producing any software? Or a third 11,000-hour project that produced only a little bitof software, but software that was extremely profitable? There's an intuitive sense...

Grants worth $800,000 help BellBrook Labs develop products

The biotechnology company, which develops high throughput screening tools for the drug-therapy market, said the new grants include Phase I and Phase II (SB...

Glue made from ethanol leftovers might be worth more than fuel

Rather than dwelling on finding ways to squeeze extra ethanol out of biomass from crops such as switchgrass, Weimer is concentrating his research on the leftovers. He thinks that...

Is your brand worth billions?

Is your brand valuation worth a billion dollars today? Maybe yes or maybe no, but it surely is worth something pretty big. At the end of the day, all the work you have put in pushing your name identity and your range of products and services in your marketplace adds up in an abstract space of the consumer's mind, where it acquires some great value. This equity can be measured as a real, soft asse...

What's an inbox worth?

The right inbox? Priceless. Unwanted e-mail, or spam, continues to be an obstacle for most consumers. It's not uncommon for inboxes to average hundreds of e-mails a day, of which only five...

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Depression has a worthwhile treatment

According to a new study, screening of patients suffering from depression in a primary care visit was found to be done on a regular basis.When you visit the doctor, he or she may carry out routine checks of your health, such as measuring blood pressure.// According to some experts it is too complicated to screen for depression while others believe it could be worthwhile.Researchers at the Hopkin...

Anti-cholinesterase drugs for treating Alzheimer's not worth the price

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has found that anti-cholinesterase drugs which are used in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease is not very effective in controlling the disease as the cost of the drug // is very high and they have reported that the drug action is not worth its cost. Alzheimer’s disease affects the brain tissues after one reaches forty ye...

Australia: What is your health's Worth?

The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare has said that measures taken to check the spread of communicable diseases like HIV-AIDS, account for large sums in public health expenditure. // Preventive Health Initiatives by Governments, aim at a healthy community and according to statistics, these spending are just $68 a year on each South Australian. In 2002-03, about $77 million wa...

Older Donor Hearts worth Its Weight in Gold

Patients who receive healthy hearts from donors 50 years of age and older appear to be as healthy as those who have received from younger patients, according to a University Of Alberta study//. This study has been published in the Journal of Cardiac Surgery, March-April 2006 issue. The study observed and analyzed the results of using heart donors 50 years of age and older and found...

Sugarcane Smut Attack Over $800 Million Worth Crop

‘Don't panic’ said the Queensland Government to cane growers regarding the spread of a rare disease which might engulf about $800 million //worth crops – according to estimates. A total of 8 properties, were found to confirm by authorities to be affected by sugarcane smut disease. The initial case showed as a fine black powder of fungal spores spotted on cane paddock near Childers....

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Magnetic Farnsworth D15 Kit

Description:Magnetic Farnsworth D15 kit. Magnets move the color disks. Protects disks from fingerprints. Keeps all the disks in one place. Clear glass insures accurate color perception. Makes color testing fun....
Company:Richmond Products, Inc.

Farnsworth's D15 Test

Description:Farnsworth D15 test is used to separate medium and strong color defect vs normal. Farnsworth D15 come in plexiglas boxes which permit the patient to select the sequence of chips. Then the box is closed and the selections can be read thru the bottom for easy scoring....
Company:Richmond Products, Inc.

Farnsworth D-15 Test

Description:This test is a modification of the Farnsworth-Munsell 100 Hue Test. It is intended for screening purposes rather than for the in-depth study of a color vision defect. It provides a benchmark to indicate a subject's ease or difficulty in distinguishing color differences in certain tasks. The set is made up of 15 color reference caps with Munsell notations, plus a neutral (N 5) cap. The caps are ar...
Company:Paul N. Gardner Company Inc.

Farnsworth Panel D15 test evaluation

Description:Farnsworth panel D15 test evaluation has a choice of 4 easy ways to arrange caps with automatic creation 'horse-shoe' diagrams, automatic color deficiency analysis, manual color deficiency analysis, calculation of color confusion index (CCI), calculation of age-corrected CCI, eye selection (OD, OS, OU) and test or re-test selection....
Company:Optical Diagnostics

Farnsworth 100 Hue Test

Description:Farnsworth 100 Hue Test including MS-Excel scoring template on CD. The Richmond Products version of the Farnsworth 100 Hue Test comes boxed in clear acrylic containers which make scoring easy and reduces the potential for test disruption by holding the patients disc sequence intact. Farnsworth 100 Hue test from Richmond Products includes 93 color discs, four clear acrylic boxes, a tray, a durabl...
Company:Richmond Products, Inc.

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