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Can Acting In Love Help You Stay In Love?
Recent studies on long-term love reveal that partners who feel “very intensely in love” enjoy an active, exciting sex life after 10 years of marriage. Their secret? They touch. They share. They explore. Learn how you can make love last, just like they do, with the power of intention. read more
Source: Psychology Today Relationships Center - February 12, 2013 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Craig Malkin, Ph.D. Tags: Happiness Relationships Amy Cuddy. TEDtalk arthur aron attraction auto accident body chemistry body language body of evidence brain and body diffident dr cuddy embarrassing moment eye contact forty years four minutes human Source Type: news

South Africa: Gauteng Undertakes Community Campaign to Educate About Pregnancy and Sexually Transmitted Illness As 203 000 Babies Are Born in the Province
[SA Govt]The Gauteng Department of Health is calling on pregnant mothers and their partners to make use of clinics to learn more about pregnancy and prevention of sexually transmitted illnesses.
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - February 12, 2013 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news

Genes that cause short-sightedness discovered
Conclusion This study has identified 26 genetic variants found to be associated with problems in the way the eye focuses light (refractive errors). Two of the variants were linked to refractive errors previously, and 24 of the variants were new. Using data from people enrolled in a cohort study in Rotterdam, the researchers calculated that people with the most adverse genetic variants (those with the highest risk score) had a tenfold increase in the odds of becoming short-sighted. The highest risk score occurred in less than 5% of subjects. Although this is exciting research, contrary to some of the headlines, treatment...
Source: NHS News Feed - February 12, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Genetics/stem cells Source Type: news

Bristol academic on BBC Radio 4's Inside Heath
Professor Adam Finn of the School of Clinical Sciences will feature on tonight's BBC Radio 4's Inside Health.
Source: University of Bristol news - February 12, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: news_text Tags: In the media Source Type: news

Bristol academics comment about the Pope's resignation
Gavin D'Costa, Professor in Catholic Theology, and George Ferzoco, a research fellow in the Department of Religion and Theology, have been interviewed by the media about the Pope's resignation.
Source: University of Bristol news - February 12, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: news_text Tags: In the media Source Type: news

PeerJ leads a high-quality, low-cost new breed of open-access publisher
A one-off fee allows researchers to publish as many papers as they like. The first open access PeerJ articles appear todayWe all know by now that traditional academic publishing is in an appalling mess. Locking publicly funded research behind a paywall is completely unacceptable, and happily our government understands this. The Finch Report has rightly mandated that research must be published as open access. So profiteering publishers, seeing the writing on the wall, are offering authors open-access options.But corporations addicted to profit margins of 32-42% find it hard to give them up. As a result, while the world's le...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 12, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Mike Taylor Tags: Open access scientific publishing Blogposts guardian.co.uk Media Higher education Newspapers & magazines Peer review and scientific publishing Science Source Type: news

15 Fully Funded PhD Fellowships, Cologne/K?ln, Germany
Added via NatureJobs. International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS-Age) and Cologne Cluster of Excellence in Cellular Stress Responses in Aging (CECAD Cologne) are offering a joint graduate programme with 15 Fully Funded PhD Fellowships for international training of doctoral students in the highly interdisciplinary field of ageing. The programme is designed to provide outstanding research training with state-of-the-art facilities and an educational programme geared toward understanding ageing and age-related diseases. A thesis committee will provide comprehensive support and mentorship for career development. The PhD c...
Source: Society for Endocrinology - February 12, 2013 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news

Beyond the Medical HomeBeyond the Medical Home
An increasingly higher percentage of children with special needs live far into adulthood today, bringing about new challenges in obtaining medical care, education, job training, and employment. Pediatric Nursing
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - February 12, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pediatrics Journal Article Source Type: news

Surgical trials centre to open in Bristol
A new centre that will enable surgeons to learn more about how to deal with a range of conditions, assess new surgical techniques and discover surgical breakthroughs to help deliver better care to thousands of patients will open in Bristol.
Source: University of Bristol news - February 12, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: news_text Tags: Press releases Source Type: news

Every potential student nurse to face aptitude test
Every potential student nurse or qualified healthcare worker entering training will in future be interviewed and tested to make sure they have the right values and skills to provide good care, HSJ can reveal.
Source: HSJ - February 12, 2013 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

Training starts for one million 'dementia friends'
A scheme to train a million “dementia friends” to learn how to spot signs of the disease and support sufferers is being launched today.
Source: Nursing Times Breaking News - February 12, 2013 Category: Nursing Source Type: news

Parents Need To Be Mindful Of Their Eating Practices To Avoid Obesity In Preschoolers And Help Them To Develop A Healthy Relationship With Food
While sugary drinks, lack of exercise and genetics contribute to a growing number of overweight American children, new research from Washington State University reveals how a mom's eating habits and behavior at the dinner table can influence her preschooler's obesity risk. The findings come from WSU alumna Halley Morrison's undergraduate honors thesis, which recently was published in the journal Appetite. As a biology major and student fitness instructor, Morrison knew she wanted to focus on health and the human body...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 12, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness Source Type: news

Update: Have BIO2010 Goals Been Achieved?
Leaders in biology education are celebrating the progress made since the publication of BIO2010: Transforming Undergraduate Education for Future Research Biologists. The landmark report, published in 2003 by the National Research Council (NRC), called on institutions of higher education to revamp both the curricula and teaching methods in the life sciences to meet the challenges of the 21st century. BIO2010 urged much deeper connections between the biological sciences and mathematics, the physical sciences, and computer science. In addition, the report called on faculty to move out of the lecture hall and into the field a...
Source: Eye on Education - February 12, 2013 Category: Biology Authors: BioScience Source Type: news

Mobile Learning Anytime, Anywhere
Pssst, do you want a free iPod? Sure, but what's the catch? You must use it to learn! Some educational institutions are taking the leap to mobile learning (m-learning) by giving out free iPods. For example, Abilene Christian University gave iPods or iPhones to freshman students and developed 15 Web applications specifically for the mobile devices. Free iPod Touches were handed out to newly hired math and science teachers at a technology training workshop at the University of Texas at San Antonio. Duke University's Digital Initiative program lends iPods to students and staff, or sells them at about a third of the market pri...
Source: Eye on Education - February 12, 2013 Category: Biology Authors: BioScience Source Type: news

Forging a 21st Century Model for Undergraduate Research
Not all biology students get to experience scientific research firsthand, but the National Genomics Research Initiative (NGRI) is working to change that, says its director, Tuajuanda Jordan. "The goal is to support educators and improve the number and quality of 21st century scientists," Jordan says. The NGRI is the first initiative to spring from Howard Hughes Medical Institute's (HHMI) new Science Education Alliance (SEA). At present, a competitive application process determines which institutions become part of NGRI. The goal is to make the experience readily available to all who are interested within the next few year...
Source: Eye on Education - February 12, 2013 Category: Biology Authors: BioScience Source Type: news

Expanding the Understanding of Evolution
Originally designed for K–12 teachers, the Understanding Evolution (UE) Web site (www.understandingevolution.org) is a onestop shop for all of a teacher's evolution education needs, with lesson plans, teaching tips, lists of common evolution misconceptions, and much more. However, during the past five years, the UE project team learned that another group of educators uses it, too. "It became clear to us that there was a significant number of undergraduate faculty using it," says Judy Scotchmoor, assistant director of Education and Public Programs at the University of California Museum of Paleontology. So, she and her...
Source: Eye on Education - February 12, 2013 Category: Biology Authors: BioScience Source Type: news

Upgrading Undergraduate Biology Education
On many campuses throughout the country, undergraduate biology education is in serious need of an upgrade. During the past few decades, the body of biological knowledge has grown exponentially, and as a research endeavor, the practice of biology has evolved. Education research has also made great strides, revealing many new insights into how students learn and producing effective teaching strategies. But the practice of undergraduate biology education does not reflect these advances. For many students, biology continues to be a laundry list of topics, countless new words and diagrams to memorize, and cookbook experiments t...
Source: Eye on Education - February 12, 2013 Category: Biology Authors: BioScience Source Type: news

Teaching Biology for a Sustainable Future
This report also states the need to prepare future biologists to work collaboratively "to address complex and increasingly interdisciplinary problems." Many of these problems, such as those caused by climate change, the lack of a sustainable food supply, or reliance on nonrenewable energies, stem from years of shortsighted practices that will negatively affect future generations' quality of life. Sustainable solutions must take into account environmental, economic, and social implications, says David Hassenzahl, founding dean and professor at Chatham University's School of Sustainability and the Environment in Pittsburgh,...
Source: Eye on Education - February 12, 2013 Category: Biology Authors: BioScience Source Type: news

Motivating Tomorrow's Biologists
"How do you make the biology we teach as exciting as the biology that we do?" was the challenging question posed by V. Celeste Carter to participants at the National Academy of Sciences convocation, "Thinking Evolutionarily: Evolution Education across the Life Sciences," held in October. Carter, program director at the National Science Foundation, and others at the convocation discussed the converging efforts to improve biology education, to better motivate students, and to integrate evolution across learning experiences. Simply regurgitating the biological knowledge generated by the scientific community or conducting "co...
Source: Eye on Education - February 12, 2013 Category: Biology Authors: BioScience Source Type: news

Making Biology Relevant to Undergraduates
Terry R. McGuire always assumed that his students understood the relevance of their biology coursework to their lives outside the classroom, and he expected their grades to fall along a normal bell curve. But when he returned from a professional development experience in 2002, his life as a professor was forever changed. McGuire, who teaches genetics at Rutgers University, had attended a Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities (SENCER; www.sencer.net) Summer Institute. On his return, he began to make small shifts in his teaching approach, sharing course-relevant current events and assigning "one-m...
Source: Eye on Education - February 12, 2013 Category: Biology Authors: BioScience Source Type: news

Community Colleges Giving Students a Framework for STEM Careers
Over the coming decade, our country will need one million more science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) professionals than was originally projected. That is the conclusion of a February 2012 report, Engage to Excel: Producing One Million Additional College Graduates with Degrees in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/pcast-engage-to-excel-final_2-25-12.pdf), presented to President Obama by the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). The report stresses the importance of exciting early on students who are potent...
Source: Eye on Education - February 12, 2013 Category: Biology Authors: BioScience Source Type: news

Collaborations Grow through the Introductory Biology Project
When Elena Bray-Speth, assistant professor of biology at Saint Louis University, presented her case study on the evolution of fur color in mice, little did she know that someone in the audience had developed a case on the very same topic. That person was Jim Smith, principal investigator (PI) of Evo-Ed (http://lbc.msu.edu/evo-ed), a National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded project that currently houses four evolutionbased case studies. "Elena and I met just after her session and I showed her our cases," said Smith, who is a professor in the Lyman Briggs College and the Department of Entomology at Michigan State University....
Source: Eye on Education - February 12, 2013 Category: Biology Authors: BioScience Source Type: news

Discovering the Biology Education Research Community
When Sarah Eddy began work on her doctoral thesis, she assumed that her main contribution would relate to her field of study—behavioral ecology and the sexual selection of salamanders—but one of her more significant discoveries had nothing to do with amphibians and everything to do with what was going on in the classroom. As a graduate teaching assistant at Oregon State University, she realized how important it was to her to see students truly improve their learning. "It was in trying to figure out how to help students achieve more that I discovered education research literature," she explained. Many biologists...
Source: Eye on Education - February 12, 2013 Category: Biology Authors: BioScience Source Type: news

AIBS Public Policy Office 2012 Annual Report Now Available
Despite a daunting political and policy environment, the AIBS Public Policy Office aggressively and successfully advanced the interests of the biological sciences community last year. Learn about our activities and accomplishments in 2012 and find out how you can participate in the future. A few key accomplishments from 2012: Rallied the scientific community in opposition to federal budget sequestration. Convened a workshop and facilitated the development of the Implementation Plan for a Network Integrated Biocollections Alliance. Testified before Congress on the importance of federal funding for the US Geological Surve...
Source: Public Policy Reports - February 12, 2013 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Source Type: news

Over 300 Schools Teaching Creationism on the Taxpayer's Dime
Despite a ban on teaching creationism in public schools, some private schools that receive funding through school voucher programs are teaching religious doctrine in science class. Nineteen-year-old activist Zach Kopplin has uncovered 310 such schools that have received tens of millions of dollars from school vouchers. The schools are located in nine states: Florida, Indiana, Georgia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Colorado, Utah, Wisconsin, and the District of Columbia. For instance, Liberty Christian School in Anderson, Indiana takes students on field trips to the Creation Museum. Another school, Mansfield Christian School i...
Source: Public Policy Reports - February 12, 2013 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Source Type: news

Short Takes
Celebrate the life and scientific contributions of Charles Darwin on 12 February. The date marks the birthday of the famous evolutionary biologist. Events will be held around the world to celebrate the occasion. Learn more at http://darwinday.org/. A new, free online biology course aims to teach the basics of biology and inform students about the coming revolution in our understanding of biology. The course is taught by Dr. Eric Lander, a professor at MIT and Harvard Medical School and a co-chair of President Obama's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. Learn more at https://www.edx.org/courses/MITx/7.00x/2013_Sp...
Source: Public Policy Reports - February 12, 2013 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Source Type: news

Toolkit Details How to Become an Effective STEM Mentor
Citing President Obama’s recognition of the importance of mentorship in the nation’s quest to produce top students in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields, the Corporation for National and Community Service has released a toolkit detailing strategies to become an effective organizer of STEM mentorship within the community. The toolkit lays out a step-by-step guide to getting started, including identifying local partners, building a team, and setting goals. The toolkit provides thorough guidance for each step, including online resources for finding STEM mentoring organizations, strategies fo...
Source: Public Policy Reports - February 12, 2013 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Source Type: news

Join Us for the 2013 BESC Congressional Visits Day
Scientists and graduate students who are interested in communicating the importance of federal investments in scientific research and education to lawmakers are encouraged to participate in the Biological and Ecological Sciences Coalition (BESC) Congressional Visits Day in Washington, DC. This event is an opportunity for scientists to meet with their members of Congress about the importance of federal support for biological research and education. Event participants advocate for federal investments in biological sciences research, such as that supported by the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Agricultur...
Source: Public Policy Reports - February 12, 2013 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Source Type: news

Oklahoma Senate to Consider Anti-Evolution Bill
The Oklahoma Senate Education Committee is poised to consider a bill that threatens the teaching of evolution in the state’s public schools. Senate Bill 758 would require science teachers to help students evaluate the scientific strengths and weaknesses of “existing scientific theories.” Although evolution and climate change are not directly mentioned in the legislation, the bill is similar to efforts in other states to introduce creationism into the classroom. The bill is sponsored by Oklahoma State Senator Brecheen. Senator Brecheen previously sponsored legislation to weaken the teaching of evolution i...
Source: Public Policy Reports - February 12, 2013 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Source Type: news

Action Alert: Tell Lawmakers about the Value of Science
Nearly one hundred new lawmakers were elected to Congress in November. Let them - and their returning colleagues - know the value of federal investments in science. Please take a minute to send a letter to your members of Congress about the importance of biological research and education to our nation. Take action at http://capwiz.com/aibs/issues/alert/?alertid=62388191.
Source: Public Policy Reports - February 12, 2013 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Source Type: news

Lawmakers Ponder Alternatives to Sequestration
President Barack Obama and members of Congress are floating ideas to prevent $85 billion in automatic budget cuts from occurring this year, starting on 1 March. Last week, the President urged lawmakers to avert budget sequestration in the short-term through a package of smaller budget cuts and tax reforms. Such a move would buy time for a larger, more comprehensive package to be prepared. House Republicans criticized President Obama’s call for new revenues. House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) said that Republicans would oppose additional tax increases and instead pursue more spending cuts. Legislation introduced by ...
Source: Public Policy Reports - February 12, 2013 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Source Type: news

Upcoming Biology Education Conferences
The Life Discovery-Doing Science Conference is being organized by the Ecological Society of America, Botanical Society of America, Society for the Study of Evolution, and the Society for Economic Botany. March 15-16, 2013. St. Paul, MN. Develop new classroom materials with innovative biology educators at the BioQUEST Summer Workshop. June 10 - 16, 2013 Emory University Atlanta, GA Participate in hands-on workshops at the 2013 Annual Association for Biology Laboratory Educators (ABLE) Conference. June 25-28. Alberta, CA. Share your research and gain new knowledge at the Society for the Advancement...
Source: Education Reports - February 12, 2013 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Tags: January/February Source Type: news

Get Involved
Share the efforts in your community that are advancing the Vision and Change recommendations and participate in the Change conference by submitting an abstract to AAAS by January 31st. Contribute your expertise to the Partnership in Undergraduate Life Science Education (PULSE) community. Learn about the working groups and join the conversation! Submit a proposal to the National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC) by March 20th to bring together researchers and educators focused on Interdisciplinary Integration within undergraduate education. Provide feedback on the second and final public ...
Source: Education Reports - February 12, 2013 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Tags: January/February Source Type: news

New Publications and Reports
Learn about Disciplinary-Based Education Research (DBER) and the Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research (SABER) in this month’s Eye on Education column in BioScience. Explore and use the new “Core Concepts and Learning Objectives in Plant Biology for Undergraduates” developed by the Botanical Society of America and the American Society for Plant Biology. Leadership for Interdisciplinary Learning: A Practical Guide to Mobilizing, Implementing, and Sustaining Campus Efforts, by Susan Elrod and Mary J. S. Roth, was published this fall by Project Kaleidoscope. Learn ...
Source: Education Reports - February 12, 2013 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Tags: January/February Source Type: news

Estimating the direct and indirect pathways between education and diabetes incidence among Canadian men and women: a mediation analysis
Conclusions: Of the mediating pathways examined in this paper, body mass index was the pathway through which the largest number of diabetes cases was mediated among men and women. A substantial number of excess diabetes cases among respondents with lower education levels, in particular among men, were not mediated through any of the eight pathways examined.
Source: Annals of Epidemiology - February 12, 2013 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Peter M. Smith, Brendan T. Smith, Cameron A. Mustard, Hong Lu, Richard H. Glazier Source Type: research

Urban adolescents with intellectual disability and challenging behaviour: costs and characteristics during transition to adult services
This article illustrates some of the relevant issues in this area. Further research is required to investigate these aspects and guide commissioning of appropriate services.
Source: Health and Social Care in the Community - February 12, 2013 Category: Health Management Authors: Diana A. Barron, Iris Molosankwe, Renee Romeo, Angela Hassiotis Source Type: research

Notice of Availability of Funds and Solicitation for Grant Applications for National Farmworker Jobs Program Grants
The Employment and Training Administration announces a grant competition for operating the National Farmworker Jobs Program, a nationally-directed, locally-administered program of job training and employment assistance for migrants and seasonal farmworkers and their dependents.
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - February 12, 2013 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

Learn how the Second Amendment Foundation protects all our futures, our children, our liberties
With all the recent talk in the nation's capital and in some statehouses around the country about efforts to implement new gun control measures, it might seem like law-abiding gun owners don't have too many friends. That couldn't be further from the truth. Most...
Source: NaturalNews.com - February 12, 2013 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news

Experimental, cultural and neural evidence of deliberate prosociality.
Abstract A recent PNAS paper proposed that prosocial choice might be due to mistakes that disappear with learning. The authors' method for comparing preferences and mistakes might prove useful in other species. However, human evidence from various treatments, cultures, and the brain support the idea that humans are prosocial rather than mistaken. PMID: 23415076 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Trends Cogn Sci - February 12, 2013 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Camerer CF Tags: Trends Cogn Sci Source Type: research

Volitional Control of Neural Activity Relies on the Natural Motor Repertoire.
CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggest that animals learn to volitionally control single-neuron activity in PRR by preferentially exploring and exploiting their natural movement repertoire. Thus, for optimal performance, BMIs utilizing neural signals in PRR should harness, not disregard, the activity patterns in the natural sensorimotor repertoire. PMID: 23416098 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Current Biology - February 12, 2013 Category: Biology Authors: Hwang EJ, Bailey PM, Andersen RA Tags: Curr Biol Source Type: research

Education and health-behaviour among men and women in Sweden: A 27-year prospective cohort study.
Conclusions: Higher education reduces the probability of unhealthy behavior. Thus, investments in higher education should be an important public goal. PMID: 23404182 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Public Health - February 12, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Brännlund A, Hammarström A, Strandh M Tags: Scand J Public Health Source Type: research

Validation of Decisional Balance and Self-Efficacy Measures for HPV Vaccination in College Women.
Conclusion. Findings support the internal and external validity of these measures and their use in Transtheoretical Model-tailored interventions. Stage-construct relationships suggest that reducing the Cons of vaccination may be more important for HPV than for behaviors with a true Maintenance stage. PMID: 23402229 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: American Journal of Health Promotion : AJHP - February 12, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Lipschitz JM, Fernandez AC, Larson HE, Blaney CL, Meier KS, Redding CA, Prochaska JO, Paiva AL Tags: Am J Health Promot Source Type: research

Intensity; in-ten-si-ty; noun. 1. Often used ambiguously within resistance training. 2. Is it time to drop the term altogether?
PMID: 23403526 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: British Journal of Sports Medicine - February 12, 2013 Category: Sports Medicine Authors: Steele J Tags: Br J Sports Med Source Type: research

The development and validation of a scoring system for shoulder injuries in rugby players.
CONCLUSIONS: A reliable athlete-reported scoring system for assessing shoulder injuries in rugby players has been developed that incorporates the most important factors for rugby players recovering from shoulder injuries. Further prospective testing of the instrument is being undertaken to determine its discriminative and evaluative functions and construct validity. PMID: 23403527 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: British Journal of Sports Medicine - February 12, 2013 Category: Sports Medicine Authors: Roberts SB, Funk L Tags: Br J Sports Med Source Type: research

Effect of a plantar perceptual learning task on walking stability in the elderly: a randomized controlled trial.
Conclusion:The plantar perceptual learning task might efficiently stabilize postural control during walking in the elderly. PMID: 23405022 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Clinical Rehabilitation - February 12, 2013 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Nakano H, Nozaki M, Ueta K, Osumi M, Kawami S, Morioka S Tags: Clin Rehabil Source Type: research

Mid-America Orthopaedic Association Physician in Training Award: Surgical Technique: Pediatric Supracondylar Humerus Fractures: A Technique to Aid Closed Reduction.
CONCLUSIONS: A posteriorly placed Schanz pin aids in anatomic reduction and decreases the need for open treatment of displaced pediatric supracondylar humerus fractures, without compromising the complication rate or final radiographic outcome. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level III, retrospective comparative study. See Guidelines for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence. PMID: 23404414 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research - February 12, 2013 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Herzog MA, Oliver SM, Ringler JR, Jones CB, Sietsema DL Tags: Clin Orthop Relat Res Source Type: research

Salient beliefs about eating and buying dark green vegetables as told by Mid-western African-American women.
Abstract Vegetables in the dark green group are the most nutritious, yet intake is low. Studies suggest that an increase in fruit and vegetables may improve diet-related health outcomes of African Americans. The aim of this exploratory study was to use the Reasoned Action Approach (RAA) to qualitatively assess salient, top-of-the-mind, beliefs (consequences, circumstances and referents) about eating and buying more dark green leafy vegetables each week over the next three months. Adult (n=30), Midwestern African-American women, who buy and prepare food for their household participated in a face-to-face salient beli...
Source: Appetite - February 12, 2013 Category: Nutrition Authors: Sheats JL, Middlestadt SE Tags: Appetite Source Type: research

Moral intensity and climate-friendly food choices.
Abstract By changing individual food consumption patterns, it might be possible to reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with climate change. The aim of the current study was to examine how perceptions of the moral intensity of climate change are related to climate friendly-food choices. The participants were 350 Finnish university students in the social and behavioral sciences who completed a questionnaire during class. The results indicated that moral perceptions mainly affected the moral evaluation and intentions to make climate-friendly food choices. We suggest that the results can be used to promote clima...
Source: Appetite - February 12, 2013 Category: Nutrition Authors: Mäkiniemi JP, Vainio A Tags: Appetite Source Type: research

Psychosocial determinants of fruit and vegetable consumption among students in a New Zealand university: results of focus group interviews.
This study aimed to identify psychosocial determinants of fruit and vegetable consumption among New Zealand university students approximately a decade after the guidelines' introduction. Twenty-nine students, aged 18-24 years, took part in focus group interviews. Important determinants included taste and health awareness/knowledge. Flatmates and partners had the greatest social influence. Cost and availability were major barriers to consumption. To improve consumption participants suggested: cooking sessions providing quick/easy recipes; more-varied nutritional information; 'made-to-measure' interventions; increasing aware...
Source: Appetite - February 12, 2013 Category: Nutrition Authors: Hartman H, Wadsworth DP, Penny S, Assema PV, Page R Tags: Appetite Source Type: research

Modulation of spinal neuronal excitability by spinal direct currents and locomotion after spinal cord injury.
CONCLUSION: Anodal tsDCS is able to modulate spinal neuronal circuitries after SCI. SIGNIFICANCE: This novel, noninvasive approach might be used as a tool to excite spinal neuronal circuitries. If applied repetitively within a training approach, anodal tsDCS might prevent adverse alterations in spinal reflex function in severely affected SCI subjects, i.e., a manifestation of a spinal neuronal dysfunction taking part below the level of a spinal lesion. PMID: 23415451 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Clinical Neurophysiology - February 12, 2013 Category: Neurology Authors: Hubli M, Dietz V, Schrafl-Altermatt M, Bolliger M Tags: Clin Neurophysiol Source Type: research