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A qualitative analysis on what Brazilian psychiatrists expect from current diagnostic classifications

Revista de Psiquiatria do Rio Grande do Sul — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:03:18 +0100

CONCLUSION: This material offers a systematic overview of the psychiatrists' opinions and expectations concerning the diagnostic instruments used in their daily practice. (Source: Revista de Psiquiatria do Rio Grande do Sul)

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Role of exercise training on pulmonary ischemia/reperfusion and inflammatory response

Revista Brasileira de Cirurgia Cardiovascular — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:46:08 +0100

O avanço tecnológico associado aos novos conhecimentos científicos tem proporcionado melhora na prevenção e/ou tratamento das complicações cardiorrespiratórias advindas de cirurgias cardiotorácicas e procedimentos envolvendo isquemia/reperfusão (IR), mas os riscos destes procedimentos ainda permanecem altos. Assim, medidas profiláticas que possam reduzir o aparecimento das complicações pós-cirúrgicas em pacientes devem ser investigadas. O exercício físico aeróbio de moderada intensidade tem sido recomendado como terapia não farmacológica tanto na prevenção como no tratamento de diversas doenças cardiovasculares e endócrino-metabólicas. Assim, o objetivo desse trabalho foi realizar uma revisão de literatura sobre os mecanismos pelos quais o processo de IR pulmonar ...

Festival of learning 2010: the way forward with education in health professions

MEDEV Events — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:42:01 +0100

The Festival of Learning is an innovative concept developed by the Higher Education Academy Health Sciences and Practice Subject Centre. It is held annually each time in a different UK location.The eighth Festival of Learning will be hosted by the Edinburgh Napier University at their beautiful Craighouse campus. The Festival blends elements of established event formats - high profile keynote presentations, workshops, special interest groups - to provide a unique celebration of diverse approaches to education and training in the Health Sciences. This year, the Festival 2010, will focus on the three themes as follows: Making connection - Assimilating theory and practice; developing partnerships between the NHS and HEIs and also education and employers; aiding awareness of educational pol...

Resistance Exercise Intensity Progression in Older Men

International Journal of Sports Medicine — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:38:23 +0100

Int J Sports MedDOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1249087AbstractOur purpose was to examine possible influences of age on resistance exercise (RE) intensity progression in men. Twenty-four men, divided in young sedentary (YS; n=10; 25.9±3.7 years), older sedentary (OS; n=7; 67.4±5.2 years), and older runners (OR; n=7; 71.3±3.0 years), underwent a 2 times-a-week RE program for 13 weeks. Muscle strength was assessed before and after training by 1-repetition maximum test. RE workloads were recorded for each exercise session, and increases of 5–10% were made whenever adaptation occurred. Muscle strength improved similarly in all groups after RE (P<0.001). Relative RE intensity progression was not significantly different between YS and OS, except for a greater increase in calf raise relative work...

Effects of Repetitive Training at Low Altitude on Erythropoiesis in 400 and 800 m Runners

International Journal of Sports Medicine — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:38:23 +0100

In conclusion, repetitive living and training at low altitude leads to a hypoxia-induced increase in erythropoietic stimulation in elite 400 m and 800 m runners and, apparently, might also cause a consecutive augmentation of THM.[...]© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New YorkGet connected:Table of contents | Abstract | Full text (Source: International Journal of Sports Medicine)

The Power Profile Predicts Road Cycling MMP

International Journal of Sports Medicine — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:38:23 +0100

Int J Sports MedDOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1247528AbstractLaboratory tests of fitness variables have previously been shown to be valid predictors of cycling time-trial performance. However, due to the influence of drafting, tactics and the variability of power output in mass-start road races, comparisons between laboratory tests and competition performance are limited. The purpose of this study was to compare the power produced in the laboratory Power Profile (PP) test and Maximum Mean Power (MMP) analysis of competition data. Ten male cyclists (mean±SD: 20.8±1.5 y, 67.3±5.5 kg, V˙O 72.7±5.1 mL·kg·min) completed a PP test within 14 days of competing in a series of road races. No differences were found between PP results and MMP analysis of competition data for duratio...

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Examining the Accumulated Oxygen Deficit Method in Front Crawl Swimming

International Journal of Sports Medicine — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:38:23 +0100

Int J Sports MedDOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1248286AbstractThe present study investigated the Accumulated Oxygen Deficit (AOD) method in front crawl swimming with the aims to assess the robustness of the oxygen uptake/swimming velocity regression line and to quantify the precision of the AOD. Twenty-nine male swimmers performed two swimming tests in different days, with a 24 h recovery between tests: a graded test and an all-out test. The all-out test was performed either in 100 m (n=11), 200 m (n=13) or 400 m (n=5). Through all testing expired gases were collected breath by breath and analysed with a K4b2 Gas Analyser (Cosmed, Rome, Italy) connected to an AquaTrainer Valve (Cosmed, Rome, Italy). The error of oxygen uptake/swimming velocity regression lines was ≈4R...

Bone Mass in Prepubertal Tennis Players

International Journal of Sports Medicine — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:38:23 +0100

In conclusion, tennis participation before puberty is associated with increased lean mass and bone mass, due to an enhanced bone size and areal BMD in the playing arm.[...]© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New YorkGet connected:Table of contents | Abstract | Full text (Source: International Journal of Sports Medicine)

Knee Proprioception after Exercise-Induced Muscle Damage

International Journal of Sports Medicine — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:38:23 +0100

Int J Sports MedDOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1248285AbstractThe purpose of the present study was to investigate whether exercise-induced quadriceps muscle damage affects knee proprioception such as joint position sense (JPS), force sense and the threshold to detect passive movement (TTDPM). Fourteen young men performed sets of eccentric quadriceps contractions at a target of 60% of the maximal concentric peak torque until exhaustion; the exercise was interrupted whenever the subject could not complete two sets. Muscle soreness, JPS, the TTDPM and force sense were examined before the exercise as well as one, 24, 48, 72 and 96 h after exercise. The results were compared using one-way repeated-measure ANOVA. Plasma CK activity, collected at the same times, was analyzed by the Friedman's test to ...

Activity Profile in Elite Italian Soccer Team

International Journal of Sports Medicine — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:38:23 +0100

This study provides data which could be used as a basis for the work of scientists as well as football professionals.[...]© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New YorkGet connected:Table of contents | Abstract | Full text (Source: International Journal of Sports Medicine)

Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers Program--Advanced Rehabilitation Research Training (ARRT) Projects CFDA 84.133P-1

Grants.gov — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:15:28 +0100

Funding Opportunity Number: ED-GRANTS-031810-001 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: GrantCategory of Funding Activity: EducationCFDA Number: 84.133Eligible Applicants Public and State controlled institutions of higher educationPrivate institutions of higher educationOthers (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Agency Name null (Source: Grants.gov)

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Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers Program--Advanced Rehabilitation Research Training (ARRT) Projects CFDA 84.133P-1

Grants.gov — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:15:28 +0100

Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers Program--Advanced Rehabilitation Research Training (ARRT) Projects CFDA 84.133P-1

Grants.gov — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:15:28 +0100

Funding Opportunity Number: ED-GRANTS-031810-001 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: OtherCategory of Funding Activity: EducationCFDA Number: 84.133Eligible Applicants Public and State controlled institutions of higher educationPrivate institutions of higher educationOthers (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Agency Name ED (Source: Grants.gov)

Strengthening of Continuing Education for Field Epidemiology (& Laboratory) Training Programs [FE(L)TPs] through the Development of Training Materials with Web-Based Delivery Options

Grants.gov — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:15:28 +0100

Funding Opportunity Number: CDC-RFA-GH11-1101 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: HealthCFDA Number: 93.283Eligible Applicants State governmentsCounty governmentsCity or township governmentsSpecial district governmentsPublic and State controlled institutions of higher educationNative American tribal governments (Federally recognized)Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher educationNonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher educationPrivate institutions of higher educationFor profit organizations other than small businessesSmall businessesOthers (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" fo...

The effects of Chinese calligraphy handwriting and relaxation training in Chinese Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma patients: A randomized controlled trial

International Journal of Nursing Studies — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:54:44 +0100

Conclusions: Similar to the effects of relaxation training, calligraphy demonstrated a gradually build-up physiological slow-down, and associated with heightened concentration and improved mood disturbance. Calligraphy offered a promising approach to improved health in cancer patients. (Source: International Journal of Nursing Studies)

Postpartum depression peer support: Maternal perceptions from a randomized controlled trial

International Journal of Nursing Studies — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:54:44 +0100

Conclusions: The majority of mothers perceived their peer volunteer experience positively lending further support to telephone-based peer support as a preventative strategy for postpartum depression. The following program modifications were suggested: (a) adapt training to enhance the provision of appraisal support; (b) improve matching of volunteers to participants based on age, number of children, and breastfeeding status; and (c) ensure participating mothers want to receive peer support in order to facilitate the development of relationships with their assigned peers. (Source: International Journal of Nursing Studies)

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Mentoring in otolaryngology training programs

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:22:34 +0100

Conclusion: Residents perceive mentoring as important, and formal mentoring programs should be incorporated into otolaryngology training programs. (Source: Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery)

Validation of a clinical practice ability instrument for surgical training

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:22:34 +0100

Conclusion: The CPI serves as a reliable, reproducible, and valid means to measure the progression of clinical practice ability in trainees as they transition from “novice” to “attending equivalent” surgeons. (Source: Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery)

Complications of esophagoscopy in an academic training program

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:22:34 +0100

Conclusion: The 2.6 percent esophageal perforation rate observed in this study is higher than that typically reported for rigid esophagoscopy. When performed as part of routine panendoscopy, no synchronous esophageal tumors were found, questioning the value of esophagoscopy in this setting. All perforations occurred in patients with a history of head and neck cancer and were associated with the level of the surgeon's experience in performing rigid endoscopy. (Source: Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery)

Behavioral Parent Training as an Adjunct to Routine Care in Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Moderators of Treatment Response

Journal of Pediatric Psychology — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:11:47 +0100

Conclusions Adjunctive BPT is most useful when mothers have high parenting self-efficacy and in children with no or single-type comorbidity. (Source: Journal of Pediatric Psychology)

Effects of physical fitness training on mortality independence and disability after stroke unclear

Neurological Conditions Specialist Library — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:01:19 +0100

Evidence-Based Nursing is a secondary evidence journal, containing informative abstracts and expert commentaries about the best quality research from primary care medicine. Citation: Lutz BJ (2010) Effects of physical fitness training on mortality, independence and disability after stroke unclear. Evidence Based Nursing 13(1):18. Abstracted from: Saunders DH, Greig CA, Mead GE, et al. Physical fitness training for stroke patients. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Issue 4 2009 (Source: Neurological Conditions Specialist Library)

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Effects of physical fitness training on mortality independence and disability after stroke unclear

Neurological Conditions Specialist Library — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:56:20 +0100

Evidence-Based Medicine is a secondary evidence journal, containing informative abstracts and expert commentaries about the best quality research from primary care medicine. Citation: Boysen G. (2010) Effects of physical fitness training on mortality, independence and disability after stroke unclear. Evidence Based Medicine 15(1):14-5. Abstracted from: Saunders DH, Greig CA, Mead GE, et al. Physical fitness training for stroke patients. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Issue 4, 2009 (Source: Neurological Conditions Specialist Library)

Strength training improves upper-limb function in individuals with stroke - a meta-analysis

Neurological Conditions Specialist Library — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:40:06 +0100

Bottom-line conclusion: There is evidence that strength training can improve upper-limb strength and function without increasing tone or pain in individuals with stroke. (Source: Neurological Conditions Specialist Library)

A critical reassessment of ambulance service airway management in prehospital care: Joint Royal Colleges Ambulance Liaison Committee Airway Working Group, June 2008

Emergency Medicine Journal — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:45:06 +0100

Paramedic tracheal intubation has been practised in the UK for more than 20 years and is currently a core skill for paramedics. Growing evidence suggests that tracheal intubation is not the optimal method of airway management by paramedics and may be detrimental to patient outcomes. There is also evidence that the current initial training of 25 intubations performed in-hospital is inadequate, and that the lack of ongoing intubation practice may compound this further. Supraglottic airway devices (eg, laryngeal mask airway), which were not available when extended training and paramedic intubation was first introduced, are now in use in many ambulance services and are a suitable alternative prehospital airway device for paramedics. (Source: Emergency Medicine Journal)

Options for maintaining quality family planning counseling: strategies for refresher training

International Journal for Quality in Health Care — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:24:01 +0100

Conclusions Some type of reinforcement is needed following initial training. Programs must consider what is most practical in terms of existing supervision systems and budgets. Individual application of KIT is primarily appropriate for programs that already conduct routine supervisory visits of individual providers and can integrate KIT. Group KIT or traditional refresher training produce slightly lower results at significantly less cost. (Source: International Journal for Quality in Health Care)

More U.S. Medical School Seniors To Train As Family Medicine Residents

Health News from Medical News Today — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:00:00 +0100

The number of U.S. medical school seniors who will enter residency training in family medicine rose 9 percent over 2009, according to the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP). These individuals will be among the more than 16,000 U.S. medical school seniors who will learn today at noon where they will spend the next three to seven years of residency training in "Match Day" ceremonies across the country. In 2009, the number of U.S. medical school seniors placed in family medicine residencies dropped by 7 percent... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

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AAMC Pleased More Medical School Graduates Are Matching To Primary Care Residencies

Health News from Medical News Today — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:00:00 +0100

AAMC (Association of American Medical Colleges) President and CEO Darrell G. Kirch, M.D., issued the following statement on Match Day results released this afternoon by the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) for U.S. medical school graduates and the primary care specialties: "The AAMC is extremely encouraged that more graduating U.S. medical students this year chose primary care for their residency training... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

More U.S. Medical School Seniors To Train As Family Medicine Residents

Medical Students News From Medical News Today — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:00:00 +0100

AAMC Pleased More Medical School Graduates Are Matching To Primary Care Residencies

Medical Students News From Medical News Today — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:00:00 +0100

AAMC (Association of American Medical Colleges) President and CEO Darrell G. Kirch, M.D., issued the following statement on Match Day results released this afternoon by the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) for U.S. medical school graduates and the primary care specialties: "The AAMC is extremely encouraged that more graduating U.S... (Source: Medical Students News From Medical News Today)

Nutritional training for doctors overdue

Health News - UPI.com — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:33:28 +0100

LONDON, March 19 (UPI) -- Nutritional training is important to every area of clinical practice but has been long neglected, researchers in Britain said. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)

South Africa: Province Tackles TB Default Rate

AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:04:13 +0100

The North West has increased its efforts to fight the TB treatment defaulter rate by training almost 800 directly observed therapy (Dot) supporters, who will encourage patients to take their medicine correctly. (Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis)

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Call For More Nutrition Training For Doctors, UK

Health News from Medical News Today — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100

Nutrition needs to become a more important part of doctors' training as leading experts claim that current provision is "patchy". Existing research shows that one in four patients admitted to hospital may be at risk of malnutrition and the British Association for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (BAPEN) campaign group warns that doctors working both in hospitals and as GPs often miss the signs of nutritional problems. Better training would help doctors pick up the signs of malnutrition early and refer people to a dietitian more speedily... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

Call For More Nutrition Training For Doctors, UK

Diabetes News From Medical News Today — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100

Nutrition needs to become a more important part of doctors' training as leading experts claim that current provision is "patchy"... (Source: Diabetes News From Medical News Today)

The Role Of Haptic Feedback In Laparoscopic Training Using The LapMentor II

Health News from Medical News Today — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:00:00 +0100

UroToday.com - Increasing attention is being directed to the use of simulation in training laparoscopic surgery as it is becoming the standard of care for many surgical diseases. The debate continues in the literature as to the necessity of haptic or tactile feedback as an important component of a laparoscopic simulator for teaching these surgical skills. The Simbionix LapMentor II has the capability of providing tactile feedback for its basic skills training. However, this software adds an estimated cost of $30,000 to this simulator without the haptic feedback... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

The Role Of Haptic Feedback In Laparoscopic Training Using The LapMentor II

Medical Devices News From Medical News Today — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:00:00 +0100

Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) Grant Program; Announcement of Funds Availability and Grant Application Deadlines

Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:00:00 +0100

Rural Utilities Service, USDA announces the application availability for the Distance Learning and Telemedicine grant program, to provide loans and grants designed to provide access to education, training and health care resources for people in rural America. (Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center)

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High ANC coverage and low skilled attendance in a rural Tanzanian district: a case for implementing a birth plan intervention

BioMed Central — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Conclusions: Increasing coverage of skilled delivery care and achieving the full implementation of Tanzania's Focused Antenatal Care Package in Ngorongoro depends upon improved training and monitoring of health care providers, and greater family participation in antenatal care visits. (Source: BioMed Central)

SCR CONNECTions Mar 17 Webinar Recording Available

Network News — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:43:25 +0100

The recording for the March 17 SCR CONNECTions webinar, Reliable Complementary and Alternative (CAM) Websites, is available online at http://nnlm.gov/scr/training/webmeeting.html#Archives. The next SCR CONNECTions, PubMed Update, will be held on Wednesday, April 21, at 10:30am CT. (Source: Network News)

Can Adults Have ADHD?

Psych Central — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:33:15 +0100

Attention deficit disorder is not just a childhood disorder. Adults can be diagnosed with attention deficit disorder (ADHD) as well. Sometimes this is a result of the person’s childhood ADHD progressing into adulthood (up to 70 percent of children will continue to struggle with ADHD as adults). Other times, an adult can either simply never been diagnosed as a child, or develop the disorder later on in life. Adult attention deficit disorder looks a lot like childhood attention deficit disorder. That shouldn’t come as a surprise, since the symptoms are largely the same. If you answer “Yes” to six or more of the below symptoms, you may have adult ADHD: Often fails to give close attention to details or makes careless mistakes in course work, work, or other activities ...

CATalyst Council Press Conference

Health News from Medical News Today — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:00:00 +0100

Want to know how to get your cat to the veterinarian without being clawed? The CATalyst Council and American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) are holding a press conference on Friday, March 19, offering advice on how to make veterinary visits for feline patients pain free for cats and their owners. "Even more than dog owners, cat owners commonly report that it's difficult to get their pet to the veterinarian. With a little planning and training, cats can learn how to travel comfortably and safely in a carrier," explains Dr... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

Recursive Least Squares Dictionary Learning Algorithm

IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:53:00 +0100

We present the recursive least squares dictionary learning algorithm, RLS-DLA, which can be used for learning overcomplete dictionaries for sparse signal representation. Most DLAs presented earlier, for example ILS-DLA and K-SVD, update the dictionary after a batch of training vectors has been processed, usually using the whole set of training vectors as one batch. The training set is used iteratively to gradually improve the dictionary. The approach in RLS-DLA is a continuous update of the dictionary as each training vector is being processed. The core of the algorithm is compact and can be effectively implemented. The algorithm is derived very much along the same path as the recursive least squares (RLS) algorithm for adaptive filtering. Thus, as in RLS, a forgetting factor $lambda$ can ...

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Effects of Training about Academic Accommodations on Perceptions and Intentions of Health Science Faculty

Journal of Allied Health — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:48:58 +0100

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Educating Medical Students in Laboratory Medicine: A Proposed Curriculum.

American Journal of Clinical Pathology — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:41:11 +0100

Authors: Smith BR, Aguero-Rosenfeld M, Anastasi J, Baron B, Berg A, Bock JL, Campbell S, Crookston KP, Fitzgerald R, Fung M, Haspel R, Howe JG, Jhang J, Kamoun M, Koethe S, Krasowski MD, Landry ML, Marques MB, Rinder HM, Roberts W, Schreiber WE, Spitalnik SL, Tormey CA, Wolf P, Wu YY, As the 100th anniversary of the Flexner report nears, medical student education is being reviewed at many levels. One area of concern, expressed in recent reports from some national health care organizations, is the adequacy of training in the discipline of laboratory medicine (also termed clinical pathology). The Academy of Clinical Laboratory Physicians and Scientists appointed an ad hoc committee to review this topic and to develop a suggested curriculum, which was subsequently forwarded to the entire...

Training Standards and Imaging: Will These Have Any Impact on Turf Wars Affecting Radiologists?

Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:33:25 +0100

God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I think it is hopeless.Chester W. Nimitz, Fleet Admiral US Navy (1885–1966)Regardless of what people say they are talking about, what they are really talking about is money.Gertrude Stein, writer/poet (1874–1946) (Source: Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal)

Canadian Association of Radiologists / Canadian Cardiovascular Society Consensus Training Standards for Cardiac Computed Tomography

Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:33:25 +0100

The standards of the Canadian Association of Radiologists (CAR) are not rules but are guidelines that attempt to define principles of practice that should generally produce radiologic care. The physician and the medical physicist may modify an existing standard as determined by the individual patient and available resources. Adherence to CAR standards will not assure a successful outcome in every situation. The standards should not be deemed inclusive of all proper methods of care or exclusive of other methods of care reasonably directed to obtaining the same results. The standards are not intended to establish a legal standard of care or conduct, and deviation from a standard does not, in and of itself, indicate or imply that such medical practice is below an acceptable level of care. The...

Transportation Emergency Response Training

Grants.gov — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:15:24 +0100

Funding Opportunity Number: RS-SEC-10-001 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: GrantCategory of Funding Activity: TransportationCFDA Number: 20.301Eligible Applicants Public housing authorities/Indian housing authoritiesOthers (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Agency Name DOT-FRA (Source: Grants.gov)

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Training for Executive excellence: The Role of the Correctional CEO Curriculum Development

Grants.gov — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:15:24 +0100

Funding Opportunity Number: 10A61 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: Other (see text field entitled "Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity" for clarification)CFDA Number: 16.601Eligible Applicants Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Agency Name USDOJ-BOP-NIC (Source: Grants.gov)

Training for Executive excellence: The Role of the Correctional CEO Curriculum Development

Grants.gov — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:15:24 +0100

Training for Executive excellence: The Role of the Correctional CEO Curriculum Development

Grants.gov — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:15:24 +0100

Training for Executive excellence: The Role of the Correctional CEO Curriculum Development

Grants.gov — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:15:24 +0100

Training for Executive excellence: The Role of the Correctional CEO Curriculum Development

Grants.gov — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:15:24 +0100

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Training for Executive excellence: The Role of the Correctional CEO Curriculum Development

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Training for Executive excellence: The Role of the Correctional CEO Curriculum Development

Grants.gov — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:15:24 +0100

Training for Executive excellence: The Role of the Correctional CEO Curriculum Development

Grants.gov — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:15:24 +0100

Training for Executive excellence: The Role of the Correctional CEO Curriculum Development

Grants.gov — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:15:24 +0100

AIDS Education and Training Center (AETC) National Center for Expansion of HIV Care in Minority Communities: Building Capacity in Community Health Centers

Grants.gov — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:15:24 +0100

Funding Opportunity Number: HRSA-10-121 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: HealthCFDA Number: 93.145Eligible Applicants Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Agency Name HHS-HRSA (Source: Grants.gov)

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Training for Executive excellence: The Role of the Correctional CEO Curriculum Development

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The Use of Microarray Technology for Cytogenetics

Springer protocols feed by Pharmacology/Toxicology — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:12:12 +0100

The use of microarray technology is revolutionizing the field of clinical cytogenetics. This new technology has transformed the cytogenetics laboratory by adapting techniques that have heretofore been the province of molecular geneticists. Intimate knowledge and comfortable familiarity with these techniques are now a must for the modern cytogeneticist, rather than a stimulating but discretionary intellectual exercise or an elective luxury. The cytogenetic laboratory of the future will likely have more scanners than microscopes, more software packages than darkrooms, and more technologists, supervisors, and directors with molecular training than ever before. This technical convergence between molecular diagnostics and clinical cytogenetics is exciting and has already resulted in many stimul...

First world war soldier's family welcome discovery of body

Guardian Unlimited Science — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:56:23 +0100

'What took them so long?' says 93-year-old relative after body of Australian Harry Willis, killed in 1916, is identified and reinterredAustralian relatives of a young soldier killed in the disastrous battle of Fromelles on the western front in July 1916 have responded with joy to the news that his body, buried in a pit with 250 other casualties, has been definitively identified and reinterred in its own grave in a war cemetery in northern France.Private Harry Willis was 19 when he was killed in an attack on the German lines near Lille, intended to relieve pressure on British troops in the battle of the Somme 50 miles away – an action which resulted in 5,533 Australian casualties in what has been described as the worst 24 hours in the country's history.The discovery of two small horsehoe-...

Lessons from a disaster relief simulation

Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:12:12 +0100

A group of clinicians worked together to stabilize the "patient." Clinicians working in high-resource settings, like Children’s Hospital Boston, rely on the availability of certain equipment to do their jobs, like ventilators, specially sized needles and tubes and a fully stocked pharmacy. But when they’re forced to perform without their gear—like in Haiti in the immediate aftermath of the January earthquake—many find it bewildering and even paralyzing. “We fall into these patterns of providing care,” says David Mooney, MD, MPH, director of the Trauma Program, who was one of the first medical responders to respond after the disaster. “One of the things I noticed in Haiti was that many doctors really fixated on what they didn’t have.” That mental block can waste...

CogniFit Coaches Multiple Sclerosis Patients To Improve Memory And Cognition

Health News from Medical News Today — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:00:00 +0100

CogniFit™, Inc., a leading maker of Brain Fitness Software, announced a new, independent study that shows CogniFit Personal Coach brain training software improves the cognitive function and skills of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) patients. Many people with MS suffer some cognitive impairment as a result of disease. Patients who trained with the program showed significant improvement in 10 fundamental cognitive skills. Results of this study are published in the current issue of NeuroRehabilitation... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

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Stritch Medical Students Taking Part In Washington March

Health News from Medical News Today — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:00:00 +0100

Eight Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine students will join hundreds of health care professionals from across the country in a march to support patients in the fight for health-care reform. "We all have different ideas about how health care needs to be reformed, but we are united in knowing that our current system is broken and something has to be done to fix it," said Nate Kittle, second-year medical student at Stritch. "That's what this march is all about. It's about being advocates for our patients and making sure they get the care they need... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

CogniFit Coaches Multiple Sclerosis Patients To Improve Memory And Cognition

Multiple Sclerosis News From Medical News Today — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:00:00 +0100

Stritch Medical Students Taking Part In Washington March

Medical Students News From Medical News Today — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:00:00 +0100

Universal Detection Technology Addresses First Responder Anthrax Vaccinations

Health News from Medical News Today — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100

Universal Detection Technology (OTCBB: UNDT), a developer of early-warning monitoring technologies and counter-terrorism training programs to protect people from bioterrorism and other infectious health threats, issued a response today to a growing interest in the security and emergency response communities to immunize first responders most susceptible to anthrax exposure. The issue was brought to the forefront recently at the annual EMS Today Conference in Baltimore, where Dr... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

Universal Detection Technology Addresses First Responder Anthrax Vaccinations

Bio-terrorism / Terrorism News From Medical News Today — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100

Universal Detection Technology (OTCBB: UNDT), a developer of early-warning monitoring technologies and counter-terrorism training programs to protect people from bioterrorism and other infectious health threats, issued a response today to a growing interest in the security and emergency response communities to immunize first responders most susceptible to anthrax exposure... (Source: Bio-terrorism / Terrorism News From Medical News Today)

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Unique Guideline Demonstrates A Multi-Specialty Outlook For Musculoskeletal Ultrasound

Health News from Medical News Today — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:00:00 +0100

The AIUM is pleased to announce that 4 professional societies have collaborated with AIUM to endorse the recent AIUM Training Guidelines for the Performance of Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Examinations. The guidelines allow for a several practitioners, including physicians, osteopathic physicians, podiatrists, and sonographers, to perform musculoskeletal ultrasound examinations, marking significant promise for the future of this growing field... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

Unique Guideline Demonstrates A Multi-Specialty Outlook For Musculoskeletal Ultrasound

Bones / Orthopaedics News From Medical News Today — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:00:00 +0100

Running from the recession

Los Angeles Times - Science — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:00:00 +0100

Training for the L.A. Marathon provides structure and solace to the newly jobless. Your foot strikes the ground about 1,500 times when running a mile. It strikes the ground about 39,300 times when running 26.2 of them. That's called a marathon, for which you need both training and a routine. (Source: Los Angeles Times - Science)

Running from the recession

L.A. Times - Health — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:00:00 +0100

Brief Meditation Training Brings Pain Relief

MedicineNet Chronic Pain General — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:00:00 +0100

Title: Brief Meditation Training Brings Pain ReliefCategory: Health NewsCreated: 3/17/2010 4:45:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 3/18/2010 (Source: MedicineNet Chronic Pain General)

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Brief Meditation Training Brings Pain Relief

eMedicineHealth.com — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:00:00 +0100

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Brief Meditation Training Brings Pain Relief

MedicineNet Arthritis General — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:00:00 +0100

Title: Brief Meditation Training Brings Pain ReliefCategory: Health NewsCreated: 3/17/2010 4:45:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 3/18/2010 (Source: MedicineNet Arthritis General)

When mom has an eating problem

ScienceDaily Headlines — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:00:00 +0100

Norwegian research reveal the nature of emotional problems experienced by mothers with eating difficulties. Guilt and shame are key factors. Health workers need better training in order to be able to spot and alleviate such problems. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)

Family Medicine Gains 101 U.S. Medical School Graduates in 2010 Residency Match

AAFP News Releases and Statements — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100

Family medicine residency training programs this year attracted 101 more U.S. medical school graduates to the specialty than in 2009, according to the National Residency Match Program results announced today. Known as the Match, the results show family medicine drew 1,184 U.S. graduates. (Source: AAFP News Releases and Statements)

Handbook on sensitive practice for health care practitioners : lessons from adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:30:00 +0100

This handbook is intended for health care practitioners and students of all health disciplines who do not have specialist training in mental health and have limited experience working with adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse. Published by the Public Health Agency of Canada, the handbook is based on extensive interviews, group discussions, and a national consultation process involving adult survivors, clinicians, and mental health practitioners. The aim of the document is to present information that will help health care practitioners practice in a manner that is sensitive to the needs of adult surviviors of childhood sexual abuse and other types of interpersonal violence. As the document states, 'All health care practitioners - whether they know it or not - encounter survivors of int...

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Concern over nutrition training

BBC News | Health | UK Edition — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:20:06 +0100

Nutrition needs to be made a more important part of the doctor training system, a leading expert says. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)

Other Health Professions Need Support As Well - Pharmaceutical Society Of Australia

Health News from Medical News Today — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100

The Government's announcement of a substantial boost in GP training places, specialist training places and pre-vocational general practice placements for medical graduates is a welcome development, but other health professions need similar support, the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia says. National President of the PSA, Warwick Plunkett, said that in moving to the Government's preferred primary health-care team model, it was important the difficulties facing the other professions in the primary health-care team were also recognised and acted upon... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

DoH and Londonwide LMCs urge GPs to support practice nurse training

HealthcareRepublic Independent Nurse News — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100

GPs can do 'far more' to improve education and training opportunities for practice nurses, according to a top London GP. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Independent Nurse News)

Mortality patterns in Vietnam, 2006: Findings from a national verbal autopsy survey

BMC Research Notes — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Conclusion: Verbal autopsy can be a viable tool to identify cause of death in Vietnam. However logistical challenges limit its use in conjunction with the national sample survey. Sentinel population clusters for mortality surveillance should be tested to develop an effective and sustainable option for routine mortality and cause of death data collection in Vietnam. (Source: BMC Research Notes)

Other Health Professions Need Support As Well - Pharmaceutical Society Of Australia

Medical Students News From Medical News Today — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100

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Building capacity in health facility management: guiding principles for skills transfer in Liberia

Human Resources for Health — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Conclusion: Our findings demonstrate key elements for scaling up and replicating educational initiatives that address management skills essential for long-term health systems strengthening in resource-poor settings. (Source: Human Resources for Health)

Gene regulatory networks modelling using a dynamic evolutionary hybrid

BMC Bioinformatics - Latest articles — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Conclusions: The results demonstrate the effectiveness of the ENFRN in retrieving biologically valid regulatory relations and providing meaningful insights for better understanding the dynamics of gene regulatory networks.The algorithms and methods described in this paper have been implemented in a Matlab toolbox and are available from:http://bioserver-1.bioacademy.gr/DataRepository/Project_ENFRN_GRN/. (Source: BMC Bioinformatics - Latest articles)

Cyberbullying Among Adolescents: The Role of Affective and Cognitive Empathy, and Gender.

Child Psychiatry and Human Development — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Authors: Ang RP, Goh DH The purpose of the study was to examine the association between affective empathy, cognitive empathy, and gender on cyberbullying among adolescents. Participants were 396 adolescents from Singapore with age ranging from 12 to 18 years. Adolescents responded to a survey with scales measuring both affective and cognitive empathy, and cyberbullying behavior. A three-step hierarchical multiple regression analysis was used with cyberbullying scores as the dependent variable. Gender was dummy coded and both affective and cognitive empathy were centered using the sample mean prior to creating interaction terms and entering them into the regression equations. The testing, probing and interpretation of interaction effects followed established statistical procedures. Resu...

Emotional reaction to diagnosis of infertility in Kuwait and successful clients' perception of nurses' role during treatment

BMC Nursing - Latest articles — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Conclusions: This study illuminates the emotional reactions of infertile clients. Fertility nurses in Kuwait can provide emotional support through communication. The need for additional and continuous training for nurses employed in fertility settings in Kuwait is paramount. (Source: BMC Nursing - Latest articles)

Multiple Sclerosis Foundation Computer Grant Program

ScanGrants feed — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Computer Grant Program provides refurbished laptop or desktop computers for individuals with MS on limited or fixed incomes. For those who do not know how to use a computer, training may be provided. The application process requires verification of a diagnosis of MS and a brief essay from the applicant explaining how a computer will enhance their quality of life. A computer, monitor, keyboard and mouse will be granted. Internet access and technical support will be the responsibility of the grant recipient. Applications are accepted from July 1 to October 1 of each year. Multiple Sclerosis Foundation6350 North Andrews AvenueFort Lauderdale, Florida 33309-2130 (Source: ScanGrants feed)

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Hirshberg Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research Seed Grant Award Program

ScanGrants feed — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100

The Hirshberg Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research Seed Grant Award Program began in 2000 with the following goals in mind: * To provide start-up funding for basic scientists and clinicians who intend to test innovative ideas for improving the diagnosis and current therapies and to develop new treatment modalities for pancreatic cancer. * To obtain preliminary data required for additional funding from other agencies for pancreatic cancer research. * To impact on the understanding of pancreatic cancer cell biology, biochemistry, physiology, morphology and response to therapy. * To establish collaborations within the field for mutual projects that can be considered for further funding.Eligibility and expectations: * Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) or Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree....

Borchard Fellowship in Law & Aging

ScanGrants feed — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Borchard Fellowship in Law & Aging The Borchard Fellowship in Law & Aging affords one year for two law school graduates interested in, and perhaps already in the early stages of pursuing, an academic and/or professional career in law and aging, the opportunity to pursue their research and professional interests.During the Fellowship period, the Center’s Executive Director and Assistant Director stand ready to assist each Fellow with the further development of his/her knowledge, skills, and contacts. A legal services or other non-profit organization involved in law and aging must supervise a Fellow’s activities and projects. In addition to the Fellow's planned activities and project (unless the Fellow's project includes the provision of legal services), the Fellow must a...

Tailoring advice and optimizing response: a case study of a telephone-based support for patients with type 2 diabetes

Family Practice — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:41:56 +0100

Conclusions. As the participants had to make multiple behavioural changes over time, advice needed to be delivered, reiterated and reinforced to achieve understanding and uptake. The more specific and personalized the information and advice, the more likely it was for the participant to give a positive and engaged response. Seizing every opportunity to deliver good quality personalized and/or responsive advice is essential in order to facilitate effective behavioural change. (Source: Family Practice)

A qualitative study of lifestyle counselling in general practice in Ireland

Family Practice — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:41:56 +0100

Conclusions. GPs and practice nurses regularly conduct lifestyle counselling despite considerable barriers. It is essential that they are supported to carry out lifestyle counselling as part of a systematic ‘whole practice approach’ to prevention in general practice. (Source: Family Practice)

UCLA medical students brace for news at residency 'Match Day'

UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:02:00 +0100

WHAT: Match Day is the fun, frenzied day when medical students nationwide learn which hospital has accepted them for residency — advanced training in their chosen specialty. At UCLA, the ceremony climaxes in a mad scramble for the envelopes, with 150 aspiring doctors tearing them open with their families and friends. Many videotape themselves and let distant loved ones listen in on cell phones during this emotional rollercoaster of an event. WHEN: Thursday, March 18 8 a.m.: Students and families arrive for check-in and breakfast. 8:30 a.m.: Welcome by Dr. Neil Parker, senior associate dean of student affairs at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. 9 a.m.: Students at UCLA (and across the country) open their envelopes. WHERE: Covel ...

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Nurses Call For Improvements To Dementia Care, UK

Health News from Medical News Today — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:00:00 +0100

Commenting on the Public Accounts Committee report Improving dementia services in England - an interim report, Janet Davies, Executive Director of Nursing and Service Delivery at the Royal College of Nursing (RCN), said: "It is deeply concerning that dementia care is still not being dealt with as a priority. Training and education for healthcare staff working in all settings is absolutely vital if care for dementia patients is to improve. Greater investment is also needed for specialist dementia nurses, who provide invaluable support for dementia patients, their carers and families... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

7T Seminar Series: The Rapidly Changing Brain – Of Taxi Driving Mice and Maze Running Men

Videocast - All Events — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:43:00 +0100

How does the shape of the brain change with learning? Initial studies indicated that spatial expertise - in the form of experienced Taxi drivers - enlarged the hippocampus, one of the key structures involved in spatial navigation. Whether regional growth or shrinkage in the brain can be induced with specific training administered over short time periods is, however, unknown. The talk will present results of training studies in both mice and men, including some initial investigations using histology to ascertain the cellular bases of training induced volume changes. Dr. Jason Lerch is a scientist at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. His research program is focused on how the brain changes it's shape, with activities including the MRI of learning and memory, the effect of speciali...

Chile: MSF help the population overcome fear

MSF News — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:25:00 +0100

The numerous tremors and after-shocks that followed the February 27 earthquake in Chile have added new levels of stress to an already shaken population. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has therefore made mental health care a priority in its response to the disaster. Simultaneously, as the nights grow colder and the chance of rainfall increases, MSF is speeding up its distribution of plastic sheeting and blankets for people whose homes were damaged and who are now often camping outdoors. The MSF psychological team is providing direct counselling and psychosocial workshops for various groups, and debriefings for medical staff. It is also lending support to local authorities by training volunteers who will be deployed to provide mental health care in the affected areas. Photo: © MSF I...

Keystone Symposia Awarded $1.37 Million, 5-Year NIH Grant to Fund Ongoing Diversity Efforts

NIGMS - What's New — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:28:28 +0100

NIGMS Awards 5-Year MARC Ancillary Training Activities Grant to Keystone Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology. (Source: NIGMS - What's New)

Cardiac Rehabilitation in Heart Failure: A Brief Review and Recommendations

Current Cardiology Reports — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:51:56 +0100

Abstract The number of heart failure patients continues to increase for men and women. Our current medical therapy includes a variety of agents that can reduce morbidity and mortality. However, many patients remain limited, in part, due to deconditioning. Adding to the functional loss are the multiple hospitalizations and even recommendations from providers to maintain bed rest and avoid physical activity. The multiple studies involving conditioning and exercise for patients with heart failure have mostly shown improvements, not only in function but also in quality of life and other physiologic parameters that should be of benefit to these patients. The HF ACTION (Heart Failure: A Controlled Trial Investigating Outcomes of Exercise Training) trial, which randomized 2,231 p...

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Strengthening Pre-Service and In-Service Training in the Context of Health System Strengthening in Central Asian Republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan Under the Presidents Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief

Grants.gov — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:15:27 +0100

Funding Opportunity Number: CDC-RFA-PS10-1088 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: HealthCFDA Number: 93.067Eligible Applicants State governmentsSpecial district governmentsPublic and State controlled institutions of higher educationNative American tribal governments (Federally recognized)Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher educationNonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher educationPrivate institutions of higher educationFor profit organizations other than small businessesSmall businessesOthers (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Agency Name HHS-CDC (Source: ...

OJJDP FY 2010 Missing and Exploited Children National Training and Technical Assistance Program

Grants.gov — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:15:27 +0100

Funding Opportunity Number: OJJDP-2010-2575 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: Law, Justice and Legal ServicesCFDA Number: 16.543Eligible Applicants State governmentsCounty governmentsCity or township governmentsSpecial district governmentsIndependent school districtsPublic and State controlled institutions of higher educationNative American tribal governments (Federally recognized)Public housing authorities/Indian housing authoritiesNonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher educationPrivate institutions of higher educationAgency Name USDOJ-OJP-OJJDP (Source: Grants.gov)

AIDS Education and Training Center (AETC) Capacity Building Assistance (CBA) to Support HIV Care in Federally-funded Community Health Centers (CHCs)

Grants.gov — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:15:27 +0100

Academic CAT Tracks: Making the Move to Academia

Videocast - All Events — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:00:00 +0100

Presented by: Sharon Milgram, PhD, Director Office of Intramural Training & EducationCategory: Career Development/OITEAired date: 03/12/2010 (Source: Videocast - All Events)

Proteogenomics of Pristionchus pacificus reveals distinct proteome structure of nematode models [RESEARCH]

Genome Research — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:44:35 +0100

Pristionchus pacificus is a nematode model organism whose genome has recently been sequenced. To refine the genome annotation we performed transcriptome and proteome analysis and gathered comprehensive experimental information on gene expression. Transcriptome analysis on a 454 Life Sciences (Roche) FLX platform generated >700,000 expressed sequence tags from two normalized EST libraries, whereas proteome analysis on an LTQ-Orbitrap mass spectrometer detected >27,000 non-redundant peptide sequences from >4000 proteins at sub-ppm mass accuracy and FDR<1%. Re-training of the SNAP gene prediction algorithm using the gene expression data led to a decrease in the number of previously predicted protein-coding genes from 29,000 to 24,000 and refinement of numerous gene models. The P. ...

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Leadership 101: How Leadership Has Changed in the Last Generation

Psychology Today Work Center — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:38:30 +0100

Scholars, and people generally, look at leadership in a very different way than they did a generation ago. Leadership was seen as something that was straightforward, done "by the book," and could be easily learned. Leadership today is a lot more complicated.In today's class we focus on what are called "contingency" or "situational" theories of leadership. These were state-of-the-art theories in the 1960s and 1970s that maintained that leaders had to fit their particular style of leadership to the needs of the situation. For example, according to Fred Fiedler, task-oriented leaders performed best in situations that were extreme - very easy or very difficult situations. People-oriented leaders did best in the "in-between" situations. The decision-making model of leadership told managers how ...

Teaching cause-of-death certification: lessons from international experience

Postgraduate Medical Journal — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:07:51 +0100

Conclusions Pragmatic education on best practice for cause-of-death certification is a basic step to ensure accurate information for each individual case, leading to the production of high quality mortality statistics for epidemiology, public health policy and research. Development of new educational interventions or modification of existing programmes should be based on evidence of the benefits from current and past interventions provided under varying circumstances. (Source: Postgraduate Medical Journal)

Multi-class classification with probabilistic discriminant partial least squares (p-DPLS).

Analytica Chimica Acta — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:46:35 +0100

Authors: Pérez NF, Ferré J, Boqué R This work describes multi-classification based on binary probabilistic discriminant partial least squares (p-DPLS) models, developed with the strategy one-against-one and the principle of winner-takes-all. The multi-classification problem is split into binary classification problems with p-DPLS models. The results of these models are combined to obtain the final classification result. The classification criterion uses the specific characteristics of an object (position in the multivariate space and prediction uncertainty) to estimate the reliability of the classification, so that the object is assigned to the class with the highest reliability. This new methodology is tested with the well-known Iris data set and a data set of Italian o...

Gas collection efficiency of annular denuders: A spreadsheet-based calculator.

Analytica Chimica Acta — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:46:23 +0100

Authors: Berg JM, James DL, Berg CF, Toda K, Dasgupta PK Denuders are widely used for atmospheric analysis. Annular denuders are especially well-suited for preconcentration of trace gases compared to simpler single tube designs. While traditionally coated annular denuders have both bounding surfaces that behave as sinks, annular denuders/membrane-based scrubbers with the same basic geometric design and with only one of the annular surfaces functioning as sink (e.g., a membrane tube whose outer surface behaves as a sink disposed within an inert jacket tube) have become common. However, the gas collection efficiency of such devices cannot be expressed as a simple equation with fixed constants and there is no presently available tool to a priori determine the denuder performance or to des...

Biomanufacturing Courses Receive International Association For Continuing Education And Training (IACET) Certification

Pharmaceutical Online News — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:31:00 +0100

Millipore Corporation, a leading provider of technologies, tools and services for the global life science industry, announced that its Access Knowledge Institute Courses for Biomanufacturing have been certified by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) and authorized to grant continuing education credits. (Source: Pharmaceutical Online News)

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Human Performance Institute, Inc. Announces Agreement With Claremont Hotel Club & Spa to Bring its Corporate Athlete® Course to Clients in Bay Area(Mar 17, 2010)

Johnson and Johnson — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:42:56 +0100

Orlando, FL (March 17, 2010) – Human Performance Institute, Inc.® (HPI) announced today it has partnered with Berkeley, California-based Claremont Hotel Club & Spa to host HPI’s Corporate Athlete® Course, an executive leadership training. HPI has offered training at its Orlando, Florida campus since the mid 1990s and will offer training at the Claremont beginning March 22 to better serve its nationwide clientele, which has included senior leaders from dozens of Fortune 500 companies..... (Source: Johnson and Johnson)

Brief Meditation Training Brings Pain Relief

WebMD Health — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100

Meditation increases pain tolerance, but you don't have to devote your life to the practice to derive benefits, new research shows. (Source: WebMD Health)

When mom has an eating problem

EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +0100

(University of Stavanger) Norwegian research reveal the nature of emotional problems experienced by mothers with eating difficulties. Guilt and shame are key factors. Health workers need better training in order to be able to spot and alleviate such problems. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)

Long neglected nutritional training for doctors at all levels needed now

EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +0100

(BMJ-British Medical Journal) The profession must take advantage of changes in medical education to ensure that all health professionals, but especially gut specialists, are given adequate training in nutrition, urge Dr Penny Nield and colleagues, in the launch issue of Frontline Gastroenterology, the new quarterly companion journal to Gut. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)

Influenza and respiratory disease surveillance: the US military's global laboratory-based network

Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100

This article describes the system, details its contributions and the critical gaps that it is filling, and discusses future plans. (Source: Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses)

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Enhanced white matter tracts integrity in children with abacus training

Human Brain Mapping — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100

In conclusion, our findings suggested that long-term AMC training from an early age may improve the memory capacity and enhance the integrity in white matter tracts related to motor and visuospatial processes. Hum Brain Mapp, 2010. © 2010 Wiley-Liss, Inc. (Source: Human Brain Mapping)

Using standardized patients to assess communication skills in medical and nursing students

BMC Medical Education — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Conclusions: A significant proportion of both medical and nursing students required referral for enhanced training in CCS. Medical students requiring enhanced training were more likely not to have English as a first language. (Source: BMC Medical Education)

Preventing Sports Injuries through Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Training

ChiroACCESS: Tools for Better Patient Care — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100

A March 2010 systematic review conducted in Germany underscores the value of neuromuscular training in preventing sports injuries. They concluded that "On the basis of the results of seven high-quality studies, this review showed evidence for the effectiveness of proprioceptive/neuromuscular training in reducing the incidence of certain types of sports injuries among adolescent and young adult athletes during pivoting sports." (Source: ChiroACCESS: Tools for Better Patient Care)

National Industries for the Blind Fellowship for Leadership Development

ScanGrants feed — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100

The Fellowship for Leadership Development is a salaried, two-year track that combines business-focused, on-the-job experience with formal management training. The overall goal of the NIB Fellowship is for successful fellows to land professional and upwardly mobile managerial positions within our network of associated nonprofit businesses and the broader business community. The new Fellowship cycle will begin September 2010. Legally blind individuals who have an undergraduate degree or higher, work experience, and passion for business are invited to apply. Fellows are selected based on academic achievement, experience, motivation, references and interviews. Application deadline: April 20, 2010. Already eight fellows have completed the Fellowship since 2003 and have moved to management jobs...

Prevention, screening and treatment of colorectal cancer: a global and regional generalized cost effectiveness analysis

Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Conclusions: From a cost-effectiveness standpoint, screening programmes should be expanded in developed regions and treatment programmes should be established for colorectal cancer in regions with low treatment coverage. (Source: Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation)

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[Long-term success and risk for marathon runners.]

Der Radiologe — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100

This article describes the typical patterns of injuries to long distance runners, the positive effects of running a marathon and the risk factors for injuries. PMID: 20232034 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Der Radiologe)

Register Now! Brain Tumor Action Week in DC on May 3 and 4

NABTC — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:09:01 +0100

Please join the North American Brain Tumor Coalition and its friends for Brain Tumor Action Week in Washington, D.C. On Monday, May 3, the Coalition invites you to an education day, featuring a program focusing on brain tumor research and care and including training for advocacy visits to Congress. On Tuesday, May 4, advocates will meet with their Representatives and Senators to discuss policy issues of importance to the brain tumor community. We’ll be pressing Congress to fund the National Institutes of Health generously, continue a Peer-Reviewed Cancer Research Program at the Department of Defense that supports pediatric brain tumor research, and ensure a strong and coordinated brain tumor research program at the National Cancer Institute and National Institute of Neurological...

More Fines For UCLA

Chemical and Engineering News — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:40:00 +0100

Lab Safety: California agency again faults university for lack of training, lax safety practices. (Source: Chemical and Engineering News)

NIH Extramural Staff Training Seminar: Responsible Conduct of Research (HHS-Only)

Videocast - All Events — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:47:00 +0100

Instruction in the Responsible Conduct of Research in NIH Research Training Programs: A presentation and discussion of the updated (November, 2009) NIH policy. This is intended for all NIH review and program staff members who review and administer NIH extramural research training programs, including Ts, Fs, Ks, and research education programs (R25s). http://odoerdb2.od.nih.gov/oer/training/esa/esa_training_20100427.htmAir date: 4/27/2010 9:00:00 AM (Source: Videocast - All Events)

Can Hybrid Learning Theory Be Used to Teach Working Sonographers Breast Elastography?

Journal of Diagnostic Medical Sonography — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:01:47 +0100

Hybrid learning is a combination of online learning and face-to-face sessions. This research sought to answer the question, "Can hybrid learning be used to teach working sonographers to perform breast elastography?" A hybrid course was designed titled "Breast Elastography for Working Sonographers." The course consisted of four online training modules, each complete with a posttest and one face-to-face session. After the face-to-face session lectures, participants were interviewed and observed performing elastography on a breast phantom. Results indicate that in this setting, this method for teaching working sonographers breast elastography is successful. (Source: Journal of Diagnostic Medical Sonography)

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Technical Assistance Call Announced for the New Funding Opportunity: Rural Training Track Technical Assistance Demonstration Program (RTT-TA)

News stories via the Rural Assistance Center — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:44:00 +0100

The Office of Rural Health Policy will hold a technical assistance conference call on Monday, March 22, 2010 at 2:00 PM Eastern Time to assist applicants in preparing their applications for the Rural Training Track Technical Assistance Demonstration Program. (Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center)

Technical Assistance Call for the New Funding Opportunity: Rural Training Track Technical Assistance Demonstration Program (RTT-TA)

Rural events via the Rural Assistance Center — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:43:58 +0100

Mar 22, 2010. Conference Call Only . Sponsored by Office of Rural Health Policy (Source: Rural events via the Rural Assistance Center)

Comments Sought on Strategic Plan to Digitize Biological Collections

Public Policy Reports — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:42:25 +0100

A strategic plan is being developed for a 10-year, national effort to digitize and mobilize images and data associated with biological research collections. The plan aims to create a publicly available, comprehensive collections resource that will increase access to biological collections across the country. The plan was drafted by workshop participants at the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center in February 2010. The strategic plan is seen as “a grand challenge” and will be undertaken “as a unified mission involving a coordinated funding program and well designed strategy for execution.” The plan calls for the development of cyberinfrastructure “to promote efficient and standard capture and mobilization of these data to make the national biological collect...

Back To School: Education Policy Discussions Start

Public Policy Reports — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:42:25 +0100

The Obama Administration has released its plans for reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (more recently referred to as No Child Left Behind). According to Department of Education documents, the Administration’s plan will “help states raise expectations of students and reward schools for producing dramatic gains in student achievement. The blueprint provides incentives for states to adopt academic standards that prepare students to succeed in college and the workplace and create accountability systems that measure student growth toward meeting the goal that all children graduate and succeed in college.” Additionally, on 10 March 2010, the influential National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA) and the Council of Chief State Sch...

EU-Canada cooperation programme in higher education, training and youth - Call for funding

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:08:30 +0100

Aims: 1. promote mutual understanding between the peoples of the European Union and Canada, including broader knowledge of their languages, cultures and institutions; 2. improve the quality of human resources in the European Union and Canada by facilitating the acquisition of skills required to meet the challenges of the global knowledge-based economy. Objectives: 1. support collaboration between higher education and/or training institutions with a view to promoting and developing joint study and/or training programmes and student/faculty mobility; and 2. improve the quality of transatlantic student mobility by promoting transparency, mutual recognition of qualifications and periods of study and training, and where appropriate, portability of credits. Eligible partners and partne...

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US Department of Labor Announces Availability of Approximately $125 Million in Grants for Community-Based Job Training Grants

News stories via the Rural Assistance Center — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:56:10 +0100

The U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration today announced the availability of approximately $125 million in funds for Community-Based Job Training Grants, to be able to create opportunities for working Americans to train for high-demand occupations with the help of community colleges and community-based organizations. (Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center)

HAPPYneuron Launches 'Vital' Brain Gym: Cognitive Exercises within SCAN Health Plan's Mobile Resource Center for Seniors

PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:35:28 +0100

More than 20 Free Brain Training Games for Continued Cognitive Health (PRWeb Mar 16, 2010) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/03/prweb3724904.htm (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)

Need more information on HIV/AIDS resources? It is the subject of the next Spotlight! on National Library of Medicine Resources.

Midcontinental Region News — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:30:10 +0100

HIV and AIDS Resources will be the subject of the next Spotlight! on National Library of Medicine Resources, presented by Siobhan Champ-Blackwell, on Wed. March 24. Tune in at 8:30 am Mountain Time/9:30 am Central Time. **Note the new starting time! Taking the one-hour class and completing the exercises and class evaluation makes you eligible to receive 1 Medical Library Association Continuing Education credit. This online training is FREE. You will need Internet access and a phone. Log onto https://webmeeting.nih.gov/mcr . You’ll sign in as a guest, enter your phone number when prompted and the system will call you! Register online at http://tinyurl.com/mcrclasses (registration is not required but is appreciated). Captioning available upon request to mmagee@unmc.edu. (mm) (Source: ...

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009; Notice of Availability of Funds and Solicitation for Grant Applications for Trade Adjustment Assistance Technical Assistance and Outreach Partnership Grants

Grants.gov — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:15:31 +0100

Funding Opportunity Number: SGA-DFA-PY-09-06 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: GrantCategory of Funding Activity: Employment, Labor and TrainingCFDA Number: 17.260Eligible Applicants Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Agency Name DOL-ETA (Source: Grants.gov)

Community-Based Job Training Grants

Grants.gov — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:15:31 +0100

Funding Opportunity Number: SGA-DFA-PY-09-07 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: GrantCategory of Funding Activity: Employment, Labor and TrainingCFDA Number: 17.269Eligible Applicants Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Agency Name DOL-ETA (Source: Grants.gov)

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OVC FY10 National Training Conference on Responding to Crime Victims with Disabilities

Grants.gov — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:15:31 +0100

Funding Opportunity Number: OVC-2010-2570 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: Income Security and Social ServicesLaw, Justice and Legal ServicesCFDA Number: 16.582Eligible Applicants Public and State controlled institutions of higher educationNonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher educationNonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher educationPrivate institutions of higher educationAgency Name USDOJ-OJP-OVC (Source: Grants.gov)

Training Session for Frontier Funding

Midcontinental Region News — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:43:12 +0100

Improving the Odds: Making Frontier Health Project Proposals More Competitive http://www.coruralhealth.org/events/documents/FrontierProposalTraining.pdf Training Session – April 19, 2010 Denver, Colorado The National Center for Frontier Communities (NCFC) is pleased to invite you to a special one-day training session designed to help frontier communities be more successful in their Federal funding proposal preparation. The training will emphasize health project funding available from the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy. This will be a one-day program held in conjunction with The Forum 2010 conference of the Colorado Rural Health Center. Register online at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/3TGFH23 [scb] (Source: Midcontinental Region News)

Lesions of the Auditory Cortex Impair Azimuthal Sound Localization and Its Recalibration in Ferrets

Journal of Neurophysiology — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:19:48 +0100

The role of auditory cortex in sound localization and its recalibration by experience was explored by measuring the accuracy with which ferrets turned toward and approached the source of broadband sounds in the horizontal plane. In one group, large bilateral lesions were made of the middle ectosylvian gyrus, where the primary auditory cortical fields are located, and part of the anterior and/or posterior ectosylvian gyrus, which contain higher-level fields. In the second group, the lesions were intended to be confined to primary auditory cortex (A1). The ability of the animals to localize noise bursts of different duration and level was measured before and after the lesions were made. A1 lesions produced a modest disruption of approach-to-target responses to short-duration stimuli (<500...

Time course and mechanisms of adaptations in cardiorespiratory fitness with endurance training in older and young men

Journal of Applied Physiology — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:01:59 +0100

In conclusion, with short-term training O and Y significantly increased their Vo2 max; however, the proportion of Vo2 max increase explained by Qmax and maximal a-vO2diff throughout training showed a different pattern by age group. (Source: Journal of Applied Physiology)

Carbohydrate feeding during recovery alters the skeletal muscle metabolic response to repeated sessions of high-intensity interval exercise in humans

Journal of Applied Physiology — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:01:59 +0100

We examined the effect of manipulating CHO intake on the acute metabolic response to high-intensity interval exercise, including signaling cascades linked to mitochondrial biogenesis. Ten men performed two trials in random order separated by ≥1 wk. Each trial consisted of a morning (AM) and afternoon (PM) training session (5 x 4 min cycling at ~90–95% of heart rate reserve) separated by 3 h of recovery during which subjects ingested a high-CHO drink (HI-HI) or nonenergetic placebo (HI-LO) before PM exercise. Biopsies (vastus lateralis) revealed that muscle phosphocreatine and ATP content were similar after AM exercise but decreased to a greater extent during PM exercise in HI-LO vs. HI-HI. Phosphorylation of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) and AMP-activated protein kin...

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Influence of exercise and perivascular adipose tissue on coronary artery vasomotor function in a familial hypercholesterolemic porcine atherosclerosis model

Journal of Applied Physiology — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:01:58 +0100

Our lab has shown that left circumflex coronary artery (LCX) perivascular adipose tissue (PAT) blunts endothelin-1 (ET-1)-induced maximal contractions in normal pigs on low- and high-fat diets. Other studies report that PAT exerts anticontractile effects on agonist-induced arterial contraction via release of a relaxing factor that acts on the underlying vasculature. The purpose of this study was to test the hypotheses that PAT blunts LCX contraction in familial hypercholesterolemic pigs and that exercise training (Ex) augments this anticontractile effect. Male familial hypercholesterolemic pigs were divided into Ex (n = 13) and sedentary (Sed) (n = 15) groups. LCX reactivity to angiotensin II (ANG II), bradykinin (BK), ET-1, and sodium nitroprusside (SNP) was evaluated in vitro with intact...

Endurance exercise training effects on body fatness, VO2max, HDL-C subfractions, and glucose tolerance are influenced by a PLIN haplotype in older Caucasians

Journal of Applied Physiology — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:01:58 +0100

Perilipins are lipid droplet-coating proteins that regulate intracellular lipolysis in adipocytes. A haplotype of two perilipin gene (PLIN) single nucleotide polymorphisms, 13041A>G and 14995A>T, has been previously associated with obesity risk. Furthermore, the available data indicate that this association may be modified by sex. We hypothesized that this haplotype would associate with body fatness, aerobic fitness, and a number of cardiovascular (CV) risk factor phenotypes before and after a 6-mo endurance exercise training program in sedentary older Caucasians. The major haplotype group (13041A/14995A; n = 57) had significantly lower body mass index (BMI) and body fatness compared with noncarriers of the AA haplotype (n = 44) before the training intervention. Training improved bod...

Eccentric exercise induces nitric oxide synthase expression through nuclear factor-{kappa}B modulation in rat skeletal muscle

Journal of Applied Physiology — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:01:58 +0100

This study aimed to investigate the effect of eccentric exercise on the expression of the different nitric oxide synthase (NOS) isoforms in rat deep vastus lateralis muscle. Twenty-four rats were allocated to four experimental groups: rested control group, acutely exercised group after an intermittent downhill protocol for 90 min, acutely exercised group treated with pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate (100 mg/kg ip) for 24 and 1 h before the acute exercise bout, and acutely exercised group with a previous submaximal eccentric training of 8 wk. Acutely exercised rats showed increased levels of protein tyrosine nitration, NF-B binding, and phospho-IB content. A significant increase was observed in mRNA level and protein content of neuronal NOS, inducible NOS, and endothelial NOS. The binding of NF-...

Extra Doctor Training Places "very Welcome"â�¦ Now It's Time To Back Them Up With A Rural Rescue Package, Australia

Health News from Medical News Today — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:00:00 +0100

The Rural Doctors Association of Australia (RDAA) has strongly welcomed today's announcement by the Federal Government that it will substantially increase GP training places, specialist training places and prevocational general practice placements for medical graduates. The Association has urged, however, that the Government must also introduce a much-needed Rural Rescue Package if there is to be any hope of enticing more young doctors to rural and remote practice... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

Extra Doctor Training Places "very Welcome" ... Now It's Time To Back Them Up With A Rural Rescue Package, Australia

Health News from Medical News Today — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:00:00 +0100

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Extra Doctor Training Places "very Welcome" ... Now It's Time To Back Them Up With A Rural Rescue Package, Australia

Medical Students News From Medical News Today — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:00:00 +0100

College Of GPs Welcomes Investment In The Future Of General Practice, Australia

Health News from Medical News Today — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:00:00 +0100

The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) welcomes the government's commitment to increasing the number of general practice training places. The Hon Nicola Roxon MP, Minister for Health and Ageing, has today announced that the number of prevocational training places will be increased from 400 to 975 by 2013-2014. In addition, the number of vocational training places will be increased from 812 to 1200 by 2014. Dr Chris Mitchell, RACGP President, said that he warmly welcomes this significant boost to general practice training places... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

Nurses to be offered training to help rape victims

Nursing Times Breaking News — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:49:00 +0100

Responsibility for forensic medical services should be transferred from the police to the NHS, with doctors and nurses being given advanced training in helping victims of sexual assault, a landmark review has recommended. (Source: Nursing Times Breaking News)

U.S. Army drops bayonets, busts abs in training revamp

CTV Health — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:04:57 +0100

At 5 a.m. on the U.S. Army's largest training base, soldiers grunt through the kinds of stretches, body twists and bent-leg raises that might be seen in an "ab blaster" class at a suburban gym. (Source: CTV Health)

Nigeria: Jonathan Happy With NYSC Scheme,

AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:27:03 +0100

Acting President Goodluck Jonathan has said that the federal government is happy with the management of the National Youth Service Corps scheme for their contributions in countering the HIV/AIDS scourge, armed robbery, kidnapping, rape, immorality and other social vices through training, orientation, lectures and counseling of the corps members. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)

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Curriculum On Unhealthy Substance Use Recommended By Researchers

Health News from Medical News Today — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:00:00 +0100

Educational leaders from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) believe teaching the subject of unhealthy substance use must be incorporated into internal medicine residency training and can be done within existing teaching venues. The findings, which currently appear on-line in BioMedCentral Medical Education, represent a national model for addressing this issue for internal medicine residents. Unhealthy substance use can be serious and chronic and despite its prevalence and impact, medical education in this area remains lacking... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

Curriculum On Unhealthy Substance Use Recommended By Researchers

Medical Students News From Medical News Today — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:00:00 +0100

The Tweetment of Research

Psychology Today Work Center — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:35:03 +0100

But just the other day, I was conducting some training for my researchers on how to use Twitter for research. I "tweeted" about the training and it was swiftly suggested that I should share my findings.So....Here are a few noodlings on the use of Twitter for academic (or otherwise) research. I wouldn't want to suggest that I have all the answers, know all there is to know about Twitter or suggest that it is a all-singing-and-dancing replacement to traditional research.However, for those who are interested in quickly, cheaply and efficiently reaching millions of potential research participants there might be something in it...A few provisos first.1. This is not a post on "how to use Twitter" or "Twitter for Dummies" (I read that book and didn't understand it!). Good general advice on how to...

AAMC Urges Congress To Pass Reform Bill

Health News from Medical News Today — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:00:00 +0100

AAMC (Association of American Medical Colleges) President and CEO Darrell G. Kirch, M.D., issued the following statement today calling for the House of Representatives to pass the Senate's health care reform legislation and a companion bill: "The nation's medical schools and teaching hospitals believe that ensuring all Americans have access to affordable, quality health care is a moral imperative for our nation and the first step that must be taken to achieve meaningful reform of our health system. That first step is at hand... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)