Studies and Analyses

Studies and Analyses

Trapping the gas: more organic content means more methane

Aminuddin Muhamad Baki and four other young researchers, supervised by Professor Suhaimi Abdul Talib, of UiTM, found that having more organic content in sludge…

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Igloo-Shaped ‘Poo-Gloos’ Eat Sewage, Can Save Millions

“The results of this study show that it is possible to save communities with existing lagoon systems hundreds of thousands, if not millions of dollars, by…

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Consumption Report 2010: Swedes' alcohol consumption is falling

Swedes drink less and less alcohol while at the same time the Swedish Alcohol Retail Monopoly's sales are rising and statistics from Statistics Sweden show…

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Prostate Cancer Screening: Key Findings and Insights

In July 2010, a research team led by Jonas Hugosson, professor in urology at the Sahlgrenska Academy, presented the results of a large randomised study of…

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Knee Protectors: Unseen Allergens and Skin Reactions Explained

“Substances that appear at first glance to be harmless can cause allergic reactions since skin enzymes may help to form new, allergenic substances from them,…

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Lake Erie hypoxic zone doesn't affect all fish the same, study finds

Tomas Höök, an assistant professor of forestry and natural resources, and former Purdue postdoctoral researcher Kristen Arend used output from a model to…

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Long-Term Study Reveals Hope for Body Dysmorphic Disorder

In the longest-term study so far to track people with body dysmorphic disorder, a severe mental illness in which sufferers obsess over nonexistent or slight…

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Asthma in Youth Linked to Higher Caries Risk: New Findings

The work presented in the thesis has examined children, adolescents and young adults in the age groups 3, 6, 12-16 and 18-24, with and without asthma. The…

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Colorectal Cancer Screening Disparities Among Medicare Populations

Racial and ethnic disparities in colorectal screening exist among the Medicare population, but researchers do not know whether these disparities differ across…

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Drinking Recycled Water?

At the Parafield Aquifer Storage, Transfer and Recovery research project in South Australia, the team of scientists harvested storm water from an urban…

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Estimate Crop Performance With Statistical Analysis Insights

Scientists at Rothamsted Research, United Kingdom, in collaboration with the International Center for Agriculture Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Syria…

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Energy Use and Economic Growth: Key Insights From New Study

A study that relates global energy use to economic growth, published in the January issue of BioScience, finds strong correlations between these two measures…

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Data Exclusivity and Its Impact on Pharma Innovation

Pharmaceutical companies and generic drug manufacturers have long been at odds over regulations about “data exclusivity,” the period of time before generic…

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School-Based Interventions Combat Childhood Obesity Challenges

Thanks to the Let's Move initiative, society is becoming more aware of alarming statistics like 1 in 4 children are obese and childhood obesity has nearly…

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Consumers Favor Matching Colors in Athletic Shoe Design

When consumers were asked to choose colors for seven different parts of an athletic shoe, they tended to pick identical or similar colors for nearly every…

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Antibiotic Treatment Shows Promise for Common IBS in U.S.

A ground-breaking antibiotic therapy developed at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is the first potential drug treatment to provide irritable bowel syndrome…

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