EurekAlert! - Business and Economics

Entrepreneurs need to balance risk of persisting with payoff of succeeding

Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT

(Oregon State University) In a new business, sometimes the better part of wisdom is knowing when to quit, a new study concludes.Even though persistence is a key to business success, entrepreneurs might be more successful if they not only knew when to start a business and take risks, but also knew when to abandon it and find something that provides a greater opportunity, researchers said.

Gym class reduces probability of obesity, study finds for first time

Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT

(Cornell University) Little is known about the effect of physical education on child weight, but a new study from Cornell University finds that increasing the amount of time that elementary schoolchildren spent in gym class reduces the probability of obesity.

Unraveling the Napo's mystery

Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT

(Michigan State University) In the United States, rivers and their floodplains are well-documented and monitored. Ecuador's largest river, however, remains largely mysterious.

Academy of Natural Sciences to guide coordinated region-wide watershed protection

Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT

(Drexel University) The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University has received a major grant from the William Penn Foundation to support watershed protection and restoration in the Delaware watershed that is intended to coordinate and demonstrate a region-wide impact on improving water quality.

NSF approves planning grant for Center for Advanced Research in Drying

Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT

(University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences) A National Science Foundation planning grant will help establish the Center for Advanced Research in Drying, a joint program of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Mass.

Oceanographer Sylvia Earle kicks off Northeastern's Sustaining Coastal Cities Conference

Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT

(Northeastern University College of Science) Sylvia Earle, National Geographic Society Explorer in Residence will be speaking at Northeastern University on May 22, 2013. Earle, a world-renowned oceanographer, explorer, author and lecturer, will deliver the opening address to the College of Science's Sustaining Coastal Cities Conference on the critical role and fragile state of marine ecosystems.

CosmosID unveils new tool for faster, specific and accurate testing of probiotics products

Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT

(Buckley & Kaldenbach, Inc.) The FDA and CosmosID have conducted a side-by-side analysis of commercially available probiotics to compare the identity of species and strains present in the products to what was stated on their respective labels.

Germ-fighting vaccine system makes great strides in delivery

Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT

(American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists) A novel vaccine study from South Dakota State University will headline the groundbreaking research that will be unveiled at the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists' National Biotechnology Conference. The meeting takes place Monday, May 20 - Wednesday, May 22 at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina.

AHRQ-funded journal supplement offers lessons on primary care practice transformation

Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT

(American Academy of Family Physicians) Amid emerging evidence that transformation toward the patient-centered medical home model offers a viable solution in today's health care environment, the US Department of Health and Human Services' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality funded 14 studies to learn more about the processes and determinants of successful change from practices that had already demonstrated successful transformational activities and improved outcomes. Key findings of these 14 projects are published in a special supplement of Annals of Family Medicine.

Disney researchers develop fast, economical method for high-definition video compositing

Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT

(Disney Research) Video compositing to create special effects, replace backgrounds or combine multiple takes of an actor's performance is an integral, but highly labor-intensive, part of modern film making. Researchers at Disney Research, Zürich, however, have found an innovative way to create these composite videos that is simple, fast, and easy to use.

AGA Student Research Fellowships enable 30 young investigators to further their research careers

Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT

(American Gastroenterological Association) The American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Research Foundation has announced the 2013 Student Research Fellowship Award recipients. The awards are intended to stimulate interest in research careers in digestive diseases among high school, undergraduate, graduate and medical school students. The high school recipients are funded by The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation.

ER docs are key to reducing health care costs

Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT

(American College of Emergency Physicians) Emergency physicians are key decisionmakers for nearly half of all hospital admissions, highlighting a critical role they can play in reducing health care costs, according to a new report from the RAND Corporation.

AGA Research Foundation grant furthers digestive cancer research

Sun, 19 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT

(American Gastroenterological Association) The AGA Research Foundation is honored to announce the first AGA-Caroline Craig Augustyn and Damian Augustyn Award in Digestive Cancer, which will support Andrew D. Rhim, MD, from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, as he furthers his research on the role of Zeb1 in pancreas development, regeneration and cancer progression.

Shifts in global water systems -- markers of a new geological epoch: The Anthropocene

Sun, 19 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT

(Global Water System Project) A suite of disquieting global phenomena have given rise to the "Anthropocene," a term coined for a new geologic epoch characterized by humanity's growing dominance of the Earth's environment and a planetary transformation as profound as the last epoch-defining event -- the retreat of the glaciers 11,500 years ago.In Germany May 21-24, experts will focus on how to mitigate key factors contributing to extreme damage to the global water system being caused while adapting to the new reality.

New gut microbiome research to explore red meat -- colorectal cancer pathway

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT

(American Gastroenterological Association) The AGA Research Foundation announced a new grant that intends to stimulate research into the relationship between the gut microbiota, one of today's most exciting areas of science, and digestive health and disease.

For combat veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, 'fear circuitry' in the brain never rests

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT

(NYU Langone Medical Center / New York University School of Medicine) Chronic trauma can inflict lasting damage to brain regions associated with fear and anxiety.

New research identifies practice changes to improve value and quality of GI procedures

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT

(Digestive Disease Week) There are significant cost and risk factors associated with two procedures commonly used to diagnose or treat gastrointestinal problems, according to research presented at Digestive Disease Week®.

More than one-third of Texas women still receive unnecessary breast biopsy surgery

Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT

(University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston) Many women in Texas who are found to have an abnormality on routine mammogram or discover a lump in one of their breasts end up having an old-fashioned surgical biopsy to find out whether the breast abnormality is malignant. Since 2001, national expert panels have recommended that the first course of action for women with breast lumps or masses should be minimally invasive biopsy.

First Atlanta Science Festival set for 2014

Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT

(Georgia Institute of Technology) Atlanta residents of all ages will celebrate the science and technology of the region and its impact on our daily lives during the inaugural Atlanta Science Festival, March 22-29, 2014. With scientists, engineers and educators from local museums, corporations, K-12 schools and universities, the festival will host more than 40 different events for children and adults at venues across the city.

AGA presents cutting-edge research and new learning opportunities at DDW® 2013

Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT

(American Gastroenterological Association) Clinicians, researchers and scientists from around the world will gather for Digestive Disease Week® 2013, the largest and most prestigious gastroenterology meeting, from May 18 to 21, 2013, at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, FL. DDW is jointly sponsored by the American Gastroenterological Association Institute, the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract.

Beer-industry advertising guidelines: Rating panels may help industry assess itself

Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT

(Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research) The alcohol industry has developed and regulates its own guidelines regarding advertising. A new study has investigated the ability of panels to find consensus around code violations.Results indicate that a modified Delphi Technique may enhance the ability of regulatory agencies to monitor the content of alcohol-beverage advertising.

Corruption influences migration of skilled workers

Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT

(European Molecular Biology Organization) Countries that have higher levels of corruption struggle to attract and retain skilled workers report the authors of a new study published in EMBO reports.

A*STAR and Cytos bring Singapore's first influenza vaccine to clinical testing

Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT

(Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore) Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Research and Switzerland's Cytos Biotechnology AG today announced that the first healthy volunteer has been dosed in a Phase 1 clinical trial with their H1N1 influenza vaccine candidate based on Cytos' proprietary bacteriophage Qbeta virus-like particle technology. In this first Phase 1 clinical trial, the safety and immunogenicity of this novel vaccine candidate and its potential to protect against H1N1 influenza infection will be evaluated.

URC receives USAID's Excellence in Mentorship Award

Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT

(University Research Co., LLC) The United States Agency for International Development awarded University Research Co., LLC (URC) the first ever Excellence in Mentorship Award during the agency's Sixth Annual Small Business Conference on May 16th in Washington, D.C. Barbara N. Turner, the President of URC, accepted the award, which recognized the significant developmental assistance the company provides to its small business protégé, Women Influencing Health Education and Rule of Law, LLC.

New X-ray method shows how frog embryos could help thwart disease

Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT

(DOE/Argonne National Laboratory) An international team of scientists using a new X-ray method recorded the internal structure and cell movement inside a living frog embryo in greater detail than ever before.This result showcases a new method to advance biological research and the search for new treatments for genetic diseases.