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Galaxy Evolution - An 8 Billion Year Pattern Emerges

Galaxy Evolution - An 8 Billion Year Pattern Emerges

Oct 20 2012 | comment(s)

Star-forming galaxies take the form of orderly disk-shaped systems, like the Andromeda Galaxy or the Milky Way, where rotation dominates over other internal motions. The most distant blue galaxies in the study tend to be very different, exhibiting disorganized motions in multiple directions. There is a steady shift toward greater organization to the present time as the disorganized motions dissipate and rotation speeds increase. These galaxies are gradually settling into well-behaved disks.
First Patient In Randomized Controlled Hypertension Trial Of AV-Coupler Enrolled

First Patient In Randomized Controlled Hypertension Trial Of AV-Coupler Enrolled

Oct 20 2012 | comment(s)

Cyberbullying Does Not 'Cause' Teen Suicide

Cyberbullying Does Not 'Cause' Teen Suicide

Oct 20 2012 | comment(s)

While it makes for convenient mainstream media news pieces to draw convenient lines between cyber-bullying and suicide and thus declare that ending bullying would end suicides, it's not so simplistic, notes research from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) National Conference and Exhibition in New Orleans. Most teen suicide victims are bullied both online and in school, and many suicide victims also suffer from depression.
CHMP Positive Opinion For HUMIRA In Pediatric Crohn's Disease

CHMP Positive Opinion For HUMIRA In Pediatric Crohn's Disease

Oct 20 2012 | comment(s)

Guidelines For Clostridium Difficile Infection Testing Not Being Followed In Europe

Guidelines For Clostridium Difficile Infection Testing Not Being Followed In Europe

Oct 19 2012 | comment(s)

Data presented at the international ID Week 2012 conference in San Diego showed that over three quarters (78%) of healthcare professionals surveyed in Europe believed that they may not be following guidelines for the testing of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI), despite survey respondents believing that CDI is increasing with a large number of cases going undiagnosed.[1] 

Winners Of SciVal Award Brazil 2012 Announced

Winners Of SciVal Award Brazil 2012 Announced

Oct 19 2012 | comment(s)

Scientific products and services company Elsevier and the Federal Coordination of Improvement of Personnel in Higher Education (Capes / MEC), today announced the winners of the second edition of SciVal Award Brazil 2012, honoring higher education and research institutions for their contribution to the scientific development of the country. 

According to Scopus data, Brazil holds the 13th position globally in research output per country. The award honors Brazilian education and research institutions that stand out for their excellence in research performance. The ten winners were selected according to research performance indicators drawn from Elsevier's tool SciVal Spotlight, such as collaboration with Brazilian and foreign institutions and citations per document.