Guest Post – Page 812 – Shamskm: A site to exchange knowledge and solutions

Payment Innovation Cuts Depression Time in Half

By Guest PostApril 23, 2012Healthamerican, community health clinics, depression, depression outcomes, disease, incentive, jurgen unutzer, king county, mental disorder, mental health, payment, university of washington, washington state, world health organization

When 25 percent of the payments to community health clinics were based on quality of care, patients received better care and had better depression outcomes. The results of this initiative are published in the American Journal of Public Health.

University of Washington researchers examined records from almost 8,000 patients treated for depression in 29 community health clinics in the Washington State Mental Health Integration Program before and after the implementation of a pay-for-performance incentive. After the incentive was started, patients were seen more quickly and were more likely to receive consultation from a psychiatrist. They were also more likely to show improvements in their depression. (more…)

Microsoft, Facebook Announce Patent Agreement

By Guest PostApril 23, 2012Technologyaol auction, aol patents, aol portfolio, patent agreement, patent portfolio

Companies strike deal to split patents secured by Microsoft from AOL Inc.

REDMOND, Wash. and MENLO PARK, Calif. — April 23, 2012 — Microsoft Corp. and Facebook announced today a definitive agreement under which Microsoft will assign to Facebook the right to purchase a portion of the patent portfolio it recently agreed to acquire from AOL Inc. Facebook has agreed to purchase this portion for $550 million in cash. (more…)

MU Veterinary Surgeons Use Advanced MRI Technology to Locate Dangerous Tumor

By Guest PostApril 23, 2012Health, Naturebrain during surgery, brainsight mri, callies tumor, neuro navigation device, remove dangerous tumor, therapy dog

Procedure saves therapy dog, beloved pet from cancerous brain tumor

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Using a special piece of MRI equipment, doctors from the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine were able to remove a dangerous tumor from a beloved pet and therapy dog. (more…)

Diesel Technologies Drastically Cut Emissions in Real-World Conditions

By Guest PostApril 23, 2012Environmentblack carbon, catalytic reduction, chris frey, climate change, diesel engine, emission, emissions, environmental consequence, environmental impact, fuel, gurdas sandhu, human health, low level ozone, measurement system, nitrogen oxides, nox, nox emission, particulate matter, per gallon, pm, pollutant, tractor trailer trucks

New research from North Carolina State University shows that federal requirements governing diesel engines of new tractor trailer trucks have resulted in major cuts in emissions of particulate matter (PM) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) – pollutants that have significant human health and environmental impacts.

“These requirements for new emission control technologies have increased costs for truck owners and operators, and we wanted to know whether there was any real benefit,” says Dr. Chris Frey, professor of civil, construction and environmental engineering at NC State and co-author of a paper describing the research. “We found that there is a huge reduction in both PM and NOx emissions.” (more…)

Migraine Patients Find Pain Relief in Electrical Brain Stimulation

By Guest PostApril 23, 2012Healthchronic migraine, electrical brain stimulation, migraine patients, migraine sufferers, migraine therapy, motor cortex stimulation

ANN ARBOR, Mich.— Chronic migraine sufferers saw significant pain relief after four weeks of electrical brain stimulation in the part of the brain responsible for voluntary movement, the motor cortex, according to a new study. (more…)

First Atomic-Scale Real-Time Movies of Platinum Nanocrystal Growth in Liquids

By Guest PostApril 23, 2012Sciencealex zettl, alivisatos zettl collaboration, anisotropic particle, atomic scale, berkeley lab, crystallographic direction, daniel hellebusch, DNA, electron beam, electron microscope, gold tem mesh, grapheme, graphene liquid cells, growth, growth trajectory, jeong yong lee, jong min yuk, jungwon park, kwanpyo kim, liquid, lynn yarris, membrane, metal, michael crommie, movie, nanocrystal, nanometer scale, nanoparticle growth, ncem, paul alivisatos, peter ercius, platinum nanocrystal, protein, real-time, solution, subnanometer resolution, tem grid, transmission electron microscope, university of california

Berkeley Scientists Create Graphene Liquid Cells for Electron Microscopy Studies of Nanocrystal Formation

They won’t be coming soon to a multiplex near you, but movies showing the growth of platinum nanocrystals at the atomic-scale in real-time have blockbuster potential. A team of scientists with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the University of California (UC) Berkeley has developed a technique for encapsulating liquids of nanocrystals between layers of graphene so that chemical reactions in the liquids can be imaged with an electron microscope. With this technique, movies can be made that provide unprecedented direct observations of physical, chemical and biological phenomena that take place in liquids on the nanometer scale. (more…)

Dennis Hogan: Understanding Families of Children with Disabilities

By Guest PostApril 22, 2012General, Mediabest job, challenge, children, consequence, courtney coelho, dennis hogan, disability, down syndrome, family, katie beckett, oxygen tank, parent, plethora, raising robbie, rhode island, russell sage foundation, ssi, supplemental security income

In his recently published book, Family Consequences of Children’s Disabilities, Dennis Hogan offers the first comprehensive account of families of children with disabilities. He talked with Courtney Coelho about his findings, including some of the more surprising ways having a child with a disability can affect the family structure.

Families of children with disabilities often face a plethora of challenges, ranging from the financial to the emotional. Still, little research has been done to document exactly how families are affected by a child with a disablity. Dennis Hogan’s recently published book, Family Consequences of Children’s Disabilities (Russell Sage Foundation), is the first comprehensive account of these experiences. Motivated by his own experience of growing up with a brother with Down syndrome, Hogan, the Robert E. Turner Distinguished Professor of Population Studies, merged existing data with interviews with more than two dozen family members of disabled children. He talked with Courtney Coelho about his findings, including some of the more surprising ways having a child with a disability can affect the family structure. (more…)

Study Finds Surprising Arctic Methane Emission Source

By Guest PostApril 22, 2012Environmentarctic methane, arctic ocean, arctic region, Arctic sea ice, arctic tundra soil, beaufort seas, carbon monoxide, chukchi, climate, concentration, earth system, eric kort, geologic reservoir, global warming, greenhouse gas, harvard university, hippo, jet propulsion laboratory, marine sediment, methane, NASA, ozone, reservoir, water vapor

The fragile and rapidly changing Arctic region is home to large reservoirs of methane, a potent greenhouse gas. As Earth’s climate warms, the methane, frozen in reservoirs stored in Arctic tundra soils or marine sediments, is vulnerable to being released into the atmosphere, where it can add to global warming. Now a multi-institutional study by Eric Kort of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., has uncovered a surprising and potentially important new source of Arctic methane: the ocean itself. (more…)

Author Archives: Guest Post