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NASA Helps Melt Secrets of Great Lakes Ice

Two scientists from NASA and NOAA have developed a new space-based technique for monitoring the ice cover of the Great Lakes that is so accurate it can identify a narrow channel of open water cut through the ice by an icebreaker — even at night.

“In the dark, it’s difficult to read a map that’s right in front of you,” said Son Nghiem of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., one of the developers of the new technique. “Yet we now have a way to use satellite radars almost 500 miles [800 kilometers] out in space to see through clouds and darkness and map ice across the Great Lakes.” (more…)

Research Focuses on Youth, Chronic Illness and Employment

By Guest PostJanuary 14, 2012Economy, General, Healthadulthood, arif jetha, arthritis, canada, canadian economy, canadians, chronic diseases, disabling health conditions, employment, fatigue, flexible work schedules, gender, health status, juvenile arthritis, kelly rankin, lupus, major limb trauma, musculoskeletal disorders, osteoporosis, phd candidate, post doctoral work, public health agency, social determinant, spinal cord injuries, spinal disorders, university of toronto, yhes, young adulthood

*PhD candidate explores their interconnection*

Like any 28 year old, Arif Jetha, a fourth-year PhD candidate at the University of Toronto’s Dalla Lana School of Public Health, is worrying about his future. Once he completes his PhD, should he remain at home with his parents and pursue post-doctoral work or move on to full-time employment and begin establishing his career?

Then, he thinks about the participants in his Young Adult, Health and Employment Study (YHES) ) and realizes his own challenges pale in comparison to theirs. They are 18- to 30-year-olds who live with disabling health conditions such as lupus, juvenile arthritis and spinal cord injuries, and the transition to adulthood and employment is often exacerbated by their health status. (more…)

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NASA Helps Melt Secrets of Great Lakes Ice

Research Focuses on Youth, Chronic Illness and Employment