Posts tagged: work
University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work announces partnership with MD Anderson
The University of Houston (UH) will soon open its doors to the Center for Health Equity & Evaluation Research (CHEER), a new joint venture between the UH Graduate College of Social Work (GCSW) and the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Division of Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences. CHEER ...
University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work announces partnership with MD Anderson
(University of Houston) The University of Houston will soon open its doors to the Center for Health Equity & Evaluation Research, a new joint venture between the UH Graduate College of Social Work and the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Division of Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences. CHEER ...
Differences in dopamine may determine how hard people work
(Society for Neuroscience) Whether someone is a "go-getter" or a "slacker" may depend on individual differences in the brain chemical dopamine, according to new research in the May 2 issue of the Journal of Neuroscience. The findings suggest that dopamine affects cost-benefit analyses.
UAB researcher wins HudsonAlpha Prize for work on sickle cell and related blood disorders
Tim Townes, Ph.D., University of Alabama at Birmingham, was awarded the HudsonAlpha Prize for his work on sickle cell and related blood disorders. The $20,000 monetary award acknowledges exceptional talent, dedication and discovery by Alabama's best and brightest researchers.
College students work to sterilize air, kill pathogens on buses
The best place to enjoy a breath of fresh air may be a city bus, if Rice University students have their way. A team of graduating seniors has created a system for public transit that would continually clear the air of pathogens that can lead to tuberculosis (TB), flu and ...
College students work to sterilize air, kill pathogens on buses
(Rice University) The best place to enjoy a breath of fresh air may be a city bus, if Rice University students have their way. A team of graduating seniors has created a system for public transit that would continually clear the air of pathogens that can lead to tuberculosis, flu ...
Blood samples show deadly frog fungus at work in the wild
The fungal infection that has killed a record number of amphibians worldwide leads to deadly dehydration in frogs in the wild, according to a new study by University of California, Berkeley and San Francisco State University researchers.
Helping Badly Damaged Nerves Regrow And Work Again – Nerve Guidance Conduits Show Promise
According to a study published in the journal Biofabrication, engineers from the University of Sheffield have developed a new method called nerve guidance conduits (NGCs), which naturally helps repairing nerves that have been damaged by traumatic accidents. The new technique could also improve the chances of restoring movement and sensation ...
Providers can and should work toward ‘sustainable anesthesia’
Anesthesia providers can and should begin taking steps toward practicing "sustainable anesthesia," according to the May special issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia, official journal of the International Anesthesia Research Society.
New Instrument Measures Work Addiction: The Bergen Work Addiction Scale
Researchers from Norway and the United Kingdom have developed a new instrument to measure work addiction: The Bergen Work Addiction Scale. The new instrument is based on core elements of addiction that are recognised as diagnostic criteria for several addictions. Some people seem to be driven to work excessively and ...
Researchers develop Bergen Work Addiction Scale
Researchers from Norway and the United Kingdom have developed a new instrument to measure work addiction: The Bergen Work Addiction Scale. The new instrument is based on core elements of addiction that are recognised as diagnostic criteria for several addictions.