Thirty-one people were killed in wood chipper accidents between 1992 and 2002, according to a 2005 Journal of the American Medical Assn. report.
Scientists are shocked to find out that nobody cares about their journal article—not even mom
Lost In The Middle: Author Order Matters, New Paper Says
ScienceDaily (Nov. 9, 2007) — Rare is the scientific paper today written by a single author. With research being conducted by teams of scientists, most studies now boast a half-dozen or so authors. According to a new study led by a scientist at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, credit for those papers is far from evenly distributed, and the order in which the authors' names are listed makes a big difference.
In scientific circles, the long-accepted hierarchy of authorship places the one who did the lion's share of the work first and the senior author last. "What we wanted to know was: What about everyone in between?" said Wren. "What do people think about the middle authors and their contribution to the work described in the paper?"
The new findings appear in the Nov. 1 issue of the scientific journal EMBO Reports. OMRF's Jonathan Wren, Ph.D., is the first author on the paper, which is entitled "The write position.
It’s a good thing there is no such thing as careerism in research.
Cause it’s fun? And I like it? And you can’t tell me not to like it.
And I can quit anytime I want…I just don’t’ want to
Why Quitting Smoking Is So Difficult
ScienceDaily (Nov. 8, 2007) — New findings clarify the brain mechanisms that explain many aspects of dependency on nicotine, the addictive substance in tobacco. Among them: Individual differences in brain chemistry can have a profound effect on a person's susceptibility to addiction, and smoking may predispose adolescents to mental disorders in adolescence and adulthood. In addition, researchers have identified a potential neural network that regulates the body's craving response and have demonstrated how smoking may affect decision-making.
"As the negative health consequences of smoking have become more and more obvious, the majority of smokers have attempted to quit," says Marina Picciotto, PhD, of Yale University. "Unfortunately, people who want to quit often find that they cannot, and recent neuroscience research has identified many of the molecular mechanisms that lead to nicotine addiction.
"It is notable that many who smoke cigarettes have affective disorders, and many who have affective disorders such as major depression also smoke cigarettes and find it much harder to quit. We need new treatments for smoking cessation based on neuroscientific evidence and we need to understand the interaction between smoking and affective disorders so we can target new therapies to people who have the hardest time quitting."
….Montague found that both smokers and nonsmokers were strongly guided by rewards that are actually experienced. But the team also found that chronic smokers do not adjust their behavior based on what could have been, despite the clear presence of the fictive error signal identified in their brain activity.
Yeah, I hate those rewards that aren’t actually experienced...did he just call me a mook?
Remember when getting something for nothing was called a bargain?
Store-bought Freshwater Fish Contain Elevated Levels Of Mercury, Arsenic And Selenium
ScienceDaily (Nov. 8, 2007) — White bass wild-caught and sold commercially contained significantly higher levels of mercury, arsenic and selenium than fish caught near former industrial areas. The University of Pittsburgh study showed mercury levels were 2.2 to 4.8 times higher in fish caught in the Canadian Lake Erie and available commercially than in fish caught near former iron and steel mills on the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers in Pittsburgh. While several of these mills have been closed for many years, the nearby rivers continue to contain high levels of pollution from sewer overflows and active industrial operations.
For the study, researchers used local anglers to catch 45 white bass at two locations in Pittsburgh and bought 10 white bass locally that were caught in the Canadian Lake Erie. They analyzed the fish for levels of mercury, arsenic and selenium. In addition to higher levels of mercury, the store-bought fish had levels that were 1.7 times higher for arsenic and 1.9 times higher for selenium.
"We were surprised by our results since we had hypothesized that levels of contaminants in fish would be higher in specimens caught near once heavily polluted sites," said Conrad D. Volz, Dr.P.H., M.P.H., principal investigator, department of environmental and occupational health, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health. "These results indicate to us that purchasing fish from a local market cannot guarantee food safety. We recommend a more rigorous testing program for commercial freshwater fish with particular attention to fish entering the U.S. from other countries."
Wow, pollution in Lake Erie. Wonder if they know. And to think consumers get to choose
where their fish comes from—Lake Erie or the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers. Oh yeah, break me off some of that.
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