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Research Triangle Institute and Adams Consulting Group, Inc. have announced the availability of a tool that will help organizations evaluate whether Virtual Reality (VR) training programs are appropriate for specific training needs. VR Training Decision Tool gives managers and professionals in training, performance improvement, information technology, human resources, multimedia development, safety, manufacturing and other fields a way of quantifying the decision to use VR. This tool is available free of charge.

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NASA and the US Department of Health and Human Services signed an interagency agreement today to apply space technology to women's health issues. Since the early 1990s, their collaboration to develop new tools for fighting breast cancer has been facilitated by scientists at Research Triangle Institute. So far, the NASA, DHHS, RTI team has identified several existing space technologies that could be applied to digital mammography. Three commercial systems are now in clinical trials.

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Monroe E. Wall, PhD, has received the American Chemistry Society's Alfred Burger Award, which recognizes outstanding contributions to medicinal chemistry, largely for his leadership in discovering two new classes of pharmaceuticals for cancer treatment.

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RTI has released Version 7.5 of its SUDAANÆ software. SUDAAN is the statistical software package that addresses correlated data issues in statistical analysis, issues that can lead to inaccurate analysis if not properly handled.

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Research Triangle Institute has produced a guide to help entrepreneurs and small-business managers grow high-tech businesses. Making Money with Your Technology is based on more than 100 interviews, focus groups, and literature research. It was written to inform and encourage innovators of new technology and to serve as a catalyst for action.

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Virtual Reality (VR)-based training for learning equipment maintenance skills improves traineesí ability to acquire and perform critical skills, increases the number of students who can be trained, and reduces the overall cost of gaining and maintaining critical skills.

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Research Triangle Institute has developed a new Internet-based assessment tool to help companies improve how they practice technology innovation. Innovation InsightsTM quantitatively measures how well the technical staff and management: a) listen to customers, b) share ideas & know-how within the company, and c) use outside technology to leverage R&D.

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At Exhibitor Show 99, February 15, Research Triangle Institute (RTI) will debut virtual humans who perform as sales staff in trade show booths. This new product is an interactive kiosk that provides electronic staffing for tradeshows and other promotional events.

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Two new medications, naltrexone and acamprosate, show promise in treating alcoholism, according to a new evidence report, summarized in the April 14 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

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In the automotive industry alone, estimates a just-released study commissioned by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), "interoperability problems" when sharing product and engineering data impose annual costs totaling about $1 billion.

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Society has enjoyed important benefits from mathematical models developed by National Institute of Standards and Technology that simulate the performance of electronic components called insulated-gate bipolar transistors. The payoff to U.S. industry has been estimated at $23 benefits generated for every $1 spent.

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Chemist Radhakrishna M. Jayanty has been honored by the world's largest scientific society for developing methods to detect and accurately measure air pollution from sources ranging from car exhausts to deodorant sprays.

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Two scientists at the Research Triangle Institute have been recognized by the General Motors Cancer Research Foundation for the discovery of two chemotherapeutic compounds, Camptothecin and Taxol, both of which have unprecedented mechanisms of action against cancer.

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Industry and government can expect more reliable social-analysis research data from the first statistically valid method for doing surveys via Internet. Web-enabled surveys provide up-to-the-minute information on vital topics related to health, nutrition, and the environment.

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Using the first statistically valid method to do surveys on the Web, an independent research Institute finds that health and aging issues strongly influence voters' candidate preferences, especially among retired people.

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Ziptronix, Inc., an innovator in wafer-scale semiconductor integration, is a spin-off of Research Triangle Institute. The new technology enables electronics firms to achieve high levels of circuit integration at low power, high speeds and low cost.

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A new report from the RTI/UNC Evidence-Based Practice Center reveals that certain drug therapies and diagnostic tools can have a positive outcome on the treatment of preterm labor.

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Ziptronix, Inc., an innovator in wafer-scale semiconductor integration, today announced the closing of an investment from Xilinx, Inc., (NASDAQ:XLNX). Ziptronix offers innovative three dimensional bonding and interconnect technology that provides Xilinx with a new dimension of design alternatives for future products.

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New thermoelectric materials could make a life-or-death difference for the next generation of microprocessors, enable fiber optic switches 100 times faster than current ones, and even turn a car's waste heat into electricity for the air conditioner.

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Topics include substance abuse prevention and treatment, epidemiology and costs of diabetes, disease prevention, tobacco control, health care costs, safe-schools policies, race differences in health care and disease prevention, and methods such as web-enabled surveys, audio computer-assisted self-interviewing, and GIS.

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The American Cancer Society has awarded a three-year grant to RTI's renowned natural products laboratory to seek anti-cancer pharmaceuticals from mushrooms.

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Fueled by the growing tuberculosis epidemic, the market for drugs to treat TB will approach $700M by 2010. Tuberculosis infects a third of the world's population and is increasingly resistant to existing drugs. The report advocates partnerships to link investors and laboratories to commercialize new drugs.

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A new study by North Carolina researchers has led the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force to recommend strongly that clinicians talk about the benefits and dangers of using aspirin to prevent heart attacks with healthy patients at increased risk of cardiovascular problems.

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Ziptronix, a semiconductor spin-off from RTI, has named Invensys Power Systems President Doug Milner chairman and CEO. Ziptronix' pioneering technology allows 3-dimensional circuit integration through a non-adhesive, room temperature wafer bonding and interconnect process, using standard fabrication equipment.

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New nano-engineered membranes could enable a new generation of highly efficient, highly selective separation devices for applications in petroleum, chemicals, environmental cleanup, and biomolecule purification. The membranes allow large molecules to pass through faster than small molecules.

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A study estimates that more than 500,000 people in the New York City metropolitan area may have developed Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in the wake of the September 11 attacks. In the nation as a whole, and in Washington, general psychological distress was within normal limits.

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Advances in thermal management technologies are triggering opportunities in many industries. Thermoelectrics, thermionics, thermotunneling, magnetic refrigeration, vapor compression: technologists and market analysts must understand the demands and opportunities.

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The American Chemical Society has commemorated the discovery of the anticancer pharmaceuticals Taxol and camptothecin by Mansukh Wani, Ph.D., and the late Monroe Wall, Ph.D., with a National Historic Chemical Landmark, of which fewer than 50 exist to date.

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A research team led by RTI International has been awarded an $18.8 million research grant to develop a web-based portal and a set of computational and analytical tools for researchers and public health officials to model emerging infectious diseases and appropriate public health responses.

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According to a new study, Americans consider childhood obesity as serious a problem as smoking or school violence, exceeded only by substance abuse as a health threat to school-age children.

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RTI International, in partnership with SAS, has received a two-year contract from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to improve the standard evaluation tool for maternal and child health in the United States.

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Better software systems could have saved the U.S. building and construction industry as much as $15.8 billion during 2002, according to a new study by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, conducted by RTI International.

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Programs aimed at reducing inhalant abuse among American adolescents should target elementary school age children, according to a new study by researchers at RTI International and Columbia University.

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Research studies in animals have indicated that a new TB compound has the potential to shorten treatment of tuberculosis (TB) and to be effective against drug-resistant strains of TB.

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RTI International conducted the annual survey for U.S. News, using a well-established methodology that combined original survey data with secondary analyses of data from various sources, primarily the American Hospital Association and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

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In one of the first studies to assess the effectiveness of New York's smoke-free workplace law in reducing the exposure of bar and restaurant workers to secondhand smoke, those taking part in the study reported an 85 percent decrease in their work-related exposure.

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The NIH's National Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering has awarded a $264,000 grant to develop technologies that will ultimately produce a real-time three-dimensional depth extraction laparoscope for use in minimally invasive surgeries.

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In a new study documenting the costs associated with specific levels of obesity in the American workplace, researchers have found that the average annual per capita increase in medical expenditures and absenteeism associated with obesity ranges between $450 and $2,500 per obese employee, with costs increasing as BMI increases.

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RTI International was selected to serve as one of 13 federally funded research centers nationwide that will conduct research to speed the flow of accurate and understandable information to the public about a wide range of medical therapies, practices and pharmaceuticals.

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RTI International has received a $20 million contract from the U.S. Department of Education to survey and compile data on student financial aid programs in the United States.

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RTI International has been awarded a contract from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology and Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to support efforts to develop the National Health Information Network.

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In two articles, RTI researchers provide information that will help employers and insurers understand the costs and benefits of whether to provide insurance coverage for the cost of bariatric surgery.

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RTI International has received a grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop biomarkers that can be used to predict the onset of drug-induced liver injury and that will help scientists understand the liver's adverse response to drugs.

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This study indicates that the implementation of intervention programs and New York state's Clean Indoor Air Act has reduced tobacco use among youths and adults.

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Based largely on an economic analysis conducted by RTI International and the CDC's Division of Viral Hepatitis, the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices has unanimously adopted the recommendation that all children between ages 1 and 2 receive a two-dose vaccination against the hepatitis A virus.

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A new study conducted by researchers at RTI International estimates that methadone treatment for heroin users generates seven times more economic benefits than previously thought.

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RTI International has experts available to address issues concerning a bird flu outbreak.

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Inconsistencies among a growing number of genetic databases could lead to misdiagnoses of genetic disorders by health care providers, according to a study that appears in the latest issue of Cytogenetic and Genome Research.

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A team of engineers and scientists discovered new polymer membranes for producing hydrogen that brings an energy-efficient, low-cost hydrogen purification process a step closer to reality, an important stride toward making hydrogen a viable energy alternative.

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In his State of the Union Address, President Bush highlighted a number of initiatives he plans to pursue. RTI International has a number of experts who are available to provide expert commentary concerning Presidential Initiatives.