A new study shows that corporate ethics programs work as long as the company values moral conduct as much as the bottom line. "A firm's approach to ethics and legal compliance has an enormous impact on employees' attitudes and behaviors," says Linda Klebe Trevino, professor of management at Penn State.
Popular assumptions about a cavernous self-esteem gender gap may be greatly exaggerated, according to a new analysis of nearly 150,000 respondents by University of Wisconsin-Madison psychologists.
1) Methane in the Deep Blue Sea: New Directions in Research on Natural Gas Hydrates; 2) African Dust May be Major Factor Affecting Southeast U.S. Air Quality; 3) NSF Director Appointed to Glenn Commission
Researchers are narrowing the gap between sorghum that dies prematurely and lines of the crop that seem to display "stay-green" characteristics allowing plants to mature normally in high-heat areas, and creating higher yield for producers.
1) Super-sensitive chemical detectors; 2) Computer model may balance power generation, environmental concerns; 3) Electric bus of the future; 4) A safer automotive workplace
Science tips from Iowa State University include: 1) Technique allows fast identification of ultratrace metals; 2) Recycled railroad flatcars act as bridges; 3) ISU wins two national technology awards
Planetary scientists have developed the Torino Scale, a new means of conveying the risks associated with asteroids and comets that might collide with the Earth.
Researchers have shown that a hybrid molecule can mount a potent, double-sided defense to prevent the death of brain cells following a stroke. The strategy takes advantage of a surprising discovery that injured neurons flag themselves for destruction. The findings are reported in the July 23 issue of Science.
The "bad" form of cholesterol just got worse. Not only are high levels of the low-density lipoprotein (LDL) form of cholesterol a significant risk factor for heart disease, they also increase a person's risk of developing dementia after a stroke, according to a study.
Compared with a traditional Asian diet, eating a Western diet appears to protect stroke victims from developing dementia, according to a study published in the July 22 issue of Neurology, the scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Western diets are known to include more animal fat, protein and less complex carbohydrates than do most Asian diets.
Salk Associate Professor Detlef Weigel and his team identify a critical link in the genetic chain of command that produces flowers and some of the key components specifying their reproductive organs.
Responsible reporting of medical research poses challenges for both journals and journalists to avoid misunderstandings that affect news coverage.
Dramatic new close-up radar images of asteroids will be shown by Steven Ostro of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) at the seventh International Asteroids, Comets and Meteors Conference (ACM) at Cornell University July 26-30, 1999. Ostro will also report on an asteroid, the size of a baseball diamond, that is the smallest solar system object ever studied in detail.
Scientists at the Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI) for Plant Research Inc., located on the campus of Cornell University, and researchers from Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc., have developed a new technique to quickly produce genetically modified crops without transferring genes across species.
Gene mutations tied to inherited diseases may cause only a portion of the expected disorder, according to scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Implications are important for genetic screening and molecular diagnostics.
Scientists are learning to shoot invisible, low-energy beams of laser light for many miles through the atmosphere. These "atmospheric light guides" or "light strings" could be used to detect wind shear at airports, to find factories that are emitting deadly biological or chemical agents, or to create artificial stars as navigational aids. They also could be used to create "laser-induced" lightning rods.
Existing abstinence-based drug prevention methods work only 20 percent of the time. A drug prevention authority examines the youth movement Straight Edge and its values of sobriety and sexual abstinence that have a powerful allure for some teens on Long Island, NY, and may have implications for a national drug policy.
In a three-year study of IPO companies, Theresa Welbourne, a professor at Cornell's School of Industrial and Labor Relations, showed that stock performance appears to improve when more women are part of the top management team.
One tablet of ZOMIG (R) (zolmitriptan) 2.5 mg may be consistently effective for the treatment of migraine headaches no matter what time of day they occur, according to data presented at the Diamond Headache Clinic's Headache Update '99.
Predicting What the Sun Will Do Next - By comparing several techniques and combining aspects of a couple of the best, scientists better predict the Sun's weather. Solar weather affects our weather, satellites in orbit, electrical power systems, and radio and television communication.
Agricultural tips from Iowa State University include: 1.) Task force looks at genetically modified ag products 2.) Study explores isoflavones impact on health 3.) Soyfood benefits are focus of consortium and web site
Cleveland scientists have developed novel genetically engineered mice that exhibit pathological characteristics of Alzheimer's disease. These mice will likely provide new insights into the disease and its treatment. The lack of an accurate animal model for scientific study has been an obstacle to understanding how Alzheimer's disease develops.
Most California patients in managed care plans say that they value having a primary care doctor coordinate their care, but the difficulty in getting referrals to specialty care may cause some of them to lose trust and confidence in their primary care doctors.
A University of Iowa Health Care study examines how children from many cultures respond to obvious differences among their peers.
When a dreaded diagnosis of cancer hits, what helps people cope? Two studies of skin cancer patients found religious and spiritual beliefs help them actively handle their illness better, contrary to earlier views.
An overwhelming majority of American voters want the U.S. Senate to approve the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), according to a new, bipartisan opinion survey. The CTBT will ban all nuclear test explosions and help prevent nations from making new and more deadly types of nuclear weapons.
Cholesterol-lowering drugs may have anti-inflammatory effects that increase their potential to reduce a person's risk of heart disease, according to a report in Circulation.
Researchers at Johns Hopkins and the National Institute on Drug Abuse report that much of human sensitivity to pain -- and the varied response people have to opiate pain medicines -- has a genetic basis. Many of the differences in pain perception by both mouse and human, the scientists say, are likely due to variation in a single key gene.
A new study shows that adding an established medication to standard treatment regimens for heart failure reduced deaths by 30 percent. While the article will not appear in a journal until later this year, the lifesaving potential of the information caused the editorial staff to post the findings on its Internet site, www.nejm.org.
According to a research report to be published in the journal, Industrial Relations, males who place a high priority on marriage and family before entering the labor market earn more than those who do not, and females with the same emphasis on family do not appear to suffer in terms of subsequent earnings, contrary to most previous research.
As the earnings reporting season heats up, a new study of how companies announce earnings found that investment managers in the United States are more likely to surprise financial analysts with earnings announcements than managers in other countries.
The changing structures of today's families sometimes make it hard to decide who is responsible for taking care of family business - everything from wills to child support to elderly care giving. Researchers at MU have published results that might help.
A joint Uganda-U.S. study has found a highly effective and safe drug regimen for preventing transmission of HIV from an infected mother to her newborn that is more affordable and practical than any other examined to date.
A mathematical model, based on experimental evidence, of the symbiotic relationship between H.pylori bacterium and their human hosts.
Descriptions of groups or individuals including the words racist, militant, threatening, terroristic and secluded might bring about visions of the Ku Klux Klan, the Montana Freeman or even Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh, but never a neighbor, friend or church group. However, a University of Missouri-Columbia researcher recently conducted studies on a group that might be just around the neighborhood corner and just as dangerous.
Aggressive surgery coupled with strong immunotherapy resulted in significantly increased survival times for a group of advanced kidney cancer patients for whom few other treatment options existed, according to researchers at UCLA's Jonsson Cancer Center.
Medical Tip Sheet from Cedars-Sinai: 1) SIDS prevention tactic leads to epidemic of 'misshapen head' in infants; 2) New Medicare coverage makes TMR more readily accessbile to patients with severe angina; 3) U.S. News & World Report ranks Cedars-Sinai Medical Center top non-university hospital in Southern CA; 4) Cedars-Sinai physician is one of first in Southern CA to use Somnoplasty procedures for habitual snoring
Metropolitan regions with highly educated workforces fare significantly better in income growth than do regions with fewer educated workers, and the gap between the two is growing wider, according to a new study from Case Western Reserve University's Center for Regional Economic Issues.
CWRU researchers have designed a unique method that can remarkably suppress the magnetic fields outside high-tech devices such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machines. Bucking conventional wisdom, their "supershielding" uses a short and open outside shield which produces the same field supression that an infinitely large shield would.
An alternative way of screening urine specimens for urinary tract infections (UTIs) could greatly reduce the number of lab cultures performed each year and reduce antibiotic usage, according to a study by Andrew Lorincz, M.D., professor emeritus with the department of pediatrics at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). Details of the study are published in the July issue of the Annals of Clinical and Laboratory Science.
1- new HIV therapy works better in clinical trials than in the real world; 2- gastric cancer sometimes responds to antibiotics prescribed for H. pylori; 3- new problem statements reduce medical jargon
"Braking glitch" may point to massive starquake - Scientists believe a sudden slowdown of a rapidly spinning neutron star is due to a massive starquake and a huge release of gamma-ray energy.
1- a spate of films packing an offensive wallop, 2- independent filmmakers and Amazon.com marketing "indies," 3- adults with speech disabilities learning to communicate using computer technology.
A new study of the way individuals respond to advertisements shows how advertisers, through careful use of the individuals pictured in their ads as well as other visual cues, can appeal to minorities and non-minorities in the same ad.
The first detailed, systematic analysis of how gene sequences, and the proteins they encode, vary among human beings has taken a major step in identifying myriad gene changes that may cause hypertension.
Unemployed single mothers would prefer to work, but often lack the job skills or child care to do so, according to a study by nurse-researcher at Case Western Reserve University.
Antioxidants in green tea may prevent and reduce the severity of rheumatoid arthritis, according to a study from CWRU's School of Medicine published in the "Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences."
Elderly patients at high risk for poor outcomes after hospital discharge who received comprehensive discharge planning and home follow-up implemented by advanced practice nurses were hospitalized less often, less quickly, and at far less Medicare cost.
A new study by a CWRU nurse researcher has found that relaxation and music, separately or together, significantly reduce a patient's pain following major abdominal surgery. Tested in addition to the usual pain medication, these self-care methods reduced pain more than medication alone.
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