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FibroTest attributes to generate decision trees in hepatitis C

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jun 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In recent years the use of non-invasive biomarkers to assess liver fibrosis has become widely accepted. Although the combination of surrogate markers, such as those employed by the FibroTest, have a high predictive value ...





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Research synthesis shines light on several management options after fires in diverse ecosystems

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

No single decision-support system exists for selecting alternatives for postfire management. That thesis is what a recently released report on management after fire hinges upon. The publication, Effects of Timber Harvest ...


Time of day matters to thirsty trees, researcher discovers

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The time of day matters to forest trees dealing with drought, according to a new paper produced by a research team led by Professor Malcolm Campbell, University of Toronto Scarborough's vice-principal for research and colleagues ...


Fighting ash borer: To spray or not to spray?

Biology /

created Aug 12, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Perhaps the only good news in the Aug. 4 announcement that emerald ash borers have been found in southeastern Wisconsin is that the invasive pest took its time getting here.


Will maple days move from March to January with global warming?

Will maple days move from March to January with global warming?

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 25, 2008 | popularity 2 / 5 (7) | comments 2

This year, Maple Weekend is March 29-30 since weather patterns are providing good sap flow in the maple trees of northern New York. But by 2080, sugarhouses in northern New York may be humming as early as ...


The Monarchs' annual migration ritual has yet to be scientifically explained

Tree-eating bugs threaten Monarch butterfly in Mexico

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 21, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The mysterious Monarch butterfly, which migrates en masse annually between Canada and Mexico, is now facing a new peril: another insect thriving in Western Mexican forests.


Carbon and oxygen in tree rings can reveal past climate information

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 1

The analysis of carbon and oxygen isotopes embedded in tree rings may shed new light on past climate events in the Mackenzie Delta region of northern Canada.


Understanding apples' ancestors

Understanding apples' ancestors

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Wild Malus orientalis -- species of wild apples that could be an ancestor of today's domesticated apples -- are native to the Middle East and Central Asia. A new study comparing the diversity of recently acquir ...


Study reveals potential to amass more carbon in eastern North American forests

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 06, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (39) | comments 2

With climate change looming, the hunt for places that can soak up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is on.


DU professor advises families to refocus for holidays to ease financial tension (w/ Video)

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Martha Wadsworth, associate professor of psychology at the University of Denver (DU), says during the holidays families should focus on what has been proven to matter most in psychological research - quality family time.


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Scientists works to develop Christmas tree that doesn't shed needles

Biology / Biotechnology

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

After chasing the perfect Christmas tree for three decades, Gary Chastagner could be getting close.



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