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US Senate Is Expected to Pass a New Five-Year Farm Bill

Feb 14, 2014

The US Senate is expected to pass a new five-year farm bill today - a bill that does not make any changes to American country of origin meat labeling rules, also known as COOL. The House approved the $956 billion farm bill last week, ...

Tags: FOOD

Continued Pressure From Ample Global Wheat Supplies Pushed All Three Futures Markets Lower

Feb 14, 2014

Continued pressure from ample global wheat supplies pushed all three futures markets lower this week. Increased export demand and threats of winterkill lent some support midweek. CBOT March wheat dropped 10 cents to $5.56/bu. KCBT fell 12 ...

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Infants Naturally Show a Preference for Human Contact and Interaction

Feb 14, 2014

From birth, infants naturally show a preference for human contact and interaction, including faces and voices. These basic predispositions to social stimuli are altered in individuals diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). A new ...

Tags: autism spectrum disorders, ASD, Biological Psychiatry

In 2012-13 We Evaluated 24 Cultivars of Bicolor and Sweet Corn

Feb 14, 2014

In 2012-13 we evaluated 24 cultivars of bicolor and white synergistic cultivars of sweet corn in 3 locations across Pennsylvania. This article presents our methods and results. To provide growers with information for successful, region ...

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New Detection Methods Could Shorten The Detection of Sepsis

Feb 14, 2014

New detection methods could shorten the detection of sepsis from days down to only a few hours. Sepsis is a possibly mortal bacterial infection. It affects neonates and young infants more severely since their immune system is not fully ...

Tags: Sepsis, detection of sepsis

Survey Will Be Used to Produce Report for Farmers on Cover Crop Use in Soybean Production

Feb 14, 2014

What challenges do soybean farmers face planting cover crops before and after soybeans? The benefits of cover crops in rotations is widely documented and include reducing erosion; improving soil structure; nutrient cycling; increasing ...

Tags: soybean, Crop

New U.S. Seedings of Alfalfa and Alfalfa Mixtures Increased by 5%

Feb 14, 2014

New U.S. seedings of alfalfa and alfalfa mixtures increased by 5% last year over the 2.39 million acres planted in 2012. It was the second year in a row to see an increase, even though it’s the third-lowest total of newly seeded acres ...

Tags: seedings, alfalfa

A Study Is The First to Evaluate Whether Purified Purified Cannabinoid Is Effective

Feb 14, 2014

A new international multi-center study led by researchers from UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital is the first to evaluate whether purified cannabinoid is effective in treating severe forms of childhood epilepsy that do not respond to ...

Tags: childhood epilepsy, Epidiolex, tetrahydrocannabinol

42 Percent of U.S. Hospitals Use Some Type of "Telehealth" Approach

Feb 14, 2014

In the first national look at how broadly web-based technologies are being used to provide health care, a University of Michigan researcher has found that 42 percent of U.S. hospitals use some type of "telehealth" approach. The study, ...

Tags: telehealth, congestive heart failure telemonitoring study

This Would Tend to Support View That Focus on Alfalfa Is Primarily Due to a Gut Feeling

Feb 14, 2014

It is indeed becoming curiouser and curiouser (to quote Alice in Wonderland) that this discussion should focus so one-sidedly on our lowly alfalfa crop. Even the National Geographic article implies that the quantity of 'water' exported with ...

Tags: Fresh lettuce, spinach, onions, broccoli and cauliflower

Coverings 2014 Has Launched an Online Photography Contest to Honor The Inspiring Tile

Feb 14, 2014

Coverings 2014 has launched an online photography contest to honor the inspiring tile and stone installations, artwork, buildings and structures found around us everyday. The social media-driven sweepstakes also serves to commemorate ...

Tags: Construction, Decoration, tile, stone

AACN Recognizes 122 Units From 101 Hospitals Nationwide

Feb 14, 2014

The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) recognizes 122 units from 101 hospitals nationwide that earned the Beacon Award for Excellence between Jan. 1, 2013, and Dec. 31, 2013. The Beacon Award for Excellence lauds hospital ...

Tags: Critical-Care Nurses

A New Assessment Tool Can Help Hospital Medicine Groups

Feb 14, 2014

A new assessment tool published today in the Journal of Hospital Medicine can help hospital medicine groups across the country improve their patient care and make their operations more effective. Published as "The Key Principles and ...

Tags: HEALTHCARE

The Field of Science May Be The Simple Telephone

Feb 14, 2014

Although the field of science keeps advancing, it may be the simple telephone that helps save more lives. Anita Kinney, Professor of Medicine and Associate Director for Population Sciences at the University of New Mexico Cancer Center, and ...

Tags: HEALTHCARE

NAGA:Shellie Pfohl and Anthony Robles Has Joined Its List of Speakers

Feb 14, 2014

The National Sporting Goods Association announced that Shellie Pfohl and Anthony Robles has joined its list of speakers for the 50th NSGA Management Conference and 16th Team Dealer Summit. ADVERTISEMENT Pfohl, the executive director of ...

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