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Methane emission levels across the southern US are apparently higher than suspected — says a comparatively low budget science project 0

© 2013 Peter Free Citation — to study Ira Leifer, Daniel Culling, Oliver Schneising, Paige Farrell, Michael Buchwitz, and John P. Burrows, Transcontinental methane measurements: Part 2. Mobile surface investigation of fossil fuel industrial fugitive emissions, Atmospheric Environment, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.03.018 (in press, early online publication, 11 May 2013) Citation — to press release George Foulsham, UC [...]

Categories: Atmosphere,Climate change,Environment,Global warming,Science

Tagged: Atmospheric Environment, Central Valley, Daniel Culling, Envisat, gas and oil, gas chromatograph, George Foulsham, Ira Leifer, John P. Burrows, Michael Buchwitz, Oliver Schneising, Paige Farrell, refineries, Scanning Imaging Absorption Spectrometer for Atmospheric Chartography, SCIAMACHY, Transcontinental methane measurements Part 2. Mobile surface investigation of fossil fuel industrial fugitive emissions, UC Santa Barbara Scientist Studies Methane Levels in Cross Continent Drive, wetlands

Published:: 16 May 2013 – 11:28
Author:: By BrainiYak

Earth’s core apparently speeds up and slows down relative to the mantle — an investigation using earthquake “doublets” 0

© 2013 Peter Free Citation — to study Hrvoje Tkalčić, Mallory Young, Thomas Bodin, Silvie Ngo and Malcolm Sambridge, The shuffling rotation of the Earth’s inner core revealed by earthquake doublets, Nature Geoscience, doi:10.1038/ngeo1813 (advance online publication, 12 May 2013) Citation — to press release ANU News, Earth’s centre is out of sync, Australian National [...]

Categories: Geology,Science

Tagged: Australian National University, Earth’s centre is out of sync, Hrvoje Tkalčić, Malcolm Sambridge, Mallory Young, Silvie Ngo, The shuffling rotation of the Earths inner core revealed by earthquake doublets, Thomas Bodin

Published:: 14 May 2013 – 12:46
Author:: By BrainiYak

Parental addictions forecast 69 percent higher rate of depression in their eventually adult children — as compared to children of non-addicts 0

© 2013 Peter Free Citation — to study Esme Fuller-Thomson, Robyn B. Katz, Vi T. Phan, Jessica P.M. Liddycoat, and Sarah Brennenstuhl, The long arm of parental addictions: The association with adult children’s depression in a population-based study, Psychiatry Research, doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2013.02.024 (in press, early online publication of corrected proof, 06 May 2013) Citation — to [...]

Categories: Genetics,Medicine,Psychiatry,Psychology,Public Health,Science

Tagged: 2005 Canadian Community Health Survey, addiction, addicts, depression, Dominic Ali, Esme Fuller-Thomson, Jessica P.M. Liddycoat, Parental addictions linked to adult children’s depression, Robyn B. Katz, Sarah Brennenstuhl, The long arm of parental addictions The association with adult children’s depression in a population-based study, University of Toronto, Vi T. Phan

Published:: 13 May 2013 – 16:13
Author:: By BrainiYak

Yersinia pestis is now demonstrated to have caused the 6th through 8th Century Justinian equivalent of the “Black Death” — allegedly making Yersinia pestis the causative agent for three pandemics, including the two more recent ones which spanned the 14 – 17th and 19th – 21st Centuries 0

© 2013 Peter Free Citation — to study Michaela Harbeck, Lisa Seifert, Stephanie Hänsch, David M. Wagner, Dawn Birdsell, Katy L. Parise, Ingrid Wiechmann, Gisela Grupe, Astrid Thomas, Paul Keim, Lothar Zöller, Barbara Bramanti, Julia M. Riehm, and Holger C. Scholz, Yersinia pestis DNA from Skeletal Remains from the 6th Century AD Reveals Insights into [...]

Categories: Biology,Epidemiology,Infectious disease,Medicine,Science

Tagged: Aschheim, Astrid Thomas, Barbara Bramanti, David M. Wagner, Dawn Birdsell, Gisela Grupe, Holger C. Scholz, Ingrid Wiechmann, Julia M. Riehm, Justinian, Justinianic, Katy L. Parise, Lisa Seifert, Lothar Zöller, Michaela Harbeck, Paul Keim, pestilence, plague, Stephanie Hänsch, Y pestis positive, Y pseudotuberculosis, Yersinia pestis, Yersinia pestis DNA from Skeletal Remains from the 6th Century AD Reveals Insights into Justinianic Plague

Published:: 10 May 2013 – 13:19
Author:: By BrainiYak

Somewhat botched communication from the US Forest Service — regarding the carbon sequestration value of urban trees — an example of dumbed down science analysis that goes nowhere — and a comment on the desirability of not using imprecise language to communicate units of measurement 0

Citation — to study David J. Nowak, Eric J. Greenfield, Robert E. Hoehn, and Elizabeth Lapoint, Carbon storage and sequestration by trees in urban and community areas of the United States, Environmental Pollution 178: 229–236, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2013.03.019 (July 2013) Citation — to Forest Service press release Press Office, US urban trees store carbon, provide billions in [...]

Categories: Climate change,Environment,Forests,Science

Tagged: American English, carbon storage, Carbon storage and sequestration by trees in urban and community areas of the United States, David J. Nowak, Elizabeth Lapoint, Eric J. Greenfield, kilograms, metric ton, Robert E Hoehn, Tom Tidwell, ton, tonne, urban trees, US Forest Service, US urban trees store carbon provide billions in economic value

Published:: 8 May 2013 – 13:27
Author:: By BrainiYak

An apparently clever way of collecting and treating beach seaweed for other purposes, including biofuel 0

© 2013 Peter Free Citation — to press release Asociación RUVID, The University of Alicante invents a system to clean seaweed from beaches, AlphaGalileo Foundation (03 May 2013) Moving bulky things around has obvious costs, and sometimes it’s better to get most of the processing done on site From the press release: A research group [...]

Categories: Energy,Engineering,Environment

Tagged: algae, Asociación RUVID, bales, biofuel, hoppers, Irene Sentana Gadea, landfills, pellets, residual salt, rubbish trucks, salt polluter, sand, seaweed, solar energy, solar powered, Spain, The University of Alicante invents a system to clean seaweed from beaches

Published:: 6 May 2013 – 12:26
Author:: By BrainiYak

Sahara’s Laperrine’s olive tree — its clonal survival strategy worked for in the past — but allegedly may be unavoidably self-defeating now — (i) an illustration of possible diminished genetic fitness in climate changing times or (ii) biologists jumping to unwarranted conclusions 0

© 2013 Peter Free Citation — to study G. Besnard, F. Anthelme, and D. Baali-Cherifc, The Laperrine’s olive tree (Oleaceae): a wild genetic resource of the cultivated olive and a model-species for studying the biogeography of the Saharan Mountains, Acta Botanica Gallica 159 (3): 319-328, DOI: 10.1080/12538078.2012.724281 (26 November 2012) Citation — to press release [...]

Categories: Biology,Climate,Climate change,Conservation,Environment,Evolution,Genetics,Global warming,Horticulture,Science

Tagged: a D. Baali-Cherifc, Algeria, cuspidata, erosion of genetic diversity, F. Anthelme, G. Besnard, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, IRD, Laperrine’s olive tree, Maghreb, Mediterranean olive, Niger, northern Sudan, Olea europaea, Sahara, Sahara olive tree a genetic heritage to be preserved, The Laperrines olive tree Oleaceae a wild genetic resource of the cultivated olive and a model species for studying the biogeography of the Saharan Mountains

Published:: 3 May 2013 – 17:11
Author:: By BrainiYak

Major depression appears to be grossly over-diagnosed and treated in the United States — says an apparently indicative study 0

© 2013 Peter Free Citation — to study Ramin J. Mojtabai, Clinician-Identified Depression in Community Settings: Concordance with Structured-Interview Diagnoses, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics 82 (3): 161-169, DOI: 10.1159/000345968 (April 2013) Citation — to press release Natalie Wood-Wright, Over-diagnosis and over-treatment of depression is common in the U.S., Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (30 [...]

Categories: Medicine,Psychiatry,Psychology,Public Health

Tagged: ational Survey of Drug Use and Health, Clinician-Identified Depression in Community Settings: Concordance with Structured-Interview Diagnoses, disorder, DSM IV, error rate, major depressive episode, MDE, medical model, mental disorders, mental illness, Natalie Wood-Wright, Over-diagnosis and over-treatment of depression is common in the U.S., overdiagnosis, overtreatment, Phillip W. Long, psychiatric illness, psychiatric medications, psychiatrists, psychologists, Ramin J. Mojtabai, Unipolar Affective Disorder

Published:: 2 May 2013 – 15:07
Author:: By BrainiYak

The “special section” cancer overview contained in Science’s 29 March 2013 issue is important reading — a reminder that “personalized” medicine claims are mostly nonsense — and that, once the volume of driver mutations get rolling and metastasize, hope for cure fades 0

© 2013 Peter Free Citation Special Section: Cancer Genomics, Science 339 (6127): 1539-1570 (29 March 2013) (the Section’s included articles are free, provider that the reader registers with the Science website) The two most important insights From Jocelyn Kaiser: [T]umors often contain many subsets of cells that are related but genetically distinct. As a tumor [...]

Categories: Biology,Medicine,Science

Tagged: Bert Vogelstein, Cancer Genome Landscapes, Dead Enzymes Show Signs of Life, driver genes, drugs that target specific gene mutations, intragenic mutations, intratumor heterogeneity, intratumoral genetic diversity, Jocelyn Kaiser, Kenneth W. Kinzler, Luis A. Diaz Jr., Mitch Leslie, Nickolas Papadopoulos, passenger genes, pseudoenzymes, Shibin Zhou, Special Section Cancer Genomics, The Downside of Diversity, tumorigenesis, Victor E. Velculescu

Published:: 1 May 2013 – 12:53
Author:: By BrainiYak

Illinois’ wild pollinators are significantly reduced in numbers — and domestic honeybees probably cannot make up the difference — one study compared Illinois sites that had been sampled in the late 1800s, 1970s, and 2010-2011 — and another looked at wild pollinators’ contribution to 41 international crop systems 0

© 2013 Peter Free Citation — to studies Laura A. Burkle, John C. Marlin, and Tiffany M. Knight, Plant-Pollinator Interactions over 120 Years: Loss of Species, Co-Occurrence, and Function, Science 339 (6127): 1611-1614 (29 March 2013) Lucas A. Garibaldi, Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter, Rachael Winfree, Marcelo A. Aizen, Riccardo Bommarco, Saul A. Cunningham, Claire Kremen, Luísa G. [...]

Categories: Agriculture,Agronomy,Entomology,Environment,Horticulture,Science

Tagged: Alexandra M. Klein, Andrea Holzschuh, Blandina F. Viana, Brad Howlett, Breno M. Freitas, Brian A. Nault, Carlos H. Vergara, Catrin Westphal, cavity-nesters, Christina M. Kennedy, Christof Schüepp, Claire Kremen, Claytonia virginica, Colleen L. Seymour, Daniel Cariveau, domestic honey bees, Faye Benjamin, Gideon Pisanty, Global Plight of Pollinators, Hajnalka Szentgyörgyi, Hisatomo Taki, Ignasi Bartomeus, Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter, Iris Motzke, Jaboury Ghazoul, Jan H. Dudenhöffer, Jason M. Tylianakis, Jessica Petersen, John C. Marlin, Juliana Hipólito, Kristin M. Krewenka, Laura A. Burkle, Lawrence D. Harder, Lucas A. Garibaldi, Luísa G. Carvalheiro, Maj Rundlöf, Marcelo A. Aizen, Margaret M. Mayfield, Mark Otieno, Natacha P. Chacoff, Neal Williams, Ohad Afik, parasites, Plant Pollinator Interactions over 120 Years Loss of Species, Rachael Winfree, Riccardo Bommarco, Romina Rader, Rufus Isaacs, Sarah Greenleaf, Saul A. Cunningham, Simon G. Potts, Smitha Krishnan, specialists, species that participated in weak historic interactions, Steven K. Javorek, Taylor H. Ricketts, Teja Tscharntke, Theodore Munyuli, Thomas C. Wanger, Tiffany M. Knight, Virginie Boreux, wild insect pollinators, Wild Pollinators Enhance Fruit Set of Crops Regardless of Honey Bee Abundance, Yael Mandelik

Published:: 29 April 2013 – 14:22
Author:: By BrainiYak

Author Archives: BrainiYak

Methane emission levels across the southern US are apparently higher than suspected — says a comparatively low budget science project 0

Earth’s core apparently speeds up and slows down relative to the mantle — an investigation using earthquake “doublets” 0

Parental addictions forecast 69 percent higher rate of depression in their eventually adult children — as compared to children of non-addicts 0

Yersinia pestis is now demonstrated to have caused the 6th through 8th Century Justinian equivalent of the “Black Death” — allegedly making Yersinia pestis the causative agent for three pandemics, including the two more recent ones which spanned the 14 – 17th and 19th – 21st Centuries 0

Somewhat botched communication from the US Forest Service — regarding the carbon sequestration value of urban trees — an example of dumbed down science analysis that goes nowhere — and a comment on the desirability of not using imprecise language to communicate units of measurement 0

An apparently clever way of collecting and treating beach seaweed for other purposes, including biofuel 0

Sahara’s Laperrine’s olive tree — its clonal survival strategy worked for in the past — but allegedly may be unavoidably self-defeating now — (i) an illustration of possible diminished genetic fitness in climate changing times or (ii) biologists jumping to unwarranted conclusions 0

Major depression appears to be grossly over-diagnosed and treated in the United States — says an apparently indicative study 0

The “special section” cancer overview contained in Science’s 29 March 2013 issue is important reading — a reminder that “personalized” medicine claims are mostly nonsense — and that, once the volume of driver mutations get rolling and metastasize, hope for cure fades 0

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