Manufacturers use the process of hydrogenation to create trans fats in order to increase the shelf life of baked and fried foods. Ingestion of trans fats is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. A groundswell of public sentiment is causing regulatory bodies to ban the use of trans fats in foods. Alternatives to trans fats are needed now in order to preserve the freshness ...

Prevention of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection by vaccination has been a priority since discovery of the virus and the need has not diminished over the past 25 years. Infection rates are increasing in developed countries because of intravenous drug use. Reducing transmission will be difficult without a vaccine to prevent persistence of primary infections, and also secondary infections that may...

12th North American Waste to Energy Conference May 17-19,2004, Savannah, Georgia USA NAWTEC12-2210 NEXT-GENERATION WASTE-TO-ENERGY: WILL THERE BE ONE? E. Larry Beaumont, P.E., eco/Technologies, LLC An EnergyAnswers Corporation 79 N. Pearl St. Albany, New York 12207 Phone: (518) 434-1227; Fax (518) 436-6343 e-mail: [email protected] The market for new waste-to-energy (WTE) facilities ...

Interest in nephrology as a career is declining and has been on the decline for nearly one decade. From 2002 to 2009, all internal medicine subspecialties except geriatric medicine increased the number of available fellowship positions. However, only two subspecialties attracted fewer United States medical graduates (USMGs) in 2009 than in 2002: geriatric medicine and nephrology. This drop occu...