This week, Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD) publishes “Small Food Stores and Availability of Nutritious Foods: A Comparison of Database and In-Store Measures, Northern California, 2009,” (1) winner of the journal’s 2012 Student Research Contest. The winning article is authored by Ellen Kersten, a doctoral student in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management at the Universi...

Biography Xiao Jia graduated from Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (NUAA) with B.S. degree in 2012, and Tongji University with M.S. degree in 2015, majoring in Automotive Engineering. He is now a second year PhD student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Clemson University. His current research focuses on ultrashort laser-matter interaction, micro/nano-machining. H...

(1) Undergraduate student from the Speech Language Pathology course at the Federal University of Bahia – UFBA, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. (2) Speech Language Pathologist; Adjunct Professor of the Department of Speech Language Pathology at the Federal University of Bahia – UFBA, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil; PhD in Public Health at the Public Health Institute of the Federal University of Bahia. (3) Und...

We are looking for a PhD student who will investigate the design of fast and precise 3D data manipulation techniques for proton therapy patient placement in cancer treatment. Based on modern touch-based interaction techniques, we aim to reduce the time needed for X-Ray imaging matching. The goal of this technique is to achieve a manual registration between radiologic 2D orthogonal images of the...

INTRODUCTION In the 1990s, the publication and PhD recruitment rates following the Danish pre-graduate research programme (PGRP) in medicine were 54% and 33%, respectively. Updated estimates are unknown. METHODS All medical students enrolled in the PGRP at the Faculty of Medicine, Aarhus University (Health), Denmark, during 2003-2012 were included (n = 687). The PGRP files were merged with Ph...

(1) Phonoaudiologist; Administrative Technician in Education of the Federal University of the Espírito Santo; Skilled in Dysphagia by CEFAC-RJ. (2) Phonoaudiologist by Federal University of the Rio de Janeiro, Phonoaudiologist in the Clementino Fraga Filho Universitary Hospital CFFUH and in the Getulio Vargas State Hospital; Skilled in dysphagia by CEFAC RJ. (3) Phonoaudiologist; PhD Student in...

1 Paper extracted from master’s thesis “Fatores de risco cardiovascular e condições associadas ao seguimento de crianças e adolescentes obesos ou com sobrepeso em um centro de referência” presented to Universidade Estadual da Paraíba, Campina Grande, PB, Brazil. 2 Doctoral student, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, RN, Brazil. Professor, Universidade Esta...