University of Leicester in the Media - September 2007
Monthly summary of stories with web links citing the University of Leicester
You can access details of previous months' media as well as press coverage via:
http://www2.le.ac.uk/ebulletin/news/in-the-headlines/ULPC
Broadcast News
- Professor Barrie Gunter, Dept of Media and Communication, appeared on BBC Panorama on 18 June and on Breakfast TV to discuss TV and families. He did at least 20 radio interviews too. Professor Gunter was also interviewed in August about the new Ofcom Communications Market report and featured on BBC 1 o'clock news and BBC News 24.
- Professor Martin Gill did an interview for KEY 103 in Manchester on ID fraud.
- Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys appeared on BBC’s Newsnight programme in connection with the case of missing 4 year old Madeleine McCann.
This is Leicestershire - Landlords are being invited to sign up to a student accommodation scheme. - The University of Leicester Students' Union manages several student properties on behalf of landlords through its accommodation office. The union needs more furnished properties located within walking distance of the university or close to bus routes and shopping. Properties that are part of the scheme...
Harborough Mail Online - All-in-a-day concert chance - Rehearsals take place throughout the day next Saturday and the choir will be joined in rehearsal and performance by the University of Leicester Sinfonia and soloists Katy Dent, Denise Fabb, Phillip Leech and Robert Clarke. All singers are welcome, whether they have sung these pieces before or not. Tickets at £6 (concessions £5) are available from the school, ABC Music in St Marys Road, Harborough, or from St...
The Innovations Report - 10 Million year old chips reveal link between fish diet and evolution - says Dr Mark Purnell from the University of Leicester, lead author on the report. The difficult bit was learning how to read that trail. The research team, based at the universities of Leicester, UK, and Stony Brook, USA, captured living stickleback (of the common or garden pond variety), fed them different kinds of food in...
Science Mag - Correlated Evolution and Dietary Change in Fossil Stickleback - The Department of Geology, University of Leicester...
PopMatters - Can 50000 Football Fans Be Wrong? - The Internet (as a tool for asserting fan authority) was first mentioned by the University of Leicester's Sir Norman Chester Center for Football Research in ...
This is Hertfordshire - Accident Victim Back On Track For Thai Trip - Ruth, who graduated from Leicester University last summer, said: "I had just paid off my student loan before I was in the accident. "I had just opened a savings account and had put 10 in it and that is all that is in it now. "I wanted to go travelling but now I can't go backpacking as I wanted to do because I have lower back
This is Leicestershire - It might not be Metropolis or Gotham City - but Leicester has joined the ranks of cities to get its own comic book. - ideas by dozens of young people involved with Leicester Asian Youth Association. Thanks to 25,000 funding from the Lottery, the comic, which is translated into Urdu, Gujarati and English, has been sent to schools in Leicestershire and Rutland. Tim Haq, who scripted and edited the comic, is also co-author of a University of Leicester study into
Excite - ER Preview: Parminder Nagra Finally Has Some Fun - I hear you got a doctorate from the University of Leicester this summer?Nagra: I did get a doctorate from my hometown university, so I am officially a doctor. That was a huge moment. [It was] quite emotional, I have to say, because it was something that I really thought was out of my reach - that I'd never do it now that I'd gone so far into
This is Leicestershire - Rewards are great for award winners - TTE Systems, of New Walk, Leicester, is among 13 finalists in the Connect Midlands 5 million Investment Challenge. The firm, which develops software tools, is a spin-out business from the Embedded Systems Laboratory at the University of Leicester. TTE Systems reached the final by completing the on-line assessment tool, the...
Stabroek News - Police superintendent gets UK scholarship - a Master of Science (MSc) programme at the University of Leicester. A press release said the Scholarship is funded by the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office and is administered by the British Council. The Scholarships are offered in over 150 countries and allow talented graduates and young professionals to gain skills that benefit their home...
This is Leicestershire - A science lecture is to be given by a leading expert in rheumatology - The 2007 Frank May Clinical Sciences Lecture at the University of Leicester is to be led by Professor Dame Carol Black. Dame Carol, whose talk will be called Fibrosis - A Major Unsolved Medical Problem is internationally acclaimed for her research in rheumatology and connective tissue disorders. Dr Frank May, who established the lecture series, said...
This is Leicestershire - A new partnership of universities and further education and sixth form colleges is to be officially launched tomorrow - Politicians, heads of colleges and the vice-chancellor of the University of Leicester Prof Robert Burgess will attend the launch at Leicester City's Walkers Stadium. The partnership, called the Skills for Sustainable Communities Lifelong Learning Network, is led by the University of Leicester and covers Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Lincolnshire and Rutland.
ScienceDaily: Probiotics: 'Friendly Bacteria' Grown In Fruit Based Extract - growth of probiotic when inside our bodies. University of Leicester scientists have discovered a natural fruit-based extract that dramatically improves the growth and probiotic qualities of 'friendly' bacteria such as the lactic acid bacteria, which are found in most widely-advertised health supplement drinks. The fruit extract is the invention...
GhanaBase - Meet Bola Ray - Presenter, DJ Extra 'O' - So, yes, he has two certificates from the University of Ghana and Central University. He is due to pursue a Master's Degree at the University of Leicester ...
This is Leicestershire - Programming a computer chip which will drive your car in a simulator is one of the attractions of a technology group's next meeting - is inviting people to join its visit to Leicester University's TTE Systems. The event, on October 4, from 5pm, will tour the Embedded Systems Demonstrator Lab. Embedded systems, where computer chips are built in, are now used to control items from mobile phones to car brakes. It has been estimated that by 2000 there were already more...
Innovations Report - Scientists Discover Technique To Help 'Friendly Bacteria' - University of Leicester scientists have discovered a natural fruit-based extract that dramatically improves the growth and probiotic qualities of friendly bacteria such as the lactic acid bacteria, which are found in most widely-advertised health supplement drinks. The fruit extract is the invention...
MedIndia - 'Friendly Bacteria in Love With Fruity Extract! - A fruit-based extract discovered by scientists from the University of Leicester improves the growth and probiotic qualities of friendly bacteria which has furthered a great deal of interest in the health-associated properties of probiotics, and prebiotics, the food needed for the growth of probiotic when inside our bodies. The fruit extract is the...
Guardian Unlimited - He doesn't have muscle, but he has chutzpah - He studied history at Leicester University, and afterwards worked at the gallery Agnew's. Later he wrote an article in the Spectator suggesting how the RA could be fixed and he was offered the exhibitions secretary job - a humble-sounding title for the main role organising its shows, which over the years have ranged from...
This is Leicestershire - Scientists today unveiled a discovery which could make probiotic yoghurts healthier. - A researcher at the University of Leicester has discovered that a natural food supplement could help make the bacteria in the yoghurts less "stressed" and more effective. Probiotic drinks and yoghurts are marketed as helping to reduce cholesterol, lower blood pressure and prevent colon cancer. However, the bacteria lose...
New England Journal of Medicine - Addition of Biphasic, Prandial, or Basal Insulin to Oral Therapy in Type 2 Diabetes - the Department of Primary Health Care (A.J.F.), University of Oxford, Oxford; and the Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester (M.J.D.) - all in the United Kingdom...
This is Leicestershire - A university science department is celebrating 80 years since it awarded its first degree - The University of Leicester chemistry department will mark the occasion with a reunion of graduates on Saturday. On the day, former students will get the opportunity to view displays, catch up with friends and take...
This is Leicestershire - "Pregnancy tests" are being blasted into space to look for life on Mars - led by an expert at the University of Leicester, could one day tell us whether or not we are alone in the universe. Scientists have worked out what sort of chemical "keys" will prove life exists, and are launching the equivalent chemical "locks" into space to see if they can find a match. Dr Mark Sims, of the University of Leicester, who is...
Channel4.com - 'Stressed' bacteria get pick-me-up - or low temperatures, say academics at the University of Leicester. The researchers say they have discovered a natural, fruit-based extract that "dramatically improves" the growth and probiotic qualities of friendly bacteria, such as the lactic acid bacteria. Co-inventor Dr Primrose Freestone said, "It enables friendly bacteria to better recover...
ClickPress - Top Tips for Injury Prevention - A recent study from the University of Leicester has revealed that on average a staggering 18% of club rugby players will be ...
Channel 4 News - 'Stressed' bacteria get pick-me-up - ... lose their effectiveness in the manufacturing process because they do not like oxygen or low temperatures, say academics at the University of Leicester. ...
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This is Leicestershire - A famous space expert is to join the ranks of some of the world's best-known explorers by receiving a prestigious award - Professor Ken Pounds, from the University of Leicester, is to receive the 2007 Planetary Award from the Association of Space Explorers in Edinburgh on later this month. Previous recipients include the cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, Isaac Asimov, the French sea-life researcher Jacques Cousteau and the cosmologist Sir Hermann Bondi. Prof Pounds...
This is Leicestershire - A course has been launched to help people find out more about or get a job in the voluntary sector - The Institute of Lifelong Learning at the University of Leicesterruns foundation degree courses in Managing Voluntary and Community Organisations, and now includes the opportunity to take part through distance learning. The new distance learning programme means people can study alongside a wide range of other students, at any time, anywhere, with...
RedOrbit - Life on Mars 'Pregnancy Test' Successfully Launched - ...Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) (Germany), Cranfield University(UK), Carnegie Institution of Washington (USA) annd University of Leicester(UK). Dr. Andrew Steele from the Carnegie Institution of Washington (USA) and one of the initial experiment proposers said, "In the USA we are currently flying related technology and components within the protected...
This is Leicestershire - Foreign students are to be taught about the British weather and cream teas to help ease them into life in Leicester - it can only help integration." Yilun Liu, 24, a University of Leicester student from Taiwan who has been in England a year, said: "I think Leicester is a really comfortable place to live and everybody is friendly. "There is a certaiin cultural shock because you have to get used to seeing so many different nationalities in Leicester. And it's often...
SpaceRef.com - Prestigious Accolade for Professor Ken Pounds on 21 September - A University of Leicester Emeritus Professor is to join the ranks of some of the world's best-known space pioneers and explorers when he receives the 2007 Planetary Award at the 20th Annual Meeting of the Association of Space Explorers in Edinburgh on 21st September...
Space Daily - Call For More Vital Role For University Of Leicester In Space - As one of the UK's leading university centres of space research, the University of Leicester is expected to play a more vital role in human ...
Guardian Unlimited - Wellington takes a ride to Leicester from Guildford - ... after joining Birmingham in 1992, has announced his retirement from playing to take up a post at his former college, St John's University, in New York. ...
ScienceNOW Daily News - Rein in DNA Fingerprinting -
The use of DNA to identify suspects and convict criminals has grown rapidly since geneticist Alec Jeffreys of the University of Leicester, UK, ...
Engineeringtalk - Lasers measure classic car to the last micron - 'This technology is state of the art - no other university in the country has one and the cost usually means that only the biggest manufacturing companies are able to use them.' Further reading Artificial snot improves electronics noses Researchers at The University of Warwick and Leicester University have coated odour sensing 'electronic nose...
This is Leicestershire - Leicester housing and regeneration group LHA-ASRA has appointed Brian Benneyworth as group head of HR and administration. - The team is also expanding its reach by bringing its range of services to Lawson-West's Market Harborough office. Its Wigston office is relocating to different offices on Long Street. Accountants and business advice firm PKF in Leicester has added Leicester University graduate Shabnum Durrani to...
The Lawyer - Nottingham Law School hires four new lecturers - joins the law school from South Africa's university of Pretoria, while Parry comes from the University of Leicester. Both specialise in commercial law and have a particular focus on insolvency and corporate restructuring. Parry is also a member of the Nottingham Trent alumni, having studied for her Diploma in Legal Practice at the university in...
LiveScience - Mars 'Pregnancy Test' Orbits Earth - said Mark Sims, an LMC mission manager at University of Leicester in the U.K. The LMC experiment is one of nine others found in the cylindrical "BIOPAN-6" compartment bolted to the outside of the Foton-M3 capsule. When the satellite reached a stable orbit on Friday, BIOPAN-6 opened its hatch to begin exposing the 10 experiments to space for 12
FOXNews.com - Europeans Try Out Mars 'Pregnancy Test'
InTheNews.co.uk - Mars 'pregnancy test'
LiveScience - What Makes a Lefty - Myths and Mysteries Persist - developed by psychologist Marian Annett at the University of Leicester, suggests that a single gene increases the likelihood of being right-handed. "The essence of my right shift theory is that there is a gene that helps to develop speech in the left hemisphere of the brain and increases the probability of right-handedness," Annettt told...
Free press releases - Top Tips for Injury Prevention - A recent study from the University of Leicester has revealed that on average a staggering 18% of club rugby players will be unavailable for selection due to ...
MSNBC.com - Mars 'pregnancy test' orbits Earth - said Mark Sims, an LMC mission manager at University of Leicesterin the U.K. The LMC experiment is one of nine others found in the cylindrical "BIOPAN-6" compartment bolted to the outside of the Foton-M3 capsule. When the satellite reached a stablee orbit on Friday, BIOPAN-6 opened its hatch to begin exposing the 10 experiments to space for 12
Yahoo! News - Mars 'Pregnancy Test' Orbits Earth
PhysOrg.com - Life on Mars 'pregnancy test' successfully launched - Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) (Germany), Cranfield University(UK), Carnegie Institution of Washington (USA) and University of Leicester (UK). Dr. Andrew Steele from the Carnegie Institution of Washington (USA) and one of the initial experiment proposers said, "in the USA we are currently flying related technology and components within the protected
SpaceRef.com - Life on Mars "Pregnancy Test" Successfully Launched. - Branch Rd., N.W, Washington, DC 20015, USA University of Leicester: Dr. Mark R. Sims +44 (0) 116 252 3513 (office) +44 (0) 7801 858920 (mobile) mrs@star.le.ac.uk Space Research Centre, Michael Atiyah Building, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, United Kingdom Further details of the FOTON-M3
EurekAlert - Life on Mars 'pregnancy test' successfully launched.
SpaceRef - Life on Mars "Pregnancy Test" Successfully Launched.
InTheNews.co.uk - 'Pregnancy test' developed for life on Mars.
Market Wire - Tres-Or Appoints Members to the Board of Advisors. - a B.Sc. (honours) degree in Geology from the University of Leicester, UK, and a Ph.D in Geology from Durham University, UK. After graduation, John conducted postdoctoral research at the Universities of California and Princeton as the recipient of a Senor Visiting Fulbright Fellowship. For the next twenty years he was employed in successively senior
StockHouse.ca - Tres-Or Appoints Members to the Board of Advisors
This is Leicestershire - People are being offered the chance to win gift vouchers, booze and flowers if they become members of the hospitals board. - they become members of the hospitals board. The University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust is looking for the 10,000th person to become a member of the trust. Anyone can become a member. They get a newsletter and are asked for their say on hospital plans on developments. Whoever becomes the 10,000th member will win a bottle of Champagne
PhysOrg.com - Life on Mars 'pregnancy test' successfully launched - Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) (Germany), Cranfield University (UK), Carnegie Institution of Washington (USA) and University of Leicester(UK). Dr. Andrew Steele from the Carnegie Institution of Washington (USA) and one of the initial experiment proposers said, in the USA we are currently flying related technology and components within the protected...
ScienceDaily - Life On Mars 'Pregnancy Test' Successfully Launched -
News-Medical.Net Life on Mars experiment launched -
EurekAlert - Life on Mars 'pregnancy test' successfully launched - Dr. Mark Sims from the University of Leicester (UK) and who heads the overall LMC project said, "this mission will be an important stepping stone in our ...
From Times Online - Legal Moves - ... the corporate and insolvency law specialist Parry is moving across from the University of Leicester; Wilson, from Keele University, covers corporate law ...
Malta Independent Online - University of Leicester - Master degrees graduates
Malta - The European Institute of Education (EIE), local resource centre of the University of Leicester School of Management, is proud to announce the recently-held ...
Worcester Telegram - business people - Evan N. Polisher of Leicester has joined the Law Offices of James Sokolove in Newton Center as Internet marketing assistant. He received a bachelor's degree ...
This is Leicestershire - Leicester has been at the heart of the UK's space research for decades. - 'FINAL FRONTIER' 10:30 - 15 September 2007 Leicester has been at the heart of the UK's space research for decades. The Space Research Centre, at the University of Leicester, is involved in some of the most important projects to explore the "final frontier". Every year since 1967 has seen a Leicester-built instrument operating in space thanks to
This is Leicestershire - The minister in charge of higher education used a speech in Leicester to call for Britain's leading universities to attract more students from poor backgrounds. - Universities UK on the Oadby campus of the University of Leicester, Mr Denham said universities should sponsor schools to encourage more applications from working class students. He said: "Improving participation is not about political dogma or hitting statistically satisfying targets, it is about ending a huge waste of talent. "No one could
The Tech Report - Saturday science subject: Could Earth survive? - says Matt Burleigh, an astronomer from the University of Leicester, UK. "This is the first time a planet has been found around a star that has evolved so far," he says. Burleigh is looking for planets around white dwarfs - stars further on still in their evolution than red giants, and Silvotti's research gives Burleigh hope that he will be
The Times & The Sunday Times, Malta - Maltese obtain Masters from University of Leicester - the remaining... Maltese obtain Masters from University of Leicester Several Maltese recently obtained Master degrees from the University of Leicester's School of Management, the university's local resource centre, the European Institute of Education (EIE) announced. Ian Mercieca Bons, Heathcliff Farrugia,... Naxxar Boys' Secondary music and art
The Times & The Sunday Times, Malta At war with the mirror - - Palmer, a senior lecturer in psychiatry at the University of Leicester Medical School, said that eating disorders are often "portrayed as either an exotic rarity afflicting and sometimes killing young women at the threshold of lives that had been full of promise or as the expression of the foolishness of adolescent girls who take to excess the
Guardian Unlimited - Court drama proves DNA cases aren't as simple as TV shows - profiling was invented by Alec Jeffreys, the Leicester University geneticist who first used the technique to help solve the murders of Leicestershire schoolgirls Dawn Ashworth and Lynda Mann in 1988. In those days, large amounts of biological material were needed to create profiles. Since then scientists have perfected the technology so that only
Asian Image Lancashire - Er Star Is Honoured At Leicester University - I'm 15, and he is 23 ER star is honoured at Leicester University By Asian Image reporter Comment PROUD MOMENT: Parminder Parminder Nagra has received an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters from the University of Leicester. Speaking to graduates an at times emotional Parminder said, "A degree is something that I had always wanted but had
Times Online - Would the new test have helped Ms Brockovich? - Use of DNA evidence, including genetic fingerprinting, was first facilitated by the work of Sir Alec Jeffreys at the University of Leicester in 1985. ...
Times Online - These chaps need a rocket - The BNSC is not "that place in Leicester where tourists can go to learn about space", as one colleague ventured, understandably confusing it with the ...
Times of Malta - Maltese obtain Masters from University of Leicester - Several Maltese recently obtained Master degrees from the University of Leicester's School of Management, the university's local resource centre, ...
Stuff.co.nz - Less pain, more gain really - It's a beguiling conclusion, and one that should imply that New Zealanders, recently ranked 18th happiest nationality in Leicester University's global ...
Bedford Today - Cranfield scientists join quest to find life on Mars - View Gallery Life Marker Chip developed at university launched into space. The technology used in pregnancy test kits could help provide the answer to whether there is life on Mars, say scientists at Cranfield University. And on Friday, key components of the new 'Life Marker Chip', developed by the university together with several
Web India - United colours of Britain changing hue - and Urdu besides English. The welcome sign at Leicester railway station too carries all these languages. Robert Colls of the University of Leicester told IANS: "Good race relations is like good cricket - simple, easy, not trying too hard. It hasn't been self-conscious; it just crept on us over the last 30 years. Leicester grows in your esteem
This is Leicestershire - Campaigners are fighting to save the job of health chief Peter Reading who they fear is being made a scapegoat over the collapse of a massive revamp of Leicester's hospitals. - over the collapse of a massive revamp of Leicester's hospitals. Peter Reading, chief executive of the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, is said to be on "unavoidable annual leave" and the trust did not know when he was due to return. Mr Reading failed to appear at a public meeting at the Walkers Stadium on Monday despite it being
This is Leicestershire - Britain's first astronauts could be trained in Leicester if the Government agrees with scientists that the UK should send people to the Moon and Mars. - pioneers, who was among the founders of the University of Leicester's space programme, said he looked forward to the interest that a manned space project would create. Prof Pounds, best known for his research which led to the discovery of massive black holes in distant galaxies, said: "The University of Leicester could anticipate a major role in
Leicester Mercury - HOME-GROWN ASTRONAUTS COULD LEAD SPACE RACE - Leicester,England,UK
Experts from the University of Leicester are hoping ministers will accept the recommendations of a report by the British National Space Centre, ...
Professional Security Magazine Online - This particular chap that he knew was living in Leicester. The reasoon he was living in Leicester is an interesting story. Richard and David Attenborough's father (Frederick Levi Attenborough) was Vice Chancellor of Leicester University and he and his wife (Mary) took in Jewish refugees, and they were some of the few people who took Jews from...
RedOrbit - UK Samples Set for a Taste of Space - before. LMC lead scientist Dr Mark Sims from University of Leicester, comments, space is inherently a risky business but there are only so many tests that you can do on the ground. Biopan provides us with a platform to expose biological samples to a space environment and gives us the opportunity to eexpose our biosensor components to a space...
This is Leicestershire - A study by scientists is helping people understand how violent the universe is. - four years of hard work by the SSC teams at the University of Leicester, the other UK SSC institutes and at our partner institutes in Germany, France, Italy and Spain. "The catalogue is a major resource for studying the violent universe and will keep astrophysicists busy for many years. "With XMM-Newton in good health and the mission expected to...
SpaceRef - Google Sponsors Lunar X PRIZE to Create a Space Race for a New Generation - the Next Decade Call for More Vital Role for University of Leicester in Space Exploration Ann McNair named director of center operations at NASA's Marshall Center SpaceX Signs Deal for First Commercial Geostationary Satellite Launch Remove the barriers to higher conversion rates, get a website usability analysis or study...
Guardian Unlimited - Send more Britons into space, urge experts - of astrophysics and space science at the University of Leicester, said he was hopeful the report would be a positive step in getting Britons into space. "It's more likely than it has been ever in my space career that this will change and we will move forwaard," he said. "But I'm nervous because I've seen these hopes rise up before only to be
This is Leicestershire - Youngsters playing truant from school are the most likely to be burglars, muggers and indulge in anti-social behaviour, a leading crime expert has warned. - year. Ms Broadhurst, a criminologist at the University of Leicester, said: "Young people who have been excluded or are playing truant are much more likely to be drinking alcohol, to be buying drugs and carrying a weapon." She said truants were three times more likely to be responsible for a criminal offence than other young people...
This is Leicestershire - Two universities in Leicestershire have been named in the top five in the UK according to the latest survey of student satisfaction. - that we have five subjects ranked number one." Leicester University student Kim Lord, who is studying a BA in modern languages at Leicester, said: The standard of teaching at Leicester is great. You are mainly taught in seminars or language classes. "The social life at the university is good, too. The union nights are great, and there is always a...
This is Leicestershire - East Midlands in Bloom 2007 winners:SMALL CITY:Silver Gilt Medal Certificate: second place Oadby and Wigston.Judges Award: Leicester University Botanic Garden - for high quality management and maintenance standards.Large TownSilver Gilt... - second place Oadby and Wigston. Judges Award: Leicester University Botanic Garden - for high quality management and maintenance standards. Large Town Silver Gilt Medal Certificate: second place - Market Harborough Silver Medal Certificate: Melton Mowbray Judges Award: Melton Mowbray - for the flowers on Burton Bridge. Town: Gold Medal
SpaceRef - Call for More Vital Role for University of Leicester in Space Exploration - STS-117 Store Call for More Vital Role for University of Leicester in Space Exploration PRESS RELEASE Date Released: Thursday, September 13, 2007 Source: University of Leicester Leicester academic on working Group As one of the UK¿s leading university centres of space research, the University of Leicester is expected to play a more vital...
SpaceRef - NASA and STSCI Media Telecon: Astrophysics in the Next Decade - and Reionization Era Alice Shapley, Princeton University: The Assembly and Evolution of Galaxies in the Early Universe David Jewett, University of Hawaii: Observations of the Outer Solar System News media wishing to register for the telecon can e-mail or call: Ray Villard, News Chief/Public Affairs Manager, STScI, Tel. 1-410-338-4514,
FT.com / World - University chiefs bridle at ministers policy - for a second degree. John Denham was told by university chiefs at their annual meeting in Leicester that their institutions would thrive in a competitive international market only if they were free from government interference. Rick Trainor, the president of Universities UK, the higher education body, warned: â¿¿Universities are not part of the...
di-ve - Vodafone Malta Foundation and HSBC Cares for Children Fund support eating disorder awareness campaign - Bob Palmer, a senior lecturer in psychiatry at University of Leicester Medical School and an honorary consultant psychiatrist with Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust. More information on the campaign is available at www.tastefreedom.org. Other Articles Roman Epic Experience at the Splash & Fun in aid of The Eden Foundation The internet... An
This is Leicestershire - A mum of two today told how she is coping after discovering she has the MRSA superbug. - help me get this treated." A spokesman for the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust said: "We have written to Mrs Chauhan apologising that following her swab test in May the breakdown in our communication procedures meant she was only informed that she was a carrier of MRSA in August, and for the anxiety which this has obvviously caused.
SpaceRef.com - Mike Griffin to Speak At NASA's 50th Anniversary Lecture Series - the Next Decade Call for More Vital Role for University of Leicester in Space Exploration Ann McNair named director of center operations at NASA's Marshall Center SpaceX Signs Deal for First Commercial Geostationary Satellite Launch Remove the barriers to higher conversion rates, get a website usability analysis or study. Professional web
ScienceDaily - Doctors warned of cancer drug risks - has been developed by medical scientists at the University of Leicester<<< and Ferrara in ... > full story Morphine Kills Pain -- Not Patients, New Research Shows (March 23, 2007) -- Many people, including health care workers, believe that morphine is a lethal drug that causes death when used to control pain for a patient who is dying. That is a
This is Nottingham - The law school at Nottingham Trent University welcomes four new lecturers this year.Professors David Burdette and Rebecca Parry along with Gary Wilson will join the team next month.Dr Jonathan Doak... - and insolvency law and is coming from the University of Leicester. She is a Nottingham Trent University alumna, having studied her Diploma in Legal Practice at the university between 1993 and 1994. Gary Wilson, from Keele University, is an expert in corporate law and business regulation. He is also a Nottingham Trent University alumnus, having
BBC - Students - Beating Student Boredom - a high-quality venue for a variety of events in Leicester. But it is not all about music and dance; the University of Leicester Students' Union also set up Come And Try, a scheme that organises students' trip to interesting venues and cities. This year, the union has already arranged travel to Alton Towers and a trip to Dublin...
Guardian Unlimited - Send more Britons into Space - Martin Barstow, the head of the department of astrophysics and space science at the University of Leicester, said he was hopeful the report would be a ...
Third Sector - Director of Development - An internationally renowned academic and research institution, the University of Leicester delivers high quality undergraduate, postgraduate and ...
This is Leicestershire - A group of delegates from China is to visit Leicester to find out more about museums. - A group of delegates from China is to visit Leicester to find out more about museums. The team will see the internationally acclaimed University of Leicester department of museum studies to learn more about its work. They will also meet the director of the university's arts centre, the Richard Attenborough Centre, which is currently its 10th year.
This is Leicestershire - An environmental expert led a group discussing how to safeguard some of the world's most important tropical areas. - areas. Dr Sue Page, a geographer at the University of Leicester, met 200 scientists, politicians and land managers from south-east Asia, in Indonesia, to talk about the potential loss of tropical peatlands. She said: "The meeting acknowledged that the tropical peatland of the region contains a globally important store of terrestrial carbon. "They
This is Leicestershire - Police and security services could benefit from research into improving the investigation of criminal and terrorist activity. - The research, which involves academics from the University of Leicester's School of Psychology, aims to develop techniques to detect when people are lying during interviews. The 900,000 project is investigating whether suspects' movements, behaviour and the way they speak can betray them. The three-year project will develop technologies that
The Times & The Sunday Times, Malta - Eating disorders awareness campaign launched - Bob Palmer, a psychiatry lecturer at the University of Leicester Medical School, warned that eating disorders were neither rare nor trivial, but serious disorders that deserved to be taken seriously. Prof. Palmer said those who suffered from eating disorders had an "image problem". "They are often portrayed as either an exotic rarity afflicting
This is Leicestershire - Blaby Village were relegated from the Premier Division following a superb performance by Asian Sports' Hiren Patel. - wickets, with Patel again the star with 46. Leicester University Staff stayed up after securing a losing draw at league winners Highfield Rangers the week before. Rangers, who had already been crowned champions before the last game of the season, made 184 before the Staff held out at 151-9. Bad light stopped play before Rangers could claim the
Managing Information - Your Eye On The Information World - The remaining collections to be added are the University of Essex's Latin American collection, the Women¿s Library, the University of Leicester's Special and Local History collections, the Institute of Education, the Royal Academy of Music, St Andrews University complete catalogue, the Natural History Museum, the City of London Guildhall library
news @ nature.com - Planet survives stellar explosion - Maybe Earth isn't doomed after all... - says Matt Burleigh, an astronomer from the University of Leicester, UK. "This is the first time a planet has been found around a star that has evolved so far," he says. Burleigh is looking for planets around white dwarfs - stars further on still in their evolution than red giants, and Silvotti's research gives Burleigh hope that he will be
Guardian Unlimited - Students get OU satisfaction - at Birkbeck College the top course. Hull University's full-time philosophy, theology and religious studies came second, King's College London's full-time law third and Leicester University's full-time English-based studies fourth. Oxford and Warwick universities, whose students refused to respond to the survey in the previous two years, ranked
Space Ref - UK samples set for a taste of space - LMC lead scientist Dr Mark Sims from University of Leicester, comments, "Space is inherently a risky business but there are only so many tests that you can ...
This Is Wiltshire - Sport News - A RECENT study from the University of Leicester has revealed that on average 18 per cent of club rugby players will be unavailable for selection due to match injuries and a further five per cent due to training injuries.
Guardian Unlimited - Experts dispute claim that DNA shows body of missing Madeleine had been in boot of hire car - scientists. Professor Mark Jobling, from the University of Leicester, said the results did not mean Madeleine's body had necessarily been in the boot. "DNA evidence shows that material from a specific person was or is at a particular place but how it got there is another matter," he said. Meanwhile Portugal's assistant attorney general confirmed
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Softpedia - What's The Link Between Gossip and Sex? - Department of Media and Communication of the University of Leicester by Dr. Charlotte De Backer has also proved the reasons behind it as well as a pattern of this habit. Women were found to gossip on other women more than men did, and the physical aspect was the main issue of their gossip, while men gossiped more about women than about men, and in
Gulf Daily News - Scholar calls for education policy reforms - policy in Bahrain as part of her PhD from Leicester University. The study explains the importance of relating education reforms to the development of young Bahrainis and recommends a national strategy be put in place to improve citizenship education. It suggests responding to the views, perceptions and experiences of young people and paying
YellowBrix IndustryWatch - Competitions and Awards The University of Leicester has honoured the composer Karl Jenkins, OBE, FRAM, with the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Music. The Menuhin Competition is open to violinists of any nationality under the age of 22. Junior competitors must be under 16 years of age and senior competitors under 22 years of age on the last day of
This is Leicestershire - A students' union has been given the go-ahead to put up a canopy for smokers.Leicester University Students' Union wants the canopy at the side of the Percy Gee building, in... - the go-ahead to put up a canopy for smokers. Leicester University Students' Union wants the canopy at the side of the Percy Gee building, in University Road. The proposal has now been agreed by Leicester City Council's planning department. A countrywide ban on smoking in enclosed public places came into force on July 1. People now face a 50
This is Leicestershire - William Davis has taken on 13 youngsters as part of its apprenticeship scheme. - They will receive training on-site or at head office, plus courses at education centres such as Stephenson or Loughborough colleges...Edd Kirkconel, two students from De Montfort University Business School on their placement year. Saahera Mahomed, a Leicester University graduate, is supporting the Young Apprenticeship programme and Susan Ellis is the team's administrator and is on her own apprentiiceship. Odette Wells completes the team. Collision repair shop Just Car Clinics has
Telegraph.co.uk - Friends convinced McCanns are innocent - David Payne, 41: Senior research fellow in cardiovascular sciences at Leicester University. Helped run the Find Madeleine campaign after May 3. ...
Scotsman - Now the McCanns face trial by dinner party - Dr Vince Egan, a forensic psychologist and a lecturer at the University of Leicester, said it was no surprise the case had provoked such a strong public ...
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... completed a study into the effect of education reforms on the development of education policy in Bahrain as part of her PhD from Leicester University. ...
EducationGuardian.co.uk - Softly, softly - ... at the University of Leicester in front of his fellow vice-chancellors and John Denham, secretary of state for innovation, universities and skills. ...
Science Centric - Governments urged to promote responsible management of peatlands - A leading University of Leicester environmental expert has brought together international experts in order to safeguard a globally important tract of land. ...
This is London - DNA: Just how foolproof are the forensic tests? - of us is identical. What Sir Alec Jeffreys, of Leicester University, pioneered in the mid-1980s was a way of teasing out that final bit of genetic code which divides the 6.5 billion people alive. Only identical twins have a (nearly) 100 per cent match. DNA is a long molecule and DNA fingerprinting relies on the fact that specific bits of it are
Salisbury Journal - Museum Gets New Director - After completing an MA Museum Studies course at Leicester University, he became curator of archaeology at Peterborough Museum. He later went on to the Museum of London, where he was involved in developing the London before London gallery - a new exhibition about the capital's prehistoric past. One of Mr Green's challenges over the next few months
Quote.com - Banro announces senior appointments for its operations in D.R.Congo and Toronto - Mineral Exploration with Distinction from the University of Leicester and is a Member of Aus.I.M.M., will continue to be based at the Company's exploration office in Bukavu, DRC. Dr. Howard Fall, who has served as Banro's Chief Geologist since 2005, is promoted to the position of Exploration Manager. He has over 25 years experience as a geologist
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Times of India - Another Bihari talent in Bollywood-Patna-Cities-The Times of India - higher studies from various universities like Leicester University (UK), Cambridge (UK), Yale (US) and Tokyo (Japan). I have worked with the United Nations in Rome, Nepal and India. I was also in-charge of the Cine Society during my three-year stay at Cambridge," Manish said, adding that he has already produced and directed two documentaries and
This is Leicestershire - A city park is set to be lit up at night after hundreds of students signed a petition calling for safety measures. - columns. Alex Smith, campaigns officer for Leicester University's student union, said: "We're delighted now that the lighting has been promised. "It's fantastic that all of our efforts have come to fruition and the student voice has been heard. "We are all really pleased that our concerns have been raised and something is now being done about it.
The Register - Team XMM-Newton on data-sharing mission | The Register - Survey Science principal investigator from the University of Leicester, explains: "The 2XMM catalogue is the largest compilation of X-ray-emitting objects ever made, containing nearly a quarter of a million entries. This has been possible because of the longevity of the XMM-Newton mission and the highly sensitive instruments onboard the satellite."
CNNMoney.com - Banro announces senior appointments for its operations in DRCongo ... - Mr. Bansah, who has a M.Sc in Mineral Exploration with Distinction from the University of Leicester and is a Member of Aus.IMM, will continue to be based at ...
Telegraph.co.uk - Terrorist study to show better methods for linking intelligence - Prof Mike Jackson and Dr Bai Li of Nottingham University, Prof Ray Bull of Leicester University, Prof Saleem Bhatti of St Andrews and Dr Elizabeth Guest of ...
Register - Team XMM-Newton on data-sharing mission - Professor Mike Watson, the XMM-Newton Survey Science principal investigator from the University of Leicester, explains: "The 2XMM catalogue is the largest ...
Leicester Mercury - PAY CHAOS 'AFFECTING 700 - The University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, which is paying £500000 a year to Capita, has so far refused to pay the company until the problem is sorted ...
Salisbury Journal - Museum gets new director - After completing an MA Museum Studies course at Leicester University, he became curator of archaeology at Peterborough Museum. ...
Times of India - Another Bihari talent in Bollywood - ... I went abroad to pursue higher studies from various universities like Leicester University (UK), Cambridge (UK), Yale (US) and Tokyo (Japan). ...
Guardian Unlimited - A powerful tool - but not infallible - Invented by Sir Alec Jeffreys, the Leicester University geneticist, the technique was first used to solve the murders of the Leicestershire schoolgirls Dawn ...
This is Wiltshire - Top Tips For Injury Prevention - Lewis Moody A RECENT study from the University of Leicester has revealed that on average 18 per cent of club rugby players will be unavailable for selection due to match injuries and a further five per cent due to training injuries. Thigh haematomas are the most common injury for forwards and backs, but anterior cruciate ligament injuries for
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Baltimore Examiner - 'Big Bang' theory begs theological questions - Not ranked Add to My News Post your comments (University of Leicester) One telescopic view of the universe. BALTIMORE (Map, News) - The age-old faith-science debate may be coming full circle, but the culprit phenomenon suggesting Genesis may have been right about the universeâ¿¿s creation is still spinning around out there. Actually, the
24 Hour Museum - DH Lawrence And The Paperback Novel At Durban House - Poplawski, a Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Leicester. The publicity surrounding the famous obscenity trial of Lady Chatterley's Lover ensured the book became a million best-seller. Courtesy University of Leicester "Paperbacks are taken for granted now, but they are a relatively recent phenomemnon," said Dr Poplawski. ";From
Observer, The - A powerful tool - but not infallible - today. Invented by Sir Alec Jeffreys, the Leicester University geneticist, the technique was first used to solve the murders of the Leicestershire schoolgirls Dawn Ashworth and Lynda Mann in 1988. In those days, fairly substantial amounts of biological material were needed to create DNA profiles. Since then scientists have perfected the technology
Times of India - Another Bihari talent in Bollywood-Patna-Cities - higher studies from various universities like Leicester University (UK), Cambridge (UK), Yale (US) and Tokyo (Japan). I have worked with the United Nations in Rome, Nepal and India. I was also in-charge of the Cine Society during my three-year stay at Cambridge," Manish said, adding that he has already produced and directed two documentaries and
Guardian Unlimited - Anger over call to widen DNA database - called for a universal database in a lecture at Leicester University in November 2004. Yesterday he told BBC News: "Where we are at the moment is indefensible. We have a situation where if you happen to have been in the hands of the police, then your DNA is on permanent record. If you haven't, it isn't." He said disproportionate numbers of people
This is Leicestershire - Health campaigners today called on NHS bosses to publicly discuss their plans for Leicester's hospitals. - NHS bosses to publicly discuss their plans for Leicester's hospitals. They are concerned the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust board appears to be holding talks in private on what to do after the collapse of the 711 million Pathway project. The meeting is the first to be held after the board's decision to ditch the redevelopment of the
Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2007.09.09 - Reviewed by Eric Kondratieff, Temple University Word count: 4204 words With this book, John Humphrey adds another excellent volume to the JRA Supplementary series, the culminating product of a session organized by Simon Keay for the Roman Archaeology Conference at the University of Leicester in 2002. It consists of seventeen essays, sixteen of
Imaging Economics - Valsartan may reverse early CVD in high-risk patients - Over many years, Dr. Bryan Williams at the University of Leicester School of Medicine, UK notes in an editorial comment. "They usually go undetected in clinical practice until clinical signs of ischemic heart disease, stroke, or renal disease develop," he adds, after it is too late to reverse the damage. He writes that professionals' complacent
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BBC NEWS - Mergers for struggling schools - West End. The school will also have the University of Leicester and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds as partners
Evening Times Online - Sportswide Nadal In Shocker Ko For Murray - 21 at Sheffield Sharks. RUGBY: Studies at the University of Leicester have revealed the most common causes of injury - with a staggering 18% of club players unavailable due to match injuries and a further 5% due to training injuries. Thigh haematomas are the most common injury for forwards and backs, anterior cruciate ligament injuries for
RedOrbit - XMM-Newton Releases the Largest Catalogue of X-ray Sources - Science Centre, led by Prof Mike Watson at the University of Leicester, is a consortium of the following institutions: 2XMM compared to exisiting catalogues. Credit: ESA University of Leicester, UK Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London, UK Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge, UK Max-Planck Institut für extraterrestrische
British Satellite News - NEW UK DEVELOPMENT ON NANO-PARTICLES - (English Speech) super: Doctor Shengfu Yang, University of Leicester The unique thing about liquid helium 18. MS spray can & rubber ball for demonstration 19. CU spray can 20. WS Doctor Yang demonstrates process 21. SOT: (English Speech) super: Doctor Shengfu Yang, University of Leicester We have supersonic acceleration here⿦
This is Leicestershire - Places are going fast but there is still time to book and take part in short creative learning courses at a university this autumn. - Back to list STILL TIME TO BOOK YOUR PLACE ON UNIVERSITY COURSE 10:30 - 07 September 2007 Places are going fast but there is still time to book and take part in short creative learning courses at a university this autumn. The Richard Attenborough Centre, part of the University of Leicester, is running courses lasting between five and 10 weeks
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Malta Independent Online - Malta with higher rate of binge-eating disorders - The guest speaker, a senior lecturer in psychiatry at the University of Leicester Medical School and honorary consultant psychiatrist with Leicestershire ...
Scenta.co.uk - New science degree for future challenges - Integrated Sciences is being launched at four universities (Leicester, Surrey, London South Bank and University of East Anglia), following successful pilots ...
Guardian Unlimited - Anger over call to widen DNA database - called for a universal database in a lecture at Leicester University in November 2004. Yesterday he told BBC News: "Where we are at the moment is indefensible. We have a situation where if you happen to have been in the hands of the police, then your DNA is on permanent record. If you haven't, it isn't." He said disproportionate numbers of people
The Guardian Unlimited - Anger over call to widen DNA database - A senior judge ignited a row over the use of genetics to fight crime yesterday when he called for everyone living in or visiting the UK to have a DNA profile registered on the national database.
Quote.com - Media Advisory: Promega Corporation Announces International Symposium on Human Identification Features Latest Advances and Applications in DNA Testing - year. Speakers include: Sir Alec Jeffreys, Leicester University Bruce Budowle, FBI Academy Angela van Daal, Bond University Where: Renaissance Hollywood Hotel 1755 North Highland Avenue Hollywood, CA 90028 When: October 1-4, 2007 SOURCE: Promega Corporation Promega Penny Patterson, Communications Manager
Yahoo! Finance - Media Advisory: Promega Corporation Announces International Symposium on Human Identification Features Latest Advances and Applications in DNA Testing - year. Speakers include: Sir Alec Jeffreys, Leicester University Bruce Budowle, FBI Academy Angela van Daal, Bond University Where: Renaissance Hollywood Hotel 1755 North Highland Avenue Hollywood, CA 90028 When: October 1-4, 2007 Contact: Promega Penny Patterson, Communications Manager penny.patterson@promega.com (608) 277-2642 or Nicole
The Times - Science degree ‘is not dumbing down’ - A new degree in science is being offered by the Institute of Physics for students who want practical skills but may be deterred by the narrow focus required by a degree in biology, chemistry or physics (writes Nicola Woodcock).
The Oxford Mail - RUGBY UNION: Brodley at Oxford helm - Former Chinnor coach John Brodley is hoping to mastermind Oxford's promotion after taking charge of the team.
The Voice - DO YOU HAVE A minute for ...Karen Chouhan - For decades, Karen Chouhan has been front and centre of the race equality movement in the United Kingdom.
She has helped to revolutionise the debates around race, equality and justice, giving selflessly of her time and energy in an effort to create a society in which people from all ethnic
This is Leicestershire - A leading environmental scientist has warned of increasing evidence of global warming.Heiko Baltzer, of the University of Leicester, has discovered that Siberia is experiencing earlier springs, triggering more forest fires. - of global warming. Heiko Baltzer, of the University of Leicester, has discovered that Siberia is experiencing earlier springs, triggering more forest fires. Professor Baltzer found the growing season has increased by 12.6 days over 18 years. "Global warming in Siberia is happening faster than the global average," he said. He said that a
Edinburgh Evening News - UK - Summit looks at effect of smoking ban - Donaldson qualified in medicine from the University of Bristol in 1972,[2] and did his two six-month pre-registration house jobs at the Bristol Royal Infirmary.[3] He then did training as a surgeon in Birmingham, he went on to hold teaching and research posts at the University of Leicester where he also spent time in general practice as he was
ScienceDaily - Treatment For COPD May Need To Start Before Birth - Comment, Professor Michael Silverman, University of Leicester, UK, and Dr Claudia Kuehni, University of Bern, Switzerland, say: "As COPD is set globally to become the thiird most important cause of death, now is the time to add research into its earliest origins to the agenda." Note: This story has been adapted from a news release issued by The
DentalPlans.com - Treatment For COPD May Need To Start Before Birth - In an accompanying Comment, Professor Michael Silverman, University of Leicester, UK, and Dr Claudia Kuehni, University of Bern, Switzerland, say: "As COPD ...
Manchester Evening News - Opal deal hits buffers - OPAL Property Group, the privately-owned student accommodation giant, has pulled out of a £440m refinancing deal due to the crisis in global financial markets.
BBC News - Mergers for struggling schools - Mergers between struggling and successful schools will be the next phase of efforts to raise standards, says Schools Secretary Ed Balls.
There will be a £300,000 incentive for high-achieving schools to merge with their unsuccessful neighbours.
Asian Image Lancashire - Er Star Is Honoured At Leicester University - Tesco fuel price error ER star is honoured at Leicester University By Asian Image reporter Comment PROUD MOMENT: Parminder Parminder Nagra has received an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters from the University of Leicester. Speaking to graduates an at times emotional Parminder said, "A degree is something that I had always wanted but had
The Daily News Online - Mother Teresa's writings spur re-examination of legacy - fathers or husbands. Adrian G. White, of the University of Leicester, included twice as many countries as Veenhoven in his Global Projection of Subjective Well-being, which also measures the correlation of happiness and wealth. He, too, led his list with Denmark, Switzerland and Austria. Bhutan, where less than half the people can read or write and
Nucleic Acids Research - Detection of phosphodiester adducts formed by the reaction of benzo[a]pyrene diol epoxide with 2' - deoxynucleotides using collision-induced dissociation electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry -- Gaskell et al. 35 (15): 5014 -- Biomarkers and Prevention Group, Biocentre, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK To whom correspondence should be addressed: Tel: +44 0 116 2231827; Fax: +44 0 116 2231840; Email: rs25{at}le.ac.uk Received May 24, 2007. Accepted June 22, 2007. In this study, we investigated the products formed following the
This is Leicestershire - A university expert has created an exhibition of documents about the author DH Lawrence and how he made paperback books popular. - A university expert has created an exhibition of documents about the author DH Lawrence and how he made paperback books popular. Dr Paul Poplawski, director of studies at Vaughan College and Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Leicester has helped put together the exhibition. Dr Poplawski, who
The Evening Telegraph - The seven-year hitch - Mothers on Thurnby Lodge council estate, in Leicester, split their experience of being parents into two eras: Before Sure Start and After Sure Start. Before Sure Start there was one nursery run from a cramped community centre that did not have enough places. At one point, mothers congregated at a local pub, after the enterprising landlady realised that they did not have anywhere to meet.
News Blaze - Wogan Set to Find His Way to 'Lost City' - Terry Wogan has announced that he is to return to Leicester for the annual meeting of his fan club-Terry's Old Geezers (TOGS)- and to launch the 2008 BBC Children in Need TOGs Celebrity Calendar.
Advances in Psychiatric Treatmeant - Why don’t patients take their medicine? - Alex Mitchell is Consultant and Honorary Senior Lecturer in Liaison Psychiatry at University Hospitals Leicester and author of the prize-winning book Neuropsychiatry and Behavioural Neurology Explained: Diseases, Diagnosis, and Management (2003). Thomas Selmes is a senior house officer on the York psychiatry scheme and was previously a medical student at Leicester University.
Medscape (subscription)- Poor Airway Function in Infancy Predicts COPD in Young Adults - In an accompanying editorial, Michael Silverman, MD, from the University of Leicester, United Kingdom, and Claudia E. Kuehni, MD, from the University of ...
InTheNews.co.uk - Burden of killer lung disease 'increasing' - studies, Professor Michael Silverman from the University of Leicester and Dr Claudia Kuehni from the University of Bern said: "As COPD is set globally to become the third most important cause of death, now is the time to add research into its earliest origins to the agenda." Dr Emiel Wouters of the University Hospital Maastricht added: "With
Reuters Medical Imaging- Airway function in early infancy impacts COPD risk later on - COPD in adult life." Dr. Michael Silverman of University of Leicester, UK, and Dr. Claudia Kuehni of University of Bern, Switzerland, write in a commentary: "As COPD is set globally to become the third most important cause of death, now is the time to add research into its earliest origins to the agenda." Lancet 2007;370:713-714,758-764.
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This is Leicestershire - The Leicester group of Women in Management is holding an event on dealing with difficult people. - place on Monday in the Charles Wilson Building, Leicester University, University Road, at 6.30pm. Call 07739 951322 for details. Have your say... Use these boxes to tell us what you think. Your comment will be published here within the next 10 minutes and possibly printed in the Mercury as well. If you want your comment published in the
PhysOrg.com - 'There's Gold In Them That Exhausts!' - A University of Leicester research team is working on a new technique for growing nanoparticles which could have extraordinary implications in electronics, medicine, the measurement of atmospheric air and the cleansing of car exhausts. Dr Andrew Ellis and Dr Shengfu Yang, both of the University
Telegraph - Violent crimes are going up - Professor Martin Gill, a criminologist at Leicester University, explains: "Neither is the complete picture. Both are flawed in some respect. Choosing which is best depends on what is being judged." Labour, not surprisingly, clings on to whichever statistics show its policies in the most favourable light. I have no doubt that, were they to be in
Medical News: Poor Lung Function at Birth a Risk for Adult COPD - comment, Michael Silverman, M.D., of the University of Leicester in England, and Claudia E. Kuehni, M.D., of the University of Bern, Switzerland, wrote that the study raises several questions about the nature of the impairment, beyond airway function, in neonatal and adult lung function. For example, reduced pulmonary elastic recoil might
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