Eurekalert Press Releases for Q1 2009

Public Release: 9-Mar-2009
International Journal of Global Energy Issues
Getting into hot water
An analysis of the engineering and economics for a solar water-heating system shows it to have a payback period of just two years, according to researchers in India. They report, in the International Journal of Global Energy Issues, on the success of the 1000-liter system operating at a university hostel.

Public Release: 9-Mar-2009
International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology
Peer-to-peer heart monitoring
The possibility of remote monitoring for chronically ill patients will soon become a reality. Now, researchers in South Africa and Australia have devised a decentralized system to avoid medical data overload. They describe the peer-to-peer system in a forthcoming issue of the International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology.

Public Release: 6-Mar-2009
International Journal of Simulation and Process Modeling
SIMONE's e-mail feel-good factor
A computer model called SIMONE, for Simulator for Interruptions and Message Overload in Network Environments described in the latest issue of the International Journal of Simulation and Process Modeling, could help solve e-mail overload in busy organizations and companies.
 

Public Release: 3-Mar-2009
International Journal of Environment and Pollution
Fowl soil additive breaks down crude oil
It is an unlikely application, but researchers in China have discovered that chicken manure can be used to biodegrade crude oil in contaminated soil. Writing in the International Journal of Environment and Pollution the team explains how bacteria in chicken manure break down 50 percent more crude oil than soil lacking the guano.
 

Public Release: 2-Mar-2009
International Journal of Environmental Technology and Management
Airborne asthma allergens
A report published in a forthcoming issue of the International Journal of Environmental Technology and Management, links high levels of airborne fungi with the unusually common incidence of asthma in Puerto Rico.

Public Release: 23-Feb-2009
International Journal of Technology Transfer and Commercialisation
Social patents
Experts in intellectual property and patents explain in a forthcoming issue of the International Journal of Technology Transfer and Commercialisation how tools such as online social networking could be used to eradicate the enormous backlog of patent applications in the US.
 

Public Release: 10-Feb-2009
International Journal of Food Safety, Nutrition and Public Health
Give the foie gras a miss
Another reason not to eat pate de foie gras is discussed by Michael Greger of the Humane Society of the United States, Washington D.C., in a forthcoming issue of the International Journal of Food Safety, Nutrition and Public Health.
 

Public Release: 9-Feb-2009
International Journal of Intelligent Defence Support Systems
Accidental wireless
Following a rollover automobile accident, driver and passengers are usually unable to call for help. So, unless the accident occurs on a busy road, rescue is unlikely to arrive in time to save them. Writing in the International Journal of Intelligent Defense Support Systems, US researchers describe SAVE, which could solve that problem and reduce deaths on the roads.
 

Public Release: 6-Feb-2009
International Journal of Biomedical Engineering Technology
Wireless drug control
Electronic implants that dispense medicines automatically or via a wireless medical network are on the horizon. Australian and US researchers warn of the security risks in a forthcoming issue of the International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Technology.
 

Public Release: 3-Feb-2009
International Journal of Internet and Enterprise Management
Defectors take the car, cooperators go by bus
Writing in a forthcoming issue of the International Journal of the Internet and Enterprise Management, Szilagyi has used a computer simulation to help answer the transport dilemma of facing large cities.
 

Public Release: 27-Jan-2009
International Journal of Electronic Healthcare
Pharmaceutical disobedience
Healthcare consumers, benefits managers and even government officials are using the internet to buy unapproved prescription drugs illegally, according to a report to be published in the International Journal of Electronic Healthcare.
 

Public Release: 13-Jan-2009
International Journal of Human Factors Modelling and Simulation
The auto change bicycle
Researchers in Taiwan are designing a computer for pedal cyclists that tells them when to change gear to optimize the power they develop while maintaining comfort. The system is described in the latest issue of the International Journal of Human Factors Modeling and Simulation.
 

Public Release: 7-Jan-2009
International Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development
Logical reversal
During an economic downturn companies, particularly in the computer sector, could gain an advantage of their competitors by adopting reverse logistics, according to researchers writing in the International Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development.
 

Public Release: 7-Jan-2009
International Journal of Power Electronics
Tilting at wind farms
A way to make wind power smoother and more efficient that exploits the inertia of a wind turbine rotor could help solve the problem of wind speed variation, according to research published in the International Journal of Power Electronics.
 

Public Release: 7-Jan-2009
International Journal of Vehicle Information and Communication Systems
P2P traffic control
Could a concept from information technology familiar to online file sharers be exploited to reduce road congestion and even traffic accidents? That is the question answered in the affirmative by researchers in California, writing in the International Journal of Vehicle Information and Communication Systems.