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Creating Equal Opportunities for a Healthy Weight is the summary of a workshop convened by the Institute of Medicine's Standing Committee on Childhood Obesity Prevention in June 2013 to examine income, race, and ethnicity, and how these factors intersect
with childhood obesity and its prevention. Registered participants, along with ...
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Liquid fuels are a major part of modern life. They supply energy for ground, water, and air transportation as well as power for industrial and farming machinery. But fossil fuels - the dominant liquid fuel in use for well over a century - have many disadvantages.
The use of fossil fuels has obvious health downsides, such as emissions of ...
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EXTRA: Invitation to a Workshop: Sustainable Infrastructure for Life Sciences Communication The National Academy of Sciences invites you to join other leaders from the life sciences community and research organizations, either in person or by webcast, at a workshop on December 9-10, 2013 in Washington DC to explore the barriers to public communications in the life sciences. At this workshop, participants will explore some challenges life science professionals face, including intellectual property issues in industry, policy restrictions in government, and lack of incentives and adequate support structures at the university level. Ideas and opportunities for improving communications will be discussed. Visit the Public Interfaces of the Life Sciences Roundtable website for more information and to register. |
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