HOBOKEN, New Jersey, June 1 -- The American Journal of Industrial Medicine, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features occupational and environmental health and safety, published research articles on the following topics in its July 2020 edition: * Associations between exposure to ethylene oxide, job termination, and cause-specific mortality risk REVIEW ARTICLES: * Types of ocular injury and their antecedent factors: A systematic review and meta-analysis * Systematic review of posttrauma  more

MOUNT LAUREL, New Jersey, June 1 -- The American Journal of Transplantation, from the American Society of Transplantation and American Society of Transplant Surgeons, says that it covers organ transplantation, published research articles, including the following topics, in its June 2020 edition: * Harnessing the microbiota for therapeutic purposes ORIGINAL ARTICLES: * Targeted donor complement blockade after brain death prevents delayed graft function in a nonhuman primate model of kidney tr  more

MOUNT LAUREL, New Jersey, June 2 -- The Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology Journal, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features neurology from the American Neurological Association, published research articles, including the following topics, in its May 2020 edition: * Impact of simultaneous subthalamic and nigral stimulation on dysphagia in Parkinson's disease * Vorinostat in the acute neuroinflammatory form of X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy * Electrophysiological properties and  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- The Armenian Assembly of America issued the following news: The Armenian Assembly of America joins the Hovanessian family and Armenians the world over in mourning the loss of distinguished physician, community leader, and philanthropist Dr. Raffy Hovanessian, who passed away on May 27, 2020, at the age of 81. Dr. Raffy's beloved wife of 55 years, Vicki Shoghag Hovanessian, shared the following moving tribute to her husband, courtesy of the Armenian Radio Hour of New Jerse  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, June 5 -- Public Funds Public Schools issued the following news: The COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact students, families, and schools across the country as they face extended school closures, obstacles to distance learning, and elevated physical and mental health needs. Public schools are working to step up for their students during this crisis, a challenge that requires significantly increased resources, even as budgets are being gutted. What is U.S. Secretary of Educ  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, June 1 -- BJS Open, a journal that says it features aspects of general surgery and related topics from the British Journal of Surgery Society, published research articles, including the following topics, in its June 2020 edition: * Prevention of incisional hernia after midline laparotomy with prophylactic mesh reinforcement: a meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis * Mesh versus suture in elective repair of umbilical hernia: systematic review and meta-analysis Origin  more

SOUTH PLAINFIELD, New Jersey, June 4 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following news release: The New Jersey chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NJ), the state's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, welcomed the resignation of Woodbridge Township Police Dispatcher after Racist Comment about Black Protesters. An employee of the Woodbridge Township Police Department has resigned after he was suspended for posting a racist comment on  more

FREEHOLD, New Jersey, June 4 -- CentraState Healthcare System issued the following news: CentraState Medical Center now offers a Movement Disorder Program that provides specialized treatment to patients with Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, tics, tremors, ataxia, dystonia, and other similar syndromes. The program, led by board-certified neurologist Jia Zhen Cheng, MD, and CentraState's highly skilled team of physical therapists, and occupational therapists and speech therapists, is d  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, June 3 -- The New Jersey School Boards Association issued the following statement by President Michael R. McClure and Executive Director Lawrence S. Feinsod: Addressing the horrific death of George Floyd in Minneapolis and the nationwide protests that followed, the President and the Executive Director of the New Jersey School Boards Association today emphasized the critical role of public education in combating racism and discrimination. * * * Like the vast majority of Am  more

MOUNT LAUREL, New Jersey, June 3 -- The Commission for Case Manager Certification issued the following news release: The Commission for Case Manager Certification(R) (the Commission) and the American Case Management Association (ACMA) forged a collaborative agreement to recognize their respective continuing education offerings. The collaboration will improve access to professional development and continuing education for tens of thousands of case managers nationwide. The Commission is a creden  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, June 4 -- Ecohydrology, a journal that says it aims to improve understanding of processes at the interface between ecology and hydrology and associated applications related to environmental management, published research articles on the following topics in its June 2020 edition: * Advancing ecohydrology in the 21st century: A convergence of opportunities RESEARCH ARTICLES: * Forest cover and topography regulate the thin, ephemeral snowpacks of the semiarid Southwest Unit  more

HACKENSACK, New Jersey, May 30 -- Hackensack University Medical Center, a part of Hackensack Meridian Health, issued the following news release: On May 20, 2020, Hackensack Meridian Hackensack University Medical Center was named to Becker's Hospital Review's 2020 list of "100 Great Hospitals in America" for the 11th consecutive year. "Hackensack University Medical Center's continued inclusion on the Becker's list demonstrates to our patients and our community that our facility is equipped with  more

PISCATAWAY, New Jersey, June 4 -- IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation, a journal that says it provides insights on computation from the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society, published research articles, including the following topics, in its June 2020 edition: * Adapting Reference Vectors and Scalarizing Functions by Growing Neural Gas to Handle Irregular Pareto Fronts * Data Structures for Direct Spanning Tree Representations in Mutation-Based Evolutionary Algorithms * Divide-an  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, June 3 -- The Institute for Advanced Study issued the following news release: Researchers have long sought to understand the origins of life on Earth. A new study conducted by scientists at the Institute for Advanced Study, the Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI), and the University of New South Wales, among other participating institutions, marks an important step forward in the effort to understand the chemical origins of life. The findings of this study demonstrate how  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, June 1 -- The Journal of Comparative Neurology, a journal that says it features molecular, anatomical, physiological, pharmacological and behavioral methods are used to investigate neuronal systems, published research articles on the following topics in its July 15, 2020 edition: * Centrifugal projections to the main olfactory bulb revealed by transsynaptic retrograde tracing in mice * Cross-modal modulation of cell activity by sound in first-order visual thalamic nucleus   more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, June 3 -- The Journal of Regional Science, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features economics and quantitative geography, published research articles on the following topics in its June 2020 edition: * Does geographical location matter for ethnic wage gaps? * Earthquakes, grants, and public expenditure: How municipalities respond to natural disasters * Heterogeneity of birth-state effects on internal migration * Open space preservation in an urbanization context *   more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, June 5 -- The Journal of Wildlife Management, a journal that says it features investigations into the biology and ecology of wildlife and their habitats, published research articles, including the following topics, in its July 2020 edition: * Dogs Detect Larger Wind Energy Effects on Bats and Birds * Effect of Harvest on a Brown Bear Population in Alaska * Environmental Factors Influencing Hairy-Nosed Wombat Abundance in Semi-Arid Rangelands * Greater Sage-Grouse Respons  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, June 6 -- The New Jersey State Chamber of Commerce issued the following statement by President and CEO Tom Bracken: The New Jersey Chamber of Commerce was horrified at the death of George Floyd in Minnesota and we have watched with sadness the events that have unfolded around the country since then. We are proud of the many New Jerseyans who have exercised their right of protest and who have, for the most part, done so peaceably and with respect for the feelings and prope  more

MERCERVILLE, New Jersey, June 3 -- The New Jersey Association for Mental Health and Addiction Agencies issued the following news release: The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the mental health of many people and adolescents are no exception, especially for those who are part of the Lesbian-Gay-Bisexual-Transgender-Queer-Questioning-Intersex-Asexual-Plus (LGBTQIA+) Community. Apart from COVID-19, this particular group of individuals suffers from higher rates of sometimes debilit  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, June 3 -- The New Jersey School Boards Association issued the following news release: The New Jersey Department of Education, the New Jersey School Boards Association, and Sustainable Jersey announced the formation of the Sustainable Jersey Digital Schools Program. The new Digital Schools program will provide actions, resources, and programming for the state's public schools within the successful Sustainable Jersey for Schools initiative. It is supported by Leadership for   more

TRENTON, New Jersey, June 4 -- The New Jersey Association for Mental Health and Addiction Agencies issued the following news release: While as a society we have made progress toward equality, the brutal murder of George Floyd shows that despite the advancements, much more work is needed to eradicate injustice. In fact, this horrific incident of George Floyd's death sets us back more than 50 years when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated. This incomprehensible tragedy and the intense r  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, June 2 -- Public Funds Public Schools issued the following news: On June 9 at 4 p.m. EST, Public Funds Public Schools (PFPS) and the National Education Policy Center (NEPC) will host the second in a series of webinars on topics related to private school vouchers and PFPS's goal of ensuring public funds are used to maintain, support and strengthen public schools. The webinar, entitled "Education Savings Account Vouchers Explained: What are they, and what are their likely imp  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, June 5 -- Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey issued the following news: As acknowledged in the first remdesivir double-blind placebo-controlled clinical trial addressing treatment for COVID-19 recently published in Lancet (Wang, et al., April 29, 2020), a statistician at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey was called on to guard the integrity of that trial. Weichung 'Joe' Shih, PhD, director of the Biometrics Shared Resource at Rutgers Cancer Institute and prof  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, June 5 -- Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey issued the following news: Oncologists have been tasked with meeting the ongoing needs of cancer patients while navigating the coronavirus. This includes preparing to safely resume surgical treatment for those patients for which a delay was deemed okay. While we are passed the peak of the pandemic, cancer patients might still have heightened concerns over rescheduling a postponed surgery or scheduling a new surgery rig  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, June 6 -- The New Jersey State Chamber of Commerce issued the following news release: The New Jersey Chamber of Commerce announced it is partnering with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on a national initiative to address inequality of opportunity. The N.J. Chamber will join the U.S. Chamber's national town hall event on June 25, where business and community leaders will discuss concrete actions that can be taken by government and the private sector to address inequality throu  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, June 1 -- Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features pathogenesis, epidemiology, statistical modeling, diagnostics, biosecurity issues, genomics, vaccine development and rapid communication of new outbreaks, published research articles, including the following topics, in its May 2020 edition: * Hantavirus antibodies among phyllostomid bats from the arc of deforestation in Southern Amazonia, Brazil * An emerging equine parvovirus circ  more