HOBOKEN, New Jersey, July 16 -- Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features organic, organometallic and applied chemistry, published research articles, including the following topics, in its July 16, 2020 edition: Reviews: * Still-Gennari Olefination and its Applications in Organic Synthesis Communications: * Catalyst-Free and Visible Light Promoted Aminofluoroalkylation of Unactivated Alkenes: An Access to Fluorinated Aziridines * Ethylene Glycol: A Gr  more

MAHWAH, New Jersey, July 10 -- The Andrew Goodman Foundation issued the following news release on July 9: Actors, musicians, athletes, social activists, organizations, and more have come together to host and kick off The Andrew Goodman Foundation's first-ever Take Your Power Back Weekend live stream--a two-day event, happening on August 1 and 2, where students can learn from some of today's most prominent and influential voices in social justice and voting advocacy. Come November 2020, Gen Z (Z  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, July 15 -- The American Journal of Hematology, a journal that says it provides coverage of experimental and clinical features of blood diseases in humans and in animal models of human disease, published research articles, including the following topics, in its August 2020 edition: RESEARCH ARTICLES: * Expert-level automated malaria diagnosis on routine blood films with deep neural networks * High rate of profound clonal and renal responses with daratumumab treatment in h  more

MOUNT LAUREL, New Jersey, July 16 -- The American Neurological Association issued the following news release: Earlier this week, the House Appropriations Committee passed two bills with funding for the research and treatment of brain disorders. On Monday, the Committee passed the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies appropriations bill, including $100 million for the BRAIN Initiative. The BRAIN Initiative is intended to revolutionize the understanding of the human b  more

MT. LAUREL, New Jersey, July 16 -- The American Society of Transplantation issued the following news: The full House Committee on Energy and Commerce has unanimously passed H.R. 5534, the Comprehensive Drug Coverage for Kidney Transplant Patients Act (referred to as the "Immuno Bill"). Prior to the unanimous Committee vote, Congressman Dr. Michael Burgess (R-TX) made remarks publicly recognizing the work of the American Society of Transplantation (AST), the American Society of Transplant Surg  more

MOUNT LAUREL, New Jersey, July 15 -- 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 July 2020 edition: Research Articles: * Risk of incident autoimmune diseases in patients with thymectomy * Impaired cerebral autoregulation is associated with poststroke cognitive impairment * Longitudinal biomarkers in amyotrophic  more

ENGLEWOOD, New Jersey, July 15 -- Englewood Hospital and Medical Center issued the following news release: Englewood Health has named breast surgeon Julia M. DiGioia, MD its regional director of breast surgical oncology for Hudson County. Based in Jersey City, she will lead and assist with several breast cancer care initiatives for The Leslie Simon Breast Care and Cytodiagnosis Center and The Lefcourt Family Cancer Treatment and Wellness Center at Englewood Health, including overseeing a multid  more

PROVINCETOWN, Massachusetts, July 13 -- The Center for Coastal Studies issued the following news release: Shortly before 1 pm on Thursday, June 25, researchers at the Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) were notified about a dead whale sighted off New Jersey. The CCS Right Whale Ecology Program was conducting an aerial survey in the New York Bight at the time of the report and traveled to the area to document the animal. The survey team was able to confirm it was the body of an immature right wha  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, July 17 -- The New Jersey School Boards Association issued the following news release on July 16: The New Jersey School Boards Association expressed its continued support for efforts to help local school districts obtain the funding and resources needed to close the digital divide. The statement came in response to Governor Murphy's announcement this afternoon of a plan intended to ensure that all students have adequate internet access and the technological equipment necess  more

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- The Electric Power Supply Association issued the following news release: A proposal by utilities PSEG and Exelon could raise electricity costs for New Jersey customers by more than $605 million annually, according to new analysis released Wednesday by the independent monitor for PJM Interconnection, the power grid operator for 65 million customers in D.C. and 13 Mid-Atlantic states including the Garden State. The cost increase and reduced choice comes at exactly the wrong  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, July 14 -- Environmetrics, a journal that says it features techniques, methods and theories that solve environmental problems from the International Environmetrics Society, published research articles, including the following topics, in its August 2020 edition: RESEARCH ARTICLES: * Predicting extreme surges from sparse data using a copula-based hierarchical Bayesian spatial model * Bayesian spatial extreme value analysis of maximum temperatures in County Dublin, Ireland   more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, July 14 -- Evolutionary Applications, a peer-reviewed journal that says it addresses biological questions of health, social and economic relevance, including medicine, agriculture, forestry, aquaculture, conservation biology, environmental sciences, climate change and invasion biology, microbiology and toxicology, published research articles, including the following topics, in its July 2020 edition: Special Issue: Louis Bernatchez' 60th Anniversary * * * SPECIAL ISSUE REV  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, July 17 -- Freshwater Biology, a journal that focuses on the ecology of inland surface waters, including connected ground waters, flood plains and freshwater wetlands, micro-organisms, algae and macrophytes, published research articles, including the following topics, in its August 2020 edition: ORIGINAL ARTICLES: * A novel method reveals how channel retentiveness and stocks of detritus (CPOM) vary among streams differing in bed roughness * Long-term changes in littoral   more

NEWARK, New Jersey, July 17 -- Public Funds Public Schools issued the following news: On July 23 at 3 p.m. EST, Public Funds Public Schools will host the third installment in a series of webinars on issues related to private school vouchers and PFPS's goal of ensuring public funds are used to maintain, support, and strengthen public schools. The webinar, "Something to Lose: How School Voucher Programs Fail to Provide Civil Rights and Constitutional Protections", will feature Dr. Preston Green,  more

SOUTH PLAINFIELD, New Jersey, July 15 -- The American Muslims for Palestine issued the following news: A coalition of New Jersey civil rights organizations today condemned the New York / New Jersey chapter of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) for attempting to smear a local Muslim leader who expressed solidarity between Black and Palestinian communities against similar and connected forms of racist police brutality. During a protest against Israel's plan to illegally annex Palestinian land, CAI  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, July 16 -- Environment New Jersey issued the following news release: New Jersey was one of fifteen states to release an MOU laying out a collaborative framework to expand use of electric medium and heavy-duty vehicles, with a target of 30% electric trucks by 2030 and 100% electric trucks by 2050. The motion puts participating states on track to achieve similarly ambitious electric truck mandates to that recently released by the California Air Resources Board and positions t  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, July 17 -- The New Jersey School Boards Association issued the following news release: The New Jersey School Boards Association (NJSBA) announced the addition of the Canvas Learning Management System, by Instructure, to the NJSBA TEC Cooperative Pricing System. Offered through NJSBA's contract with Carahsoft, the Canvas LMS supports in-person, blended and remote learning, essential functions as school districts prepare for the 2020-2021 school year. NJSBA's TEC Cooperative  more

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press issued the following news: The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press is calling for a New Jersey county prosecutor's office to publicly clarify that Reporters Committee resources do not support the findings from an investigation into the arrest of reporter Gustavo Martinez Contreras. Law enforcement officers tackled and arrested Martinez Contreras, who is a reporter for the Asbury Park Press, and slapped his phone   more

NEWARK, New Jersey, July 14 -- Public Funds Public Schools issued the following statement on July 13 by Director Jessica Levin, also senior attorney at Education Law Center: Public Funds Public Schools (PFPS), a campaign of SPLC Action Fund, Education Law Center, and Munger, Tolles & Olson, issued the statement below following recent announcements that the Trump administration plans to push for significant federal funding of private school voucher programs at the expense of public school fundin  more

MOORESTOWN, New Jersey, July 17 -- BAYADA Home Health Care issued the following news: Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE: UHS) and BAYADA Home Health Care (BAYADA) announced the signing of a definitive agreement to form a strategic partnership. The new joint venture entity will establish and operate Home Health Care services, providing patients with high-quality in-home care services including those to help them recover from an illness, injury or recent hospitalization. "The partnership wit  more