CRANFORD, New Jersey, Dec. 16 -- American Atheists issued the following news on Dec. 15: Today, the civil rights organization American Atheists celebrated a victory in its lawsuit for free speech and religious equality against Arkansas State Senator Stanley Jason Rapert. Judge Kristine G. Baker of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas denied Rapert's supplemental motion to dismiss the lawsuit against him in his individual capacity. Judge Baker agreed with Americ  more

CRANFORD, New Jersey, Dec. 16 -- American Atheists issued the following news on Dec. 14: Today, the civil rights organization American Atheists denounced the Trump Administration's announcement today that it would strip nondiscrimination and religious freedom protections for Americans receiving taxpayer-funded services from religious providers. The ten agencies affected are the Departments of Agriculture, Education, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, Housing and Urban Development, J  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Dec. 18 -- 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 January 2021 edition: RESEARCH ARTICLES: * Outcomes of lenalidomide- or bortezomib-based regimens in older patients with plasma cell myeloma * Comparative evaluation of involved free light chain and monoclonal spik  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Dec. 15 -- 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 January 2021 edition: RESEARCH ARTICLES: * Estimating time to reinjury among Washington State injured workers by degree of permanent impairment: Using state wage data to adjust for time at risk * Incident chronic obstructive pulmonary disease associated with occup  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Dec. 18 -- The American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, a journal that says it features biological and medical aspects of genetic disorders and birth defects and genotype and phenotype correlations, published research articles, including the following topics, in its January 2021 edition: ORIGINAL ARTICLES: * Leukoencephalopathy with calcifications and cysts: Genetic and phenotypic spectrum * Outcome of 45,X fetuses with cystic hygroma: A systematic review * Assessin  more

MONTVALE, New Jersey, Dec. 16 (TNSRep) -- The Institute of Management Accountants issued the following news release: In a year upended by a global health crisis, IMA(R) (Institute of Management Accountants) reported record growth in support of its members and the management accounting profession. Released today, its annual review, titled "Stronger Together," summarizes IMA's 2020 fiscal year (July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020). The report reveals all-time records and milestones for the CMA(R) (Cer  more

MT. LAUREL, New Jersey, Dec. 18 -- Annals of Neurology, a journal from the American Neurological Association and the Child Neurology Society that says it publishes the mechanisms and treatment of diseases of the human nervous system, published research articles, including the following topics, in its January 2021 edition: Research Articles: * Clinical Features and Risk of Relapse in Children and Adults with Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein Antibody-Associated Disease * Prior Anticoagulati  more

HIGHLANDS, New Jersey, Dec. 14 -- Anticancer Research, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features experimental and clinical oncology from the International Institute of Anticancer Research, published research articles, including the following topics, in its December 2020 edition: Reviews: * Alternative Biomarkers to Predict Tumor Biology in Hepatocellular Carcinoma * Application of Pharmacometrics of 5-Fluorouracil to Personalized Medicine: A Tool for Predicting Pharmacokinetic-Pharmacodyn  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Dec. 18 -- Clean Water Action issued the following news release: Clean Water Action released this response to the announced agreement between Governor Murphy, Senate President Steven Sweeney, and Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin on the economic plan recovery and tax incentives reform legislation: Clean Water Action is appalled by the sudden release of the massive $11.5 billion corporate tax subsidies bill and the undemocratic rush to shove it down the public's throat durin  more

CAMDEN, New Jersey, Dec. 17 -- Cooper University Health Care issued the following news release: Cooper University Health Care one the first hospitals in New Jersey to receive the new COVID-19 vaccine and began vaccinating its team members on Tuesday, December 15. "Today is a day filled with hope. We are 10 months into this COVID war and we can now finally see a clear path to victory. This virus has caused so much loss and suffering and we are hopeful that today marks the beginning of the end,"  more

ENGLEWOOD, New Jersey, Dec. 19 -- Englewood Hospital and Medical Center issued the following news release: In a historic event, Englewood Health has received its first shipment of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, which it began administering to its frontline team members earlier today. "Since day one of the pandemic, our team never hesitated for one second to care for the many communities we serve and stood tall in the face of an unknown and unpredictable new virus," said Warren Geller, p  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Dec. 15 -- Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, a journal that says it focuses on clinical and experimental pharmacology and therapeutics in any aspect of metabolic and endocrine disease, either in humans or animal and cellular systems, published research articles, including the following topics, in its January 2021 edition: REVIEW ARTICLES: * Early combination versus initial metformin monotherapy in the management of newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes: An East Asian perspectiv  more

OAKLAND, California, Dec. 14 -- Freedom for Immigrants issued the following joint statement with nine organizations: The co-signers are Queer Detainee Empowerment Project, Pax Christi New Jersey, Doctors for Camp Closures, North New Jersey DSA, NYC DSA, First Friends of NJ NY, Ridgewood for Black Liberation, Mexicanos Unidos and Cosecha NY and NJ. * * * In response to police violence against advocates and community members outside the Bergen County Jail, the Abolish ICE NY-NJ coalition and al  more

CAMDEN, New Jersey, Dec. 15 -- Cooper University Health Care issued the following news release: Cooper University Health Care, the region's leading academic health system, hosted Governor Phil Murphy, New Jersey Department of Health Commissioner Judy Persichilli, and Dr. Deborah Birx from White House Coronavirus Task Force for a roundtable discussion Friday on the response to COVID-19 in Southern New Jersey. "Having been in government for many years and knowing how thankless a job it can be, I  more

PISCATAWAY, New Jersey, Dec. 14 -- IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems, a peer-reviewed journal from the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society that says it emphasizes on microelectronic issues in a wide range of applications found in life sciences, physical sciences and engineering, published research articles on the following topics in its October 2020 edition: * Design of Dual-Mode Stimulus Chip With Built-In High Voltage Generator for Biomedical Applications * From Seizure Dete  more

PISCATAWAY, New Jersey, Dec. 14 -- IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, a journal from the IEEE Computer Society, published research articles, including the following topics, in its January 2021 edition: * 3D Rigid Motion Segmentation with Mixed and Unknown Number of Models * Bayesian Low-Tubal-Rank Robust Tensor Factorization with Multi-Rank Determination * Blind Deblurring of Barcodes via Kullback-Leibler Divergence * Community Detection Using Restrained Random-W  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (TNSRep) -- The Immigration Reform Law Institute issued the following news release on Dec. 17: The Immigration Reform Law Institute (IRLI) stepped up its battle against dangerous and unconstitutional sanctuary state policies yesterday by filing a friend-of-the-court brief in the Third Circuit Court of appeals urging the court to overturn an order by the Attorney General of New Jersey that directs state law enforcement officers not to cooperate with federal immigration law en  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Dec. 14 -- The Journal of Accounting Research, a peer-reviewed journal that says it addresses economic questions in accounting, auditing, disclosure, financial reporting, taxation as well as corporate finance, investments, capital markets, law, contracting and information economics, published research articles on the following topics in its December 2020 edition: Original Articles: * The Effect of Mandatory Extraction Payment Disclosures on Corporate Payment and Investmen  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Dec. 19 -- 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 Dec. 15, 2020 edition: RESEARCH ARTICLES: * Brain gyrification in wild and domestic canids: Has domestication changed the gyrification index in domestic dogs? * The brain of the African wild dog. III. The auditory sy  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Dec. 14 -- The Journal of Field Ornithology, a journal that says it emphasizes the study of birds in their natural habitats from the Association of Field Ornithologists, published research articles on the following topics in its December 2020 edition: Biology of Neotropical Birds: * A single species of plant predicts territory occupancy in a population of Peruvian Plantcutters Avian Conservation and Management: * Divergent movement patterns of adult and juvenile 'Akoheko  more

ORADELL, New Jersey, Dec. 19 -- The Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features therapeutic role of cytokines and Interferons from the International Cytokine and Interferon Society, published research articles on the following topics in its December 2020 edition: Reviews: * Antagonism of Type I Interferon by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 * Role of Host Immune and Inflammatory Responses in COVID-19 Cases with Underlying Primary   more

PENNINGTON, New Jersey, Dec. 14 -- The Journal of the Electrochemical Society, a peer-reviewed journal from the Electrochemical Society that says it features electrochemistry and solid-state science and technology, published research articles, including the following topics, in its November 2020 edition: Batteries and Energy Storage: * The Effects of Electric Field Distribution on the Interface Stability in Solid Electrolytes * Communication--Precursors to Abrupt Capacity Loss in Li-Ion Batt  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Dec. 17 -- The New Jersey State Chamber of Commerce issued the following statement by President and CEO Tom Bracken: * * * The New Jersey Chamber of Commerce welcomes the news that Gov. Murphy and state legislative leaders have agreed on a new economic incentive program for New Jersey. Any sustained economic recovery in New Jersey must have a competitive and robust incentive program such as the one these state leaders have crafted, and this program will serve as a foundat  more

MANASQUAN, New Jersey, Dec. 18 -- The National Conference of Insurance Legislators issued the following news release: The National Council of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL) concluded a successful hybrid 2020 Annual Meeting (Meeting) in Tampa, Florida from December 9th - 12th at the Tampa Marriot Water Street Hotel. There were 246 participants for the Annual Meeting- 60 in-person and 186 virtual- consisting of 37 legislators from 19 states, one first time legislator, four Insurance Commissioners   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws issued the following news release: Members of the New Jersey state Assembly and Senate have advanced legislation to the Governor legalizing the possession, production, and retail sale of marijuana to adults. Lawmakers approved the measures weeks after voters decided in favor of Public Question 1 on Election Day - which instructed the legislature to regulate the adult-use cannabis market. Lawmakers advanced a se  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Dec. 16 -- Environment New Jersey issued the following news release: The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) announced that it was ending Phase One of the state's electric vehicle (EV) rebate program, "Charge Up New Jersey" on December 15. NJBPU cited the success of the rebate program as the reason for ending Phase One early. The NJBPU had $30 million available for rebates, and the program is on track to allocate all $30 million for about 6,000 new EVs on New Jerse  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Dec. 15 -- Pediatric Pulmonology, a journal that says it features research on pathological anatomy, developmental issues and pathophysiology to infectious disease, asthma, cystic fibrosis and airborne toxins, published research articles, including the following topics, in its January 2021 edition: REVIEW: * Efficacy and safety of EBUS-TBNA and EUS-B-FNA in children: A systematic review and meta-analysis ORIGINAL ARTICLES: * Atopy and pulmonary function among healthy-we  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Dec. 14 -- Psychophysiology, a peer-reviewed journal that says it covers interrelationships between the physiological and psychological aspects of brain and behavior, published research articles, including the following topics, in its December 2020 edition: ORIGINAL ARTICLES: * Greater childhood cardiorespiratory fitness is associated with better top-down cognitive control: A midfrontal theta oscillation study * Relationship of regular physical activity with neuroelectri  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Dec. 17 -- Public Administration, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features public administration, public policy and public management, published research articles, including the following topics, in its December 2020 edition: ARTICLES: * Public servant stereotypes: It is not (at) all about being lazy, greedy and corrupt * Gaming the system: Responses to dissatisfaction with public services beyond exit and voice * Bubbling up or cascading down? Public servants, poli  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Dec. 18 -- Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey issued the following news: A $25 million anonymous philanthropic gift to Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey will provide groundbreaking support for the Cancer Immunology and Metabolism Center of Excellence. This generous donation will support faculty recruitment, shared resource development, and cancer research to help scientists better understand the human immune response to cancer and ultimately develop the found  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Dec. 19 -- Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey issued the following news: 2020 was an unprecedented year for health care across the globe. At Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Jersey's only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, in partnership with RWJBaranabas health, our commitment to providing the most advanced, comprehensive, and compassionate world-class cancer care to adults and children has never been stronger. Through th  more

WEST ORANGE, New Jersey, Dec. 15 (TNSAwa) -- RWJBarnabas Health issued the following news: RWJBarnabas Health announces several of its facilities have been recognized by The American Heart Association (AHA) / American Stroke Association for cardiac and stroke care earning a spot on the 2020 Get With The Guidelines(R) awards list in the stroke, heart failure and resuscitation categories. The awards recognize each hospitals' commitment to ensuring stroke and heart failure patients receive the mos  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Dec. 17 -- RWJBarnabas Health issued the following news: Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, an RWJBarnabas Health facility, made history as one of only six hospitals in New Jersey to receive the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine, launching its COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic. "My heart was pattering a little bit... but once you got the shot it was fine," said Anthony Patten, Jr., PA-C, Assistant Director, Hospital-based Providers/Cardiothoracic Surgery Physician Assistant, our f  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Dec. 18 -- RWJBarnabas Health issued the following news: Since 2012, The Lung Cancer Institute at Saint Barnabas Medical Center (SBMC) has been participating in the national I-ELCAP (International Early Lung Cancer Program), offering free screenings and testing for individuals who are high-risk for lung cancer. To complement the program, SBMC has also introduced a new lung nodule program, where a multidisciplinary team of doctors monitors nodules that are found incide  more

WEST ORANGE, New Jersey, Dec. 16 (TNSAwa) -- RWJBarnabas Health issued the following news: Michael Knecht, Chief Marketing and Communications Officer, RWJBarnabas Health, has been named a finalist in the 2021 PRWeek Awards in the Outstanding Marketer category for his work disseminating critical health and safety information to hospital system employees as well as New Jersey residents during the COVID-19 pandemic. PRWeek Awards are one of the communications industry's highest accolades, celebrat  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 (TNSAwa) -- The State Educational Technology Directors Association issued the following news release: SETDA, the principal membership association of U.S. state and territorial educational technology leaders announced Sandy O'Neil, Title II, Part A Program Lead, New Jersey Department of Education (retired), as the recipient of the SETDA State Leader of the Year (SLY) Award. O'Neil accepted the award surrounded by her colleagues during a virtual recognition ceremony at the 202  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws issued the following news release: Majorities of Democratic, Republican, and Independent voters endorse legalizing the use of marijuana for adults and this support is growing, according to polling data compiled by the firms FM3 Research and Fabrizio, Lee & Associates and first reported by MarijuanaMoment.net. Pollsters surveyed voters in Arizona, Montana, New Jersey, and South Dakota. A majority of voters in each  more

BETHESDA, Maryland, Dec. 18 (TNSAwa) -- The Autism Society of America issued the following news release: On December 16th, the Autism Society of America and The Daniel Jordan Fiddle Foundation awarded New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez as the 2020 recipient of The Daniel Jordan Fiddle Foundation Leader in Adult Autism Award. "I am deeply honored to accept this award and would like to thank my good friend Linda Walder and everyone at The Daniel Jordan Fiddle Foundation for selecting me as this  more