HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Jan. 10 -- 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 February 2021 edition: RESEARCH ARTICLES: * Comparing cancer risk estimates using occupational record linkage approaches in male Florida firefighters * "No somos maquinas" (We are not machines): Worker perspectives of safety culture in meatpacking plants in the Mi  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Jan. 13 -- 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 February 2021 edition: ORIGINAL ARTICLES: * Genetic control of tumor development in malformation syndromes * Neonatal complications of Down syndrome and factors necessitating intensive care * Genotype-ph  more

HIGHLANDS, New Jersey, Jan. 11 -- 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 January 2021 edition: Review: * Chemoradiotherapy in Cancer Treatment: Rationale and Clinical Applications * The Prognostic Relevance of Computed Tomography-assessed Skeletal Muscle Index and Skeletal Muscle Radiation Attenuation in Pat  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 (TNSRep) -- The Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions issued the following news: The Bluegrass Institute's report "The Lost Decades: Kentucky's Economic Underperformance 1980-2020" detailed how Kentucky's embrace of progressive redistribution has limited the state's economic growth for the past generation. Kentucky is high-tax state that ranks in the top tier of states in government spending. From a budgetary standpoint, we're more often mentioned in the company of  more

FREEHOLD, New Jersey, Jan. 12 -- CentraState Healthcare System issued the following news: Jolita Auguste, MD, board-certified general surgeon, joined CentraState's medical staff this past summer. A new physician of Prime Surgicare, Dr. Auguste brings to CentraState fellowship-trained expertise in advanced endoscopy and minimally invasive surgery with a focus on bariatric surgery. Following her medical education at SUNY Downstate College of Medicine in Brooklyn, Dr. Auguste completed her genera  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Jan. 12 -- 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 February 2021 edition: REVIEW ARTICLE: * Use of sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitors in Asian patients with type 2 diabetes and kidney disease: An Asian perspective and  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Jan. 13 -- Environment New Jersey issued the following news release: The State Senate passed a bill (S3223) by a vote of 32-0 that will make the permitting process for municipalities looking to build electric vehicle charging stations significantly easier and faster. The bill, sponsored by Senators Smith and Bateman, is a big step forward in New Jersey's efforts to build out a statewide network of electric vehicle charging stations. This bill will make electric vehicle ch  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Jan. 14 -- Global Change Biology Bioenergy, a journal that says it promotes understanding of the interface between biological and environmental sciences and the production of fuels directly from plants, algae and waste, published research articles on the following topics in its February 2021 edition: ORIGINAL RESEARCH: * Distinctively altered lignin biosynthesis by site-modification of OsCAD2 for enhanced biomass saccharification in rice * Can switchgrass increase carbo  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Jan. 14 -- Global Change Biology-Bioenergy, a journal that focuses on the understanding of the interface between biological and environmental sciences and the production of fuels from plants, algae and waste, published research articles on the following topics in its February 2021 edition: ORIGINAL RESEARCH: * Distinctively altered lignin biosynthesis by site-modification of OsCAD2 for enhanced biomass saccharification in rice * Can switchgrass increase carbon accrual i  more

PISCATAWAY, New Jersey, Jan. 11 -- IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, a journal that says it deals with the theory, design and applications of neural networks and learning systems from the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society, published research articles, including the following topics, in its January 2021 edition: * Comprehensive Survey on Graph Neural Networks * Continual Multiview Task Learning via Deep Matrix Factorization * Exponential Synchronization of Delaye  more

PISCATAWAY, New Jersey, Jan. 11 -- IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, a journal from the IEEE Computer Society, published research articles, including the following topics, in its February 2021 edition: * Absolute Pose Estimation of Central Cameras Using Planar Regions * DAC-SDC Low Power Object Detection Challenge for UAV Applications * Deep Differentiable Random Forests for Age Estimation * Discriminative Video Representation Learning Using Support Vector Class  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Jan. 16 -- RWJBarnabas Health issued the following news: In recognition of the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and 402 years of racism in the country, RWJBarnabas Health and the Rutgers School of Public Health join others around the nation to declare that racism is a public health crisis and that Black Lives Matter. In an effort to ensure a more equitable and just world for Black and brown people, the two organizations developed a call to action in the form of   more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Jan. 13 (TNSJou) -- The Institute for Advanced Study issued the following news release: It is well known that the expansion of the universe is accelerating due to a mysterious dark energy. Within galaxies, stars also experience an acceleration, though this is due to some combination of dark matter and the stellar density. In a new study to be published in Astrophysical Journal Letters, researchers have now obtained the first direct measurement of the average acceleration   more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Jan. 11 -- The Journal of Personality, a peer-reviewed journal that says it focuses on personality and behavior dynamics, development and individual differences in the cognitive, affective and interpersonal domains, published research articles, including the following topics, in its February 2021 Special Issue:Post-Traumatic Growth as Positive Personality Change: SPECIAL ISSUE MANUSCRIPTS: * Toward a More Credible Understanding of Post-Traumatic Growth * Development of ch  more

WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, Pennsylvania, Jan. 12 (TNSPer) -- ASTM International, an international organization that develops and publishes voluntary consensus technical standards for materials, products, systems and services, issued the following news release: John R. Logar, senior director of aseptic processing and terminal sterilization at Johnson & Johnson Microbiological Quality and Sterility Assurance in Raritan, New Jersey (USA), has started his term as the 2021 chair of the ASTM International bo  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Jan. 13 -- The New Jersey State Chamber of Commerce issued the following statement on Jan. 12 by President and CEO Tom Bracken on the governor's State of the State address: * * * The New Jersey Chamber of Commerce applauds Gov. Phil Murphy for his optimism in describing his vision for New Jersey in 2021 and beyond. When the governor gave his State of the State message last year, no one could have imagined the COVID-19 pandemic that brought unprecedented challenges to New   more

ROSELAND, New Jersey, Jan. 14 -- The New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants issued the following news release on Jan. 13: The New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants (NJCPA) announced 10 winners of its first-ever Student Loan Debt Lottery created to offset the cost of becoming a certified public accountant (CPA). The winners, who were chosen at random in December out of a pool of 172 applicants, will receive $1,200 each towards their student loan debt. The inaugural NJCP  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Jan. 16 -- Environment New Jersey issued the following news release: The NJ Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) announced that it will use approximately $15.75 million from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) auction proceedings to fund a medium-duty zero-emission truck voucher program. This program will incentivize commercial and industrial entities to purchase medium-duty electric vehicles with vouchers of up to 100% of the incremental cost of the vehicles. N  more

BLAIRSTOWN, New Jersey, Jan. 11 -- The Open Space Institute issued the following news release: Two grants from the Open Space Institute (OSI) made possible the permanent protection of two properties in northwestern New Jersey. The conservation project, led by The Land Conservancy of New Jersey (TLCNJ), adds valuable acreage to the Yards Creek Nature Preserve to protect drinking water resources within the greater Delaware River Watershed. The 57-acre "Ascolese" and 21-acre "Clark" properties co  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Jan. 13 -- 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 on the following topics in its February 2021 edition: REVIEWS: * Emerging technologies for cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator restoration in all people with CF * Novel imaging techniques for cystic fibrosis lung disease   more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Jan. 12 (TNSPer) -- Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey issued the following news on Jan. 11: Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey has named Christian Hinrichs, MD, as Chief of the Section of Cancer Immunotherapy and Co-Director of the Cancer Immunology and Metabolism Center of Excellence, along with Eileen White, PhD, deputy director and chief scientific officer at Rutgers Cancer Institute. Dr. Hinrichs, whose expertise is immunotherapy exploration, was recruite  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Jan. 16 -- RWJBarnabas Health issued the following news: Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) New Brunswick, in partnership with Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, recently became the first site in New Jersey and one of the first in the United States to implant the MitraClip G4(TM) device. The device recently received approval by the FDA for treatment of mitral regurgitation, a common and serious form of heart valve disease. Mark Russo, MD, Chief   more

NEPTUNE, New Jersey, Jan. 13 -- RWJBarnabas Health issued the following news: RWJBarnabas Health Medical Group, together with Monmouth Medical Center, have expanded comprehensive patient services by opening a new location at 3301 Route 66, Suite 120, Neptune, NJ, effective January 11, 2021. The location will include primary care, behavioral health services and onsite laboratory services. "Building upon the high-quality care provided by RWJBarnabas Health Medical Group and Monmouth Medical Cent  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Jan. 12 (TNSPer) -- RWJBarnabas Health issued the following news: RWJBarnabas Health Medical Group welcomes Sameh Abdelaal, MD, as Medical Director of the Babs Siperstein PROUD Center at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset. The center, located at 128 Rehill Ave, Suite 1100, Somerville, which is open 5 days a week, also includes an advanced practice nurse and patient navigator. Dr. Abdelaal is board-certified in internal medicine and infectious disease. H  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 (TNSPer) -- The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners issued the following news release: Former state utility regulator Dr. Edward H. Salmon was elected to his 20th term as president of the Commissioners Emeritus organization of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners. He served six years as a utility regulator for the New Jersey Board of Public Utility and three years as president. An ever-present and active member of NARUC, Salmon d  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners issued the following news release: Former state utility regulator Dr. Edward H. Salmon was elected to his 20th term as president of the Commissioners Emeritus organization of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners. He served six years as a utility regulator for the New Jersey Board of Public Utility and three years as president. An ever-present and active member of NARUC, Salmon distinguis  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 (TNSPer) -- The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners issued the following news release: Former state utility regulator Dr. Edward H. Salmon was elected to his 20th term as president of the Commissioners Emeritus organization of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners. He served six years as a utility regulator for the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities and three years as president. An ever-present and active member of NARUC, Salmon  more

BIDDEFORD, Maine, Jan. 13 (TNSPer) -- The Maine Behavioral Healthcare issued the following news: Southern Maine Health Care (SMHC) is pleased to welcome brothers Jeffrey Bush, MD, and Matthew Bush, MD to the Orthopedics team. Jeffrey Bush, MD is a Board Certified orthopedic surgeon who is Fellowship trained in hip and knee replacement. A graduate of Duke University Medical Center, he received his doctorate from Jefferson Medical College. He completed his residency in orthopedics and general su  more

EDISON, New Jersey, Jan. 16 -- RWJBarnabas Health issued the following news: Middlesex County and RWJBarnabas Health officials joined New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy today in opening the Middlesex County Regional COVID-19 Vaccine Mega-site in Edison Township at the New Jersey Convention & Exposition Center(97 Sunfield Avenue, Edison, NJ). The Edison vaccination mega-site is equipped with 20 vaccination stations and will be open Monday through Friday from 8am until 4pm. Administration of up to   more

PISCATAWAY, New Jersey, Jan. 11 -- Transactions on Circuits and Systems, a journal from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, published research articles, including the following topics, in its January 2021 edition: * 22 dB Signal-to-Noise Ratio Real-Time Proton Sound Detector for Experimental Beam Range Verification * Active Circuits With Diodes: Topological Conditions Sufficient to Determine the State of a Diode * Fast and Accurate Inference on Microcontrollers With Boosted  more