MOUNT LAUREL, New Jersey, March 23 -- The American Neurological Association issued the following Q&A on March 22, 2021: This month, ANA spoke to Associate Professor at Boston University School of Medicine/Boston Medical Center, Ludy Shih, MD, MMSc. She discusses the wide range of treatment options for Parkinson's disease (PD), the public's understanding of the disease, and her lab's current work focusing on PD. Q: What does the public need to understand about PD that it often doesn't? A: I th  more

MT. LAUREL, New Jersey, March 25 -- The American Society of Transplantation issued the following joint statement by President Richard Formica and Marie Chisholm-Burns, Chair, Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access to Life Task Force: * * * As we begin to see the light at the end of the tunnel for the COVID-19 pandemic, our country is again faced with events that have hurt members of our AST community. There has been a dramatic increase in violence targeting Asian Americans and Pacific Island  more

MAHWAH, New Jersey, March 27 (TNSpol) -- The Andrew Goodman Foundation issued the following news release on March 26, 2021: Last night, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed into law SB202, 95 pages of voting restrictions explicitly targeting Black Americans. The provisions of this shameful law are also an intentional assault on the voting rights of youth of color ironically occuring as we commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Twenty-Sixth Amendment, which prohibits age discrimination in voting.  more

MAHWAH, New Jersey, March 24 -- The Andrew Goodman Foundation issued the following news release: Constitutional amendment lowered national voting age from 21 to 18 and outlawed age discrimination in voting. March 23 marks the 50th anniversary of Congress proposing the Twenty-Sixth Amendment, which guaranteed all Americans aged 18 and older the right to vote in all United States elections and outlawed age discrimination among eligible voters. The Andrew Goodman Foundation (AGF) is celebrating t  more

MILTON, England, March 26 -- Applied Economics, a peer-reviewed journal that says it encourages the application of economic analysis to specific problems in both the public and private sectors, published research articles on the following topics in its Vol. 53, Issue 6 edition: Research Article: * Pretrial justice reform and property crime: evidence from New Jersey * Manufacturing R&D investment efficiency and financing constraints: evidence from China * The relationship between trade credi  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, March 23 -- Applied Psychology-An International Review, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features organizational, cross-cultural, educational, health, counseling and environmental, traffic and sport psychology from the International Association of Applied Psychology, published research articles on the following topics in its April 2021 Special Issue: Special Section: Advances in the Psychology of Workplace Coaching: Special Section: * Introduction to the Special Issue   more

SOUTH PLAINFIELD, New Jersey, March 24 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following news release on March 23, 2021: The New Jersey chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NJ) today welcomed the judge's ruling on the case of former Toms River Board of Education member Dan Leonard. In August of 2019, complaints were filed with the School Ethics Commission of New Jersey against Dan Leonard alleging social media posts he made violated the School Ethics Code.  more

SOUTH PLAINFIELD, New Jersey, March 20 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following news release on March 19, 2021: The New Jersey chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NJ) today co-signed a joint letter, titled "Malicious campaign of intimidation against Dr. Audrey Truschke, associate professor," expressing solidarity with Rutgers professor Audrey Truschke. Earlier this month, Truschke, who has previously been attacked by members of the Hindu right se  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, March 26 (TNSpol) -- The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network issued the following statement on March 25, 2021: * * * The New Jersey Assembly today passed bi-partisan legislation that would properly balance the needs of patients with the need to control healthcare costs. If enacted this measure would protect New Jerseyans from the dangers of step therapy, which forces patients to "fail first" on less expensive drugs before being able to begin using the medication   more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, March 24 (TNSRes) -- The Center for American Women and Politics issued the following news release on March 23, 2021: Measuring women's electoral success means placing 2020 outcomes into historical and contemporary context. That is the work done in a new report released today by the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP), a unit of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University. In Measuring Success: Women in 2020 Legislative Elections, CAWP breaks dow  more

CAMDEN, New Jersey, March 23 -- Cooper University Health Care issued the following news release: On March 18, 2021, Lieutenant General R. Scott Dingle, The U.S. Army Surgeon General and Commanding General, U.S. Army Medical Command, visited Cooper University Health Care to meet with hospital leadership and current Army personnel embedded at Cooper as part of Army Medical Department Military-Civilian Trauma Team Training program. Cooper has one of the most extensive military training programs in  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, March 25 -- Developmental Psychobiology, a peer-reviewed journal from the International Society for Developmental Psychobiology that says it features psychology, biology, neuroscience and medicine that contribute to an understanding of behavior development, published research articles on the following topics, in its Vol. 63, Issue 2 edition: SPECIAL ISSUE: * Early life stress and development of the endocannabinoid system: A bidirectional process in programming future copi  more

MERCERVILLE, New Jersey, March 23 -- The New Jersey Association for Mental Health and Addiction Agencies issued the following news release: On February 22, 2021, Governor Phil Murphy signed three bills that legalize cannabis for recreational use, decriminalize marijuana and establish civil penalties for individuals under the age of 21 who are caught possessing marijuana. Opponents argue that the legalization of marijuana could perpetuate teens' misguided notion that marijuana is safe. Marijuana  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, March 21 -- 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 March 2021 edition: PERSPECTIVE: * Why women have more autoimmune diseases than men: An evo  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, March 26 -- Experimental Dermatology Journal published research articles on the following topics in its March 2021 edition: REVIEW ARTICLE: * The role of Dipeptidyl Peptidase-4 in cutaneous disease REGULAR ARTICLES: * Sunitinib decreases the expression of KRT6A and SERPINB1 in 3D human epidermal models * Development and characterization of a 3D in vitro model mimicking acneic skin * MTOR promotes basal cell carcinoma growth through atypical PKC * Epicutaneously sens  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, March 26 -- Governance, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features discussion of executive politics, public policy, administration and the organization of the state from the Structure and Organization of Government, published research articles on the following topics in its April 2021 edition: ORIGINAL ARTICLES: * Decentralized central banks: Political ideology and the Federal Reserve System of regional banks * Bridging the citizen gap: Bureaucratic representation and  more

MOUNT ROYAL, New Jersey, March 24 -- Headache, a peer-reviewed journal from the American Headache Society that says it features head and face pain including diagnosis and management, epidemiology, genetics and pathophysiology of primary and secondary headaches, cranial neuralgias and pains, published research articles, including the following topics, in its March 2021 edition: REVIEW ARTICLE: * A pain in the ear: Two case reports of nervus intermedius neuralgia and narrative review RESEARCH   more

PISCATAWAY, New Jersey, March 22 -- IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, a peer-reviewed journal from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers that says it features articles that connects photovoltaic science and technology, published research articles, including the following topics, in its March 2021 edition: * Comprehensive Fundamental Understanding of Atomic Layer Deposited Titanium Oxide Films for c-Si Solar Cell Applications * Effect of Ultrasonic Bonding Parameters on the Contact  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, March 25 -- Insect Conservation and Diversity journal, a peer-reviewed journal that says it emphasizes on wild arthropods and the relations between arthropod conservation and diversity, published research articles on the following topics in its Vol. 14, Issue 2 Special Issue: Impacts of artificial lighting at night on insect conservation: Major Review: * Is light pollution driving moth population declines? A review of causal mechanisms across the life cycle Special Issue  more

MONTVALE, New Jersey, March 24 (TNSRes) -- The Institute of Management Accountants issued the following news release on March 23, 2021: IMA(R) (Institute of Management Accountants) released a new report today on how short-term adaptions rooted in the COVID-19 pandemic can accelerate financial transformation with respect to corporate reporting. "Building Financial Reporting Resilience through Collaborative Cloud-Based Solutions" finds that although new time-saving cloud-based financial reporting  more

NORTH BERGEN, New Jersey, March 25 -- The International Longshoremen's Association issued the following statement by President Harold Daggett: * * * Congratulations to the Honorable Marty Walsh on his confirmation Monday by the United States Senate as Secretary of Labor. On behalf of the 65,000 members of the International Longshoremen's Association, I offer my congratulations to you, Mr. Secretary, on your confirmation as United States Secretary of Labor. It was an honor to speak to you prio  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, March 26 -- The Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features psychological theory of decision processes or report and interpret unknown phenomena, published research articles on the following topics in its Vol. 34, Issue 1 edition: RESEARCH ARTICLES: * What if I am the one? Measuring individual differences in emotional sensitivity to probability and emotional reactivity to possibility * Honest mistake or perhaps not: The role of de  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, March 26 -- The Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features psychological theory of decision processes or report and interpret unknown phenomena, published research articles on the following topics in its Vol. 34, Issue 2 edition: RESEARCH ARTICLES: * Behavior in cheating paradigms is linked to overall approval rates of crowdworkers * Seeing the subjective as objective: People perceive the taste of those they disagree with as bias  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, March 23 -- 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, including the following topics, in its May 1, 2021 edition: RESEARCH ARTICLES: * Heterogeneous expression of dopaminergic markers and Vglut2 in mouse mesodiencephalic dopaminergic nuclei A8-A13 * Development and migration of the zebrafish rhombe  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, March 26 -- The Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, a peer-reviewed journal that says it covers the range of uses of information and communication technology to support learning and knowledge exchange, published research articles on the following topics in its Vol. 37, Issue 1 edition: REVIEW ARTICLES: * Inquiry-based mobile learning in secondary school science education: A systematic review * Computer-mediated feedback for L2 learners: Challenges versus affordances   more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, March 26 -- The Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, a peer-reviewed journal that says it covers the range of uses of information and communication technology to support learning and knowledge exchange, published research articles on the following topics in its Vol. 37, Issue 2 edition: ARTICLES: * A cluster-randomized trial measuring the effects of a digital learning tool supporting decoding and reading for meaning in grade 2 * Is contextual animation needed in multim  more

ORADELL, New Jersey, March 23 -- 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, including the following topics, in its March 2021 edition: Research Reports: * The Effects of Zinc Supplementation on C-Reactive Protein and Inflammatory Cytokines: A Meta-Analysis and Systematical Review * Effects of Tranilast on Inflam  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, March 23 -- 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 April 2021 edition: RESEARCH ARTICLES: * Genetic Differentiation of Wild Boar Populations in a Region Endangered by African Swine Fever * Comparison of Effects of Shed Antler Hunting and Helicopter Surveys on Ungulate Movements and Space Use * Long-Te  more

LONG BRANCH, New Jersey, March 23 -- RWJBarnabas Health issued the following news: A Monmouth Medical Center (MMC) pediatric nurse has been named an awardee of the Johnson & Johnson Nurses Innovate QuickFire Challenge in COVID-19 Patient Care. Middletown resident Kathleen Malouf, who works in Pediatric Medical Stay for MMC's Unterberg Children's Hospital, is the inventor of the IsoPouch, a simple, disposable, transparent pouch that adheres to an isolation gown. The pouch can help health worker  more

CINNAMINSON, New Jersey, March 24 -- The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation issued the following news release: Workers at a branch of XPO Logistics in Cinnaminson, New Jersey who were subject to the monopoly union control of Teamsters Local 107 voted overwhelmingly to throw the union out of their workplace by a 16-2 vote. Miguel Valle and his coworkers petitioned the National Labor relations Board on December 28th, 2020 for a vote to decertify and remove the Teamsters union as the  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, March 25 (TNSPer) -- Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey issued the following news: Expanding its multidisciplinary team of professionals in the care of patients and their families with brain and spinal cord tumors, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey has named Michael E. Salacz, MD as director of its Neuro-Oncology Program. He is an associate professor of medicine at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. He joins Rutgers Cancer Institute from the Universi  more

MERCERVILLE, New Jersey, March 25 -- The New Jersey Association for Mental Health and Addiction Agencies issued the following statement by President and CEO Debra L. Wentz: * * * The New Jersey Association of Mental Health and Addiction Agencies (NJAMHAA) is deeply saddened to hear about the loss of lives in the recent shootings in Boulder, CO, and the Atlanta, GA area, and sends heartfelt condolences to the families, friends and communities affected by these tragedies. These horrific events   more

ENGLEWOOD, New Jersey, March 26 (TNSPer) -- Englewood Health issued the following news release: Pulmonary medicine specialist George J. Ciechanowski, MD, has joined the Englewood Health Physician Network and Englewood Hospital. Dr. Ciechanowski's clinical interests include the evaluation and treatment of pulmonary hypertension, severe asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), emphysema, pulmonary infectious diseases, and sleep apnea and the use of biologic therapies for treating pul  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, March 25 -- RWJBarnabas Health issued the following news: More people are living longer after a cancer diagnosis than at any time in the past, thanks in part to new therapies and strategies for efficient diagnosis and effective cancer treatments. However, therapies such as chemotherapy, radiotherapy, immunotherapy, and other novel targeted treatments that are used to combat many cancers have the potential to pose a risk to cardiac health. This may occur acutely during  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, March 24 -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) released an analysis of potential massive cost impacts to New Jersey consumers as a result of the Trump-era federal meddling in the PJM capacity market. The federal rule, known as the Minimum Offer Price Rule (MOPR), essentially bails out uneconomic fossil fuel companies at the consumer's expense by forcing them to needlessly pay twice for generation capacity. Th  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, March 26 -- Social and Personality Psychology Compass, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features social psychology and personality, published research articles on the following topics in its Vol. 15, Issue 3 edition: EMOTIONAL MOTIVATION: * Gaining clarity about emotion differentiation GROUP/INTERGROUP PROCESSES: * Reducing prejudice in the society at large: A review of the secondary transfer effect and directions for future research HEALTH: * Live free and die:  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 (TNSpol) -- The U.S. Chamber of Commerce issued the following news release on March 26, 2021: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the New Jersey Civil Justice Institute (NJCJI) prevailed on their challenge to New Jersey's effective prohibition against the inclusion of mandatory arbitration agreements in employment contracts. The federal court for the District of New Jersey held that the state's attempt to invalidate employment arbitration agreements violates the Federal Arbit  more