NEW YORK, Sept. 11 -- The American Civil Liberties Union, a 501(c)3 non-profit that works to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the U.S., issued the following news release: * * * - The suit, filed in federal district court, warns that the overbroad law infringes upon freedom of expression and freedom of association * * * The American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey and the national ACLU today filed a lawsuit challenging th  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Sept. 10 -- 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 12 research articles on the following topics in its October 2019 edition: * A bronchoalveolar lavage-driven antimicrobial treatment improves survival in hematologic malignancy patients with detected lung infiltrates: A prospective multicenter study of the SEIFEM group * An  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence issued the following news release: Today, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy announced an executive order designed to pressure gun industry businesses to adopt life-saving, responsible business practices. Brady applauds Governor Murphy's leadership in implementing a supply-side approach to stopping the flow of crime guns into New Jersey and its communities. The executive order captures the main themes of Brady's Gun Dealer Code of  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- The Campaign for Youth Justice issued the following news release: State legislatures across the country are passing laws to "raise the floor" by raising the minimum age at which a child could be prosecuted as an adult, according to a new brief by the Campaign for Youth Justice. The brief highlights legislative efforts in a variety of states including California, Connecticut, Illinois, Kansas, New Jersey, South Carolina, Tennessee and Vermont that have raised their mini  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, Sept. 12 -- Clean Water Action issued the following news release: * * * - Advocates, experts and transit riders call upon NJ Transit and the Murphy Administration to commit to reducing GHG emissions from the transportation sector and make a firm commitment to transition to a 100% electric bus fleet by 2040. * * * a diverse group of transportation, environment and equity advocates, experts and transit riders gathered at NJ Transit's Headquarters in Newark to call for NJ Tr  more

PENNSVILLE, New Jersey, Sept. 9 -- Ear and Hearing, a journal from the American Auditory Society that says it covers auditory and vestibular disorders, published 18 research articles on the following topics in its September/October 2019 edition: * A Comparison of Electrical Stimulation Levels Across Ears for Children With Sequential Bilateral Cochlear Implants * A Longitudinal Analysis of Pressurized Wideband Absorbance Measures in Healthy Young Infants * Associations Between Telomere Length   more

ENGLEWOOD, New Jersey, Sept. 10 -- Englewood Hospital and Medical Center issued the following news release: Gastroenterologist Nneoma Olivia Okoronkwo, MD, has joined the Englewood Health Physician Network and Englewood Hospital. Dr. Okoronkwo's clinical interests include gastroesophageal cancer prevention and screening, colon and rectal cancer, inflammatory bowel disease, liver cancer, and preventative health. She joins Englewood Health Physician Network - HVA Medical Group (Heart and Vascular  more

PISCATAWAY, New Jersey, Sept. 9 -- IEEE Transactions on Computers, a journal from the IEEE Computer Society, published 12 research articles on the following topics in its October 2019 edition: * A Light-Weight White-Box Encryption Scheme for Securing Distributed Embedded Devices * An Effective DRAM Address Remapping for Mitigating Rowhammer Errors * CHERI Concentrate: Practical Compressed Capabilities * Efficient Management of Cache Accesses to Boost GPGPU Memory Subsystem Performance * Ene  more

PISCATAWAY, New Jersey, Sept. 2 -- IEEE Transactions on Computers, a journal from the IEEE Computer Society, published 12 research articles on the following topics in its September 2019 edition: * An Absorbing Markov Chain Based Model to Solve Computation and Communication Tradeoff in GPU-Accelerated MDRUs for Safety Confirmation in Disaster Scenarios * An ALU Protection Methodology for Soft Processors on SRAM-Based FPGAs * Boolean Minimization of Projected Sums of Products via Boolean Relati  more

PISCATAWAY, New Jersey, Sept. 9 -- IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, a journal that says it features theory, design and application of fuzzy systems from the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society, published 15 research articles on the following topics in its September 2019 edition: * A Dirichlet Process Based Type-1 and Type-2 Fuzzy Modeling for Systematic Confidence Bands Prediction * A Linguistic Extension of Petri Nets for the Description of Systems: An Application to Time Series * Ada  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- The International Code Council issued the following news release: The International Code Council announced today that the State of New Jersey under the guidance of its Department of Community Affairs, Division of Codes and Standards, in partnership with the state's municipalities and affiliated code officials, has adopted its 2018 International Codes (I-Codes). New Jersey continues to lead the nation in adopting the most up-to-date building and safety codes available in t  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Sept. 11 -- The Institute for Advanced Study issued the following news release: * * * - IAS Inaugural Program to Launch in Fall 2019 * * * The Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) announces the Peretsman Scully Distinguished Journalism Fellowship as part of its Director's Visitors Program, with Joanne Lipman as the first fellow. Lipman, one of the world's leading journalists, is a bestselling author, CNBC Contributor, and former Chief Content Officer of Gannett and Edito  more

PISCATAWAY, New Jersey, Sept. 12 -- The Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, a peer-reviewed journal from the Rutgers Center of Alcohol Studies, published 10 research articles on the following topics in its July 2019 edition: * Affective Instability and Alcohol Consumption: Ecological Momentary Assessment in an Adult Sample * Changes in Externalizing Behaviors After Children First Have an Alcoholic Drink and First Drink Heavily * Daily Motives for Alcohol and Marijuana Use as Predictors o  more

MORRISTOWN, New Jersey, Sept. 10 -- Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, a campaign of Everytown for Gun Safety, issued the following news: The New Jersey chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, part of Everytown for Gun Safety, today applauded Gov. Phil Murphy's signing of an executive action that declares gun violence to be a public health crisis requiring action from the state. As laid out in the executive order, the state will: * Create "public safety principles" fo  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- The North American Securities Administrators Association issued the following news release: New Jersey Securities Bureau Chief Christopher W. Gerold today began a one-year term after having been elected the 102st president of the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA), the oldest international organization devoted to investor protection and responsible capital formation. "As NASAA's president, I will work my hardest to ensure that NASAA advances it  more

MARLTON, New Jersey, Sept. 10 -- The Music Business Association (formerly the National Association of Recording Merchandisers) issued the following news release: The Music Business Association (Music Biz) and Music Ally today announce the preliminary keynote and program details for the fourth annual NY:LON Connect Global Music Business Summit. The event will take place Thursday, January 16 through Friday, January 17 at the Dream Downtown Hotel in New York City, with currently confirmed sponsors  more

BELLEVILLE, New Jersey, Sept. 13 -- RWJBarnabas Health issued the following news: The Auxiliary at Clara Maass Medical Center, a facility of RWJBarnabas Health will host a Fundraising Night on September 24, 2019 from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM at Wendy's of Belleville 333 Franklin Avenue in Belleville. Fifteen percent of all sales during the event will be donated to the Teen Volunteer Scholarship Program sponsored by the Clara Maass Medical Center Auxiliary. All members of the community are invited to  more

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Sept. 9 -- RWJBarnabas Health issued the following news: * * * - Grant Funds will help support program established at Clara Maass Medical Center to meet healthcare needs of the Latino Community * * * The Provident Bank Foundation presented a major grant in the amount of $15,000 to Clara Maass Medical Center, a facility of RWJBarnabas Health, to support its Center of Excellence for Latino Health. The Center, which was established within the Medical Center in 2016, w  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Sept. 9 -- The Security Industry Association issued the following news release: Security Industry Association (SIA) has named George W. Anderson as the 2019 recipient of the SIA Insightful Practitioner Award, an honor recognizing excellence in promoting the implementation of innovative security solutions. Anderson - who retired from the New York Police Department (NYPD) in 2011 after 30 years of service - is the director of World Trade Center security for the Port Autho  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Sept. 12 -- The Institute for Advanced Studies issued the following news release: * * * - Institute's Highest Honor to be Presented at IAS Einstein Gala on March 12, 2020 * * * The Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) announces Sir James Wolfensohn as the recipient of the 2020 IAS Bamberger Medal, to be presented at the IAS Einstein Gala on March 12, 2020, at the Glasshouse in New York City. Former President of the World Bank and current Chairman of Wolfensohn & Company,  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Sept. 10 -- United Soccer Coaches issued the following news: Student-athletes from all three NCAA divisions, as well as two representatives from the junior college ranks, have received Player of the Week honors from United Soccer Coaches, the association announced on Tuesday. NCAA Division I Men: Bar Hazut (UIC) NCAA Division I Women: Evelyne Viens (South Florida) NCAA Division II Men: C.J. Couper (Lewis) NCAA Division II Women: Makayla Toth (Central Missouri) NCAA D  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Sept. 11 -- World Politics, a journal that features international relations and comparative politics from the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies, published five research articles on the following topics in its October 2019 edition: * Can Transitional Justice Improve the Quality of Representation in New Democracies? * Imperial Rule, the Imposition of Bureaucratic Institutions, and their Long-Term Legacies * Laws in Conflict: Legacies of War, Gende  more