Integrating habitat use and population dynamics of moose in northern New Hampshire.
ABSTRACT: The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department and the University of New Hampshire initiated research in northern New Hampshire to better understand population dynamics and seasonal habitat use of a moose population that has apparently stabilized, despite optimal habitat and modest harvest levels. In total, 94 moose were...

Imitative smoking.
Researchers from the Dartmouth Medical School (in New Hampshire, USA) surveyed more than 3,500 adolescents who had never smoked, and assessed their exposure to smoking in films. In a follow-up survey between one and two years later, 10% of the adolescents had started smoking. Among those who were the...

Announcing the 2006-2007 AOAC Board of Directors.
AOAC is proud to announce the following members of the 2006-2007 Board of Directors, who assumed their positions immediately after the Business Meeting on September 21, 2006, at the 120th AOAC Annual Meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA: President: Robert Koeritzer, 3M Microbiology Products, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA...

Probe on arsenic contamination of water in C'bato splits solons.
Byline: BEN R. ROSARIO Barangay officials in at least two Lumad communities appealed for the resumption of a water system project that will rely on the Matingao and Marbel rivers, now believed affected by arsenic contamination, during the continuation of a congressional inquiry into the safety of...

Effective vascular graft mimics natural artery.
In their search for an effective vascular graft to replace a segment of a natural, biological blood vessel, a team of scientists in New Hampshire, USA, has designed a device that mimics the structure of the natural artery (US Patent 6 042 666). The implantable prosthesis is...

Impacts of wildlife viewing on moose use of a roadside salt lick.
ABSTRACT: In northern New Hampshire, we examined the use patterns of moose visiting a roadside salt lick before (1996) and after (1997-1999) a blind was built specifically to view moose at the lick. Moose visitation patterns were monitored with trail monitors equipped with cameras placed on trails leading into...

Moose responses to wildlife viewing and traffic stimuli.
ABSTRACT: We examined behavioral response of moose to wildlife viewers and traffic stimuli at a moose viewing blind located on a roadside salt lick in northern New Hampshire during summer, 1997-1999. Feeding, fleeing, alertness, looking, grooming, and moving were measured relative to a standard viewer and a variety of...

The educational value of initiation rites; Educators Speak.
WITH banner headlines proclaiming the order of the President of the Republic to stop hazing just a few days after the death of 4th class cadet Edward Domingo at the Philippine Military Academy, the classical question comes again to mind: Are hazing and Greek-letter societies one and the same...

The status and management of moose in North America-circa 2000-01.
ABSTRACT: At the turn of the century 2000, the North American moose population was estimated at about 1 million distributed in 28 jurisdictions. Populations occur in 11 Canadian provinces or territories, and in at least 17 U.S. States. Densities are believed to be increasing in 12, stable to increasing...

Electronic information for the youth field.
Forum on dual diagnosis and young people The NSW Association for Adolescent Health (NAAH) is hosting a free forum in partnership with several other drug and alcohol and mental health agencies in NSW on Wednesday 28 August at the State Library of NSW in Sydney. The forum...