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There may be a potential for random mutations to accumulate in the genetic material of viruses to the point that so many mistakes in the DNA or RNA may keep a deadly virus from reproducing or maintaining itself.
Dr. John Vile examines 500 documents, including victory and concession speeches of campaigns from George Washington to George W. What winners and losers say -- and how they say it -- can be revealing and healing.
In America there is a "pound penalty" for obese people in the workforce, even greater for females, according to Drs. William F. Ford and Charles L. Baum, economics and finance professors at Middle Tennessee State University.
Tobacco's 'Big Four' were not only not hurt by the quarter-trillion-dollar MSA of 1998, they're still making a healthy profit and might even be better off than before. After analyzing sales and revenue data, it was discovered that they have actually increased since the settlement.
The twice-annual MTSU Poll is a public-opinion poll out of MTSU's Office of Communication Research, a division of the College of Mass Communication. The attitude of Tennesseans toward immigrants doesn't appear to change simply by using politically correct terminology. There are interesting observations on the use of "illegal" and "undocumented" immigrants. Health care remains a big concern as do growth and traffic.
Americans cite bias and deception as the two top unethical behaviors by mass media that most concern them, according to a poll just released by Middle Tennessee State University's College of Mass Communication. People are concerned about truth, deception, violence, inaccurate reporting, gratuitous sex, and who pulls the news strings, among many other things.
Dr. William F. Ford says that the economic issues related to the immigration debate are largely ignored in favor of focusing on the legal, political, social and cultural aspects of the issue. However, it's vital that economic considerations related to immigration"鈥漣ncluding the major roles that both legal and illegal immigrants contribute to the labor force and production and spending"鈥漛e factored into the discourse, he says.
Dr. Andrew Owusu, assistant professor of health and human performance at Middle Tennessee State University, recently released the initial findings from a 2007 study that was the first of its kind to be conducted nationwide in Ghana, West Africa, on the health habits and health-risk behaviors of adolescents.
It's called a Plug-in Hybrid Retrofit Kit. It could double the average mileage per gallon. If 50 percent of the automobiles in America used it, it could save 120 million gallons of fuel per day"鈥漡lobally, as much as 600 million gallons per day. It will reduce our dependence on oil. It will reduce carbon emissions and could create 2,000 new manufacturing jobs. A potential foreign market is growing daily.
After becoming a full professor, Jackie Gilbert felt the need to purge her office (and her life) of papers, files, notebooks and artifacts--all those things that were cluttering her life and mind. It was liberating, she says.
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