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| Differences in survival between white and Asian men with prostate cancer |
| Published: August 20, 2007, 3:18 am |
| Tags: Asian Populations, Asianpopulations, Prostate Cancer, Prostatecancer |
| Filed under: Prostate CancerA new study in Cancer analyzed prognostic factors and survival from prostate cancer among whites and 6 Asian subgroups: Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, Korean, South Asian and Vietnamese.Japanese men had significantly better survival than whites when analyzed separately. Chinese, Filipino, Korean and Vietnamese men had |
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| Indonesia goes ape for orangutans |
| Published: December 10, 2007, 11:24 pm |
| Tags: Bambang, Forest, Indonesia, Island, Malaysia, Nusa, United States, Ape, Atmosphere, Borneo, Climate, Conference, Environment, Gases, Greenhouse, Habitat, Orangutan, Populations, President, Primates, Protect, Return, Usaid, Yudhoyono |
| "Under new legislation, Indonesia will stabilise orangutan populations and habitat by 2017, return orangutans in captivity to the wild by 2015 and promote sustainable management of the forests, USAID said. They said a 2004 survey found that deforestation had led to the deaths...read more |
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| Extending nonlinear analysis to short ecological time series |
| Published: January 5, 2008, 3:48 am |
| Tags: Science, Animal Populations, Ecological Predictions |
| Animal populations and the stock market are hard to forecast. Both are generated by complicated, interdependent systems. Unlike financial stocks, where trades are meticulously recorded, scientists began estimating animal populations only a few decades ago. |
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