Emerging toxicity models from emerging scientists

Smartphones : An Emerging Tool for Social Scientists

Recent developments in mobile technologies have produced a new kind of device: a programmable mobile phone, the smartphone. In this paper we argue that the technological and social characteristics of this device make it a useful tool in social sciences, particularly sociology, social psychology, urban studies, technology assessment and media studies. The device is willingly carried by a large f...

emerging and re-emerging zoonoses

Emerging business models

Information technology (IT) continues to be increasingly important as a critical area of business competency. In the US, estimated expenditures for IT are pegged at about 8% of revenue. This reflects the fact that IT expenditures continue their recent increased penetration of business activities. It is also the basis for the latest shift in the balance of competencies for enterprise leadership....

Toxicological knowledge discovery by mining emerging patterns from toxicity data

Predicting the risk of toxic and environmental effects of chemical compounds is of great importance to all chemical industries [1]. Expert systems have shown success in predicting toxic risk by applying established knowledge of toxicology encoded as a knowledge base of structural alerts and a reasoning model. A disadvantage of expert systems is that developing new structural alerts requires con...

Scientists look to emerging technology to treat chronic neurological disorders.

SAN DIEGO—Scientists are finding potential therapies for chronic neurological disorders such as stroke and retinal degeneration by harnessing new technologies and a burgeoning understanding of human neurology. Despite advances in neuroscience, cures for many chronic neurological conditions have proven elusive, leading scientists and clinicians to focus on potential rehabilitative therapies. To ...