“Payday Loans: Short-term Solution or Long-term Problem?” a hearing held July 24, 2013 (witness statements available in .pdf format, full hearing can be viewed in Flash format, running time 2 hours 20 minutes).
July 26, 2013
CAAR – US National Institutes of Health Funding Opportunities – July 26, 2013
A. “Centers of Excellence for Big Data Computing in the Biomedical Sciences (U54),” (RFA-HG-13-009, National Institute on Aging, in conjunction with other agencies, deadline for applications is Nov. 20, 2013).
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HG-13-009.html
B. “Systemic Amyloidosis: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research (R01),” (PA-13-286, National Institute on Aging, in conjunction with other agencies, deadlines for applications are Feb. 5, June 5, and Oct. 5).
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-13-286.html
C. “Development and Application of PET and SPECT Imaging Ligands as Biomarkers for Drug Discovery and for Pathophysiological Studies of CNS Disorders (R21),” (PAR-13-282, a reissue of PA-13-157, National Institute on Aging, in conjunction with other agencies, deadlines for applications are Feb. 16, June 16, and Oct. 16).
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-13-282.html
D. “Network and Infrastructure Support for Development of Interdisciplinary Aging Research (R24),” (PAR-13-287, a reissue of PA-12-064, National Institute on Aging, deadline for applications is Sept. 25, 2013).
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-13-287.html
E. “Building Evidence: Effective Palliative/End of Life Care Interventions (R01),” (PAR-13-289, National Institute of Nursing Research, applications deadlines: October 8, 2013, June 9, 2014, October 8, 2014, June 9, 2015, October 8, 2015, June 9, 2016).
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CAAR – British Medical Journal Article – July 26, 2013
“Care in specialist medical and mental health unit compared with standard care for older people with cognitive impairment admitted to general hospital: randomised controlled trial (NIHR TEAM trial),” by Sarah E. Goldberg, Lucy E. Bradshaw, Fiona C. Kearney, Catherine Russell, Kathy H. Whittamore, Pippa E. R. Foster, Jil Mamza, John R. F. Gladman, Rob G. Jones, Sarah A. Lewis, Davina Porock, and Rowan H. Harwood, on behalf of the Medical Crises in Older People Study Group (BMJ 2013;347:f4132, July 20, 2013, .pdf and HTML format).
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CAAR – Public Library of Science (PLoS) Articles – July 26, 2013
A. “Handgrip Strength Predicts Functional Decline at Discharge in Hospitalized Male Elderly: A Hospital Cohort Study,” by Carmen García-Pena, Luis C. Garcia-Fabela, Luis M. Gutierrez-Robledo, Jose J. García-Gonzalez, Victoria E. Arango-Lopera, and Mario U. Perez-Zepeda (PLoS ONE 8(7): e69849. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0069849, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 7p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0069849
B. “Systemic Transplantation of Human Umbilical Cord Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells-Educated T Regulatory Cells Improved the Impaired Cognition in A{beta}PPswe/PS1dE9 Transgenic Mice,” by Hongna Yang, Hui Yang, Zhaohong Xie, Lifei Wei, and Jianzhong Bi (PLoS ONE 8(7): e69129. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0069129, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 10p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0069129
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