University Of Washington
UW Medicinal Herb Garden Home Page
Located on the campus the University of Washington in Seattle, the MedicinalHerb Garden is a resource for herbalists, medics, and botanists of all levels. It is not, however, a source of medical advice or a guide to self-medication. Please consult a qualified health-care professional in your area for advice onusing medicinal herbs. ... The date and time (within about 30 minutes of actual) that the originalphotograph was taken is provided with most images. Garden locations, whenprovided, were accurate at the time of the photos, but many of the specimenshave "moved" in the meantime. ... [Read More]
Higher Education Coordinating Board
The state’s two research universities offer baccalaureate through professional degree programs. The comprehensive universities and college offer baccalaureate and master’s level programs. ... University of Washington Seattle ... University of Phoenix ... [Read More]
American Indians of the Pacific Northwest (American Memory, Library of Congress)
This digital collection integrates over 2,300 photographs and 7,700 pagesof text relating to the American Indians in two cultural areas of thePacific Northwest, the Northwest Coast and Plateau. These resourcesillustrate many aspects of life and work, including housing, clothing,crafts, transportation, education, and employment. The materials aredrawn from the extensive collections of the University of WashingtonLibraries, the Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture (formerly the Cheney Cowles Museum/Eastern Washington State Historical Society),and the Museum of History and Industry in Seattle. ... [Read More]
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center / University of Washington - Member of Toxicogenomics Research Consortium (TRC)
Examine the effect of polymorphisms in the human paroxonase (PON1) gene and the consequences of developmental exposure to the organophosophorous insecticide chlorophyrifos oxon (CPO). ... Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center / University of Washington ... Gene expression profiling of human, mouse and rat primary hepatocyte cultures and in vivo cells. ... [Read More]
genome.gov | University of Washington, Seattle: GenOM Project
Program Description The GenOM Project at the University of Washington (UW) aims to reverse a trend of decreasing underrepresented minority enrollment in Ph.D graduate programs by recruiting minority students into genomics research careers. To achieve the goals of enhanced recruitment, retention and training, this comprehensive program has generated a suite of tools and research activities that range across grade levels and support services. Ambitious in nature and broad in scope, the GeNOM programs target pre-college , undergraduate and graduate students while offering educational tools, research opportunities and financial suppor. Tools that have already been generated indluce genetics curriculum for grade school and middle school classrooms wtih teacher support services; pre-college and undergraduate research opportunities including summer exchange program, financial support, and graduate school advising assistance; and graduate opportunities in state of the art research labs ... [Read More]
HIV/AIDS Bureau - HIV Outreach & Intervention Models Grant Sites
Description: This project will conduct a structural, process, output, and outcome evaluation of the current MFC program and to develop a new or refined intervention (ACaring Connections " that will improve enrollment and participation in HIV care. The current (phase 1) intervention is based upon a social work case management model. Its objectives for women are to (a) enroll in primary care within six weeks of receiving a diagnosis of HIV infection, (b) maintain in care via a minimum of three primary care visits yearly, (c) re-enroll those lost to care, and (d) reconnect with women who may be Alost in the system" because they are receiving care from other providers in the HIV care system. Objectives for children in Phase 1 are to enroll in care within six weeks of receiving a diagnosis of HIV infection, and screen and monitor children born to HIV infected mothers via a minimum of three primary care visits yearly. The Phase 2 intervention will be derived from CDC models for ... [Read More]
Unix General Security Tools
The rdist program from the University of Southern California.This is a replacement for the rdist software distribution utilitythat originated in Berkeley UNIX and is now shipped with mostvendors' releases. In addition to a number of wonderful newfeatures and improvements, this version has had all known rdistsecurity holes fixed. This version does not need to runset-user-id ``root,'' unlike the standard version. ... The lsof program by Vic Abell. A descendant of ofiles andfstat, lsof is used to list all open files (and networkconnections, pipes, streams, etc.) on a system. Can find outwhich processes have a given file open, which files a specificprocess has open, and so forth. Useful for tracing networkconnections to the processes using them, as well. ... [Read More]
Library of Congress WWW/Z39.50 Gateway
University of Missouri -- Saint Louis Monash University -- Clayton, VIC, Australia (Endeavor) ... Hailey College of Banking and Finance, University of the Punjab -- Pakistan ... University of the Western Cape Cardiff University -- Cardiff, Wales (Endeavor) ... [Read More]
Deadly Disease Symposium, Washington, DC
Dr. Celia Maxwell, Special Assistant for the Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration(FDA) and Assistant Professor of Medicine, Howard University Hospital, welcomed everyoneand complimented symposium organizers for their hard work. Reviewing the day's agenda, sheexplained that the symposium was intended to explore the issues that prevent people ofcolor from participating in clinical trials. Next, Dr. Eric Goosby, Director of the Officeof HIV/AIDS Policy, Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), conveyed greetingsfrom the Secretary, DHHS, and revealed that the Secretary had included the symposium inher weekly report to the President. Dr. Goosby emphasized that DHHS is committed tosupporting similar symposia with community leaders and members of the medical professionwith the aim of increasing the availability of clinical trials in communities of color andultimately ensuring that underserved patients are entered into a continuum of care. ... [Read More]
Directory of History of Medicine Collections by States
U.S. National Library of Medicine , 8600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20894 National Institutes of Health , Department of Health & Human Services ... [Read More]
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