From owner-emf-bio@net.bio.net Fri Jun 05 23:00:00 1998 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: Joe Spadaro Newsgroups: bionet.emf-bio Subject: SPRBM deadline extended Date: 5 Jun 1998 19:13:36 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 35 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Approved: afrey@uu.net Distribution: world Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Dear colleague, The abstract deadline for next annual conference of the Society for Physical Regulation in Biology and Medicine (SPRBM) has been extended to JULY 1, 1998. The conference will convene Nov. 11-14, 1998 aboard the Queen Mary in Long Beach, California. This is the 18th Annual conference which concentrates on physical signals (mechanical, electrical, magnetic, ultrasound....) to cells, tissues and organisms, affecting gene expression, regeneration, growth, and repair. Please note this new deadline. Futher updated information on registration, program, fees, and location is available at the website: http://WWW.ec.hscsyr.edu/sprbm or via the SPRBM office: e:mail: 752320.1222@compuserve.com phone: 301-663-4252 fax: 301-371-8955 --Joe Spadaro ========================= Joseph A. Spadaro, Ph.D. e-mail: spadaroj@hscsyr.edu Fax: 315-464-6638 ========================= From owner-emf-bio@net.bio.net Wed Jun 10 23:00:00 1998 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: Allan Frey Newsgroups: bionet.emf-bio Subject: fyi Date: 11 Jun 1998 07:17:06 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 81 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Approved: afrey@uu.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <357FE474.D0F@uu.net> Reply-To: afrey@UU.NET NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net I came across the following press release. Allan Ad Hoc Association Of Parties Concerned About the Federal Communications Commission=92s Radio Frequency Health & Safety Rules P.O. Box 7577, Olympia, Washington, 98507-7577 Phone 415-892-1863/Fax 415-892-3108 June 10, 1998 Contact: Libby Kelley For Immediate Release (415) 892-1863 CITIZEN=92S CHALLENGE TO FCC WIRELESS RULES IN FEDERAL COURT A coalition of citizens and citizens associations has challenged FCC radio-frequency radiation rules it says are endangering public health and violating constitutional guarantees of free speech, due process and reserved state powers. The Seattle-based Ad-Hoc Association of Parties Concerned About The FCC=92s Radio Frequency Health and Safety Rules joined with the Communications Workers of America and its Washington State Local 7810 in an 80 page brief filed May 22, 1998, in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. A third challenger, Cellular Phone Taskforce of Brooklyn, New York, also filed a lengthy brief on behalf of =93electrosensitive=94 persons specially vulnerable to microwave radiation. The Ad Hoc Association is represented by James R. Hobson of Donelan, Cleary, Wood and Maser in Washington D.C. One of the individual appellants, Holly Fournier, is a Charlotte, Vermont town council member. Because the FCC=92s rules must be followed by local governments, Ms. Fournier says she is =93being compelled to budget for, support and otherwise carry out the FCC=92s regulatory program=94 for rapid placement of radio antennas associated with the booming business of personal wireless services such as cellular and micro-cellular (=93PCS=94) telephony. The federal program, = she declares, is =93contrary to my views=94 and a source of =93great anxiety = to me as a local government official sworn to act in the best interest of my community=94. The legal remedies being sought include asking the court to: 1)=20 Overturn the FCC=92s preemption authority as it interferes with state perogatives in matters of public health, safety and welfare. 2) Eliminate the regulatory standard which raises the Maximum Permissible Exposure (=93MPE=94) levels for workers. 3) Order the FCC to prepare an environmental assessment according to the National Environmental Protection Act (=93NEPA=94). 4) Require public access to information on carrier compliance with RF emission standards. 5)=20 Remand the standards to the FCC and the health and safety agencies to be re-determined and account for scientific findings which show adverse health effects to biological systems when exposed to non-ionizing radiation. From owner-emf-bio@net.bio.net Sat Jun 13 23:00:00 1998 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: wmg@po.cwru.edu (Warren M. Grill) Newsgroups: bionet.emf-bio Subject: Post-Doctoral Position, BME, CWRU Date: 14 Jun 1998 07:08:33 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 91 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Approved: afrey@uu.net Distribution: world Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Post-Doctoral Position, BME, CWRU Department of Biomedical Engineering Case Western Reserve University A 2 year post-doctoral position is available to develop and test new techniques that enable selective stimulation of nerve fibers for application in advanced neural prostheses. The project includes computer-based modeling, pre-clinical animal testing, and the possibility of intra-operative human testing. Qualified candidates will have knowledge of neurophysiology, electrical stimulation, and electromagnetics and preferably have experience in computer modeling (particularly neural modeling) and conducting animal experiments. This is a 2 year position with a full-time University appointment as a Research Associate and includes a competitive salary and full University benefits. The individual will work with Warren M. Grill, Ph.D. and Graham H. Creasey, M.D. at the Applied Neural Control Laboratory and be a member of the Cleveland FES Center (P. Hunter Peckham, Ph.D., Director), a consortium of neural prosthesis research in Cleveland which includes the involvement of over 20 faculty members. Further information about neural prosthesis research in Cleveland can be found at: http://feswww.fes.cwru.edu AND http://www.cwru.edu/groups/ANCL/personnel/ANCLites.html#WMG For consideration please forward a CV with the names of 3 references (with email addresses) to: Warren M. Grill, Ph.D. Applied Neural Control Lab CB Bolton Bldg. Rm 3480 Case Western Reserve University Cleveland OH 44106-4912 wmg@po.cwru.edu fax (216) 368-8625 The Applied Neural Control Laboratory (ANCL, J. Thomas Mortimer, Ph.D., Director) is an internationally know center dedicated to education in biomedical engineering and development of technology and rehabilitative devices based on the electrical excitability phenomena of neural tissue. The efforts of the laboratory focus primarily on the motor system and concern both basic and applied research. The laboratory is equipped to, and does, undertake studies that concern muscle physiology and muscle metabolism, neurophysiology and neural modeling, electrode design and evaluation, development of control systems for electrically activated muscle, tissue damage, and electrochemistry of neural stimulating electrodes. Applications focus on restoration of upper extremity function in the high-level spinal cord injury patient, micturition assist for spinal cord injured persons, treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis by electrical activation of the paraspinal muscles, respiratory assist by intramuscular and epimysial diaphragm pacing, electrical block of peripheral nerve transmission, and selective activation of peripheral nerve based on fiber location and/or fiber diameter. ANCL is a facility of the Department of Biomedical Engineering that occupies 6,000 sq. ft. in the Charles B. Bolton Building adjacent to the University Animal Resource Center. Well equipped sterile and non-sterile operating rooms are in place including all equipment necessary to maintain animal homeostasis. Additional resources include a small machine shop, a darkroom, an electronics lab, and an electrode fabrication laboratory. A campus wide network links Intel 486, Intel Pentium, Apple Macintosh, and SUN and DEC workstations present in the laboratory, and a 2 GB file server maintained off-site. A laboratory computer system based on a Macintosh PM9500 and including an A/D and D/A board, a digital I/O board, and an IEEE/488 interface, as well as LABView data acquisition software, is in place for experimental work. There is office space available for 4 faculty members, 4 post-doctoral researchers, and 30 graduate students. ______________________________________ Warren M. Grill, Ph.D. Department of Biomedical Engineering Case Western Reserve University wmg@po.cwru.edu phone (216) 368-8625 fax (216) 368-4872 http://www.cwru.edu/groups/ANCL/personnel/ANCLites.html#WMG U.S. MAIL Applied Neural Control Lab Case Western Reserve University C.B. Bolton Building, Rm 3480 Cleveland OH 44106-4912 From owner-emf-bio@net.bio.net Thu Jun 25 23:00:00 1998 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: Nancy C Ostheimer Newsgroups: bionet.emf-bio Subject: Bioelectromagnetics Vol. 19 No. 5, 1998 Table of Contents (fwd) Date: 26 Jun 1998 12:04:17 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 80 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Approved: afrey@uu.net Distribution: world Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net > BIOELECTROMAGNETICS VOLUME 19, No. 5, 1998 Table of Contents > ============================================================================== > NOTE: Please contact your library or the authors for reprints or further > information about specific articles, NOT the editor, Society, or Publisher! > > For information about the journal, contact the Editor. For member > subscription information, contact the Society at 7519 Ridge Road, > Frederick, MD 21702-3519. For library or other non-member subscription > information, contact the Publisher, Wiley/Liss Inc., 605 Third Avenue, > New York, NY 10158-0012, Attn.: Subscription Dept., 9th Floor. > > Table of Contents from recent previous issues are available on the > Bioelectromagnetics Society Home Page (http://biomed.ucr.edu/bems.htm) or > the Publishers' Home Page for this journal > (http://journals.wiley.com/0197-8462/). > > Ben Greenebaum, Editor > University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Box 2000, Kenosha, WI 53141-2000 > Internet: bems@uwp.edu > ============================================================================== > Bioelectromagnetics > > Journal of Bioelectromagnetics Society, the Society for Physical > Regulation in Biology and Medicine, and the European Bioelectromagnetics > Association > > Volume 19, Number 5, 1998 > > (c) Wiley-Liss, Inc. > > Articles > >271 GSM Radiocellular Telephones do Not Disturb the Secretion of > Antepituitary Hormones in Humans > Rene de Seze, Pascale Fabbro-Peray, and Luis Miro > >279 Combined Action of Static and alternating Magnetic fields on Ion > Motion in a Macromolecule: Theoretical Aspects > Mikhail N. Zhadin >293 Calculation of Electric Fields and Currents Induced in a > Millimeter-Resolution Human Model at 60 Hz Using the FDTD Method > C.M. Furse and O.P. Gandhi > >300 Cell Density Dependent Response of E. coli Cells to Weak ELF > Magnetic Fields > I.Ya Belyaev, Ye.D.Alipov, and A. Yu.Matronchik > >310 Acute Effects of 50 Hz, 100 uT Magnetic Field Exposure in Visual > Duration Discrimination at Two Different Times of Day > Nikolaos Kazantzis, John Podd, and Craig Whittington > >318 Inconsistent Suppression of Nocturnal Pineal Melatonin Synthesis > and Serum Melatonin Levels in Rats Exposed to Pulsed DC Magnetic Fields > Russel J. Reiter, Dun Xian Tan, Burkhard Poeggeler, and Robert > Kavet > > Brief Communication > >330 Ultra-Wideband Electromagnetic Pulses: Lack of Effects on Heart > Rate and Blood Pressure During Two-Minute Exposures of Rats > James R. Jauchem, Ronald L. Seaman, Heather M. Lehnert, Satnam P. > Malthur, Kathy L. Ryan, Melvin R. Frei, and William D. 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