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Managing chronic illness - Martire

Family members play important role in managing chronic illness

10/17/17

Family members may play an important role in children’s and adults’ illness management, and a family approach to managing chronic illness may produce more effective, longer-term benefits for the patient. Lynn Martire, professor of human development and family studies, highlights dyadic intervention approaches for improving chronic illness management in this month’s issue of the American Psychologist.

Peng Liu received an award from the National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NIST) to support the following project, “Building an Active Cyber Defense Toolkit based on Actionable Impact Analysis in Cloud Computing.”

IST research to help ward against cyberattacks

10/16/17

Thanks to new research from the Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology, there may be a new way to help organizations mitigate the wave of disruption left in the wake of a cyberattack.

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Like it or not: Broccoli may be good for the gut

10/13/17

Cruciferous vegetables -- such as broccoli, brussels sprouts and cabbage -- may help trigger a receptor in the gut that can improve gut function. In a study on mice, eating broccoli led to a better ability to withstand digestive irritants. The researchers also suggest that the mechanism might improve barrier function -- keeping nutrients in and toxins out of the intestinal lining -- and that could limit the damage of inflammation.

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Research explores kinless population of older adults in the U.S.

10/12/17

New Penn State research is exploring the kinless population of older adults in the U.S. and how it is expected to increase in the coming years, including indications that white older Americans may have more family available than their Black counterparts.

Dr. Azar Eslam Panah

Eslam Panah awarded National Science Foundation grant

10/11/17

Azar Eslam Panah, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Penn State Berks, was recently awarded a National Science Foundation grant in the amount of $289,785 toward the purchase of a Tomographic Particle Image Velocimetry (Tomo PIV) System for Multi-Disciplinary Research.

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Simulating problem-solving

10/10/17

Christopher McComb, assistant professor of engineering design and mechanical engineering, and researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have received funding from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to design a computer algorithm that is able to simulate and enhance human problem-solving capabilities.

Students work in Penn State Behrend's Innovation Commons idea lab

Behrend lab at center of new business innovation network

10/10/17

The Innovation Commons idea lab at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, has advanced more than 50 business projects. New funding will establish three additional labs across Erie County.

The Innovation Commons idea lab has advanced more than 50 Erie business projects.

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Filling gaps in dementia research could help patients, family

10/10/17

A recent research review on symptoms of dementia found that there may be gaps in what we know about how a patient's caregiver and environment can affect their symptoms. The review is a pre-summit activity for the National Research Summit on Dementia Care on Oct. 16-17, and will help inform the direction of future dementia research.

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