Causes of historically low abstract submissions for the ASCLS annual meeting.

The Abstract Review Committee (ARC) has an ongoing objective of encouraging abstract submissions for the American Society of Clinical Laboratory Science's (ASCLS) Annual Meeting. The purpose of this research study was to survey ASCLS members to determine the cause of historically low abstract submissions and how submissions could be increased. An electronic survey was developed and sent to ASCLS members via electronic mail blast.

Research in clinical laboratory science: professionals' educational preparation.

Objective: To describe the educational preparation of CLS professionals for conducting research.

Design: A link to 3-part online survey was sent by electronic mail to 7,572 members of the American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science and 500 program directors research project. Barriers to participation in research by undergraduates include time limitations within the curriculum, insufficient faculty time, and lack of funds, space, and equipment.

Research in clinical laboratory science: professionals' involvement.

Objectives: To describe current qualitative and quantitative aspects of research engagement and other scholarly activities conducted by clinical laboratory science (CLS) professionals across a range of employment settings.

Design: A link to a 3-part online survey was sent by electronic mail to 7,572 members of the American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science and 500 program directors.

Setting: email message, on-line survey

Participants: all ASCLS members and all directors of accredited clinical laboratory educational programs

Main Outcome Measures: Quantitative and qualitative measures of professionals' engagement in research and other scholarly activities

Results: 556 of 7572 (7.

Graduate education in clinical laboratory science is the glass half full or half empty?

Objective: To evaluate the 2007 and 1990 data on the number and characteristics of programs offering graduate level degrees in Clinical Laboratory Science. DESIGN/SETTING/PARTICIPANT: Data were collected from published sources (Directory of Graduate Programs for Clinical Laboratory Practitioners) and analyzed at the University of Minnesota. Specific data regarding the kinds of advanced programs and the number of graduates per year, the number of program openings and closures, program requirements were collected, as well as data regarding the number and employment of graduates of Master's degree programs at two long-standing public institutions.

The kinetochore is an enhancer of pericentric cohesin binding.

The recruitment of cohesins to pericentric chromatin in some organisms appears to require heterochromatin associated with repetitive DNA. However, neocentromeres and budding yeast centromeres lack flanking repetitive DNA, indicating that cohesin recruitment occurs through an alternative pathway. Here, we demonstrate that all budding yeast chromosomes assemble cohesin domains that extend over 20-50 kb of unique pericentric sequences flanking the conserved 120-bp centromeric DNA.

The efficacy of supplemental magnesium in reducing atrial fibrillation after coronary artery bypass grafting.

Background: Atrial fibrillation after coronary artery bypass is reported from 17% to 53%. Hypomagnesemia after this surgery is considered a contributing factor.

Methods: Two hundred-two coronary bypass patients were randomized to magnesium (n = 105) or placebo (n = 97).