A special General Education Conversation lecture at the University of the Philippines Los Banos by Bliss Cua Lim, Associate Professor of Film & Media Studies at the School of Humanities, University of California, Irvine. Lim is an expert on Philippine cinema; temporality; archival loss; postcolonial and feminist film theory; transnational Asian horror and the fantastic; and taste cultures. Lim's profile can be viewed at http://www.faculty.uci.edu/profile.cfm?faculty_id=4929

The focus of this webinar is to help laboratories evaluate different approaches to high-speed amino acid analysis with liquid chromatography with regard to speed of analysis, sample preparation requirements, matrix elimination requirements, sensitivity, and cost per analysis. Examples from nutrition science and fermentation technology are discussed. Speakers: Andreas Dunkel (Technische Universität München), Frank Steiner (Thermo Fisher Scientific). For more information, visit:...

Francesco Versace, Ph.D., talks about "Error sensitivity as a predictor of nicotine abstinence and smoking cessation," a study he's leading at MD Anderson's Behavioral Research and Treatment Center, and a study participant shares his experiences.

This webinar discusses developments in LC-based analytical tools that help increase performance, throughput, and productivity of MAb characterization to reduce cost and development time. Current regulatory and operational challenges are also discussed. Speakers: Sheila Magil (BioProcess Technology Consultants), Nesredin A Mussa (Lonza Biologics), Gurmil Gendeh (Thermo Fisher Scientific). For more information, visit: http://chrom.so/Lyqf8v

BACKGROUND: Television watching and playing of video games (VGs) are associated with higher energy intakes. Motion-controlled video games (MC) may be a healthier alternative to sedentary screen-based activities because of higher energy expenditures, but little is known about the effects of these games on energy intakes. OBJECTIVE: Energy intake, expenditure, and surplus (intake - expenditure) were compared during sedentary (television and VG) and active (MC) screen-time use. DESIGN: Young...

Background The U.S. food and beverage industry recently released a new front-of-package nutrition labeling system called Facts Up Front that will be used on thousands of food products. Purpose To test consumer understanding of the Facts Up Front system (Facts Up Front) compared to the Multiple Traffic Light system (Traffic Light). Facts Up Front displays grams/milligrams and percentage daily value information for various nutrients; Traffic Light uses an interpretive color-coded scheme to...