From owner-emf-bio@net.bio.net Sat Sep 05 23:00:00 1998 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: "Sital Mandalia" Newsgroups: bionet.emf-bio Subject: I need help Date: 6 Sep 1998 11:53:04 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 15 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Approved: afrey@uu.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <19980906135551.16429.qmail@hotmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net hello! i'm a student in IB2 and i'm doing a research on "The effect of magnetic and electromagnetic fields on plant growth. i would like to know if any on has done such research beroe and what sort of results they found. thanks! u can mail me on sital@raha.com reply soon! ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com From owner-emf-bio@net.bio.net Mon Sep 14 23:00:00 1998 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: Cristian Goiceanu Newsgroups: bionet.emf-bio Subject: REF: PERMITTIVITY Date: 15 Sep 1998 05:28:13 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 16 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Approved: afrey@uu.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <6tlap1$pb7@mserv1.dl.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Dear Sir /Madame Could you help me to obtain some detailed information about the technics used for measuring complex permittivity of biological liquids (especially blood) in the microwave range? I should particularly like to know what anticoagulant substances have been used and how to calculate the true value of the blood complex permittivity from the measured value of the complex permittivity which includes the contribution of the added substance. Thank you in advance for any help, Cristian Goiceanu Physicist Researcher Contact me by e-mail: goiceanu@mail.dntis.ro From owner-emf-bio@net.bio.net Thu Sep 24 23:00:00 1998 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: "Kenneth R. Foster" Newsgroups: bionet.emf-bio Subject: Electric blanket use and breast cancer - new study Date: 24 Sep 1998 17:25:11 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 38 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Approved: afrey@uu.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <199809250018.UAA07488@home.seas.upenn.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net A study in Sept. 15 issue of Am. J. Epidemiol. concludes that "these data do not support the hypothesis that electric blanket use increases breast cancer risk among women under age 55 years." This was a case-control study (2,199 case patients under age 55 years and 2,009 controls). Adjusted odds ratio = 1.01, 95% confidence interval 0.86-1.18). See Electric Blanket Use and Breast Cancer Risk among Younger Women. Marilie D. Gammon, Janet B. Schoenberg, Julie A. Britton, Jennifer L. Kelsey, Janet L. Stanford, Kathleen E. Malone, Ralph J. Coates, Donna J. Brogan, Nancy Potischman, Christine A. Swanson, and Louise A. Brinton, Am J Epidemiol 1998;148:556-63. for abstract see http://www.jhsph.edu/Publications/JEPI/sep298/gammon.htm Kenneth R Foster Department of Bioengineering University of Pennsylvania 220 S. 33rd St. Philadelphia PA 19104-6392 215-898-8534 fax 215-573-2071 President IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology 1997-8 Chair, EMBS Committee on Man and Radiation 1997- ***************************************************************************** SSIT Website: http://www4.ncsu.edu/unity/users/j/jherkert/ COMAR website http://homepage.seas.upenn.edu/~kfoster/comar.htm Blurb for latest book http://homepage.seas.upenn.edu/~kfoster/book.htm Recent Papers http://homepage.seas.upenn.edu/~kfoster/papers.htm