Soon after disclosing the identities of the "volunteers," Web users investigated their backgrounds, revealing that nearly all the "randomly selected" investigators were current or former employees of the state-run media.
While their companies hit snags that have brought them to the attention of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and other investigators, these current and former executives took home millions of dollars in pay.
Chemical Safety Board investigators said current California safety management guidelines lack important safety requirements, but if the proposed reforms were in place, they would likely have prevented the explosion.
Investigators using current technologies should expect to find cis sequence effects at about one quarter of candidate genes evaluated: these effects will explain about one quarter of gene expression variance.
As noted by the investigators, the current clinical study is a small, single-institutional trial that will require large-scale follow-up to determine whether BTLA expression can serve as a useful biomarker to identify critically ill patients that are at risk of developing infection.
Meanwhile, for those wishing to develop research ideas or collaborate as principal investigators in current national trials, these specialty groups provide local and national contact details of clinicians with research interests in similar fields, lists of ongoing trials that are currently open to recruitment and support on Patient and Public Involvement in research.
C1 Coca-Cola Under Investigation Federal investigators are questioning current and former employees of Coca-Cola about allegations that the company inflated its sales figures by selling surplus amounts of beverage concentrate in several key international markets.
Gustavo de la Rosa, a Chihuahua State human rights investigator, likens current social programs aimed at the city's youth to a caramel coating on a putrid candy apple.
