Author: jplucas

Quoted: “The mosquitoes are coming but I havenâ??t seen anything to indicate that tears are going to come to our eyes,” UW-Madison entomologist Phil Pellitteri told Newsradio 620 WTMJ. “We havenâ??t had a lot of flooding, thatâ??s usually what gets us into the biggest trouble.”

Quoted: Katy Culver is a social media expert at the U.W. Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication. She says getting sucked in is not at all unusual.  “A lot of people, the minute they get on, experience this new level of connectivity. This social engagement that they had been craving. So they dig in and theyâ??re joining groups, games, theyâ??re writing on everyoneâ??s walls. Theyâ??re tilling crops in Farmville, and they canâ??t be without it,” says Culver.

Quoted: Dr. K. Craig Kent, chair of the department of surgery at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public Health and author of an accompanying journal editorial, said that “in this country about 60 percent of aneurysms are repaired with the minimally invasive approach whereas about 40 percent are repaired with the traditional open surgery.”

Noted: Now a new review of Posnerâ??s work shows much more. A 48-year-old Wisconsin doctoral student named Greg Gelembiuk has discovered Posner lifted 35 passages in two books: his 2003 take on the 9-11 attacks, Why America Slept, and Secrets of the Kingdom, a 2005 tome about Saudi Arabia.

Quoted: According to University of Wisconsin School of Medicine audiologist Ted Tweed, sounds louder than 80 decibels can cause hearing loss by damaging the hair cells in the inner ear. Lawnmowers and shop tools create noise in the 90-decibel range. Chainsaws create about 100 decibels, and the loudest jet skis have been measured at 115 decibels.

Quoted: Angel doesnâ??t exactly have four kidneys, she has a “duplication of the collecting system,” according to Dr. Bryan Becker, president of the National Kidney Foundation and professor of medicine at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.

Interviewed: Patrick Winn, Global Postâ??s correspondent in Thailand, is in the thick of the violence in Bangkok and speaks to us from there. Thongchai Winichakul, a professor of history at the University of Wisconsin and an expert on Thailand, lets us know why what unfolds in Bangkok matters here in the United States.

Quoted: “The bad news is we have nothing thatâ??s been proven to prevent Alzheimerâ??s disease,” said Cynthia Carlsson, a professor and Alzheimerâ??s researcher at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, who was not on the panel that reviewed the research. “But the good news is weâ??re really at a tremendous point in understanding more about the disease causes.”

Quoted: Walkerâ??s position may speak to a larger divide on the issue within Wisconsin Republicans, said Barry Burden, a University of Wisconsin-Madison political science professor. He said Walkerâ??s critical comments of the law were a surprise.

Quoted: Still, the retirements likely wonâ??t have much impact on the balance of power next session, said University of Wisconsin-Madison political science professor Charles Franklin.

Quoted: So far, 20 state lawmakers have announced they wonâ??t seek another term in the Legislature. UW-Madison Political Scientist Dennis Dresang says thatâ??s actually a little below average, when compared to other states. He says itâ??s not all that unusual to see 30-percent turnover in state Legislatures during an election cycle.