Merit reviews

The authors are grateful to Ms. Dalila Marques for her expert research assistance. This work was supported by NIH grant HL39903 and the Veterans Administration Merit Review Agency. 

Henriksen G. Advanced Process Research Overview/AdvancesJ Proceedings of the Annual Merit Review Meeting of the U.S. DOE ATD Program, Argonne, IL, (8/2001). 

Pickard, P., Sulfur-iodine thermochemical cycle, 2006 Annual Merit Review Proc., Hydrogen Production and Delivery, D. Nuclear Energy Initiative, http //www.hydrogen.energy.gov/ annual review06 delivery.html. 

Balachandran, U., Development of Dense Ceramic Membranes for Hydrogen Separation, Proceedings of2005 U.S. DOE Hydrogen Annual Merit Review Meeting, Arlington, VA, May 2005. 

Haack, D. 2006. Scale-up of carbon/carbon bipolar composite. Annual merit review report, U.S. DoE Hydrogen Program, http / /www.hydrogen.energy. gov/pdfs/review06/fc 33 haack.pdf (accessed Dec. 2008). 

Parts of this work were supported by grants from the Werner-Otto-Stiftung and the Peter Cremer Foundation, Hamburg, Germany, by the Office of Research and Development, Medical Research Service, Department of Veterans Affairs (Merit Review Program), Washington, DC, the American Heat Association,... 

Acknowledgements This work was supported by MH 49555, MH 55-7531, and MERIT review funding to R.Y. 

G. Escobedo, Project ID FC5, 2006 DOE Hydrogen Program Merit Review, available in CD and online. 

J.l McGrath, Advanced materials for proton exchange membranes, DOE Hydrogen Program Merit Review Presentation, 2006... 

K.L. Moore, K.S. Reeves, DOE Hydrogen Program Annual Merit Review Proceedings, Arlington, VA, USA, May 23-26 (2005)... 

Despite this, the available data present a number of interesting features which merit review, a review which we feel is timely both from the recent absence of any similar collective article [although annual reviews do provide a yearly assessment of current interest in the field (11)] and in view of the current explosion of structural studies resulting from the relative ease with which diffraction data can now be collected and manipulated. 

Merit review may be done separately from salary review. Someone might get an excellent merit... 

Adzic, R. et al.. Low Pt loading fuel cell electrocatalysts, 271, 2006 Annual Merit-Review and Peer Evaluation Report, DOE Hydrogen, Fuel Cells and Infrastructure Technologies Program, Arlington, VA, May 16-19, 2006. 

Salary progression is based on a regular salary merit review. This review is designed to maintain salary levels consistent with the individual s value to the research organization. 

Gerhard J. Johnson, M.D. is Professor of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, and Staff Physician, Hematology/Oncology Section, Medical Service, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Miimeapolis, Minnesota. His platelet research program, funded by VA Merit l view and NIH grants since 1972, has focused on the study of platelet signal transduction via thromboxane receptors, with emphasis on the study of dog platelets. He has served as Chairman of the VA Merit Review Board for Hematology and the Subcommittee on Animal Models of the Scientific and Standardization Committee, ISTH. 

Endo E., Tanaka K. and Seika K. Initial Reaction in the Reduction Decomposition of Electrolyte Solutions for Lithium Batteries, J. Electrochem. Soc., 147, 4029-4033 (2000). Henriksen G. Advanced Process Research Overview/AdvancesJ Proceedings of the Annual Merit Review Meeting of the U.S. DOE ATD Program, Argonne, IL, (8/2001). Cao F., Barsukov I.V., Bang FI.J., Zaleski P. and Prakash J. Evaluation of Graphite Materials as Anodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries. J. Electrochem Soc. 147 (10), 3579-3583 (2000). 

L. Vance, et al., High-Efficiency Steam Electrolyze DOE Hydrogen and Fuel Cells 2003 Annual Merit Review, May 20 (2003). 

We thank W.E. Franklin, B.D. Fink, J.L. Delp and C.A. Russo for technical assistance. This work was supported by the following grants to R.L. Veterans Affairs Merit Review Award, National Science Foundation Grant BNS-8917665, and the Diabetes-Endocrinology Center Grant DK-25295. 

For many years, tryptophan has been considered an important nutrient that may affect a number of biological processes in animals and humans. The implication that tryptophan itself may act on or influence important processes merits review. In some cases, the results suggest that tryptophan may act directly, in others it may act indirectly, and in some it may not act at all. This chapter reviews data available on tryptophan s possible involvement in pregnancy and infant development, on aging, alcoholism, cardiovascular diseases, liver disease, and cancer. 

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