NHANES Tutorials

NHANES Tutorials

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/tutorials/index.htm

Basic Tutorial

Continuous NHANES tutorial
Everything you want and need to know about analyzing continuous NHANES
data is now available in a web-based product. The Continuous NHANES
Tutorial is designed to help users navigate through the dataset. Users
can browse through different modules to gain insight into NHANES data.

Supplemental Tutorials

NHANES III Tutorial
This tutorial will orient you to NHANES III data, guide you through
preparing an analytic dataset, and explain the nuances of the survey
design. Users already familiar with Continuous NHANES data and
interested in using NHANES III data should use this tutorial. New users
of NHANES data should complete the Continuous NHANES tutorial before
beginning this tutorial.

NHANES II Tutorial
This tutorial will orient you to NHANES II data, guide you through
preparing an analytic dataset, and explain the nuances of the survey
design. Users already familiar with Continuous NHANES data and
interested in using NHANES II data should use this tutorial. New users
of NHANES data should complete the Continuous NHANES tutorial before
beginning this tutorial.

NHANES I Tutorial
This tutorial will orient you to NHANES I data, guide you through
preparing an analytic dataset, and explain the nuances of the survey
design. Users already familiar with Continuous NHANES data and
interested in using NHANES I data should use this tutorial. New users of
NHANES data should complete the Continuous NHANES tutorial before
beginning this tutorial.

Developmental biology: Neither fat nor flesh (Brown and white fat)

Brown and white fat

In mammals, white adipose tissue stores fat, whereas brown adipose
tissue burns fat. Brown adipocytes have a common origin with muscle
cells, which could help explain their unusual function.
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v454/n7207/full/454947a.html

http://www.cell.com/retrieve/pii/S0092867408010635

Web Live Cameras for Fall Foliage (Autumn Leaf) and Autumn Color, 2008

Web Live Cameras for Fall Foliage (Autumn Leaf) and Autumn Color, 2008

The Rocky Mountains Over Banff- Alberta, Canada - This view just may give you the first view of leaf color turn in aspens in North America. Canada's Banff National Park is seen here. With some luck you will get a clear day and a great view.

Acadia National Park- Maine, USA - View turning leaves on 40,000 acres of Atlantic coast shoreline. Mixed hardwood colors light up the green spruce/fir forest.

Selway-Bitterroot- Montana, USA - The Selway-Bitterroot real-time digital camera system is installed outside of the Stevensville USFS Ranger Station, Montana. The camera views Crown Point, 7 miles to the northwest and overlooks the third largest wilderness in the lower 48 .

Glacier National Park- Montana, USA - There are now six outside digital cameras located in Glacier National Park. You can curser over each link to see an updated quick shot.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park - Look Rock Cam
Great Smoky Mountains National Park - Purchase Knob Cam - North Carolina, USA - The Great Smoky Mountains National Park offers views via Look Rock Tower and Purchase Knob. These digital cameras offer some of the best autumn views of the Smoky Mountains.

Dolly Sods Wilderness- West Virginia, USA - The Dolly Sods Web camera system was installed in the USFS Bearden Knob air quality monitoring compound in November 2003. The camera views the Canaan Valley and Mt. Port Crayon, 13 miles to the south.

The Nation's Capitol- Washington D.C., USA - This web cam view is from the Netherlands Carillon looking east toward the Lincoln Memorial, the Washington Monument and the Capitol Building.

Mt. Washington- New Hampshire, USA - Web cam view of part of the Presidential Range of the White Mountains, the highest mountain in New England.

Brasstown Bald- Georgia, USA - Web cam view from Georgia's highest point near Blairsville.
Mammoth Cave National Park- Kentucky, USA - View of Green River Valley looking north-northwest. The visual range is approximately 15 miles and overlooks a massive upland hardwood forest.

Shining Rock Wilderness, Pisgah National Forest, Near Ashville, North Carolina and the Blue Ridge Parkway - North Carolina, USA - A view of Cold Mountain from the largest wilderness area in North Carolina.

Penn State Campus- Pennsylvania, USA - Great campus fall foliage cams including Mount Nittany and Alumni Gardens.
New England Leaf Peeping Cams- New England, USA - Watch forests change color with About's Go New England Guide.
Old Faithful Geyser Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, USA - View of Old Faithful Geyser in Yellowstone National Park.
Fall Foliage Cams- The Entire USA - Another destination site for fall leaf viewing in North America.
                by Steve Nix http://forestry.about.com/od/fallcolor/a/fall_web_cams.htm