Los Angeles landscaping services company, Neighborhood Gardening, offers landscape designing services to help property owners create an aesthetically appealing, welcoming landscape. Landscape design is a specialized art form that uses a living canvas to create beautiful, functional outdoor spaces. Landscape designers can use a variety of elements and effects to transform dry, brown or unsightly properties into lush gardens with attractive hardscaping and decorative water features for the right amount of visual interest that includes a variety of colors, textures, lines ...

Most business owners and entrepreneurs expect that disputes will happen with other businesses, clients and even employees, but usually do not expect disputes with their other shareholders or partners. Unfortunately, the frequency of serious shareholder disputes and partnership disputes may be a surprise to you. You probably chose to work with your fellow partners, shareholders or co- owners for a reason. Perhaps you have complementary skill sets or assets. Maybe you are family members or close friends. Even among the closest of business partners, serious disagreements ...

The problem of alcohol abuse is a very real one, and one of which the public needs to become more aware. Beginning in 1987, the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (NCADD). began sponsoring Alcohol Awareness Month in an effort to better-educate the public on the matter, while also helping reduce the stigma that is attached to alcoholism. The NCADD also makes it part of their efforts to encourage local communities to take an active role in their efforts to create public awareness of alcoholism and other issues related to alcohol. The 2014 Campaign In the ...

The emergency plumbing contractor, Stahl Plumbing, prides itself in giving its customers free estimates all year long for any plumbing- or HVAC-related matter. Has your furnace suddenly stopped working? Is your water bill higher than normal, but you cannot seem to figure out why? The Pittsburgh plumbers are more than happy to come out and take a look for free. Professional Estimates Without the Added Cost A lot of companies depend on the money earned from initial consultations and on-site inspections. Even if a client does not end up using their service, they still ...

Trusted by more than two million households all across America, Angie's List does not give out its industry-coveted Super Service Award without careful consideration. The fact that Pampering Plumber has won this prestigious designation six times in a row is proof of its competence and commitment to customer services. Providing reliable plumbing services in Tampa for 24 years, their knowledgeable plumbers are experienced and highly trained to respond to any plumbing emergency you may encounter any time of the day and any day of the year. You can also trust the regular ...

Don't let the weather stop you from holding your next important event outdoors. Event Rentals Unlimited has a wide selection of sturdy, well-maintained tents ready to be delivered and set up at the site of your party. Whether you are planning a huge once-in-a-lifetime family reunion, a company-wide new product launch or a more intimate gathering of family and friends under the stars, Event Rentals Unlimited can find the right tent for you. They can also supply you with anything else you may need for your event like tables, chairs, china, linen and so much more. This ...

Most Americans move between May and August with the period after Memorial Day and before Independence Day being the busiest time. If you must move during this peak season, the Atlanta office movers at A.C. White know these tips are your best bet to speed along the process. Their Atlanta moving experts suggest packing fragile items such as paintings and pictures before moving day. This way, movers can move briskly in and out of your house without risk of damaging valuable and irreplaceable items. Get a neighbor or relative to babysit little kids and pets so you do not ...

Make sure your new windows complement the architectural design of your house, advise the well-known Bay Area window professionals at Custom Exteriors. Being clear on the main purpose of the window you are installing also helps in choosing the right windows for your home. Sometimes windows are needed to let in more light in order to brighten up a dark corner of your house; at other times added ventilation may be a window's main purpose. There are many different types of windows to choose from today with each type designed and cleverly engineered to meet a variety of ...

AURORA, Colo. (March 31, 2014) Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), a life-threatening but preventable condition, remains an important problem for youth with diabetes and their families. Diabetic ketoacidosis is due to a severe lack of insulin and it is often the presenting symptom of type 1 diabetes. It can also be present at the onset of type 2 diabetes. SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth, a multi-center, multiethnic study of childhood diabetes, is the largest surveillance effort of diabetes among youth under the age of 20 conducted in the United States to date. The study covers ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Adolescents with stronger muscles have a lower risk of heart disease and diabetes, according to a new study that examined the influence of muscle strength in sixth grade boys and girls. Stronger kids also have lower body mass index (weight to height ratio), lower percent body fat, smaller waist circumferences, and higher fitness levels, according to the study that appears in Pediatrics. Researchers analyzed health data for more than 1,400 children ages 10 to 12, including their percent body fat, glucose level, blood pressure, cholesterol levels and ...

VIDEO: New statistics from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons show that since 2000, breast lift procedures have grown by 70 percent, twice the rate of breast implants. According to the... Click here for more information. ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill., March 31, 2014 – New statistics released today by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) show that breast lift procedures are growing at twice the rate of breast implant surgeries. Since 2000, breast lifts have grown by ...

Spouses who regulate their emotions together in a satisfactory manner are more fulfilled sexually, psychologically, and relationally, among couples in which the woman has provoked vestibulodynia (PVD), also known as "vulvar vestibulitis". This was discovered by Nayla Awada, a doctoral candidate in psychology at the Université de Montréal, in a study which she conducted with 254 couples in which the woman was diagnosed with PVD. PVD is characterized by often chronic pain felt on the "vestibule," or entrance of the vagina, especially during penetration. The pain is usually ...

A research group at Uppsala University, Sweden has developed a new responsive coating for implants used in surgery to improve their integration into bone and to prevent rejection. Neutron scattering experiments at the Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL) in Grenoble, France have shown how a protein that promotes bone growth binds to this surface and can be released in a controlled way. Orthopaedic and dental implants must last for many years. Success for these surgical components depends on integration into adjacent bone tissue. Gels made by modifying hyaluronan, a large biological ...

The initial results of this trial were published a few months ago (Circulation. 2013;128:1495-1503), and showed that patients who received this treatment during emergency transit to hospital had much smaller amounts of dead heart muscle than those randomly assigned to receive no treatment. The new study shows that the proportion of patients with a severely deteriorated heart contractile function is much less (60%) in the group that received metoprolol. Early treatment with metoprolol treatment also significantly reduced the rate of hospital readmission for chronic heart ...

Greenhouse gas emissions from food production may threaten the UN climate target of limiting global warming to 2 degrees Celsius, according to research at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden. On Monday 31 March the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) presents their report on the impacts of climate change. Carbon dioxide emissions from the energy and transportation sectors currently account for the largest share of climate pollution. However, a study from Chalmers now shows that eliminating these emissions would not guarantee staying below the UN ...

Researchers at the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute in Salt Lake City have identified a biological process that may help physicians predict when someone with heart disease is likely to have a heart attack in the near future. A new study by the team has identified plasma levels of two markers – microRNA 122 and 126 – that appear to decline a few days before a person suffers a heart attack. Results of the study could help the 715,000 Americans who suffer from heart attacks each year. "It's always been a mystery trying to identify people with heart disease ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass-- The shells of a sea creature, the mollusk Placuna placenta, are not only exceptionally tough, but also clear enough to read through. Now, researchers at MIT have analyzed these shells to determine exactly why they are so resistant to penetration and damage — even though they are 99 percent calcite, a weak, brittle mineral. The shells' unique properties emerge from a specialized nanostructure that allows optical clarity, as well as efficient energy dissipation and the ability to localize deformation, the researchers found. The results are published this ...

Researchers at King's College London and Imperial College London have discovered that people with fewer copies of a gene coding for a carb-digesting enzyme may be at higher risk of obesity. The findings, published in Nature Genetics, suggest that dietary advice may need to be more tailored to an individual's digestive system, based on whether they have the genetic predisposition and necessary enzymes to digest different foods. Salivary amylase plays a significant role in breaking down carbohydrates in the mouth at the start of the digestion process. The new study suggests ...

VIDEO: This video shows a numerical simulation of Earth's deep mantle. The top panel is temperature and the bottom panel is composition which includes three components: the more-primitive reservoir at the... Click here for more information. TEMPE, Ariz. – Seeking to better understand the composition of the lowermost part of Earth's mantle, located nearly 2,900 kilometers (1,800 miles) below the surface, a team of Arizona State University researchers has developed new simulations ...

Polymer materials are usually thermal insulators. But by harnessing an electropolymerization process to produce aligned arrays of polymer nanofibers, researchers have developed a thermal interface material able to conduct heat 20 times better than the original polymer. The modified material can reliably operate at temperatures of up to 200 degrees Celsius. The new thermal interface material could be used to draw heat away from electronic devices in servers, automobiles, high-brightness LEDs and certain mobile devices. The material is fabricated on heat sinks and heat ...

Ever notice how Harry Potter's T-shirt abruptly changes from a crewneck to a henley shirt in "The Order of the Phoenix," or how in "Pretty Woman," Julia Roberts' croissant inexplicably morphs into a pancake? Don't worry if you missed those continuity bloopers. Vision scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have discovered an upside to the brain mechanism that can blind us to subtle changes in movies and in the real world. They've discovered a "continuity field" in which the brain visually merges similar objects ...

Tweaking a specific cell type's ability to absorb potassium in the brain improved walking and prolonged survival in a mouse model of Huntington's disease, reports a UCLA study published March 30 in the online edition of Nature Neuroscience. The discovery could point to new drug targets for treating the devastating disease, which strikes one in every 20,000 Americans. Huntington's disease is passed from parent to child through a mutation in the huntingtin gene. By killing brain cells called neurons, the progressive disorder gradually deprives patients of their ability ...

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Using a new gene-editing system based on bacterial proteins, MIT researchers have cured mice of a rare liver disorder caused by a single genetic mutation. The findings, described in the March 30 issue of Nature Biotechnology, offer the first evidence that this gene-editing technique, known as CRISPR, can reverse disease symptoms in living animals. CRISPR, which offers an easy way to snip out mutated DNA and replace it with the correct sequence, holds potential for treating many genetic disorders, according to the research team. "What's exciting about ...

Pioneering new research from the University of Exeter could have a major impact on climate and environmental science by drastically transforming the perceived reliability of key observations of precipitation, which includes rain, sleet and snow. The ground breaking study examines the effect that increased aerosol concentrations in the atmosphere, emitted as a result of burning fossil fuels, had on regional temperature and precipitation levels. Scientists from Exeter's Mathematics department compared observed regional temperature and precipitation changes throughout ...

Researchers have discovered that mutations in a specific gene are responsible for a hereditary form of melanoma. Every year in the UK, almost 12,000 people are diagnosed with melanoma, a form of skin cancer. About 1 in 20 people with melanoma have a strong family history of the disease. In these patients, pinpointing the genetic mutations that drive disease development allows dermatologists to identify people who should be part of melanoma surveillance programmes. The team found that people with specific mutations in the POT1 gene were extremely likely to develop melanoma. ...