Daikin Applied, formerly McQuay International, shocked the HVAC industry in March 2014 with the announcement that the entire PTAC product line would be discontinued. In fact, the last day to place an order for PTAC units was March 31, 2014. McQuay has been manufacturing PTAC units for over 50 years under the brand names McQuay, Singer, Remington, and Climate Control. "The news of McQuay PTAC units being discontinued came as a shock," said Greg McNary, General Manager of Air Distributors. McNary also stated "we suspected this decision was coming, but not this soon. McQuay ...

Christopher B. Contois, Chief Imagination Officer and Managing Partner at Infinitely Big Inc., has been recognized for showing dedication, leadership and excellence in marketing. With two decades of experience in his field, Mr. Contois is known for his expertise in internal strategic communications, presentation and website design and development, and creative direction. He has successfully integrated the best of all available technologies to develop compelling and memorable multi-sensory events for clients such as L'Oreal, Boehringer Ingelheim, Simon Malls, Philosophy, ...

Robyn L. Moran, Head of Siemens Customer Care Center, a subsidiary of Siemens Ltd. (Australia), was recently named a VIP member of Worldwide Branding. This special distinction honors individuals who have shown exceptional commitment to achieving personal and professional success. Ms. Moran's career in customer service began more than 30 years ago and has included roles with NAB, American Express, Yarra Valley Water and Origin Energy. Her experience includes both front and back office functions, predominantly focused in the call centre arena over the past 18 years. Her ...

Carl Baudenbacher, President of EFTA Court, has been recognized for showing dedication, leadership and excellence in law. With decades of experience in his field, Prof. Dr. iur. Dr. rer. pol. h.c. Baudenbacher is known for his expertise in economic law, litigation and dispute resolution at large. Daily he is tasked with overseeing the operation of the EFTA judicial system. The EFTA Court is an international court whose jurisdiction covers the three EFTA countries that are parties to the European Economic Area (EEA), Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. At the same time ...

Robert P. DiGiorgio, President of ItalianFoodImports.com, has been recognized for showing dedication, leadership and excellence in specialty food imports and sales in the greater Boston area and across the USA. Mr. DiGiorgio is a third-generation owner of ItalianFoodImports.com and its retail counterpart, which is located in the greater Boston area. Since graduating from Boston University in 1990, he started where his father left off at a time when the company employed 17 people; now there are more than 40 employees. Mr. DiGiorgio has expanded the business to include ...

MTV Movie Awards was a star-studded event featuring the biggest celebrities such as Taylor Swift and Zac Efron and talk about a sweet new fashion -everyone went crazy for Lollipop Bandz! The big hit at the awards ceremony was the Hunger games taking home 3 awards including; Movie of the Year, Best male performance Josh Hutcherson and Best female performance Jennifer Lawrence. The celebration began at the GBK Pre Gift Lounge award ceremony and celebrities were going crazy for Lollipop Bandz, stacking them up their arms, connecting them to make headbands, shoe laces and ...

Cancer patients sometimes experience pain caused by the tumor applying pressure on the organs, bones or nerves. Additionally, according to the back pain specialists at Atlanta Spine & Alternative Pain Management Center (ASAP), cancer pain can also be a result of a growing tumor constricting the blood vessels. The treatments that are devised to prevent the disease from spreading can likewise cause cancer pain. Chemotherapy can bring about abdominal cramps, peripheral neuropathy, bone and joint pain, vomiting, mouth sores, etc. Other medical and diagnostic procedures ...

Even though it has only been here for a few short months, 2014 already has offered its unique take on the painting world. The Atlanta house painters at The Painting Penguin have noticed several trends in the most popular colors for the year, and they believe these trends will continue. The most common trend the Atlanta commercial painting contractors have noticed is an increased use of subtle tones and colors for home interiors. Lighter, more subdued colors allow a space to feel expansive while also letting the decorations and furniture speak for themselves. Beige tones ...

Dr. Julie Stante, DDS, of Fishers, IN, is focused on getting the facts out about how the health of your teeth and gums can affect your general health. This connection between oral health and the overall health of your body supports an oral systemic correlation. Did you know? - While your mouth is full of bacteria, most of it is harmless. - However, without the proper care, such as daily brushing and flossing and regular dental check-ups, these bacteria can become harmful and lead to oral infections and can even contribute to various complications with diseases, such ...

HealthChoicesFirst.com is excited to announce a new collaboration with Rogers Healthcare Group to develop newer and richer content for its medical, pharmacy and nursing audiences. "Rogers is excited about getting a large database of Canadian medical content that is relevant to healthcare professionals and consumers alike," says Jackson Sayers, CEO, HealthChoicesFirst.com. "Video is the fastest growing segment of medical education, and we have a huge selection of expert, evidence-based content that can be used with a variety of tools to gain insight into how both the ...

Corcentric, a leading provider of SaaS Accounts Payable automation solutions hosted in the cloud, today announced an agreement to implement its AP automation solution for Suburban Propane, a nationwide marketer and distributor of energy-related products, including propane, fuel oil, and refined fuels. The integration of COR360 into Suburban Propane's Accounts Payable processes will help the company bridge the last automation gap related to their non-PO based invoice workflow. As part of the solution, Suburban Propane will be using the COR360 platform to streamline the ...

Turner Hill, one of four great estates in Essex County and a cornerstone of historic significance on the North Shore, is excited to launch new development plans that will reinvigorate the 311 acre residential golf community. The Residences at The Hills, LLC, a North Shore development entity owned and funded by Eyk van Otterloo, has called upon an award winning team of developers, builders, designers, planners and marketers to refine the luxurious residential community that preserves the original beauty of the estate. Spearheading this venture are project manager John ...

RL Services, LLC -- a Washington State-based landscaping and lawn care company that serves the areas of Camano Island, Stanwood, Marysville, Arlington, and Mount Vernon -- has just begun offering annual maintenance agreements to its customers. "The weather may not be perfect here year-round, but you can still have a backyard that looks great year-round -- as long as you've got the right experts taking care of it," explained Ryan Imus, the Owner of RL Services, LLC. Because RL Services, LLC offers such a wide variety of landscaping and lawn care services -- including ...

EndLayer.com, a high performance fully-managed website hosting provider for small and large online retailers, announced today the introduction of their new Shared Performance Cloud (SPC) & Shared Performance Metal (SPM) hosting offering to help e-commerce website owners take advantage of the latest technologies available to them - ensuring fast page loading times and 100% up-time for their websites. The EndLayer.com Shared Performance Hosting offering provides online retailers with the latest in available server side technologies, aimed at providing blazing fast ...

Chef Emeril Lagasse is about to revolutionize your snacking routine, bringing his signature flavor-first style to home freezers. With easy-to-prepare choices in four delicious varieties -- Chicken & BBQ Sauce BAM Bites, Chili Cheese Mini Dogs, Jalapeno Wontons with Bacon, and Pulled Pork BAM Bites - these bite-size pieces go from freezer to plate within minutes. Chef Lagasse, in partnership with award-winning Canadian company Plats du Chef, developed these frozen snacks to answer modern snacking needs. Snacking is now a national obsession, with 45%* of Americans ...

ProjectLine Solutions Inc. (www.projectline.ca), a long-established Canadian SAP Channel Partner, today announced that it has acquired the SAP Business One division of ACCEO Solutions Inc. (ACCEO) based in Toronto, Ontario. The acquisition is strategic to ProjectLine's growth, bringing expanded business and solution expertise to customers in Ontario, and positioning ProjectLine to more fully support a growing customer base across the nation. ACCEO has built a successful SAP Business One practice in Toronto, and has established itself as a leading SAP partner in Canada. ...

EduNiche.com is a comprehensive online website where students can get online accounting tutoring by certified professionals. With the competition in educational institutes and rising academic standards, teachers cannot give the same level of attention to every student present in the class. This makes a lot of students fall behind especially in subjects like accounting, economics and business where grasping the fundamental concepts is crucial for professional growth. Online tutoring is helpful in these cases, as it lets students get individual attention from professional ...

The first MRI scan to show 'brown fat' in a living adult could prove to be an essential step towards a new wave of therapies to aid the fight against diabetes and obesity. Researchers from Warwick Medical School and University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust used a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) based method to identify and confirm the presence of brown adipose tissue in a living adult. Brown fat has become a hot topic for scientists due its ability to use energy and burn calories, helping to keep weight in check. Understanding the brown fat tissue ...

In a new study in patients with osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee, at 12 months, total femorotibial cartilage thickness loss was reduced in sprifermin (recombinant human fibroblast growth factor 18)-treated knees compared to placebo-treated knees, with effects being significant in the lateral femorotibial compartment but not in the central femorotibial compartment. Results published in Arthritis & Rheumatology, a journal of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR), showed that sprifermin dosed at 100µg reduced loss of cartilage thickness and volume in the total femorotibial ...

Philadelphia, PA, April 17, 2014 – Motor vehicle crashes rank as the leading cause of teen deaths and in 2008, 16% of all distraction-related fatal automobile crashes involved drivers under 20 years of age. These grim statistics, coupled with an increasing nationwide awareness of the dangers of distracted driving for all ages, prompted the publication of an important supplement to the Journal of Adolescent Health that explores the causes of distracted driving and offers practical recommendations to reduce the incidence of distracted driving among teens. "Although public ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Employees who pursue creative activities outside of work may find that these activities boost their performance on the job, according to a new study by San Francisco State University organizational psychologist Kevin Eschleman and colleagues. Creative pursuits away from work seem to have a direct effect on factors such as creative problem solving and helping others while on the job, said Eschleman, an assistant professor of psychology. The study examined whether creative activity might have an indirect impact on employees' performance by providing them ...

Each year in the UK, bacterial infections cause around 6,000 cases of a severe eye condition known as microbial keratitis – an inflammation and ulceration of the cornea that can lead to loss of vision. The use of contact lenses has been identified as a particular risk factor for microbial keratitis. New research, presented today at the Society for General Microbiology Annual Conference in Liverpool, shows that a bacterial strain associated with more severe infections shows enhanced resistance to a common contact lens disinfectant solution. Researchers from The University ...

A way of making hundreds - or even thousands - of tiny robots cluster to carry out tasks without using any memory or processing power has been developed by engineers at the University of Sheffield, UK. The team, working in the Sheffield Centre for Robotics (SCentRo), in the University's Faculty of Engineering, has programmed extremely simple robots that are able to form a dense cluster without the need for complex computation, in a similar way to how a swarm of bees or a flock of birds is able to carry out tasks collectively. The work, published today [Thursday 17 April ...

At least one in 20 adults is misdiagnosed in outpatient clinics in the US every year, amounting to 12 million people nationwide, and posing a "substantial patient safety risk," finds research published online in BMJ Quality & Safety. Half of these errors could be potentially harmful, say the authors, who add that their findings should prompt renewed efforts to monitor and curb the numbers of misdiagnoses. To date, patient safety improvements have largely focused on hospital stays and issues such as infections, falls, and medication errors, say the authors. But most ...

Changing where a newborn baby is held before its umbilical cord is clamped could lead to improved uptake in hospitals of delayed cord clamping, leading to a decreased risk of iron deficiency in infancy, according to new results published in The Lancet. Delaying clamping of the umbilical cord until around two minutes after birth allows for blood to pass from the mother's placenta to the baby, and has previously been shown to reduce the risk of iron deficiency in infancy. However, current recommendations – based on studies conducted 35 years ago – suggest that for effective ...