Some people seem to pick up a second language with relative ease, while others have a much more difficult time. Now, a new study suggests that learning to understand and read a second language may be driven, at least in part, by our ability to pick up on statistical regularities. The study is published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. Some research suggests that learning a second language draws on capacities that are language-specific, while other research suggests that it reflects a more general capacity for learning ...

Dr. Jung-Mo Ahn, associate professor of chemistry at The University of Texas at Dallas, has designed and synthesized a novel small molecule that might become a large weapon in the fight against prostate cancer. In a study published online May 28 in the journal Nature Communications, Ahn and his colleagues at UT Southwestern Medical Center describe the rational design of the molecule, as well as laboratory tests that show its effectiveness at blocking the cancer-promoting function of proteins called androgen receptors. Androgen receptors are found inside cells and have ...

AKRON, Ohio, (May 28, 2013) – GOJO Industries, a leader in hand hygiene and skin health and inventors of PURELL® Hand Sanitizer, will present its scientific research study, "Impact of Electronic Monitoring and a Hand Hygiene Improvement Program on Compliance Rates" at the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) Conference, June 8-10, 2013. Sarah Edmonds, M.S., senior clinical scientist at GOJO lead the study. The research was conducted on two units of an acute care facility in Fort Worth, Texas from June – October 2012 using GOJO SMARTLINKTM ...

What may be the ultimate heat sink is only possible because of yet another astounding capability of graphene. The one-atom-thick form of carbon can act as a go-between that allows vertically aligned carbon nanotubes to grow on nearly anything. That includes diamonds. A diamond film/graphene/nanotube structure was one result of new research carried out by scientists at Rice University and the Honda Research Institute USA, reported today in Nature's online journal Scientific Reports. The heart of the research is the revelation that when graphene is used as a middleman, ...

Johns Hopkins scientists report that a 10-minute test for "frailty" first designed to predict whether the elderly can withstand surgery and other physical stress could be useful in assessing the increased risk of death and frequent hospitalization among kidney dialysis patients of any age. In a study described in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society and published online yesterday, the Johns Hopkins investigators said dialysis patients deemed frail by the simple assessment were more than twice as likely to die within three years, and much more likely to be hospitalized ...

WASHINGTON — Disabled Medicare patients under the age of 65 who don't take their prescription medications because of cost concerns are more likely to have at least one emergency department visit during a one-year period. The results of a new study are published online today in Annals of Emergency Medicine ("The Relationship Between Emergency Department Use and Cost-Related Medication Nonadherence Among Medicare Beneficiaries"). "Poverty and disability increase the risk that patients don't take their medicine because of the cost, which can lead to avoidable hospitalizations," ...

Given the chance, women are more likely than men to dodge an opportunity to donate to charity, a group of economists have found. The issue of which gender is more generous has been debated for years. A new field experiment conducted by scholars at the University of Chicago and University of California, Berkeley shows that when it's easy to avoid making a donation, such as not responding to a door-to-door solicitor, women are less likely than men to give. The results of the study are published in the article, "The Importance of Being Marginal: Gender Differences in Generosity," ...

UCLA researchers now have the first evidence that bacteria ingested in food can affect brain function in humans. In an early proof-of-concept study of healthy women, they found that women who regularly consumed beneficial bacteria known as probiotics through yogurt showed altered brain function, both while in a resting state and in response to an emotion-recognition task. The study, conducted by scientists with UCLA's Gail and Gerald Oppenheimer Family Center for Neurobiology of Stress and the Ahmanson–Lovelace Brain Mapping Center at UCLA, appears in the June edition ...

Hurricane Sandy caught the public and policymakers off guard when it hit the United States' Atlantic Coast last fall. Because much of the storm's devastation was wrought by flooding in the aftermath, researchers have been paying attention to how climate change and sea-level rise may have played a role in the disaster and how those factors may impact the shoreline in the future. A new study led by the University of Pennsylvania's Benjamin P. Horton, an associate professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Science, relied upon fossil records of marshland to reconstruct ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — For several years, the pharmaceutical industry has tried to develop drugs that target a specific neurotransmitter receptor in the brain, the NMDA receptor. This receptor is present on almost every neuron in the human brain and is involved in learning and memory. NMDA receptors also have been implicated in several neurological and psychiatric conditions such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, schizophrenia and depression. But drug companies have had little success developing clinically effective drugs that target this receptor. Now, researchers ...

Mexican American mothers' formal immigration status affects the educational achievement of their children and even their grandchildren, according to a study written by Penn State and University of California, Irvine, sociologists and released by the US2010 Project at Brown University. Based on a large-scale survey of second-generation Mexican young adults in Los Angeles, the study finds that those whose mothers were authorized immigrants or U.S. citizens averaged more than two years more schooling than those whose mothers entered the country illegally. The researchers ...

Older Texans embracing divorce in greater numbers Article provided by Law Office of Nancy H. Boler Visit us at http://www.bolerlaw.com According to a study entitled, "The Gray Divorce Revolution," divorce among older adults in the United States has doubled since the new millennium began. This is at a higher rate than predicted and the new trend, referred to as gray divorce, is expected to continue increasing. In Texas, legal professionals are seeing a rise in the number of older people going through divorce as well. Experts in law and psychology offer ...

North Carolina home heating fire injures one Article provided by Warren & Kallianos - Injury Lawyers Visit us at http://www.burninjurieslaw.com In a recent frightening incident, a High Point, North Carolina man was injured in a boarding house fire. The fire, which apparently affected only the man's unit in the building, was reported to the fire department around 2:30 A.M. A fire department spokesperson stated that flammable materials were ignited by a space heater, starting the fire that caused the injuries. Home heating fires happen all too often According ...

Altaaqa Global CAT Rental Power, a leading global power solutions provider, recently designed and installed a 24MW temporary power plant in the Sultanate of Oman. To meet electricity demands throughout the summer, the 24MW temporary rental power plant will supply power to the electricity grid at a time when there is a significant increase in the use of temperature control equipment, such as air conditioning and district cooling. Supporting the existing generating capacity of Oman, the interim power plant will ensure peak performance during the hottest months of the ...

Mt. Pleasant Elementary School takes the top spot in the public and charter schools category in New Castle County's "Great Schools Clean Streams" campaign. Caravel Academy took the top spot in the private schools category. The New Castle Department of Special Services sponsored the pledge drive between April 8 and April 19 to encourage residents to prevent water pollution by disposing of used cooking oil and grease properly. Learn More: http://www.GreatSchoolsCleanStreams.org "We want to thank all the parents, teachers, and school officials who helped ...

Froggy Wireless will continue to do free activations and port requests through the month of April. With school letting out, college getting underway, we want to help the family communicate with each other. Cellular phones are becoming more and more popular and the prices are going higher and higher. Take the power back and only pay what you want to pay. Activations are as easy as filling out the form located here: http://froggywireless.com/activate.html. All activations are done by a real person for accuracy. Port requests are just as easy and can be done by filling ...

PLG Consulting, a boutique consulting firm, and one of the leading authorities on logistics, engineering, and supply chain in the United States, is pleased to announce that Donald R. Allee, former CEO of the Mississippi State Port Authority at Gulfport, has accepted the position of Ports and Terminals Practice Leader. In his new role, Mr. Allee will be responsible for expanding PLG's consulting services to new and existing clients. Don states, "With my background in the port industry and maritime community over the past 30 years, I have come to appreciate the valuable ...

"We are honored to have been chosen to sell via the auction method of marketing this solid home on 3.15 acres," , according to John Nicholls, president of the company. "This is a beautiful property would make an excellent primary residence or investment home. Make plans now to attend and buy this property." "The property is well located in Unionville and is convenient to Fredericksburg, Charlottesville, and Culpeper," said Nicholls. "The home is located close to Routes 20, 522, 15 and 3 and is only 7.5 miles from the town of Orange." "The ...

Mumpreneur businesses this week found themselves the targets of what's being dubbed "Domain Name Gate" by Australian media outlets. Cyber Squatting is where unscrupulous web scammers "hijack" the web addresses of unsuspecting businesses and hold them to ransom. One Mumpreneur was reportedly asked for $20,000 for the return of her domain name or offered the ability to "lease it" for $600 a month. Finlee And Me lost access to the ".com" version of their domain name http://www.finleeandme.com.au in the current scam. "It's most ...

After receiving praise from Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Chris Hillman of the Byrds, and enlisting Phil Keaggy on lead guitar and Joe Vitale on drums, Christian pop rock band The Sunrise have just released their first official music video for the song, "We Have Not Heard." The official music video, "We Have Not Heard," follows a husband and wife through a crisis in their marriage and highlights the success that only a reliance on God can bring to a marriage. Recently honored with with the prestigious ASCAP Golden Note Award, Phil Keaggy ...

Singles who are bored with dating people of their own ethnic group, age bracket, or income are invited to America's first Non-Traditional Dating Convention, Friday, June 28, 2013, 7:30pm, at the Grosvenor Hotel SFO, 380 S Airport Blvd, South San Francisco CA. The Convention features experts speaking on three types of non-traditional dating: •Interracial Dating •Cougar Dating, •Sugar Daddy Dating The Convention also includes a dance party, where attendees may meet and socialize with adult singles of different ethnicities, ages, and income brackets. Admission ...

SimplyCast a global leader in multi-channel marketing Platform-as-a-Service solutions, is pleased to announce that four high school students have been hired for paid internships as part of the unique Next Star Program. The process for the Next Star Employee initiative, a paid internship program for high school students which is the only one of its kind in Canada, began in March. The program is intended to promote the development of future leaders in Nova Scotia, while giving students the opportunity to grow their skills and share their talent. The SimplyCast team ...

The Grauer School announced that the 21-student graduating class of 2013 was offered $6.81 million in academic scholarships, a significant increase and new record. Last year's 2012 graduating class of 18 graduates were awarded $4.8 million in scholarship offers. Each senior in this year's graduating class of 2013 was offered an average of $324,000 in merit scholarships from prestigious collegiate institutions such as Miami University, New York University, University of Southern California, University of Puget Sound, Hofstra University, College of Wooster, University of ...

"Our customers have been waiting for our SpyCrushers Spy Camera Pen to become available on Amazon and I'm confident that it will not only match buyer expectations, but exceed them. This is the best spy camera pen available" said Ryan Anderson, President of Crushers, Inc. This stylish writing executive ball-point pen is designed to give users a perfectly covert video recording and photo taking experience. "The SpyCrushers Spy Camera Pen is easy to carry, simple to operate and acts as an essential utility in business, education, security, media, law enforcement, ...

Last week, local Santa Fe poet Mary McCray was named one of the four finalists in the poetry category of the 2013 National Indie Excellence Awards (NIEA) with her 2012 book of poems, Why Photographers Commit Suicide. According to NIEA, "Not only has the number of entrants increased, but the excellence has risen to a whole new level. Advances in technology and the increase in sophistication of self-publishers has produced a bumper crop of books that stand proudly next those published by mainstream houses. This has created a challenge of unexpected magnitude for the ...