The Los Angeles Superior Court recently announced the closure of several courthouses. Criminal courts that are closing will be transferring cases to alternate locations, including the Van Nuys Criminal Court. Effective June 3, 2013, many felony and misdemeanor cases resulting from incidents in or around Hollywood and Universal City will be transferred to the Van Nuys Courthouse. Additionally, the Van Nuys Courthouse will receive misdemeanor and felony cases previously filed in the Malibu Courthouse. With a large influx of criminal cases being sent to the Los Angeles ...

In 2005, Carlos Villasenor and his wife Sylvia arrived at the hospital to give birth to their first child, Mariana. After 2 heartbreaking miscarriages, the couple was thrilled to finally bring their beautiful baby girl into the world, and the proud dad wanted to capture every priceless memory on film. While the birth went without problem, Carlos' mission of filming the most special moments was rockier than expected. Everything seemed to go wrong for the anxious new dad. "I was a nervous wreck, worrying about charging the camera, changing memory cards, and trying ...

The Serpentine Gallery Pavilion opens to the public this Saturday, 8th June 2013, revealing the temporary structure created by Tokyo-based architect Sou Fujimoto, who at 41 is the youngest to carry out the high profile commission. A highlight of the summer arts calendar in London, the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion is a must-see for art lovers who can book from a wide choice of London hotels and see all of the interesting exhibitions in the city's galleries this June. The Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition, another highlight of summer art in London, opens just two ...

Based on the inspiration of the female image, BY-MG.com introduces a variety of everyday items beautified by the colorful images of the original pastels series "A Colorful Slap In The Face" (www.by-mg.com) by artist Maria Grazia Facciola, turning art into function: wallpaper, cell phone cases, greeting cards, gift wrapping, canvases and decorative pillows to appeal to women, admires of women, and interior designers looking to incorporate art into their everyday accessories and decor. "Original art not just on your walls" is the concept that the artist, ...

WHAT: Biggest Loser Season 14 winner, Dannielle "Danni" Allen, and runner-up, Jeff Nichols, will visit 16 Planet Fitness locations throughout Connecticut on June 17th and 18th. These free events are open to the public and attendees will have the opportunity to hear their inspirational stories first hand, take photographs, and receive autographs and exercise tips. Dannielle "Danni" Allen, a 26-year-old advertising account coordinator from Wheeling, IL, was named the Biggest Loser beating second-place competitor, 24-year-old Jeff Nichols from Monroe, ...

Corcentric, a leading provider of Accounts Payable automation and straight through processing, lists the top ten reasons why AP departments should automate their processes and workflow. Most AP Managers and Finance Directors understand the need for automating AP, from eliminating paper to streamlining processes to capturing early pay discounts; however, convincing the CFO is often a stumbling block. This blog gives ten compelling reasons that should help convince senior management that e-invoicing and automating AP is actually a smart business move that will pay off ...

RSG Aviation, Inc. recently received notification of contract award from the City of Houston to support their fleet of Bell 412 aircraft. RSG Aviation responsibilities will include all twin-engine helicopter component overhaul/exchange and repair services/support for the thirty-six month period. Houston PD air support division, with a fleet of 16 helicopters, has quickly become the second largest municipal police air support unit, just slightly behind Los Angeles PD. Brian Nerney, CEO of RSG Aviation said: "We are excited for this opportunity to serve the Houston ...

Looking for a professional to perform your accessibility modification? If you're like many people, your home is your greatest asset and it's important to have confidence in who you hire to perform work in it. Consider these points when selecting a contractor. Ask around. Instead of going straight to the Yellow Pages, learn who your friends, neighbors and family members recommend. Or, head online to read reviews of licensed contractors and find out who has a positive reputation in your community. Use these contractors as a starting point and ask them to provide several ...

PDF is a popular format for the distribution of documents via email and over the internet. However, PDFs are not editable in most free applications. Users must download PDF editing software to make changes, and this software must be paid for. Infix is one of the most affordable options for PDF editing on the market today. The Infix PDF Editor application has been reviewed and ranked 4.6 out of 5 on independent download site Download.com. It is available for Mac and PC, priced from free to GBP99 per licence. The new version 6 includes a number of new features for advanced ...

RteamKz and its website PDF SB, with owner, Timur Karipov, are proud to announce that they are giving 10% of all revenue back to the community. They aim to achieve this through a 2-step process. Firstly, PDF SB will donate funds directly to ill children and to fund education in poorer countries. Because the founders of PDF SB are from third-world countries themselves, they know the importance of a great education with firsthand experience. Their history recalls their childhood school with no books available for the children, and with tables sitting 3-4 children per ...

Vancouver, British Columbia – Coronary artery disease (CAD) is one of the world's most prevalent and silent killers. Positron emission tomography (PET), which images miniscule abnormalities in cellular metabolism, can tip off clinicians about cardiac disasters waiting to happen— including sudden death from a heart attack—better than standard angiography, researchers revealed at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging's 2013 Annual Meeting. "Using FDG PET we can easily detect changes that occur in the heart at the microscopic level—much sooner than when changes ...

Vancouver, British Columbia – A relatively new weapon in the fight against childhood brain cancer has emerged that improves upon standard magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) by providing information about tumor metabolism and extent of cancer in children diagnosed with glioma, a growth caused by the abnormal division of glial cells in the brain, say researchers at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging's 2013 Annual Meeting. Brain cancer imaging is often conducted with conventional MRI, but there are some limitations to this imaging technique. This type of ...

PORTLAND, Ore. June 10, 2013. A recent government report reveals that the number of houses in dispersed rural settings in western Washington has doubled over the past 30 years, and that 20 percent of nonfederal land is currently developed. "Resource lands in Washington are being lost at a rate of a football field every 18 minutes," says Andy Gray, a research ecologist at the Forest Service's Pacific Northwest (PNW) Research Station. "People are concerned about losing capacity to grow local food crops and wood products, and about how patterns of development are impacting ...

Vancouver, British Columbia – Researchers are kick-starting better diabetic foot care and promoting reduced radiation dose with a new take on a hybrid molecular imaging technique. By targeting both bone cell activity and immune response and improving imaging data interpretation, doctors can better distinguish diabetic foot infection from another common foot condition that often requires an additional bone-marrow scan for definitive diagnosis, say researchers presenting a study at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging's 2013 Annual Meeting. Diabetes, if ...

Vancouver, British Columbia – One of the biggest hurdles of hybrid positron emission tomography and magnetic resonance (PET/MR) imaging is the prevalence of motion artifacts—blurring and ghostly visual anomalies caused by patient motion on the table during imaging. An MR technology has now been designed for PET/MR that employs tiny radiofrequency solenoids—metal coils integrated into hardware placed on the body—to track motion from those who do not or cannot stay put. Special software can then use the additional information provided by the coils to optimize the image, according ...

Vancouver, British Columbia – The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging's 2013 Annual Meetingmarks the unveiling of the successful application of a new preclinical hybrid molecular imaging system—single photon emission tomography and magnetic resonance (SPECT/MR)—which has exceptional molecular imaging capabilities in terms of potential preclinical and clinical applications, technological advancement at a lower cost, and reduction of patient exposure to ionizing radiation. "We are pioneering simultaneous SPECT and MR imaging technologies now demonstrated in ...

Vancouver, British Columbia – Outcomes can be bleak for non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), a cancer that develops in the white blood cells of the immune system. Accurate estimation of radiation absorbed dose in radioimmunotherapy (RIT) based on state-of-the-art 3D imaging could lead to more personalized and effective treatments to improve patients' chances of living longer without progression of their cancer, say researchers at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging's 2013 Annual Meeting. "Typically, advanced low-grade NHL patients who undergo conventional treatment ...

Vancouver, British Columbia – External beam radiation treatment has long been manipulated into the unique shape of patients' tumors for personalized cancer care. Technology providing a means of patient-specific radionuclide drug therapies has not been standardized, as it has been limited to software that requires oncologists to manually define the areas of tumors. A new "phantom" model of the human form that can be deformed and reformed to match anatomy in a matter of hours using 3D graphic design software is being combined with a precision method for predicting how radionuclide ...

Vancouver, British Columbia – Alzheimer's disease has been linked in many studies to amyloid plaque buildup in the brain, but new research is finding a common thread between amyloid burden and lower energy levels, or metabolism, of neurons in certain areas of the brain associated with Alzheimer's disease—even for people with no sign of cognitive decline. This is a new development in the understanding of Alzheimer's pathology, say neuroscientists unveiling the research at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging's 2013 Annual Meeting. "This study shows that ...

Vancouver, British Columbia – Researchers have yet again been sent back to the drawing board in the development of the much-sought-after vaccination for smokers, which would hypothetically inhibit the action of nicotine and its pleasure-producing chemical response in the brain. One of the newest studies of a proposed vaccine shows mixed results for patients after molecular imaging revealed no desirable effect and potentially allowed even more nicotine accumulation in the brain in some cases due to variations in immune response, say neuroscientists at the Society of Nuclear ...

Vancouver, British Columbia – Using positron emission tomography (PET) imaging of the brain, researchers have identified a sweet spot that operates in a disorderly way when simple sugars are introduced to people with insulin resistance, a precursor to type 2 diabetes. For those who have the metabolic syndrome, a sugar drink resulted in a lower-than-normal release of the chemical dopamine in a major pleasure center of the brain. This chemical response may be indicative of a deficient reward system, which could potentially be setting the stage for insulin resistance. This ...

Vancouver, British Columbia – Peptide-receptor radionuclide therapy (PRRT) has been a subject of growing research on neuroendocrine tumors, which take up residence in a variety of organs replete with nerve cells that respond to hormone signaling. A countrywide study in Germany deemed PRRT treatment not only safe and effective but life-prolonging, according to a study unveiled during the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging's 2013 Annual Meeting. PRRT is a new and yet-to-be-approved treatment for patients with neuroendocrine tumors (NETs). These develop when ...

Vancouver, British Columbia – No matter where they have hidden, metastatic prostate cancer cells still express some of the same signaling as normal prostate cells; in some cases even more so, as with the PSMA enzyme. Harnessing this enzyme could mean the beginning of a new platform for prostate cancer detection, staging, treatment and post-treatment monitoring, say researchers at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging's 2013 Annual Meeting. "There are currently no ideal imaging techniques in clinical practice that are specific to prostate cancer," said ...

Vancouver, British Columbia – A new patient protocol for aggressive and recurrent lymphoma that combines intensive chemotherapy and radioimmunotherapy (RIT) may become the most powerful cancer-killing therapy available, with the hope that patients' lymphoma can be eradicated as they prepare for bone marrow transplant, say researchers at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. In a study presented at the meeting, survival rates without recurrence improved with the addition of RIT, with some having a 100 percent chance of survival ...

Vancouver, British Columbia – For patients with advanced breast cancer, positron emission tomography (PET) and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging can improve quality of life and survival by providing physicians with information on the effectiveness of chemotherapy prior to surgery, say researchers presenting at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. Researchers combined separate imaging systems—PET, MR and CT—to map the course of chemotherapy before surgery, otherwise known as neoadjuvant chemotherapy. These different imaging systems ...