The end of 2012 has marked yet another significant achievement for Word Perfect Translations Ltd who was delighted to win the contract for sole provision of translation services to Eurojust. This is another step for Word Perfect towards securing its place as a market leader on the European and global arena and they are very proud having been selected to provide translation services for such a prominent organisation. To reinforce the fight against serious organised crime, the European Council, in its Conclusion 46, agreed that a unit Eurojust should be set up, composed ...

As the outset of 2013, 39 states -- along with the District of Columbia and Guam -- have laws on the books banning text messaging for all drivers. Many states have additional laws that otherwise restrict mobile device use for certain classes of drivers, and 10 states even prohibit all handheld cell phone use while driving. Florida, however, remains the exception to the rule. Florida currently has no distracted driving law pertaining to cell phone use. What's more, the state has prohibited local jurisdictions from enacting their own distracted driving bans. Yet, the ...

People in the United States naturally assume that as time progresses, advances in medicine and higher levels of care will lead to fewer unnecessary fatalities in hospitals. Unfortunately, a recent study revealed that pregnancy and childbirth complications are on the rise in the U.S. In fact, the study, conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, found that the number of medical emergencies that took place during childbirth rose 75 percent from 1998 to 2009. In addition, the rate of serious complications for mothers shortly after giving birth doubled ...

As anyone who has gone through the process can attest to, applying for Social Security disability benefits can be an arduous and frustrating process. Prospective applicants often face the daunting task of navigating through several procedural hurdles and seemingly never-ending roadblocks - just to be told their claim has been denied. However, a recently proposed settlement in federal court has given thousands of New Yorkers a glimmer of hope as the settlement may permit applicants new hearings on their previously denied disability claims. Queens disability benefits ...

Many people who are divorced will be married again, starting new families. Those individuals who have children from an earlier marriage know that a later marriage will have a major impact on these children. This is especially true if the new marriage results in children as well. Parents will do everything they can to ensure that all of the children receive equal treatment, but what happens when that parent dies? Without proper estate planning, assets could go to unintended beneficiaries. If an individual makes a will, those will be the wishes that will be carried out ...

Employees in California who are injured or become ill on the job can usually receive workers' compensation benefits that include medical care and partial replacement of wages lost while they are disabled. Increasingly, employers are coming to realize that preventing workplace illness and injury through healthy workplace practices reduces the need for workers' compensation and is a win-win situation for everyone. Injury risk and family stress A recent report publicized by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health discussed work and family stress. ...

When a married couple divorces or legally separates in Illinois, sometimes the family circumstances indicate that one of the spouses should receive support payments from the other after going their separate ways. Spousal maintenance, also called alimony or spousal support, is the transfer of money from one former spouse to the other on an ongoing basis -- usually monthly -- as part of the divorce decree. Spousal maintenance is not automatically awarded, and it is different than and separate from child support. Settlement agreement Parties to a divorce may negotiate ...

Over the past two decades, while the divorce rate amongst the general population has essentially leveled off, an interesting trend has been noted among Americans over 50 years of age. This generation, typically referred to as the Baby Boomers, has seen a marked rise in the rate of divorce since 1990 in the U.S. Researchers from Bowling Green State University studied information gathered by the Census Bureau to identify characteristics amongst these older divorcing Americans. According to the study, between 1990 and 2010, the divorce rate doubled for Americans over the ...

At the last minute, U.S. Congress passed legislation in an effort to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff. One particular inclusion in the final-hour passage has many homeowners across the nation breathing more easily: the one-year extension of the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of 2007. The Act, often referred to as the "Debt Forgiveness Act," brought tax relief to many struggling homeowners who received forgiveness of portions of their mortgage debts by their banks. The Act was due to expire at midnight on December 31, 2012. In 2007, the country never ...

Multiple serious injuries and deaths resulting from pedestrian-car accidents in San Francisco have brought increased attention to the matter of pedestrian safety in the Bay Area. In December 2012, Mayor Ed Lee announced the plans of the Pedestrian Safety Task Force, which aims to reduce the number of dangerous pedestrian accidents through safety improvements and awareness efforts. San Francisco pedestrian accidents According to CBS San Francisco, 876 pedestrians were injured in collisions with vehicles in San Francisco in 2011. Even worse, there were at least 18 fatal ...

The rise in mobile technology use in recent years has changed the way that many people in the United States drive. Travelers rely on their cell phones not only to stay in touch with loved ones on the road, but also to receive turn-by-turn directions to their destinations. And while this technology has undoubtedly made some aspects of our lives easier, it has also introduced a significant threat on our nation's roadways: distracted driving. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 3,092 people were killed and another 416,000 injured in ...

The state of North Carolina, like all other U.S. states, relies on its workers' compensation system to compensate employees for work-related injuries and occupational diseases, and to compensate the loved ones of those who die of these causes. Normally, workers' comp benefits are paid out regardless of whether anyone was at fault for the harm, and the employer is almost always immune from a lawsuit for the incident. Smooth operation of the system depends on compliance with the legal requirement that employers covered by the system (all but the very smallest) maintain ...

As expected, many individuals believe that their marriage will last an eternity. With this expectation comes the lack of knowledge regarding divorce. Nevertheless, divorce happens and if your marriage falls apart, it is extremely important to understand your legal rights and obligations. You never thought you would be here, but you are and you have to know what to do. There is no such thing as an "ultimate divorce guide," as every end to a marriage is unique. Even so, there are a few general principles under Wisconsin law that can help you begin to understand ...

The federal government has centralized distracted-driving data from a variety of sources on its website devoted to preventing this behavior, reporting such findings as: - Texting while driving increases the risk of having a car accident by a disturbing 23 times. - Texting removes a motor-vehicle operator's eyes from the roadway on average for 4.6 seconds, which is enough time to drive a football-field length at 55 mph. - Driving and "using a cell phone reduces the amount of brain activity associated with driving by 37 percent." Almost all states have legislation ...

According to Steven Wyer, Managing Director at Reputation Advocate, Inc., Dr. James H. Knight hails from Fort Dodge, Iowa where he was a popular dentist. His personal integrity is now under scrutiny after terminating an employee for dressing too provocatively. The firing took place at the request of Dr. Knight's wife who felt Melissa Nelson was becoming too attached to the dentist and believed her to be a threat to the marriage. What happened next is a cautionary tale for all professionals. Dr. Knight's practice was pacing steadily, with Knight no doubt looking forward ...

New York Mold Inspection, Mold Testing, and Mold Removal Company adopts the latest OSHA standards for occupation during their mold remediation processes. Mold abatement experts are bound to encounter not just mold spores, but asbestos and a whole slew of other biological contaminants during the mold remediation process. For this reason, OSHA has come up with standards that must be followed during any mold remediation project. The safety precautions also spillover into what it means for a home or business owner. The mold testing experts will decide along with the homeowner ...

Teenagers spend a lot of time texting, receiving an average of 3,417 texts a month, or 114 per day, according to the Nielsen consumer research group. A new study from the University of Arizona looks at the feasibility of using text messaging to deliver educational information about nutrition and physical activity to teens. The study, which appears in the January-February issue of the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, looks at whether teenagers would be interested in receiving texts about health on their phones and how they would like those messages presented. Conducted ...

First trimester abortions are just as safe when performed by trained nurse practitioners, physician assistants and certified nurse midwives as when conducted by physicians, according to a new six-year study led by UCSF. The study posted online today in the American Journal of Public Health in advance of the print edition. The publication comes a week before the 40th anniversary of the Roe vs. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court decision that made abortion legal in the United States. Currently in the United States, a patchwork of state regulations determines who can ...

Philadelphia – Psychiatrists who are exposed to conflict-of-interest (COI) policies during their residency are less likely to prescribe brand-name antidepressants after graduation than those who trained in residency programs without such policies, according to a new study by researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. The study is the first of its kind to show that exposure to COI policies for physicians during residency training – in this case, psychiatrists – is effective in lowering their post-graduation rates of prescriptions ...

Employees often tiptoe around their bosses for fear of offending them. But new research from the University of California, Berkeley, shows people in power have thicker skin than one might think. A UC Berkeley study has found that people in authority positions – whether at home or in the workplace - are quicker to recover from mild rejection, and will seek out social bonding opportunities even if they've been rebuffed. "Powerful people appear to be better at dealing with the slings and arrows of social life, they're more buffered from the negative feelings that rejection ...

According to results of a new study by researchers at the University of Utah, military personnel experience increased risk of suicidal thoughts or actions if they were the victims of physical or violent sexual assault as adults. In contrast, undergraduate students experience increased risk of suicidal thoughts or actions if they were the victims of unwanted sexual experiences as children or adults. While other research has shown that victims of sexual or physical assault are at increased risk of health problems—including suicide—the majority of that work has focused on ...

The Arctic sea ice has not only declined over the past decade but has also become distinctly thinner and younger. Researchers are now observing mainly thin, first-year ice floes which are extensively covered with melt ponds in the summer months where once metre-thick, multi-year ice used to float. Sea ice physicists at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), have now measured the light transmission through the Arctic sea ice for the first time on a large scale, enabling them to quantify consequences of this change. They come to ...

January 17, 2013--Nyon, Switzerland Sarcopenia, or the gradual loss of muscle mass, is a common consequence of ageing, and poses a significant risk factor for disability in older adults. As muscle strength plays an important role in the tendency to fall, sarcopenia leads to an increased risk of fractures and other injuries. The International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) Nutrition Working Group has published a new review which identifies nutritional factors that contribute to loss of muscle mass, or conversely, are beneficial to the maintenance of muscle mass. The Group ...

This press release is available in German. Membrane proteins are the "molecular machines" in biological cell envelopes. They control diverse processes, such as the transport of molecules across the lipid membrane, signal transduction, and photosynthesis. Their shape, i.e. folding of the molecules, plays a decisive role in the formation of, e.g., pores in the cell membrane. In the Cell magazine, researchers of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and the University of Cagliari are now reporting a novel charge zipper principle used by proteins to form functional units ...

This may look like yet another video of a dividing cell, but there's a catch. You are looking at chromosomes (red) being pulled apart by the mitotic spindle (green), but it's not a cell, because there's no cell membrane. Like a child sucking an egg out of its shell, Ivo Telley from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany, removed these cellular 'innards' from a fruit fly embryo, at a stage when it is essentially a sac full of membrane-less 'cells' that divide and divide without building physical barriers to separate themselves from each other. "It's ...