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Hampton Inn Morrow GA Hotel Offers Close Lodging to Atlanta Braves Baseball at Turner Field

2012-09-01
Hampton Inn Atlanta-Southlake Morrow GA Hotel offers close lodging to fans attending MLB games at Turner Field, home of the Atlanta Braves. Upcoming Braves home games include games against the Marlins, Astros, Padres, and Dodgers. Scheduled 2012 home games in September are: - Braves vs. Marlins: September, 1-2 - Braves vs. Astros: September, 3-5 - Braves vs. Padres: September, 13-16 - Braves vs. Dodgers: September, 17-19 Turner Field is a great place for both single adults and families to enjoy a fun filled event. Since the opening in 1997, the "Home of the ...

Hospital Linen Service Provider Angelica Corporation Expands into Memphis, Tennessee; Opens Plant, Initiates Service with Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation

2012-09-01
Angelica Corporation, a premier hospital laundry service provider, is pleased to announce the opening of its newest plant, located in Memphis, TN. The company expects to begin operations in their new facility on September 1st. The 55,000-square-foot facility begins service processing 16 million pounds of linen annually. The plant has the capacity to expand to twice that volume. The new plant is located at 245 South Camilla Street, Memphis, TN. Angelica Corporation will be servicing most leading healthcare systems in the area. This includes initiating service with ...

Jumeirah's Global Brand Ambassador Rory McIlroy Wows Youth Golfers in New York City

2012-09-01
Jumeirah Hotels & Resorts and its global brand ambassador, Rory McIlroy, joined forces to support a local community initiative in New York. Fresh from his second Major victory, Rory got back to basics with a junior golf clinic at the City Parks Foundation's Junior Golf Center in Brooklyn.  The day was organised by City Parks, a New York City organisation, and Rory's principal sponsor, global luxury hospitality company Jumeirah Group. During the clinic, 50 junior golfers from the City Parks golf centre, aged 10 to 17, got the opportunity of a lifetime to receive ...

Jumeirah Carlton Tower Invites Guests to Channel Their Inner Agent in True British Style

2012-09-01
Jumeirah Carlton Tower is inviting guests to celebrate the latest installment in the famous secret service series throughout October and November, with its espionage inspired packages. The 'Shaken' package is the ultimate secret agent themed experience. Designed to give spy aficionados a glimpse into the life of Britain's most infamous secret agent, the package includes one night's accommodation in Jumeirah Carlton Tower's opulent Royal Suite and return airport transfers in an Aston Martin. On arrival, guests will be greeted by their very own bartender who will fix them ...

Report on the Combined General Meeting of August 27, 2012

2012-09-01
Cameleon Software (FR0000074247), market leader in product design, sales configuration, and quotes and proposals software, announced that the Combined General Meeting held at its headquarters on Monday August 27, 2012 at 17:30 has adopted all the extraordinary resolutions submitted for the shareholders' approval. The adoption of these resolutions, which were suggested with a view to ensure the development of the Company in the shareholders' best interests and maximize the creation of long-term value, will enable the Company, in accordance with applicable regulations, ...

Robert Kratschmer MD Announces Revolutionary Treatment for Cellulite

2012-09-01
Robert Kratschmer MD is one of very few practices in the Houston area offering Cellulaze, a revolutionary, minimally invasive treatment for cellulite. Since clinical trials only began three years ago, it is too early to say that results will be permanent, however it is extremely encouraging that results have already lasted for so long and there is every reason to assume that the effects will continue to be long lasting. Cellulaze works by using a laser, first to destroy the composition of the cellulite and then to tighten and thicken the skin. Contrary to popular belief, ...

Affluent people less likely to reach out to others in times of trouble?

2012-08-31
Crises are said to bring people closer together. But a new study from the University of California, Berkeley, suggests that while the have-nots reach out to one another in times of trouble, the wealthy are more apt to find comfort in material possessions. "In times of uncertainty, we see a dramatic polarization, with the rich more focused on holding onto and attaining wealth and the poor spending more time with friends and loved ones," said Paul Piff, a post-doctoral scholar in psychology at UC Berkeley and lead author of the paper published online this month in the Journal ...

Too much protein HUWE1 causes intellectual disability

2012-08-31
2 to 3 % of the children are born with an intellectual disability. Possibly by a genetic defect, but in 80% of these cases, we do not know – yet - which genes are responsible. VIB researchers at KU Leuven show that increased production of the HUWE1 protein is the cause in some patients. Guy Froyen (VIB/KU Leuven): "The fact that HUWE1 regulates the dose of several other proteins in the brains, has an important impact on the quest for new therapies. It would then be possible to intervene in these different proteins. Research into the role of HUWE1 has already started ...

Breathable treatment to help prevent asthma attacks

2012-08-31
Details of a treatment that could help asthmatics fight infections that trigger 80% of asthma attacks, developed by University of Southampton spin-out company Synairgen, will be presented to European respiratory experts on Sunday 2 September. The study provides the first evidence that boosting asthmatics' immune systems can help reduce the number of asthma attacks due to the common cold and other viral infections for the 5.4 million asthmatics in the UK. Professor Ratko Djukanovic, a respiratory specialist at the University of Southampton and Southampton General Hospital, ...

Has osteoporosis treatment failed when a fracture occurs?

2012-08-31
The International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) has published practical guidelines to assist clinicians in assessing treatment efficacy in patients who experience a fracture while on medication for osteoporosis. Osteoporosis drug therapy typically reduces the risk of fracture in the range of 30-70% for vertebral fractures, 40-50% for hip fractures and 15-20% for non-vertebral fractures. Nevertheless, even an effective therapy does not completely eliminate the risk of fracture, and some patients will experience a fracture while complying with their prescribed treatment. ...

Immune system protein could explain pancreatitis

2012-08-31
It is likely that the protein is also highly significant for other inflammatory diseases. The research results have been published in the American journal Gastroenterology. Excessive alcohol intake and gall stones are known risk factors for acute pancreatitis. However, as yet no explanation has been found for what actually happens in the body in cases of acute pancreatitis. Current research shows that calcium-sensitive proteins found in the body, for example calcineurin, promote inflammation, but it is not known exactly how. Henrik Thorlacius and Maria Gomez at the ...

Danish scientists solve old blood mystery

2012-08-31
Scientists at the research centre MEMBRANES at Aarhus University, Denmark, have completed an old puzzle, which since the 60s from many sides has been regarded as impossible to complete. The challenge was to solve the structure of the protecting protein complex that forms when haemoglobin is released from red cells and becomes toxic. This toxic release of haemoglobin occurs in many diseases affecting red cell stability, e.g. malaria. Technically, the most important finding in this report in Nature is a high-resolution three-dimensional mapping of the so-called 'haptoglobin-haemoglobin ...

Glass shape influences how quickly we drink alcohol

2012-08-31
Dr Angela Attwood and colleagues from Bristol's School of Experimental Psychology recruited 160 social drinkers aged 18-40 with no history of alcoholism to attend two experimental sessions. At one session they were asked to drink either lager or a non-alcoholic soft drink from either a straight-sided glass or a curved 'beer flute'. The participants were almost twice as slow when drinking alcohol from the straight-sided glass compared to the curved glass. There was no difference in drinking rates from the glasses when the drink was non-alcoholic. The researchers suggest ...

Researchers develop new, less expensive nanolithography technique

Researchers develop new, less expensive nanolithography technique
2012-08-31
Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new nanolithography technique that is less expensive than other approaches and can be used to create technologies with biomedical applications. "Among other things, this type of lithography can be used to manufacture chips for use in biological sensors that can identify target molecules, such as proteins or genetic material associated with specific medical conditions," says Dr. Albena Ivanisevic, co-author of a paper describing the research. Ivanisevic is an associate professor of materials science and ...

Fear and driving opportunity motivated changes in driving behavior after 9/11

2012-08-31
A catastrophic event – such as a terrorist attack, a natural disaster, or market collapse – often strikes twice. There is the damage caused by the event itself, as lives are lost or left in ruin. But there is also the second act, catalyzed by our response to the catastrophic event. This second act has the potential to cause just as much damage as the first. In the year following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, there were approximately 1,600 more traffic fatalities in the United States than expected. This figure suggests the possibility that fear may have ...

Research yields two 'firsts' regarding protein crucial to human cardiac function

Research yields two firsts regarding protein crucial to human cardiac function
2012-08-31
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Florida State University researchers led by physics doctoral student Campion Loong have achieved significant benchmarks in a study of the human cardiac protein alpha-tropomyosin, which is an essential, molecular-level component that controls the heart's contraction on every beat. Using an imaging method called atomic force microscopy, Loong achieved two "firsts": the first direct imaging of individual alpha-tropomyosin molecules, which are very small — roughly 40 nanometers long — and the first demonstrated examples of a measure of the human cardiac ...

BUSM researchers study use of MRI in osteoarthritis

2012-08-31
(Boston) – A study conducted by researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) shows that magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) detected a high prevalence of abnormalities associated with knee osteoarthritis in middle-aged and elderly patients that had no evidence of knee osteoarthritis in X-ray images. Ali Guermazi, MD, PhD, professor of radiology at BUSM and chief of Musculoskeletal Imaging at Boston Medical Center (BMC), led this study in collaboration with researchers from Lund University in Sweden, Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston and Klinikum Augsburg ...

BUSM researchers find potential key to halt progression, reverse damage from emphysema

2012-08-31
(Boston) – A study led by researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) has shown that a compound used in some skin creams may halt the progression of emphysema and reverse some of the damage caused by the disease. When the compound Gly-His-Lys (GHK) was applied to lung cells from patients with emphysema, normal gene activity in altered cells was restored and damaged aspects of cellular function were repaired. The study, which is published in BioMed Central's open access journal Genome Medicine, also demonstrates the potential impact of using genomic technologies ...

Mobile apps for diabetes present usability issues for older adults

2012-08-31
Diabetes is prevalent among adults aged 65 and older and can lead to a number of other serious health issues. Maintaining control of blood glucose levels is one of the most important actions diabetics can take to control their illness. New technology is designed to make self-monitoring easier and more accessible than ever before, but often tech products fail to accommodate some older users. Human factors/ergonomics researchers Laura A. Whitlock and Anne Collins McLaughlin evaluated the usability issues that older adults may experience with one type of emerging technology, ...

Wayne State researchers say adolescent smoking prevention programs still critical

2012-08-31
DETROIT — While many might see the case for programs to prevent adolescent cigarette smoking as already made, a pair of Wayne State University researchers believes that due to increasingly challenging economic times, policymakers need to be reminded to continue allocating funding for such programs. Xinguang Chen, M.D., Ph.D., professor of pediatrics in the School of Medicine, and Feng Lin, Ph.D., professor of electrical and computer engineering in the College of Engineering, have found a way to provide policymakers with some hard evidence. Most adult smokers in the ...

AGU journal highlights -- 31 August 2012

2012-08-31
The following highlights summarize research papers that have been recently published in Geophysical Research Letters (GRL), Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences (JGR-G), Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres (JGR-D), Water Resources Research (WRR), and Space Weather (SW). In this release: 1. Trade-offs between water for food and for curbing climate change 2. Low calcification in corals in the Great Barrier Reef 3. The Everglades still threatened by excess nutrients 4. Wetlands the primary source of Amazon Basin methane 5. Old fractures ...

Cleveland Clinic researchers investigating potential drug for treatment of Alzheimer's disease

2012-08-31
Friday, Aug. 31, 2012, Cleveland: A compound developed to treat neuropathic pain has shown potential as an innovative treatment for Alzheimer's disease, according to a study by researchers at Cleveland Clinic's Lerner Research Institute and Anesthesiology Institute. "Cleveland Clinic dedicated two years of research into the examination of this compound and our findings show it could represent a novel therapeutic target in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease," said Mohamed Naguib, M.D., Professor of Anesthesiology, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine. "Development ...

International collaboration key to science and engineering globalization

International collaboration key to science and engineering globalization
2012-08-31
International collaboration is a key aspect of the globalization of science and engineering. A recent report and data evaluation released by the National Science Foundation (NSF) showed that one in six scientists and engineers in the United States reported working with individuals in other countries in a given week. International collaboration was more likely to occur among persons working in the for-profit sector, men, and those with higher levels of educational attainment. Individuals who earned postsecondary degrees both in the United States and abroad reported the highest ...

Customer service is an emotional experience

2012-08-31
Los Angeles, (August 31, 2012) You can probably recall a customer service experience that left you feeling good. A recent study has shown not only that positive emotion from sales staff is contagious to a customer, but that a satisfied customer also improves the salesperson's mood. This research is now available in Human Relations, published by SAGE. Sandra Kiffin-Petersen, and Geoffrey Soutar from University of Western Australia and Steven Murphy from Carlton University, Canada used a qualitative diary study with 276 sales employees to shed light on the sales experience ...

Intervention helps children with sickle cell disease complete MRI tests without sedation

Intervention helps children with sickle cell disease complete MRI tests without sedation
2012-08-31
Sitting still is tough for children, which makes MRI scans a challenge. The scans require that patients remain motionless for extended periods. Findings from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital showed that a brief, targeted intervention dramatically increases the likelihood that children as young as 5 years old will be able to undergo testing without sedation. That is good news for children with sickle cell disease, who were the focus of this study. Patients with sickle cell disease often undergo brain and liver MRIs to check for complications related to their disease ...
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