Two NASA satellites have captured data on the activity of Typhoon Haikui as it nears the China coast. NASA's Terra satellite provided a visible look at the storm, while NASA's Aqua satellite investigated it in infrared light. Both showed some strong thunderstorms within that were likely packing heavy rainfall. NASA's Aqua satellite passed over Typhoon Haikui on August 5. The AIRS instrument captured an infrared image of the cloud temperatures that showed the strongest storms and heaviest rainfall in all quadrants of the storm except the northern area. The strongest storms ...

ZURICH – Computer graphic artists often struggle to render smoke and dust in a way that makes a scene look realistic, but researchers at Disney Research, Zürich, Karlsruhe Technical Institute in Germany, and the University of Montreal in Canada have developed a new and efficient way to simulate how light is absorbed and scattered in such scenes. "Our technique could be used to simulate anything from vast cloudscapes, to everyday 'solid' objects such as a glass of orange juice, a piece of fruit or virtually any organic substance," said Dr. Wojciech Jarosz of Disney Research ...

Leslie Henderson is concerned about steroid abuse, not necessarily by sports luminaries like Barry Bonds and Mark McGwire, but rather by adolescents. "There is this disconnect among young people that somehow your emotions, your thought processes—things that have to do with your brain—are separate and different from what steroids may be doing to your body—your muscles, your heart, or your liver, or anything like that," says Henderson, a professor of physiology and neurobiology, and of biochemistry at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. She is also the senior associate ...

MAYWOOD, Il. -- When a patient undergoes a cardiac catheterization procedure such as a balloon angioplasty, there's a slight risk of a stroke or other neurological complication. While the risk is extremely small, neurologists nevertheless may expect to see catheterization-induced complications because so many procedures are performed, Loyola neurologists write in the journal MedLink Neurology. Cardiac catheterizations include diagnostic angiograms, balloon angioplasties and stent placements. More than 1.4 million procedures are successfully performed each year. Cardiac ...

Childhood obesity is on the rise in China, and children and parents there tend to underestimate body weight, according to Penn State health policy researchers. "Because many overweight Chinese children underestimate their weight, they are less likely to do anything to improve their diet or exercise patterns," said Nengliang Yao, graduate student in health policy and administration. "If they don't make changes, they are likely to be obese and have a lot of health problems in the future -- as we often see in the United States already." Children between the ages of 6 and ...

A new study conducted by researchers at the Center for Injury Research and Policy of The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital and The Ohio State University compared medically attended noncccupational and occupational injuries among U.S. workers with and without disabilities. The study, appearing online in the American Journal of Public Health, found that workers with disabilities are significantly more likely to experience both nonoccupational and occupational injuries than those without disabilities. Rates of nonoccupational and occupational injuries ...

BOSTON – Healthcare providers should take into account differences among racial groups when using hemoglobin A1C levels to diagnose and monitor diabetes, new research from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center suggests. In a study published Aug. 7 in the Annals of Internal Medicine, researchers analyzed National Health and Nutrition Survey data from 2005 to 2008 to examine the association between hemoglobin A1C levels in black and white adults and the risk for retinopathy, an eye complication of diabetes that is detectable early in the disease and can ultimately lead to ...

The first controlled studies of extremely hot, dense matter have overthrown the widely accepted 50-year old model used to explain how ions influence each other's behavior in a dense plasma. The results should benefit a wide range of fields, from research aimed at tapping nuclear fusion as an energy source to understanding the inner workings of stars. The study also demonstrates the unique capabilities of the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) X-ray laser at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. While researchers have created extremely ...

Scientists have discovered a biological marker that may help to identify which depressed patients will respond to an experimental, rapid-acting antidepressant. The brain signal, detectable by noninvasive imaging, also holds clues to the agent's underlying mechanism, which are vital for drug development, say National Institutes of Health researchers. The signal is among the latest of several such markers, including factors detectable in blood, genetic markers, and a sleep-specific brain wave, recently uncovered by the NIH team and grantee collaborators. They illuminate ...

By some estimates, a third of Earth's organisms live in our planet's rocks and sediments, yet their lives are almost a complete mystery. This week, the work of microbiologist James Holden of the University of Massachusetts-Amherst and colleagues shines a light into this dark world. In the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), they report the first detailed data on methane-exhaling microbes that live deep in the cracks of hot undersea volcanoes. "Evidence has built that there's an incredible amount of biomass in the Earth's subsurface, in ...

PULLMAN, Wash.—Forests hammered by windstorms, avalanches and wildfires may appear blighted, but a Washington State University researcher says such disturbances can be key to maximizing an area's biological diversity. In fact, says Mark Swanson, land managers can alter their practices to enhance such diversity, creating areas with a wide variety of species, including rare and endangered plants and animals. "The 1980 eruption of Mt. St. Helens, for example, has created very diverse post-eruption conditions, and has some of the highest plant and animal diversity in the ...

SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 7, 2012 – Compared with open farmland, wooded "shade" plantations that produce coffee and chocolate promote greater bird diversity, although a new University of Utah study says forests remain the best habitat for tropical birds. The findings suggest that as open farmland replaces forests and "agroforests" – where crops are grown under trees – reduced number of bird species and shifts in the populations of various types of birds may hurt "ecosystem services" that birds provide to people, such as eating insect pests, spreading seeds and pollinating ...

A program designed to encourage more healthful food choices through simple color-coded labels and the positioning of items in display cases was equally successful across all categories of employees at a large hospital cafeteria. In an article appearing in American Journal of Preventive Medicine, a team of Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers report that the interventions worked equally well across all racial and ethnic groups and educational levels. "These findings are important because obesity is much more common among Americans who are black or Latino ...

San Diego, CA, August 7, 2012 – Despite the fact that car crashes are the leading cause of death for children older than three years in the U.S. and send more than 140,000 children to the emergency room each year, new research has found that low proportions of U.S. children are using age-appropriate safety restraints and many are placed at risk by riding in the front seat. The research is published in the September issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. The American Academy of Pediatrics issued new Guidelines for Child Passenger Safety in 2011. They ...

Sompo Japan Insurance (China) Co.,Ltd (hereafter gSompo Japan Chinah Vice Chairman, President :Katsuhiko Ushiba) has been selected for the second consecutive year as one of the 2011 GoldenBee CSR China Honor Roll companies (hereafter gGoldenBee companiesh) at the 7th International CSR forum & ceremony (hosted by China WTO Tribune and the Sino-German CSR Project) held in Beijing on June 5th, 2012. 1. About the GoldenBee CSR China Honor Roll The GoldenBee CSR China Honor Roll is a corporate social responsibility (CSR) evaluation program organized annually by ...

Every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday evening at 8:00 PM eastern time, you can listen to Wellness, Wholeness & Wisdom radio with host Psychologist & Certified Natural Healthcare Practitioner Parthenia Izzard, CNHP on BlogTalkRadio. The program is archived within minutes of the live broadcast on the internet and rebroadcast. On your computer go to http://www.amtherapies.com and click on the Radio link to listen to the show live online or on your phone! Program topics range from authors like Bishop Jordan, James Redfield, Immaculee Ilibagiza, and William Tiller to ...

Electronic producer Plastic Shaman & vocalist Soulsa from Bristol, UK have built up a solid reputation through the year and have finally decided it was time to release an EP that their fans had been so desperately waiting for. The EP brings together a completely diverse a wide range of creative sound from throughout the whole electronic music world. The official video for the main track "Chill" from the EP is out now. It comes a long way from Plastic Shaman's Previous EP "Hallucinogenic Bear" which featured Soulsa on the very successful track ...

EF Education First (EF) and Moscow State University (MSU) announced today plans to establish research collaboration in the field of English language learning, teaching, and assessment. A Memorandum of Understanding was signed by Dr. Christopher McCormick, EF's Senior Vice-President for Academic Affairs, and Dr. Svetlana Ter-Minasova, President of the Faculty of Foreign Languages and Area Studies, at Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU FFLAS). The collaboration between EF and MSU FFLAS will focus on language-related research such as adult and younger learners' second ...

Silverland Jewelry & Gifts is inviting the public to check the newest bridal collections that they have. The company is proud to present the different jewelry collections that they have for brides as well as their bridesmaids. Their website currently shows all of their available collections to make it easier for brides-to-be to choose the best jewelry. The company also sells different types of wedding favors and thank-you gifts to groomsmen, bridesmaids, and a lot more. Those who are interested in checking their merchandise can do so by checking their physical and online ...

Famous instrumental artist Sebastian released a new album FATOR. Once again a fantastic melodic relaxing pop - electronic album. Fator is Sebastian's 8th album and sold more then 50,000 albums all over the world. Truly a great music arranger and composer recommended to good music lovers and those professionals looking for music to use in film, documentary, games and advertising. http://www.youtube.com/user/sebastianTVchannel http://www.amazon.com/Fator/dp/B008KNTAIC Email: info@samsammusic.com ...

When working with a computer technology firm it is important to work with a firm that is not solely rooted in the technology, but a firm which can evaluate your business and its processes to determine which technologies are right for your business. Having a technology firm with a business first mentality gives you the edge when leveraging business technology investments. This is why Eric Wichhart, MBA the CEO of ConnectU Technologies, one of Orlando, Florida's top business technology firms, has worked with SPC International spc-intl.com to increase the ability of his ...

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Streaming live on the Co-Creator Radio Network on Tuesday, August 7, at 11 a.m. Pacific time/2 p.m. Eastern time, on her show "Why Shamanism Now?: A Practical Path to Authenticity," shaman and founder of the Last Mask Center for Shamanic Healing Christina Pratt addresses listeners who feel they have gathered the love of their path (Healer) and the wisdom to guide them along it (Warrior), and answers the question: where is the power to make it real? According to Pratt, the power comes from the Teacher's ability to see through his/her own stories to the deeper truth ...

Perspective Magazine, the vacation ownership industry's leading independent multi-media information provider, announces that travel membership and fulfillment company Vacation Business Services (VBS) will be an exhibitor during the Third Annual Global Networking Expo, GNEX 2013. "VBS is pleased to be exhibiting our Dream Vacation Network product line at GNEX 2013. The networking sessions and one-on-one meetings complement our demonstration-style of exhibition and allow us to showcase our products, which are unmatched in the industry. We are excited to be joining ...

NephSystem Technologies's NSAR-850 Industrial and Rugged (IP55 rating) and long range active RFID reader/writer operates in global and open radio frequency band of 2.45GHz. It uses a built in Omni-directional antenna allowing it to identify NephSystem's NSAT series of regular active tags up to 100 meters. The reading range of the reader can also be adjusted by software to ensure reliable identification. NSAR-850 is also capable of writing up to 512 bytes of user data onto specific NSAT tags (Model: NSAT-701C and NSAT-706). NSAR-850 features with high-recognition, ultra-long ...