As part of the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie (SIHH), IWC Schaffhausen invited around 1,000 guests and journalists from all over the world to the launch of its new Pilot's Watch collection in Geneva. Under the motto "TOP GUN", and in the presence of celebrities like Cate Blanchett, Jean Reno, Ewan McGregor, Ronan Keating, sporting legends Boris Becker, Luís Figo and Zinedine Zidane as well as top model Adriana Lima, guests enjoyed an unforgettable gala evening rounded off with a performance from the legendary Bryan Ferry."Our aim this evening ...

This release is also available in Chinese on EurekAlert! Chinese. Jena (Germany) Girls are not as good at playing football as boys, and they do not have a clue about cars. Instead they know better how to dance and do not get into mischief as often as boys. Prejudices like these are cultivated from early childhood onwards by everyone. "Approximately at the age of three to four years children start to prefer children of the same sex, and later the same ethnic group or nationality," Prof. Dr. Andreas Beelmann of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena (Germany) states. ...

Brookfield Homes San Diego is excited to announce the launch of its new interactive home buying experience, the Brookfield Homes LIFEstyle Quiz. Set to change the way Facebook users find their new home, this custom-designed Facebook tab allows consumers to match their unique lifestyle to the Brookfield community that best suits their needs, offering a personalized, interactive experience unlike any the industry has seen before. While many consumers begin their search for a new home by simply researching online, the Brookfield Homes custom Facebook tab offers a fun, new ...

A team of biologists at the University of York has made an important advance in our understanding of the way cholera attacks the body. The discovery could help scientists target treatments for the globally significant intestinal disease which kills more than 100,000 people every year. The disease is caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae, which is able to colonise the intestine usually after consumption of contaminated water or food. Once infection is established, the bacterium secretes a toxin that causes watery diarrhoea and ultimately death if not treated rapidly. ...

Facebook is the world's home online. But thanks to 4 Walls' new Find a Place Facebook app, the site can also put a roof over your head. Launched January 20, 2012, the Find a Place app lets Facebook users search thousands of nationwide apartment listings directly from the site. It integrates with a dynamic database of photos, maps, floor plans, and all the information users need to find the perfect new home. "Users can tap into data from our apartment listing websites without leaving Facebook," said 4 Walls COO Jackie Koehler. "People use Facebook ...

Scientists in Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, have developed a new vaccine to treat cancer at the pre-clinical level. The research team led by Professor Kingston Mills, Professor of Experimental Immunology at Trinity College Dublin discovered a new approach for treating the disease based on manipulating the immune response to malignant tumours. The discovery has been patented and there are plans to develop the vaccine for clinical use for cancer patients. The first cancer vaccine Sipuleucel-T (Provenge™) was licensed last year for use in prostate cancer patients unresponsive ...

Winston-Salem, N.C. – Jan. 27, 2012 – Bedwetting isn't always due to problems with the bladder, according to new research by Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. Constipation is often the culprit; and if it isn't diagnosed, children and their parents must endure an unnecessarily long, costly and difficult quest to cure nighttime wetting. Reporting online in the journal Urology, researchers found that 30 children and adolescents who sought treatment for bedwetting all had large amounts of stool in their rectums, despite the majority having normal bowel habits. After treatment ...

North Shore property owners made a clear statement in 2011 by consistently selecting Kazawest as their property management firm of choice. The company's services have become the first preference for many properties seeking to improve customer service, property maintenance and market value. Through its integrated real estate services, strength in customer service and excellence building operations, Kazawest (http://www.kazawest.com) is establishing itself as the clear leader of the property management industry in British Columbia. Kazawest's CEO, Amyn Somani, commented ...

DURHAM, N.C. – Hundreds of rare, endemic species in the Central Andes remain unprotected and are increasingly under threat from development and climate change, according to a Duke University-led international study. "These species require unique ecological conditions and are particularly vulnerable to changes in the environment or climate. Yet our analysis shows that region-wide, about 80 percent of the areas with high numbers of these species lack any protection," said Jennifer Swenson, assistant professor of the practice of geospatial analysis at Duke's Nicholas School ...

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Jan. 27, 2012 – An itch is just an itch. Or is it? New research from Gil Yosipovitch, M.D., Ph.D., professor of dermatology at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center and a world-renowned itch expert, shows that how good scratching an itch feels is related to the itch's location. While previous studies by Yosipovitch have shown the pleasurability of itching, analysis of itch relief at different body sites and related pleasurability had not been performed until now. The study was published online this month by the British Journal of Dermatology. "The ...

Research Now, the leading global online sampling and data collection company, today announced the appointment of Melanie Courtright to Vice President of Research Services. Melanie is based out of the company's headquarters in Plano, Texas. Courtright brings with her over 16 years of experience serving clients in the research sector, having commenced her career with an eleven-year stint at NOVO 1, where she held several senior roles including Vice President of Client Services. She later joined DMS Research, an AOL company, where she played an integral role in the creation ...

HOUSTON - When SUMO grips STAT5, a protein that activates genes, it blocks the healthy embryonic development of immune B cells and T cells unless its nemesis breaks the hold, a research team led by scientists at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center reports today in Molecular Cell. "This research extends the activity of SUMO and the Sentrin/SUMO-specific protease 1 (SENP1) to the field of immunology, in particular the early lymphoid development of T and B cells," said the study's senior author, Edward T. H. Yeh, M.D., professor and chair of MD Anderson's Department ...

The new "restyled" Federal Rules of Evidence went into effect December 1, 2011. While the stated criteria for the amendments emphasizes that no substantive changes to the traditional Rules of Evidence are intended, the rules have in fact been substantially rewritten. Terminology and phrasing have been changed and modernized, and a new outline-style subsection reorganization has been effected throughout. While the substantive result of evidentiary issues might be the same under either the traditional or restyled rules, locating or citing the applicable provisions ...

TCN Worldwide is pleased to announce Laurence Elbaum, principal and co-founder of Bradford Allen Realty Services/TCN Worldwide of Chicago and chairman of the TCN Worldwide Board of Directors, has been inducted into Midwest Real Estate News' Commercial Real Estate Hall of Fame. Having received more than 300 nominations the highly regarded publication recently announced their newest inductees into the Midwest Commercial Real Estate Hall of Fame. As stated by Midwest Real Estate News, "These are men and women who have not only succeeded in one of the most challenging ...

One day in 2010, Rutgers physicist Vitaly Podzorov watched a store employee showcase a kitchen gadget that vacuum-seals food in plastic. The demo stuck with him. The simple concept – an airtight seal around pieces of food – just might apply to his research: developing flexible electronics using lightweight organic semiconductors for products such as video displays or solar cells. "Organic transistors, which switch or amplify electronic signals, hold promise for making video displays that bend like book pages or roll and unroll like posters," said Podzorov. But traditional ...

Deacom, Inc., producer of the DEACOM Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software system for mid-to-large sized batch process manufacturing companies launched its new website today. The new website, http://www.deacom.com, was designed to communicate Deacom's overall message of Complexity Made Simple to employees, customers, potential customers and the world at large. The new website outlines the capabilities of the DEACOM ERP software package offerings and explains the philosophies behind its development. Deacom has a unique niche in the ERP software industry and the ...

BOSTON, MA—According to a recent study, there is a new mechanism of drug release using 3D superhydrophobic materials that utilizes air as a removable barrier to control the rate at which drug is released. The study was electronically published on January 16, 2012 in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. Boston University (BU) graduate student Stefan Yohe, under the mentorship of Mark Grinstaff , PhD, BU professor of biomedical engineering and chemistry, and Yolonda Colson, MD, PhD, director of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) ...

Rosa & Co. LLC, a drug development advisory firm with expertise in drug-disease modeling and simulation, today announced that Mike Reed, PhD, Vice President of Client Services, will participate in a roundtable panel to discuss " The Use of Physiological, Mechanistic Models in Drug Development and Therapy: Introduction, Case Studies, Impact, and Ideas for Applications". This is a local event sponsored by the American Society of Pharmacometrics (ASoP), to be held on Thursday, February 2, 2012, in Bridgewater, New Jersey. At this roundtable, industry experts ...

New research by scientists at the University of Southampton could lead to the design of more effective drugs to combat malaria. The research will enable scientists to learn more about the nature of the enzymes required for vitamin biosynthesis by the malaria causing pathogen Plasmodium. Vitamins are essential nutrients required in small amounts, the lack of which leads to deficiencies. Many pathogenic microorganisms produce vitamins, and these biosynthetic pathways may provide suitable targets for development of new drugs. Indeed antifolates targeting vitamin B9 biosynthesis ...

If you need a celebrity or local fitness expert to help you with your personal training and nutrition needs or you are seeking to expand your career by becoming a top fitness expert and personal trainer to the stars or your neighbors, a brand-new website, http://www.thefitnessexpert.com/, offers resources, links, tips and tools all focused on fitness experts. For fitness enthusiasts, the Fitness Expert site provides group discount deals-of-the-day with the Fitness Coupon Club, a list of local fitness experts at FitnessProDirectory.com as well as information on becoming ...

Athens, Ga. – Influenza virus can rapidly evolve from one form to another, complicating the effectiveness of vaccines and anti-viral drugs used to treat it. By first understanding the complex host cell pathways that the flu uses for replication, University of Georgia researchers are finding new strategies for therapies and vaccines, according to a study published in the January issue of the Journal of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology. The researchers studied RNA interference to determine the host genes influenza uses for virus replication. ...

EVANSTON, Ill. -- A Northwestern University study has found that the evidence for intuitive physics occurs in infants as young as two months – the earliest age at which testing can occur. Intuitive physics includes skills that adults use all the time. For example, when a glass of milk falls off the table, a person might try to catch the cup, but they are not likely to try to catch the milk that spills out. The person doesn't have to consciously think about what to do because the brain processes the information and the person simply reacts. The majority of an adult's ...

KANSAS CITY, MO – Memories in our brains are maintained by connections between neurons called "synapses". But how do these synapses stay strong and keep memories alive for decades? Neuroscientists at the Stowers Institute for Medical Research have discovered a major clue from a study in fruit flies: Hardy, self-copying clusters or oligomers of a synapse protein are an essential ingredient for the formation of long-term memory. The finding supports a surprising new theory about memory, and may have a profound impact on explaining other oligomer-linked functions and diseases ...

The Harvey Lembeck Comedy Workshop is the premier comedy class in Los Angeles. Among its accomplished students you'll find over 150 Oscar, Emmy, SAG and Tony Award winners and nominees. The Harvey Lembeck Comedy Workshop has been helping actors improve their comedy skills for more than 46 years. The Workshop teaches an actor how to play comedy legitimately in a scene. The classes are designed for actors who wish to exercise their comedy skills for TV and film. It is the safest environment for actors to take risks and work on their craft. The Workshop uses improvisation ...

The Specialty Hospital of Washington (http://www.specialtyhospitalofwashington.com) is the first Long Term Acute Care Hospital in the metropolitan area to offer Aquapheresis, a tremendous benefit for congestive heart failure (CHF) patients with fluid overload who do not respond to diuretics. Fluid overload is a distressing symptom of CHF, which is responsible for more than one million hospitalizations each year. If not managed, fluids begin to accumulate in the extremities eventually causing congestion in the lungs, and making breathing difficult. The usual treatment ...