Slowing or preventing the development of Alzheimer's disease, a fatal brain condition expected to hit one in 85 people globally by 2050, may be as simple as ensuring a brain protein's sugar levels are maintained. That's the conclusion seven researchers, including David Vocadlo, a Simon Fraser University chemistry professor and Canada Research Chair in Chemical Glycobiology, make in the latest issue of Nature Chemical Biology. The journal has published the researchers' latest paper Increasing O-GlcNAc slows neurodegeneration and stabilizes tau against aggregation. Vocadlo ...

FEBRUARY 2012 -- A University of Toronto research team has developed a process to analyze the behavior of bitumen in reservoirs using a microfluidic chip, a tool commonly associated with the field of medical diagnostics. The process may reduce the cost and time of analyzing bitumen-gas interaction in heavy oil and bitumen reservoirs. Dr. David Sinton, Professor with the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the University of Toronto, and postdoctoral researcher Dr. Hossein Fadaei are using the chips to examine the way highly pressurized CO2 behaves when ...

When talking with Michael Dow, you wouldn't expect that he would come up with a global impacting idea. He's soft spoken, going bald even though he's a bit hairy, he's only attended public schools and sometimes he has memory issues. But that didn't keep him from using his creative writing talent. "I wanted to find a way to help the world," says Michael, "and stumbled across some ideas. I chose to believe that I could present them simply and thoroughly and published some books and websites." The main part of his plan, which he has named Project 13 ...

With our consumption habits, our way of life is not sustainable. With our culture conflicts, wars seem to be inevitable. With our desire to make life better for ourselves and families, a modification to our civilization is within reach. With our ability to govern ourselves, we can find a path that leads us to the good life. With a Descent Checklist for our Civilization, we can find ourselves giving our descendants a society they can be proud of and one in which that we can be content with as we pass from this life. A Descent Checklist for our Civilization is a short ...

Celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, EFMD has been at the forefront of raising the standards of management education and development around the world. This symposium plays a key role in its reflection on the future. "Business schools have contributed so much in so many ways to the development of people, ideas and society as a whole," said Prof. Eric Cornuel the CEO & Director General of EFMD. "However, in the current times it is valid to take a long hard look at what is the reason d'etre of the business schools and examine their future legitimacy, ...

The event was attended by different stakeholders of the hotel from Corporate, Leisure, Government departments to local media and the hotel's cherished suppliers and supporters. Specified companies from different sectors were awarded namely Sharjah Commerce and Tourism Development Authority, Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah Expo Centre, and Sharjah Immigration from the government sector, Alpha Tours, Royal Park Tourism, and Al Fanar Tourism from the leisure sector, American University of Sharjah, Emirates Techno Casting, Sharjah Kuwait Manufacturing, and Spimaco Addwaeih ...

A collection of Jess Domain's songs are featured throughout the 13-episodes of the sexy new Cinemax series The Girl's Guide to Depravity, beginning Friday, Feb. 24 at 11pm ET / PT. The series follows the dating exploits of two best friends as they explore a different Rule of Depravity in their search for maximum pleasure with minimal heartache. Jess writes and sings all the songs featured and provides the perfect soundtrack with songs that are soulful, honest, and upbeat. The Girl's Guide To Depravity, Episode #1"The Break Up Rule," features the song "Spirits ...

The New York City Housing Authority today launched its new website dedicated to its strategic Plan NYCHA: A Roadmap for Preserving Public Housing, plannycha.org to engage residents, employees, residents and all of partners as the Authority tackles some of the biggest challenges it has faced in its 78-year history. NYCHA recently unveiled Plan NYCHA as a call to action to employees, residents and all partners to ensure that public housing remains available for current and future generations of New Yorkers. "The more people know about the exciting and impactful work ...

Wine and Design Asheville is partnering with Arts For Life to raise money for patients and their families dealing with a serious illness. The painting party company will be hosting a fundraiser on Tuesday, February 28th at 6:30pm. The cost of the two-hour painting event is $35, with proceeds going to help support Arts For Life's educational art programs for young patients and families in the community who are battling cancer and other serious illnesses. Arts For Life (www.aflnc.org) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that provides educational art programs to individual's ...

New and aspiring writers are the most valuable components of the literary world. They bring new perspectives, fresh ideas and reveal unexplored territories. Celebrating the launch of her first novel 'Abused Twice', Adonna Seals proves to be a powerful and promising addition to the literary community. Revolving around a bitter and controversial topic of domestic abuse, 'Abused Twice' is a book with the class and potential to put its writer among the most brilliant and creative minds of our times. 'Abused Twice' is a story of a woman and her personal journey through different ...

Icon-Packs announces the release of Accounting Development Icon Pack, a royalty-free library of stock images for application developers and web designers. The new set includes over 100 icons drawn in matching style, color and gamut. The Accounting Development Icon Pack collection sells for $79.95. You can view and download the Accounting Development Icon Pack collection at http://www.icon-packs.com/stock-icons/accounting-development-icons.htm About Accounting Development Icon Pack Are you looking to enhance your bookkeeping software or accounting package with appealing ...

We will address such topics as: • Protections in the private sector • Expression of faith culture in the workplace • Risks • Making religion an issue in the hiring process • Cybervetting benefits and risks • Avoiding liability for making religion an issue in the discharge context In addition to these topics you will: • Learn about the one benefit your employees will actually thank you for that will also help you build an incredible corporate culture • Discover a proven "faith based" model that hundreds of companies have leveraged that reduces turnover, ...

Bashimi Art House is pleased to present a selection of experimental videos from emerging artists. 11 artists from various countries participate the organisation with their last term works. Video screenings will take place in Bashimi Art House , Salzburg Gallery daily between 4pm - 7pm . Free entrance screenings will be open for all video art lovers in Salzburg. Screening Collection will meet video art lovers in Antalya between 26 March-06 April(Free Entrance). PARTICIPATING ARTISTS Fred L'Epee / Jose Goncalves / Dario Pacheco / Umit Ince / Greg Shapley / Caglar Cinar ...

With all the forms and paperwork necessary, W2 and 1099 tax season may be the most environmentally unfriendly part of the year for businesses. But ezW2, the new Form 1099 & W2 printing software from halfpricesoft.com, adds a little Green to this bleak season with electronic PDF printing features. Employers can now save time, money and environment by emailing the W2 and 1099 forms to recipients. "Electronic delivery of documents is clearly more earth friendly than printing and mailing paper documents, ¡° said Halfprice.com founder Dr. Ge. ¡°We added the PDF and ...

ABC is encouraging those who may have been mis-sold payment protection insurance to join the rising number of people making a claim for compensation. New figures have shown that the last months of 2011 saw a huge increase in mis-sold payment protection insurance claims and ABC are here to help people exercise their rights. The controversial insurance, sometimes abbreviated to PPI, was mis-sold by the lending industry for a decade. People taking out loans, credit cards, hire purchase or mortgages, often from leading high street banks, were misled into taking out expensive ...

Wuxi DSP Technologies Inc. and its subsidiary Optimum Semiconductor Technologies, Inc., have licensed the Terminal LTE protocol stack from 4M Wireless, the market leader in LTE protocol stack software. The agreement will enable Wuxi DSP to develop the first LTE-TDD trunking solution for the latest wireless communication needs of the private network markets in China. The Broadband Digital Trunking Standard is aimed for industrial applications of private network system in China, and enables rapid response, high reliability and security in communication. It provides a ...

Due to high patient demand in the Treasure Coast, Zipper Urogynecology Associates, a women-focused pelvic medical practice treating urinary incontinence and pelvic prolapse, will open a second facility in Vero Beach. Zipper Urogynecology treats pelvic floor disorders in women using techniques new to the Treasure Coast including Painless Laser Therapy for overactive bladder and daVinci Robotic surgery for pelvic organ prolapse. Zipper Urogynecology plans to see patients at their Vero Beach facility beginning March 12, 2012. "We have a large number of patients ...

Have you dreamed about being a part of a live production and seeing the show unfold before your eyes while sharing the limelight with outstanding talent? The New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera (Verismo Opera) has several opportunities for adult men and women and teens to perform important non-singing, non-speaking acting roles as supernumeraries (supers), similar to extra roles in a movie, or as volunteers working behind the scenes. Supernumeraries Wanted North Jersey's only professional, grand opera company continues its season, A Year of Love Tragedy, and ...

Smappsoft today announced the release of Pokertini: Video Poker With A Twist for the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch. This new title, recently featured at MacWorld/iWorld, brings the classic casino favorite to a whole new level with a detailed and exciting strategic overlay. In Pokertini: Video Poker With A Twist, players simultaneously play three independent video poker hands, and arrange their simulated bets to maximize payoffs on favored hands. In addition, they use strategic twists to manipulate their cards to improve their hands and odds of winning. Along the way, ...

FreightCenter.com continues expansion of its corporate offices after closing out yet another year marked by climbing revenues and software development. The freight technology company is looking to add 20 new positions by the end of the first quarter. A sharp rise in the number of managed accounts has yielded the expansion of several divisions during the first quarter of 2012. This growth influences the immediate need for new hires, internal restructuring and eventually additional office space. "We are on track for another successful year and are proactively ...

BOSTON (February 23, 2012, 5:00 pm ET) — Researchers have combined bioactive peptides to successfully stimulate wound healing. The in vitro and in vivo study, published today in PLoS ONE, demonstrates that the combination of two peptides stimulates the growth of blood vessels and promotes re-growth of tissue. Further development of these peptides could lead to a new treatment for chronic and acute wounds. The team tested a newly-created peptide, UN3, in pre-clinical models aimed to simulate impaired wound healing as is seen in patients with peripheral vascular diseases ...

EUGENE, Ore. -- (Feb. 24, 2011) -- Neither births nor deaths stop the flocking of organisms. They just keep moving, says theoretical physicist John J. Toner of the University of Oregon. The notion, he says, has implications in biology and eventually could point to new cancer therapies. Picture any scenario in which self-propelled organisms -- animals, birds, bacteria, molecules within cells, cancer cells, fish, and even tiny plastic rods on a vibrating table -- move as a swarm or flock in the same direction. Eighteen years ago, Toner co-developed two equations that together ...

Hailed since ancient times for its medicinal properties, we still have a lot to learn about the effects of rosemary. Now researchers writing in Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology, published by SAGE, have shown for the first time that blood levels of a rosemary oil component correlate with improved cognitive performance. Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis) is one of many traditional medicinal plants that yield essential oils. But exactly how such plants affect human behaviour is still unclear. Mark Moss and Lorraine Oliver, working at the Brain, Performance and Nutrition ...

Inhibition of VEGF increased c-MET expression in tumors. Invasion and metastasis were blocked by inhibition of VEGF plus c-MET. Dual VEGF/c-MET inhibitors are in late-stage clinical trials. PHILADELPHIA — Dual inhibition of vascular endothelial growth factor and c-MET signaling inhibited tumor invasion and metastasis in a laboratory model of pancreatic neuroendocrine cancer, according to a paper published in Cancer Discovery, the newest journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. "Inhibition of VEGF signaling plus c-MET signaling results in a synergistic ...

Simultaneous targeting of two different molecules in cancer is an effective way to shrink tumors, block invasion, and stop metastasis, scientists at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) have found—work that may improve the effectiveness of combination treatments that include drugs like Avastin. The two-target approach, tested in mice with a type of cancer known as neuroendocrine pancreatic tumors, may have broad application for treating a wide variety of cancers, the UCSF team said. The drugs used in the tests belong to classes of pharmaceuticals that are ...