The custom framing industry has not yet made its mark on the Internet due to the fact that custom frames are not simple products. Customizable products have just recently begun to penetrate into the world of e-commerce due to advancements in development platforms and connection speeds. Frames4Less.com, a Menache Ecommerce company, aims to bring custom frames within reach of the general population using a fancy new website equipped with a state of the art Custom Framing Interface. Custom picture frames are expensive and time consuming to order, many don't resort to ...

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- A new study by researchers at Indiana University and George Mason University found the sexual repertoire of gay men surprisingly diverse, suggesting that a broader, less disease-focused perspective might be warranted by public health and medical practitioners in addressing the sexual health of gay and bisexual men. The study, published online ahead of print in the Journal of Sexual Medicine, tapped the largest sample of its kind in the United States to examine the sexual behaviors of gay and bisexual men. In collaboration with the OLB Research Institute ...

Smithsonian scientists have discovered two new, closely related bee species: one from Coiba Island in Panama and another from northern Colombia. Both descended from of a group of stingless bees that originated in the Amazon and moved into Central America, the ancestors of Mayan honeybees. The presence of one of these new species on Coiba and Rancheria Islands, and its absence from the nearby mainland, is a mystery that will ultimately shed light on Panama's history and abundant biodiversity. At almost 200 square miles, Coiba Island is the largest offshore island along ...

PHILADELPHIA — An experimental vaccine developed by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania's schools of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine is the first veterinary cancer vaccine of its kind that shows an increase in survival time for dogs with spontaneous non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. The work shows for the first time the feasibility and therapeutic efficacy of this alternative cell-based vaccine, which could be employed in the treatment of a number of different cancer types. The research was conducted by Nicola Mason, assistant professor of medicine at Penn Vet; Robert ...

On October 13, with little fanfare, Congressman Jeff Fortenberry (NE-1) introduced the Veterans Entrepreneurial Transition (VET) Act of 2011, a landmark new GI Bill that would allow veterans to use their already budgeted educational benefits earned under existing GI Bills, to start up new small businesses. The VET Act (H.R. 3167) is a GI Bill aimed at addressing the unacceptably high veteran unemployment rate, as well as to help quickly re-build a new generation of veteran-owned small business enterprises across America as the backbone of new job creation. This GI ...

Why did the approval ratings of President George W. Bush— who was perceived as indecisive before September 11, 2001—soar over 90 percent after the terrorist attacks? Because Americans were acutely aware of their own deaths. That is one lesson from the psychological literature on "mortality salience" reviewed in a new article called "The Politics of Mortal Terror." The paper, by psychologists Florette Cohen of the City University of New York's College of Staten Island and Sheldon Solomon of Skidmore College, appears in October's Current Directions in Psychological Science, ...

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Oct. 18, 2011 – Family matters, especially when it comes to African-Americans and living kidney donation. In a study conducted at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, researchers found that African-Americans donate almost exclusively to family members for living kidney transplants, as compared to Caucasians. The retrospective study, published in the September/October online issue of the journal Clinical Transplantation, compared medical records of all former successful kidney donors at Wake Forest Baptist between Jan. 1, 1991, and Dec. 31, 2009. The ...

A team of Canadian researchers has sequenced the genome of Cannabis sativa, the plant that produces both industrial hemp and marijuana, and in the process revealed the genetic changes that led to the plant's drug-producing properties. Jon Page is a plant biochemist and adjunct professor of biology at the University of Saskatchewan. He explains that a simple genetic switch is likely responsible for the production of THCA, or tetrahydrocannabinolic acid, the precursor of the active ingredient in marijuana. "The transcriptome analysis showed that the THCA synthase gene, ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — A study published online Oct. 18 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute provides some new but qualified support for the idea that the immune system's response to allergies may reduce the risk of developing deadly brain tumors. People with somewhat elevated blood levels of immunoglobulin E (IgE), antibodies that carry out the body's immune response to allergens, were significantly less likely to develop gliomas, and those who did survived somewhat longer, than those with clinically normal IgE levels, according to the study ...

The dazzling globular cluster called UKS 1 dominates the right-hand side of the first of the new infrared images from ESO's VISTA survey telescope at the Paranal Observatory in Chile. But if you can drag your gaze away, there is a surprise lurking in this very rich star field — a fainter globular cluster that was discovered in the data from one of VISTA's surveys. You will have to look closely to see the other star cluster, which is called VVV CL001: it is a small collection of stars in the left half of the image. But VVV CL001 is just the first of VISTA's globular discoveries. ...

Casey Real Estate Investment, LLC and Casey Property Management, LLC are pleased to announce the acquisition of a 72,000 square foot self storage facility located at 201 Concord Street in Pawtucket RI. The new store will operate under the brand name, Casey Storage Solutions (http://www.caseystoragesolutions.com). The property will be managed by Casey Property Management, LLC. This acquisition brings Casey Storage Solutions' holdings to eight self storage properties consisting of over 450,000 square feet and over 3,500 self storage units. Casey Storage Solutions operates ...

(UC Santa Barbara –) Researchers at UC Santa Barbara have developed a new and highly efficient way to characterize the structure of polymers at the nanoscale – effectively designing a routine analytical tool that could be used by industries that rely on polymer science to innovate new products, from drug delivery gels to renewable bio-materials. Professor Omar Saleh and graduate student Andrew Dittmore of the UCSB Materials department have successfully measured the structure and other critical parameters of a long, string-like polymer molecule – polyethylene glycol, or ...

Philadelphia, PA, October 19, 2011 – Poorly managed pain in the neonatal intensive care unit has serious short- and long-term consequences, causing physiological and behavioral instability in preterm infants and long-term changes in their pain sensitivity, stress arousal systems, and developing brains. In a study published in the November issue of PAIN®, researchers report that breastfeeding during minor procedures mitigated pain in preterm neonates with mature breastfeeding behaviors. Currently, pain associated with minor procedures such as pricking for blood tests ...

Mention pay-per-click advertising to an Internet business owner and you are likely to be met with a roll of the eyes. Pay-per-click is often the elephant in the marketing office: everyone knows it's there, but no one really wants to acknowledge it. There is good reason. Some business owners ventured into "PPC" and quickly exited with low-performing results and unwanted expense. Jayson Hahn of InTopic Media understands the business owner's pain. "Pay per click advertising can generate fast traffic, and affordably, when implemented wisely. Pay-per-click ...

Some of the key new features introduced with this release include: - A New Prebuy Module: Allows buyers to construct various media plans for a campaign, compare the plans and identify which one best meets campaign goals, and activate that plan so buys can be placed. - Advanced reporting capabilities: Supports multi-channel marketing. Users can easily compare broadcast, online, mobile, print and other marketing channels. - Shortcuts: Automatically create and email PI payout reports to all stations and media outlets with active PI contracts. "The 2012 release ...

Researchers in Japan have discovered how a patient's neural stem cells could be used as an alternative source of the beta cells needed for a regenerative treatment for diabetes. The research, published in EMBO Molecular Medicine today, reveals how harvesting stem cells could overcome a lack of beta cell transplants from donors. Diabetes is caused by a lack of insulin production by the pancreas and affects more than 200 million people worldwide. There is currently no cure, leaving patients to rely on external supplies of insulin or treatments to alter levels of blood glucose. The ...

Amsterdam, NL, 7 October 2011 – A new study in the Journal of Parkinson's Disease shows for the first time the effects of α-Synuclein (α-syn) gene multiplication on mitochondrial function and susceptibility to oxidative stress in human tissue. Mitochondrial dysfunction has been frequently implicated in the neurodegenerative process that underlies Parkinson's disease, but the basis for this has not been fully understood. Investigators from The Parkinson's Institute in Sunnyvale, CA, evaluated skin fibroblasts from a patient with parkinsonism carrying a triplication ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -- In the face of climate change, animals have an advantage over plants: They can move. But a new study led by Brown University researchers shows that plants may have some tricks of their own. In a paper published in Science, the research team identifies the genetic signature in the common European plant Arabidopsis thaliana that governs the plant's fitness -- its ability to survive and reproduce -- in different climates. The researchers further find that climate in large measure influences the suite of genes passed on to Arabidopsis ...

June 26, 2011 - Glarysoft has released Software Update, the new member of Glary utilities family designed to inform users of available Windows software updates. Software Update is a free and easy-to-use program that scans the computer and lists all the applications installed on the PC without asking for much more specialized training or understanding on the part of users. Software Update can automatically check for software updates and ensure to keep programs installed on users' computer up-to-date all the time. When launching Software Update, it can automatically scan ...

A researcher at MIT's Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer research has identified a gene that controls the process by which antibodies gain their ability to combat retroviruses. Edward Browne shows that the gene TLR7 allows the antibody generating B cells to detect the presence of a retrovirus and promotes a process by which antibodies gain strength and potency, called a germinal center reaction. The findings are published in the Open Access journal PLoS Pathogens on October 6th. TLR7 is a member of an ancient family of genes whose distant ancestors can also be found ...

LA JOLLA, CA – October 6, 2011 — Stem cells made by reprogramming patients' own cells might one day be used as therapies for a host of diseases, but scientists have feared that dangerous mutations within these cells might be caused by current reprogramming techniques. A sophisticated new analysis of stem cells' DNA finds that such fears may be unwarranted. "We've shown that the standard reprogramming method can generate induced pluripotent stem cells that have very few DNA structural mutations, which are often linked to dangerous cell changes such as tumorigenesis," said ...

Google officially launched Google Wallet this week, a free app that facilitates "wireless and wallet-less" purchases via PayPass. This new app is in line with the emerging trend of paying for products and services with cellphones or digital wallets. While these evolutionary electronic payment methods can lighten a consumer's wallet - they can also open access to heavy identity theft dangers. IdentityHawkSM, a leading identity theft protection service, provides P-R-O-T-E-C-T tips for identity protection while using digital wallets: 1. Password protection. ...

Today, SWEET SOUL RECORDS, parent company lifesound, Inc., officially announced that an agreement has been reached with Sol 2 Kep Entertainment, for nationwide distribution of Teri Tobin's debut album "Love Infinity." Born on Valentine's Day and influenced by love songs of 70's Soul and the groove of Neo-Soul, it is no wonder why songstress Teri Tobin sings about infinite love. The "SoulStar's" well-written ballads are effortlessly laced with her sultry, soulful, warm, and sensual voice. Teri's music delivers vocally, lyrically, and sincerely. "Teri ...

A novel mechanism has been identified in which Chlamydia trachomatis tricks host cells into taking up the bacteria. Researchers from University of California San Francisco, led by Joanne Engel, report their findings in the Open Access journal PLoS Pathogens on October 6th. Dr. Engel and colleagues show that Chlamydia coat themselves with a growth factor made by the cells of the organism they are infecting. This disguise allows the bacteria to infect cells, much like a Trojan horse. Once inside, Chlamydia induces the host cell to churn out more of the growth factor. This ...

Cambridge scientists have identified the cause of a rare, life-threatening form of hypoglycaemia. Their findings, which have the potential to lead to pharmaceutical treatments for the disorder, were published today, 07 October, in the journal Science. Hypoglycaemia, usually characterised by too much insulin which results in too little sugar in the bloodstream, is fairly common, often affecting diabetic patients or individuals with disorders that cause insulin overproduction. Symptoms can include seizures and unconsciousness. However, in an estimated 1 in 100,000 ...