A recent building collapse in New York City raises questions about premises liability and employer negligence. The Columbia University expansion project in the Upper West Side turned tragic after a building collapsed, killing one construction worker and injuring two others. On March 22, a one-story building was scheduled for demolition work, but according to at least one surviving construction worker, the building started collapsing before it was ready for demolition. Early in the morning, a mountain of concrete and other debris that "sounded like a bomb" partly ...

Cameleon Software (Paris: CAM), announced today that the SMABTP Group, the leader in mutual insurance for the construction and building industry, chose to deploy its product configuration and guided selling solution. in a multichannel environment. This deployment is part of SMABTP Group's global effort to provide more innovative and tailored insurance products to its members. Created in 1859, the SMABTP Group is a specialist insurer for construction professionals. A leader in the delivery of construction insurance (representing a quarter of the French market), SMABTP ...

On the Beach, the UK's leading online travel agent says Brits are swapping long haul destinations for neighbouring alternatives this summer with trips to Spain and its islands proving particularly popular this year. In 2011, a massive 29.4 million* Britons chose affordable holidays in Europe to avoid breaking their banks and this year is set to be no different. This summer booking data from On the Beach reveals the nearby resorts in Spain and its much-loved islands are proving ever popular in 2012 with bookings up 30% year on year as Brits jet off to paradise retreats ...

A week before the London Olympics get under way, a special exhibition of Olympic and Paralympic photographic portraits is unveiled at the National Portrait Gallery in a summer-long show that runs from 19 July to 23 September free to the public. Celebrating those who are collectively making the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games happen, the National Portrait Gallery/BT Road to 2012 features images of not only athletes but those working behind the scenes as well as those people living and working in the host boroughs for the London Olympic Games. Offering a fascinating ...

Despite Britain facing tough economic challenges in the face of the declining Euro Zone and a sour mix of rising property prices and high inflation, Brits have become relatively charitable. Perhaps feelings of compassion toward our Greek, Italian and Spanish neighbours has reinforced the adage Love Thy Neighbour and brought it a little closer to home, too. New research carried out by Bright Grey has revealed that half of all UK adults would give a spare GBP10 to their family. A quarter of the same populous would give the GBP10 to charity and just 19% would keep the money ...

Hearting the home: Inspirational ideas to transform every living space from Next Home. From the edgy metallic bedroom collection to Parisian inspired sophisticated dining room furniture, get next day delivery as standard on the newly arrived homeware when you order before 9pm.* The Salvage story features intriguing elements inspired by our industrial past - all in the engagingly on-trend mid-twentieth century design idiom. Key textiles include tweed, herringbone and penny farthing prints, with eccentric shaggy faux fur and chunky knit bedspreads. Meanwhile, text and ...

Hamilton Equipment -800-733-0275 is proud to stock the Tanco 1320 EH Twin Arm Bale Wrapper, as well as all the other Tanco bale wrappers, bale shears and parts. Hamilton Equipment is the exclusive importer of quality Tanco Autowrap products in the USA. Hamilton stocks the following Tanco bale wrappers and shears: D70 Tanco Round Bale Stacker D80 Tanco Square Bale Stacker E100SA Tanco Ecowrap w/End Tip Rmp RB I70 Tanco BAle Shear Less Brackets I70 Tanco Bale Shear with Bracket I72 Tanco BAle Shear Bucket I73 Tanco Bale Shear 1080A Tanco Trailer ...

FeedVisor, the fully automated repricing platform that has revolutionized competitive pricing for the e-Commerce market, is now taking its offering to the next level with the introduction of actionable analytics. Today, effective business management requires more than just repricing. It is critically important for sellers to continuously measure their business performance and ROI. Comprehensive analytics covering multiple aspects of the seller's business (sales, profitability, orders, Buy Box share) can help the seller make critical business decisions. With actionable ...

Smokers Utopia announced a collaborative effort between their popular e cigarette review site and V2 Cigs, one of the nation's top e cigarette retailers. Smokers utopia offers the best e cigarette reviews online because their exclusive review methods of the best electronic cigarette starter kit and the companies that retail them. V2 Cigs has been a major player in the retail e cigarette business over the last couple of years, attaining high standards and quality control mixed with one of the best models of the e cigarette ever produced. "It's a match made ...

LifeShield Security is pleased to announce the success of its month-long partnership with The Yellow Ribbon Club, an organization of volunteers providing care packages and support for service men and women in Iraq and Afghanistan. Throughout the month of July, LifeShield has been donating money for every new "like" on its Facebook page, and each new review submitted by a LifeShield user. Larger donations have also been made for every new LifeShield system ordered plus 10% of the cost of all LifeShield accessories purchased. Now at the halfway mark, Facebook ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Activity lingers longer in certain areas of the brain in those with Alzheimer's than it does in healthy people, Mayo Clinic researchers who created a map of the brain found. The results suggest varying brain activity may reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease. The study, "Non-stationarity in the "Resting Brain's" Modular Architecture," was presented at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference and recently published in the journal PLoS One. Researchers compared brain activity to a complex network, with multiple objects sharing information ...

DENVER – Pulmonary nodules are common, but few studies of lung nodule identification and clinical evaluation have been performed in community settings. Researchers from Kaiser Permanente Southern California identified 7,112 patients who had one or more nodules by using existing information within the electronic medical record. Their study presented in the August 2012 issue of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer's (IASLC) Journal of Thoracic Oncology, showed how researchers developed and implemented a new method for identifying lung nodules in community-based ...

Managers demonstrate their highest levels of professional vitality in their 50s, reveals a new study conducted at the University of Haifa, Israel, which examined the functionality of high-tech, engineering, and infrastructure executives. "The advantages and disadvantages of taking on mature employees have been widely debated over the past few years. This new study now shows that in terms of vitality, advancing age plays a significant role," note Dr. Shmuel Grimland, Prof. Yehuda Baruch, and Prof. Eran Vigoda-Gadot, who conducted the study. A manager's professional vitality ...

Scientists have long known that the body rids itself of excess copper and various other minerals by collecting them in the liver and excreting them through the liver's bile. However, a new study led by Johns Hopkins researchers and published June 22 in PLoS ONE suggests that when this route is impaired there's another exit route just for copper: A molecule sequesters only that mineral and routes it from the body through urine. The researchers, led by Svetlana Lutsenko, Ph.D., a professor of physiology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, found this additional ...

1. Trans Fat Restrictions Result in Healthier Fast Food Meals for NYC Residents Reduction in Trans Fat Consumption Can Reduce Cardiovascular Disease Risk (Sound bites and b-roll footage available. See bottom of page for feed dates, times, and coordinates) Trans fat, such as partially hydrogenated oil, is a mostly processed form of fat that significantly increases risk for coronary heart disease. Just 40 calories of trans fat a day can increase risk for heart disease by up to 23 percent. In 2006 New York City issued unprecedented restrictions on the use of trans fats ...

July 16, 2012 – (BRONX, NY) – Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University and Montefiore Medical Center have found that people with a form of mild cognitive impairment (MCI), a risk factor for developing Alzheimer's disease, have twice the risk of dying compared with cognitively normal people. Those with dementia have three times the risk. The findings are being presented at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference in Vancouver this week. Amnestic MCI is a condition in which people have memory problems more severe than normal for ...

A new study from the European Centre for Environment & Human Health, Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Exeter, has revealed that people living near the coast tend to have better health than those living inland. Researchers from the Centre used data from the UK's census to examine how health varied across the country, finding that people were more likely to have good health the closer they live to the sea. The analysis also showed that the link between living near the coast and good health was strongest in the most economically deprived communities. The ...

VIDEO: This video shows relative movement paths of 224 radio-tagged palm seeds handled by rodents on Barro Colorado Island, Panama. Colored dots mark locations of 129 seeds that were found eaten... Click here for more information. Big seeds produced by many tropical trees were probably once ingested and then defecated whole by huge mammals called gomphotheres that dispersed the seeds over large distances. But gomphotheres were probably hunted to extinction more than 10,000 ...

ONCOLOGY A new target in acute myeloid leukemia | Back to top Acute myeloid leukemia, a common leukemia in adults, is characterized by aberrant proliferation of cancerous bone marrow cells. Activating mutations in a protein receptor known as FLT3 receptor are among the most prevalent mutations observed in acute myeloid leukemias. FLT3 mutants are thought to activate several signaling pathways that contribute to cancer development. Dr. Daniel Tenen and colleagues from Harvard University in Boston discovered a new pathway activated by FLT3 mutation. Their results show ...

Acute myeloid leukemia, a common leukemia in adults, is characterized by aberrant proliferation of cancerous bone marrow cells. Activating mutations in a protein receptor known as FLT3 receptor are among the most prevalent mutations observed in acute myeloid leukemias. FLT3 mutants are thought to activate several signaling pathways that contribute to cancer development. Dr. Daniel Tenen and colleagues from Harvard University in Boston discovered a new pathway activated by FLT3 mutation. Their results show that cyclin dependent kinase 1 (CDK1), a critical regulator of cell ...

Ticagrelor, a blood-thinning drug approved by the FDA in 2011, should be considered along with older blood thinners clopidogrel and prasugrel for treating patients who are experiencing chest pain or some heart attacks, according to joint updated guidelines issued by the American Heart Association (AHA) Task Force on Practice Guidelines and the American College of Cardiology (ACCF) Foundation. The "focused update" on unstable angina (chest pain) or a specific kind of heart attack known as non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) is published in Circulation: Journal ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. – A new study suggests that higher blood pressure is associated with lower mortality in extremely frail, elderly adults. The study, published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association's (JAMA) Archives of Internal Medicine, looked at a nationally representative group of 2,340 adults ages 65 and older. The researchers found that lower blood pressure protected healthier, robust older adults but the same may not be true for their more frail counterparts. Lead author Michelle Odden, a public health epidemiologist at Oregon State University, ...

CHICAGO – A study suggests that safety-net hospitals (SNHs), which typically care for poor patients, performed more poorly than other hospitals on nearly every measure of patient experience and that could have financial consequences as hospital payments are connected to performance, according to a report published Online First by Archives of Internal Medicine, a JAMA Network publication. Value-based purchasing (VBP), a program run by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), now ties part of each hospital's payments to its performance on a set of quality measures. ...

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Currently, large doses of chemotherapy are required when treating certain forms of cancer, resulting in toxic side effects. The chemicals enter the body and work to destroy or shrink the tumor, but also harm vital organs and drastically affect bodily functions. Now, University of Missouri scientists have found a more efficient way of targeting prostate tumors by using gold nanoparticles and a compound found in tea leaves. This new treatment would require doses that are thousands of times smaller than chemotherapy and do not travel through the body inflicting ...

An innovative, high-tech "smart village" built in Malaysia provides a potential global template for addressing rural poverty in a sustainable environment, say international experts meeting in California's Silicon Valley. Rimbunan Kaseh, a model community built north-east of Kuala Lumpur, consists of 100 affordable homes, high-tech educational, training and recreational facilities, and a creative, closed-loop agricultural system designed to provide both food and supplementary income for villagers. Malaysian Dato' Tan Say Jim detailed the project Monday at a special meeting ...